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Many of the impacts of Healthcare Reform are hazy but at least four things are clear. This should be called Health Insurance Reform. The debate is about how to provide coverage for as many Americans as possible and keep costs down. Reform does not change how people stay healthy, how illnesses are diagnosed and treated, or how people heal. It is however, an attempt to change how we pay for these services. There are thorny issues yet to be resolved. Some, such as the public option, are controversial and may be hard to overcome. I am optimistic...
Library closures All 14 branches of the Whitman County Library System will close today, Thursday, Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. and all day Jan. 1 in observance of the New Year’s Day. Due dates for library materials have been extended in anticipation of the closures. Access to the library’s catalog, subscription databases and a live, online librarian will still be available by visiting the library’s website: www.whitco.lib.wa.us Births Son born to Demler/Skinner A boy, Tristan Kelly Steele, was born Dec. 28, 2009, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Cente...
Lamont Lamont Community Church has a new sign to show the location of the church in Lamont. It was designed, made and installed by Tim and Dave Stromberger of Davenport. The previous sign that stood in this spot for many years was made by Bill Miller who lived in Lamont and was the last operator of the train depot there. Dan and Jean Stromberger attended the 50th anniversary celebration for Don and Carolyn Fries Sunday at the Faith Bible Church in Spokane. Don is a nephew of Dan and a graduate of Sprague High School. Maggie and Nick Phyhos from...
How to Choose and Use a Cane Dear Savvy Senior Is there anything to know when it comes to buying a cane? My dad has arthritis in his knee and could use a little extra help getting around. What can you tell me? Raising Cane Types of Canes Not surprisingly, the most widely used assistive device in the U.S. is the cane, used by nearly 5 million people. The kind of cane you get for your dad should be determined by the amount of support he needs and the style of the grip he prefers. Here are the basic types of canes you’ll have to choose from: * C...
Dusty Wes, Jen, Bo and Lauren Claassen spent a week in Branson, Mo., over Christmas with Jen’s family. All of her siblings, nieces and nephews were able to join them. The Claassens returned to their home the 27th. Blake and Carmen Heaton attended the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Joe and Carolyn Magee Schauble Dec. 26 in Spokane at Cataldo Hall, Gonzaga University. Carolyn was a former resident of Hay. Art and Colene Sager joined their children and their families, Blake and Marcy Sager and children and Don and Gaylene Manning and c...
Karlyn Krista Pennell and Douglas Calvin Swinney were united in marriage Saturday, July 11, 2009, in an evening ceremony at Garfield Christian Church in Garfield with Pastor Phil Weagraff officiating. An elegant dinner and dance reception followed at Moscow University Inn. On the eve of the wedding, a rehearsal dinner at Fireside Grill in Pullman was hosted by the groom’s parents. Karlyn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Pennell of Garfield. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bert Tribbett of Garfield and the late Mr. and M...
WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine is attempting to locate the owner of a goat found wandering around the Pullman area. The goat was turned over to the university after it was found near Airport Road Dec. 17. The young goat is in excellent health and friendly. Attempts to locate the rightful owners have been unsuccessful and the university is now going public in an attempt to locate the owners. Like the nation’s other 28 veterinary colleges, WSU often finds itself with lost, abandoned or seized animals. Finding the owner or in some cases a n...
Week of Jan. 4-8, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Orange chicken over rice, green salad, mandarin oranges, corn. Tuesday: Italian dunkers, yogurt cups, corn, fruit. Wednesday: Biscuits with gravy, egg patties, hashbrowns, fruit. Thursday: Hot dogs, pork and beans, fries, fruit. Friday: Chicken patties on a bun, au gratin potatoes. At Oakesdale School: Monday: Pizza, green salad, pineapple, carrot sticks. Tuesday: Beef and noodles, rolls, corn, peaches. Wednesday: Chili, cinnamon rolls, green salad, oranges. Thursday: Vegetable soup, PBJ...
The Holiday Season is coming to a close, but the Season to celebrate is hardly over. As you think about how you’re going to spend your New Year’s (eve or day) and the winter football and basketball seasons, the Gazette would like to share some of their favorite appetizer recipes with you. Please enjoy these with friends and family as you ring in the New Year or cheer on your favorite teams. These recipes are Gazette favorites and are sure to keep your guest full, even when the score’s not in your favor. A Happy New Year to All! Brie En Crout...
A male Downy Woodpecker makes a regular stop in Colfax to load up on fuel to offset the cold temperatures of winter. The visitor normally makes an exit stop on the upper tree limbs to clean suet off its beak before flying off to its next stop. Downy Woodpeckers are not much larger than chickadees and nuthatches and often mix with them. The red top appears on the male Downy. The Downy is often confused with the Hairy Woodpecker which has the same marking but is larger....
On a 2-1 vote Monday, Whitman County commissioners decided to go beyond the statutory mandates set out by the voter approved Referendum 71 and extend health insurance benefits to unwed domestic partners under the age of 62. Passed in November, the referendum mandated that public agencies extend benefits to domestic partners identified as same-sex couples and unwed couples in which one partner is over the age of 62. Commissioner Michael Largent cast the dissenting vote, saying it would be a mistake to provide benefits to unmarried couples when t...
Whitman County’s 67 non-union employees will receive no raises next year, nor will the county contribute more to their health insurance premiums. “We’re actually on the negative side of the cost of living for 2010,” said Commissioner Greg Partch. Commissioners last week decided not to give those employees raises, to keep the county’s contribution to medical insurance at the 2009 level of $653 per month and to extend the freeze pay hikes normally allowed for job reclassifications and longevity. Commissioners said they will revisit the pay and b...
St. John-area farmer Steve Naught will not serve another term on Whitman County’s planning commission. Naught has served since June 2006, when he was appointed to fill out the remainder of Chris Crider’s four-year term. That term expired today. Naught served as acting chair during finalization of the commercial wind turbine ordinance proposal. Naught’s departure leaves two vacancies on the citizen panel, one from Road District 1 and one from Road District 2....
Even though most were serving time for transgressions, the 32 inmates in Whitman County’s bastille were still able to enjoy a modified holiday celebration. “We try to do what we can to give them a little something at Christmas time,” said Jail Capt. Bob Ingalls. Inmates received stockings filled with necessities like shampoo, deodorant, socks and Christmas candies and cookies. Ingalls was also able to secure a selection of steaks from the jail’s food supplier for Christmas dinner. The stockings, a holiday tradition for years, are paid for out...
Winter laid an icy hand on the Palouse last week, as dense fogs frosted a light skiff of snow. At top, the frost coats a lone tree in the midst of a grove near Oakesdale. Below, a friendly horse considers the Gazette lens in a field of snow north of Steptoe....
New Years Day is Friday. What is your New Years Resolution? Beaux Martin, Colfax “I don’t really have one.” Shan Kelly, Colfax “I plan to lose more weight - based on a polite threat from my doctor.” Kolby Bender, Colfax “Practice the piano more.” Ed Nellis, Colfax “I don’t know. I haven’t thought of it.” Okay, if you did have one, what would it be? “Probably do better at home.” Carol Horlacher, Thornton “I don’t make New Years Resolutions. Hmm, what would be a good one….Spend more time with the family....
You wouldn’t know it to look at me, but I was raised on the rough-and-tumble streets of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. The day we moved in, I was a fourth-grader, stomping my feet in puddles of water in the street because, well, I was a fourth-grader. Suddenly, three boys my age rode up on Sting-Ray bicycles, skidding to a stop in front of me with a triple shriek of rubber. They wore sunglasses, white jeans and white slip-on tennis shoes. That’s right: They were gangsters. The gang leader folded his arms. “We’re the Stingrays,” he informed me with a...
Eva Lou Fowler Memorial service for Eva Lou Fowler, 81, Steptoe, was at the Colfax Nazarene Church Wednesday morning, Dec. 30, with the Rev. Don Moore officiating. She died early Christmas morning, Dec. 25, 2009, at Whitman Health and Rehab in Colfax. Born Dec. 15, 1928, in Port Townsend, to Oscar and Fannie Elisa Bradshaw Winters, she was the youngest of eight children. She married Duane Baldwin in 1950. They resided at different locations while he served in the military, and they had four children, Glen, Carl, Brad, and Vanessa. The marriage...
Oath of office After reading the article where Mr. Timothy Esser talks about how the Sheriff is enforcing the law in Pullman, I feel there must be something left out of the article. Mr. Esser is an attorney here in the State of Washington and he knows that Sheriff Bret Myers has taken an oath to uphold the peace and dignity of the State of Washington. When one takes that oath the State of Washington assumes that the oath taker will enforce all the State laws of the State of Washington. If Mr. Esser thinks the drinking age needs to be lowered...
Senate Democrats describe their health-reform bill as a Christmas present for the American people. In reality, it is a lump of coal for U.S. taxpayers. Fortunately, there is still time to exchange this “gift” for health reform that doesn’t increase the deficit, expand the bureaucracy, increase premium costs and reduce our quality of care. Rather than President Obama’s vision during the campaign of health-care negotiations broadcast on C-SPAN for all to see, the Senate bill was crafted in almost total secrecy - even most Democrats didn’t...
Another year end offering, some of my favorite stories of 2009. I know they always seem to be about animals, but I happen to love animals so that’s the way it is. SYDNEY–A bomb sniffing black Labrador that disappeared during a fierce battle in Afghanistan has been found and returned to her unit after going missing for more than a year. Sabi received a celebrity welcome back at her base in Uruzgan province in November. She was with a joint Australian-Afghan army patrol ambushed by Taliban insurgents in September, 2008. There was no sign of Sab...
#!*! People who think they need two parking spaces on Main Street. ++++ The Colfax convenience store employees who gave up their Christmas so we could get a jug of milk. #!*! Businesses that advertise liquidation and close out when they are not going out of business....
Happy New Year. The first decade of the new millennium is closing., These last ten years have not been that easy. They have been marked by terror attacks throughout the world, by international financial instability brought on by unrelenting greed and by the gradual and, in many cases, reluctant acceptance that we need to fix our environment before it fixes us. Once plentiful water is now a precious commodity, national debts in the so-called rich nations are soaring, rogue nations continue to skirt international treaties and sanctions and diseas...
TRIVIA TEST 1. ANATOMY: What is the common name for dentition? 2. LITERATURE: Who wrote “The Hound of the Baskervilles”? 3. ADVERTISING: What product was sold with the slogan, “Put a tiger in your tank”? 4. GEOGRAPHY: Which two major Canadian cities are situated on the St. Lawrence River? 5. PSYCHOLOGY: What kind of fear is represented in heliophobia? 6. MOVIES: “A little pig goes a long way” was the slogan for which movie? 7. LANGUAGE: What does the diacritical mark “breve” indicate? 8. HISTORY: Which was the first of the 13 original United...
The History Channel • On Jan. 12, 1888, the so-called Schoolchildren’s Blizzard kills 235 people, many of them children on their way home from school, across the Northwest Plains region of the United States. The storm came with no warning, and the temperature fell nearly 100 degrees F. in just 24 hours. • On Jan. 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,” is ratified and becomes law. Large-scale distribution of alcoholic beverages...
