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I am often asked what is the primary function of the Church of Jesus Christ. These five words sum it up best: proclaiming and defending the Gospel. It is what I call the Main Thing. Indeed there are many things the church is to be doing, such as loving our neighbor, showing acts of kindness, compassion and grace to all, being model citizens, living lives that are above reproach, etc., etc. While these things are Biblical and indeed noble, they are not the Main Thing. They are things that God may use to reflect His glory and give His people a gr...
* For Full Obituaries, see pages B7 and B8 in the Weekly Pages for 10/18/2012.... Full story
At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice. Monday: SW chicken flatbread sandwich on whole grain, mixed romaine salad, choice of fruits & vegetables Tuesday: Chicken patty, mashed potatoes, grave, whole grain roll, fruit & vegetable choices Wednesday: Hamburgers on whole grain bun, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, oven fries, choice of fruit & vegetables... Full story
For coverage of Colfax homecoming and photos of Colfax teams, see pages B3,4,5 and 6 in the Weekly pages for 10/18/2012....
Colfax Athenaeum Club is the subject of an exhibit now on display in the Colfax Library. The slide presentation and a bookmarks features a number of images that were digitized and archived as part of the Whitman County Rural Heritage project and can be seen on the library’s website: www.whitco.lib.wa.us. Slides include images of the founders and first president of the club, the house where the club was organized, a 1902 photo of club members, club members on the 10th and 19th anniversaries and other items from the club scrapbook. A special book...
Spokane Ag Expo, which will mark its 36th year with their 2013 show, will again feature a photography contest. Photographers are asked to submit entries depicting Agriculture in the Pacific Northwest by Nov. 20. The photos will be displayed in the Spokane Convention Center Complex during the Feb. 5-7 expo show which will have more than 250 exhibitors. Deadline for submitting entries is Nov. 30. Contestants are asked to submit either color or black and white prints mounted on cardboard or matting without frames. Entrants are also asked to... Full story
Tuxedo Junction back at Empire The high-energy big band Tuxedo Junction will come to Tekoa’s Empire Theatre Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. The 16-member ensemble, from the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area performs a repertoire of hits from the big band era of the 1930s and 40s. They also perform an array of selections from the 1950s right up to the present day. Several of the band members also play with other area groups. The band is a strong supporter of local charities and of higher education. In addition to donating performances to such groups as...
Donna Brost has been the leader, organizer and cheerleader for the Colfax United Methodist Church’s monthly dinners. The attendance was eight for the first meal, and some of the workers wondered if they should just drop the idea. Donna was eager to keep trying. Now they’ve had as many as 85 people at a dinner. They normally serve 65 to 80 people. The Methodist Church does not charge for the meals, but many who attend donate. The goals of the monthly dinners are to provide a community meal so that people can gather for a tasty dinner and con... Full story
Respiratory care week Respiratory Therapist week is Oct. 21-27. Respiratory Therapists are a vital part of our care team at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center. They provide a wide range of services involving breathing treatments through airway support. They care for all ages of patients from newborns to the elderly. They are also vital members of our critical emergency teams here at WHMC. Our respiratory therapists work closely with physicians and registered nurses to assess the patient’s airway on our Rapid Response, Code Blue, Code S...
LaCrosse High School has a new class offered this year and it has drawn a lot of attention in LaCrosse and in the school. The LaCrosse High guitar ensemble meets every day during normal school hours and has a total of 10 students, almost a third of the student body. Pictured in front, left to right, are Anna Roberts, Teacher Mary Chastain, Chelsie Kneale and Shyanne Yeigh-Cook. In the middle row are Joey Emerson, Stephen Erickson and Matt Stubbs. In back are Justin Wargo, Jed Zimmer and Lane Hannas. Shayla Sisk, not in photo, is also a member...
The royal carriage ride for the homecoming court at St. John Friday night was in the form a four-wheelers. The SJE royalty included, left to right, seniors Zach Hollingsworth and Talon Smith, juniors Micah Selk and Marika McCue, sophomores Grace Morgan and Kaleb Kolb, and freshmen Lucas Elkins and Laura Herrington....
The History Channel • On Oct. 30, 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition closes in Chicago. Fairgoers were offered a chance to see the first gas-powered motorcar, an alternating-current power plant, a 46-foot-long cannon, a 1,500-pound Venus de Milo made of chocolate, and Juicy Fruit gum. • On Nov. 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a stone sarcophagus containing three coffins nested within each other. Inside the final coffin, which was made of solid gold, was the mummy of the boy-king Tutankhamen, prese...
Backs Tensfeld Whitman County is facing a tough choice in this election. The role of Whitman County Commissioner position 1 is vacant, and it is up to the citizens to decide who shall lead our county during this time of economic and financial uncertainty. For the last 25 years, Bill Tensfeld has devoted nearly half his life to public service as a volunteer firefighter and EMT, the last 12 being Rosalia’s Fire Chief. He is the only candidate with a proven track record of working with the WSDOT in Highway Maintenance and Traffic Safety. He is c... Full story
. The Dark Tunnel to Stupidity W. Bruce Cameron Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. There are many people who are experts in how to raise children, and we call these experts “people who have never had children.” Anyone who has actually been through the experience of parenting knows that it requires patience, wisdom, kindness and love — so if your kid doesn’t have those, you might as well forget it. My own parents decided on a system based on redundancy: With three children, they figured they could afford to... Full story
A portion of an historic butterfly collection will be on display at the Budding Rose Gallery in Rosalia during the fall festival Saturday. The collection derives from a stretch of the Columbia River which was once a major center of Northwest butterfly studies. Jim Nebel’s link with the collection dates back to his boyhood days when he resided at Pateros with his maternal grandparents while his dad served in World War II. Nebel became acquainted with Andrew and Alma Anderson, who lived across the street from his grandparents. Mr. Anderson was a... Full story
In 1951, if farmer Henry Bakken had told you there was oil under his prairie land in Williston, N.D., you’d have thought he was a few bricks short of a load. As it turns out, he was right. North Dakota’s economy is going gangbusters, thanks to millions of barrels of oil being recovered from what today is known as the Bakken formation. The Bakken formation stretches about 200,000 square miles beneath Montana, North Dakota and Saskatchewan. The U.S. portion of the Bakken is estimated to hold up to 10 billion barrels of oil. The oil is being rec...
WELL, IT HAD to come; we had to have Jake put down. I told you about Jake around National Dog Day. I got him June 29 when I was having lunch with friends and mentioned I was without a dog for the first time in years, having had a dog or dogs most of my life. I had just had to have three dogs put down, Max, a Labrador who got a tumor that was pressing against his organs and causing him pain, Daisy, a Springer Spaniel with similar problems, and Eleanor, a little bitty dog with an advanced case of heart worms. I promised my daughter no more dogs...
One life-long resident of Colfax loved to hunt as a young man. In those days, he had to travel to central Washington to hunt. There just were not any deer around here. Now, deer are everywhere. They are on roads and in gardens. They hold up traffic and, worse, cause serious accidents. Vehicle/deer collisions are common. Near misses are much more common. Many encounters go unreported so the real danger to drivers can only be guessed at. The special hunts around Colfax to reduce the number of deer reportedly have had some success, but some...
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. DOG SHOT, HOUSE HIT NEAR REVERE A black lab dog was shot and killed and a house was hit by bullets in the Revere area south of Lamont Saturday evening. Sheriff Brett Myers reported deputies responded to a call from the residence after the owners returned to their home on Davis Road and noticed their house had been struck by several bullets....
TRIVIA TEST 1. AD SLOGANS: What candy bars were sold with the slogan, “Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t”? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Maltese Islands located? 3. FAMOUS QUOTES: What American writer once said, “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it”? 4. SCIENCE: What is a less-than-average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon? 5. PHOBIAS: Hemophobia is an irrational fear of what? 6. GAMES: What kind of game has variations that include “Cincinna...
8 years ago October 21, 1887 There was a feeble attempt at bank burglary in this town one night last week. A large dry goods box was placed before the rear door of the Bank of Colfax for the evident purpose of enabling some one to climb over the transom. A sprinkling pot had been stepped on and mashed as flat as the reception met by an old minstrel joke in the effort of the would-be burglar to climb on top of the box. Impressions of a boot with rather a small heel were discovered in the mud on the bank of the lake, presumed to be from the... Full story
Commissioner Pat O’Neill, now in the final weeks of a heated re-election race, last Thursday said he now believes the commissioners made a mistake last January when they shut off public comments on the county’s revised proposal for the Hawkins shopping center project. O’Neill made the comment during a campaign interview with Bill Weed on Pullman radio station KQQQ. He noted 20-20 hindsight on the decision now leads him to the conclusion the commissioners should have listened to all the residents in the room at the time. The comment relat...
Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia coach Kaleb Madison was named Seattle Seahawks Coach of the Week for his team’s 34-0 pasting of Dayton Sept. 28. The Seahawks honor included a $500 award to the football program, a Seahawks jacket and tickets to a home football game. Coach Madison credited his staff and the hard work of his team for the Seahawks honor. Recipients are picked by a panel from the Washington State Football Coaches Association. The ‘hawks lost their first game of the season Friday, falling 38-12 at DeSales....
Colfax runners Jackson Elfers, Brock Morgan and Tim Cornelius will travel to Audubon Park in northwest Spokane Saturday for the NE District league race. All finishers will get a chance to race next week at the SE-NE regional run at Clarkston. The top 30 finishers in the regional event will advance to the state race. Colfax junior high runners will compete in their last race Saturday at Audubon.... Full story
A playoff bid by the Colfax Crawdads, who qualified for the eight-place slot in the Spokane fall Babe Ruth league championship round at Shadle Park Saturday ended with an 8-9 loss in the 10th inning. The Crawdads played top-seeded Mission Valley, Mont., in the opening round and had the number-one team on the ropes at 6-1 after four innings with Patrick Jacobs on the mound. Mission battled back and trailed 8-7 with two out and two strikes on the batter in the bottom of the seventh. “We were one pitch away from taking them out,” Coach Brian Jac...
