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NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Commissioners have set the date of Monday, March 8, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, WA, for a proposed amendment to the 2010 Whitman County budget. At that time, it is requested all department heads/elected officials requesting an amendment be present. The total amount of the proposed amended budget is approximately $53,440,443. Copies of the proposed amendment will be available March 1, 2010 by calling 397-5240. Disabled accommodations are accessible by...
Witches practice for Gar/Pal comedy Addy Hamilton, Becky Nelson, and Missy Johnson practice their roles as witches for “MacBeth,” a comedy about a high school boy and his infatuation with Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The opening performance will be Sunday, March 7, at 4 p.m. and final two performances will be March 11 and March 12, 7 p.m., all at the Garfield Middle School Theater in Garfield. Tickets will be available at the door. Adults are $6 and students are $4. Refreshments provided by the GarPal Performing Arts Boosters will be avail... Full story
8 years ago February 27, 1885 Last Sunday some eighteen converts were baptized in Cooper’s Lake by Rev. E.T. Trimble of the Baptist Church. Most of the people of town witnessed the ceremony. Last Monday night about 1 o’clock in the residence of Mrs. E.W. Hull, in the south end, took fire from a defective flue and burned to the ground. Very little of the household effects were saved. The loss is about two thousand dollars, and the property was insured for one thousand in the Washington Company of Tacoma. The proprietor of the Gazette has purch...
John Owen Feistner John Owen Feistner, 45, Colfax died Feb. 16, 2010 at his home. He will be laid to rest in a private rite at the Colfax Cemeter, and a memorial gathering will take place later in the spring. Born Feb. 29, 1964, in Seattle, he moved to Spokane with his parents, Marion Richard (Dick) and Audrey Price Feistner. While attending high school in Pullman John met Brenda Colyar, a classmate, and they have been a couple for the last 28 years. He graduated from Pullman High School in 1982 and he worked in the WSU horticulture department... Full story
Library will host musical programs Whitman County Library will host a series of musical programs in March. Featured entertainers this year will be Bruce and Susan Matley with eight programs scheduled around the county between March 17 and 20. The programs are provided through a partnership between WCL, the Friends of WCL and the Humanities Washington Inquiring Minds speaker series. Four of the programs will be in branch libraries or community rooms. The other four will be at the Endicott School, Garfield School, Dahmen Barn and the new...
How to Create a Senior-Friendly Bathroom Dear Savvy Senior, What tips or products can you recommend to make a bathroom more senior-friendly. My husband and I are looking to adapt our home for our elderly years and would like to start with the bathroom. What can you tell us? Aging Gracefully Dear Aging, Because more accidents and injuries happen in the bathroom than any other room in the house, this is a great place to start seniorizing. Here’s what you should know. Small Changes To avoid hygiene hardships as you get older, let’s start with som... Full story
Don Kackman and Alice Davis, treasurer and president of Whitman County School Retirees Association, are pictured here with Rhonda Kromm, advisor for the Builders Club at Lincoln Middle School in Pullman. The retirees have purchased “Three Cups of Tea” books and donated $100 for Kromm and the club to use in their Pennies For Peace drive. The club’s project this month has been to collect pennies for schools and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Every year the retirees offer grants to active teachers who support the organization with their... Full story
Samantha Bafus of LaCrosse has been awarded a Presidential Scholarship for $2000 to Eastern Washington University for the 2009-2010 academic year. This scholarship is awarded to high school students with a cumulative high school grade average of 3.8 or higher or an SAT score of 1250 or higher. Samantha will graduate this year from LaCrosse where she has been involved with the National Honor Society and ASB. She will attend EWU in the fall. Samantha is the daughter of Robert and Leanne Bafus of LaCrosse....
Area WSU students who completed studies for undergraduate degrees with the conclusion of the fall 2009 semester are listed as follows: ALBION: Daniel Edwin Stenbakken, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Technology and Management. COLFAX: Samuel Marc Kammerzell, Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, cum laude; and Melissa Ann Rodgers, Bachelor of Arts in Humanities. LACROSSE: Mitchell Joseph Hopkins, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. PALOUSE: Kelsey Rachelle Thurman, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, cum laude. ROSALIA: Randall Thomas...
Endicott Endicott library will offer a glass painting session Friday, Feb. 26, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Katy King of LaCrosse will cover brush and paint application techniques for applying paint to glassware. The participants are encouraged to bring glassware to paint. This program is sponsored by Endicott library and The Friends of Whitman County Library. Refreshments are provided. Endicott library hours are Tuesdays 1-6 p.m. and Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 pm.... Full story
Hooper Anna May Tobin had lunch with son Terry Tobin and his wife Helen in Connell Sunday afternoon. Granddaughter Emily also came home to visit for the weekend....
Lamont Brent Wecker of Napa, Idaho, son of Nancy Stromberger Wecker and Eldon Wecker, of Meridan visited with his grandparents, Dan and Jean Stromberger Saturday afternoon. Brent drove over from Moscow, Idaho, where he is working for 10 days to completely renovate a swimming pool at a fitness center there. Overnight guests, Friday, at the home of Allen and Diane Cook, were their daughter, Sandi Miller, and grandchildren, Logan and Kristen, Kahlotus. The Millers returned home Saturday afternoon Milly Kay and Bill Baldwin from Sammamish drove to...
Tekoa The Republican Caucus was held recently in Tekoa at the home of Bunny Bippes. Amendments to the Republican platform were discussed and sent on to the county chairman, Steve Naught of St. John. Among the topics discussed were amendments including repealing the mail-in vote, the possibility of buying health insurance across state lines and opposing the requirement that employees must be required to join unions at their job sites. It was also strongly suggested that Gov. Gregoire hold county town hall meetings across the state, such as... Full story
Dusty Rick Bates of Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada, has been visiting the Broeckel/Gustafson homestead for the last two weeks. He will help with spring work for awhile. Brady Blankenship celebrated his first birthday with his parents, Phil and Amanda Blankenship, last weekend. Guests included his Grandma Kathy Bell and Aunt Lissa Bell, Colfax; Uncle Eric Bell, Seattle; and sister, eight year old Madison of Palouse. Kurt Moore, son of Steve and Carol Moore, is serving as a page for Rep. Joe Schmick in the state legislature this week in Olympia....
Hospital welcomes new staffers The hospital recently welcomed three newcomers to its staff. Angela Anderson has joined our Therapy Department as a part-time Physical Therapist. Angela earned her Doctorate Degree in PT this past June from Eastern Washington University. She also holds a degree in Health Information Administration from the Univeristy of Washington. Angela has worked with us in the past as a PT aide and aerobics guard and instructor. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, working out and reading. Austin Neu is... Full story
Lacrosse LaCrosse Business Association will meet March 3 to begin planning for this year’s Farmers Festival which will be Saturday, June 19. The LaCrosse Chapter of National Honor Society plans another Meals to Go on Monday, March 8. The menu will be chicken alfredo, green salad, garlic toast, peaches and a cookie. Residents interested in having lunch delivered March 8 are asked to contact the school or any National Honor Society member. Big congratulations to Justin Aldrich who placed fourth Saturday in the B division of the State Mat C...
Oakesdale Matthew Hockett, Jessie Gladwill, Gavin Shrope, Kit Hockett, Sean Bober, Ryan Baljo, CJ Hansen, Dillon Meserve, LJ Peringer, Kameron Dewan, Tyler Bober, Max Curtis and Garrett Dingman. The Oakesdale scouts recently held their Pinewood Derby. Overall winners were: 1st LJ Peringer, 2nd Kit Hockett and 3rd alternate was Tyler Bober. Winners of the packs were Tiger Cubs Kit Hockett, Wolf/Bear-LJ Peringer and Webelos-Dillon Meserve. Bridge Club was hosted last week at the home of June Crow. Winning high prize was Nina Gregory, Second High...
photo by Betina Workman.Back left to right: Rachel, Andrew, Aleta, Bruce, Leah. Front: Kimberly, James, Tyler and Tia Birch. Aleta Heiner considers herself a dinosaur for being a stay at home mom who has raised six children. She also raises a garden, cans produce and make quilts. “That’s always been me,” she said. Aleta and her husband Bruce were raised in Southern Idaho; she in Mackey and he in Heyburn, near Burley. They met at the University of Idaho where Aleta pursued a degree in psych...
Street banners painted by 11 artists have been entered in the third annual Colfax H’Art of the Palouse competition. The Colfax Arts Council has distributed ballots and cans at various locations around Colfax. Residents are asked to vote on their favorite banner design in the youth and adult classifications. The balloting will end March 4 with a reception for the artists at the social room of First Baptist Church. A jar to collect donations for a prize fund has been located at city hall. For the first two years, the banner event has concluded a...
Six and a half miles of naked incline await the brave souls who enter the Wawawai Grade Hill Climb March 7. Two dozen or more cyclists will start at the bottom of the grade at 12:30 a.m. and race all the way to top of the grade. “It’s such a hard incline- there’s no switchback at all. It’s pretty steep all the way up,” said Ted Chauvin, organizer of two bike races at Wawawai March 7; Wawawai Landing Time Trial and Wawawai Grade Hill Climb. Chauvin is a member of KRYKI sports, a bicycling club out of Seattle which is sponsoring the race. The...
Katherine Wride, who was elected Colfax mayor pro-tem last month, submitted her resignation at the Colfax city council meeting Feb. 16. Wride noted it was “an honor and privilege” to serve the Colfax community for the past one and a half years. Mayor Norma Becker said Wride had to resign her seat because of the potential for a conflict of interest. Wride, who was single at the time she was initially appointed to the council, has since married Colfax police officer Robert Wride. Mayor Becker said formation of a bargaining unit this year by cit...
For $86, Tim Thompson of Endicott has a chance to live out a dream. “I’ve always wanted to do this. Before I started driving truck, I seriously thought about going to captain’s school,” Thompson told the Gazette. While cruising the internet one day, Thompson came across a 24-foot 1973 Carver Yacht for sale by an owner in Seattle on eBay. Listed price for the boat was $86. “They were practically giving them away. I couldn’t resist,” said Thompson. He hopes to use the boat to begin a fishing and sightseeing business on the coast, but to do so,...
What are your thoughts on the current U.S. war in Afghanistan? Richard Chittenden, Tekoa“I actually have a son in Afghanistan.” What do you think of the war? “I’m pro-military but I’m not up for politicians making money while people lose lives.” Bob, the Colfax Post Office poster boy, Colfax No comment. Gary Bonson, Colfax “I’m behind the troops 100 percent.” David Enos, Colfax “I don’t know if we should be there, but as long as our government has our troops there, we should support them with everything they need to do the job.” Teresa Keen...
Whitman County was slated to certify the Feb. 9 election Wednesday morning, after the county canvass board Tuesday reviewed 41 ballots that had been set aside for various reasons by the elections department of the county auditor’s office. The canvass board rejected all but two of the 41 ballots in question. One of those was a signature that elections staff questioned but was determined to be valid. The other ballot had been returned without a postmark, but the date next to the signature was before the Feb. 9 deadline. None of the results c... Full story
At the request of the county library district director, Whitman County commissioners have penned a letter to Olympia, urging legislators to ease proposed cuts to the state’s portion of library funding. Kristie Kirkpatrick, county library director, told commissioners last week state budget proposals include as much as $2 million in cuts to library funding. For smaller districts with smaller lines of funding, the state and federal dollars are critical, she said. King County’s library system, she pointed to as an example, can absorb the costs beca...
