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COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENU Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Lentil & sausage casserole, carrot & celery sticks, french bread, sherbet, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Chef salad, peaches, breadstick, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Community Center: Wednesday — Lentil & sausage casserole, carrot & celery sticks, french bread, sherbet, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday — BBQ beef on bun, potato salad, relish tray, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Fr...
In Romans 1:16-17, the apostle Paul declares, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, ‘The just shall live by faith.’” A few weeks ago, Colfax celebrated the Concrete River Festival. Climaxing a weekend filled with events was a joint worship service and barbecue/potluck in Schmuck Park on Sunday morning, an event which brought seven congreg...
8 years ago Aug. 24, 1888 Grain buyers and shippers of Colfax have opened the wheat market this week from 53 cents to 55 cents per bushel for good marketable wheat, sacked. Our grain dealers express themselves that with an even show as regards freight rates, they will bid as high as they possibly can for the handling of a good share of the present crop in the Palouse country. A representative of The Commoner was out on a tour of inspection of the north portion of the county during the past week. He came back filled with glowing accounts of...
Colfax Whitman County Library Summer Reading youth logged more than 4,890 hours of reading time to complete the 2013 Literacy Program. “Dig Into Reading!” was the theme for the 2013 Summer Reading program. Many generous sponsors and volunteers donated money, incentives and time to enhance this literacy event for nearly 500 Whitman County youth. Albion Bailyn Anderson, Colin Dreewes, Kaylee Hinnenkamp, Tyler Hinnenkamp, Eleasa Molsee, Isaiah Molsee, Kallai Molsee, Susanna Molsee, Abby Slaughter Sioma Abdul-Karim, Adison Amdahl, Jerimah Amd...
Thursday, August 22 Colfax – 6 to 7 p.m. & 7 to 8 p.m. – Free Martial Arts & Self Defense Classes in the Center – First session from 6-7 p.m. for ages 4-12. Second session from 7-8 p.m. is for teens and adults. Saturday, August 24 Albion – 2 p.m. – Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs, crafts and adventures. Monday, August 26 St. John – 11:30 a.m. – Lapsit Fun for the 3 and under crowd. Tuesday, August 27 Rosalia – 10:30 a.m. – Storytime - Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs, crafts and adventures. Colfax...
Bill and Lou Wade, former long-time residents of Farmington who have made their home in Lewiston for the last four years, plan to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a family gathering. Wade and Lou Lou Scully met while both were students at Columbia Union College in Washington, D.C. They were married Sept. 4, 1963, at Greenup, Ky., and made their first home in Washington, D.C. After moving to Farmington they operated a company-to-market inventions business in Spokane. Observance of the...
Old fashioned fall event slated at Dahmen Barn Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown will host its seventh annual fall event, “An Old Fashioned Sunday in Autumn,” Sept. 15 from 11 to 4. Antique tractors will be on display along with working scale model gas engines. Historical movies of farming on the Palouse will be shown and a “name the antique” contest is planned again this year. The annual apple pie baking contest will be judged by professional bakers with prizes for the winners. Visitors may purchase homemade ice cream along with th... Full story
The Palouse Food Bank is seeking extra produce ripening in local gardens at the end of summer. Contributions may be made at the Palouse Community Center Aug. 27 between 2 and 4 p.m. and Wednesday, Aug. 28 between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. For more information or to schedule another time, call Amy Browse at (509) 878-1251....
Dusty Many Dusty residents were part of the large gathering attending the graveside services at the Rosalia Cemetery for Mildred Riley Friday. Afterward, a potluck luncheon was served at the former Congregational Church in Malden with Mildred’s favorite, huckleberry ice cream, for dessert. She is survived by her children Walter, Forrest and Zanna, nine grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Two weekends ago, Ed and Joan Broeckel’s children, Jennifer and Anthony Harkishnani of Bellevue and Amber Broeckel and her friend Dominic Lovotti of Bois...
––JKoe Photography Henry Vogler and Cari Thompson will be married Sept. 14 at Sanders Estate in Auburn with a garden reception to follow. Cari is the daughter of Randy and Janet Thompson, Boise, and a graduate of Boise High School. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in business. She began her career with Expedia and is now working for the Amazon.com Fashion Team in Seattle. Henry is the son of Mark and Kathryn Vogler, Dusty, and a graduate of Colfa...
St. John Crab Feed set The St. John Museum Society will host a crab feed Aug. 23 from 5 p.m. until they run out. They will serve Crab Louie Salads for $10 to benefit the museum building project. The SJE volleyball team will serve homemade strawberry shortcake downtown at the Community Current Aug. 23 starting at 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit the team. The spring honor roll for St. John/Endicott students attending EWU holding a GPA of 3.75 included William Knott, Garrett Scharffer, Nicole Scheurman and Erin Schuster. Free movie night Endicott ANNE...
Summer safety for kids Children face heat-related safety risks in the summer. Falling out of open windows and injuries resulting from being left in hot cars are two major causes. A child dies from heatstroke about once every 10 days from being left alone in a hot vehicle. In fact, heatstroke is the leading cause of non-crash vehicle fatality for kids 14 and younger. Children climb into unlocked cars to play, or are left alone in the car. These are tragedies that are 100 percent preventable. A child’s body absorbs more heat on a hot day than a... Full story
Real estate sales Clem A. and Leone Schaller, Pullman, to Gregory D. and Kristine K. Sawyer, Yakima, condominium on SW Crestview Street in Pullman, $164,000, Aug. 13. Phillip A. Ronniger, Sandpoint, Idaho, to Guy Steven and Diane Dawne Worthey, Pullman, house on NW Sunrise Drive in Pullman, $225,500, Aug. 13. Melody Sandahl, Lewiston, to Kelly L. McComas, Clarkston, house on E. Woodworth Street in Uniontown, $139,000, Aug. 13. Gerald Fletcher, Tekoa, to Fred and LouAnn Hamill, Tekoa, house on N. Leslie, $120,000, Aug. 14. Susan C. Shoup, Pauma...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2008. Once, when my son was around 8 years old, he asked whether we could go see a movie (one we had just seen the previous weekend), and I said no, we couldn’t. “If we’re not going to see a movie,” he demanded in anguish, “then why did you have me?” He was always pretty good at asking questions — like this one, a particular favorite of mine: “Dad,” he asked, “if I were a werewolf, where would I go to the bathroom?” At dinnertime, my son would leave the table, too full of kine...
A harvest haul from the past arrived at Endicott when this 1946 Ford truck, driven by Frank Grey and loaded with wheat from the Bafus-Grey harvest, came into the elevator. Frank’s wife, Jerine, rode in with him and said that it was fun to see the old hoist lift the bed of the truck and watch the wheat roll out of the gates. Frank pulled the truck out of a field owned by Dale and Alice Stover, took it home and gave it new life and a fresh coat of colorful paint. Alice said that her husband, D...
No common sense Our nation’s states are blindly adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This national initiative rambles on without any evidence to support its efficacy. This movement to reform schools in the USA is being driven largely by ideology, rhetoric and dogma instead of any evidence. Keep in mind, the CCSS were never, that is never, field-tested in any classroom in the USA! The vendors of the CCSS will gross over three billion dollars in revenue just printing, selling and grading the CCSS mandatory classroom tests. Public e...
New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez may be the most hated figure in sports, but he is a man for our time. He is a master at the insincere mea culpa, at self-involvement, at pretense and greed. Not just greed for money, but for fame and glory. If he had only disgraced himself playing for the Texas Rangers, that would be one thing, but he has done it playing for the most storied franchise in sports, whose legends are synonymous with baseball greatness. So let’s consider the tale of two prodigiously talented Yankee corner infielders, s...
Volunteers Sunday put the second coat of paint on the Colfax skate park at Schumck Park. The park ramps have been painted in Bulldog Blue and Gold as a project by the Catalyst Church Kids group. Sam Korslund, Kid group pastor, said 27 different volunteers paritcipated during the four work sessions with most of them participating in more than one session. Concrete Doctor Travis Harrison cleaned and filled the former expansion crack which ran across the middle of the park....
Environmental activists claim they want to reduce production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. If so, they’re going about it in a very strange way. Take forest management, for example. Anti-forestry activists oppose salvaging dead and diseased trees, saying the forests should be left in their natural state. But that debris is volatile tinder for raging wildfires that pump an average of 67 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, according to a 2013 report by the National Climate Assessment Development Advisory C...
A good many people remember when their school blackboard was actually black. Then, the blackboard turned green. Newer yet is the white board, no longer needing chalk, but special pens. Now, the white board is evolving into more than just an instrument for writing. New versions of the white board are being manufactured as self-defense tools. White boards, just large enough to hide behind, are being distributed at one university. They are made of bulletproof material and should protect the user in case a rampaging shooter attacks the school....
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. CITY ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS Carl Thompson, Colfax city administrator for the past six years, read a short letter of resignation to the Colfax City Council Monday night. Thompson said he plans to rejoin the fire department where he served until he was tapped to fill the city’s top administrative post after Emily Adams retired. He was appointed b... Full story
Last day of operation for the Colfax swim pool with be Sunday, Aug. 25. Over the summer the pool has operated with 10 staff members. To date, three of the staffers have departed for college studies....
Colfax City Council Monday night voted to cover excess paint costs for the skate park painting project. Sam Korslund, kids pastor for Catalyst Church, reported paint expenses topped the $250 authorized by the city. Donations and the church covered the difference, but city council members decided to cover the excess cost out of maintenance funds.... Full story
A cheer camp for youngsters between kindergarten and sixth grade will be Aug. 28 beginning at 2:30 p.m. after school. School will begin Aug. 27. The camp fee will be $25 and include a snack and a T-shirt. The camp will be a fund raiser for the CHS cheerleaders. Participants in the camp will perform the next night, Aug. 29, during “Meet the Bulldogs” night at the school. Athletes on fall sports teams will be introduced. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served....
Home sales for the second quarter in Whitman County totaled 400, an increase of 14.3 percent from the previous quarter and 21.2 percent from the same quarter a year ago, according to the state report from the Runstad Center of Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington. A total of 86 building permits were issued for a 616.7 percent increase over a year ago. The building permits include apartment house units, and the steep increase for the county reflects the apartment complex construction in Pullman. Median price of homes in the...
