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For full obituaries, see the Weekly pages section for this weeks paper. Gene Nelson Ethel Bernice Ryan Richard H. Baumann Alexis V. Atchison Funeral services for Alexis V. (Cookie) Atchison, 64, will be Saturday, May 31, at 1 p.m. at the Calvary Chapel of the Palouse with Pastor Dave Caudle officiating. Burial will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery, Palouse. Mrs. Atchison died Monday afternoon, May 26, 2014, at her home in Palouse. Born Feb. 14, 1950, at Spokane to Donald and Carol Nolan Aschinger, she attended Garfield schools and graduated... Full story
Thursday, May 29 Colfax & Tekoa – Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more every Thursday. Visit the online calendar for times. Friday, May 30 Colfax – 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Play & Learn – Creative play and sharing for toddlers, preschoolers and parents every Friday. Endicott & Uniontown – Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more every Friday. Saturday, May 31 Albion – 2 p.m. – Storytime and Craft – Fun stories and craft projects every Saturday. Sunday, June 1 Colfax – 10 a.m. to Noon – Wil...
St. John Army promotes U.S. Army Maj. Jon T. St. John was promoted May 1 to Lt. Colonel at a ceremony May 8 at Ft. Bliss, Texas. Lt. Col. St. John serves with the Army’s Program Executive Office Combat Support and Combat Service Support based at Warren, Mich. He is the son of Tim and Vicki St. John, Tekoa. Present at the ceremony were St. John’s parents and also his aunt and uncle, Robert and Lucy Horner, from Houston. His wife Michelle, and five of his six children were present at the base in Warren, Mich., and viewed the ceremony via vid...
Jenna Marie Moser, daughter of Dan and Nora Moser, has been named valedictorian of the 2014 class of Colton High School with a 4.0 grade average Moser served as president of the student body and honor society and as class president. She was a member of FFA and the Honor Flight committee which raised more than $1,500 to send a local veteran to Washington, D.C. Moser lettered all four years in volleyball, basketball and softball. She was named the Associated Press 1B Basketball Player of the Year...
The Rev. Melvin and Dolora (Aeschliman) Koehn will mark their 50th wedding anniversary June 5, 2014. He will also mark 50 years of pastoral ministry. Dolora, daughter of Rupert and Goldie Aeschliman of Onecho, was raised here and graduated with the 1960 class at Colfax High School. She and Mevlin met while attending Grace Bible School in Omaha, Neb. They were married at the Onecho Bible Church and have served churches in South Dakota, Oklahoma and Iowa. Their two children and spouses are Jerry...
Samantha Bailey, daughter of JoAnne and the late Irv Bailey, and Emily Jones, daughter of Jeff and Sabrina Jones, have been named co-valedictorians of the St. John-Endicott High School class of 2014. Both earned all-A grade averages. Samantha participated in all of her school’s extracurricular activities and athletic programs. She is interested in studying medicine at the University of Washington this upcoming fall. Emily Jones was president of the student body and National Honor Society, c...
Joe and Tracy are new to Colfax, but they aren’t new to small town living. Tracy, from Longview, met Joe, from Gladstone, Mich., in Bellingham. Joe says that Gladstone is the same size as Colfax, but only has one stoplight and many more trees. Both of their hometowns were built on the lumber industry, with paper mills providing local employment. Tracy graduated from R.A. Long High School, where she was a very involved student. In addition to participating in volleyball, track, wrestling (...
Dusty Sunday, Larry and Di Brink were guests of Don and Carol Keeney, LaCrosse, for dinner. Joining them were the Keeney's son and his family, Jeff and Sharee and children Wyatt and Chyanne of Montauk Lake, Idaho, who were visiting for the weekend. Other guests were Mike Stine, Julie and Steve Bailey and friends Kelly and Kevin and Amber Brink and children Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick of Kennewick. Pastor John Cross joined them for lunch. Kevin and Amber Brink and children stayed overnight at his parents' home. Lucky and Joan Myrick joined...
St. John The St. John town-wide yard sale is slated for June 7 with opening time at 8 a.m. Forms can be picked up at the St. John Library and St. John Pharmacy. A $10 donation is asked. Contact Lori Loomis for more information. The St. John Historical Society is accepting donations for the yard sale. All proceeds go to benefit the museum in St. John. Contact Lydia Smith to donate. Spring sport banquets will be next week with the golf team on June 4 at 6 p.m. at the St. John Club House. Track and field will be June 5 at 7 p.m. at the St. John... Full story
Lacrosse The Church at Hay was decorated with baskets of yellow carnations and white irises for the May 23 wedding of Tom Cauley, Sr. and Carol Audet. Tom Cauley Jr. was his father's best man and Carol's attendant was her daughter Kaylynn. The bride was escorted by her son, Troy. The couple's wedding trip was to the annual family reunion at Riparia. Forty-four family members gathered at the home of Jeanine Henley in Hay to celebrate the 95th birthday of Frank Henley, former resident of Hay who now resides at Newport. Four generations of... Full story
Dahmen Barn’s annual photography exhibition will be June 5-29 and include a photo contest. Jack Lien, owner Palouse Country Photo Tours, will be the judge. Jack has spent more than 30 years studying, observing and learning the behaviors of wildlife and experiencing nature’s wonders while fine-tuning his photographic skills. Jack also works on assignment with several state and federal agencies as a wildlife research photographer. This year photographers were notified of the demolition of the old...
Steve Laskey said this is his last big tour and after 7,500 miles, who could blame him. Laskey, 52, who lives in Foxborough, Mass., stopped for an overnight stay in Colfax Friday on the third day of his trip across the United States to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. His goal is to set foot in all 48 states in the continental U.S. Laskey flew into Spokane May 19 and started his trip May 21. He headed east via the Centennial Trail to make a stop in Idaho and then went south and... Full story
Army Specialist Trevor Ovens, who recently moved to Colfax, Saturday gave a formal salute to each of the 254 veterans flags which were posted over the Memorial Day weekend at the Colfax Cemetery. Ovens, who recently completed three and one half years of active duty, is now on reserve status. He served two and one half years at the Army’s Camp Hovey which is located in South Korea about 20 miles from the DMZ zone. Ovens made a formal military turn in front of each flag and gave a salute. The h...
Imagine 350 college grads walking across the stage to receive their degrees in a ceremony with no valedictorian and no student honors. That is exactly what the 2014 graduating class looked like when WGU Washington held its third graduation ceremony earlier this month. Sounds unconventional and non-traditional? It is, and intentionally so. WGU Washington has no campus and the students are not required to attend courses in person. They do their coursework online with their mentors while they stay at home with their families. Most work, but all... Full story
REAL ESTATE SALES Ben M. and Rebecca L. Armstrong to Benjamin Allen and Teresa M. Cole, Pullman, house on Sunrise Drive in Pullman, $259,000, May 20. Ronald D. and Arlene M. Sande, Elk River, Idaho, to Ben M. and Rebecca L Armstrong, Pullman, house on Sand Road in Pullman, $467,000, May 20. John S. and Cherish L. Mirasol-Visger, Moscow, to Sandip Roy and Mengran Xue, Pullman, house on SW Sanna Court in Pullman, $256,000, May 20. Lauren E. Genow, Tuscon, Ariz., to Jennifer Knutzen, Lacey, 1961 10x55 mobile home on SE Professional Mall Blvd. in...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009. When people ask me if my parents are still mentally all together, I explain that they retired 15 years ago to northern Michigan “for the weather,” so actually they were never mentally all together. I am visiting them this August: Temperatures have ranged from the high 40s to the high 80s, and we’ve had hail, rain, tornados, power outages and pirate attacks. Right now, my mother is making her grocery list. “What are some of your favorite things to eat?” “I like broccoli,” I... Full story
It was inevitable that attacks on Hillary Clinton would be deemed sexist. We now know that they will be called ageist, too. A report in the New York Post’s Page Six that Karl Rove told a recent conference that Hillary Clinton might be brain-damaged after a 30-day hospital stay during her illness at the end of 2012 caused a volcanic eruption of denunciation aimed at the Republican strategist. Rove was accused, among other things, of dealing the age card from the bottom of the deck. Rove denies saying “brain damage,” and the Page Six repor... Full story
I’ll tell you what: If Hillary Clinton doesn’t run for president, a bunch of people will have wasted a whole lot of energy. Why else would Vanity Fair resurrect Monica Lewinsky so we could revisit the tawdry case that blemished the family’s first White House go-around? There is a wide body of thinking that has it that rather than being Monica’s Revenge, the article by “that woman” actually will help Hillary when she runs (yes, the word “when” was intentional), because it will put an end to discussion of the dark period once and for all, declar...
Valuable crop? It sickens me to read in the paper that they are considering calling marijuana an agricultural crop. Having lived on a farm all my life, I always knew we were growing food to feed people. As we know marijuana is a weed, pot, or whatever you want to call it that does nothing but damage the brain. So I say away with the weed and grow valuable crops that feed the world. I have witnessed first hand the harmful effects of marijuana and it makes me cry hard with a broken heart in prayer for the people who are involved in using...
The Veterans Administration is under fire. Reportedly, records have been hidden or falsified to give the impression that all veterans are receiving timely care. In fact, some vets have died waiting for treatment. With mid-term elections coming up, this scandal at the VA is getting a lot of attention. It is the perfect political foil. Hopeful politicians can go on record supporting the country’s veterans while not fixing or changing anything. Even without a scandal, veterans are great fodder at election time. Vets get a lot of talk, only to f...
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. EVANS SENTENCED TO 4 MONTHS Sheila Rae Evans was sentenced Friday to four more months in jail after she pleaded guilty in superior court to a charge of second degree burglary. Evans was arrested after deputies learned she was involved in a burglary at State Line Processors which is located at Tilma, east of Tekoa. Prosecutor Denis Tracy told...
Rosalia senior Mattie Jo Johnson and her sister, Jacey Johnson, placed fourth in team roping at the Washington State High School Rodeo Association finals last weekend in Kennewick. The top four point getters for the season in each event qualified for the National High School Rodeo Association Finals in Rock Springs, Wyo., in July. Mattie Jo finished fourth in breakaway roping and first in goat tying for the season. The girls are following in the footsteps of their older sister, Shaina Johnson,...
On their way to state in their lone year playing 2B softball, the Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale Vikings beat Colfax in their first game last Saturday at Richland to gain entry. “To get to state was one of our goals at the start of the year and we accomplished it,” said coach Steve Witthuhn. Leaving Palouse on the bus at 6:20 a.m. May 24, the Vikings met Colfax at 11 a.m. in the Tri-Cities and won 7-4. The win took them to two more games which decided seeding for state. Gar-Pal/T.O. lost 3-2...
Colfax baseball season came to a ragged end Saturday when the DeSales Irish bumped the Bulldogs 6-3 in their first-round clash at the regional rounds at Spokane's Avista Stadium. The Irish, who made the trip north as the number-two team from the SE, departed Spokane later in the day with a ticket to state after they stopped Northwest Christian 4-2 in the final regional round. Northwest Christian started the action at Avista by pegging a 5-3 win over Kittitas, the other entrant at the Spokane...
After being derailed by the neighboring Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale combo team Saturday in the first round of the softball SE-NE regional round at Richland, the Colfax Bulldogs posted two wins in the consolation bracket to claim the fifth and last ticket to the state B playoffs at Rotary Gateway Park in Yakima. The Bulldogs will go up against Adna in the first round of the 16-team tournament at 11 a.m. Friday. Adna’s Pirates will arrive at Yakima with a 15-4 overall record. They q... Full story
