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NOTICE OF A PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE HEARING Whitman County will hold 4 public hearing(s) to be held during a Whitman County Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in the Auditorium, first floor of the Whitman County Public Service Building, at 7:00 PM, N. 310 Main St., Colfax, WA. for a rezone of 4 individual properties including: (ZC1 5-04-Warren St. Agricultural), (ZC 15-05 J&S Farmland), (ZC 15-06 Redwood Farmland), (ZC15-08 Itani Development), all from Agricultural to Cluster Residential Development, all located in Whitman...
Library branches in Palouse, Tekoa, St. John and Colfax are host locations for Crazy 8s Clubs for wacky math adventures provided by the Bedtime Math Foundation. Bedtime Math is a nonprofit organization that seeks to put the fun and discovery back into learning math. Its core product is a daily online math problem that parents can do with their kids to make nightly math as common and beloved as the bedtime story. The Colfax and Palouse Library branches are in Crazy 8s Club, Season 2, working with Washington State University’s Center for Civic E...
8 years ago The Commoner Jan. 16, 1891 The people of this place had a genuine Indian scare last night and for about half an hour every man in the city was arming himself with all the Winchester rifles and bowie knives that he could get hold of. The dispatches in yesterday's Review announced a rumor that the Nez Perces Indians, a few miles from Moscow, had taken the Messiah craze and were preparing for war. As a matter of fact, the Nez Perces Indians are the most peaceable in the United States, but the report that they were putting on the war...
Betty Passig Thompson, retired registered nurse who resided in Palouse for 60 years, died at her home Dec. 26, 2015. She was 86 at the time of her death. An obituary published Dec. 31, 2015, listed an incorrect age. She retired in 1989 after working as a private nurse and at St. Ignatius and Whitman Community Hospital in Colfax. For paid obituaries, see the Weekly Pages for Jan. 21 Evelyn E. Shields: 1930-2016 Ellen Elizabeth Luther: 1921-2016 Barbara Jo Curtiss: 1951-2016 Ivy A. Brannon: 1915-2016... Full story
'Moon Glow' set at Palouse Bank Left Gallery & Bistro and Open Eye Antiques in Palouse will present Moon Glow, a Valentine's celebration, beginning Feb. 13. The gallery will feature new sculptures by Idaho artist Ryan Law and new paintings by Palouse artist Nelson Duran. The Bistro will open its doors for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. The gallery exhibit hours will be 10-3 and is free to the public from Feb. 13 to March 13. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Antiques will be... Full story
A Youth Suicide Prevention Program was conducted at Tekoa High School Jan. 13. The program was sponsored by the Healthy Tekoa coalition, Tekoa Mountain Bible, United Church of Tekoa, Sacred Heart Church and Pete and Fran Martin, who lost their grandson to suicide this past fall. Workshops were in classrooms by a YSPP facilitator and grade school counselor Carrie Hubert during morning hours. That same afternoon, during the early release training hour, the facilitator led a community/all staff mee...
Thursday, Jan. 21 Colfax, Colton & Farmington – 3rd Thursday – Exciting after school program in three locations. Check the calendar for times and themes. Albion – 5 p.m. – Fireside Chat – Visit around our “fire” with friends over tea and cocoa. Colton – 6 p.m. – Book Club – Join the discussion of State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. Everyone is welcome. Friday, Jan. 22 Endicott, Malden, Palouse, St. John & Uniontown – Early Learning Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more every Friday. Visit the online calendar for tim... Full story
Dusty Nine members of the Dusty B.B. Club met last Wednesday in the parish hall of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in LaCrosse to make baby blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Co-hostesses were Suzy McNeilly and Karen Broeckel. The next meeting will be Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the home of Helen Appel. Bring a "white elephant" gift for roll call. The program is an afternoon of playing bingo. David and Phyllis Stueckle and their granddaughter and her husband, Mark and Andrea Stueckle Davis, spent from Monday to...
Endicott Endicott Gun Club Sunday Shoot results: Open class- Ed Schultz 25, Colton Miller 25, Connor Pelissier (Jr.) 24, Jim Pelissier 22; Handicap-Jim Pelissier 23; Doubles: Joe Vietz 17; Women-Nichole Vietz 15; Youth-Joe Vietz 21, Carsten Miller 6.... Full story
Eastern Washington University has released its dean's list for the fall quarter. Undergraduate students who earned 12 credit hours and received a grade average of 3.5 or better are placed on the list. Areas students included on the roll are as follows: Colfax: Kasey Cloaninger, Maia Gingerich, Michael Haynes, Taylor Larsen, Kaysha Lyman, Tyler McNannay, Natasha Nellis, Timothy Nellis, Jeremiah Roberts, Andrew Scholz, Tyler Stevenson, Emma Tilbury Colton: Grace Druffel Oakesdale: Jeffrey DeGon Palouse: Chandler Pfaff Pullman: Matthew Konkel,...
Lacrosse LaCrosse student of character assembly for December’s trait of honesty was Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the high school pit area. Students who earned the student of character award were as follows: Kindergarten - Jack Baser, Sayge Bowen, Brianna Camp, Morgan Martin, Gracie Schwartz; Mac I - Ty Pierson, Chloe Waddell, Grace Morris, Olivia McGregor, Mercedes Martin, Lilly Hammer; Mac II - Ben Bailey, Avery Fleming, Julia Guske, Landon Miller, Quincy Morris, Ellie Pierson, Emily Thompson, Matthew Thompson; Fifth Grade - Tanner Fleming, L...
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Burrito, corn, tater tots, fruit. Tuesday: Mac and cheese, smokies, breadstick, green salad, fruit. Wednesday: Noon dismissal - Pizza, Caesar salad, pineapple, ice cream. Thursday: Straw hats, fruit, refried beans, donut. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, fruit, cookie. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOLS: Monday: Chicken fajita with lettuce and tomato, fruit salad. Tuesday: Sloppy Joe, applesauce, veggie tray. Wednesday: Early dismissal - Chicken noodle soup, cheese bread, strawberries, salad, carrot sticks. Thursday: Sausage,... Full story
Meet Goldie Foss, Colfax Goldie Foss of Colfax is a dedicated member of the Thrifty Grandmothers Club. After years of living all over the country, Goldie Foss returned to Whitman County. Goldie and her twin sister, Gloria Erickson, grew up near Dusty, the daughters of G.R. and Rachel Stueckle, and they graduated from LaCrosse High School. Gloria has been living in Dusty for many years, and Goldie returned about four years ago. Goldie’s parents were from large families, so she has many cousins a...
Doug Carlsen, who is employed as the Endicott school janitor, plays his trumpet Jan. 14 for some Endicott students during their lunch. Carlsen plays for the students every Thursday, in his church band and plays the national anthem for Endicott home games. Amidst the sounds of silverware clanging against plates and chattering youngsters during the Endicott Elementary School lunch, a musical note or two can be heard coming from the corner as the school janitor plays his trumpet. Every Thursday,...
All across the United States last week, people were swarming to gas stations and supermarkets to purchase Powerball tickets for the largest Powerball prize in history. More than 635 million tickets were sold in 46 states prior to the Jan. 13 draw, according to lottoreport.com. Powerball fever also hit Whitman County last week as the largest Powerball prize in history drew near. The record Powerball grew to nearly $1.6 billion prior to the draw, because no tickets had been able to match all five numbers plus the Powerball number since Nov. 7,...
After the Concrete River was bare in the summer from little to no rains, it is now flowing after several weeks of snowfall and rain. The Jan. 5 photo, left, shows the river full of ice, snow and water, while the Jan. 15 photo, at right, shows the water level rising and flowing quickly down the canal.... Full story
Seattle lost an icon earlier this month when Dick Spady, the 92-year old founder of Dick’s Drive-In restaurants, died. He was an entrepreneur who took a risk, worked hard, treated his workers and customers well, sold an excellent product at an affordable price, and did his part to make his community and country a better place to live and raise a family. Dick Spady was a pacesetter in the fast food industry which developed a full-head of steam in the 1950s. He was quick to recognize a business opportunity and believed that people wanted a f...
Colfax MARRIAGE LICENSES Zihao Li, 23, and Xiaomeng Yu, 22, both Pullman, Jan. 13. Jaelen Michael Pace, 22, Spokane, and Samantha Anneil Bafus, 24, Pullman, Jan. 14. Paul Arthur Schweitzer, 31, and Katherine Rose Carpenter, 31, both Colton, Jan. 15. BUILDING PERMIT Patricia Pfaff, remodel apartment at N. 102 Mill, $476, Jan. 12. REAL ESTATE SALES Carl and Aimee Corning, Asheboro, N.C., to John Schauwecker, Colfax, house on W. Railroad, Colfax, $43,000, Nov. 25. Federal National Mortgage Association to Fayroz Stanikzy, Pullman, lot on NW Sunset...
Reasons for levy My name is Weston Claassen. I am a 1990 graduate of Colfax School District. I received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Biola University in 1994. This is where I met my wife Jennifer of twenty years. We married and she moved to our community to join me on our family farm. I am a proud fourth generation graduate of Colfax High School, so when I was asked to serve on the Committee for quality schools in support of the 2015 Colfax School Replacement Levy, I was excited to have this opportunity. Jennifer and I have five...
The lazy conventional wisdom is that Ted Cruz is the new Barry Goldwater, doomed to suffer an electoral landslide defeat should he win the Republican nomination. Not only is this wrong about Cruz's general-election chances, it may compare Cruz to the wrong 20th-century Republican forebear. The better analogue for Cruz might be Richard Nixon, not in the crudely pejorative sense, but as another surpassingly shrewd and ambitious politician who lacked a personal touch but found a way to win nonetheless. First, all the caveats. Obviously and most... Full story
Let's face it: Those guys who have taken over a federal building at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in remote eastern Oregon haven't exactly caused an uprising of support. Instead of rallying everyone around their cause -- which in case you don't know is to take back massive swaths of land from the U.S. government -- they've brought on mainly ridicule. Punsters have been having a field day, calling this self-styled armed militia group "Vanilla ISIS" or "Y'all Qaeda." Law-enforcement officials have thus far chosen not to drag them out, and...
Last week, the news could hardly be turned on without hearing talk of the Powerball as it surged to its largest prize in its history, soaring to nearly $1.6 billion – a number so large that it did not even fit on Powerball billboards which were designed years ago to cap out at $999 million. It seemed as though everyone wanted a piece of the prize, and hopes were high across the nation as people forked over $2 to buy their ticket and then dream of the possibilities of quitting jobs, paying off college debts, traveling the world and buying m...
An energy audit is in for Palouse, and the town will now decide whether to make recommended changes. Apollo Systems of Spokane contacted city hall in November to offer a free evaluation of Palouse’s energy systems. After two snow delays, company representatives came to town in December and submitted a report. In it they noted a few lights that had not been converted to LED in a recent project and a deficient well pump at the city shop. “Relatively speaking, these are minor,” said City Clerk... Full story
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. CASH CAR SALE SAID BOGUS Kimara M. McCants, 20, Pullman, was booked into the county jail early Monday after a Pullman Police investigation of an alleged charge of selling a car which was believed to be stolen. According to the arrest report, Pullman Police Jan. 14 responded to a report from a resident on SW Lost Trail Drive who said she had...
Tekoa/Rosalia Timberwolves will travel to Northwest Christian tonight for their lone NE league game booked this week. The TR girls, who pegged their first league win last week against Reardan, topped Wilbur/Creston 41-35 Tuesday at Rosalia for their second NE league win. Nikki Overton hit 11 points, and Tommia Pakootas hit three 3-point shots. The Timberwolves trailed by six points after the first frame, but hit 17 in the second quarter to take the lead. Saturday, the Timberwolves took a 12-3 Davenport team into overtime before sustaining a...
