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Bruce E. Nisse Memorial service for Bruce E. (Bear) Nisse, 60, former newspaper publisher at Palouse, was Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Potlatch. He died last Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, of a sudden massive heart attack. Palouse EMS and Sandy Schorzman worked valiantly on hot pavement to revive him. He was pronounced dead at Pullman Regional Hospital. Born Dec. 4, 1948, in Wyandotte, Mich., to James E. and Ada C. Quick Nisse, he graduated from Lowrey High School in Dearborn, Mich., in 1966. He spent a... Full story
Would you love to own the complete set of National Geographic Magazines? Whitman County Library must part with its collection of bound issues, loose issues and a two-volume index dating to 1916. The entire set is free to anyone willing to take the entire collection. Upcoming changes to the Colfax facility paired with changes in technology have forced the library to part with this amazing set. Back issues of National Geographic can now be accessed from the online resources link on the library website at www.whitco.lib.wa.us. If you are...
Age Discrimination: Where to turn for help Dear Savvy Senior, What constitutes age discrimination in the workplace, and where can I turn to for help if I think I’ve got a case? Demoted Donna Dear Donna, Most people, when they think of discrimination, think of race, gender or religion. But, if you’re at least 40 years old, and have been harmed by a decision affecting your employment, you may have suffered age discrimination. Here’s what you should know. Aging Defense The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is your first defense against a...
Week of 14-18, 2009 At Colfax School: Monday: Spikes pizza, green salad, pineapple, ice cream, and/or other mix and match menu choices. Tuesday: Breakfast for lunch, and/or other mix and match menu choices. Wednesday: Hamburgers with the works, oven fries, and/or other mix and match menu choices. Thursday: Chicken and cheese crispitos, refried beans, tossed salad, and/or other mix and match menu choices. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, crackers, chocolate cake, and/or other mix and match menu choices. At Colton School: Monday: Chicken... Full story
“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia; elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ; Grace unto you, and peace be multiplied” This introduction to First Peter was the child of many tears and of much sorrow. It was written probably about the year A.D. 65, when the followers of Jesus of Nazareth were regarded with growing dislike, and while clouds of suf...
LISA HARPER CHRISTOPHER APPEL Lisa Harper of Tekoa is the countywide grand prize drawing winner for teens who participated in the Whitman County Library’s summer reading program. She won a digital camera. The second place prize, an IPod tunebase was awarded to Christopher Appel of Colfax. Seventy teens submitted nearly 500 book reviews to enter the countywide drawing. In addition to the county grand prizes, WCL branches supported teen readers with their own local giveaways. Friends of the Library and local businesses supported the p... Full story
ART WSU Museum of Art will display its bi-annual fine arts faculty exhibition Aug. 27 to Sept. 26. Gallery hours are 10 to 4, Monday through Saturday. University of Idaho’s Prichard gallery in downtown Moscow will present the work of Mark Klett and Peter Vincent, two photographers who have produced extensive work focusing on the American West. Klett traces the influences of human interaction with the environment, and Vincent has a particular interest in car culture and its expression at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Aug. 19-Oct. 11. “Busy Sig... Full story
This summer 133 adults from all 14 branches of the Whitman County Library participated in Adult Summer Reading program. Library Director Kristie Kirkpatrick said this was the highest number of finishers since the program began three years ago and also the first year that every branch was represented. This was the first year all participants were given a certificate from local coffee shops around the county. Denise Thompson of Palouse and Ruth Connor of Endicott won $50 certificates from Rosauers in a drawing for all finisher...
Dusty Blake Heaton was honored at a family dinner celebration for his birthday Saturday. Guests included his wife, Carmen, grandsons Valente, Jeronimo and Xico Reynoso Heaton, daughter Heathermarie Heaton Reynoso, son Justin Heaton and Katy Tellesson, her parents, Dave and Kathy Tellesson and Megan Tellesson and friend Jake, nephew Kevin Heaton and friend Jill. Kim and Cindy Pitts spent Labor Day weekend at their cabin on Priest Lake. Guests of Art and Colene Sager from Friday to Tuesday, were Colene’s brother and his wife, Bob and Judy R...
Greenacres recipe tops lentil contest The winner of the 2009 National Lentil Festival’s Legendary Lentil Cookoff during the festival at Pullman was Herbed Lentils & Rice submitted by Betty Fulmer of Greenacres. Second place went to Rhubarb Lentil Crisp submitted by Julie Schneider of Pullman. The third place award went to B-L-T Dip submitted by Janice Elder of Charlotte, N.C. The cookoff is a national competition and this year’s competition had 93 entries. The preliminary round was in late July, and the top six recipes were taken to Reaney Park...
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution for Wednesday, Sept. 23, will be Palouse Federated Church, 1 to 3 p.m., and Rosalia Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m. For Thursday, Sept. 24, distribution will be Malden/Pine City, Town Hall, 8 to 10 a.m., Garfield Legion / Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 9 to 10 a.m., LaCrosse, 310 B 4th (small building behind small white house, 310 4th St.), 9 a.m. to noon; 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... Full story
Khou Moua and Trevor Cook were engaged in Vientiane, Laos, in November 2008, and married in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, July 25, 2009. Trevor and Khou spent two weeks in Laos with Khou’s large family before returning to the United States. The couple lives in St. John. Trevor is the son of Ron and Janice Cook, St. John. Khou is from Laos and joins many family members in the Spokane area. A reception for the newlyweds will be Oct. 10 in St. John....
-Digital Art photo Kari June Hooper of Clarkston, daughter of Randy and Debbie Hooper of St. John, and Nathan Adam York, son of Max York of Yakima and Merilee Hobden of Lewiston, will be married at the Methodist Church in Clarkston Sept. 26, 2009. Kari graduated from St. John-Endicott High School in 2003 and Walla Walla Center at Clarkston with an RN degree in 2008. She is employed at Tri State Hospital in Clarkston. A 2005 graduate of Pomeroy High School, York is employed at Life Care in Lewiston.... Full story
The third annual harvest festival at Dahmen Barn is scheduled for Sept. 19, 10 to 5, with activities for all ages. Donations to the local food bank are requested for admission. Resident artisans will demonstrate in their studios, and pioneer type crafts will be demonstrated in the yard. Fiber carding, spinning and weaving, lace making, paper making, blacksmithing, candle making, wood inlay, and quilting demonstrations are planned. A pie baking contest with prizes will be followed by sales of pie a la mode as a fund raiser. The 2009 contest...
Whitman County School Retirees’ Association (WCSRA) awarded their yearly scholarship to Rhonda Jennings who is now working in Special Services in the Moscow School District while completing her elementary education degree from Lewis and Clark State College in Lewiston. WCSRA also helps teachers with grants to purchase items for the classrooms and they volunteer in classrooms. During the school year, they meet in the various towns in Whitman County. Officers for the local WCSRA unit are Alice Davis, Pullman, president; Annette Pettenger, P...
Meet Sally Elder, Garfield When Sally Elder and her late husband Dan Bothell decided to move from Snohomish County back to her hometown of Garfield in 1998 they knew they wanted to do some kind of publication. “It just seemed obvious to do a publication about the Palouse,” Sally recalled. After moving back to Whitman County, they started Palouse Magazine, interviewing and collecting stories about the region’s past and “putting a face on local history.” Today, Sally still publishes the North Pal...
Members of the Rosalia Lions Club were at work Monday to prepare their ice cream parlor for business at the Palouse Empire Fair. At work here, from the left, are Linda Pritchett, Bill Widman, Diane Nebel and Wanda Sheahan. Also working at the scene were Mike Day, Jim Nebel, Bob and Della Hill and daughter, Suzie. Proceeds from the ice cream sales are used to fund Lions Club scholarships and other local projects in Rosalia. —Mike Day photo...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Jeremy Edward Sember, 31, Lewiston, and Erin Lorene Patterson, 31, Coeur d’Alene, Aug. 28. Eric Dana Reichmuth, 47, Canoga Park, Calif., and Kari Beth Michael, 36, Allentown, PA, Aug. 31. Alexander Christopher Chadley, 30, London, England and Tiffany Lee Sember, 24, Pullman, Sept. 1. Gary Jay Ausman, 28, Lewiston, and Kellsi Ann Stevenson, 24, Spokane, Sept. 1. Jedidiah Lee Serven, 29, Pullman and Lijiao Zhang, 26, Shenyang, P.R. China, Sept. 2. Likun Zhang, 27, Quanzhou, P.R. China, and Yunyun Zhou, 27, Lianyungang, P.R. C...
These reports are from the previous three 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. Three hurt at Oakesdale Three people were hurt Monday at the intersection of Highways 271 and 27 just north of Oakesdale. Theresa M. Johnson, 42, Oakesdale, driver of one of the cars, sustained collarbone and knee injuries. Jacquelyn Doneen, 17, Rosalia, driver of the other car, sustained arm and knee injuries. Steven Trevino, 19, Rosalia, sust...
Are you going to the fair? Gary Martin, Colfax Yeah, probably. To see what? Eating the food- polish sausages. Kathe Martin, Colfax I’ll go with him. What is your favorite part? Looking at the displays. The food, the canned food. Tony Sims, Colfax Yes. What are you going to see? My children. They are showing pigs. And of course the food. Which food? Funnel cakes, the burgers, elephant ears, corn dogs. Molly Mors (left), Mona Nihipali, both of Colfax We’re going to be working at Rosauers. Not even sneaking out for an evening? Nope. Sharon Hel...
A Man of Letters W. BRUCE CAMERON I wanted to start this column by saying it was “time to check the mailbag,” but it’s e-mail: It doesn’t come in a bag, it comes in a deluge, with over 90 percent of it trying to sell me things to make sure I’m enough of a man for “her.” (They often send along a picture of a presumably underserved, and certainly underdressed, woman, but she sure doesn’t look like any “her” that I know.) But I do sometimes hear from readers, many of whom complain that I write too often/not enough, and that my most recent column...
The National Weather Service is pairing with the county’s Department of Emergency Management for a booth at the fair. Saturday, Sept. 12, starting at 11 a.m., NWS staffers out of Spokane will teach the public about their job and how they do it. Facts like how to prepare for extreme weather and how to get weather updates on-line will be offered. “NOAA’s National Weather Service in Spokane assists leaders and emergency management staff of Pullman, Colfax, and Whitman County in strengthening their local hazardous weather operations. These count...
After three car crashes killed four people within five months on Lovell Valley Road, Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police are stepping up safety measures. Police officers will place more emphasis patrols on the road. Signs alerting drivers of upcoming curves will be set up by the tribal public works department. “[Just] trying to get people to obey the speed limit,” said tribal spokesman Marc Stewart. Tribal police may also install guardrails along the road. The eight-mile stretch of the road runs southwest of Idaho 95 from Plummer to Tilma at the state...
Rein in Dino Rossi said in his last unsuccessful campaign for governor, it is time to rein in the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE). A current example to support Mr. Rossi’s conclusion is the South Fork Palouse River Water Quality Improvement Report. The DOE news release dated August 17, 2009 states: “The South Fork Palouse River and several of its tributaries have been polluted by fecal coliform bacteria. They are violating the state’s water quality standards.” The quoted statement is intellectually dishonest and lacks context. DOE’s d...
Replicate success, not failure People have a lot of questions about the proposed federal health care reforms. But the most important question we should ask — perhaps the only one — is will “ObamaCare” work? Judging from experience, the answer is “no.” The proposals being considered in Congress are modeled after efforts in Maine, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Hawaii and elsewhere to provide universal coverage. In every instance, those efforts have failed. Maine enacted its version of universal health care in 2003. To cover the uninsured, lawmakers g... Full story
