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Tips and Treatments for Snoring Seniors Dear Savvy Senior My 60-year-old husband has become a terrible snorer, especially over the past few years. It’s gotten to the point I can’t stand to sleep in the same room as him anymore. What can help us? Sleepless Sandy Dear Sandy, Most people don’t think there’s much they can do to fix their snoring problems, but that’s not true anymore. Today, there are number of viable tips and treatments that can make a big difference for snorers and their suffering spouses. Here’s what you should know. Snoring is...
8 years ago March 20, 1885 Tuesday was St. Patrick’s day, and all the Colfax dudes came out with green ribbons in their button holes. It is estimated that from five thousand and ten thousand dollars per week will be brought to Palouse City as soon as mining at Hoodoo opens up in full blast. Oranges only fifty cents a dozen in Colfax. They are cheap enough to eat at that figure. L.B. Harris has an incubator at work on his farm just north of town. He expects to raise three thousand chickens this summer. Eclipse Monday. Everybody and their s...
Knowledge and skills related to pest management are the focus of this year’s FFA ag mechanics competition. Team members study and practice shop skills to develop knowledge and the ability to develop and operate a pest management system. Garfield/Palouse FFAers topped the Southeast District competition March 1 at Walla Walla Community College. The Viking chapter won at Walla Walla after topping a county event at Tekoa and Garfield/Palouse shops Feb. 23. Garfield/Palouse advisor Buddy Carter said the chapter actually conducts tryouts for the t...
Cletis Ball A memorial service for Cletis (Dick) Ball, 92, was Friday, March 12, at Grace Lutheran Church in Potlatch. Rev. Larry Veith officiated. Cremation preceded the services. His ashes will be buried at the Mendenhall Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Ball died last Tuesday morning, March 9, 2010, at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow where he had resided for one week. He had been in failing health for the past two years. He was born July 17, 1917, at Kearney, Neb., to Frank and Ella Lena Pierce Ball. His parents were not able to care for him...
Hospital Commissioners are actively working on tomorrow by creating a Strategic Plan for the future. They will complete this work by the end of the year and seek the community’s input as they move forward. Their first step is to reconsider our Mission, Vision and Values to ensure these accurately reflect what district residents want our hospital to be. While the Commissioners chart our long-term future, our staff members are actively working on today. They have created a Tactical Plan to guide us through 2010. They organized the plan by key r...
As Christ was hanging on the cross, he looked over the crowd and spoke this prayer. “Father forgive them, for they know not what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) Jesus taught His disciples how to pray when He gave them what we call the “Lord’s Prayer.” He taught them to pray (Matthew 6:12) “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Forgiveness is a basic principle of human life. It is vital to strong, wholesome relationships. God is willing to forgive us when we are sorry for our sins and confess our sins to Him. He in turn ex...
Jerek Allen West of St. John qualified for the dean’s list at the University of Washington. His name was incorrect in last week’s Gazette....
LaCrosse LaCrosse Business Association met last week to begin planning Farmers Festival on June 19. The theme for this years festival will be “Welcome Home! A celebration of where we live.” It was also decided to honor past and present teachers and school administration. Several topics were discussed in an effort to improve the festival and add new activities. The LaCrosse National Honor Society next meals to go will be Monday, March 22. The menu will include hamburger deluxe, chips, fresh vegetables, strawberries and brownie. Please let the...
Week of March 22-27, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Pizza, green salad, yogurt cups, fruit. Tuesday: Pancakes, sausage, hashbrowns, applesauce. Wednesday: Chicken patties on a bun, scalloped potatoes, apple slices, Jello. Thursday: Hambur-gers, fries, fruit. Friday: Teacher inservice day. 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunches available. At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Corn dogs, nachos, corn, fruit. Tuesday: Hamburgers, cheese, lettuce, Jo Jos, vegetables, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, potato wedges, carrots, pears. Thursday: Tacos, lettuce,...
Cha, Jayden JoeMin, born March 3, 2010, at six pounds, seven ounces, to Ik-Hwan Cha, Dayonng Lee of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Jon Gil, Cha, Seoul, Korea. Maternal grandparents are Gyu Sun, Lee, Suwon, Korea. Dudek, Kajetan Liam, born March 3, 2010 to Ashley and Sebastian Dudek of Uniontown. Paternal grandparents are Danita and Bogdan Dudek, Windsor, Ontario Canada. Maternal grandparents are Janice Moore, Longview and Tim Christner, Everett. The baby joins one sister, Sofia, 2. Garcia-Evans, Kayzia EnV, born March 2, 2010, at eight...
Dusty Some of the locals attending the 90th birthday celebration for former Dusty native Martha Scheideman Hibbard in Spokane March 6 included Randy and Glenda Scheideman, Mary Scheideman, David and Phyllis Stueckle, Kim and Cindy Pitts and Jon and Diane Pitts. Approximately 50 people, some from Iowa, attended. Vicki Broeckel, Sharry O’Hearne, Diane Geary and Karen Broeckel helped Berniece Krom celebrate her 94th birthday March 4 at the Whitman Health and Rehab Nursing Home in Colfax. Jill and Kurt Reddig, formerly of Battleground, have p...
Adrian Green plays King Yokel and Sammi Johnson plays the ghost of his predecessor, Queen Eva, in the Garfield Palouse Middle School production of “The Royal Bachelor,” a musical comedy which will be performed March 24 at the Middle School Theater in Garfield, and go on the road the next night, March 25, to the Tekoa Empire Theatre in Tekoa. More than 20 students will take part in the comedy which is about a hillbilly who accidentally becomes king and his search for a queen. Curtain time for both performance will be 7 p.m. with tickets ava...
Hog Heaven returns Hog Heaven Big Band will return to the Dahmen Barn Saturday, March 27 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The band has played at the Barn since its grand opening in October of 2006. Admission will be $8 for a couple, $5 for a single and free for children under 12. Complimentary dance lessons may be enjoyed beginning at 6 p.m. Clubs & Youth Groups Relay for Life Whitman Relay for Life will celebrate their kick-off next Thursday, March 25, at an annual fund raiser at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Colfax. Theme for the celebration is...
The fourth annual March For Meals campaign for the Council on Aging and Human Services will be April 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. simultaneously at the Colfax High School track and the Pullman City Playfields. Registration will be $10 and includes water, snacks and a souvenir towel. Marchers will be asked to check in beginning at 8:30 a.m. Marchers can pre-register or sign up at the day of the event. “Our last three March For Meals campaigns have been very successful. We had folks from all over the county come out and march for senior nutrition. I...
In the town of Colton is a little sign with an arrow pointing the way down a little street to Dave’s Golf Shop. If you follow the sign, you’ll find the not so little golf shop and its tall owner, Dave Scharnhorst. “It was a shot in the dark,” said Dave of his decision to open a golf shop in the rural Whitman County town. Dave grew up in Colton and worked the family farm. When he met his wife Carisa, they started to go golfing and early on they had experiences with good and bad clubs. He realized...
Mykala Nygreen McKenzie Heaslet Mollie Krammer Maggie Weber Colton/Uniontown Junior Miss program will be at the Colton High School March 27 at 7 p.m. Mykala Nygreen, daughter of Keith and Kim Nygreen, will tap dance to Hot Honey Rag. McKenzie Heaslet, daughter of Jim and Dianne Heaslet, will perform a monologue. Mollie Krammer, daughter of Aaron and Sherri Krammer, will sing the Trolley Song, and Maggie Weber, daughter of Pat and Mimi Weber, will be performing roping tricks....
All Aboard for the Miss Rosalia 2010 program Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Rosalia High School gym. The five participants, from the left, are Mattie Eberle, Lucy Irish, Mickenzie Bryan, Hailee Danilson and Kaileigh Wendt. Admission is $5, children 6 and under are free....
A $250,000 bond for pre-trial release was set for Daniel A. Noble, the Moscow resident who is charged with hitting two people with a car on the WSU campus Dec. 7. The bond was set after the court received an evaluation of Noble from Eastern State Hospital. The court ruled the mental examination report on the suspect said he could be considered dangerous unless kept in confinement. The court order allowed for Noble to be furloughed in the direct custody of his wife to undergo treatments. A Jan. 14 court order stayed prosecution of Noble for 90...
Port of Whitman and Pullman officials will likely know by Friday if the state will help pay to extend water lines to a development on the north edge of the city. Debbie Snell, port properties and development manager, and John Sherman, Pullman city manager, were slated to travel to SeaTac this morning to pitch a request of a $1.3 million loan to the state Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB). Total cost of the project is expected to be $3.03 million. Snell told port commissioners Tuesday the board would likely make a decision after...
The 1928 Wittman Barn was recently placed on the state’s Heritage Barn Register. In the 1920s, the Reisenauer family used the building to house draft horses for their fields, cattle, and later, jersey dairy cows. Granddaughter Angela Anegon hopes to obtain state funds to help restore the aging structure. A 1928 dairy barn in Uniontown just joined the ranks of 31 other Whitman County barns on the state’s heritage barn register. “It’s been in the family for a very long time, and I just wanted it to be recognized,” said Angela Anegon, 21-year-o...
Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day. Word on the Street asked people around Colfax what they wore to celebrate the holiday. Rick Van Tine,Colfax “Work clothes.” (gestures to a green-ish work jacket) Have you been pinched yet? “No. But besides this, I have green eyes.” Erwin Hall, Steptoe “No green here.” Have you been pinched yet? “No. (tries to pinch this reporter). I sure haven’t been.” Nick Olson, Colfax “Nothing.” Have you been pinched yet? “I have.” Not too hard? “Nope.” Brent Hill, Newport “I have nothing.” You haven’t been pinche...
W. Bruce Cameron In my neighborhood, it’s best to be a dog — but isn’t that true of all neighborhoods? I never see dogs out raking leaves or fixing their screen doors. Instead, I see them wagging in ecstasy over finding an unclaimed stick: What an amazing world, there’s this stick sitting here I can just have for the taking! Want to stop raking leaves and throw it for me? Come on, don’t you want to be happy? Probably the most overjoyed dog on the street is my neighbor Bailey, a 4-month-old golden retriever who is always so excited to see me he...
For the first time ever, state auditors are inspecting Whitman County’s complete set of books and finding “huge errors” in how assets are accounted for, according to Bev Divine, county finance director. “It’s like we falsified the value of our assets because we don’t have any backup,” said Divine. Divine briefed county officials on the progress of the state audit of the county’s 2008 financial statement. The audit is the first complete review of Whitman County’s finances since 2003. “They’re forcing us to do something we’ve never had to do,” sa...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Cody A. Richardson, 18, Spokane Valley, for alleged involvement in the theft of guns from an unoccupied residence outside of Winona last November. Sheriff Brett J. Myers said in a report approximately 15 firearms were taken from a bedroom in the residence, and since that time 10 of the missing guns have been located and returned to the owner. Richardson, a former employee at the ranch, has formally been charged with two counts of theft of a firearm. The counts include a 8 mm Mauser rifle, and a...
Bad thing The City Council and Fire District #7 Commissioners are being pressured to call for a vote to annex the Rosalia Volunteer Fire Department into the County Fire District. Along with this proposal they also want the town to turn over to the County Fire District all equipment, supplies and assets from the Ambulance Service the Town and Volunteer EMSs operator to the County Fire District # 7 at no cost and no strings attached. This is a $300,000.00 plus asset that belong to the Town and its citizens and is monitored very closely to insure...
