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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Whitman County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Public Service Building, 310 N Main Street, Colfax, Washington. The purpose of the hearing is to review proposed revisions to the Hawkins Companies Development agreement Amendment to be submitted by Hawkins Companies. An overview of the proposed revisions will be made by representative(s) of Hawkins Companies. The hearing will likely be continued to Tuesday, April 17th at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Teen Time is coming to LaCrosse Library on Monday, April 16, at 3:30. Ages 12-18 are welcome to attend this free program. Come to the library to make duct-tape wallets.... Full story
Judi Dunn-Gray from Whitman County Recycling will share her expertise on composting April 18 at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library. The presentation will be part of Community Cleanup Week April 16-21, an event sponsored by the City of Colfax, Chamber of Commerce and a number of Colfax organizations. The free class allows residents to learn about yard waste, along with a worm composting system to recycle food waste that produces rich organic compost. Dunn-Gray inspires people to change the way they think about their trash, teaching them the many...
The new Palouse Food Bank will have its third distribution Wednesday, April 25 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Palouse Community Center. Organizers report they are serving more people each month, while there has been much food leftover. In March, the truck from Second Harvest in Spokane brought chicken, cabbage, beans, apples, pancake mix, fresh greens and assorted canned goods. A local farm donated fresh eggs. A total of 101 residents took home food from the one-ton supplied. The Palouse Food Bank is available to anyone who needs it and lives in...
*For the complete obituaries section, please visit the Weekly Paper Pages, Page 4B. Laurent Boulanger Laurent Francois Joseph Boulanger, 69, resident of the Tekoa Care Center for the past seven years, died Sunday April 8, 2012, from heart failure in Tekoa. His remains will be cremated and a local service will not be conducted in accordance with his request. Born June 30, 1942, at Rumford, Maine, to Louis and Leah Marie (Grimard) Boulanger, he attended St. John Catholic School in Rumford and worked a few years as a butcher. He later moved to Mer... Full story
Annual conference of the Washington Farm Forestry Association will be May 3-5, 2012, at the Mirabeau Park Hotel in the Spokane Valley. The association is for families who own forests through Washington State. It includes approximately 1,500 family forest owners who manage more than 150,000 acres of privately held forest land. Among topics at the session will be markets, tax tips, succession planning including the option of conservation easements and Eastern Douglas fir defoliators. The conference will include a field tour of the Henry-Chapman...
To mark the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Friends of Whitman County Library are selling “The Story of the Wreck of the Titanic” by Marshall Everett. It was published in 1912 and has been called “the first draft of history” on this tragic event. This book was donated to the Friends of the Library and is now for sale at etsy.com for $399.99. Selling used books is one of the ways Friends has supported library programs, projects and services. Friends are now able to research a book’s value and sell it to a larger market on... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior What happens to a person’s debt after they die? At age 78, I have accumulated quite a bit of credit card and medical debt over the past few years and am concerned about leaving my son and daughter with a big bill after I die. What can you tell me? Old and Broke Dear Old, In most cases when a person with debt dies, it’s their estate, not their kids that’s legally responsible. Here’s how it works. When you die, your estate – which consists of the stuff you own while you’re alive (home, car, cash, etc.) – will be responsible f... Full story
Marv Wigen, left, was recently honored at the annual Oakesdale Fireman’s dinner as Fireman of the Year. Marv is retiring this year after 21 years of service as a volunteer for the department. A long-time teacher at Oakesdale where he still teaches junior high and high school art classes, Wigen received the award from Richard Zimmerman, right, a District 10 fire commissionier....
Week of April 16-20 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: Hot ham & cheese w/bun, tater tots, salad, fruit Tuesday: Turkey w/ mashed potatoes/gravy, vegetables, roll, fruit Wednesday: Deli sandwiches, pasta salad, cherry turnover Thursday: Chicken & noodles, green beans, hot roll, fruit Friday: Pizza, tossed green salad, pineapple,...
Dusty Stephanie, Nera, Brogan and Juniette Mitchell, Spokane, spent last Tuesday and Wednesday of their spring break with parents/grandparents, Steve and Dianne Appel. One of the highlights of their visit was seeing a new set of twin Icelandic lambs. Emelie Jones, who has been living with her father Bryan Jones, returned home last week Friday after spending a week with her mother Andree in Hamilton, Mont., while Andree was on her spring break from her teaching position. Last Monday, David and Phyllis Stueckle took a birthday cake to... Full story
Hooper Keith and Carla Danielson spent the last week of March in Gig Harbor with their son Tim Mock and his wife, Erin,and their girls Ali, Jill & Kate. They celebrated Jill and Kate’s birthday and enjoyed dinner with Erin’s parents, Linda and Gary Reidt....
Celebrating the arrival of 88 new children’s books, Mayor Michael Echanove served as guest reader to area children in the Palouse Library. Proceeds from the sixth annual Turkey Leg Fun Run at Palouse supplied the new books....
Kaela Dewan of Oakesdale, Anne Fleming of LaCrosse and Heidi Jamison of Garfield have each been awarded a Presidential Scholarship for $2,500 for the 2012-2013 academic year at Eastern Washington University. This award goes to incoming students with a cumulative high school GPA of 3.8 or higher, or a SAT score of at least 1250. Dewan, daughter of George and Angy Dewan, was a member of the varsity volleyball and track teams and active in the National Honor Society, Drama Club and ASB. She was named Miss Oakesdale Queen and Miss Palouse Empire...
The Regional Theatre of the Palouse production of the musical “The Secret Garden” begins a two-week run tonight, Thursday, at RTOP’s theater, N. 122 Grand in Pullman. The show will run April 12-14 and 18-22 with all evening performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21. Additional matinées will be presented at 2:30 p.m. April 14, 21 and 22. The musical debuted on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in April 1991 and won the 1991 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Daisy Eagan...
The History Channel • On April 27, 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to 17th-century German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler. Scientists in the 20th century developed the Big Bang theory, which showed that Kepler’s calculations were off by about 13.7 billion years. • On April 23, 1564, according to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, a...
Several Colfax High School students made notable achievements at FCCLA state on March 21-23. From left to right, Jasmine Lander, silver medal in Chapter Service Project; Sara Teal, State Vice President of Region 9; Ysabeaux Ng, first-place in applied technology and Washington’s representative to the National Meeting in Orlando; Lizzy May, silver medal in Career Investigation, and Justin Williams, elected State Director of Programs....
Egg hunters at the Rosalia City Park launched at full speed Saturday morning. Plastic egges were distributed all over the park. Some of the eggs has slips which entitled the lucky finder to claim one of the prize Easter baskets. Colfax egg hunters had to select an aisle for the fast hunt at Rosauer’s early Saturday morning. The plastic eggs contained candy and some paper slips to redeem for prizes....
The Colfax High School principal search is nearing its final slate of candidates—a process that began last month with the hiring of Jim Howard of Northwest Leadership Consultants in Spokane. Howard’s efforts have resulted in as many as 18 applicants for the position vacated by the resignation of Gary Weitz. Wednesday, Superintendent Michael Morgan and Jennings Principal Tom Arlt were scheduled to meet with Howard, when he was expected to present the candidates listed in order according to pri...
Quilter Celia Boland entertained an enthusiastic crowd with her beautiful quilts, a wide variety of techniques and sense of humor during last Thursday’s Meet the Artist session. Final program of the year will be a community reception featuring this year’s H’Art Of the Palouse street banner artists on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library. Everyone is invited to vote for their favorite banner, submit prize donations for the winning banners and join the May 3 celebration.... Full story
Water damage to a business building in Garfield has been repaired and an agreement for a potential tenant has been negotiated. After a water burst in January in the building, the former long time home of Cher’s Restaurant, the town of Garfield spent $40,000 in insurance proceeds in repairs. In the meantime, they have lined up a new manufacturing operation that may move in. Noah’s Ark Foods of Palouse sells Dutch Apple Rings, an organic, gluten-free snack packaged in one ounce bags. Its own... Full story
W. Bruce Cameron Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. The people in this world who have managed to generate a lot of wealth for themselves are defined as “not me.” I do, however, have a plan for getting rich, involving my father having an enormous amount of money that he hasn’t yet told me about. (Whenever I mention this to my dad, he laughs uproariously, which confirms my suspicions — only someone with a lot of assets would find the whole topic so amusing.) Having a lot of money carries with it a grave responsi... Full story
The grandparents of the late Lawrence Hickman came to the Onecho area in 1972 from Illinois via San Francisco and Roseburg, Ore. William Franklin Hickman and wife Martha moved 600 head of sheep across Oregon and the Snake River and brought them to what became the Hickman ranch on Jenkins Road just southeast of Onecho. The Hickmans purchased the sheep after they departed San Francisco and the size of the flock increased the next spring before they moved on north to the Snake River breaks, according to Loren Hickman of Bellevue, Lawrence... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSES Farren L. Herron-Thorpe, 34, and Kelly E. Dougherty, 36, both Clarkston, April 6. Todd A. Isaacson, Jr., 22, and Josie M. Daschel, 23, both Moses Lake, April 5. David K. Teson, 23, and Yoko Jingi, 26, both Pullman, April 5. Dean A. Luethi, 37, and Ruth A. Boden, 34, both Pullman, April 5. Terrence J. Gryc, 37, and Isabel E. Haller, 36, both Pullman, March 29. WHITMAN COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS AT&T, Colton, antenna and shed, $110,000, April 5. Donald Schneider, Pullman, basement remodel, $25,000, March 27. COLFAX BUILDING...
Number of seats on the Whitman County’s planning commission could be cut because not enough residents have volunteered to serve on the panel. County commissioners are considering reducing the panel from a nine-member board to seven members. The commission, which sets county policy on land use matters, currently has two vacancies plus a seat held by Pete Hertz of Palouse that is not occupied while Hertz deals with illness. Planner Alan Thomson told commissioners Monday those numbers have made it difficult for the commission to field enough m...
