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NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS HATLEY BRIDGE REHABILITATION C.R.B.P. 9010-05.19(9) WHITMAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON Sealed proposals for this project will be received by the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, State of Washington, at its office in the Whitman County Courthouse in Colfax, Washington, until 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, on Monday, December 8, 2014, at which time all bids will be opened and publicly read. Each proposal shall be separately sealed in an envelope addressed to the Whitman County Board of County Commissioners with...
*For full obituaries, see the Weekly Pages section for this week's paper. Robert W. Young James L. Howell Lloyd F. Sunwold Evelyn B. Ensley ______________________________ A memorial service for Norma J. Horn, 76, was Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Freeze Church north of Potlatch with Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating. Urn burial was at the Freeze Cemetery. Mrs. Horn died Wednesday Nov. 5, 2014, at her Potlatch home. Born Feb. 24, 1938, in the East Cove area near Viola to John and Ellen Hamilton Elliott, she attended Palouse schools and graduated from...
The AgriBusiness Council of Greater Spokane Incorporated’s second annual “Excellence in Agriculture Award” will be presented at the 2015 Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Northwest Farm Forum Feb. 3-5, 2015. The purpose of the award is to recognize an individual, business or organization that has made a significant and positive influence on the agricultural industry in the Inland Northwest during 2014. All nominations must be received at the AgriBusiness Council office no later than Monday, Nov. 17. The process has been kept simple with the only...
Thursday, Nov. 13 Tekoa — 6 to 6:30 p.m. — Ladies Light Yoga — Join Leanne as she leads beginning Yoga moves via YouTube. Bring a mate and a positive perspective. No previous knowledge expected. Friday, Nov. 14 Oakesdale — 6:30 p.m. — Fall Centerpieces — Create your very own beautiful centerpiece with Robin Adams. All supplies are provided. Monday, Nov. 17 Colton — 10:30 a.m. — Storytime — Fun stories, songs and craft projects every Monday. Colfax — 4 p.m. — Library Board Meeting — Open to the public and community members are encouraged...
I’m sure you remember Washington Irving’s short story about Rip Van Winkle. You remember that Rip left family behind as he slipped off into the foot hills of the Catskills, where he slept for twenty years. Here’s the rest of the story: Rip Van Winkle slept through the Revolutionary War. On the day he closed his eyes for a nap, Rip perceived himself as being a loyal subject of England’s King George the 3rd. But Rip awoke to a radically new beginning. Whitman County’s “Honoring Choices” program offers each of us a new beginning in how we shape...
The deadline to enter photographs in the Spokane Ag Expo 2015 Photography Contest is Nov. 21. Entrants are encouraged to submit up to four photos depicting “Agriculture in the Inland Northwest” mounted on cardboard or matting (not framed). Winners in each category will be judged by area photographers, based on theme, composition and creativity. The dates of the Expo 2015 are Feb. 3 -5. www.agshow.org....
Friends of the Library members from left, Sue Hallett, Wanda Alderman and Mary Ann Mitchell, show some of the pages of the 2015 edition of Barns of Whitman County. Steve VanVleet from WSU’s Whitman County Extension office produces the calendars which are sold for $6 with all proceeds going to Friends of the Library programs and projects in all 14 branches. Calendars are available at any branch of the library, Colfax Rosauers and Pullman Chamber of Commerce....
Palouse scouts will collect food Palouse Scouts will conduct a Scouting for Food drive Saturday, Nov. 15, starting at 9:30 a.m. Palouse residents are asked to place non-perishable goods in a bag or box and place it outside in view of the street by 9 a.m. The scouts will deliver the food to the local Palouse Food Bank. Food donations can also be left at McLeod’s Market. Holiday gala set at Dahmen The ninth annual Holiday Gift Gala at the Dahmen Barn will be Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 20 resident artists have their studios f...
AT COLFAX SCHOOL Monday: Beef dippers, rice, Caesar salad, fruit. Tuesday: Corn dog, nachos, fresh veggies, fruit. Wednesday: Turkey with gravy, potatoes, green beans, roll, fruit. Thursday: Hot dog, chili, tots, fruit, green salad. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, fruit, cookie. AT COLTON SCHOOLS Monday: Cheeseburger salad wrap, sweet potatoes, apple sauce. Tuesday: Cheese pizza rippers, green salad, corn, fruit. Wednesday: Turkey, roll, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, fruit. Thursday: Chicken drumsticks, macaroni and cheese,...
Ashley Burrow, who teaches sixth grade at Jennings Elementary in Colfax, lives in Pullman with her husband Kevin, where he is college pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Born in Portland, Ashley grew up in the Salem area, graduating from Monmouth High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from George Fox University, majoring in early childhood, elementary and middle school education. Taking a huge leap to attend a college she had never visited, Ashley went to Baylor University to study f...
Bob and Kathy Zuger of Walla Walla announce the marriage of their son, Joseph R. Zuger, to Brandi J. Stanek. They were married March 1, 2014, in Walthill, Neb. Brandi is the daughter of Val and Lorie Stanek of Rosalie, Neb. They met in Las Vegas at the National Finals Rodeo and now make their home in Eltopia. He works for Dupont-Pioneer Seed and she works for Pacific Northwest Laboratories....
WAZZU Wednesday, 2:30-4:30 each week at Colfax Library. WSU student volunteers assist your kids sixth grade and older, with homework and fun activities! Storytime Thursday, Play and Learn Fridays, Children’s dance classes, Third Thursday after school club. Call 397-4366 for details. Bootcamp, Gentle Fitness, 5:15 p.m., Fitness, Gentle Yoga, Stretch and Flow Yoga, Colfax Library Call 397-4366 for details! Color Theory and Practice, Sat Nov. 15 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Center, $16, call 800-845-3324 to register. Explore color and how it can a...
A mobile collection unit from the Inland Northwest Blood Center will be at the Colfax Library Thursday, Nov. 20, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Those present to give blood can enter to win a $500 VISA gift card....
Lacrosse LaCrosse Beautification Committee is naming a Holiday Yard of the Month in December. Residents are encouraged to have Christmas lights and decorations up by Dec. 17 at 6:30 p.m. for judging. A business decorating contest will also be underway. Votes can be left at Jasper Trucking, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Dec. 8 to Dec. 17. The winners of the Halloween contest: Infant-2 years old, Hudson Startin as Raggedy Ann; 3-5 year old Boden Olsen; 6-8 year old Chase Harder as a skeleton joker; 9-11 year old Isabella Olsen as a zombie slayer;...
Dusty The population of Hay grew by two last Thursday, Nov 6. Justin and Katy Heaton are the proud parents of Tru Nicole and Range Richard, born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Tru weighed five pounds, six ounces, and Range, four pounds, four ounces. Paternal grandparents are Blake and Carmen Heaton, Dusty, and maternal grandparents are Dave and Kathy Tellessen, Otis Orchards. Both children are in the NICU where they are getting a little extra help. Connie and Greg Young welcomed a new granddaughter Nov 3. Camille Rae arrived at seven...
This aerial photo of the south end of Colfax captures the fading fall colors of a bright November afternoon....
There is a new look to Bavarian tourism these days. In the past, tourists flocked to Munich’s city square like Seattle’s New Year’s revelers at the Space Needle. They came to see the ancient Glockenspiel, a giant cuckoo clock on the city hall tower, and then dash to the nearby famed Hofbrauhaus for beer, brats and Bavarian music. Now the Glockenspiel has some real competition. It is BMW World, a mammoth, ultramodern, high tech new car showroom adjacent to the 1972 Olympic Stadium. It is so large prospective buyers can take a “Beamer” for a test...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. I didn’t have any felines growing up, though I did have gerbils, hamsters and other small rodents — I guess my parents decided that though I couldn’t have a cat, I could have things that cats eat. Our neighbor, Mrs. Reid, was a widow who owned four cats, which my father said was evidence she wasn’t interested in ever getting married again. My friend Billy had a cat, too, one that Billy claimed he had trained to hunt rattlesnakes. We spent a lot of time searching for rattl...
Endicott residents turned out Tuesday for a Veterans’ Day dedication of a new flag display which was posted along the top of the Endicott Cemetery. The flags, one for each branch of service flanked by U.S. Flags, were purchased as an Endicott Community Club project. The Rev. Phil Misner was emcee for the program, and Principal Michael Olsen gave a talk. Billy Ray, Jr., played the Star Spangled Banner to open the ceremony and concluded it with Taps. The flags will be displayed on Veterans’ Day...
Real estate sales Scott P. O’Laughlin, Walla Walla, to Dale 2014 AG Land, LP, Dallas, Texas, ag land in the Lancaster area, $1,120,000, Oct. 21. Brian K. Eggert, Napa, Calif., to Jeremiah Roberts, Colfax, house in the 600 Block of S. Meadow, Colfax, $66,300, Oct. 28. Pullman Assisted Living, LLC, Vancouver, to Ventas Bishop Place, LLC, Phoenix, institutional lodging on SE Klemgard in Pullman, $32,148,000, Oct. 31. Maureen L. Rickett, Oakesdale, to Jay B. and Jennifer Stephens-Parrish, Tekoa, house on S. Broadway Street in Tekoa, $167,000, Oct....
Appreciated I read your recent article explaining the maintenance problems at the Colfax Cemetery - it was very much appreciated! Kudos, too, to the elected board members who have volunteered their time to correct the problems. I hope and pray that the new caretaker will be competent in his care of the improvements to the watering system recently installed. Rev. Russell D. Clark, Newport Dark money Last September not one Republican senator voted for a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Republican-leaning Supreme Court’s 2010 Citiz...
Never before have so many people watched an expressionless woman in a nondescript outfit traipse through New York City. Millions of people viewed a viral video that showed the woman getting all manner of uninvited and unwelcome compliments during hours of walking in the Big Apple. The video was a brilliant stunt by the anti-street-harassment group Hollaback! and prompted the Great Catcalling Debate of 2014. The video was taken as an indictment of the boorishness of men, a charge for which millennia of human history had already provided more...
I’m about to be perhaps the one millionth news type to comment on the passing of Washington Post legend Ben Bradlee. I’ll be one of the few who acknowledges that I didn’t know him very well, our conversations limited to a few encounters in the same green room, where we never got much past platitudes. I am, however, in full agreement with those who lionize him in death as the personification of the highest ideals in journalism. He was fanatical about building air-tight stories — nothing less, based on facts, tediously accumulated by hard wo...
(This column was previously published in the Gazette and is run again by request.) In 1968, an American infantry company was patrolling along a stream in thick triple canopy jungle. It was one of the countless operations that promised to make little difference in the Vietnam War. The soldiers were strung out along the stream, moving slowly and bunching up when those in front were slowed by the rocky stream bed. The soldier walking point left the stream to avoid some obstacles, followed a narrow animal path above it for few yards and turned...
Steve’s Glass of Colfax repairs the front window at the Rosalia Market after a break in. See story below. These reports are from the previous three s 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. PLEA OKAYED AFTER AUDIO After listening to a recording of threats made with a shotgun last August in Albion, Judge David Frazier Friday decided to accept the guilty plea of Michael P...
