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NOTICE OF FEBRUARY 13, 2018 SPECIAL ELECTION Whitman County is a Vote by Mail County. A ballot will be mailed to each active registered voter in Whitman County on January 26th, 2018 Please contact Whitman County Election Department at 509-397-5284 or by email at elections@co.whitman.wa.us if you did not receive a ballot or need a replacement ballot. All returned ballots must have postage. Voter’s requiring assistance: Election ballots, registration forms, voting assistance for elderly and disabled persons are available at the Whitman County E...
* It was Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress, who made the following sage observation: “Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism: The right to criticize; The right to hold unpopular beliefs; The right to protest; The right of independent thought.” * According to historians, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill slept on silk sheets and...
1. GEOGRAPHY: What country has a region known as Catalonia? 2. SCIENCE: What do you call an animal that lives part of its life on land and part in the water? 3. HISTORY: When did the Spanish Civil War take place? 4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: A male bird is called a peacock, and the female is called what? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many colors are in a rainbow? 6. MOVIES: What was the name of the princess in the animated Disney movie “Aladdin”? 7. WEATHER: What is the wind speed at which a tropical storm is designated a hurricane? 8. AUTOS: What was the...
8 years ago The Commoner January 6, 1893 The north-bound freight train jumped the track near Elberton station Wednesday morning and piled the cars promiscuously over the road there. The accident happened an hour or two before the 11 o' clock passenger train was due at that point from Spokane, and consequently, the regular passenger was delayed several hours till the wreckage crew could clear the track. *** An industry which has sprung up on the northern boundary of the city, and to which... Full story
Belles Market was on the corner of 1st and Steptoe Street in Oakesdale, Washington. It was built in 1892 and housed several businesses over the past 100 years. It is now Crossett's Grocery Store. Bert Belles is the man wearing the apron on the left, other individuals are unidentified. Photo courtesy Whitman County Library Rural Heritage - McCoy Valley Museum, Oakesdale Historical Society....
Dear Savvy Senior, If the prescription label says “take with meals,” does it matter what you eat? I currently take eight different medications for various health problems and would like to know if there are any foods I need to avoid. Over Medicated Dear Over, It depends on the medication. Many meds should be taken with food – any food – to increase their absorption and reduce the risk of side effects. But some foods and medications can interact, reducing the medications’ effectiveness or increasing the risk of harmful side effects. To stay s...
Maryellen Hensle Cosgrove, 94, died at her home in Denver, Colo., Dec. 21, 2017. Born June 23, 1923, to R.A. and Mae Lynch Hensle at Tekoa, she moved with her family to Clear Creek. She graduated from Colfax High School in 1941. After completing Kinman Business School in Spokane, she relocated to Oakland, Calif. She was employed as a civilian Navy clerk at Treasure Island. She met her future husband, John Cosgrove, and they were married June 15, 1946, in Colfax. She is pre-deceased by her... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: MLK Jr. Day - No school! Tuesday: Chicken patty or bulldog burger, fries, baked beans, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo, bread stick or chicken patty, green beans, fruit. Thursday: Pizza or Bulldog burger, pineapple, Caesar salad, ice cream. Friday: Bulldog burger or chicken patty, cheese slice, fries, fruit. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: MLK Jr. Day - No school! Tuesday: Hamburger with lettuce and tomato, fries, strawberries Wednesday: 2:15 dismissal - Sausage, eggs, pancakes, hash brown, carrot sticks, orange slice....
-Crystal Davidson photo The morning sun breaks across the ridge on Monday, Jan. 8, just outside of the town of Albion on Albion Road....
Compassion Closet slated for Jan. 27 Macedonia Baptist Church will hold its semi-annual Compassion Closet on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon. This is a free clothing and household item giveaway. Clothes in a variety of sizes will be available for infants to adults, including maternity. They will also have shoes, toys, books, baby items and household goods. This event is free and open to the public. They are also accepting donations right now. Items needed most are children's clothes in all sizes. If you would like to make a donation,... Full story
Thursday, Jan. 11 Colfax – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. – Rural Alliance High School Art Show – The Community is invited to browse paintings, drawings, collages, pottery and more from area high school students. Exhibit ends on Jan. 12. Rosalia – 10:15 a.m. – Tiny Tinkers – Special 30 minutes of science and sensory exploration for babies and toddlers. Dress for a mess (but not to worry, you can leave the mess at the library.) Colfax, LaCrosse and Tekoa – Storytime – Take your children on a reading adventure. Please visit the website for times. Albion ... Full story
Legally Blonde, The Musical, opens Feb. 15 at Regional Theatre of the Palouse. This award-winning Broadway musical features Harvard Law School's favorite blonde, Elle Woods, and her chihuahua, Bruiser, as they take the RTOP stage by pink storm! An upbeat story of self-discovery, based on the film Legally Blonde. See everything from sorority house to the halls of justice with Legally Blonde. Coming this spring, Fiddler on the Roof is scheduled to run at RTOP from April 5 to 15. Order tickets by calling 509-334-0750 or online at...
The word on the street in Colfax is true, a wood-fired pizza restaurant will be going in on Main Street in the location of Terry Veitz' former barber shop and Eclectica. The “Gear N' Cog Bistro,” as it will be called, is an extension of the wood-fired pizza sold last summer at First Thursday events in Colfax by Amanda Rawlings and her parents Candy and Roger, all of Palouse. Amanda will manage the new shop after vacating the Gear N' Cog, an artist consignment store in Palouse. Plans to open tha...
Dee Bryson of Colfax begins her run as the Gazette recipe columnist with this issue. Dee Bryson was born and raised in southern Idaho. In 1984 her family relocated to Texas. Dee swore that she would return to Idaho as soon as she could. Shortly after high school she met the love of her life, a Texan named Rick Bryson. During their courtship, Rick mentioned that he didn’t foresee a time that he would live in Idaho, which caused Dee some concern. The couple decided to make a compromise and a... Full story
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club cancelled its meeting this month due to lack of hostesses for the event. The program for February’s meeting will be making baby blankets for Sacred Heart Hospital’s free maternity clinic in Spokane. The group will meet in the parish hall at St. Joseph Catholic Church in LaCrosse on Wed., Feb. 14, at 9 a.m. and work until 3 p.m. There will be a no-host lunch at the LaCrosse Café with dessert, coffee and tea served back at the parish hall. Hostesses are Li Ochs and Karen Broeckel. Roll call is: What’s the funniest thing...
All 14 branches of Whitman County Library will close Jan. 14-15 in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday. 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. Access to the library’s catalog, downloadable audio and eBooks, database products and the Events Calendar remain available by visiting the library’s website at www.whitco.lib.wa.us...
Endicott The Endicott Gun Club held its first trap shoot of the year on Jan. 7. They will be shooting in competition from now through March 11. Shooting time will be 10 a.m. and food will be served. The turnout was robust and the weather was good. The following are scores for the day. Division 1: Endicott Gun Club 93-100; Men: Chad Aeschliman 25, Ed Schultz 24, Dave Johnson 22, Brandon Phillips 22; Ladies: Endicott Gun Club 29-50, Jessica Pelissier 22, Teresa Garrett 7; Junior: Endicott Gun Club 81-100, Joe Vietz 23, James Gilchrist 22,...
Rice’s mixed media art show begins Jan. 20, then continues through March 31 during regular library hours at The Center, adjacent to the Colfax library. A grand opening reception for Colfax artist Molly Rice and her multi-media art and photography show at The Center next to Colfax library will be Saturday, Jan. 20, from 5-7 p.m. The reception will feature light refreshments, an exhibit filling two rooms of The Center and a visit with Rice herself. Heavily influenced by nature, dreams, spirit a...
DECEMBER LEFT HIGH WATER MARK December 2017 saw almost an inch more water than normal. The last four days of the month added 2.24 to the otherwise dry month, according to readings at the NRCS gauge in Colfax. Prior to the end of the month snow and rain, there had only been 1.3 inches of precipitation in a month that averages 2.71. The wet ending of the year boosted December’s reading to 3.54 inches. That made December the second wettest month of the year, coming in behind the 4.68 inches of precipitation in March. Total precipitation for 2...
Above: One of the large tomes relocated in the move holds handwritten accounts from commissioners’ proceedings in 1915 and 1916. At right: Commissioner Michael Largent unloads boxes in the first floor vault. The boxes are labeled with the department they hail from and when to destroy the records therein. Commissioners and county staff got a little bit of a workout Jan. 4 moving tomes and boxes of records from the second floor vault to the first floor vault at the county courthouse. “We’re tryin... Full story
Our parents drilled into our heads that saying “please” and “thank you” were not only part of everyday life, but were essential to operating a successful business. They are the basic ingredients of “Good Manners.” For more than 30 years, our family owned and operated the garbage collection business for Walkerville, a small incorporated Montana city north of Butte. It was a part-time operation, which required about 8 hours a week. In the early 1950s, our family posted a $100 bond and took it over. Previous owners thought it was too small to be...
Astounded It utterly astounds me that the leader of the United States is again attacking one of our most important rights and freedoms - free speech. For the president to argue that libel laws are too weak, well, let's examine how the change he wants could work locally: City, county and state officials and employees routinely are criticized by newspapers and residents. Public criticism of them is one of our rights. Some of those complaints are legitimate and some of them are unfair. However, unfair or not, those government personnel could not s...
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty much footballed out. After the college Division I championship, the other professional league, the NFL, will decide who's No. 1 with its playoffs and the Super Bowl, of course. The Super Bowl has become a grotesque salute to so much of what makes America what we are these days: extremely expensive excess that is only for the filthy rich; a garish halftime show; the intrigue this year about which players will ignore its contrived patriotism; and, certainly, the game itself, with injuries on seemingly every...
YYYY Tammy Lewis for volunteering to raise money for the Colfax pool. YYYY Colfax Rotary for generously donating toward pool fund. Send your pet peeves and okeydokes to Whitman County Gazette P.O Box 770, Colfax, WA 99111 or drop them off at the Gazette office... Full story
Hang onto your hats. The true state of our politics may finally become clear. Oprah Winfrey, after a speech at the Golden Globes, is being heralded as a possible candidate for president of the United States. Her speech dazzled the celebrities at the affair and pushed her even higher into the stratosphere of fame. President Donald Trump was elected in part because of his celebrity. It is not impossible that Oprah’s fame could catapult her to the White House. She is everywhere. Currently, she promotes a weight loss program and the line of ...
