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NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington, will consider the Report of the County Road Engineer for the vacation and abandonment of a portion of County Road No. 9006, the Wilma Port-West Road, located in the SW of Section 13, Township 11 North, Range 45 East, W.M., in Whitman County, Washington, known as the Port Wilma-West Road. THAT A HEARING on said vacation will be held in the office of the Whitman County Commissioners in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on the 20th...
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: Hamburgers with whole grain bun, cheese, tomato, lettuce, onion, oven fries, fruit choice Tuesday: Chicken fried rice (brown), stir fry vegetables, mandarin oranges, fortune cookie JES Monday: Hamburgers with whole grain bun, cheese, tomato, lettuce, onion, oven fries, fruit choice Tuesday:...
Twenty Colton High school and junior high students topped the third quarter honor roll with all- A grades. They included Jordana Dahmen, Kaden Dahmen, Kaitlin Druffel, Samra Meyer, Ryder Rubenthaler, Paige Vincent, seniors; Jenna Moser and Christine Stout, juniors; Savannah Chadwick, Winnie Schultheis, sophomores; MaryAnn Jacobs, Rachel Meyer, Zoe Moser, Briana Weik, freshmen; Brady Chadwick, Kendyl Druffel, Emma Schultheis, Adelaide Willis; eighth grade; Ali Hennigar, Georgia Meyer, seventh grade. High honors 3.4-3.99:, Zachary Devorak, Joe... Full story
Eight students who led the mid block honor roll at Garfield/Palouse high school with all-A grades were Ariel Hoffman and Chandler Pfaff, juniors; Libby Akin, Jacob Arlt, Gabe Cocking, and Rachel Nelson, sophomores; and Matthew Holbrook, freshman. High honors students with grade averages 3.5 to 3.99 were Cortney Fleener, Riley Hodges, Holly Leendertsen, Landen Morton, Hannah Neibergs, Ryan Pennington, Zach Reiber, Cassie Thompson, and Sarah Wilson, seniors; Matt Dymkoski, Adrian Green, Jed Jahn, Sammi Johnson, Kevin Knauff, Zach Kuehner, Jesse...
The Colfax Chamber board is asking for volunteers for the 2013 Hullabaloo Committee. The event will be in October. Volunteers are needed for the beer garden, food court, entertainment, advertising, craft vendors, commercial vendors, set up and tear down. More help may be needed as time gets closer to the event. Call or email the chamber for more information or to volunteer....
Palouse school will conduct a free kindergarten and preschool screening Thursday, May 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the elementary school. Children are eligible for preschool if they are 3 or 4 years old. To be eligible for kindergarten, children must be 5 years of age as of midnight, Aug. 31. Kindergarten screening for school readiness is mandatory for children who have not been enrolled in the Palouse preschool. Parents of children birth to 2 years 11 months will complete a questionnaire while children ages 3-6 years will be given a free...
An online survey about attitudes relating to access to credible medical resources is available on both the Neill Public Library and Whitman County Library web sites. The confidential survey takes about 10 minutes to complete. Object of the survey is to improve consumer health knowledge and services. The libraries have partnered with Pullman Regional Hospital, Whitman Hosptial and Medical Center, and project Access to offer the surveys....
Heather Harder, a 2010 graduate of Colfax High School, has been elected to serve as vice president of member services for the Public Relations Student Society of America. She is a junior at Elon University in Albuquerque, N.M. The 15 students on the national committee serve 11,000 members of the PRSSA in the United States and Argentina. Harder is the daughter of Dan and Tammie Harder....
Thursday, April 25 Colton – 6 p.m. – Colton & Uniontown Book Club – Join the discussion of Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’, “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” at the Colton Library. Friday, April 26 Colton – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Colton Fair – Visit the library at the fair. Kids stop by the booth to spin the wheel for an awesome prize! 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! Saturday, April 27 St. John – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – S... Full story
Do you have unused prescription drugs in your home? If so, please take advantage of the prescription drug take-back on Saturday, April 27, at the Whitman County Sheriff’s office. It is not safe to dispose of prescription drugs by flushing down the toilet or putting into the garbage as they can leech into the ground water. Getting them out of your house also reduces the chance of abuse. Half of teens who abuse prescription drugs say they are easy to get from their parents’ medicine cabinets or through other people’s prescriptions. We need to ge... Full story
Retired Colfax teacher Jack McBride will present “A Tale of Five Cities: Exploring Chinese Culture at the Colfax Library” in May as part of the Community Enrichment series. These classes run each Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and cost is $22 for the five-week session. During the class, participants will hear about the traditions and culture of individual regions of China, based on McBride’s travels throughout the area teaching English to Chinese teachers. The classes will feature pictures, videos, books, special guests and open discu... Full story
Happy Hooves 4H will host horse show Whitman County Happy Hooves 4-H Club will sponsor an open horse show Saturday, May 18, at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. This is a state qualifying event for Whitman County 4H members and is open to non-4H competitors. Happy Hooves Club will use the proceeds to fund a community service project. Forty-four classes are offered, and buckles for overall high point will be awarded in each age division. Registration will begin at 7 a.m., and show classes begin at 8 a.m. Participants may pre-register for $5 per... Full story
St. John The St. John Stock Show kicks off this weekend. Students will be released at noon. The weekend is filled with fitting and showing of lambs, hogs and steers. Saturday is the 35th hog jog, a five mile competitive or two mile non competitive run. Registration and number pick up will be at 7:30 at the park. The 17th annual Pig Putt golf tournament is Sunday. Call Donna Hill to enter. A copy of the SJE performance of Beauty Lou and the Country Beast can be bought at the St. John school office. The FFA trap shooting team placed fourth in... Full story
Dusty Cross Country musical group will bring the message in song for the morning worship service at Selbu Lutheran Church Sunday, April 28, at 10 a.m. Susan Russell, Portland; Tina Ochs, Palouse, and Lynn Nelson, Colfax, visited with Dale and Vicki Broeckel last Thursday on their return trip from lunch at Pataha Flour Mill in Pomeroy. Susan gifted Vicki with her latest piece of art work. Susan was in Colfax to plan the 50th class reunion for Colfax High School’s class of 1963 scheduled for June. Thirteen ditch cleaners from the Country Bible C...
Endicott First meeting for the Endicott Library Book Club will be May 23 at 7 p.m. All adults are invited to attend and discuss the book: “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. Snacks will be provided by the Friends of the Library. The Endicott School, grades 4,5,6, and 7 will have early release for the St. John Stock Show April 26. Jenny Meyer, Endicott Food Center and her crew were busy last weekend catering food for the Plowing Bee at Palouse Empire fairground She also catered a wedding in Moses Lake April 20. Endicott Gun Club will mee...
Lacrosse The much anticipated opening of the Grillbilly Café in LaCrosse has unfortunately been postponed again. As previously reported, operator of the café, Dionne Evans and her family and friends have been working around the clock to make sure the renovations to the building are “done right.” A spokesperson from the Lacrosse Community Pride which owns the building and leases the space to Evans indicated that lots of little surprises have popped up during the project. Electrical and structural issues have been corrected and recently disco...
Larry and Jill Palmer of Garfield announce the engagement of their daughter, Genna, to Michael Bessey, son of Herb and Norma Bessey of Waitsburg. A 2004 graduate of Garfield-Palouse High School, the bride-elect received a bachelor’s degree in 2008 from Central Washington University. She majored in political science and law and justice with a minor in sociology. She also studied at Western Governors University where she received her elementary teaching certificate in 2010. Bessey graduated f...
A May 11 wedding at Colfax First Baptist Church with a reception following at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds is planned by Ashley Kramlich, daughter of Rich and Lynda Kramlich of Colfax, and Keith Luft, son of Gary and Janet Luft of Endicott. A 2010 graduate of Colfax High School, the bride elect is employed as a CNA at Wellmark in Colfax and is furthering her education in the medical field at Walla Walla Community College in Clarkston. Luft graduated from St. John-Endicott High School in 2008... Full story
Marie Dymkoski, a busy Palouse resident, has been executive director of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce since December 2010. The Pullman chamber has a full schedule of activities supporting Pullman businesses and also coordinates events with other Whitman County communities. Born and raised in St. Maries, Idaho, Marie was 28 when she moved to Palouse with the idea of living there a few years. As that was more than two decades ago, it looks like she is staying. Prior to becoming the executive...
Athenaeum poetry winners, left to right, seniors Cacey Hall and Brady Ellis, sophomore Brittany Lewis. Arianna Ashcraft, a junior, was not present for the photo. Out of seven Colfax High School student entries, four students won honors at the annual Athenaeum poetry contest. Cacey Hall won first place, Arianna Ashcraft won second, Brittany Lewis received third. Brady Ellis received an honorable mention. All the winners received monetary awards, according to Athenaeum member Marilyn Harder.... Full story
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Traffic control flaggers are now stationed at the first segment of Airport Road off Highway 26 as work on the project has extended to the west end of the road. M.A. DeAtley crews have removed pavement and are adding fill rock to that part of the road. The western most segment of the road was left open when work on the project started last fall. When construction shut down last fall the road was blocked east of the Duncan Springs Road intersection and just west of the entry road into the airport. Extension of the work zone to the Highway 26...
Marriage license applications Emily June Wexler, 46, Pullman, and Barbara Marie Aeschliman, 48, Pullman, April 16. Gregory Kenneth Gould, 24, Pullman, and Sarah Jeanne Brooks, 23, Pullman, April 16. Kerry Dwight Roland, 50, Pullman, and Tammy Jeanine Airon Davis, 48, Pullman, April 17. Graham Huston Haphey, 22, Moscow, and Heather Kohn Tallman, 21, Moscow, April 18. Geoffrey David Cannard, 27, Pullman, and Erika Amethyst Szymanski, 29, Pullman, April 19. Clayton Brian Worden, 31, Moscow, and Jordan Michelle Hudson, 18, Moscow, April 22. Colfax...
Bail for pre-trial release of Jason Stapert remains at $100,000 after he pleaded not guilty in superior court Friday morning to charges of burglary and theft in Malden. Stapert's trial date has been slated for June 17. Judge David Frazier noted allegations against Stapert include participation of a juvenile in the alleged burglary April 6 of the Bobby Bilderback residence of Malden. The judge also noted Jason Stapert's lack of supervision of his deceased son, Donavin Stapert, 17, who the state contends was the victim of the drug homicide which... Full story
To make them think In response to Gordon Forgey’s editorial last week: Yes, Monday April 15th was tax day and yes, Monday was also another heinous, evil attack on our people, at a memorial event, the Boston Patriot’s Day Marathon. We too thank God for each person who responded to help in Boston’s time of need. However, to suggest any similarity of two folks exercising their right to peacefully protest in Colfax, to the terrorist attacks in Boston is apples and oranges to the extreme! Is it possible that the right to peacefully protest has been...
