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First Quarter Hospital Report The first quarter of 2011 has passed, and we have some great results to report to residents in Whitman County Public Hospital District 3. I have arranged these under our five Key Result Areas that we focus on. We call these our Pillars of Excellence. People: We held a special dinner for the doctors at their Medical Staff meeting in March. One of our commissioners and his spouse, Martin and Linda Marler, served as waiter and waitress. Linda Ledgerwood, HR director, and Audie Guidi, Dietary Manager retired after...
How to Choose a Senior-Friendly Blood Glucose Meter Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any tips to help seniors choose a good blood glucose meter? At age 64, I was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and my doctor told me I need to keep a close eye on my blood sugar at home. Retired Diabetic Dear Retired, A blood glucose meter is a vital tool for most diabetics, but with all the models and options available today, selecting one can be a bit confusing. Here are some tips that can help. Home Monitoring Most seniors that have diabetes need a... Full story
Biagi-Santoyo vows set for May Robert and Debbie Biagi of Colfax announce the engagement of their son, Brad, Riverside, Calif., to Norma Santoyo, also of Riverside. Norma is the daughter of Jose and Barbara, Riverside, Calif. The bride elect is a 1999 graduate of Norte Vista High School and completed her registered nursing degree in December of 2003. She is employed at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside as a registered nurse and charge nurse. Brad is a 1998 graduate of Colfax High School, has a bachelor of science degree in information...
Fleury son born A boy, Matthew Darrell Fleury, Jr., was born April 12, 2011, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, to Raechele and Matthew Fleury. Maternal grandparents are Brent and Nicole Jenkins, Colfax. Paternal grandmother is Darlene Newkirk, Kittitas. Weighing six pounds, nine ounces at birth, the baby joins siblings Tim Elliot and LeeAnn Fleury. DeCremer son born A boy, Tucker Dwayne, was born April 13, 2011, at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax, to Destiny Ermel and Terry DeCremer. Maternal grandmother is Deann...
MUSIC The WSU School of Music will present a free public Choral Concert at 8 p.m. April 21 in Bryan Hall featuring performances by the WSU Madrigal/Chamber Singers, Lincoln Middle School 7th and 8th grade choir, WSU University Singers and Concert Choir. The 7th-8th grade group will perform: “And We Sing Gloria.” The University Singers, a 74-member ensemble under the direction of Dean Luethi, will perform a diverse set of music both sacred and secular. They will finish their portion of the concert by collaborating with Lincoln Middle Sch... Full story
The horrors of disaster, war and abject poverty flashed across the screen at a recent Red Cross training workshop at Colfax High School Thursday. John Caskey, a Red Cross attorney from Spokane, spoke for four hours on the current work the organization performs in America throughout the world. Caskey gave applicable tips to the high school teachers in attendance on how to make relief work and international crisis relevant to their students. “There are designer clothes and jeans that are made by child slaves in Jordan,” he said. He added the... Full story
In an effort to shed its administrative duties, Whitman County has given up some of the maintenance work it has performed for county towns and taxing districts. Auditor Eunice Coker last month stopped processing payroll for the county’s fire, cemetery and parks districts. Paychecks and tax reporting for volunteer firemen, cemetery and parks groundskeepers and even swim pool lifeguards had been processed by the auditor’s staff. Coker said turning those duties over to the junior taxing districts would save hours of overtime work for her pay... Full story
Brennan Gonzalez, 6, St. John, rides on an inverted bucket while his dad, Guy Gonzalez, directs one of the teams in the weekend’s plowing bee next to the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. Cody Erickson was also on the plow for the team which was made up of horses owned by Louis Gaiser and Stan Riebold of St. John. Approximately 60 head of horses and mules took part in the plowing bee. They were brought to the site by teamsters from all over the area. The teams managed to get most of the 15 acres plowed and seeded with spring wheat although the c... Full story
Confessions of a Radical Revolutionary W. Bruce Cameron Not too many people know it, but when I was in junior high, I was a pretty tough kid and was the leader of a street gang. Well, OK, it was less a street gang than an Ecology Club. We were pretty intimidating, though, and had our own meeting room until we got run out of there by a bunch of thugs from the Poetry Society. (We appealed to the principal, who agreed with us that it was wrong for the Poetry gangsters to take over our room and make us cry. So we got a different room and immediatel...
Hannah Walker of Colfax suggests residents consider F.I.S.H. FOOD pantry for almsgiving this Easter. The pantry will use donated funds for monthly purchases of breads, meat and groceries. Donations can be dropped off with Marjie Geiger at U.S. Bank. Checks can be made out to F.I.S.H....
WHITMAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON NOTICE OF A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING Palouse Wind, CU 10-16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Hearing Examiner will conduct an Open Record Hearing on the Conditional Use Permit Application for the Palouse Wind commercial wind generation facility on Monday, May 9, 2011, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Community Education and Training Center (CETC) building, 123 N. Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111-0430. If the Open Record Public Hearing is not concluded in one day, a second hearing date has been reserved on...
Lamont Lamont Church and Sunday School will present the Easter Program at the church Sunday, April 24 at 10 a.m. The story of Easter will be told in music, a puppet show, a skit by the Junior Church group and a reading by members of the congregation. Ed Dickerson from Norfolk, Va., visited his sister, Diane Cook, three days last week. He was in Portland repairing radios on Navy ships and he took time out to visit Diane. Ed travels all over the United States to Navy ports to do repair work. Nancy Wecker from Meridian, Idaho, arrived at the home...
St. John Entry days next week will launch the St. John Community Fair which will continue through next weekend. Entry day for open youth art and crafts will be Tuesday, April 26, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the home economics building. Judging for these entries will be the next day, April 27. Food and sewing, adult arts and crafts, photography and flower entries will be accepted next Thursday, April 27, from 8 a.m. until noon. Judging will be that afternoon. The building will be open to the public for the evening menu after 5 p.m. Livestock...
Hooper Tim and Erin Mock and their daughters Ali, Jill and Kate were the guests of Keith and Carla Danielson April 5 through 8. They were joined by Carla’s parents, Hugo and Carlene Pawlik and brother, Chris Pawlik, all from Pomeroy, to celebrate Jill and Kate’s third birthday. Bill and Della Evans returned home Tuesday after spending the winter in Phoenix, Ariz. Anna May Tobin traveled to Viola, Idaho, April 8 to spent the weekend with her sister, Maggie and Tom Spangler. Also joining them, were their sister Laura Downey, of Midvale Ida... Full story
8 years ago-April 23, 1886 Colfax has got a windmill. It pumps water for hogs and is located in the north end. Grain shipped down the chutes from the high bluffs to the steamboat landings on Sanke River last year was so badly injured by the friction that it sold at less than half price in Portland. Last Saturday the cut-off saw at Powers’ mill in Palouse City was broken. A new one was telegraphed for and received the first of this week. The mill is again running full time. Wardner, a flourishing camp in the Coeur d’Alene mining region, wil...
Rosalia Lions Club will sponsor it’s fourth annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 23, at 11 a.m. at the Rosalia City park and is open to all elementary school age children. A community breakfast starts at 8 a.m. at the Methodist Church fellowship hall. Donations accepted to benefit the Rosalia Lions Club.... Full story
Lacrosse The votes are in on the Easter coloring contest sponsored by Jasper Trucking. Dustin Broeckel, son of JB and Jen Broeckel, received the most votes for his creation with Zoe Bailey, daughter of Steve and Katie Bailey, coming in a close second. Jasper credits residents for coming in and voting for their favorite art. The annual LaCrosse Community Club Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 23, at 10 a.m. at the City Park for children third grade and under. LaCrosse Youth Baseball and Softball will begin Tuesday in LaCrosse. Minors will... Full story
Dusty Dusty saw a first in its history Sunday. Five traffic jams in one day at the intersection of Highways 26 and 127. Five of the 160 foot long blades for the wind farm being built on the hills above Dodge, had to make a 90 degree turn from Highway 26 to 127. Pilot cars stopped traffic along 26 to facilitate the procedure. Pastor Floyd Overstreet, a Navy veteran from World War II, will be among 32 veterans who will depart Monday on an Honor Fight to Washington, D.C from Spokane. He served in the Pacific during the war. Pastor Overstreet will... Full story
Members of the Colfax High School Jazz band opened their competition season Saturday morning by playing their set under the direction of Mike Morgan at Columbia Basin College’s Jazz Unlimited. Senior Kim Heiner, at right, performs the band’s ballad solo to “Georgia on My Mind”. and Kellen Morgan, the band’s other senior, keeps time on the drums. Sophomore Hannah Knaack, left, played a short alto sax solo in the band’s opening number. The band performed at Monday’s concert in Colfax and will compete at Mt. Hood in two weeks....
Janice L. Allen A memorial service for Janice L. Allen, 66, will be Saturday, April 23, at 11 a.m. at the Princeton Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Kathy Kramer officiating. Mrs. Allen died of cancer Sunday morning at her rural Potlatch home from cancer. Cremation preceded the service. Born Nov. 21, 1944, at Moscow to George and DeEtte Jones McCleerey, she attended Potlatch Schools and married James Allen Aug. 27, 1960, at Princeton. The couple made their home at Potlatch. A homemaker for most of her adult life, she worked for Floyd’s E... Full story
The University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery on Main Street in Moscow will present the thesis exhibition by master of fine arts students until May 14. Work of six students will be on display. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Bookmark The Colfax Library will host an “Egg-Stravaganza” for youths in grades 1 - 4 today Thursday, April 21 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Kids may ride bus #5 with a note from parent to enjoy stories, crafts, games and more. For more information on this or a... Full story
