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Recommended Vaccinations for Seniors This Flu Season Dear Savvy Senior Outside of a seasonal flu shot, which I usually get, are public health officials recommending any additional vaccinations for seniors this flu season? Cautious Carol Dear Carol, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is actually recommending several vaccinations for seniors right now: One for seasonal flu; one for pneumonia; and depending on your age and living circumstances, a Tdap booster shot for whooping cough. Here’s what you should know. Seasonal F...
Colfax Arts Council will launch 4th banner contest Colfax Arts Council officially launched their fourth banner painting contest last week. Artists of all skill levels are encouraged to enter the event which will result in a new set of “H’Art of the Palouse” banners along Main Street in Colfax early next year. The Arts Council calls their project the most widely viewed art exhibit in the region. Deadline for entry sketches is Nov. 4. Artists are asked to submit their designs on 11 X 17 paper, a format which transfers onto the dimensions of the b... Full story
Hooper Bill and Della Evans returned home Sept. 20 from a road trip through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota. Their travels were on the roads less traveled, and they enjoyed the many beautiful scenes found in those areas. Della spent four days at a writers’ retreat with Linda Hasselstrom at Hermosa, S.D. Hasselstrom is a published author who accepts other writers at her ranch and gives advice on each person’s writing project. While Della was occupied, Bill went to Pierre, S. D., where he had a full day with Dr. Glen Beck touring the...
Lamont Allen and Diane Cook attended the annual Garden Springs reunion and potluck, Saturday, at the home of Ken and Ruth Potter of the Windsor area. Approximately 25 people, most of whom had attended the Garden School, attended. One graduated from the eighth grade in 1936. The school opened in 1889. It sits on a four-acre parcel of ground southwest of Finch Arboretum and the intersection of Interstate 90 and Highway 2. Average first-year teacher’s annual salary was $250 for men, $200 for a women five month term. The tiny school had just four c...
LaCrosse LaCrosse Mudfest, postponed from Labor Day weekend, will be Saturday, Oct. 2, beginning at approximately 11 a.m. Hamburgers will be available at the cookshack. All proceeds go the Richard L. Roberts Memorial Scholarship. Selbu Ladies will host a bake sale Friday, Sept. 24, at 9:15 a.m. at the Tea Pot Cafe in LaCrosse. Karen Kinch’s Dance Classes will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 22, in Washtucna in the Multi-purpose room. second, third and fourth grade starts at 4:30 p.m. fifth, sixth and seventh grade - 5:30 and eighth - 12th grade, a...
Gene and Jimmie Gullick Savitz celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at a family reunion at the home of Bob and Suzanne Whitacre on Hood Canal. They were married in Colfax Sept. 15, 1950. Gene graduated from Tekoa High School in 1946, and Jimmie graduated from Colfax High School in 1948. Following graduation, Gene served two years in the Navy. He served schools in Waterville, Pomeroy and Central Valley before joining the staff at Shoreline in 1966. He retired from teaching in 1982. Jimmie worked in banking until they moved to Shoreline... Full story
Dale and Loraine Smick will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 24 with a family dinner. Loraine Heim and Dale Smick were married Sept. 24, 1950. They had the first wedding in the new Trinity Lutheran Church building at Endicott. They have lived for the last 57 years on the farm outside of Endicott where Dale was born and raised. Their son, Alan, is the fifth generation of their family to farm this land. Alan and his wife, Teresa, live in Colfax. Their daughter Susan and her husband, Rich Crawford, live in Bedford, Texas. They have...
Chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are responsible for about 70 percent of American deaths and account for 75 percent of the nation’s spending on health care. Many of these diseases are preventable, yet Americans use preventive health services at about half the recommended rate. The low use rate is often due to financial reasons such as insurance deductibles and co-pays. The good news is that your physician and Whitman Hospital will soon be able to make many services available to you at no out-of-pocket cost if you h...
Dusty Locals who attended the Onecho Bible Church family camp at Silver Lake included Norm and Gloria Erickson and grandsons Darin and Derek Repp, Darrel and LaRae Claassen and Wes and Jen Claassen and family. Linda Hennigar watched some of her great-nieces and nephews show animals at the Latah County Fair at Moscow Thursday. They are the grandchildren of Jack and Marilyn Hennigar of Harvard. David and Phyllis Stueckle had breakfast at the Teapot Cafe in LaCrosse Saturday morning with Phyllis’s brother and sister-in-law, Norm and Barb Aune o... Full story
Week of Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2010 At Endicott School: Monday: Chicken wraps, veggie tray, peaches, muffins. Tuesday: Lasagna, corn, fruit tray, French bread. Wednesday: Salad bar. Thursday: Macaroni and cheese, green beans, pears, roll. At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Chicken fajitas, tater tots, onions, peppers, fruit. Tuesday: Turkey gravy, mashed potatoes or rice, vegetables, fruit, roll. Wednesday: Beef rotini, tossed salad, vegetable, fruit. Thursday: Hot dogs, potato wedges, fruit. At LaCrosse School: Monday: German sausage, pork and... Full story
Janet Leifer has done a lot of things over the years, but at 60 years of age she has finally found her calling. “It’s amazing how God brings you around to different places in your life,” she said. When Janet married her husband Jim, she told him that she couldn’t have children. Three months later they found out she was pregnant. They moved to St. John 27 years ago. When they started out they didn’t own anything. Through hard work they now own their house and surrounding farm land. That land...
Racks of oils, canvas, sketch books and pastels line the room. Painting upon painting cover the walls. Marilyn Jones has a full-sized painting studio in her home in Garfield. It is a live-in dream for the woman who moved here two years ago with her husband, Steve. Jones, who had two paintings in a downtown gallery in New York City last January, is two years into retirement. With alert eyes and a curious nature, Jones gets messy in the studio each day, mixing paints and colors. Jones has yet to find a market for her paintings on the Palouse....
Whitman County Sheriff’s Office and the Pullman Police Department will participate in the nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative Saturday, Sept. 25, to promote proper disposal of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Local collection sites are located in Colfax in the foyer of the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office. The Pullman disposal box is in the foyer of the Pullman Police Department, 260 SE Kamiaken Street.... Full story
8 years ago, September 25, 1885 The long delayed wire arrived Sunday and the Moscow branch of the Gazette’s system of telephone lines was completed Tuesday evening. The construction force was immediately transferred to the Palouse-Garfield-Farmington line, which will be complete by Monday morning. Wheat is rolling into this city at the rate of 300 tons a day. An average of not less than 200 teams arrive daily. Rather a small house greeted the Gray Comedy Co. in their presentation of “The Rough Diamond” last Saturday at the Opera Hall. Consi... Full story
Obituaries, Sept. 23, 2010. See Page B4 in the weekly pages section Wayne A. Clausen Charlotte Scott Ehlen Dana Elaine Kaschmitter Helen Lucile (Bishop) Weber Reginald "Reggie" Harold Wood Meryl Merrell Meryl Lee Merrell A graveside memorial service for Meryl Lee Merrell, 75, a resident of rural Princeton, Idaho, will be today, Sept. 23, 2010, at noon at the Woodfell Cemetery in Harvard, Idaho, with the Rev. Kathy Kramer officiating. She died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at Bishop Place in Pullman where she has resided for the past two months.... Full story
The following Washington State University students earned undergraduate degrees at the close of the summer 2010 semester: COLFAX: James Fredrick Segota, Bachelor of Science in Zoology. OAKESDALE: Torry Allen Shepherd, Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences. PALOUSE: Holli Judith Holbrook, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, cum laude. ROSALIA: Jacob Lyle Adams, Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Cultures and Bachelor of Science (General Studies—Basic Medical Sciences).... Full story
Ginger Tarbuck, a resident of Oakesdale for the last four years, has joined the staff at the Color Me Happy Hair Salon in Rosalia as the “nail diva.” She has 18 years of experience, and her services ranges from pedicures, colored acrylic nails and manicures. Originally from Cheyenne, Wyo., she had her early experience in Wyoming before moving west. She and her husband Eric have three children. Their youngest, Amanda, is a member of this year’s senior class at Oakesdale. They also have one grand... Full story
Bedbugs are turning into a pandemic in the U.S. Have you ever had or seen bed bugs?...
Members of the PCC Rail Authority plan to lobby the legislature this year to keep funding from the eastern Washington shortline rail system in the system. Joe Poire, director of the Port of Whitman County, said the rail authority decided at its Sept. 15 meeting in Davenport to craft legislation to have revenue gleaned from the state-owned lines put into railroad improvements. Currently, the approximately $15,000 the state reaps from operating leases on the line goes into the general transportation fund, according to Andrew Wood, deputy... Full story
The United States Department of Agriculture last week announced it had approved contracts to put 4.3 million acres into the general Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP. General CRP accounts are for enrollment of entire fields, while continuous CRP is used for targeted areas of particular high risk of environmental impact – areas like hilltops and stream beds. Under CRP, landowners receive payments under long-term contracts to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production. The 2010 general CRP signup was the agency’s fir...
Awesome The banks did an awesome job decorating the corners of Main Street this year. Every corner was remarkable. It made it very hard to choose the winner, but we hope you all had fun. In our eyes you were all winners. We appreciate the time and effort you put into your corners, and welcome you aboard. What a wonderful way to kick off the 2010 Hullabaloo. We hope everyone will come and enjoy this year’s event. Great job. our town looks beautiful. Phyllis Kincaid, Hullabaloo Committee Speed limit The speed limit on our county road was r... Full story
Dear Action Movies, I’ve been watching you for a long time now and have gotten to know you pretty well, but I think that in order for our relationship to keep growing, there are a few questions I need you to answer. First, you know those scenes where the Hero is standing in a circle of bad guys, and they all attack him, and he manages to fight them all off? How come the bad guys all wait their turn — is that some sort of bad-guy etiquette thing? Because it seems to me, if I were watching this Hero kicking and punching my buddies into obl...
In the classic children’s story, “Alice in Wonderland,” a little girl falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a strange world where everything is upside down, where all the rules have changed and peculiar people do inexplicable things. I know how she feels. According to a Sept. 14 BBC broadcast, Cuban President Raul Castro will lay off at least 500,000 state employees by mid-2011 and boost opportunities in the private sector to help those workers find new jobs. He suggested that as many as one million government workers will be laid...
I SEE THE Seattle Times decided to rattle Bill Gates Sr.’s cage in its editorial column instead of sticking The Truth Needle into him. The Truth Needle is what The Times calls its investigations into claims made by political candidates and campaigns. They’ve zeroed in on U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi so far. You know, Patty takes credit for stopping the feds from awarding a $35 billion aircraft tanker contract to a foreign company thus giving Boeing another shot at a bid. The Times responds that she was “mo... Full story
#!*! To a community that fails and then barely passes a school district special levy and then takes issue with the increased number of students in some class rooms at the same time the district balances its budget with limited reserves. +++ To the banks in Colfax for working together to decorate Main Street’s corners for Hullabaloo. They are festive and colorful. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 211 N. Main St Colfax, Wa 99111...
