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NOTICE OF JOINT MEETING Notice is hereby given that a joint meeting of the Whitman County Commissioners has been called by the Board and will take place on Monday May 30, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Southfork Restaurant, located at 1680 S Grand Avenue, Pullman, Washington. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss joint Latah/Whitman County related issues. Dated this 18th day of April 2017. Maribeth Becker, CMC, Clerk of the Board. 18/2 NOTICE OF MEETING WHITMAN COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Notice is hereby given that the 2017 County...
8 years ago The Commoner May 6, 1892 Next Monday evening, May 9, at the Colfax Opera House, Orson Clifford and his troupe of talented artists will appear in the celebrated comedy drama “Avenged,” which has had such a brilliant and successful run in Eastern cities. It will be produced at the opera house with the same mechanical effects and scenery that characterized its success at the New York City Grand Opera house. Two of the interesting features are the rescue of the hero from a real river of water by the life saving dog “Graff” and the... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Beef dippers, rice, green beans, fruit. Tuesday: Biscuit with gravy, egg patty, tater stick, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken Alfredo, breadstick, carrots, fruit. Thursday: Bulldog burger, cheese slice, fries, baked beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, pineapple, Caesar salad, ice cream. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: Chickenwich with lettuce and tomato, fries, grapes. Tuesday: Taco with lettuce and tomato, refried beans, pears. Wednesday: Macaroni and cheese, salad and veggies, applesauce. Thursday: Spaghetti, veggie tray, garlic... Full story
Harvey Leroy Backlin, 85, longtime resident of Potlatch, died at Pullman Regional Hospital May 8, 2017. The family will host an informal memorial celebration at the Scenic Six Park in Potlatch starting at 6 p.m. Friday, May 12. A private family graveside service will be in Missoula, Mont., on Saturday. Born Aug. 16, 1931, in Scobey, Mont., to John and Esther Johnson Backlin, he was raised on a farm in Montana where his family specialized in sugar beets long before modern farming technology came... Full story
Thrifty Grandmothers donate to The Center Colfax Thrifty Grandmothers Monday presented a check for $5,000 to Whitman County Library staffers Catalina Flores and Shirley Cornelius for the Bettie Steiger Community Enrichment Center at the library. Their donation leaves only $2,000 more needed to reach the required $33,334 match required to access the Whitman County .09 Economic Development grant the project received last week. That grant of $100,000, combined with these matching funds, will allow...
The official kickoff event to the 2017 National Lentil Festival in Pullman has been booked for June 1 at Chipman & Taylor Chevrolet. The kickoff event is the annual poster unveiling. “It is the first event we have that starts the countdown two-and-a-half months away from the festival,” said Britnee Packwood, Lentil Festival director. There were about 20 submissions for the poster contest, Packwood said. “We had submissions from local residents who presented different concepts and themes,” she said. Though the poster theme and design will not be... Full story
Colfax choir performs at state Colfax High School choir students won first place in the regional performance at State Solo-Ensemble at CWU in Ellensburg on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29. The performances included a treble duet, a women's ensemble and a soprano solo. Pictured are the women's ensemble: (left to right) Ashley Goebel, Breeaunna Byrd, Sara Whelchel, Lauren Claassen, Alexis Maki, Jordon Huckaby, Andrea Koyama and Madison Overby....
When Colfax junior Rebekah Huber decided to enter the Seattle World Affairs Council's essay contest this year, she decided to draw from personal experiences in writing to the prompt. The prompt asked for entrants to pick a country and write about what they would do if they traveled there and explain the steps they would take to make those travels sustainable. This prompt was based on the United Nations declaration of 2017 as “The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.” Huber,...
Thursday, May 11 LaCrosse – 2 to 5 p.m. – Microsoft Imagine Academy Open House – Are you looking to refresh or learn new Microsoft skills? We can help. We have laptops as well as our library computers available for use. Questions? Call 509-549-3770. Friday, May 12 All 14 branches of Whitman County Library will be closed for annual staff training. Saturday, May 13 Colfax – 2 to 4 p.m. – Drop-in Tech Saturday – Drop into the TEK Center every Saturday to get hands-on help with basic computer skills, internet, email, social media, Overdrive a...
Lone Pine work day Members of Friends of the Lone Pine Cemetery met for a work day April 20 with help from students at Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle. In rain and cold wind, the group tore out brush at the site west of Tekoa and put it in piles to be burned at a later date. The cemetery operated from 1883 to 1953. The semi-annual work day followed the Friends' spring meeting at the Feeding Station in Tekoa.... Full story
Soundararajan earns art honor Rajeswari Soundararajan, director of Sudiksha Center for Classical Arts of India in Pullman, was named recipient of this year's mayor’s award for Artwalk. She teaches and performs a classical dance of India called Bharatanatyam. Since 2008, she has showcased this cultural dance with her students through annual Sudiksha charity dance concerts. She has raised more than $6,000 in donations from her dance concerts for many non-profit charitable organizations across the Palouse. Garfield senior meal Next Garfield s... Full story
ROSALIA By Tanya Charles Rosalia Community Float and Royalty Association will present this year’s float “Adventures in Candyland” Saturday, May 13. Whole in the Wall Pizza will be running a fundraiser special from 4-7 p.m. to help raise money for the continuation of the community float and Miss Rosalia and Mr. RHS programs. Miss Rosalia 2017, Sydney Van Dyke, will be sitting tall atop the magical Ice Cream Castle as Princesses Daphne Jacobs, Jillian Bruce and C’aira Murray will reside in the Lollipop Woods, Peppermint Forest and Gumdrop...
Endicott ANNE LOWE Gazette Correspondent Elizabeth Circle of Trinity Lutheran Church has been working on baby quilts all winter. These quilts were then wrapped around baby supplies, such as diapers and pins, soap, towels, pajamas, outfits and coats. On April 30, these 31 bundles were blessed and then mailed to missions overseas May 5. Those working on the project were Louise Owens, Sue Bafus, Georgia Wells, Gail Bilow, Carol Hannas, Barbara Huntley and Jerine Grey. Friends and family of the Wade and Sheena Becker family held a fundraiser at... Full story
Sunday, Selbu Lutheran Church had an added special dessert with its first Sunday of the month potluck lunch. They celebrated Bud Aune’s milestone birthday this week with a birthday cake. Lauren Claassen, daughter of Wes and Jen Claassen, received an “outstanding soloist” award for her alto saxophone playing “Samantha” at the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival this past weekend with the Colfax High School jazz band. The band placed second in its class of competition. Jen Claassen and Paige walked Bloomsday in Spokane with Carey and Hope Fulfs on Sunday. L...
From left, Debbie Niehenke and Ranae Jackson of the Uniontown–Colton Food Pantry. Meet Debbie Niehenke and Ranae Jackson Uniontown–Colton Food Pantry is officially open one day per month to distribute commodities through the Council on Aging. It gets small donations of shelf stable items all month from generous individuals. Debbie Niehenke came from Illinois to Moscow in 1985 to attend the University of Idaho. She graduated in 1988 and used her Animal Science/Agribusiness degree to work for the...
Car enthusiasts can get their fill of classic cars at the 29th annual Chipman and Taylor Classic Car Show this weekend. The show is slated for Saturday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free show includes live music, free hot dogs and soda. Trophies will be awarded to the top three entrants in each class, and dash plaques will be given to the first 100 show entrants. Classes include 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, modified, muscle cars, unrestored original, restored original, custom, pickup, street rod, cranker, under construction, rat rod, motorcycle...
Pullman's annual Art Walk is slated to start today. It begins with an art storytime at Neill Public Library at 11:30 a.m. Events on Friday include a bobbin lace workshop by Appaloosa Lace Guild at the library at 3:30 p.m., the mayor's art award at the RTOP Theatre at 5:30 p.m., the cabaret musical performance at the RTOP at 6 p.m. and artist meet and greet at the RTOP at 6:30 p.m. Saturday will feature artist and merchant events in downtown Pullman from 4 to 8 p.m. Pre-registration is required for the lace workshop. Registration can be...
The St. John/Endicott Dollars for Scholars Foundation plans a shred truck service in St. John at the corner of Front and Main streets on Saturday, May 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “People are welcome to bring their shreddable items,” said Marlene Landers, foundation manager. The foundation brought a shred truck to St. John for the first time last year, and Landers said the event was a success. “A lot of people cleaned out,” she commented. The shred truck does not have a set price, but the foundation will accept donations to benefit its Spark Fund... Full story
Contract field engineer Gary Irek measures a pole in Colfax May 5. Colfax residents may have noticed men carrying yellow measuring tubes near power poles in recent weeks. Since early April, a crew from International Telecommunication Corporation – a subcontractor for Corning – has been in Colfax for field engineering for “fiber-to-the-home,” an internet broadband expansion plan being explored by Colfax Cable. If all goes well, the company will offer increased broadband internet speed and cap...
Open officer positions have led Garfield's Ladow Grange to consider how to remedy the situation. The lack of leaders and participants may affect the future of the 1931 organization. “Like most organizations, members have become inactive,” said James Woomack, secretary/treasurer. “Come September, all of the offices are to be open, and right now I've got no one to take them.” The grange meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Garfield American Legion hall. A total of 48 people...
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. FIRE PLEAS WAIVED AT POMEROY Speedy trial arraignment for three suspects charged with starting the Aug. 2 Snake River fire at Wawawai was waived Thursday, May 4, in Garfield County district court at Pomeroy. The three suspects, all from Pullman, are Blake Rogers, Isaiah W. Weber and Johnathan D. Whitley. Each has been charged with a misdemeanor...
Senior Mason Bates concluded his Gar/Pal athletic career on a 2-for-3 performance with three RBIs and a game-tying home run in the sixth inning to help push the Vikings into extra innings Tuesday night against Cusick. In the end, Gar/Pal lost 8-7, ending its season. Playing in the District 7/9 baseball tournament at Colbert, the team trailed by five runs before the rally. In the eighth, with a tying Garfield/Palouse baserunner on second base and a go-ahead runner on first, it ended on a groundout to Cusick's shortstop. Earlier in the eighth,... Full story
Oakesdale girls dominated the 1B district track qualifier at Riverside Tuesday with 133.5 points. They posted a 50-point edge over number-two Pomeroy in the 15-team meet. LaCrosse/Washtucna placed seventh with 40 points, and St. John/Endicott girls placed 11th with 30.5 points. On the boys side, the Eagles placed seventh behind the 130 win posted by Odessa/Harrington; Oakesdale placed 10th with 18, and LWK placed 13th. Top eight finishers in the lane events and the top 12 in distance races and field events advanced to the next qualifying...
Track qualifications on the road to state started Tuesday in the NE sub-district round at Ritzville. The top eight finishers in the lane events and the top 12 in the 1600 and 3200 qualified for the regional round which will be May 19 and 20 at Central Valley. The top four finishers at the regional, which will bring in teams from the SE, will advance to the state meet May 25-26 at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field in Cheney. Colfax girls placed third in a close finish at the sub-regional with Piper Cai topping the high jump and pole...
Colfax’s third baseman Greta Geier puts the stop on Davenport’s Hailey Johnson Tuesday at McDonald Park. It turned out to be a Gorilla day Tuesday at McDonald Park when the Davenport team rolled past Reardan and Colfax to advance to the final round of NE qualifications May 20 in Spokane. Colfax and Reardan will play in a Tuesday elimination round for a ticket to advance to the May 20 finals. On the line are four slots assigned to the NE for the state finals which are set for Yakima May 26-... Full story
