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Larry and Dorothy Brannan Harris of Colfax will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a no-gift open house Saturday, June 18, 2011, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Colfax First Baptist Church. Harris and Dorothy Brannan were married June 4, 1961, at Onecho Bible Church. A graduate of Steptoe High School, Harris served in the U.S. Navy. She was a graduate of Colfax High School. They both worked in Colfax. She retired from U.S. Bank, and he retired from Colfax Grange Supply. Hosting the open house will be their two sons and their spouses, Bob and Wendy...
Meet Sheli Gibson, Colfax Growing up Sheli Stoner Gibson knew how to sew, but as an adult she has learned many other skills and handcrafts including Brazilian embroidery and glass blowing. “I just see something I want to learn and try it,” she said. With her dad in the Army, Sheli’s family lived in Washington, Oklahoma, Germany and Hawaii while she was growing up. They moved to Lamont for awhile before settling in Colfax in 1979. The next year Sheli graduated from Colfax High Shool and married Rick Gibson. The couple lived in Colfax for a few...
Oakesdale Class Night was last Thursday at the Oakesdale gym. Seniors were Debby Betz, Abby Israel, Lance Lindgren, Britney Radford, Trevor Renstrom, Michael Conklin, Alexandra Lanius, Annete Mason, Chloe Rambo and Amanda Tarbuck. Valedictorian award went to Chloe Rambo, Salutatorian Award to Abby Israel. Hannah Sheppard won Most Improved Art Award, Drama Leadership Award Anna Mills, Most Improved Musician Danielle Jones, Leadership Award Music Jeffrey DeGon, Farmington Academic Achievement Award Chloe Rambo and Debby Betz. Outstanding... Full story
Dusty Patty and Brett Wieber, Spokane, were overnight guests of her sister, Karen Broeckel, Friday night. They all had attended a pre-graduation party honoring Austin Beasley and Nick Carpenter and graduation ceremonies at Waitsburg High School that evening. The women’s great nephew, Austin Beasley, son of Ken and Pam Beasley and grandson of Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, was valedictorian for his class. Beasley will attend W.S.U. next fall and major in physics. Linda Hennigar attended a graduation party in Princeton, Idaho, Saturday for Hannah T...
Whitman County Library can assist nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies seeking grants by providing them with a new online subscription called GrantStation. Access to this subscription is available in the Colfax library and provides groups with the opportunity to identify potential funding sources for their programs or projects as well as resources to mentor them through the grant seeking process. GrantStation provides access to a searchable database of private grant makers that accept inquiries and...
Shana Marie Largent of Colfax and Ryan William Bailey of Spokane plan a July 2 wedding at the Onecho Bible Church. The daughter of Brian and Debbie Largent of Colfax, Shana graduated from Colfax High School in 2007 and Washington State University this year. She plans to attend graduate school at WSU next fall to study speech-language pathology. Bailey is the son of Anne Bailey of Renton and Kirk and Diane Bailey of Lake Stevens. He graduated in 2005 from Marysville-Pilchuck High School and in 2009 from Washington State University where he... Full story
