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Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Lamont Art Swannack traveled to Denver last Thursday for the spring American Sheep Industry (ASI) board meeting. This is the meeting when all the national council and committee assignments are decided upon. Art was appointed chair of the Resource Management Council, which oversees natural resource, predator and public lands issues for ASI. Art was elected in January to a second term as Region 8 director (WA, OR, CA and HI) and looks forward to another year serving sheep producers. He returned home Friday evening. Saturday, Allen and Diane Cook...
Lamont On Sunday, Feb. 13, Kris and Gus Musante and their guest, Kaye Bailey, attended the U.S. Air Force sponsored Tops in Blue 2010 World tour production “We Believe.” This musical show was performed by all Air Force personnel at the Spokane Convention Center. The Air Force produces this show for only Air Force personnel and their guests. Spokane is just one stop on their world tour. Betty Stone met her sister, Carol Vest, her niece, Lisa Bordwell and her daughters, Carolyn Behrens, Debbie Gaffney and Patty Ehteredge, for lunch in the Spo...
Lamont Dr. Jill Swannack has moved her veterinarian practice to the Sprague building she formerly occupied. Diane Cook will assist Dr. Swannack on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Stephanie White from Ritzville will work as bookkeeper Monday through Thursday. The people from the Lamont Church will have a Valentine party at Lai Lai Gardens in Airway Heights Saturday evening at 6 p.m. They welcome anyone who would like to join them. Donna Cook Harbaugh from Missoula met Alan and Diane Cook in Colfax for lunch recently. Susan and Craig Swanson who...
Lamont Bill and Stella Melville, Dean and Mindy Melville, Bill and Milly Baldwin, Debbie and Kevin Gaffney, Patti and Sonny Etheredge, Betty Stone and Jo Schirr were at the Washington State-Arizona basketball game Saturday might. After the game, they all met at the hotel and had cake to celebrate the 64th wedding anniversary of Bill and Stella. They stayed in Pullman all night and met for breakfast before returning to their homes. Many people attended the services for Willard Bowen, Friday, at the St. John Methodist Church in St. John. Willard...
Lamont Twenty-five people gathered Jan. 1 at the Lamont Community Center to celebrate the new year with a potluck dinner and card games. Don and Sherrill Nelson’s Christmas day dinner guests were Keith, Stacy, Lilly and Kylie Nelson, Shari Golden and Joan Nelson. On Dec. 31, Don and Sherrill drove to St. John to bring in the new year with Paul and Susie Heglar by watching college basketball games. Betty Stone’s daughter and husband, Patty and Sonny Etheredge, arrived Thursday, Dec. 30, to stay two days and celebrate New Year’s eve and day w...
Lamont Lamont Community Church presented their Christmas program Sunday, Dec. 19. Kelly, Rosie and Tracy Melville each played a piano solo of Christmas music, Bonnie Swannack gave a reading and Chet Swift sang a solo, entitled “Mary, Did You Know?” The junior church members, directed by Diane Cook, gave a skit about the true meaning of Christmas. Young people taking part in this were Rosie and Tracy Melville, Carmen, Lea and Owen Swannack. Clara and Colton O’Keefe, Thomas Wu and Miguel Pineda. Sunday evening a group of about fifteen singe...
Lamont Kaye Bailey drove to Spokane Wednesday, Nov. 24, to spend several days with her daughter Jamie and John Gant and family and Tammie and Tom Cate and family. They all celebrated Thanksgiving at the home of Jamie and John and were joined by Zak and Bryanna Bailey. Kaye returned home Sunday evening. Betty Stone hosted Thanksgiving dinner for family and friends. This included Debbie and Kevin Gaffney, Carolyn, Harvey and Brett Behrens, Patty and Sonny Ethredge, Georgia and Ed Bageant, Jennifer and Mike Larson, Eddy, Katie and Ellie Bageant,...
Lamont Several local bird hunters had the hunt of a lifetime last week when they set out before daylight to set up their blinds. They were hunting on burnt winter wheat land. They each had their limit of four geese and many ducks by 7:30 a.m. Those taking part in the hunt were Steven Engles, Andrew Shields, Terry Kissler, Chris Shields, Sandi Swannack, Scott Engles and his dog, Page. Sandi Swannack and Amund Melville each recently bagged their first elk south of Lamont. Pat Peterson's son, Chuck Whipple of Parker, Colo., arrived Wednesday,...
Lamont Lamont Community Church celebrated its annual Harvest Festival Sunday. The potluck was at the community center with about 35 people attending. Dave Rajala sang several of his songs and accompanied himself on the guitar. Also, young pianists Emily Boutain, Rosie and Tracy Melville, Carmen Swannack and Thomas Wu played. Bonnie Swannack and Janet Bowman drove to Wheatland Grange Hall Sunday to attended the potluck dinner and watch the awards given out to the Junior Rodeo winners. Tommie Sue Swannack, Bonnie’s granddaughter, won firsts in go...
Lamont Kathy Shields and her daughter, Billie Jo Davison, drove to Kirkland Thursday to visit Kathy’s granddaughter, Krista Schultz. Krista has just started a job with the Young Life organization and is an area associate for the Lake Washington Community. Young Life is an outreach ministry for high school and middle school students. On Thursday evening they attended the Young Life annual fund raising dessert reception which brought together between 350-400 people. On Friday evening Kathy’s nephew and wife, David and Lisa Nave of Renton, met...
Lamont Last week, a guy wire broke in Herman Harder’s pasture south of Lamont, flew over the hot wire and dropped it to the ground. The wire hit a two year old heifer, killing her and setting a small fire in the pasture. Fire trucks from Spencer’s farm, Adam’s County No. 4 and Lamont responded to put the fire out. Avista came to restore power to the area. Two ladies in the Lamont area went on a Shop Hop last Friday and Saturday. Fabric shops across eastern Washington welcomed the traveling ladies with special activities. On Friday, Bonni...
Lamont Kathy Shields and friends met Sept. 22 at the Northern Quest Casino buffet. They are making plans for their 60th Cheney High School class reunion to be at the Casino in September of 2011. Those present were Joy and Bob Franklin of Post Falls; Ken and Darlene Judd of Rathdrum, Idaho; Amy Jo and Dan Tollefson of Lacey; Ted and Jeannette Ham of Cheney; Bob and JoAnn Giffing of Hayden, Idaho; Bill and Rita Leinweber of Spokane, and Mel Schmidt of Monteray, Calif. Five members of the Lamont Kitchen Kuties band met for lunch Sept. 24 at the...
Lamont Allen and Diane Cook attended the annual Garden Springs reunion and potluck, Saturday, at the home of Ken and Ruth Potter of the Windsor area. Approximately 25 people, most of whom had attended the Garden School, attended. One graduated from the eighth grade in 1936. The school opened in 1889. It sits on a four-acre parcel of ground southwest of Finch Arboretum and the intersection of Interstate 90 and Highway 2. Average first-year teacher’s annual salary was $250 for men, $200 for a women five month term. The tiny school had just four c...
Lamont Last Sunday, Ted and Priscilla Clark and their five children, missionaries from Morelia, Mexico, and Eldon and Judy Clark from Moses Lake were guests at the Lamont Community Church. A potluck was in the basement of the church followed the service. The Clarks have been serving in Mexico for 23 years and all their children were born there. Bill and Janet Stromberger were visitors at the home of Dan and Jean Stromberger on Labor Day. Bonnie Swannack received all blue ribbons for her crib quilts, large quilts, wall hanging, sewing kits and...
Lamont Kathy Shields, Mary Catherine Ruud and Lottie Harding drove to Deer Park on Sunday to visit Billie Jo and Tim Davison. They visited Clayton where the Clayton-Deer Park Historical Society was hosting an exhibit and display of paintings, photos and words of Leno Prestin, the artist who lived his life in Clayton. Next they drove on to Loon Lake where their historical society had also hosted a display of Prestini art and life. They ended the day with dinner at Sherri’s at Hastings Road. Con and Janet Lamparter of Spokane entertained family a...
Lamont Monty Edwards and Karen Edwards Crumbly visited friends in Lamont recently. The Edwards lived and spent most of their school years in Lamont. Karen, who lives in Potlatch, Idaho, has a trailer at Fishtrap Lake and goes there often. Monty, who was visiting from Toney, Ala., came for a family reunion at the lake. Their parents are Max and Erlene Edwards. Max worked on the railroad here for many years. Bill and Janet Stromberger of Edwall had lunch with Dan and Jean Stromberger Sunday. Both Strombergers teach at the Christian School in...
Lamont Seven Sprague-Lamont Red Hat ladies rode on a decorated pickup in the Sprague Days parade Saturday. They included Jean Meyers, Marshal Landers, Pat Peterson, Kathy Shields, Claudia Lowman, Mary Anderson and Claudette Sharp. Tim Polda of Friday Harbor arrived Sunday at the home of Nita and Matt Polda. Tim came to help Matt install a new front window in the house for Nita. Tim also placed the Gertrude Johnson plaque on the “Bug Tussel” memorial in the park. Tim returned home Wednesday. Kathy Enders, a Stone family cousin from Por...
Lamont Eleven people on motorcycles left Lamont at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 11, for a day trip. They first rode through St. John then on to Colfax, Palouse then lunch at Potlatch, next it was Pullman, Moscow and home by 7 p.m. Those making the trip were Mike and Beth Ann Engles, Mark and Janet Bowman, Dean Melville and six other people from the Ritzville and Washtucna area. Allen and Diane Cook and Kathy Shields attended the Cheney High School alumni reunion at Salnave Park in Cheney on Saturday, July 17. Jackie Brown, Della Bailey and Cindy...
Lamont Earl Swift left June 24 with Roger and Sunny Swift and Clay Roy for a fishing trip out of Prince Rupert, B.C. The group didn’t catch as many fish, but Earl caught the last and biggest, a 40 pound salmon. Earl reported they encountered cold weather and conditions one day that were too rough to fish. Normally they were out for 12 hours per day. They came home via a more scenic route through high mountains. The group arrived home July 2. Allen and Diane Cook drove to the Rocklyn area and the home of Peggy Miller Sunday. They enjoyed a l...
Lamont More than 80 people attended the Lamont School Reunion Saturday, June 25, in the Lamont Community Building. The walls were decorated with many class pictures donated and displayed by Wayne Kelly, Sherrill Kelly-Nelson and Marguerite Kelly-Miller. President Joan Potts-Helm greeted everyone. Darcia Tuggle-Dugger presented a question and answer quiz about events and people during the years of 1960 and 1961. Starting at table one each person identified themselves and said a few words. Many memories were recalled. The oldest graduates...
Lamont Kathy Shields, Joy Davis-Franklin, Tom Davis and Louise Belsby met for lunch Wednesday, June 16, at Willow Springs in Cheney. Louise is vice president of the Pine City Historical Society and was meeting with Joy and Tom to receive several items Joy and Tom are donating to the society. They are descendants of Pine City pioneers. Sprague-Lamont Red Hat ladies drove to Spokane June 16 to tour the Campbell House, MAC Museum and have lunch at the D’Zaar Restaurant inside the MAC. Nita Polda, Pat Peterson, Nita Vold, Aneta Frederick, Kay Dirks...
Lamont Jason Swannack, son of Leslie and David Swannack and Steve Bowen, grandson of Charlotte and Willard Bowen, graduated from St. John High School Sunday afternoon. Jason was co-valedictorian of the class with a four point grade average. Theresa Simpson became a member of the Honor Society at Sprague High School. She also received the Academic Music Award. This award was given by the music teacher, Mrs. Whipple, to the student most dedicated to the music program. Ashley Wheeler of Lamont also became a member of the Honor Society. To receive...
Lamont Last Saturday, Owen Swannack, accompanied by his dad, Art Swannack, attended the Centennial Celebration of the Cub Scouts at the fairground in Spokane. Owen is in the Wolf Pack and next year he will advance to the Webelos. He won the award for the Best Design of the cars in the Pinewood Derby. Owen was especially interested in the FBI car on display for the Scouts to see. It had bulletproof glass and the boys got to hold the guns used by the FBI. There were many other things for the boys to take part that were fun for them. The...
Lamont Nita Polda, Pat Peterson, Don and Sherrill Nelson, Bonnie Swannack, Janet Bowman, Dave and Leslie Swannack, Shawn Wright, Howdy Smith, Dave and Ginny Rajala, all worked at the eastbound rest area of I-90 for two days last weekend. The money they raise is for the Lamont Community building fund. Lamont Community potluck was Sunday in the Community Building. Those in attendance were Earl Swift, Dave and Ginny Rajala, Julie McDaniel, Denny and Linda O’Keefe, and Allen and Diane Cook. Bill Bowen brought his mother, Charlotte Bowen and Lorrain...
Lamont Don and Sherrill Nelson attended a retirement dinner May 1 at the Washington Wheat Growers building in Ritzville for Sherrill’s brother, Jim Kelly. Jim has worked in the grain business all his life and has just retired from the Ritzville Warehouse Co. Jim and his wife, Carol, live in Lind. On Sunday, Don and Sherrill had Mother’s Day dinner with Keith and Staci Nelson. Tammie and Tom Cate and family along with Jamie and John Gant and family came to the ranch Sunday to make Mother’s Day dinner for their mother, Kaye Bailey. Betty Stone...
