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• What’s the best way to keep sheet sets together? Tuck all the pieces in a matching pillowcase, of course. • Need to hull strawberries? Try using a straw. Position the straw at the bottom of the strawberry, then push up toward the stem. It works quickly and well. • If you mount a magnet strip in your bathroom or on your vanity, you can use it to hold bobby pins or metal barrettes. Or mount a ribbon to hold all kinds of hair clips. • Baby leg protectors are cute. And cheap, if you have some old athletic socks. Cut off the ends, slip over baby...
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Commissioners have set the date of Monday, April 2, 2012, at 10:45 a.m. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, WA, for a proposed amendment to the 2012 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 $59,511,597. Copies of the proposed amendment will be available March 26, 2012 by calling 397-5240. Disabled accommodations are accessible...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met last Wednesday in the home of hostess Helen Appel. Joyce Appel was co-hostess. Wanda Alderman of Steptoe presented a program on Pysanda eggs, a Ukranian art form of decorating Easter eggs in intricate patterns using beeswax and successive dyes of different colors. The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 10 for a tour of the wind turbines near Pomeroy and Dayton. Husbands and other guests are welcome. Members are asked to call Rita Ackerman by April 6 if bringing guests to tell her how many will attend. People with...
*For full Obituaries, see the online Weekly Paper which shows images of the actual newspaper. Paul Hart Paul Hart, 88, Colfax, died Tuesday morning, March 20, 2012, at Whitman Hospital in Colfax. A memorial service is being planned at Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax early next week. Date and time will be announced later by Bruning Funeral Home, Colfax. Born Oct. 10, 1923, in Sandpoint, Idaho, Mr. Hart spent most of his life there working in the lumber industry as a truck driver. He and his wife Emily moved to Colfax about 10 years ago to be...
Eight members of the Bess Mechling club of Clear Creek show off hats designed specifically for wear in the far-off Year 2000 at a meeting of the Whitman County Homemakers Council in March of 1962. Pictured, from left, are Mrs. Adolf Harder, Mrs. Stanley Bannister, Mrs. Malcolm Brown, Mrs. Earl Jeffries, Mrs. Richard Hill, Mrs. Arthur Dole, Mrs. Herbert Schmick and Mrs. Harold Stueckle....
Did you know that we have a wide variety of specialists who visit the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center regularly? Current specialties include allergy, audiology, cardiology, counseling, dietitian, gastroenterology (GI), general surgery, nephrology, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, optometry, podiatry and urology. Our newest visiting specialists include Dr. Michael Ring, MD, FACC and Dr. Gerhard Muelheims, MD, FACC, affiliated with Providence Spokane Cardiology. Both are board-certified cardiologists with their main clinic in Spokane....
Whitman County Spring Cleanup week has been scheduled April 16-28 for residents. The rate will be $35 per ton with a $15 minimum. Residents are encouraged to haul in old appliances and other scrap metal, used oil and engine fluids, household cleaners, yard fertilizer and yard trimmings. Recyclables include glass, plastics, aluminum, tin, mixed paper, newspapers and cardboard. Hours at the landfill are 8 to 5 Monday through Saturday. The discount rate is limited to waste from residents and does not apply to commercial haulers or...
Spartan hoop team members, in front from the left, are Rayna Charles, Shannon Carrothers, Sarah Fisher and Maggie Hereford. In back from the left are Haley Lindgren, Maddy St. John, Alex Naught, Briann Maley, Tayler Nelson, Kristin Paulson, Mackenzie Reddish, Hannah Sims, Stacy Carrothers and Assistant Coach Sarah Brown. Coach Dave St. John is in back. Spartan boys wrapping up the hoop season, in front from the left, are Roy Pittsley, Dalton Jacobs, Zane Broen, Steven Maley and Steven Brown. In...
Rosalia Rosalia Chamber of Commerce is looking for pictures of past Battle Days celebrations in town. They plan to use the pictures to display in a Battle Days collage. Copies of pictures can be mailed to the chamber at Box 132 in Rosalia. Contributors are asked to identify the people in the pictures and attempt to pinpoint the year of the celebration. The Chamber and Commerce birthday calendars are ready and available for purchase at Pat’s Books. Cost is $5. Rosalia girls basketball banquet w...
Week of March 26-30 At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice. Monday: Burgers w/the works, oven fries, fruit Tuesday: Sub-sandwich, beanie weenies, green salad, fruit Wednesday: Strawhats w/the works, fritos, salsa, fruit, cinnamon roll Thursday: Beef dippers, baked potato bar w/the works, fruit, bread sticks Friday: Cook’s Choice JES Monday: C...
A search for a missing Colfax boy was called off at approximately 7:45 p.m. Saturday when he was located under a desk in the basement of his residence. Colfax officers and volunteers had been called out to search for the five-year-old boy after receiving a report that he was missing just before 7 p.m. Chief Bill Hickman said the boy and his younger brother were out playing in their yard without permission. They were told to come inside, and the youngest boy came into the house. His father was unable to locate the other youngster outside and...
A new open class of competition will be introduced Saturday when the Cub Scouts in the Chief Kamiakin District roll out their championship finals in the Eastside Market Place. The championship race will have an official sponsor this year in Gilbert Auto Ford, and part of that expansion will include new open class races with the general public invited to compete. Two tracks, one for the Cub Scout finalists in the district championship and one for the open class, will be in operation with the races slated to start at 9:30 a.m. An estimated 44 Cub...
The deadline for reserving seats for Ice Age Tour 2, sponsored by the Whitman County Historical Society, will be April 16. The society has reserved a 47-seat motor coach to make the trip May 19-20 to tour ancient Glacial Lake Missoula and its outlet through North Idaho. More than half of the seats have already been reserved, and those considering the trip are encouraged to decide soon before all the spaces are taken, according to Dan Leonard of Johnson who is heading up plans for the tour. Per seat cost for WCHS members will be $212 or $350 for...
Saturday, March 31, Grassville will play “in-your-face bluegrass” at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown from 7:30 to 9:30. Admission will be $7 at the door. Grassville is a five members band from the North Idaho/Spokane area. Lead mandolin player, Michael Lee Hicks, is from the deep south and brings a musical background steeped in gospel and southern Appalachia. Don Saladin, banjo player, came from New York. Rounding out the group is Carolyn Wylie on guitar and vocals, Philip Brown on fiddle and Jim Pittman on bass. The 16-member Hog Heaven Big Ban...
Whitman County Library’s seventh annual Penny Drive will be March 26-April 14 in honor of National Library Week, April 8-14. Each of the 14 library branches will collect money to fund programs or projects that are vital to their location. Last year the library system collected more than $1,060. Vicki Hatley’s Daycare in Colfax took top prize for the most money collected by, bringing in more than $600 for the library. Once again, many classrooms and daycares will compete for an ice cream party hosted by the Friends of Whitman County Library and...
A GED preparatory class meets every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to noon. This class is sponsored by R.A.C.E. and is at no cost to students, according to Malden Librarian Shannon Roe. Malden Library will host Teen Librarian Chelsea Leachman March 26 for teen time at 4 p.m. with games, snacks and a chance to create a duct tape wallet....
For family storytime March 28 at the St. John Library the theme will be Pets, common and rare. All ages are invited. Author and former hoops coach Jim Stinson will visit the St John Library Thursday, March 29, at 6:30. to speak about his new book, “Remembering the B: the History of Washington State B Basketball Tournament”. Stinson’s book is filled with facts, photos and trivia for any B Basketball lover. Books will be available for purchase. St. John Library hours will be Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m....
A basic Software and Internet Computing class is scheduled at the Colfax Library from 10 a.m. until noon March 27. Library staffers will assist attendees with basic skills including Microsoft Office products and Windows, email and Internet searching. For more information, contact James Morasch or Don Appel. Families are invited to a free PG movie and snack on Friday, April 6, at 1 p.m. in the Colfax Library. For more information on this newly released Disney film, contact Whitman County Library. Additional programs and events coming to the...
Taste ‘n Tear 4H The Taste N’ Tear 4H group met Feb. 18 at the home of advisor Helen Appel. They all brought salads to share for lunch and worked on pajama sewing projects....
For family storytime March 28 at the St. John Library the theme will be Pets, common and rare. All ages are invited. Author and former hoops coach Jim Stinson will visit the St. John Library Thursday, March 29, at 6:30. to speak about his new book, “Remembering the B: the History of Washington State B Basketball Tournament”. Stinson’s book is filled with facts, photos and trivia for any B Basketball lover. Books will be available for purchase. St. John library hours will be Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m....
Two hundred and fifty-two students from Whitman County and Asotin schools competed in the annual Whitman County Speech, Spelling, Geography and Math Contest last Wednesday in Garfield. The contest, which includes six categories at four grade levels, was hosted by Garfield School District. Tina Coles, the Language Arts teacher at the Garfield-Palouse Middle School, was the organizer and master of ceremonies for the event, assisted by secretary Patty Cottrill and the rest of the Garfield-Palouse Middle School staff. The afternoon contest...
Moore, Lilyana, Ellen, was born March, 6, 2012, at nine pounds, four ounces, to Justin Moore and Anndrea Navesky of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Dave and Candy Moore of Stillwater, Okla. Maternal grandparents are Peter and Daphne Navesky of Collinsville, Okla. This is the couple’s first child. Larsen, Jack David, was born March 6, 2012, at seven pounds, eight ounces, to Nicholas and Amanda Larsen of Moscow, Idaho. Paternal grandparents are Jeff Larsen of Spokane and Christine King of Clarkston. Maternal grandparents are David and Jacki Ri...
After teaching for 17 years at Lakeside High School in Plummer, Idaho, Diane Harp has left to pursue a new adventure right in her own backyard. “I had some overload teaching English, working in the school library and as a senior projects advisor,” Diane said. “I left teaching to find my joy.” Diane said she is lucky her husband, Bill, is supportive of her pursuit. Diane has lived in Tekoa for about 17 years. She was raised in Spokane and started college in Tacoma but finished her teaching degree at Eastern Washington University and earned...
Four will seek Rosalia crown Four girls will compete in the Miss Rosalia title beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Rosalia High School Gym. Program theme will be “Search of the Hidden Treasure.” Brittany Terrell, daughter of Ron and Stephanie Terrell of Thornton, will perform a self choreographed country dance. Haley Lindgren, daughter of Mat and Heather Smith of Malden, will recite a monologue she has written. Maddy St. John, daughter of Dave and Cathy St. John of Rosalia, will perform a jazz dance. Heather Wilson, daughter of Karley and Jea...
The History Channel • On April 4, 1812, President James Madison fires an economic salvo at the British government and enacts a 90-day embargo on trade with England. The embargo did little to forestall war: The British refused to cease harassing American ships, prompting Madison to lead America into the War of 1812. • On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express mail simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, Mo., heading west, and Sacramento, Calif., heading east on a 1,800-mile journey. On April 13, the westbound packet arrived in Sacramento, beating the...
