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Neill Public Library seeks volunteers for assistance with special projects and department-specific activities. Applications are available at the library or by contacting Library Director Joanna Bailey. Orientation meetings will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Thursday, Nov. 15, in the library’s Hecht Meeting Room. All interested individuals are encouraged to attend.... Full story
Bank Left Gallery/Bistro in Palouse plans a Christmas reception which will feature a silversmith jewelry making demonstration by Spokane artist Sandra Conti, mixed media art by Moscow artist Ross Coates, ornaments by Palouse artists Judy Finch, Pam Colbert and Kirsten Jones. “Wintering” the Christmas feast will be Dec. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. with reservations required Bank Left will join the Palouse Christmas Open House Nov. 10 with an open house in their new gift shop and a holiday luncheon from noon to 3 at the bistro.... 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: No School Tuesday: Taco Salad, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, chips, refried beans, apple, whole grain maple bar Wednesday: BBQ Chicken, whole grain bun, tater tots, cucumber slices & broccoli w/ranch dip, spiced apples, pluots Thursday: Thanksgiving dinner, turkey w/works, mashed potatoes,... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSES Joshua T. Pogue, 30, and Caryssa A. Cremers, 23, both Colfax, Nov. 1. Jeffrey M. Nusbaum, 49, and Kathleen A. Montoya, 47, both Spokane, Oct. 30. Michael B. Hartmann, 35, Pullman, and Nadine Weinhauer, 26, Aken, Germany, Oct. 29. Shaine C. Gunderson, 23, and Brittany M. Chambers, 24, both Genesee, Oct. 24. Evan L. Guthmiller, 25, and Kerry A. Yost, 23, both Pullman, Oct. 23. Kellen M. Vorderbrueggen, 22, and Tiffany A. Hammer, 24, both Endicott, Oct. 23. Forrest W. Parkay, 68, Pullman, and Phensri Noowong, 45, Bangcock,... Full story
For the third year in a row, Friends of Hospice has donated several books on grief to the Whitman County Library in Colfax to be used as a resource for anyone in Whitman County who is dealing with issues that arise at the end of life. Some of the books are aimed at adults, some at children. This year’s donation includes When Someone You Love Has Cancer, Sad Isn’t Bad, Facing Change, Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart, Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart, Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart, When Your Parent Dies and Grief Therapy. Friends of Hospic...
After two days of 1B playoff rounds last week in the Colfax gym, the one-two-three finishers on the league standings departed with the same one-two-three slots in the 1B state tournament which starts Friday in Yakima’s SunDome. Tekoa/Oakesdale and Colton, the two county clubs who battled for the 1B title last year at the SunDome, collided in the SE title match at Colfax with the ‘hawks again posting an edge. Jenna Moser makes a big hit for the Wildcats in the semi-final round Wednesday at Colfax. St. John/Endicott, the number-three team in the...
The Colton School Veterans Day Assembly will be at 9 a.m. Nov. 14 in the gym. Master Sergeant James Heaney will be guest speaker, and Deni Wiggins, a board member of the Inland Northwest Honor Flight Organization, is a special guest. The assembly has been planned and organized by a committee of high school students.... Full story
Funeral mass for John Jack Weber, 88, Uniontown, was Monday morning at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Uniontown. Recitation of the rosary preceded the Mass. Vault interment was at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Uniontown. Mr. Weber died last Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at his Uniontown home. Born March 7, 1924, in Uniontown to John Gregory and Mary Marguerite (Adams) Weber, he grew up on the family farm and attended school in Uniontown. Following his graduation from high school, Jack remained on the family farm until he and Jeanette Teresa Meye...
LaCrosse/Washtucna, back on the state playoff trail for the first time since 2008, will roll north Friday to play the ACH Warriors at Coulee City. The Nighthawks will make the trip north after defeating the GP Vikings at Palouse for the number three berth out of the SE league. Liberty/Christian and Touchet, first and second place teams, will also be in the first round. The Patriots, who dominated the SE Eights league this year, will play Odessa/Harrington at Chiawana in the first round, and Touchet, number two, will host Wellpinit. Sawyer...
A celebration open house for the life of Shirley Cloe Smick, 86, long time St. John resident, will be at the St. John Community Building today, Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. Mrs. Smick died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. A private family graveside service will be in the Maccabee Cemetery at Sprague. Born May 27, 1926, in Sprague to Frank and Mary (Scheuss) Jones, she grew up in Sprague and graduated from high school there in 1944. Shirley attended Washington State College in Pullman and completed her four year...
The funeral for Edna MacPherson, 94, former co-publisher of the Palouse Republic, was at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse Monday with the Rev. Larry Veith officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery in Palouse. Mrs. McPherson died Nov. 1, 2012, at Sullivan Park Care Center in Spokane Valley where she had lived for the past four years. Born Feb. 28, 1918, at the family ranch near Hullett, Wyo., to William and Edna Blakeman, she rode horseback to a one-room schoolhouse. After her father was elected sheriff, she lived in the county courthouse...
Memorial services for Douglas G. Gruol, 64, St. John, will be Saturday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. at the Colfax Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Gruol died Sept. 29, 2012, in Everett. Born June 8, 1948, in Seattle to Russell and Ruth Lam Gruol, he grew up in the Seattle area. Shortly after his graduation from Cascade High School in Everett in 1967, he joined the United States Air Force and served 20 years until his retirement in eastern Washington in 1987. He married Debra Lee Knott March 31, 1975. Mrs. Gruol died in 2004. During... Full story
Elleene G. Barker, 93, a resident of the Tekoa Care Center for the past seven years, died last Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. She was cremated and a public service will not be conducted. Born Oct. 25, 1919, at Broken Arrow, Okla., to Oliver and Jesse Pyland Holmes, she attended schools in Oklahoma and married Norman Knight in 1939. Elleene and her family lived in Brewster for many years after relocating from Oklahoma. A homemaker for most of her life, she worked as a waitress in Brewster for several years. She was married and divorced twice. She had... Full story
Last round of the 2B regional volleyball rounds at West Valley featured another clash between Colfax and Reardan. The championship battle was round three for the two NE teams in this year’s campaign. Colfax won the regional title in a battle at WV that went down to the final points in the fourth game. Taylor Larsen of Colfax unloads one of her power serves against Davenport in the regional semi-final match at West Valley. Larsen hit 22-22 serves in the title match against Reardan. “They’re getting better,” Coach Sue Doering commented on the...
Josiah Schu, who played the mayor in “The Music Man” and “Lil’ Abner” in Colfax High School productions in 2009 and 2010, received his high school diploma at the district’s school board meeting Oct. 22. It was 11 days after he turned 21. “I had gone too far to quit,” said Schu. “I was very close to dropping out a couple of times. I pretty much was lazy my first two years of high school. The only reason I didn’t quit, at first, was everybody was telling me it was a bad idea.” Schu started school...
After bringing up the idea of cutting the police force in order to balance the budget at the last Palouse City Council meeting, Councilman Cecil Floyd may make a motion at the next one. Floyd, the Streets and Sidewalks chairman, said that he will put forth two scenarios at the Nov. 13 meeting. One option will be to reduce the three-officer police department to just the chief. “This would balance the budget and put money back into the general fund,” said Floyd. The second option he will sug...
David Kliewer, area manager for J.U.B. Engineers of Spokane, appeared at a meeting of the Oakesdale City Council Monday night to show architectural drawings of two different options for replacing the wooden Steptoe Street bridge over McCoy Creek on the west side of town near 5th Street. The council is now waiting on word from the state’s Transportation Improvement Board on whether they will require a sidewalk. Mayor Dennis Palmer reported that they have yet to hear from TIB on the matter. Oakesd...
THURSDAY An Asian elephant named Koshik can imitate human speech, saying words in Korean that can be understood by speakers of the language, according to researchers from the University of Vienna. It is unclear why Koshik started mimicking human speech but cognitive biologists Angela Stoeger and Tecumseh Fitch suggest in research published in the journal Current Biology that it might be related to his experiences as a juvenile. A prehistoric town unearthed in eastern Bulgaria is the oldest urban settlement found to date in Europe, a Bulgarian...
Josiah Schu, who played the mayor in “The Music Man” and “Lil’ Abner” in Colfax High School productions in 2009 and 2010, received his high school diploma at the district’s school board meeting Oct. 22. It was 11 days after he turned 21. “I had gone too far to quit,” said Schu. “I was very close to dropping out a couple of times. I pretty much was lazy my first two years of high school. The only reason I didn’t quit, at first, was everybody was telling me it was a bad idea.” Schu started school... Full story
Whitman County commissioners put the damaged CETC building on the auction block Monday with a minimum bid of $60,000. Sale will be conducted through a sealed bid process. Bids are due Dec. 3 at 11:30 a.m. The CETC, damaged by a snow load in the winter of 2009, needs about $125,000 worth of work to get up to standards for public buildings, according to Bob Reynolds, county facilities manager. The lot on which the building sets, said Reynolds, was appraised at a value of $45,000. All told, the building, if undamaged, was appraised at a value of...
A total of 30 quilts will be presented to veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq at a Quilts of Valor event Sunday, Nov. 11, said Debbie Goetz, the event’s organizer. The event will be at the Palouse Community Center at 3 p.m. All of the fabric and supplies for the quilts have been donated over the past two years from events such as a Quilt-A-Thon at the Potlatch VFW hall each September. The quilts have a patriotic theme. Each quilt will be given with a presentation case, also made by local artisans. The quilts will be a minimum o...
Lacrosse A large group of children and adults attended the LaCrosse Business Association chili feed and costume contest. Awards went to Gracie Schwartz, infant-2; Cooper Schwartz, 3-5; Tanner Fleming,6-8; Dustin Broeckel, 9-11; Rebekah, and Paisle Daniels, adult....
Dusty Justin Ross, a student at Moody Bible Institute in the aviation division, had lunch with Art and Colene Sager last Wednesday. Justin is a distant cousin of Art Sager. He flew down in a rented Cessna 150 to build hours flying to meet the requirements for eventually being a missionary bush pilot. Don Manning, Valleyford, was guest speaker at Country Bible Church during last Sunday’s worship services. Afterward, he and wife Gaylene were guests of her parents, Art and Colene Sager, for Sunday dinner. Brian and Angela Broeckel and Sami and G... Full story
Sarah Appel models the red gabardine sheath dress which placed third in the junior division last week in the state Make It With Wool contest. The contest was conducted during the Washington State Sheep Producers Association annual convention in Yakima. A freshman at Colfax High School, Sarah is the daughter of Eric and Shannon Appel....
Carleen Bennett, who was born in Colfax and grew up in Farmington, has made the large circle back home. After graduating from Oakesdale High School, she started training in airline school, but dropped out after being hired as a baby photographer. Pixie Pinup studios were located in J. C. Penney stores, and she traveled a territory of seven western states. This was “a glimpse of my future being a gypsy,” she noted. In 1975, she opened B Bar C, a western wear shop in Colfax. She had three children, Julie Niehenke, Christie Spangler and Bill Gre... Full story
