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DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE Description of proposal: Redwood Farmland Holdings, LLC is proposing to rezone approximately 20 acres from Agricultural to Cluster Residential. Proponent: Redwood Farmland Holdings, LLC Location of proposal: The location is east of O'Donnell Road, and north of Pullman Moscow Airport Road, in the SE 1/4 of Section 26, Township 15 N., Range 45 E., W. M., Whitman County, Washington. Lead agency: Whitman County Planning The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant...
The issue of choice transfer and home-school students was discussed briefly by the Colfax School board at their last meeting Oct. 26. Superintendent Jerry Pugh gave a report on the numbers, which list students who live in the Colfax district but choose to attend outside of it – such as a Colfax elementary student going to Steptoe or a Colfax high school student going to Pullman. The total, and the reasons for these choice transfers is what makes up the issue. Pugh reported that 86 students f... Full story
Holiday sales have already started in many Whitman County areas, and shoppers will have a new local holiday shop available starting today. A holiday “pop-up shop” is planned on Main Street in Pullman today and for the next four Saturdays. “It is a new idea for Pullman,” said Pullman Chamber Director Marie Dymkoski. “It is not a brand new idea. Other people have done it.” The pop-up shop will feature several home-based businesses and crafters at a downtown shop in Pullman which has been closed and papered up for about the last year, Dymkoski sa...
Dear Savvy Senior, My father died several years ago, at the age of 76, from a stomach aneurysm, which now has me wondering. What are my risk factors of getting this, and what can I do to protect myself, as I get older? Just Turned 60 Dear 60, Stomach aneurysms, also known as “abdominal aortic aneurysms,” are very dangerous and the third leading cause of death in men over 60. They also tend to run in families, so having had a parent with this condition makes you much more vulnerable yourself. An abdominal aortic aneurysm (or AAA) is a weak are... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Burrito, corn, tater tots, fruit. Tuesday: Mac and cheese, smokies, breadstick, green salad, fruit. Wednesday: Pizza, pineapple, Caesar salad, ice cream. Thursday: Straw hats, refried beans, fruit, cinnamon roll. Friday: Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, fruit, cookie. AT OAKESDALE SCHOOL: Monday: Mandarin orange chicken, brown rice, assorted veggies, apples and peaches, milk. Tuesday: Hamburger gravy, whipped potatoes, WG roll, assorted veggies, oranges and applesauce, milk. Wednesday: PBJ sandwich, tomato soup,...
LaCrosse residents JR Ellis, Drew Parks, Mike Stine and Norma Gibson participated in the regional Special Olympics bowling tournament in Spokane Oct. 24. Ellis received a gold medal, and Parks won a bronze. Stine also won a gold, and Norma a fourth place. Shannon Clark drove them to practices in Pullman once a week to prepare for the tournament. They are members of the Whitman County Cougars.... Full story
Pre-schoolers at Rosalia explored what it would be like to be deaf during a special Silent Storytime experience recently at the Rosalia library. For several weeks prior to the event, children learned the alphabet and several songs in sign language. The morning of the event many chose to wear earplugs. The books of the day were wordless but with vivid illustration allowing the participants to still understand the stories. Rosalia branch manager Marcy Campbell didn’t speak at all from the Hello s...
Brooke Michelle Webber, daughter of Jon and Angie Webber of Colfax, and Eric Andrew Morse, son of Brian and Jennifer Morse of Medford, Ore., were married at the Onecho Bible Church July 4, 2015. The Rev. Pete Slusher, pastor of Community Bible Church in Medford, officiated. The church sanctuary was decorated with white pillared stands that held large bouquets of sunflowers in clear, glass vases with wheat in the bottom dressed with loosely meshed burlap ribbon tied in bows. An arrangement of sun...
The Glorfields on their wedding day in 1965. The Glorfields are celebrating 50 years together. Robert and Sandi Glorfield celebrated their a 50th wedding anniversary at a gathering of family and friends for dinner at The Max restaurant at Mirabeau Park Hotel in Spokane Valley. A video slide show created to commemorate the occasion was shared during the evening. Robert and Sandi were married Sept. 12, 1965, in the First United Methodist Church in St. John. Robert attended the Ewan School until... Full story
Lacrosse Three members of the WSU Robotics Club came to LaCrosse High School Oct. 27 and visited the science class taught by Matt Wysock. The club showed the students a drone they had built and a tractor-type robot that was remotely controlled with a camera and remote controls. The three club members talked with the students in the classroom about how robotics is involved in so many areas of their lives. The club will return Saturday, Dec. 5, to LaCrosse High School for a robotics day. There will be several stations showing different projects,...
The Gar-Pal Ag Mechanics team is made up of five 2015 graduates. From left, they are Jim Jahn, Jacob Arlt, Hunter Woltering, Mitch Jamison and Gabe Cocking. They brought home a 5th place win in the national competition. The Gar-Pal sophomore novice “parli-pro” team of Daniel Orf, Emily Bagott, Katie Arrasmith, Seth Thompson, Payson Griner, Evan Weaggraff and Jackson Gordon brought home third place. Also pictured is Gar-Pal FFA Advisor Mike Patrick. Garfield-Palouse took two top-five nat...
Meet Patty Primmer, Tekoa Patty Primmer at her Tekoa Pharmacy post, where she has served for the past 16 years. Patty Primmer has been working in Tekoa for 16 years, bringing new life to a building she inherited from her grandfather with the same professional degree as hers. Her grandfather was the pharmacist in Tekoa into the 1970’s. Her father grew up in Tekoa, and the family visited frequently, so she felt at home when she reopened the pharmacy in 1999. Patty grew up in Fairfield, where h...
They stood alone for a moment, recognized at the Garfield Elementary School gym; first two children in the bleachers with a parent now deployed, then a dozen whose parents have been. Then the veterans in the chairs on the floor, standing one by one, hats and garrison caps of the American Legion and VFW; Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Korea, Vietnam, peacetime, Army, Air Force, Marines, United States Navy. A father and son, Hollis and Rusty Jamison, men and women. The man at the podium called for m... Full story
Two pine trees were removed from the front yard of the Perkins House in Colfax after tree specialists examined the trees and recommended they be removed from the property. Perkins House caretaker Frank White said the arborists determined that the trees “were in bad shape and needed to be removed as soon as possible for safety's sake.” The trees were cut in sections Nov. 4. One tree was removed from the southeast corner of the property and the other from the northeast corner. He added a bla...
Today, many elected officials are fixated on tearing down coal-fired power plants and replacing them with solar and wind farms. But that isn’t practical, because when there is no wind or sunlight those plants produce no electricity. There is an alternative. Nuclear power plants supply 10 percent of world’s electricity. But opponents say they are too dangerous and too expensive. They point to the 1986 meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union, considered to be the world’s worst nuclear disaster. But 30 years later, comme...
Veteran’s return Sitting at home, remembering friends lost, and so many more from Vietnam. I was fortunate, not only to survive a year “in country” but to have grown up in Colfax, which like all Whitman County communities, really knows what patriotism is. As a child I watched vets march up Main Street with awe and admiration. These WWII and Korean vets instilled pride in those of us watching. Ten years later I “became” one of those vets and came home in time to march in the 1966 Memorial Day parade. I was very lucky to be welcomed home, as...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Changjun Lee, 25, and Fanglin Che, 25, both Pullman, Oct. 29 Benjamin Joel A. Stepper, 29, and Kristin Marie Norton, 26, both Ephrata, Oct. 29. Chun Lung Felix Yu, 28, and Cho Kuan Debra Chan, 25, both Pullman, Oct. 31....
Elizabeth Huber, right, takes advantage of the Colfax Customer Appreciation Night shopping at The Hen House Chicks Nov. 4. Nancy Cochran, left, manned the extra evening hours for holiday shoppers....
For the press, the debate about Obamacare is over. There may be a few proverbial Japanese soldiers wandering on isolated islands yammering on about the failure of Obamacare, but word will eventually filter down to them, too. This assumption is so deeply embedded that it is impervious to new evidence that Obamacare is an unwieldy contraption that is sputtering badly. Yes, Obamacare has covered more people and has especially benefited those with pre-existing conditions (to be credible, Republican replacement plans have to do these things, as...
This will not endear me to the television industry's muckety-mucks, because their news divisions make huge, almighty buckety-buck profits thanks to the astronomical ratings that come when they present the primary elections' presidential debates. So they're not going to be thrilled with my advocating that we end our Faustian deals with the parties and stop producing their candidate cattle calls ... or perhaps stampedes. I've criticized certain CNBC moderators for embarrassing us all with their vacuous and blatantly hostile questions and...
Recently, journalists have been in the news as much as they have been reporting it. The media is once again being roundly attacked. This is nothing new, but the fervor increased when Republican candidates for president objected to the tone and nature of the questions asked by moderators during the CNBC Republican presidential debate. Then, CNN and others investigated some of the personal claims made by presidential candidate Ben Carson. There has been no confirmation of the facts from Carson’s camp or from his friends and relatives. In fact, Ca...
Liberty Coach Mike Thacker will be one of six coaches honored at the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association. Thacker has also coached at Freeman, Moses Lake and Tonasket. The 41st banquet for coaches on the east side of the state will be July 26 at Gonzaga. Mike Hull of Pateros was also honored along with Spokane journalist and statistician Bill Pierce.... Full story
Pomeroy’s Ally Bott spikes the ball past Oakesdale freshman Logan Reed in the final. Nighthawk Coach McKinzie Turner addresses her team Saturday in the SE championship game against Pomeroy, the defending champs who extended their SE win streak in taking the top state entry. The 1B/2B state tournament begins Friday in Yakima. Pomeroy and Oakesdale, the top two teams in the SE league campaign, emerged as the top two finishers in the SE tournament at Colfax Saturday and are on line to start a... Full story
Kenton Lyman and Keith Gfeller scramble for a loose ball after Asotin punter Chase Kappenbach dropped it Friday at Asotin. The Colfax football season Friday ended with a 19-24 loss to the Asotin Panthers in the cross-over prelude to the state playoffs. The Bulldogs sustained the defeat after booking their best quarter of the season with all 19 points in the second for a one-point lead at the half. Asotin, the SE champs who were paired against the NE number-six Bulldogs, came out in the third...
Garfield-Palouse defensive linemen Wyatt Griner, left, and Mason Bates await another cold snap at Colton. Garfield-Palouse had to beat Colton to force a three-way tiebreaker for the third playoff spot out of the Southeast 1B league. They did it with emphasis last Thursday at Colton, 44-6. In turn, Pomeroy (5-5, 4-3 league), Gar-Pal and Colton traveled to neutral-site Asotin Tuesday night to decide the matter (after presstime). Because Garfield-Palouse (5-4, 4-3) had the better draw at the start...
