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The Budding Rose Art Gallery & Clayworks, a non-profit art gallery will have their 11th annual student art show featuring works by Rosalia High School students during Battle Days. It will include a 3D display of specially designed masks. The exhibit will be Saturday, June 5, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. Visitors to the gallery can also take a look at their own Giant Palouse Worm and take home an ash sample from Mt St Helens as a souvenir. All proceeds go towards the annual art scholarship....
While Cheryl Brock does not consider herself to be very exciting, where she lives and the people she calls neighbors are another matter. “Life on Prune Orchard is the story to tell,” she said, pointing out the unique and friendly spirit the people out there have. Cheryl moved to her home on Prune Orchard Road in 1994 three months after marrying Travis Brock. Prior to her marriage, she was a widow living in South Carolina where her two sons still live. Although Cheryl grew up in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, she never thought she would end up in the...
LaCrosse The LaCrosse All-Purpose 4H Club spent Memorial Day helping Gayle Startin with many projects at the city farm. More than 30 members, parents and friends worked from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Trucks, tractors, shovels and wheel barrows were busy tearing down old fence, building new fence, removing buildings, trimming trees, cleaning up debris around public buildings and much more. After a picnic lunch, a belated birthday celebration for Nancy Startin included cake for all to enjoy. Pictured celebrating Nancy Startin’s birthday are back row G...
June 18 cook-off deadline set Sponsored by the Palouse Chamber of Commerce to promote the use of barley, the Barley Cook-Off offers a of $250 in prize money provided by Palouse Grain Growers Inc., which pearls barley grown locally by co-op members. Submitted recipes, which must use an easily visible amount of pearled barley, will be prepared by local cooks for evaluation by qualified judges. The top three recipes will receive $75, $50 and $25 cash prizes. These three recipes, plus two honorable mention recipes of the judges’ choice, will be pre... Full story
How to Choose a Home Blood Pressure Monitor Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about home blood pressure monitors? My doctor recently told me that I have hypertension and need a monitor for the house so I can keep an eye on it. But with all the choices, I’m a little overwhelmed. Hypertensive Helen Dear Helen, Everyone with high blood pressure (140/90 or higher) or prehypertension (between 120/80 and 139/89) should have a home blood pressure monitor! Home monitoring can help you keep tabs on your blood pressure in a comfortable setting. P... Full story
Dusty Steve and Carol Moore attended the state track meet in Cheney Friday and the girls’ state softball tournament in Yakima Saturday. Their son David, along with Stetson Steiger, was part of the Colfax’s 4 X 100 relay team. Their daughter Lauren played on Colfax’s softball team. Mike and Michelle Carver, Spokane, spent the weekend with her parents, Dale and Vicki Broeckel. Denise Kendall, Tacoma, spent an extended Memorial Day weekend with her father, Oscar Broeckel. Friday, Norm Erickson attended the Moody Institute aviation graduate commi...
Katelyn Robyn Maley, daughter of Brad and Kris Maley, is Rosalia High School valedictorian with a 3.94 grade point average. Offices held and activities include: ASB President, class representative, NHS secretary, FFA Reporter, FBLA member, science club member, annual editor FRC Robotics. She is a four-year letter winner in volleyball and basketball and three year letter winner in softball. Katelyn will attend Washington State University next fall and study biology. Salutatorian is John Charles Kuhn, with a 3.85 grade point average. He is the...
Kelly Van Lith, daughter of Jim and Cheryl Van Lith, and Jason Swannack, son of David and Leslie Swannack, have been named co-valedictorians of St. John-Endicott High School Class of 2010, with grade point averages of 4.0. Kelly was Class of 2010 President, National Honor Society Vice-President, Future Business Leaders of America Vice-President, Band Vice-President, Co-editor of the yearbook and co-captain of the volleyball, basketball and softball teams. Kelly also participated in choir, Knowledge Bowl and WDFY. She plans to attend Gonzaga... Full story
Week of June 7-11, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Cooks choice. Tuesday: Cold meat sandwiches, cup of soup, fruit. Wednesday: 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunch available. Thursday: 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunch available. At Oakesdale School: Monday: Beef tacos, lettuce and cheese cup, brown rice, cucumbers, cherry crisp. Tuesday: Corn dogs, tator tots, carrot sticks, Mandarin oranges. Wednesday: Chickenwich, apples, green salad, blueberry shortcake. Thursday: Cooks choice. At Tekoa School: Monday: Burrito, cheese sauce, tossed salad, fruit. Tuesday:...
Whitman County Library’s penny drive this year raised $1,262 with proceeds designated for weekly children’s programs, special guests, crafts and incentives. For the fifth year in a row, Vicki Hatley’s daycare won the Colfax classroom competition, securing more than $500 for the library. Garfield kindergarten and first graders celebrated with an ice cream party. Oakesdale elementary students will celebrate with a pizza party June 4. In LaCrosse more than $160 in coins were donated. The kindergarten class collected the highest amount in the s... Full story
Peter Appel receives the Knights of Columbus, Colfax Council scholarship of $1,000 from Grand Knight Robert Lustig at the council’s 100th anniversary celebration dinner in St. Patrick’s Church Parish Hall May 23. Appel will return to Washington State University this fall for his senior year. He is majoring in ag technology and production management. A member of the 2007 class of Colfax High School, he is the son of Steve and Diane Appel....
8 years ago, June 5, 1885 Only one Union soldier sleeps the sleep of the just ‘neath the sod of Colfax cemetery, but to him Nathaniel Lyon post No. 19, G.A.R., paid the deserved tribute of honor by decorating his grave with the choicest buds of spring on Saturday last. On Monday last, an Indian named Sam stole a mare and colt from Gaston Wiley near Palouse City. A posse was immediately organized and pursuit instituted resulting in his capture a few hours later. Citizens subscribed over fifty dollars toward buying new instruments for the b...
Stanley and Lois Horner celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary June 2 at Harbor Crest Retirement Center in Spokane where they have resided since 2006. They were married in Tekoa and lived in Tekoa where Stan was employed with the Union Pacific Railroad. They moved to Bayview, Idaho, in 1965. Stan retired in November 1976, to conclude a 37-year career with the railroad. They have two children, Robert and Lucy Horner of Palm Bay, Fla., and Vicki and Tim St. John, Tekoa. They have five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Stan is 94 and...
Oakesdale Oakesdale Presbyterian Church will conduct Vacation Bible School June 14-17 from 9:30 to noon. The theme this year is “High Seas Expectation” Exploring the Mighty Love of God. Bridge Club was hosted by June Hyden last Thursday at the Feeding Station in Tekoa. Winning high prize was Wanda Brown, Guest High Claudia Louk, Low Nina Gregory, Bingo Gretchen Peringer and Traveling Penny Rickett. Catherine Crowe also joined them for lunch. The group will take the summer off and will resume in the fall. Oakesdale High School’s annual class... Full story
Members of the Garfield-Palouse Envirothon which placed second at the Cispus Learning Center in Randle included from the left, Blake Slocum, Garret Pfaff, Tiona Shea, JB Lange and Chad Redman with advisor Buddy Carter. Garfield-Palouse scored 545 points behind the 567 scored by Stanwood. The center was selected by the Envirothon committee of the Washington Soil Conservation District for the State Envirothon contest because of its diverse vegetation, nearby river and unique soil characteristics. Thirteen teams from across the state competed.... Full story
A young Tekoa /Oakesdale/ Rosalia team battled for two rounds Friday before bowing out of the state 2B softball show in Yakima. The Nighthawks battled NE contender Davenport for the distance in their opening game before the Gorillas pegged a 14-10 win. They then went up against LaConner and lost 3-4 in the elimination round. Both of the ‘hawk opponents also bounced out of the tourney. The Gorillas ran into number-two Adna in the quarter finals and were bounced by number-three DeSales in their second game Saturday after eliminating LaSalle. L...
Colfax’s 4x100 meter girls relay team was the lone title brought back to Whitman County from last weekend’s 2B state track championships held at EWU’s Woodward Field. The team of Amelie Bruya, EB Hatley, Hannah Harazin and Kayla Johnson clocked a 51.53 in the 4x100 final to come in a half second ahead of second place La Salle. The same team finished second in the 4x200 relay. Bulldog Sophomore Morgan Willson turned in a solid state showing, but could not outduel rival Mikel Elliot of White Pass, a senior, in the distance races. Willson booked s... Full story
A walkoff win by DeSales in the bottom of the seventh inning shut down another Colfax bid for a state softball trophy in the 2B playoffs at Yakima Saturday. The Bulldogs finished 2-2 in the tournament. They advanced to the semi-final round with two wins Friday and then ran into Pe Ell in the semi-final game. The coast club canned Colfax 12-2 and went on to defeat Adna 1-0 in a thrilling championship game. Colfax then dropped into the consolation round and ran into DeSales. The Irish faced Colfax after eliminating Davenport 9-1 earlier Saturday.... Full story
Colfax Golf Coach Chris Gorton holds the state trophy after the Bulldogs took team honors. Players from the left are Tyler Stevenson, Caleb Bravard and Kyle Johnson. Bravard placed second and Stevenson 12th to compile 74 team points. Colfax golfers last Wednesday, May 26, brought home another state championship trophy after bagging the most team points for the B win at Tri-Cities Country Club in Kennewick. Colfax earned 74 team points with a second-place finish by Caleb Bravard and a 12th place by Tyler Stevenson. Bravard, who hit a...
Colfax High School football team will start their annual cookie dough sale today, Thursday, June 3. Contact Coach Mike Morgan for more information....
Angela Senter has attained the 1000 hour award offered by the American Paint Horse Association for their Ride America Program. She has ridden1000 hours on her 12-year-old sorrel gelding, a Foxy Imprint. The majority of the time was on rural roads around her family’s property on the Clear Creek Road. Participants in the APHA program receive awards, certificates and jacket patches for each level of riding hours. Angela owns two other horses of other breeds and trains horses for clients....
A seven-hour boater education course will be offered free by Whitman County Sheriff’s office June 9,10. Sessions will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. upstairs at the Public Service Building. The course will provide boaters with the basics of safe boating that all recreational boaters should know. The course will be taught by Deputy John Guidice, certified instructor. The course was developed for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. The state has been phasing in a safety program. As of the start of this year, boat operators between 12 a... Full story
The amazing playoff run by the Colton Wildcats ended with this team photo after they collected the second place trophy. The 'cats playoff run ended at 4-1 after they bowed to Almira Coulee Hartline in the title game. Colton’s baseball charge through the playoffs came to a halt Saturday night in the 1B championship game against a tough Almira-Coulee-Hartline club. The Wildcats, who started their run to the title after placing fourth in the SE league, finished the playoff run at 4-1 after the Warriors prevailed 8-3 in the championship game. T...
Coach Mike Parrish and his Bulldog crew collected the second-place trophy after bowing to Seattle Lutheran in the title game. It was the lone loss of the Colfax season. Colfax Bulldogs stopped the DeSales Irish Friday but ran into to a hard hitting Seattle Lutheran team Saturday in the state 2B baseball championship game. The 10-6 win by Seattle Lutheran at Parker Field in Yakima marked the end of a 25-game win string for the Bulldogs this season. “We just played a very good team. We didn’t give it away; we didn’t kick it away. They were just... Full story
--Jerry Morse photo.Colton girls record a team photo Saturday afternoon at Gateway Park after finishing their title defense in the 1B state fastpitch tournament. The Wildcats ran a three-game sweep and defeated Touchet in the title game to bring the trophy back to Colton. Except for a slow start in their middle game, Colton girls rolled up three solid wins to keep the state 1B softball cup they brought home last year. The Colton veterans kept the cup with a 5-2 win over Touchet, the SE foes they faced five times this year. Colton’s lone loss t... Full story
