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Dear Savvy Senior, What does Medicare cover when it comes to eye care? I currently have good vision insurance through my employer but will lose it when I retire. Looking Ahead Dear Looking, Many retirees are unclear with what Medicare does and doesn’t cover when it comes to eye care. The good news is that Medicare covers most medical issues like cataract surgery, treatment of eye diseases and medical emergencies. But unfortunately, routine care like eye exams and eyeglasses are usually the beneficiary’s responsibility. Here’s a breakdown of ho... Full story
Real estate sales Nicholas L. and Suzann E. Henning, St. John, to Marvin B. and Francis S. Hergert, St. John, house on two lots in Lockhart’s Second Addition on S. Bartholow Avenue in St. John, $162,000, April 15. Cynthia Hendrickson, Colfax, to Adrian Fisher, Logan, Utah, mobile home on the Pullman-Albion Road near Pullman, $19,250, April 15. Phillip V. and Peggy Ann Scuderi, Pullman, to Trevor J. and Dena L. Durham, Pullman, house on SW Alcora Drive in Pullman, $334,000, April 15. David A. and Valeria N. Pietz, Pullman to Mark D. and Laura S... Full story
Thursday, April 24 Palouse – 3:45 to 5 p.m. – After School Homework and Game Time – The Center for Civic Engagement (WSU) students will be available to assist 4th graders and up with their homework. Afterwards, there will be time for board and/or video games. Friday, April 25 St. John – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – St. John Fair – Visit the library at the fair. Kids stop by the booth to spin the wheel for an awesome prize! Malden – 2 to 4 p.m. – Kathleen Haley from Whitman Medical Center is available to help you plan for your medical future – including...
Carol Hannas and Kay Smith could be called St. John Community Fair’s flower girls. The two women have been working together for more than 20 years at the St. John Community Fair. “We’ve been in cahoots for many years in the flower department,” Hannas said. Hannas said after the St. John-Endicott FFA members bring in the display shelves from storage, the women clean them and then position them in the Community Building, getting them ready for the hundreds of exhibits that are displayed during the... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOLS: Monday: Hamburgers with bun, cheese, tomato, lettuce, onion, oven fries, fruit choice. Tuesday: Chicken, brown rice with stir fry veggies, mandarin oranges, fortune cookie. AT COLTON SCHOOL: Monday: Waffles, eggs, hashbrowns, juice, fruit. Tuesday: Chicken pattie on a bun, baked beans, lettuce, tomato, fruit. Wednesday: Cheese rippers, spaghetti sauce, green salad, fruit. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: Chickenwich with lettuce and tomato, fries, fruit tray. Tuesday: Salad bar, dreamcicle salad, roll. Wednesday: Pizza, salad,... Full story
8 years ago The Commoner April 26, 1889 The great importance which Whitman County bears to the territory, or state, of Washington, is gratifyingly shown in the apportionment of districts, recently made by the governor, secretary and chief justice. Whitman is one of four counties whose population was sufficient to admit more than one district within its boundaries. In this respect it is exceeded only by King and Spokane counties each of which form two distinct districts and portions of a third. Pierce County contains two districts. Colfax... Full story
Arsenic Old Lace slated at Empire The 1939 gloomy comedy Arsenic and Old Lace will be presented at the Empire Theatre in Tekoa May 10 at 7 p.m. by the Moscow Community Theatre. The comedy is a period piece with pointed dialogue throughout and wit that is inventive and undated. This gives the play a timeless quality. At the outset of the play, the audience meets a charming and innocent pair of elderly women who cheerfully poison lonely old men with wine laced with arsenic. Tickets are $15 per adult, $12 for students and seniors. Tickets may be... Full story
For Full obituaries, see Weekly Pages section for this week's paper: Roger Wesley Pettenger John Bernard Druffell Marjorie K. Schweiger Luella Elizabeth Allen A memorial service for Luella Elizabeth Allen, 97, will be at the Endicott Cemetery Monday, May 12, 2014 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Phil Misner of from the Endicott Lutheran Church officiating. She died March 18, 2014, in Eugene, Ore. Born to Mary and Jacob Schmick, Sr., Dec. 24, 1916, on the family farm near Endicott where she was raised, she graduated from Endicott High School and Kinman... Full story
A screening clinic for preschoolers will be Wednesday, April 30, at the Oakesdale School from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Each child will be given a free vision, hearing, speech, language and development check. The screening takes about an hour to complete. Parents will be asked to provide general information on their child’s development. Results of the screening will be provided after the session is completed. To make an appointment, which is required, call the school....
Five Colfax High School students who competed at the FBLA state events in Seattle April 16-19 were Nick Johnson, Kurt Moore, Rebecca Hanny, Katherine Woodhouse and Ysabeaux Ng. Ysabeaux and Katherine placed first in their state event which was a 30-second Public Service Announcement video promoting kids to eat right and exercise. Rebecca Hanny placed fifth in accounting I and fifth in accounting II. The top three winners of each event compete at Nationals in Nashville June 27-July 3. Colfax High’s FBLA chapter is four years old and has had s...
Endicott The Easter Bunny had a great time hiding eggs for the children of Endicott on Saturday, April 19, at the City Park next to the Community Bible Church. The Community Bible Church and Trinity Lutheran Church hosted the hunt and assisted the Easter Bunny. After the egg hunt more than the 40 children were invited into the Community Bible Church for refreshments and each child received a bag of goodies. The Dad’s Night In Pinochle Club met at the home of Marcia Honn April 21. Those attending were Sharon Huff, Shirley Morasch, Anne Lowe, J...
Kalynn Huntwork and Jeffrey Fischer will be married in Deary, Idaho, Saturday, June 28. Kalynn is the daughter of Thomas and Donna Huntwork of Colfax. A 2008 graduate of Colfax High School, she now works at Whitman Medical Group in Colfax. Jeffrey, son of Steven Fischer of Deary, and Debbie Fischer of Moscow, is a 2009 graduate of Deary High School and is pursuing masters studies in chemical engineering at the University of Idaho. They will make their home in Moscow....
Hannah and her family moved to Colfax when she was in third grade, when her father, Rev. Richard May, became pastor of Colfax Baptist Church. Until recently, they lived far from extended family, but their church family became very close. Hannah has a wonderful voice and a love of performing, singing in her first major role in the Christmas pageant at Tacoma Christian School at the age of seven. Moving her to Colfax brought opportunities to perform in seven different Cary Cammack productions,...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink hosted an Easter dinner in their home Sunday for Lucky and Joan Myrick, Rob Myrick and Mike Stine. Kim and Cindy Pitts spent Saturday and Sunday in Spokane with Amanda, Erik, Tate and Rafe Carlson. David and Phyllis Stueckle were at Lake Chelan from Monday through Thursday of last week. Easter dinner guests at the home of Karen Broeckel included Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel, and Graham BeDell, Dusty; Jazmyn Ray, Endicott; Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, Colfax; Ken, Pam, Zach and Austin Beasley and Connor... Full story
Lacrosse Several benefits for Erik Binks are in the works. The 15-month-old son of Lyle and Cheryl Thompson of LaCrosse was diagnosed with cancer and is now undergoing treatment at Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. An account has been set up in Erik’s name at Sterling Bank (Umpqua as of Monday). Deposits can be made at any branch or dropped off with Lois Startin. A fuel account has also been set up at Four Star in Dusty. Family members have been commuting to be with the toddler at the Spokane hospital. An April 26 pool tournament a...
Pasta for Palouse Spaghetti Feed is being organized to raise money for a plaque or kiosk to be placed at Palouse Falls to honor Washtucna students who launched the effort to have the falls declared Washington’s official falls by the legislature. The event will be Sunday, April 27, from noon to 4 p.m., at the Rimrock Grange Hall in Washtucna. Admission will be by donation which will be accepted at the door. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill into law March 18 where he also met with the students a... Full story
The Palouse school district expects to hire a new superintendent this week to replace Jake Dingman, who will complete his two-year contract in June. Dingman is also the Oakesdale district superintendent and has been splitting his time between the two positions. “I’m going back to Oakesdale full-time,” he said. Dingman will serve as Oakesdale superintendent, while also working on federal grant programs, state grant programs and special education. Previously, the work was shared between several Oakesdale staff members as well as the Educa...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009. When I was in third grade, I discovered that boys and girls are different. It’s valuable information. It started with art class, though based on my work maybe it would be more accurately called “smear color on paper” class. The assignment was to use acrylics to create something worth hanging in the hallway, which for me was going to be impossible unless I painted a sign that said, “EXIT.” We were given poster-sized paper, tubes of paint that tasted terrible if you were dumb e...
Kevin Poole, a former Lewiston city official and a certified engineer, was named the top candidate for the Colfax city adminstrator's position. Mayor Todd Vanek Monday night said Poole was one of two applicants who were considered to be qualified to fill the position. Poole has been scheduled for an all-day visit with interviews in Colfax for Monday.... Full story
Concert review I went to the band concert at the school Monday night. If you missed it, you missed an hour of pure enjoyment. From the 5th grade through high school and the jazz band it was perfect. It was all wonderful, but I must say that the highlight of the concert was when the high school band played a piece called Prairie Song that was the most amazing piece of music. Every note played told me the story of the prairie. I was riding in a covered wagon and the pages kept turning and pictures filled my mind and I was living a trip through...
To paraphrase the line often attributed to Mark Twain, there are lies, damn lies and the “equal pay” statistic. The factoid that women earn only 77 cents of every dollar earned by men is the focal point of a feminist cargo cult. It has its own movement and its own quasi-holiday, the so-called Equal Pay Day, marking how far into a new year women supposedly have to work to match what men made the prior year. The figure is presumed to clinch any debate over the continued existence of massive discrimination against women in the workforce. Dra...
Those of us who rely on political drama, real or contrived, to justify our professional existence are drooling over the possibility that the next presidential balloting will be a dynasty election. Obviously we have a huge amount of foolishness and outright nastiness to get past between now and then, but what a story it would be if the party nominees are Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, Queen Hil vs. Prince Jeb. Imagine the plot lines: Tudors, Windsors and the Beverly Hillbillies. Instead of a Democratic Convention, that party could have a... Full story
It seems all the news is grim. Not so. Some of it is just inexplicable. Take the California teenager who reportedly sneaked onto a major airport, roamed the tarmac and climbed into the wheel well of a Boeing 767 jet bound for Hawaii. The flight was about five and a half hours long and reached altitudes of more than 30,000 feet. He didn’t freeze. He didn’t die from lack of oxygen. He didn’t fall to his death when the wheels were dropped for landing. After the plane landed, he stumbled out onto the tarmac apparently no worse for wear. Docto...
Part of the west wall of the 1889 building which burned in Palouse April 8 was taken down last week, revealing a mural unseen in 125 years. It advertises the Palouse News, a one-time newspaper. Palouse City Building Inspector Dan Gladwill said that part of the wall was removed because it was deemed a safety hazard....
A season win string that extended for 11 games came to an end Saturday at Colbert when the Bulldog baseball team dropped a one-run loss to Northwest Christian in the second game of a doubleheader. The host Crusaders took a 3-2 win in the second game with a deciding run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Colfax, which had a 2-0 lead after three innings, had only one runner get on base over the sixth and seventh innings. Coach Mike Parrish noted NWC had just three hits in the game, and all their runs were unearned. Six errors by the Colfax...
