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Rosalia students collected 657 pounds of non-perishable food in their food drive Dec. 3-7. Using Hunger Games as the theme for the second year in a row, the school divided into six different 'districts'. Organizers Jenna and Ryan Schu and the Leadership Class aimed to have an equal number of students in each district. District 1 included sixth, seventh and twelfth graders; District 2, fourth and fifth; District 3, second and third grades; District 4, eighth and eleventh graders; District 5,...
Judge Doug Robinson said last week one of his goals for retirement will be to re-take the state bar examination so he can serve as judge pro-tem when needed around the area. He needs to pass the examination to renew his license as an attorney, one of the requirements to be appointed as a judge pro-tem. Robinson said last week, he doesn't plan to start a law practice once he gets the license. He also plans to serve as Colfax Municipal Court judge. After serving as Whitman County District Court...
County Auditor Eunice Coker's retirement party was in the commissioners chambers Tuesday afternoon with cookies, cupcakes and cake pops provided by the auditors staff. Raised in Colfax, Coker had a stint with the Army in the military police at Fort McPherson, Ga., from 1975 to 1977 and returned to Colfax. Coker started in the Treasurer's office in 1984 under Mary Crawford, who Coker says is "the best person in the world." After working in the treasurer's office for 18 years, she filed for the...
Every part of Serenity House was designed with consideration for who its residents would be. Licensed to be occupied, Serenity House is a three bedroom, high quality care, end-of-life residence. Serenity house provides guiding support and caring to dying individuals and their loved ones, giving chances for them to spend time together in a setting that provides comfort, support and reassurance. Friends of Hospice planned to rent a house when they first started working on Serenity House, but one...
Last May Whitman County Sheriff's office lost a deputy to cancer. The German Shepherd K9 officer, Unix, was nine years old when he died from an aggressive form of cancer. He had served with the sheriff's office since 2011. Now filling the void left by Unix is Lilly, who was purchased using money forfeited from drug activities, and brought to Washington from Germany. Teamed up with Sgt. Keith Cooper, 15-month-old Lilly graduated from the Washington State Patrol K-9 Academy in Olympia Dec. 4....
Roger Beck, business teacher and yearbook instructor at St. John/Endicott High School, received three separate awards at the Washington State Business Education Association's fall meeting in October. Beck serves as treasurer for WSBEA's board. The first award was a 50-year service award for teaching business. Beck, who was raised in Kellogg, Idaho, and graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1968, moved to St. John and began his teaching career that year. His career has been in the same...
Whitman County Library has announced that the third annual "Art Among the Trees" will be in Colfax on Dec. 19. "Art Among the Trees" is an event featuring trees festively decorated by community members as well as artwork by artists and photographers from around the region. This year 25 trees have been featured. The artists include Carrie Vielle, Nancy Rothwell, Bob Krikac and photographer Tom Mohr, all from Colfax; Rob Smith from St. John; Nona Hengen from Spangle, and Jacqueline Daisley and...
Sarah Sevedge, a fourth generation resident here on the Palouse, has opened a new counseling center in Pullman. Hope in the Hills Counseling Services is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days a week. Sevedge has been counseling for more than 10 years. Sevedge, born and raised in Colfax, is the daughter of Bob and Julie (Willson) Sevedge, of Colfax, and granddaughter of Joan Willson of Colfax and Thoral Sinkbeil, also of Colfax. Her father's side of the family also goes back four generations on the...
The Council on Aging and Human Services has received a grant from Innovia Foundation for COAST Transportation in the amount of $30,000. Ryan Avery, transportation coordinator, was the lead grant writer for the grant to upgrade the technology used in COAST’s vehicles. The grant will be used to purchase tablets where the drivers can more easily log mileage and location, as well as see their schedule. The tablets will be connected to a single server. The server will be upgraded to allow for r...
A group of fifth grade students in Rosalia placed in the top three nationally in an agricultural competition. Calling their project the Circle G Ranch, Kayla Eilertson, Megan Maley, London McLain, and Gwen Olson were able to build a model of a cattle ranch and determine not only the production, but the economic, environmental and social needs and how to balance them using cattle health and nutrition, land management, cost of production and grazing plans for the Purple Plow's cattle ranch riddle...
Whitman County commissioners learned last week that Pullman does not plan to include a courtroom at the new city hall. Pullman sessions of district court have been conducted in a room at the present city hall. The commissioners Monday discussed possible options for a new district court site. The first option they discussed was moving all court sessions to Colfax. The second option discussed was to rent a space in Pullman for court sessions. Commissioner Art Swannack said he doesn’t like the i...
Port of Whitman Chief Operating Officer, Kara Riebold, received a phone call Thursday, Nov. 29, from the Community Economics Revitalization Board (CERB) in the Department of Commerce. The phone call reported CERB had voted to increase construction project limits and recipients were being called to let them know they may qualify for an increase. The limits had been $1 million and were being increased to $2 million. The Port in September received a grant-loan from the CERB Rural Broadband Program...
Dan Felton, who was raised in Malden and has been the proprietor of Felton's Auto Sales in St. Maries, Idaho, for the last 20 years, was inducted into the St. Maries Lumberjack Booster Club's Hall of Fame Friday, Nov. 30. Felton was born in Spokane and raised in Malden to be a third generation conductor for the Milwaukee Railroad. Malden's Felton Hall, a former Catholic church turned into a community center, was named after his father, who was one of the first babies born in Malden. "It was a...
When Robin and Robert Adams moved to Whitman County in 2005, Robin was invited to decorate Ditzy's Coffee shop. Among the decorations was a flower arrangement with a chunk of log as the base. Robin's mother had an eye for flower arrangements that Robin had always admired. “Her arrangements were beautiful and made me want to do it,” she said. In a short time the Yule Log, as she now calls the creation, was sold, but was soon returned with complaints from the wife of the buyer on its poor wor...
The December shutdown of Highway 26 has taken a big toll on Hatton. The small Adams County town is located southwest of the Highway 26 bridge across the Burlington Northern Santa Fee tracks. Work on the bridge deck started Oct. 15 and Highway 26 was blocked off. The Hatton and Cunningham roads intersect Highway 26 on the west side of the bridge. During the construction job, the state posted a Highway 26 detour which takes westbound motorists south to Connell on Highway 395, west on Highway 260...
St. John St. John Heritage Museum will celebrate its fifth anniversary during St. John’s Winterfest. The anniversary celebration is to show appreciation for the museum’s donors, and anyone is welcome to attend. The museum will feature live piano music as well as refreshments which include ice cream from Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe. St. John’s Heritage Museum debuted during the 2013 Winterfest in St. John. St. John’s 26th annual Winterfest will be a two-day event, Dec. 1 and 2. Events for Winter...
Ron and Barb Wachter are taking a step back from the Hilltop, an inn and restaurant they’ve owned and operated for 39 years. Instead of looking for a new manager or selling to a franchise, the Wachters decided to hire a team to manage the Hilltop. Of the six proposals they received, Coast matched their needs the closest. Owner Ron Wachter mentioned that good managers aren’t easy to come by, and he feels it is worthwhile to be a hotel managed by someone who can successfully manage several oth...
Port of Whitman commissioners last Thursday received a report on design work for the Boyer Park Marina. The design work has been done under a $275,000 grant from the state Recreation & Conservation Office in the Department of Natural Resources. Designs, analysis and permits will be needed to replace the docks and fuel float at the Boyer Marina. The permit would allow for construction and keep options open for more in the future. Nels Sultan from the Edmonds office of Mott McDonald, a global...
The Northwest Grain Growers and the Washington State Department of Transportation are working on projects in Endicott. NWGG is building new grain elevators that include seven new shipping tanks and a half-million-bushel tank. The addition will bring the total storage on site to more than three million bushels. A 110 car shuttle loader will transport the white wheat, dark northern spring wheat and hard red winter wheat that the elevators will hold from Endicott to the coast. To keep up with the...
A few months ago Angel Colyar and Kelli Melhus of St. John realized they shared an aspiration to help others in a big way, but neither had ever felt the timing was “just right.” Some time passed and a few weeks ago the two came to the conclusion that the time was never going to be right and to just go for it. So they did. Angel and Kelli are the co-founders of Helping Hands in St. John. While both have been volunteers in the past, neither has done charity work at this level before. The name Hel...
Whitman County Commissioners Monday reviewed a report on the county’s liability insurance coverage and costs and have scheduled a Nov. 19 meeting date for a decision on whether or not to change their approach. The decision will be whether or not to send a letter stating their intent to shop around for insurance policies to the Washington Rural Counties Insurance Program (WRCIP). This letter will not obligate the county to actually change companies, but will allow the option. The WRCIP is a p...
After an eight-month delay, The Red Brick Café had its official soft opening Oct. 22. The delay was caused by what owner/manager Kris Sheets referred to as 'newbie naivete.' They needed to finish building cabinets, put in flooring and finish getting the details together. "It reiterated how patience and perseverance can work out in a positive way," said Sheets. The Red Brick Café owners, Kris and Gary Sheets, moved to Rosalia from California in 2011. Gary works full-time at Eastern Washington U...
