Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Raised on the Palouse, Eliza is a farm girl surrounded by fields of food she cannot eat. When Eliza was young her mother, Rebecca Dark, a home economics teacher, discovered she was allergic to dairy products. For many years, Eliza continued to suffer symptoms from unknown food allergies. Years later, she discovered she is also gluten intolerant. “I would be so hungry but so overwhelmed by what I could and could not eat,” Eliza said, “I would go to the fridge and just eat a carrot.” Eliza said most prepared foods have gluten or dairy product...
Meet Christina Lionetti, Pullman Christina Lionetti loves to bake, but she doesn’t like to eat her own creations. Christina’s husband, Fred, and two-year-old daughter, Clementine, never complain about having too many cupcakes to eat. Her neighbors and friends also benefit from Christina’s baking. “I love to bake,” Christina said. “I don’t usually eat what I bake. I’d rather eat a Reese’s peanut butter cup.” While growing up in the Los Angeles area, neither she nor her mother cooked. Her meals were a combination of eating out or simple foods...
My Favorite Recipes Virginia Cheney spent many years living all over the country, from Tennessee to Montana. Two years ago she moved with her husband, Jesse, and their five children to Colfax. “When I was a teenager, my parents divorced. After that, I moved around a lot trying to find my place,” Virginia said. Virginia said that the people of Colfax are very kind and accepting, an “open arms community.” “I really like my neighborly neighbors,” Virginia said. “I feel like it takes the help of a community to raise children, and living in Col...
My Favorite Recipe Norma Becker dedicated 20 years of her to life serving the City of Colfax, her home since 1952, and is looking forward to what comes next. After serving for 20 years as the mayor of Colfax, Norma hopes she will now have time to finish her craft and sewing projects. Norma said she has no interest in traveling. She said she is a home-body and loves to work outside in her yard. “My outside is where I spend most my free time. If I didn’t have to vacuum and dust I wouldn’t spend anytime indoors,” she said. Although she will no...
Meet Sheri Wadsworth, Pullman The last two and a half years have been a huge learning curve for Sheri Wadsworth and her family after they purchased a 10-acre farm outside of Pullman. “Neither my husband or I grew up on a farm so we are really new to farming,” Sheri said. Sheri grew up in Sayre, Okla. She went with her father to her grandmother’s farm to help with the chores. Her husband, Michael Wadsworth, was raised in Concord, Calif., just outside of San Francisco. He too had little experience raising animals and taking care of land. Six y... Full story
