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NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the dirt portion of the following Whitman County roads are closed to Vehicular traffic effective November 15, 2015 through March 15,2016 pursuant to R.C.W.47.48.010, unless a permit is obtained from the office of the Whitman County Engineer: ROAD NO. - NAME 0015 Waterman 0030 Merritt 0050 St. John 0060 Wilhelm 0100 Russell 0110 Griffin 0115 Carter 0190 Bourne 0310 Catholic Cemetery 0410 Fairbanks North 1140 Bancroft 1180 I.N. Balthis 1420 Faught 1540 Bunny 1550 B. Howard 2020 File 2030 Sheahan... Full story
Watercolor exhibit will open Oct. 29 New work from members of the Palouse Watercolor Socius will be on display at Oct. 29 through Nov. 29. The opening reception with artists present will be Nov. 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. The Palouse Watercolor Socius was formed in the spring of 1974 as a watercolor artists' support group by seven artists who were students of Alfred Dunn at the University of Idaho. Of the original group, Kay Montgomery and Linda Wallace remain active members. Members live in the Palouse region and as far away as Spokane. Chili at UM Ch...
8 years ago The Commoner Oct. 24, 1890 Quite a large deal was made in barley here last Saturday. George McCroskey sold 30,000 bushels to Mr. Simpson, representing Epping & Co., San Francisco. The price is kept secret, but is said to be near $1 per hundred. This is an advance of about 10 cents, and shows what can be done with grain in good sound lots. 100 years ago The Colfax Commoner Oct. 22, 1915 Rosalia is to have a gun club, organized along the lines which are approved by the Government. Applications for membership is being received by the...
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. CITY EYES $10,000 REQUEST FOR PARK Colfax City Council members Monday night were asked to consider making a $10,000 payment to the Schmuck Park project which has evolved from the C-Town project for resurfacing the track. Councilman Al Vorderbrueggen said the $10,000 city commitment to the project was discussed at a park board meeting which...
JUDY ANN MCKINNEY A memorial graveside service for Judy Ann McKinney, 71, was Friday at the Rock Creek Cemetery, Potlatch, with the Rev. King Rockhill officiating. A dinner followed the services at the Scenic 6 Park in Potlatch. She died late Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, in Lewiston, Idaho. Born Oct. 27, 1943, at Grenada, Miss., she attended schools in Nebraska and finished at Potlatch, Idaho. She married James McKinney June 22, 1963, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and they made their home at Princeton, I... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you give us a rundown of how reverse mortgages work? I’ve see actors Fred Thompson and Henry Winkler pitching them on TV, and they sound like a good deal. What can you tell me? Need the Money Dear Need, When it comes to celebrity spokespeople pitching reverse mortgages on TV, don’t believe everything you hear. Many of these ads are misleading and don’t always give you the whole story. In fact, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued a warning to seniors to watch out for these deceptive advertisements. Wit... Full story
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution: Tuesday, Oct. 27: Colfax and Steptoe, 121 N. Main, Colfax, 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28: Palouse Community Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; Rosalia United Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and LaCrosse, 110 N. Main, 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: Malden/Pine City, Town Hall, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Garfield Legion / Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; Colton-Uniontown, Uniontown Community Building, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Tekoa City Hall, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.;...
The Garfield-Palouse Middle School cooking class, instructed by Rebecca Hemphill, made sausage as a part of the class’s wild game unit. Prior to the project, Tom Tevlin, owner of Garfield Meats, hosted a meat preparation demonstration....
Thursday, Oct. 22 Palouse – 3:30 p.m. – Crazy 8s – Kids grades K-2 get to build stuff, make music and make a mess. This club gets kids fired up about math! Albion – 4 p.m. – Art Thursday – School age children improve their artistic talents with a WSU student volunteer leading the fun. Rosalia – 3 to 6 p.m. - Medicare Supplement Help – Drop in for impartial help from trained volunteers from the Washington Insurance Commissioner. Friday, Oct. 23 Colfax, Endicott, Malden, Palouse, St. John & Uniontown – Preschool Excitement – Fun and reading rea...
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Chicken nuggets, fries, carrots, fruit. Tuesday: Pizza, pineapple, Caesar salad, ice cream. Wednesday: Maple bites, ham patty, fruit, juice. Thursday: Straw hats, fruit, refried beans, cinnamon roll. Friday: Ham and cheese ripper, fresh veggies, fruit, cookie. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOLS: Monday: Chicken nuggets, grapes, broccoli with cheese, raw cauliflower, muffin. Tuesday: Swiss steak, rice, green beans, mandarin oranges, carrot sticks. Wednesday: Chicken parmesan, noodles, salad, fruit tray. Thursday: Poor boys, baked...
Left to right: John Aune of Colfax, former library trustee; Rueben Mayes of Pullman, development director for Pullman Regional Hospital and friend of Bettie Steiger; and Diana Hall of Friends of the library look over the auction items. Soiree for the Center, a fundraising event benefitting The Bettie Steiger Community Enrichment Center, raised more than $50,000 to be used for renovations on the facility Sunday, Oct. 18, in The Center, an annex of the Colfax Library. The event sold out with 110...
Dusty Hunters have been camping out at a couple of locations along Green Spot Road. Steve and Becky Camp had six hunters from western Washington using their place as a base. They bagged one deer during their stay. Part of the group went home Monday. The rest left later. Oscar Broeckel’s place was base for his nephew John Allyn Murray from Bellingham who arrived last week Wednesday. He’s still trying to bag his deer at the time of this writing. Dick and Helen Apple returned from a trip to Tennessee to see Dick’s brother Fred. They enjoyed the b...
Endicott Women from Trinity Lutheran Church, twice a year, serve a dinner to the WSU Ministries Breathe. The students attend and there is a short spiritual service and communion. The meal was delivered and served Oct. 7 by Sharon Huff, Louise Owens and Sue Bafus with several others preparing the food. Jerine Grey traveled to Wenatchee to meet with her daughter, Ella Brackett of Seattle, for a short visit and a night on the town. Dad's Night In Pinochle club met at the home of Sharon Huff Oct. 19. Attending were Marcia Honn, Anne Lowe, Jenny... Full story
Cassie Lewis, second from left, a 2009 Colfax High School graduate, was named second runner-up in the 2015 Miss Idaho USA Pageant, Sept.19, in Boise. Selected as Miss Moscow, she placed in the top three after competing against 14 other young women from around the state of Idaho. Lewis has resided in Moscow for the last two years. Miss Latah County, Sydney Halper, earned the state title and Miss Coeur d’Alene, Ashley Deboer, was named the first runner-up. Halper will represent Idaho in the M...
Tyler and Tiffany Startin with Deacon, 9 months old. Meet Tiffany Startin, Dusty Tiffany Hergert Startin was raised in Endicott, the youngest child of Marvin and Kenda Hergert. She graduated from LaCrosse High School in 2008, after competing in volleyball, basketball and softball, Knowledge Bowl and Future Business Leaders of America, while having projects in 4-H and FFA. During her sophomore year she left the house at 5 a.m. and got home at 9 p.m., and her dad said that something had to...
Aleksandr G. Kravchenko, Spokane Valley, was unhurt Oct. 13 when the 2015 Prius he was driving collided with a deer on the Walla Walla Highway north of Central Ferry. Kravchenko was driving northbound at 5:20 p.m. when the deer ran into the roadway six-tenths-of-a-mile north of mile marker 13....
Colfax Police have received reports of campaign signs which have been removed. Most of the signs, which included those posted by mayoral candidates Todd Vanek and JW Roberts, were taken from the Hauser Addition area. Chief Rick McNannay said the theft pattern doesn't seem to indicate a political pattern for or against either of the mayoral candidates.... Full story
A total of 54 building permits were issued in the third quarter of 2015, building inspector Dan Gladwill reported to county commissioners Monday. Other third quarter numbers included 11 building permits pending, 98 total inspections performed and 19 final inspections. Total valuations were $3,003,033. “Stuff just keeps trickling in,” Gladwill told commissioners. “The building department is having a good, solid, average year.” Last year's third quarter report noted 56 permits issued and 144 total inspections. Total valuations were $2,248,...
Standing on a chair to reach the table, a first grade Logos student pours split peas through a funnel while an older student assists her. Homestead Ministries has come a long way since their humble beginnings in Colfax 14 months ago. Founders Tom Riedner and Greg Nolan led their ministry to assemble 120,000 soup packets in their first year, from Aug. 1, 2014, to July 31 this year. Now in their second year, they have already assembled 160,000 soup packages – well on their way to their 300,000 g...
U.S. companies are starting to feel the pinch from Congress killing the Export-Import Bank in June. Congress’ move is increasingly putting U.S. manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage. Not only are we losing orders to foreign competitors, but some domestic manufacturers are shifting jobs to countries where those banks exist. General Electric announced plans to move 350 jobs from its Waukesha, Wis., gas engine plant to a factory in Canada, which has its own export-import bank. The company, which supplies jet engines to Boeing, says that f...
Real Estate Christopher and Grace Sapp to John and Patricia Snyder, Palouse, house on N. G Street, Palouse, $195,000, Aug. 25. Douglas Fennimore, Centralia, for the estate of Donald Joseph Fennimore, to James W. Nelson, house on Star Ave., LaCrosse, $424,900, Aug. 26. Charles and D. Gail Gearhiser to Aaron and Jennifer Davis, Pullman, house on SR 27 south of Pullman, $395,000, Aug. 26. Kelli Phillips, Pullman, to Wipawee Wnuthayanon, Pullman, house on SW Selway, Pullman, $207,000, Aug. 26. Craig and Nikki Corbeil, Colfax, to Andre and Dianna...
Practical experience Richard Lathim should be chosen to represent us as the 9th District State Representative. The election ballot arrived in my letter box on Monday, so for those voters who have not sent in their ballots before Thursday, October 22nd, when this letter is published, perhaps my observations might be of use to those who are undecided. I attended the forum held in the Whitman County Library where the two candidates for that position spoke and answered questions. If you missed it and would like to watch the video, it can be found...
At least they aren't brawling the way they do in the South Korean parliament -- at least not yet. House Republicans have over the past month seen their speaker, John Boehner, announce his imminent resignation under pressure and his heir apparent, Kevin McCarthy, suddenly give up on trying to succeed him -- all while the party enjoys a comfortable majority and faces no external threat from Democrats. The Republican nervous breakdown is entirely self-inflicted. Understanding the House caucus is less Politics 101 than scorpions in a bottle. The...
Well, the United States can take a short breath of relief. The members of Congress have taken a break and gone home. We're safe for a little while. And, yes, that's a cheap shot at the House of Representatives, specifically at those who run the House. But they make it so easy. The latest embarrassment for them is that nobody wants to be the leader, nobody who has half a brain, anyway. John Boehner, whose critics even acknowledge does have at least half a brain, finally used it and said he was outta there, that the sniping from a group of...
The ballots for the November 3 election may be different than what you expect. In fact, some voters might be confused. First, the contested race between Martin Marler and Sandra Brabb for Whitman Hospital and Medical Center hospital district was not on those ballots for voters in the hospital district. A special ballot should be received shortly. The idea is that voters are to complete the first ballot on all issues and then do the second ballot which will contain only the hospital race. The elections office requests that these two ballots be...
