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NOTICE TO VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS Whitman County, Washington is soliciting vendors and contractors for placement on the following lists: 1) General Government - Office/Data Processing Equipment 2) General Government - Building Maintenance/Park and Recreation 3) General Government - Professional Services 4) Public Works Department - Materials, Equipment, Supplies, Etc. 5) Public Works Department - Contractors 6) Public Works Department - Professional Services Whitman County maintains current rosters of vendors and contractors from which...
8 years ago The Commoner Jan. 8, 1892 The city was visited by a costly blaze last Monday, when the new steam laundry in the Perkins addition, North Colfax, was leveled to the ground in an hour. The alarm was turned in at about 6 o'clock, and the firemen responded with all the speed attainable. The distance of the laundry from the center of the city, rendered the run to the scene an exceedingly exhausting one, and when the department arrived the building was already enveloped in flames, and it was impossible to save any portion of it. The...
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: No school today! Tuesday: Biscuit with gravy, egg patty, fruit, tater stick. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo, bread stick, fruit, fresh veggies. Thursday: Bulldog burger, cheese, fries, baked beans, fruit. Friday: Sloppy Joe, Caesar salad, green beans, fruit. AT GARFIELD/PALOUSE SCHOOLS: Monday: No school today! Tuesday: Chicken, corn bread, coleslaw, baked beans, bananas, pears. Wednesday: Mini corn dogs, tossed salad, carrot sticks, cucumber coins, juice alive, peaches. Thursday: Cherry blossom chicken, rice, stir fry veg...
Thursday, Jan. 12 Colfax – 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. – Yoga for Balance and Aging – Gentle Yoga at a personally appropriate level. Free for 65 and older or try your first class for free. Center in Colfax – Rural Alliance Art Show – Browse the exhibit featuring the work of local high school students, now through Jan. 13 during regular open hours. Friday, Jan. 13 Malden – 6 to 8:30 p.m. – Friday the 13th Teen Party – Feeling lucky? All grades 6-12 students are invited to play games and superstition trivia, enjoy snacks and have fun. Saturday, Jan....
Nicole Wiley of Diamond has been honored with the Girl Scout Gold Award, culminating 13 years in Girl Scouts, including nearly 3,000 boxes of cookies sold. A 2016 Colfax High School graduate, Wiley is now studying music education at Eastern Washington University. She earned the Gold distinction after a completing a minimum 60-hour project during her senior year in which she put on an anti-bullying program for three classes at Jennings Elementary. Wiley's program was given in a series of...
Whitman County Library staffer Debi Hergert braves the elements to keep the Free Little Library on Cedar Street stocked. Funded by the Friends of Whitman County Library, the new mini library was designed by Jan Hansen and her company, The Little Library Builder of Spokane. It replaces a structure that was developed and built by WSU Design and Construction Management students. That little library was extremely popular with neighborhood residents but experienced many problems, eventually...
The Palouse Conservation District has announced funding available to local landowners and producers for land conservation. Funding is available through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) specifically for the Palouse River watershed. This watershed includes portions of Whitman, Spokane, Adams and Lincoln counties, as well as a portion of Latah County in Idaho. Landowners and producers need to apply for the funds by Feb. 3. Funds will be available with the purpose of establishing voluntary,...
Sale of City of Palouse's 2017 dog tags began Tuesday, Jan. 2, at City Hall. Palouse city code requires all dogs three months of age or older kept or harbored within the city to be continuously licensed by the owner or keeper of the dog. The annual license fee is $5 per neutered or spayed dog, $10 per intact dog. Proof of rabies vaccination is required....
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E. CAROLYN ELLITHORPE E. Carolyn Ellithorpe, 79, long-time Colfax resident, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. She had been residing at Whitman Health and Rehab in Colfax. A service has been scheduled for Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Following a reception, burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Palouse. A full obituary will be issued at a later date. ROBERT BRUCE SMAWLEY Robert Bruce Smawley, 88, known unofficially as 'Mr. WSU' to many area Cougar fans, died Jan. 1, 2017, at the Guardian Angel Home in Liberty Lake, Wash. Mr. Sm...
If Judge Robinson’s schedule allows, he may give a presentation on his ‘rodenticide’ in Colfax this coming February or March. District Court Judge Doug Robinson has for several years had problems with mice and other rodents on his nine-acre property on Klemgard Road, just west of the Ewartsville elevators. With the problem facing him, Robinson wanted to look into a rodenticide which would be a solution but also not harm other organisms. He believes he has accomplished that now. “What I have deve...
Denny McDonald began Jan. 4 as the executive director of Whitman Health and Rehabilitation in Colfax. McDonald returns to the position on an interim basis after the departure of Ward Tappero. McDonald's father, the late Roy McDonald, was the original builder and owner of the former Whitman Convalescent Center, which opened in 1985. Since then, Denny has worked at the facility for many years. Most recently, he served as admissions director/marketing director from 2009-13. He was executive director from 1985 until 2000. “What brings me back, I l...
'Sip & Gather' set at Palouse The Bank Left Bistro and Gallery, Dot's Vintage Funk, & Open Eye Antiques start the new year with "Sip & Gather," a celebration of international and local soups, wines and pastries at the bistro and "Reimagined" spaces for Dot's. This Palouse event takes place Jan. 14, 11 a.m to 3 p.m. This marks the move to a new location of Dot's Vintage Funk, now on the second floor of Open Eye Antiques. Come and enjoy sales throughout the participating stores and celebrate food, art and culture. Offer rod class at Dahmen barn...
Registration is now open for a series of three workshops about the opportunities and benefits of growing an oilseed crop in a cereal rotation. Sessions are slated for Jan. 26 at Hartline, Jan. 31 at Ritzville and Feb. 2 at Clarkston. Low wheat prices along with challenges such as falling numbers and problematic weeds and diseases in cereal crops are just a few reasons to attend one or more of the sessions. Farmers here have Pacific Northwest markets for canola, mustard and camelina as well as western U.S. markets for other oilseeds. Each...
Madeline Gregory, 2016 Rosalia High School graduate, earned a 3.71 grade average for the fall quarter at Eastern Washington University and was placed on the Dean's List. She played saxophone for the Eagles’ marching band, which performed for all the EWU home football games up to the national semi-finals. Gregory is double majoring in applied psychology and music. She is the daughter of Trevor Gregory of Rosalia and Julie McElfish, Creston....
Kurt and Chris Braunwart have not lived in Colfax since 1984, but the couple has been doing business on the Palouse ever since they first arrived here in 1980. Today, they operate ProGene Plant Research, LLC, in Othello, and their business brings them to the Palouse often. “We have a lot of research trials north and south of Pullman,” said Kurt. “We have lots of customers from Spokane to Lewiston to Walla Walla. We spend a lot of time on the Palouse.” Their family was recently named the 2017 Le...
All 14 branches of Whitman County Library will close Jan. 15-16 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Due dates for library materials have been extended in anticipation of the closure, and no late fines will be charged for these days. Drop boxes will remain open at all locations for returned items....
Due to navigation lock construction, access to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Little Goose Lock and Dam’s tailrace fishing wall and day-use area will remain temporarily closed until further notice. The Corps previously announced a temporary closure through Jan. 7. The bascule bridge crossing the downstream navigation lock approach was expected to be inaccessible at least through Tuesday, Jan. 10, to accommodate critical lock gate work. Contractors will be moving one of the downstream lock gate leafs out of position to replace its pintle ass...
The Colfax Direct Seeders will meet at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Colfax Methodist Church meeting room. A hot breakfast served by the Top Notch Café and hosted by Ag Tech will be provided. Travis Hillman and Dusty Eddy of the Ag Tech Inc. company of The Dalles will present variable rate technology for creating field zones for spraying and fertilizing. Ag Tech is affiliated with Jones Truck and Implement of Colfax. Local growers who use variable rate technology will be at the meeting to share their views on setting up filed zones. Also...
Dusty Several family members came last weekend to Harm and Jan Smith’s home to celebrate a late Christmas. Attending the celebration were Gina and Jason Morgan and Micah, Yakima; Jeanne Levy and Darnell Rice, Tacoma; Dan Morris, Kris and Bruce Berglund, Brooke and Avery, Valleyford; and Karen Morris, Spokane. Selbu Lutheran Church and Country Bible Church services were cancelled due to weather conditions again this past Sunday. Rick Bates, Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada, stayed with Dale Broeckels’ family Saturday while visiting friends in the...
Endicott Endicott Community Club will host a free family bingo night Jan. 21 at the Endicott Food Center. They are in the process of planning several more events in the following months. Trinity Lutheran Church's Elizabeth Circle will meet Tuesday, Jan. 17. Parent Teacher Organization's birthday calendars arrived Jan. 9. They can be picked up at Endicott Food Center. Endicott Gun Club has started its new year with targets thrown every Sunday starting at 9 a.m. until the middle of March. They are again competing in the Spokesman Review and...
RJ Shirey and Raeanna Lopes hold newborn son Nathan in this selfie photo. Raeanna Lopes, 19, poses with the radio flyer wagon given to the first baby of the new year. Nathan Erickson Shirey was born to Lopes and RJ Shirey Jan. 5. The first baby of 2017 arrived at the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center last week. Nathan Erickson Shirey was born Thursday, Jan. 5, at the hospital to Raeanna Lopes, 19, and RJ Shirey, 20. Lopes and Shirey reside in Tekoa. Tekoa is also home to 2016's first baby at...
The first Colfax school board meeting of the new year Monday night featured items such as facilities planning, Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA) policy updates, a resignation by teacher Sue Doering and more. In opening remarks, board member Brian Becker mentioned the many comments he heard about high school principal Carrie Lipe shoveling snow outside a basketball game last Saturday. “Mr. Pugh, too,” said Lipe, sitting in the chairs for the public. “Nobody mentioned him,...
A familiar face has joined the staff at the Port of Whitman. Colfax Attorney Bruce Ensley, who has served as the Port attorney since 1978, has been hired part time by the Port to continue his attorney duties there. Up until the new year, Ensley worked with the Libey & Ensley law office here. With Gary Libey now serving as superior court judge, the office has ceased operations and sent most of its case load to the Carpenter, McGuire & DeWulf law firm, which is in the process of remodeling the former Glaser's building as a new office space....
Boots, a wheelchair and a crutch were set up in the hallway of the St. Ignatius Hospital during the initial round of ghost hunts in October 2015. Several items found in the abandoned building were staged around the hospital during the tours. When The Learning Channel's Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman traveled to Colfax last August to spend 72 hours locked in the St. Ignatius Hospital building, they were not quite sure what to expect. The hosts of ‘Paranormal Lockdown’ met Colfax’s Unified Execu...
