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Season F. Hollaway, 35, was unhurt July 4 when the 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe she was driving collided with a deer on Highway 195 at mile 43.5 north of Colfax. According to the Washington State Patrol report, she was driving southbound at 12:50 a.m. when the deer jumped into the lane of traffic. Eric Reichmuth, 50, Pullman, was unhurt Monday when the 1986 Mazda pickup he was driving on the Moscow-Pullman Highway collided with a deer at mile 9.75. The deer struck the left front fender of the pickup....
The city’s six-year street plan proposal was submitted to the Colfax city council Monday night. Public Works Director Andy Rodgers noted the plan serves as a sort of shopping list for future projects with funding as the determining factor on what will be finished. Sidewalk projects on the plan include three in the N. Clay Street area behind the high school. A segment on Third Street from Sumner to Clay and along Clay north to Park are listed for 2013, and addition of a segment up the N. Park Street hill from Clay to Park is listed for 2014. An...
Traffic will be sporadically delayed by construction work on Lower Granite Lock and Dam this week. Crews were expected to begin work yesterday, Wednesday, July 11, on a project to replace the intake gantry crane on the top deck of the dam. The project includes assembling a new 130-ton capacity crane and disassembling and removing the existing 100-foot crane, according to the corps of engineers. Contractors have forecast a closure from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Thursday, and two-to-three hour intermittent closures throughout next Monday and...
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Commissioners have set the date of Monday, July 23, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, WA, for a proposed amendment to the 2012 Whitman County budget. At that time, it is requested all department heads/elected officials requesting an amendment be present. The total amount of the proposed amended budget is approximately $56,247,323. Copies of the proposed amendment will be available July 16, 2012 by calling 397-5240. Disabled accommodations are accessible by...
8 years ago July 16, 1887 An idea of the number of people at the fair grounds in this city on the Fourth may be formed from the statement of an observing lady resident of the lower end of town, who counted 376 teams, averaging eight occupants each, passing on the way in from the track. Besides, there were several hundred on foot, only editors and other rich people being able to ride. The new safe of the Bank of Pullman was put in place Tuesday evening. It weighs 9,500 pounds and is the largest this side of Portland. The bank will open... Full story
Wanda S. Danley, 50, Priest River, Idaho, escaped injury Saturday night when she lost control of a 2008 Ford Focus and collided with a Department of Transportation warning sign along the northbound lane about a mile south of Colton on Highway 195. According to the Washington State Patrol report, she lost control of the Focus while taking evasive action to avoid a collision after she had attempted a pass....
Week of July 16-20 Tekoa School Monday: Waffles, sausage pattie, apple juice, peaches Tuesday: Pizza, tossed salad, pears Wednesday: Corn dogs, BBQ beans, mixed fruit Thursday: Teriyaki chicken, rice, tossed salad, peaches, WG roll Friday: No meal service COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — BBQ beef on bun, potato salad, relish tray, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — BBQ beef on bun, potato salad, relish tray, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pal...
The 18th annual Scenic 6 Fiddle Show will be Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Potlatch High School. The show features regional fiddlers and folk musicians. A donation will be requested at the door with $5 for adults and children under 18 admitted free. Those wishing to perform are asked to sign in at 5:30 p.m. Potlatch Junior Jammers will open the show. The youth group includes string players under age 18 led by Mabel Vogt, Potlatch. Vogt is an Idaho and Northwest Regional champion fiddler who has taught fiddle and directed the Jammers for...
Colfax artist Roberta M. Tiemann has been awarded a prestigious signature membership in the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society in recognition for the highest level of artistic accomplishment in watermedia painting. This earns the privilege of using the Society’s initials RMNWS after her name on works of art and communications. The Rocky Mountain National Exhibition is regarded as one of the very top watermedia exhibitions in the country. Roberta’s paintings have been included in 33 national and international exhibitions across the Uni... Full story
Smith, Kathryn Celeste Alana, born June 18, 2012, at 9 pounds, 5 ounces, to Stan and Renelle Smith of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Stan and Debbie Smith of Raymond. Maternal grandparents are Clyde and Terry Coty of Raymond. The baby joins a brother, Stanton, 4. Clarke, Emma Louise, born June 22, 2012, at 7 pounds, 1 ounce, to Heidi and Ben Clarke of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Heidi and Harold Clarke of Spokane. Maternal grandparents are Lyna and Ray Kittelmann of Payette, Idaho. This is the couple’s first child. Rode, Rowen Brett,... Full story
Dusty Recently, Harmon and Jan Smith hosted a reunion for about 35 descendants of Harmon’s great-grandfather, Charlie Dodge. The group traveled to the homestead at Dodge, the family cemetery in Walla Walla and to Steptoe Butte. One evening, Harmon’s brother Walt shared his research about the family ancestry. The relatives, most of whom had never met, discovered they were happy to get to know each other and hope to gather again when even more of the family can attend. A “Welcome” message on the Dusty Country Store reader board greeted the fam... Full story
Bruce and Judy Reiber of Palouse have announced the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Elizabeth, to Aaron Michael May, son of Kathy and David May of Williamsport, Ind. The bride-elect graduated from Garfield-Palouse High School in 2009 and received a cosmetologist license for the states of Washington and Idaho. She is employed as a cosmetologist shift manager at Pullman Supercuts. May graduated from Seeger High School in 2006 and received an associate degree in criminal justice at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Ind. He is currently...
Dean and Bobbie Hollenbeck, former residents of Tekoa and Colfax, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary June 15 at Sun City West in Arizona where they have resided for the past 12 years. They dined out with their son and daughter-in-law, Rod and Margo Hollenbeck. Married June 15, 1947, in Tekoa, they resided at Tekoa, Moscow, Kendrick and for 20 years at Colfax where he managed the local office of Washington Water Power, now Avista. He retired after 40 years with the company....
A bell sounded at the St. John’s Academy reunion last weekend, and former students of all ages perked up and looked for the source of the familiar sound that signaled the start and end of the school day. Mel Riedner grinned when he produced the old bell, which only the sisters and lay teachers rang. Since many students remembered a slightly larger bell, the quest was on for its location. The larger bell was rung at the end of recesses outside, and someone had to know where it was. Kay Hinnenkamp VanDyke now owns it, but didn’t bring it to the...
St. John Fifty-five Glorfield family members celebrated their 54th reunion in the Community Center at St. John, Sunday, June 24. Attending were Doris Eriksen, Tracy and April Eriksen, Don and Alva May Jordan, Gracie Ann Miller,and Sheri Miller. Also attending were Sandy Martin, LaCrosse; Bruce and Vicki Maughan, Walla Walla; Marie Kelseth, Jeanne Murray, Carlos White, Tom, Dona and Ian O’Shaughnessy, Spokane; Bernice Glorfield and great-granddaughter, Bob and Sandy Glorfield, Syrelda Moberly, Spokane; Gloria Glorfield, Spokane; Glorian Trunkey,...
Rosalia birthday calendar Anyone wanting to get their birthday on the Rosalia community calendar can see Mike Day at the Texaco Service Station for a form. Artwalk demos at Dahmen On Sunday, July 15, Artisans at the Dahmen Barn will be a destination included in Pullman’s ArtWalk, Sunday Drive for Art. Numerous resident artists will give demonstrations in the Hay Loft Hall beginning at the top of each hour. See a variety of fiber arts demonstrations, weaving with beads and watercolor. In addition, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., visitors can sample some...
Music, ice cream, pie and visiting were on the agenda Sunday afternoon for the annual Palouse Ice Cream Social to benefit the Palouse Community Building. Jens Hegg entertained the crowd with his guitar solos for the second half of the program. Crystal Bailey, Cheryl Tompkins and Ruth Cochran worked out tactics at the pie table. Volunteer Sheilagh Hallagan scooped up the ice cream for Jordan Hill of Eugene, Ore., who was in town with his family to visit his uncle and aunt, Dave Hill and Nancy Hill. A junior customer departed the scene with the... Full story
The History Channel • On July 28, 1868, following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing black Americans citizenship and all its privileges, is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. • On July 24, 1911, American archeologist Hiram Bingham gets his first look at Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru. Machu Picchu is believed to have been a summer retreat for Inca leaders, whose civilization was wiped out by Spanish invaders in the 16th century. The site itself str... Full story
Estimated costs went up this week for Whitman County’s financial obligation to help Boise-based Hawkins Companies build a 714,000-square-foot shopping center in the Pullman-Moscow Corridor. County Prosecutor Denis Tracy advised the county commissioners in a memo last week the county will have to pay upwards of $100,000 to form a utility district to run a new water and sewer system at the stateline shopping center. “While the board has never asked what it would cost to form such a water district, I am informing you anyway,” wrote Tracy. The pros... Full story
Real world health costs Recently our government courts ruled to uphold “Obamacare” and enforce that the public will be fined if you do not have health insurance. I’m curious where this is going to leave the general population. I own and operate my own business and we make a very modest living. In order to grow our business we really need to hire someone to help us. As a small business we are unable to afford health care for any employee, let alone ourselves. The insurance premiums are so expensive that our business could not stay open and p...
Tractor tires in a tumbling hillside race, bratwurst smells in September air and the Fabulous Kingpins bringing guitars and drums. It’s all set to happen at the first Farmington Harvest Festival Sept. 22. The new event is to raise money for the town’s Parks Department. Festival Chairman Frank Triplett and committee have been meeting every two weeks to prepare for the event, for which five bands have been booked. The Fabulous Kingpins will be the headliners, playing classic rock on a covered sta... Full story
The fourth and purported final Palouse Home and Garden Tour is complete. Although, following a large turnout June 23 and record proceeds, it may not be the final one after all. A total of $5,400 was raised on a day which organizers ran out of tickets. “It’s the last one for probably five years,” said Pat Flansburg, board member for Whitman County Historical Society, which put on the event to benefit their Holy Trinity Chapel in Palouse. “Most likely we will do another one. We have several...
The Bruce Diet W. Bruce Cameron Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. Recently, I was in the bookstore looking at diet books, thinking maybe it was time that I read one instead of going on a diet. I was astounded by the sheer number and variety of the things, and became energized by the promises of quick, painless weight loss because it gave me confidence that if I just worked at it, I could write my own diet book! A lot of the weight-loss plans seemed to include language like this: “The Low-Lard Diet, when com...
Colfax fire department plans to seek a $390,000 grant for the purchase of a new fire truck, Chief Ralph Walter reported at Monday night’s city council meeting. The new purchase would replace the 1980 GMC truck which was purchased from the WSU fire department after approximately 10 years of use with the now-closed campus department. The GMC is a four-wheel-drive truck which was purchased by Colfax for improved coverage for the hilly parts of the Colfax landscape. The rural fire district contributed half the purchase cost of the truck to have t... Full story
The 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold the federal health care law doesn’t close the book on health reform. The court ruled that the individual mandate requiring everyone to purchase health insurance is constitutional because the fines for not purchasing insurance are taxes, not penalties. That may have resolved the legal issue, but it did nothing to make health care more affordable. How does ordering people to pay for something they can’t afford solve the problem? Despite its name (Affordable Care Act), the federal law focuses alm...
