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Evelyn M. St. John A memorial service for Evelyn M. St. John, 79, retired Rosalia farm woman, will be Saturday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m. at the Oakesdale Cemetery. The Rev. Erik Buhl, pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church will officiate. Mrs. St. John died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010, at Whitman Health and Rehabilitation Center in Colfax. Born May 25, 1931, to Walter and Ida Leitz Horlacher on the farm at Rosalia, she was one of seven children, four boys and three girls. She went to Riggs Elementary School. She then moved to Rosalia with her... Full story
Colfax artist Roberta M. Tiemann has had her painting “Through the Looking Glass” juried into the 37th annual Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition in Golden, Colo., at the Foothills Art Center. The exhibition was open to all watermedia artists across the United States. The exhibition will run Sept. 11- Oct. 31. Tiemann also has had a watermedia painting “Confluence” juried into the Arizona Watercolor Association’s National Exhibition in Phoenix Arizona. The exhibition was open to all watermedia artists residing in the United States, C... Full story
Triple Threat Triathlon team from St. John placed fourth in the Medical Lake Sprint Triathlon. Annie Bailey swam one quarter mile in 4.55 minutes; Jade Pourbek biked 10 miles in 34 minutes; and Sami Bailey ran 3.4 miles in 25 minutes....
Information about medical errors and adverse events that occur in Washington hospitals and healthcare facilities is now available online. Under state law, hospitals are required to report 28 types of errors that are considered serious reportable events. This information is tracked by the state health department to improve patient safety. The new report lists the number events by hospital. From June 2006 through March 2010, there were 780 adverse events reported. Of these events, 402 were serious pressure ulcers that developed during... Full story
Gathering at the Davenport Hotel July 2, the night before the all-school reunion in Oakesdale, members of the class of 1960 celebrated being the Golden Grads. Those attending were (back row) Norann Neet Ach, Ray Engle, Ron Brown, Lyle Bruce, Larry Palmer, Sue Schlatter Quinn, Jim Doneen, Jay Leonard and Byron Doneen. In front are Marty Lisenbee Quinn, Dennis Palmer, Bob Anderson, Jim Stilson, Barbara Jo Ellis Seutter and Nancy Lee Abbott. Class members not attending were Burt Banks, Cherrie Ludolph Curtis, Lynda Jean Jamison, Monte Shelton and... Full story
Clancy Pool, branch services manager at Whitman Library, and Cheryl Brinkley, adult services librarian at, Neill Library in Pullman; are among 19 librarians in the state who have been selected to participated in a new program that aims to serve middle-age patrons. Called “Transforming Life After 50,” the program is funded by the U.S. Institute for Museum and Library Services. The program began July 1 and will run through June 30, 2011. It is funded by a grant from the IMLS, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program....
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution for Wendesday, Aug. 25, will be Palouse Federated Church, 1 to 3 p.m., and Rosalia Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m. For Thursday, Aug. 26, distribution will be Malden/Pine City, Town Hall, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Garfield Legion / Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 3 to 4 p.m., LaCrosse, 310 B 4th St., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tekoa City Hall, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Oakesdale Baptist Church, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Endicott City Hall, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Distribution for Friday, Aug. 27,...
Changes to Medicare Advantage Dear Savvy Senior How much will the new health care reform law affect Medicare Advantage? My wife and I have used an Advantage plan for the past three years and would like to find out if we should stay with what we have, or go back to Original Medicare. What can you tell us? Concerned Retirees Dear Retirees, It is true that the new health care reform law will affect many seniors who have a Medicare Advantage plan, but how much change you can expect will depend on where you live and the plan you have. Here’s what y...
ROSALIA Garco Construction crews are at work installing an outdoor basketball court on the playfield of the Rosalia School. The court has been awarded to Rosalia by the Spokane Hoopfest Board and Northwest Basketball Camp, according to Terry Boxleitner, Rosalia athletic director. He said Garco crews donate their time on the project and slate work hours when they are in limbo from other jobs in the area. The court will be under full size, but it will have hoops at each end and feature a... Full story
LaCrosse LaCrosse Community Pride volunteers have started cleaning the basement of the former LaCrosse Market. Salvaged metal will be sold and added to the fund raising effort. Mike Webb of Empire Foods in St. John has donated freezers to the LaCrosse Community Pride grocery store. The freezers are in excellent condition and were available because Webb is remodeling his store. Repair work on the roof is the first priority. A public meeting will be held in September to unveil a floor plan, fund raising events and projected opening date. The...
Hooper Keith and Carla Danielson of Hooper along with Marilyn Bafus of Endicott, were in Snohomish Aug. 6-8 where Keith conducted Horsemanship/Obstacle Clinics. The clinics were at Mission Farrier School owned by Karen and Mark Plumlee of Snohomish. Conly and Betty Merrit’s grandchildren, Ben and Keirstin Merritt of Port Orchard, visited July 31 through Aug. 8....
Dusty Art and Colene Sager have returned from a week in Wisconsin. While there, they attended the Oshkosh AirVenture Show. The remainder of the time was spent at an International Flying Farmer Convention in Fond du Lac, Wis. They also stopped in Minneapolis to visit friends Alan and Judy Naumann. Cindy Pitts and her father Norm Bafus spent the weekend in Boise visiting Jen and Ryan Hammons and children Kellen, Becket and Willa. Altona Wigen was treated to her 94th birthday celebration in her home at the Courtyard in Colfax. Attending the...
Wilma Ousley celebrated her 90th birthday with about 25 family members and friends at an open house June 19 in Longview. The celebration was hosted by her daughters, Sally Ousley and Martha Bridges, both of Longview. Bouquets of red roses and wheat were placed throughout the house and her cake was decorated in a farm theme with wheat accents. Wilma lived most of her life on the family’s Mockonema farm near the fairgrounds before she moved to Longview in 1989. Among her guests were Dan and Susan Hopkins of LaCrosse and Toni Jo Hopkins of C...
Quilter M.J.Miller will lead workshops Margaret J. Miller, internationally known quilter, author and teacher from Bremerton, will be in Colfax, Sept. 9-12 to launch the Meet the Artist series and lead two quilting workshops sponsored by The Quilted Moose in Colfax. Colfax Arts Council and Friends of the Library will feature Miller when the Meet the Artist series resumes Thursday, Sept. 9, at the newly renovated library in Colfax. Ms. Miller will teach “Easy Pieces” Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10 -11. Based on her book by the same name, the sew...
The license plate frame on Bonnie Swannack’s red mini-van pretty much sums it up: “Quilting is My Passion.” “I make quilts. It took over my life about 30 years ago,” Bonnie said. Growing up as Bonnie Mays in Hooper, her mother quilted but Bonnie didn’t even know how to thread a needle until she took Home Economics in high school. After graduating from LaCrosse High School, Bonnie attended Whitworth College in Spokane and the nurses training at Deaconess Hospital where she met her husband, Bill, who was a patient at the hospital. “He couldn...
All three Whitman County entrants in the 53rd annual Washington Junior Miss competition performed dance routines for the talent segment of the competition Saturday at Beasley Coliseum in Pullman. At top from the left are Emily Ledbetter of Colfax dancing to "Bulletproof," Mikayla Nygreen of Colton/Uniontown tap dancing to "Chicago Overture" and Emily Carlson of Pullman dancing to "You Don't Know Me.” The winner of the event, now Distinguished Young Woman, was Rianne Jones from Moses Lake who received applause from the 19 other contestants in t...
A former advertising and corporate relations executive for Raymond A. Hanson has written and published “My Memories of Raymond A. Hanson.” Author Peter Kerwien, a former weekly newspaper editor and former foreign correspondent, worked for Hanson for 13 years. Hanson, who died Feb. 19, 2009, at 85, was recognized for developing the self-leveling device for combines in his early days as an inventor at Palouse. His company went on to accomplish several more engineering feats, including massive machines used on large scale construction pro...
Another six months and another $106,500 and Whitman County’s five-year old accounting software will be ready for use. Chris Nelson, county information technology director, told commissioners Monday she would need that much more time and money to make the system, developed by New World Systems of Troy, Mich., work. Nelson said New World officials have given her several dates when they would be willing to come to the courthouse to train employees on the new system. “They are very keen on getting this up,” Nelson said of New World brass. Commi... Full story
Kathy Wolfe has been named the new executive director of the Whitman County office of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. Wolfe formerly served for eight years as the director of FSA offices in Las Animas and Logan Counties in her home state of Colorado. A native of Holyoke, Colo., in the state’s northeast corner, Wolfe was selected from a field of candidates by the county FSA committee. “I’m pretty new to these hills,” she said. “This is nothing like the flat lands of Colorado.” Wolfe takes the seat vacated...
A lone angler awaits a possible response from a fish in the depths of the Snake River in front of Whitman County “skyscrapers”—giant grain bins at the Port of Almota.... Full story
The gray areas of end-of-life issues were brought into the light Tuesday by the recently formed ethics committee at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center. A group of 16 people, mostly hospital staff and some citizens at large, dug into in-depth conversation on quality of life issues. “Your quality of life may not be the same as someone else’s,” said Denise Fowler, chief clinical officer at the hospital. This ethics panel was formed in the spring when the hospital decided it needed a sounding board for ethical issues. At Tuesday’s meeting... Full story
8 years ago, August 14, 1885 Mayor Perkins requests us to announce that a meeting of citizens will be held in City hall Saturday evening, at which time the college proposition will be disposed of. Let there be a full attendance and some interest manifested in the matter. J.V. O’Dell tells us of some rocks found by the Indians above his place on Snake River, which are curiosities. One of them, a stone measuring 2 1/2 x 2 x 2 feet, contains distinct deer tracks, as natural as if taken in plaster; another is covered with what appears to be coyot... Full story
Good care The foresight of the people who created Hill Ray Plaza was a case of right time, right place, right people. They established a retirement community for independent living and it is owned by the residents. The community and businesses of Colfax take good care of us. Much joy is given to us by the various groups from Colfax that come to entertain us. The Council on Aging, not only provides transportation but finds programs that will benefit our residents. Whenever there is a problem in our building, who ever we call are prompt to...
The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information. Anyone can create a “fact,” such as, “If you do nothing but watch sports all weekend, the lack of physical activity will convince your body it is slipping into a coma, so to stave off unconsciousness it will start burning calories like crazy.” Post this new fact to a blog, and the search engines will dutifully pick it up so you can win an argument with your spouse. (Searching on “lack of physical activity...
I suppose we should give the state credit for trying to economize by consolidating its computer systems in one place, but the new Department of Information Services (DIS) building at the state Capitol is raising a lot of questions. When the contractor was selected in November 2007, the economy was flying high. True, the state’s unemployment rate was ticking up, but it was comfortably low at 4.7 percent. The plan called for a state-of-the-art $260 million, 456,000-square-foot office complex and data center to house most of the state’s com...
