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At Colfax Schools: Monday: Corn dogs, mini nachos, fresh salad, fruit choice Tuesday: Hamburgers w/works, whole grain bun, oven fries, fruit Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, pasta salad, fruit choice, treat Thursday: Burrito, refried beans, rice, corn, fruit Friday: Tomato soup, grilled cheese on whole grain, crackers, salad, fruit JES Monday: Corn dogs, mini nachos, fresh salad, fruit choice Tuesday: Hamburgers w/works, whole grain bun, oven fries, fruit Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, pasta salad, fruit choice, treat Thursday: Burrito, refried beans,...
Thursday, September 5 Colfax – 7 p.m. – Zumba Fitness with Brenda Camp – Pay by the month or by the class. Friday, September 6 Endicott, St. John & Uniontown – Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more every Friday. It’s a great way to meet old friends and visit new ones. Visit the online calendar for times. Colfax – 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. – Dance Class – Child and teen dance, ballet, jazz and more by Ana Maria Sears. For cost and registration, please call (509) 338-0809. Saturday, September 7 Colfax – 1 to 4 p.m. – Childr...
8 years ago Sept. 7, 1888 While returning home from the city one day last week with a one-horse buggy, Miss Etta Cram narrowly escaped serious injury. When on a grade a short distance up the North Palouse from town her horse became frightened at a band of Indian ponies and ran away, overturning the buggy and throwing the young lady out, happily without injury. The vehicle was smashed to smithereens. While loading the scattered remains of the buggy into a wagon, a team hitched to a buggy, in which were a man and woman, became frightened at...
The National Endowment for the Arts funded two public art projects for the Uniontown Community Development Association to be located near highway 195 at the north and south entries to the town. Both art pieces have been designed and built by metal artist John Bergen of Lewiston, the creator of the metal jumping fish at the east entry to Clarkston. Working with Julie Hartwig from UCDA and Artisans at the Dahmen Barn, along with some local farmers, enough metal parts from old farm equipment were gathered to make a tractor pulling a wagon for the...
Washtucna German dinner hosted by the Washtucna High School Music Department will be Sunday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the Washtucna gym featuring the Oom Pas and Mas German Band from Odessa, pictured at right. The German meal is $10 and includes apple bratwurst, dinner roll, German roasted potato salad, German coleslaw, apple crisp, lemonade, coffee or water. The child’s meal is $3....
Artist series will feature Susan Russell Susan Russell, acclaimed artist and educator, will be featured at the first Meet the Artist program Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library. Russell’s presentation, called “ABCDelirious” teaches how the symbols of ancient marks became contemporary letter forms that comprise our 26-letter alphabet. Russell works in many art mediums, with this presentation featuring lettering art, oil, pastels, pen and ink. Russell teaches art to both adults and children, so her presentation will include an activ...
Cholesterol Education month As we move into fall, it is a great time to do a self-assessment of your health. How are you doing on the “5 normals”? We could dramatically reduce health costs if we could say “yes” to the 5 normals. This includes normal blood pressure, normal weight, normal cholesterol, normal hemoglobin A1c (a measure of blood sugar) and NOT smoking. This month is cholesterol education month. Do you know your numbers? If not, this is a great month to get your cholesterol levels checked. There are two types of cholesterol – LDL and...
The third year of the Palouse Days’ Barley Bar Relay will be for a special cause. With the “Heidi Keen Classic” added at the top of its name, the afternoon run will be a benefit in remembrance of the event’s originator. Keen died last month at age 32. Because she had been organizing the Sept. 14 relay when she was struck with a myocarditis virus, it was left with no leader. Palouse resident Marie Dymkoski and a group of volunteers decided to take the mantle. “We decided, to hell with this, we...
—Lee’s photo Tiffany Hergert of Endicott, daughter of the late Marvin Hergert and Kenda Hergert and Dennis Miller of Endicott, and Tyler Startin of Endicott, son of Chad and Nancy Startin of Diamond, will wed Sept. 21 at the Palouse Empire Fairground where they met. Tiffany graduated from LaCrosse High School in 2008 and Washington State University 2012 with a degree in business management and operations. She currently works at Whitman County Farm Service Agency in Colfax. Tyler graduated fro...
A new DVD called ‘Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives’ has been donated to Whitman County Library by Colfax residents Ann Marra and Tim Ely. On the DVD experts discuss the dangers of genetically engineered foods as a major contributor to rising disease rates in the US population, especially in children. The DVD explores Monsanto’s tactics, the FDA’s policies and the USDA....
WSU lists honor students The WSU President’s Honor Roll recognizes students who attain excellent academic performance. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point average of 3.75 or earn a 3.50 cumulative GPA based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work. Area students listed on the spring honor roll are as follows: Albion: Brandon Hoadley, Bryan Stafford, Zachary Warmenhoven. Colfax: Melissa Aeschliman, Brady Cornelius, Kyall Hagemeyer...
A turnout of 40 junior cheerleaders, coached by members of the CHS cheer squad, helped launch the sports season at the Meet the Bulldog rally last Thursday, Aug. 29, at the football field. Members of the football and volleyball teams were introduced and hamburgers and hot dogs were served. The junior cheer squad practiced their routines on the previous day....
Colfax fire department received a report of smoke coming from a building in the 300 block of N. Mill Street Aug. 28 at 3:25 p.m. The smoke was determined to be coming from a roofing oil pot which was being used by the contractor for the roofing job on the Century Link building. The pot was located on the ground next to the building. Hot oil from the pot was pumped up to the roof for surfacing. Building Inspector Andy Burgard reported the pot had over-heated and generated the smoke. The crew was ordered to shut down the pot to allow it to...
An odor from a group of cats living at a Garfield residence has led to a police investigation. Garfield-Palouse Police Chief Jerry Neumann reported that the matter on Cleveland Street is a violation of town codes. “It’s an active, ongoing investigation, It’s a bit of an unbearable situation,” he said, referring to the odor for neighbors living nearby. Garfield-Palouse Police Officer Joe Merry served notice to the residents in mid-August, requiring them to come up with a timetable by today,...
Activity at the Palouse Empire fairground at Mockonema Monday provided contrasting scenes. Members of the Mockonema 4H club were busy decorating the display wall with frames in the sheep building. Meanwhile, members of the threshing bee committee spent time visiting beneath the lean-to in the back of the arena barn. They were waiting for enough sunshine to start the old time threshing bee. Monday was the first total rainout for the threshing bee in its 30-plus years. Crew members had worked...
The next trial of Daniel Lazcano will be moved to another county after Judge David Frazier Friday ruled seating a panel of impartial jurors for a third trial would be a difficult task in Whitman County. The judge told Prosecutor Denis Tracy and Defense Attorney Eric Christianson that the court adminstrator had already been making calls to find an available courtroom for the trial in another county. Friday’s session followed the judge’s rejection of a plea bargain agreement July 19 in which Daniel Lazcano would have admitted to a charge of sec...
Real estate sales Box 4 Ranch, Colfax, to Georgie Leinweber, Colfax, land with mobile home on Benedict Road near Colfax, $8,500, Aug. 27. Charlotte L. Higgins to Eugene M. McDonald, Colfax, house on S. Vista Point Drive in Colfax, $237,000, Aug. 28. Faha A.Y. Algahtani, Vienna, Va., to David G. and Paula A. Cartwright, Pullman, house on SW Crestview Street in Pullman, $257,000, Aug. 29. Margaret C. Harrington, Pullman, to Cathryn Anne Hogarth and Timothy Benjamin Osborn, Pullman, house on SW Wadleigh Drive in Pullman, $196,500, Aug. 29. Hayden...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2008. I am not a mechanic, but I do know that if your automobile suddenly shudders and bucks, you may have a problem, especially if these symptoms are accompanied by the unexpected appearance of a Cadillac bumper in your back seat. When this happened to me a few days ago, I quickly realized I’d been rear-ended in the rear end! I’m a pretty good driver, but I find a car crash to be something of a distraction. Deciding not to proceed through the intersection with a Cadillac in tow,...
Henry Adams said that politics is the systematic organization of hatreds. For the left in the past year, it has seemed at times to be the systematic organization of hatred of Ted Cruz. The freshman senator is not the first Texan to be so honored. In fact, the state isn’t holding up its end if, at any given moment, it isn’t throwing onto the national scene at least one Republican reviled by the other side. The party’s highest-profile Texans, George W. Bush and Rick Perry, tended to match inarticulateness with cowboy swagger and lend thems...
The SeaTac minimum wage initiative is in limbo. The central element of Proposition 1 is a $15 per hour minimum wage for workers at SeaTac Airport and area hotels, restaurants and car rental agencies. But, it also includes a complex web of employee work rules enforced by the City of SeaTac. On August 26, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that Prop 1 did not have enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Proponents have gathered additional signatures and appealed the judge’s ruling. Regardless of what happens in SeaTac, the i...
He won the 1963 Heisman trophy. He played in five Super Bowls and won two. He has one of the most successful post-NFL careers in business, or otherwise. Still, Roger Staubach, the Dallas Cowboys and Naval Academy legend, has said that the games he remembers most distinctly were played in a small stadium as a teenager in Cincinnati. While high school football begins another season in Whitman County, Staubach’s experience will likely be shared by a few hundred other 16, 17 and 18-year-olds right here in our 1B and 2B districts. No matter what t...
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. RAIN STOPS HARVEST BEE For the first time in its 30-plus years, the Palouse Empire Labor Day Threshing Bee was called off on account of rain Monday. Volunteers had worked most of the week setting up equipment and making repairs in preparation for the big day. Rain Sunday night put Monday’s start on hold, and blue skies out west held a promise o...
St.John/Enicott and Pullman teams will be at Colfax Saturday morning for the annual Bulldog volleybal jamboree. Both the visitng coaches are grads of the Bulldog teams. Megan Doering Dorman heads the Eagles again this year, and Jill Solbrack Nelson heads the Pullman teams. The jamboree has booked an early start ao allow players with fair entries can get to Mockonema as soon as possible. Varsity matches will be at the high school with Colfax and SJE starting at 8 a.m SJE and Pullman will play the next match and Colfax will play Pullman in the...
Members of the Colfax cheer squad spring into action to start the festivities at last Thursday’s Meet the Bulldogs Night. The cheerleaders were official host for the evening’ with a cheer camp presentation and sale of barbecue hamburgers and hot dogs. Proceeds went to the cheerleaders’ operaton fund for the year....
Colfax Bulldogs will again start the football season with a testing site visit at the LRS jamboree Friday. Action this year will be at Lind, and the Bulldogs start against the defending state 2B champions, the host Broncos. Colfax will launch its new pistol offense against the LRS defense at 5:52 p.m. on the Lind field. Coach Greg Whitmore and the Broncos went all the way to the title after dispatching a veteran Colfax team in league play and the TOR Nighthawks in the first round. Colfax last...
