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Lamont This deer was shot by Chris Shields Saturday morning on the Ed Shields ranch. It was probably the largest deer killed so far in the area and also, one of the few bucks seen in the Lamont area. A Ritzville High School June graduate, Chris is a freshman at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Lamont Grain Growers annual dinner meeting was Oct. 13 at the Lamont Community Center. The Lamont Women’s Club with co-chairs Sherrill Nelson and Bonnie Swannack in charge, served a lasagna dinner to guests. Board of Directors in attendance w...
Savvy Senior How to Record Your Grandparent’s Memoirs Dear Savvy Senior I’m interested in helping my 85-year-old grandfather make an audio or video recording of his memoirs, but could use some help. I recently read about this in a magazine and thought, with the holidays approaching, a CD or DVD of grandpa talking about his life’s meaningful moments would be a neat gift to my family. What can you tell me? Looking for Help Dear Looking, If he’s willing, a personal recording of your grandfather’s memoirs (or life story) is a great gift idea, and... Full story
KatiAnn Watson The memorial mass for KatiAnn Watson, 63, long time resident of Colfax, will be celebrated at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Colfax. Mrs. Watson died on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. Born July 29, 1946, in Bellingham, to Lowell and Rose Bacca Jackson, she grew up in Seattle and graduated from Bishop Blanchet High school in 1964. She worked in hospitals and became a respiratory therapist. She moved to Portland in the mid 1970s and married Jacob Watson there Ja... Full story
Club & Youth Groups Taste ‘n Tear 4H Next meeting of the Taste ‘n Tear 4H Club will be Nov. 14 at 9 a.m. a the home of Helen Appel. Re-enrollment forms will be filled out and officers will be elected. New members welcome. FCCLA Colfax FCCLA is now collecting pull tabs to donate to the Ronald McDonald House. Any pure aluminum pull tab will do. The pull tabs will be sold to recycling and the money will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House in Spokane, which houses families who have critically ill children. Tabs can be donated at the Colfax Hig... Full story
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met last week Tuesday at the home of Li Ochs where they made more than 30 baby blankets for the free maternity clinic at Providence Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Hostesses were Helen and Joyce Appel. Roll call was donations of money or food to FISH. Next meeting will be Nov. 10 for the program “Weather Watch.” Many locals attended the graveside services at the Dusty Cemetery and/or the services at the Nazarene Church in Colfax for Anna Stueckle Monday. Anna was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin Stueckle, and is... Full story
Hooper Betty and Conly Merritt are hosting Cathy and Wayne Randle of Fox Island and Ken and Nancy Gould of Port Orchard for the week of hunting season. Anna May Tobin hosted granddaughter Amanda Kampf, of Olympia and Brady Philips of Colfax for lunch Thursday. On Friday she traveled to the home of Terry and Helen Tobin for the evening. On Saturday Anna May and Helen traveled to Seattle and had lunch with grandchildren Lindsey Blankenship and Nicolas Tobin. They then traveled on to Olympia where they visited Anna May’s brother, Doug Price and h...
Cessnun, Jaedyn Lyn Nadene, born to Wesley and Kimberly Cessnun of Colton. Paternal grandparents are Billy and Cyndy Cessnun, Blodgett, Ore. Maternal grandparents are Erick and Debbie Card, Blodgett, Ore. The baby joins three sisters, Madyson, 8, Kyndal, 7 and Lyndze, 4. Deeds, Turner Joseph, born Oct. 13, 2009, at eight pounds, eight ounces, to Shawn and Amber Deeds of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Duane and Sharon Deeds, Poulsbo. Maternal grandparents are Craig and Penny Williamson, West Richland. The baby joins two brothers, Ty, 7 and... Full story
LaCrosse The LaCrosse Business Association met to plan the Halloween Chili Feed. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. at the TeaPot Cafe. Judging for the costume contest will be at 4:30 p.m. at the cafe. Jasper Trucking sponsors the costume contest. The Volunteer Fireman will once again host a carnival at the fire station. All ghosts and goblins are advised to head for the fire hall when the whistle blows. Many LaCrosse residents attended the benefit spaghetti feed for the family of Drew Swank in Washtucna last Tuesday. At the Bank of Whitman raffle...
Paul Fuchs from the Inland Empire Fire Chiefs Assoc. Endicott, CARLA ROOT, Gazette Correspondent Leah Chinell reports on the recent fire safety event recently at the Endicott school. All students participated. A small trailer home complete with a kitchen, living room and bedroom was set up on the premises. With help from Whitcom, local fire volunteers and the Inland Empire Fire Chiefs Assoc., students moved through the three rooms of the trailer, where they learned about common hazards and the importance of having an escape plan with two ways... Full story
Meet Evelyn Beck, St. John After their first year of marriage, Evelyn and Roger Beck decided they wanted to move about 100 miles from their families in North Idaho. When Roger was offered a job in St. John, Evelyn didn’t at first realize she was returning to Whitman County. “It’s very interesting that we ended up living here,” Evelyn noted. Evelyn Dugger was born in Tekoa and her father was from Garfield. Her family homesteaded in the area in the late 1800s. As a young child, Evelyn lived i...
Fifteen people attended the Rural Heritage project open house at the St John branch of Whitman County Library. Activities at the open house included a continuous slide show and assistance in using the heritage project and other library resources for family research. More than 700 historical photos and documents from Whitman County have been posted on the Washington State Library website. Rural Heritage website: http://wrh.statelib. lib.wa.us/whitman/...
The Garfield-Palouse FFA team won the Oct. 7 Whitman County Soils judging contest. Left to right are Raymond Brown, soil scientist, Chad Redman, Missy Johnson, Advisor Buddy Carter, Tiona Shea, J.B. Lange and Kristin Nelson. They earned a total of 1013 points. Individually, the four juniors placed in the top ten, with Lange fifth, Redman sixth, Nelson ninth, and Shea 10th. A total of 225 students participated. For the past two years, Garfield-Palouse has been undefeated in the state soils competition....
Pictured in the photo are Front L – R: Sarah Appel, Carol Salusso, Yoojing Kwon, Clare Jacobs and Mikayla Nordheim. Back L – R: Helen Appel, Paula Baldree and Patty Fischer. The District 7 “Make It With Wool” contest, coordinated by Helen Appel, was Oct. 3 in the Public Service Building at Colfax. Assisting with the contest this year was Paula Baldree from Colfax. Each October, Helen Appel of Dusty hosts the contest for this multi-county region in the state. Entering the contest this year were Sarah Appel and Clare Jacobs, both of Colfax, and M...
With its state funds spent, the Palouse River and Coulee City Rail Authority is considering what its course of action should be in the future or if it has a future at all. The authority was formed in March of 2008 to meet a state mandate for getting $8.7 million to upgrade the rail network. The authority was formed and the funds have since been spent on a variety of railroad upgrades. The Port of Whitman County is polling other member entities to gauge their interest in continuing the Palouse River and Coulee City Rail Authority. “It always w...
A formal charge of second degree theft was filed with a summons in superior court Wednesday against David Sanchez, 19, Pullman, after officers allege they recovered stolen items from his residence. The police report said the suspect was located through log-on information which was revealed when he turned on one of the missing items, an iPod Touch. According to the report the iPod Touch automatically links with wireless internet when turned on. The suspect was tracked when the iPod was linked to the WSU wireless internet system. The iPod,... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSE Joshua Benjamin Davis, 26, Olympia and Alicia Marie Phelps, 23, Ashton, Il. Richard Lee Howell, 23, Sunnyside and Lynn Takeko Sakamoto, 37, Los Angeles, CA. Oct. 14 William David Cofer, 23, Atlanta, Georgia and Allison Kay Swan, 23, Pullman, Oct. 15 Michael Thomas Barlass, 32, Colfax and Ashley Mikiah Bailey, 21, San Jose, CA. COLFAX BUILDING PERMITS Mike Damery, retaining wall, $10,000, 1102 N. Clay, Oct. 7 American West Bank, night drop box, $1,600, Oct. 8 Bruce Ensley, replace windows, $5,755, 619 Southview, Oct. 8 Ely Galle...
Engineers for the city and state Department of Transportation checked out the S. Main bridge in Colfax at an early morning meeting today. The city and state have been advancing a plan to provide improved ramp access to the south end of the bridge. The bridge ramp project has been under study since the city received a petitions from Roy O’Neill who uses a motorized wheelchair to get around town. O’Neill has actually rolled his wheelchair off the present sidewalk ramp and landed on Main Street at the end of the bridge. City Administrator Car...
Rosalia homecoming royalty was crowned during Friday’s football game at Oakesdale. From left: Erin Brown and Peyton Boxleiter, Sophomores; Maddy St. John and Zane Brown, Freshmen; Samantha Barnes and Jared Hereford, Juniors; and Meagan Brown and J.T. Rawlins, Seniors....
Oakesdale’s homecoming court was named at halftime of the Nighthawks’ 26-6 win over Dayton. From left: Katie Renstrom and Jesse Johnson, Freshmen; Kaela Dewan and Jeff DeGon, Sophomores; Brittany Radford and Michael Conklin, juniors; and Desiree Chappel and Nick Wright, senior Queen and King....
Tekoa royalty was crowned at Oakesdale Friday. From left: Shelley Anderson and Nick Sullivan, freshmen; Marilee Pierson and Riley Schell, juniors; Mandy Neal and Blake Ferrell, sophomores; and Kimberly Pakootas and Lester Johnson, seniors....
Homecoming King and Queen for the GP Vikings were Gavin Burt and Annie Leendertsen, left. Other members of the Viking court, from the left, include Fenris Zettergren and Megan Cooper, seniors; Anthony Floyd and Cassie Thompson, freshmen; Cory Bates and Missy Jones, sophomore; Wilson Allen and Tiona Shea, juniors....
--Photo by Jerry Morse Seniors Sam Robertson and Kelsey Moser, center, were named king and queen for Colton homecoming Friday. Other seniors in the court were Chase Druffell and Katie Becker, left, and Bernie Druffel and Megan Grassl, right.... Full story
--Photo by Jerry Morse Underclass members of the Colton court, from the left, were Bricyn Abdul and Haley Moser, sophomores; Mollie Kramer and Holdan Druffel, juniors; and Kaden Dahmen and Nick Robertson, freshmen....
1 . For Jesus’ disciples the storm came while obeying Jesus’ command: The followers of Jesus, face problems ‘storms’ just as anyone else does. The follower of Christ has the added benefit of being able to turn to Christ for help. Christ is able to give us insights, lift our faith, assure us that we are not alone, and to change our attitude. 2. Jesus appeared in the storm: When our human resources are gone, Christ is our assurance that we will get through the problem. He is our refuge, strength and hope. 3. Peter jumps into the stormy water:...
We really caught a quick freeze this year and my maple trees show it. Is this what is called an “Indian Summer”? I always thought that meant more warm weather. With the season has certainly come a more significant flu season. There is much to read about it in the media – if you have specific questions, particularly the H1N1 Swine Flu, be sure to contact the Public Health Department, your physician, or other practitioner at Whitman Medical Group. I also wanted to mention surgical services available to you through a joint venture among Whitm...
