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NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington will meet in its office in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers, in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on Monday, the 20th day of July 2015, at the hour of 10:45 a.m. for the purpose of considering Whitman County’s Six-Year Road Program (2016 — 2021), at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against said program. Handicap access for the Whitman County Courthouse is available at the Mill Street entra...
8 years ago The Commoner July 11, 1890 The great fire of a week ago to-day, which reduced almost the entire business portion of the town to a mass of dark, smoky ruins, did not destroy, however, the push and energy of the place which were marked with characteristics of the citizens of Pullman. To-day is marked by activity in the erection of temporary structures among the ruins, while work of clearing away debris of the yet smoking ruins, preparatory to rebuilding has commenced in a spirit which bodes well for the rapid upbuilding of the...
Lewis to host 'Dance Day' Cassie Lewis, current Miss Moscow, will host the first National Dance Day event in downtown Moscow July 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Friendship Square. Lewis, along with volunteers, will instruct a variety of dance styles. The celebration is free of charge and open to all ages. National Dance Day is an annual celebration that occurs on the last Saturday of July. The celebration was launched in 2010 by “So You Think You Can Dance” co-creator and Dizzy Feet Foundation co-president Nigel Lythgoe. Lewis is pursuing the Mis...
Darian Hisaw, daughter of Michelle and Ronald Schultz of Spokane, and Damon Buck, son of Brad and Tania Buck of Colfax, plan a Sept. 18 wedding at Mirabeau Meadows Park in the Spokane Valley. Darian graduated from North Central High School at Spokane in 2015. Damon graduated from Colfax High School in 2011. Both now attend Spokane Falls Community College. Following the wedding, they will make their home in Spokane....
Tekoa Library and summer readers honored Bill Harp, a volunteer with the fire department in Tekoa, under the hometown hero project. He is seen here placing a mask on Dunn Beckley. He also brought one of the fire trucks to the library for kids to climb inside and see what it is like to be a firefighter....
Stirling Castle in Scotland was a treat for the eyes. Long the home of Scottish royalty, the palace is on the castle grounds, overlooking the River Forth from the high point in the town. (The outlet into the North Sea is the Firth of Forth.) The first records of Stirling Castle are from 1110 AD and it is an imposing stone edifice, now a wonderful museum. Clothing, weapons, features of court life, such as jesters, and Scottish history are shared in an attractive manner. The Great Hall is...
Monte Hyde Monte Hyde, 71, recently of Pullman and formerly of Colfax, died July 9, 2015 at Pullman Regional Hospital. No public services are being planned. Kimball Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.kimballfh. com Gloria Jean Riedner Gloria Jean Riedner, 68, Edgewood, died July 10, 2015, at her home. A graveside service is planned in Colfax planned for Aug. 1. Born Feb. 20, 1947, in Colfax, to Carl and Ruth Stewart, she graduated from Colfax High...
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution: Tuesday, July 28: Colfax and Steptoe, 121 N. Main, Colfax, 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 25: Palouse Community Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; Rosalia United Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; LaCrosse, 110 N. Main, 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, July 26: Albion Town Hall, 4 to 6 p.m.; Garfield Legion / Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; Colton-Uniontown, Uniontown Community Building, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Malden/Pine City Town Hall, 8 to 10 a.m.; Oakesdale Baptist...
Shopko and The Salvation Army plan to launch the annual “Tools for School” campaign from July 12 through August. Customers can help local students in need by dropping donated school supplies in collection bins that will be located in more than 300 Shopko and Shopko Hometown stores. The program provides school supplies to students in need in kindergarten through 12th grade. Beginning August 7 supplies will be distributed by local Salvation Army chapters....
Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Chicken salad on a bun, carrot and raisin salad, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Chicken salad on a bun, carrot and raisin salad, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Community Center: Wednesday — Chicken salad on a bun, carrot and raisin salad, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday — Chicken salad on a bun, carrot and raisin salad, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Friday — Baked fish, garden ri...
Thursday, July 16 Endicott — 7 p.m. — Book Club — Join us for a discussion of “The Sky Fisherman” by Craig Lesley. Tekoa — 12 p.m. — Animal Heroes — Create animal masks and art. Rosalia — Every Hero has a Story — Kids of all ages are invited to our summer reading programs. Check the calendar for times. All Branches — Teen/Adult Summer Reading — Read and briefly review 3 books now through August 31 for a prize and a drawing entry. One entry per person. Friday, July 17 Malden — 2 to 6 p.m. — Cool Creations - What can be done with 32 Legos and l...
Dusty Neil and Liz Appel held a barbecue at the home of his parents, Dick and Helen Appel, to honor Dan and Jordon Appel, Michaela and Calvin of Indianola, Iowa. Also attending were Bruce, Charlie and Spencer Appel of Hamilton, Mass.; Jim Appel of Dusty, and Catie Farigrieve of Gig Harbor. Linda Hennigar and Jim Moore attended the outdoor wedding reception for Ashleigh Hennigar and Corey Brown at the home of her parents, Randy and Linda Hennigar, near Deary, Idaho, Saturday evening. They were married earlier in the day. Ashleigh is the...
Ashley Reisenauer of Colton, a 2012 graduate from Pullman High School, has been named to Colorado State University's Dean's list for the 2015 spring semester with a grade average of 3.8 or higher....
Endicott Harvest started the week of July 6, the earliest anyone can remember, every day a new field is sporting a combine and trucks. The roads around Endicott are humming with all kinds of equipment. Jenny Meyer of Endicott Food Center is busy making harvest lunches to be taken out to the fields at lunch time, by various grain truck drivers. Endicott Community Club met July 7. The July 4th Celebration was discussed, and any changes will be addressed in the spring of 2016. Anyone wanting to have their names on the Community Calendar must get...
Jennie Devlin surveys her lavender crop as she prepares for an upcoming exhibit at the Pink House Farmtique show at Latah County Fairgrounds July 25. Varied use of the lavender plant is the subject of a new business east of Palouse. Enchanted Paths began slowly five years ago at a five-acre property owned by Neal and Jennie Devlin. In the past two weeks, Jennie held her first wreath-making classes and will bring a full exhibit July 25 to the second annual Pink House Farmtique show at Latah...
The Tekoa Warren Street wall matter may have a resolution as the city council awaits an estimate to seal it with an epoxy coloring. The estimate, to be given by Ultimate Truck and Auto of Spokane, would apply a spray -- like on a bedliner for a truck. A representative from the company visited the site last week. The idea was suggested by Tekoa city councilman Richard Kelly. Previously, the council received a $12,600 bid from CTI of the Palouse at Palouse for cleaning, staining and painting the...
Night construction in Colfax has transitioned to 24-hour construction. Motorists can now expect delays 24 hours a day at the Y intersection as construction crews work through the day and into the night to complete their work. The Highway 26 bridge will be closed during the construction, with traffic being diverted to the Highway 195 intersection. Flaggers and pilot cars are directing traffic on Highway 195 from Colfax to Dry Creek Road. Delays are projected to be up to 20 minutes. Below, a...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Max Alexander Rheinhardt III, 33, Pullman, and Makayla Von Lohman, 26, Pullman, July 8. Hilton Ross Winters III, 56, Pullman, and Geraldine Renee Emerson, 54, Pullman, July 9. Zackary Patrick Schneider, 21, Chewalah, Wash., and Klarissa Andrea Brittain, 21, Chewalah, July 10. Andrey Vasil Levkiv, 25, Moscow, and Molly Ann Meyers, 23, Moscow, July 10. Jeremy Ryan Shahan, 29, Pullman, and Andrea Patrice Paul, 27, Spokane, July 13. Brian Keith Oliver, 43, Farmington, and Diana Kaye Lowley, 48, Farmington. REAL ESTATE SALES Kammer...
Editor's Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. Dear Action Movies, I've been watching you for a long time now and have gotten to know you pretty well, but I think that in order for our relationship to keep growing, there are a few questions I need you to answer. First, you know those scenes where the Hero is standing in a circle of bad guys, and they all attack him, and he manages to fight them all off? How come the bad guys all wait their turn - is that some sort of bad-guy etiquette thing? Because it seems to me, if I...
We associate air pollution with big cities, but millions of people are feeling the impacts of pollution from wildfires burning from California to Alaska and as far east as Colorado. It is one of the worst years on record for forest fires and we will spend billions to fight the fires and protect people, homes and businesses. Mammoth forest fires have been around for centuries. In a single week in September 1902, the Yacolt Burn engulfed more than a half million acres and killed 56 people in the Columbia River Gorge and around Mt. St. Helens. The...
You are hardly a name-brand company if you haven't dumped Donald Trump in recent weeks. NBC, Univision and Macy's all have thrown The Donald under the bus, in the heaviest blow to schlock culture in this country since the cancellation of "Jersey Shore." The carnage ranges across media, encompassing reality TV ("Celebrity Apprentice"), entertainment properties (the Miss USA Pageant), fashion (the Donald J. Trump Signature Collection) and even fragrance (Success by Trump). The shunning of Trump is in response to his, uh, memorable presidential...
This is a real dilemma for many of us in punditbiz: Do we ignore Donald Trump's noxious publicity-mongering and his obvious attempts to advance his candidacy with mindless and hateful demagoguery, or are we obligated to dive into his excrement, particularly since the polls show that Republicans consider him a significant candidate? I'm afraid the answer is a no-brainer, just like his rhetoric. He can't be swept under the rug, and no, that is not a joke about his hair. Much already has been said about his racist remark concerning Mexican...
The League of Women Voters has booked three pre-primary candidate forums, one for each of three contested races. Tuesday night marked the first of these candidate forums. Some details of the event are in the news columns of this Gazette. This forum was for the three candidates running for a one-year term as Ninth District Representative. Mary Dye, Pomeroy, was named to replace Susan Fagan, who resigned. She is now campaigning to be elected on her own. Richard Lathim, Pasco, and Kenneth Caylor, Othello, want the job as well. Still upcoming are...
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. EWU VOLUNTEERS TO VISIT Colfax Saturday will be one of three area towns to participate in Eastern Washington University’s Summer Service Plunge. Teams of EWU volunteers— including students, faculty, staff and alumni— will lend a hand to the Colfax Parks Department to assemble playground equipment at Schmuck Park, do general cleanup and const...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has closed fishing for spring chinook on the Grande Ronde River due to low river flows. The closure was among measures taken to counter drought conditions which have stressed fish. This year's low snowpack and warm weather have raised water temperatures and reduced flows in rivers and streams across the state to levels that can be lethal to fish, said Teresa Scott, WDFW's drought coordinator....
