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Dear Savvy Senior, Are there any programs that you know of that help seniors with their Medicare expenses? I’m 67 and live primarily on my Social Security, and am having a hard time paying my Medicare premiums, deductibles, co-pays and prescription drug costs. Need Some Help Dear Need, There are several financial assistance programs that can help Medicare beneficiaries who are having a tough time paying their out-of-pocket health care costs. Here’s what’s offered, along with the eligibility requirements and how to apply. Medicare Savings Let’s...
At Colfax School: Monday: Chicken nuggets, tater tots, BBQ beans, salad, fruit JES Monday: Chicken nuggets, tater tots, BBQ beans, salad, fruit At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Pizza, cheese, sausage, pepperoni, tossed salad, oranges, pineapple Tuesday: Chili dog, hot dog, chili, corn, oranges, pears Wednesday: Spaghetti with meatballs, bread sticks, broccoli, cauliflower, peaches, mandarin oranges, ranch dressing Thursday: Cherry blossom chicken, rice, stir fry vegetables, mandarin oranges, applesauce, egg roll Friday: Quesadillas, refried...
Thursday, Sept. 26 Colfax – Noon – Gentle Yoga with Suzy McNeilly – Pay by the month or by the class. Albion – 4 p.m. – After School Program – Kids are invited to a fun after school craft project. Colfax – 7 p.m. – Zumba Fitness with Brenda Camp – Pay by the month or by the class. Friday, Sept. 27 Endicott, St. John and Uniontown – Storytime – Bring in the little ones for fun stories, songs and more every Friday. 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 An...
8 years ago The Commoner Sept. 28, 1888 The Commoner enters upon its fourth year with this issue, with every assurance of increasing its popularity, although its popularity, and its circulation has already reached a notch envied among the many newspapers of the Palouse country. The Commoner will redouble every energy during the new year upon which it now enters to merit and increase the enlarging tide of public favor so steadily rolling towards it, warranted by its reliability, and its capacity for providing its readers with a superior... Full story
Back to school is a good time to also get back into healthy routines. A great way to spend time as a family and get exercise is to find group activities you can enjoy as a family. That might include walking, bike riding or skiing. Not only do you get the benefits of physical activity, you also have the opportunity to talk to each other. Saturday, Sept. 28, is Family Health and Fitness Day. Plan a fun activity and get moving with the whole family! Another back to school check should include the weight of your child’s backpack. If your child i... Full story
Dusty Saturday, a wedding occurred at the Dusty Country Bible Church. The bride, Katy Moat of Spokane, saw a picture of the church on the Internet and decided that’s where she wanted to be married. Pastor Steve Szasz officiated. A reception followed at Boyer Marina. Guests at the Parsonage Bed and Breakfast from Thursday through Monday of last week were some of the attendees of the Tiffany Hergert - Tyler Startin wedding which took place at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds Sept. 21. The six members of Kendra Hergert’s family were from Ohio, Cal...
Trisha Luft, daughter of Gary and Janet Luft of Endicott, and Cody Bennett, son of Jim and Dena Bennett of LaCrosse, will be married Sept. 28 at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds. Trisha is a 2010 graduate of St. John - Endicott High School and a 2011 graduate of Inland Massage Institute in Spokane. She now works part-time for LaCrosse School District and operates a massage practice in LaCrosse and St. John. Cody is a 2009 graduate of LaCrosse High School and 2011 graduate in diesel mechanics from... Full story
For her 90th birthday, Eileen Semler Ankerson was guest of honor at a party for 85 family members and very close friends from as far away as Florida and Australia. She really didn’t want a party, but with all of those loved ones coming, an event was in order. The family celebrated with a party and dinner at Ridge Point for family and closest friends, with her children bringing salads and grandchildren bringing desserts. Guests came and went for days around this time, and Eileen had alot of f...
Endicott Catherine the Great: Germany and Russia 250 Year Tour was just completed by several people from the Endicott area including Willard and Anne Lowe, Jerine Gray, Don and Chris Kackman, Orle and Carol Hannas, Connie (Lust) and Steve Taylor, Richard Scheuerman and 19 other tourists with Germans from Russia relatives. Scheuerman was the tour guide and took the group on the route the Volga Germans took on their trek to Russia. The Volga Germans’ trek started in 1763. The group flew to Frankfurt, Germany, then to Schotten and Budingen, G...
Carrie Vielle will be the featured Artist of the Month Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library. During the presentation, Carrie will share her work, her inspiration and techniques. Meet the Artist is a free community event sponsored by the Colfax Arts Council and Whitman County Library. Carrie has been drawing and painting her entire life. She was born in Victoria, B.C., into a family and community immersed in the arts. Her family members include fine artists, photographers/film makers, actors, writers, musicians and composers, all...
Lacrosse LaCrosse seniors will have a hamburger feed Friday beginning at 6 p.m. before the football game in LaCrosse. The menu includes hamburgers, pasta salad and cookies. Karen Kinch’s dance classes will start Oct. 9 for second, third and fourth grades at 4:30 p.m.; fifth, sixth and seventh grades at 5:30 p.m.; eighth grade through high school at 6:30 p.m. Kindergarten and first grade classes start in January. Community calendars are available at the school or Jasper Trucking for $8. Proceeds support the yearbook class.... Full story
Real estate sales Deutsche Bank Trust Company, Boise, to Dennis L. and Betty Jo Grandbery, Colfax, house on E. 106 Thorn Street in Colfax, $35,000, Sept. 13. Gordon Cornilles, Spokane, to Kanwarjeet S. Dhillon, Colfax, house on E. Valleyview Avenue in Colfax, $118,000, Sept. 13. Charles E. and Fran D. Maxwell, Malden, to Nancy L. Lande, Malden, two lots on NE Broadway in Malden, $30,000, Sept. 16. Mandi L. and Jason D. Denning, Pullman, to Bryan K. Killinger, Pullman, house on SW Lost Trail in Pullman, $216,000, Sept. 16. Pamela Thompson, Lagun...
Tattoos are how my children’s generation expresses its individuality, which is why they all have one. I’ve got nothing against tattoos: They’ve been used for centuries to identify which sailors on a particular ship got drunk the night before. But at least those sailors, upon awakening and seeing the name Sheila inked into their shoulders, have the satisfaction of being able to say, “Who the heck is Sheila?” My children are not sailors, but they are all of the generation that is determined to do to their own flesh what the Exxon Valdez di...
The Northwest Watercolor Society announced that this painting, “Journeys of the Harvest,” by Rob Smith of Colfax, has been accepted into its 22nd annual Waterworks membership exhibition, Oct. 22 - Nov. 22. The exhibition will be at Tsuga Fine Art and Framing in Bothell. Northwest Watercolor Society was founded in 1939 in Seattle. The reception and awards ceremony will be Oct. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Tsuga’s. Smith works as a respiratory therapist at Whitman Hospital and Medical Cente...
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. FAIR BOARD GETS REPORT Official attendance figure for this year’s Palouse Empire fair was 23,873, Fair Manager Bob Reynolds reported to the fair board Monday night. Total admission revenue was $57,685 with the royalty candidates accounting for $16,030 through advanced sales. Reynolds said the advanced ticket sales for the second straight year m...
WHAT ARE YOU going to do about health insurance when Obamacare kicks in Oct. 1, I asked a friend I regard as one of the smarter cookies around. “Keep Medicare,” he replied. I don’t think you can do that, I said. I keep hearing over and over again on television and the radio and reading in the newspapers politicians reminding me of the president’s promise “If you like your present health care plan, under Obamacare you’ll be able to keep it,” and telling me that’s not true. “Well, that’s what I’m going to do,” he said. He happens to be a Democra...
A small critter is causing big problems in the South Puget Sound. It’s called the Mazama pocket gopher. Some 100,000 pocket gophers inhabit prairie lands throughout northern California, Oregon and Washington. Our state is the northernmost part of its range, where separate populations are scattered in pockets throughout the area, including Thurston and Pierce counties. Last December, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed to list several subspecies of the Mazama pocket gopher in Washington as a threatened species under the E...
The clamoring to go to war in Syria has subsided. American leaders from both parties who wanted to punish Syria and its leader Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons have quieted down. That is because a plan now exists for controlling Assad’s chemical weapons without resorting to military strikes. Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward the plan to which the U.S. is subscribing. Putin is promoting the containment and removal of Assad’s chemical weapons. His real aim is to eliminate interference in Syria from other nations. Reg...
The Rosalia volleyball team is 1-2 on the season after a loss to Liberty Tuesday night. The Spartans went down 25-17, 25-23 and 25-13. "That hurt," said second-year coach Trish Hereford of the third game score. "I’d like to see us play a stronger mental game." Rosalia began the season with a five-game close loss to LaCrosse-Washtucna along with a three game-win over St. George’s....
St. John/Endicott girls scored a team win at the big Plantes Ferry memorial race Saturday along the Spokane River in Spokane Valley. The race drew 40 teams but SJE and Tri-Cities Prep had the lone team scores for 1B and 2B girls. Oroville’s Sierra Speiker topped the overall girl’s race with a 18:15 over the 3l1-mile course. The Eagles compiled a 23- team score with Jordan Porubek third at 21:38, Heather Siegel, fourth at 21:50, Shania Bailey, fifth at 21:57; Sami Bailey eighth at 23:49, and Jade Porubek 13th at 24:29. The TCP team score was... Full story
In league action at LaCrosse Tuesday, St. John/Endicott took out the Tigercats in three games, 25-20, 25-9 and 25-112. Emily Jones had 11 kills and 14 digs for the Eagles and Morgan Anderson had 18 assists. Anderson also hit five aces. Gail Harder had 13 kills for the Tigercats and Nicole Harder had 15 digs. Lindsey Miller hit two aces and booked eight assists.... Full story
Colfax volleyball players moved their win streak to 10-0 Tuesday night with a four-game win at Genesee. The host Bulldogs, who stood at 10-3 before the match, took the first game, but Colfax took a 27-25 win the the second game on the way to the match win. Colfax then settled down and took the last two games on solid wins, 25-18 and 25-14. Nicole Sheer, who booked a 20-20 serving night, was credited with being at the line when Colfax turned the match around with a nine-point rally in the second game. The charge erased an 18-12 lead posted by... Full story
Colton Friday will take a 2-1 record to Palouse where they will open league action against the Garfield/Palouse Vikings. The Vikings will host the league clash after sustaining a 48-20 loss to Genesee last Friday at Palouse. The Vikings are now 0-2 in prep-league action against Idaho teams. Colton’s early season string in non-league play came to an end Friday at Riggins where they ran into the Snake River Savages. The Savages, now 4-0, stacked up a 54-8 win over their guests after taking control at the line of scrimmage. Coach Charlie S... Full story
Colfax football fortunes advanced to 1-1 Friday when the Bulldogs bagged a runaway win over the new Northwest Christian Crusaders team on the Schmuck Park turf. The Bulldogs exploded for 20 points in the first quarter on the way to a 51-14 win. Friday's home win came after Colfax sustained a 38-0 loss in their opener a week earlier at Asotin. Colfax defense put the clamps on the new NWC team early in the game Friday. The score rolled up to 44-0 before the Crusaders' Ethan Perriah, a sophomore... Full story
The red just kept coming. The Rosalia Spartans met Touchet in their home debut Friday night and got pressed to the grass, 54-14. After two dominant wins to open their 8-man independent schedule, the Spartans found themselves in a different situation against Touchet. One of the changes was the Indians’ No. 53, Colton Goble, a 5’6” 150-pound senior running back and defensive lineman. Adopted from an orphanage in Usarask, Russia, as an anemic three-year-old, Goble led Touchet with 134 yards and t...
