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There was a time when the left considered McCarthyism the worst of all political tactics. That was before it became useful to question Mitch McConnell's loyalty to his country. The Senate majority leader's offense is blocking Democratic-sponsored election security bills, which has occasioned the sort of charges that Democrats have spent the better half of the past 50 years ruling out of bounds. The Washington Post headlined a column, "Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset." It wasn't tongue-in-cheek. "Let's," urged Post columnist Dana Milbank,...
Life skills I learned in the 1950's might be well applied in present day. Recently while decorating at the Bethel Cemetery in Steptoe it brought back memories of my youth. My Mom was the caretaker when I was five. No Kindergarten then, so I would go each day to help her on the hill. We had hoses, sprinklers, a power reel mower and hand held clippers. Those were the tools we used, along with our desire for a job well done. Today the grounds are serviced with a riding lawnmower, in-ground sprinklers and weed eaters. I know times have changed,...
Sweden and Washington State are very similar. Both have strong “green” movements and are quickly moving to eliminate all carbon-emitting fuels from cars and power plants. The caution for Washington elected officials is not to jam through hastily mandated programs which have significant unintended consequences such as has happened recently in Sweden. Washington and Sweden are aggressively working to put more electric vehicles on the road. Transportation is Washington State’s largest source of gr...
When our legs began to complain about the climb into the overhead bunk of our camper, my wife and I bought a year-round cabin on the Pend Oreille River. It has become our get away when the normal pressures of life need release. One such day last March we decided to go to the cabin and take a day trip to the Kalispel Swan Festival. The newspaper told us the ice was still on the lake where the swans normally stop. We were a little bummed, but decided to come anyway. To our delight, the swans had decided to settle on the open water across from...
REAL ESTATE Scott Stevens, Palouse, to Donald Wood, Clarkston, house on S. Sumner Street, Palouse, $65,000, July 29. Jordan Stupey, Kenmore, to Bruce Forsmann, unit at Condominium Plan of North Village on Terre View, Pullman, $235,000, July 29. Catherine Parkay for the estate of Ernest Parkay, Portland, to Bulent Gozen and Kimberly Lackey, house on SW Staley, Pullman, $450,000, July 29. William and Mariana Johnston to Heath and Jett Bingman, house on NW Bella Vista Drive, Pullman, $302,500, July 29. Bingmans to Cristian Jauregui, house on NW...
Ellensburg's Distinguished Young Woman will be Washington's representative to the 2020 National Distinguished Young Women national scholarship program. Tesslyn Preppernau, daughter of Tandy and Ladd Preppernau, was selected Saturday, Aug. 3, during the annual state program at Pullman High School's theater. A total of 12 high school seniors from across Washington competed, including five from Whitman County: Suellen Rice of Pullman, Hayden Fulfs of Colfax, Brooke Bankus of Garfield//Palouse,...
Elise is no stranger to Colfax. “I was born in Colorado, but my family moved here when I was going into the fourth grade,” she said. The daughter of Cary and Patti Cammack, the family first moved to the area when Cary took a part-time job with Jennings Elementary School teaching music. When a full-time position came up, he took it and moved the family to Colfax. “I’m from Grand Junction, but I don’t remember it at all,” she said. “Four out of the five of us were born there.” Spending her formative years in Colfax, Elise worked at Tick Klock P...
Volunteers are needed to help with the activities at the 31st annual National Lentil Festival at Pullman Aug. 16-17. On average, the festival needs between 350 to 400 volunteers to help with the festival events. Volunteers are needed for chili serving, merchandise booth, back-of-house organizing, parking, the green team and more. Volunteering at the National Lentil Festival provides an opportunity to get involved in the Pullman community. Those new to Pullman or Washington State University find this is a good way to get to know more people and...
An open house reception to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of the Rev. Donald and Peg Moore of Colfax will be Sunday, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Colfax Church of the Nazarene. The Moores have served the church here for more than 31 years. Don Moore was born in Atlanta, Texas, and his bride, Peg Berry, was born in Kansas City, Kan. They met in 1967 at Bethany Nazarene College where Peg was studying physical education and Don was a ministerial student. They were married Aug. 8, 1969, in...
Blackout Poetry at Endicott library Tweens and teens, ages 10 and up, are invited to Blackout Poetry Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Endicott Library. Blackout Poetry is when you take a written piece of text from a book, newspaper or magazine and redact words in order to come up with your own poetry. All supplies will be provided courtesy of the Friends of the Library. For additional information, contact the Endicott Library at 509-657-3429. Endicott Library is open Tuesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Compassion...
Seventy-five colorful quilts were displayed in downtown Rosalia Saturday, July 27. Most were hung outside at various locations along Main Street, but those in specific categories were displayed at designated sites. Youth quilts adorned the library's porch. Heritage quilts were displayed at Pinewood Cottage. Quilts of local historical interest were featured in the Budding Rose Gallery, and small wall hangings were at the Red Brick Café. Rosalia's Texaco Station served as show headquarters and...
Neill Public Library will join forces with Kiwanis Club of Pullman for the 11th annual Stuff the Bus school supplies drive. Donate school supplies at Neill Public Library on Aug. 5 - Aug. 10. Along with supplies, musical instruments for Pullman bands are also accepted as part of the Gently Used Musical Instrument Drive during Stuff the Bus week. Other Pullman drop-off locations: Dissmore’s IGA: 2 - 5 p.m. Aug. 8, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Aug. 9, and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Aug. 10; WSECU branches on Bishop and in the WSU Cub, Stuff the Bus week, during o...
A Eagle court of honor for Carson Cloaninger, left, and Connor Johnson, right, was conducedt by Colfax Troop 595 July 28 at the United Methodist Church in Colfax. Cloaninger finished requirements for the Eagle rank this year, and Johnson completed requirements last year. He elected to delay his court of honor for a year and have a joint ceremony with Cloaninger. Cloaninger is the son of Dick and Lana Cloaninger, and Johnson is the son of Aaron and Helena Johnson. Both led Eagle projects to make...
Library Closed Aug. 8 – 11 All 14 branches of Whitman County Library are closed for annual maintenance. Digital resources such as our online collection of audio and ebooks, Microsoft Imagine Academy, Heritage Quest, and more are available through the library’s website at www.whitco.lib.wa.us Monday, Aug. 12 Colfax – Garage Sale – From Aug. 12-30 the Library & Friends are holding a huge sale and you are invited for fantastic finds. St. John – 10 a.m. – Jr. Summer Reading – Bring your little ones to their own special summer program. Colf...
Senior menu: Garfield: Thursday, August 15: Everyone is welcome to join the August harvest meal at Legion Hall at noon. Meal includes: Sandwiches with ham, turkey, cheese, and lettuce, California pasta salad, cabbage top ramen salad, lentil and hamburger casserole dish, fresh peach cobbler with ice cream, coffee and punch....
In conjunction with the Colfax Chamber of Commerce city-wide yard sales happening Aug. 16 - 18, Friends of the Library will have an indoor yard sale Aug. 12 - Aug. 30. A portion of all sales benefits the countywide programs and projects the group supports throughout the year. This includes everything from literacy packets for newborn babies to guest presenters and remodeling projects in library branches. The sale in the Center will run during regular library hours which are Monday – Wednesdays 10 a.m. -8 p.m., Thursdays – Fridays 10 a.m. - 6 p...
Biologist Thomas Biladeau will share habitat restoration and fish reintroduction efforts Monday Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. at the Colfax Library. Past, present, and future of land management and fisheries in the Coeur d’Alene Tribe territory and a synopsis of salmon, resident trout and stream restoration will be discussed. This presentation is part of the “Science on the Palouse” series sponsored by Whitman Conservation District. These presentations are geared toward adults, but youth 10 and older are welcome to attend. For more information, conta...
Member of the Colfax Class of 1959 gathered for their 60-year reunion July 19 at the Colfax Golf Club. Row 1: Garry Martin, Worley, Idaho; Ralph Hodge, Tacoma; Polly Parnell Anderson, and Sherry Schluneger, Colfax. Row 2: Dick Raugust, Coeur d'Alene; Tony Appel, Davenport; Ron Olson, Colfax; Virginia Johnson Freeman, Kennewick; Mae Bontadelli Schultz, Colfax; Jim Holmes, Walla Walla; Sharon Holmes Olson; Penny Holbrook Gay; Julie Daubert Roberts, Colfax; Marilyn Skeate Closson, Spokane Valley;...
A funeral service for Wayne Hale Crathorne, 84, was Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Holy Trinity Church in Palouse. Burial followed at the Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Crathorne died July 20, 2019, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Born in Potlatch, Idaho, to Paul and Leota Price Crathorne June 28, 1935, his mother died when he was just two weeks old and he was raised by his uncle and aunt, Clifford and Naomi Crathorne Greer. He spent his early years in Potlatch, before the family moved to Lewiston, and he graduated...
Timothy William Birr, 61, longtime Colfax resident, died July 29, 2019, at his Colfax residence. He was 61. A celebration of life will be held at a later date in Colfax. Born in Toledo, Ohio, June 11, 1958, to John Joseph Birr and Virginia May Fette, he was a baby when the family moved to Pullman and later to Colfax where he started school. He worked at Rodgers Seed Co. and Spokane Seed in Colfax, and then for area farms. He began working harvest for Kaye Engel out of Oakesdale one summer and that turned into 31 years. Tim developed a...
The funeral service for Lillian Kathleen (Kathy) Parkins, 68, will be Friday, Aug. 9, at 11 a.m. at the The Crossing Church, 715 Travois Way, Moscow, Idaho, with the Rev . Kathy Kramer officiating. A potluck celebration of life will follow at the fairgrounds in Moscow. Her ashes will be buried at a later date and some will be spread on the Oregon coast by the immediate family. She died at Sacred Heart Medical Center Aug. 3, 2019, from complications from a rare stroke she had July 26. Born in...
Anni (Wetzel) Millard, longtime resident of Colfax, Washington, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. She was 87. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 10, at 11:00 a.m. at the Affirmational United Church of Christ (Plymouth Congregational Church) with Rev. Lynn Nelson officiating. Anni was born on February 13, 1932, to Johann and Anna (Busalt) Wetzel in Weinheim, Germany. She met and married Charles Brawner while he was stationed in Germany, with...
Donna Mae (Wise) Brownell passed away peacefully in Dayton, Washington, at the Booker Rest Home on Friday, August 3, 2019. Donna was born in LaCrosse, Washington, on March 13, 1933, to parents Thomas Elbert Wise and Gertrude Mae Wise. She and her four brothers and two sisters all helped on the wheat farm and were musically talented. Donna enjoyed singing and drama at Colfax High School where she was a cheerleader for four years. She graduated in 1951. Donna married her high school sweetheart,...
