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A twin-engine Mitchell B-25 bomber which saw duty in the Mediterranean during World War II, was on display at the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Airport for three days over the weekend. The airplane, the result of a 28-year restoration effort after being recovered from dry storage in the Arizona desert, was flown to Lewiston by the Commemorative Air Force for the fourth annual Lewiston Air Fair. Although the Mitchell B-25 saw service in most World War II battle zones, its most memorial mission credit was the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo over 69 years a...
“How many of you have played with Arnie Carruthers?” In the new Spokane Falls Community College music auditorium hands shot up for a few seconds with the house lights down. Many musicians in Spokane and the Northwest played with Arnie Carruthers, and since he began playing in clubs and restaurants around Spokane in the late 1950s, thousands of people listened to him play jazz piano. Carruthers, who was stricken by bladder cancer, died March 7 at the age of 81. The March 19 concert at SFCC had been announced back in February with the hope he...
County sheriff’s Sgt. Don Anderson planned to be “out there” working one more shift Wednesday night before he turns in his equipment today and officially retires after working for the department since February of 1983. Today, March 31, also marks Anderson’s 65th birthday. Although he enjoys working with the “good bunch” who serve in the sheriff’s office, Anderson has been aiming at retirement for the last couple of years. Preparations have included a move to Lewiston from the LaCrosse area where he and wife Lindy enjoyed their rural life st...
As area entrants vanish in the early brackets of March madness, sports fans change focus. Suddenly the distant dispatches from Peoria, Ariz., begin to carry weight, and fans realize it’s going to happen again. The Mariners will launch. Will expectations of another spring grind down to another August of drooping batting averages and call-ups of unknowns from Tacoma? Although the 2010 sinking of the Mariners’ ship was not unique, it carried an extra ration of disappointment because the expectations of the previous spring were gone. Felix did win...
The front saxophone line of the Miller Orchestra played behind music stands designed with the band’s logo. When they opened with their “Moonlight Serenade” theme people in the Grangeville audience didn’t need to read the logo to know they were listening to the real thing. Driving north of Grangeville as the daylight faded under a full moon, cars and trucks flicked on their signal lights before they turned off Idhao’s Highway 95 and headed for farms and small towns on Camas Prairie. Families were headed home after hearing the Glenn Miller Ochest...
Speakers with roots at Hooper and Endicott presented a fast paced commentary on “Remarkable People and a Remarkable Land” April 15 for the 14th E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecture in the WSU Cub. Richard Scheuerman of Endicott provided an account of his life-long research of the native population of the Palouse country, and Alex McGregor used several quick sketches of some of the settlers that reflected the outlook and stamina that developed the remarkable land and stewardship of the land. Now on the faculty of the graduate school of education at...
Although it can’t be quantified like a batting average, expectations for Seattle Mariners fans marked a power surge over the winter after a big gain off the field in the off season. The Mariners and their fans came out of the winter trades with a collective grin. Things, they say, are going to get better. Again, supporters of the Ms are pegging a win in the AL West with the Angels falling off the throne. The Ms last year improved to 85-77, a gain of 24 wins over the horrible 2008 season. Seattle topped the American League in pitching with a 3...
Gazette editor Small books sometimes carry a big impact. Two new books now making the rounds this year provide amazing reports of long-ago events in Hells Canyon. R. Gregory Nokes, a retired reporter and editor for the Portland Oregonian, spent a decade researching “Massacred for Gold, The Chinese in Hells Canyon.” The book gives an account of how Chinese miners, who were mining gold along the Snake River in Hells Canyon, were shot and killed by a group of young men from in Inmaha area of Oregon in May of 1887. The shootings were done at Dee...
Chestnuts roastin’ on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like eskimos A big part of each Christmas season is the music. It begins to come out of radios, store speakers, elevators and lots of other places to provide an audio background for the holiday season. In this area, Christmas music fans can select from a variety of live Christmas music at all levels. With two university towns, the Palouse offers a rich variety each holiday season. Nat King Cole’s The Christmas Song aut...
Marshall area resident Nancy Czech takes a break after riding to the top end of the paved portion of Spokane’s Fish Lake Trail. Opening of another segment of paved trail at Spokane last month means bicycle riders and hikers in this area can make a downhill run all the way to the downtown area of Spokane. The Spokane Fish Lake trail addition can be linked with the Columbia Plateau Trail which runs mostly in Adams County on the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad line. Mile marker 365 at the Fish Lake trailhead marks the end of the s...
A few historical notes for high school guitar players How many of the guitar players in high school pep bands and jazz bands know about the legacy left to them by Les Paul. In about two weeks, high school musicians will show up at band rooms all over the state, pick off their instruments and begin to tune up for their part of the year’s sports action. In many schools, band teachers will also begin to focus their musicians for adjudication and jazz competitions around the state during the school year. Most of the groups will have one or more ele...
This bridge over Wallen Road, two miles west of Troy, was the last segment for completion of the Latah Trail between Moscow and Troy. The remaining 1.7 miles of trail have also been paved. The project provides a paved trail linkup from Pullman all the way to Troy. Bike riders from this area can actually start on the Pullman trail system north of Terre View along Highway 27, continue south through downtown Pullman on the Riverwalk segment and out the Chipman Trail to Moscow. The route continues across the University of Idaho campus and then on...
