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Thursday, Nov. 16 Farmington – 2:30 p.m. – Book Club – Join us for a fun way to learn, have engaging conversations and meet new people. Albion, Colfax, Colton and Farmington – After school FUN-tivities – Kids come to the library for STEM, stories and games. Colfax Hyde Out – 6:30 p.m. – Trivia Night – Bring your team, test your knowledge and WIN. Special music category. Endicott – 7 p.m. – Ladies Night: Nickel Auction. – Do you have items around the house you’ve been meaning to donate? Auction them off to your friends instead. Be sure to bring...
St. John/Endicott Boy Scout Troop 590 spent the morning of Nov. 11 collecting food around St. John for the 2017 Scouting for Food drive. They collected about 755 pounds of food and $190 in donations. Scouts pictured are, from the left, Doug Stach, Kameron Greenhalgh, Bryce Donovan, Alex Thrasher and Austin Kendall.... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Ham and cheese rippers or chicken patty, fruit, fresh veggies. Tuesday: Burrito or cheeseburger, tater tots, corn, fruit. Wednesday: 12:30 dismissal - Hot dog or chicken patty, chili, Caesar salad, fruit. Thursday: Thanksgiving break - no school! Friday: Thanksgiving break - no school! AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: Chickenwich with lettuce and tomato, fries, banana. Tuesday: Nachos, refried beans, carrots, pineapple, muffin. Wednesday: Noon dismissal - Sloppy Joe, veggie tray, fruit tray. Thursday: Thanksgiving break -... Full story
Endicott Endicott Community Club met Nov.7 at Trinity Lutheran Church. They discussed the German Dinner and decided to make a few changes and were very pleased with the turn out. The group will begin Christmas decorating right after Thanksgiving. The middle school students will help with the decorations. Carol Larson is heading up the project. The annual Christmas lighting, fireworks, Japanese Lanterns and of course arrival of Santa Claus at Endicott Food Center cookies and will be Dec. 2 starting at 5 p.m. Santa will make an appearance at the... Full story
A memorial service for Ruby B. Perkins, 102, will be on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at 1 p.m. at the Garfield Christian Fellowship Church with Pastor Dean Walker officiating. Ruby died Nov. 8, 2017 at LaDow Court Assisted Living in Garfield where she made her home for the past three years. Born July 11, 1915, at Kendrick, Idaho, to John and Emma Nelson, she attended the Silver Country School near Clarkston and graduated from Garfield High School in 1933. She married Asa W. Perkins Feb. 8, 1935, at... Full story
Pullman School District Board of Directors is one of 22 school boards in the state to receive the 2017 Board of Distinction award from the Washington State School Directors’ Association. This honor recognizes exceptional collaborative leadership, oversight and dedication to students and the community. The Pullman School Board has been named a Board of Distinction in four of the last five years. The Pullman board applied for the recognition earlier this fall, submitting extensive data and narrative essays showing the board’s effort to close the...
4th turkey run set at Palouse Be a part of the Thanksgiving Day tradition in Palouse by entering in the 13th annual turkey leg fun run on Thursday, Nov. 23, at 7:45 a.m. All proceeds will be used to fund new children’s books and activities for the Palouse Library. The race will begin at the Green Frog Café at 7:45 a.m. with donuts and hot drinks provided by McLeod's Palouse Market. The event is sponsored and made possible by the Green Frog Café, McLeod’s Palouse Market and the Palouse Library. Donations are collected the morning of the race...
Lacrosse Mike Stine, Drew Parks and Norma Gibson competed on the Whitman County Cougars Special Olympic bowling team at Lilac Lanes in Spokane on Sunday, Nov. 5. Norma received a silver medal; Mike received a gold medal and Drew received a fourth place ribbon. Each were in separate divisions. Tom Cauley volunteered to drive Mike and Drew to the tournament. Lois and Eric Startin were there to cheer Norma on. LaCrosse FFA is selling wreaths and swags. Prices are $27 for plain, $28 for basic (has a bow) and $33 for fancy (bow and ornaments.) Add...
Carmen Swannack from Lamont, was named State Alternate Senior Winner at the State Make It With Wool competition Oct. 28 in Pullman. The competition was in conjunction with the annual convention of the Washington State Sheep Producers Association. Carmen modeled a two-piece ensemble consisting of a brown plaid wool jacket and dark green and camel block sleeveless dress. She received a Husqvarna Viking Sewing Machine as her prize. Jill Swannack, Lamont, competed in the adult division with her...
Leo and Terri Haas will end their time operating the Boyer Park Marina Dec. 27 after four years. They gave a 90-day notice in September after choosing not to sign a new contract which would have paid less money than the previous deal. “It was no longer feasible to do business,” said Terri Haas. As part of their contract each year, the Haas duo ran the store, the restaurant, marina, inn, cabins and campground. “We think the world of Terri and Leo,” said Joe Poire, executive director for Port of Whitman. “They did a wonderful job. But three to... Full story
Colleen Hinman is a Pullman native who has been involved with community service since she was in middle school. Her early contributions included being involved with the YMCA of the Palouse teen center. Today she is the CEO of the organization. She began working professionally for the Y after earning a degree in Communications and Business Administration from Eastern Washington University in 2008. Before becoming CEO she was involved with their Healthy Living Program, the Special Olympics,... Full story
Rusty and Sandy Jamison of Garfield have announced the engagement of their daughter, Heidi Jamison, to Grayson Parr, son of Rodger and Priscilla Parr of Cle Elum. Ms. Jamison graduated from the University of Idaho in 2016 with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics, and works at Northwest Farm Credit Services in Yakima as an associate appraiser. Parr, a 2017 graduate of Central Washington University with a B.S. in paramedicine, is a Nationally Registered Paramedic employed at Falck Northwest in Fife....
Dennis and Carol Pittmann of Oakesdale will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 18. They were married at the Oakesdale Community Presbyterian Church Nov. 18, 1967. A reception is planned Dec. 2. Their children and spouses are Brad and Eva Pittmann of Salem, Ore., and Kelli and Toby Meserve of Oakesdale. They have five grandchildren and one great-grandson.... Full story
Ryan Hamilton and Kaela Dewan have announced their engagement. Kaela, daughter of George and Angy Dewan of Cheney, graduated from Oakesdale High School in 2012. She now works as an occupational therapist and assistant director of inpatient rehabilitation services. Ryan, son of Steve and Margie Hamilton of Colfax, graduated from Colfax High School in 2008. He now works as a commercial relationship manager. They plan to marry Dec. 16, 2017, in downtown Spokane....
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met last Wednesday at the Catholic Church annex in LaCrosse and completed 14 receiving blankets for the free maternity clinic at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Several baby quilts were made and donated by Janell Guske. Attending were Helen Appel, Dianne Appel, Diane Monson, Janell Guske, Fran Jones and Sandy Passmore. Lunch was enjoyed at the LaCrosse Café. Changes have been made to the December program. The December meeting will be on Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Catholic Church annex in Colfax to decorate for the...
WWII veteran Allen McSweeney gives the St. John gathering some first hand accounts of his wartime experiences in the Phillipines. U.S Navy nurse Captain Joan Bagott Glass, retired, receives a special presentation from John Love, a retired admiral. More Veterans Day Pictures: See Weekly Pages: Nov. 16, 2017...
Kyle Appel, Lexi Deishl named Washington wheat ambassadors Two high school seniors have been selected to represent Washington wheat farmers as Wheat Ambassadors for the upcoming year. Lexi Deishl of Waterville and Kyle Appel of Colfax were selected after an initial written application process that also included submitting a short introductory video. They will each give a speech at the upcoming Washington Association of Wheat Growers Annual Awards Banquet Nov. 9 during the Tri-State Grain Growers Convention in Spokane. The seniors will be...
The Colfax school board met Monday night and heard an update on Smarter Balance testing data, formally approved February's levy and bond proposals, updated a state-mandated policy and reviewed part of a book given to them by Superintendent Jerry Pugh. After a work session on the testing data presented by Jennings Elementary principal Travis Howell and high school principal Carrie Lipe, the regular meeting opened with comments from Pugh, who went to the state volleyball tournament in Yakima and s...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Christopher James Meyer, 61, and Christi Michele Zwerneman, Lewiston, Nov. 3 Adam Jess Hall, 28, and Ceilidh Ruthanne Emerick, 27, West Richland, Nov. 13. REAL ESTATE Joyce Anderson, Spokane, to Gary and Michelle Barton, multi residential units on NW Turner Drive and NW Irving, Pullman, $366,840 and $363,223, Oct 31. Michael Hunter, Seattle, to Chandler Wysup house on SW Big Sky Court, Pullman $267,000, Oct. 31. Betty J. Stone, Cheney, to Jammie Avery, Lamont, house on Garfield Street, Lamont, $53,500, Oct. 31. Federal... Full story
There was a brief furor a week or so ago about our national problem with substance abuse. President Trump said that we are experiencing an opioid epidemic. He may be newly aware of this, but it is not new. We have had a problem with opioids for as long as I can remember. We also have a cocaine epidemic, a methamphetamine epidemic, and chronic misuse of prescription drugs. We have a long standing drug epidemic that continues to grow despite all efforts to suppress it. We have spent billions of dollars trying to counter the problem and have... Full story
Twenty-five years ago, Business took a beating in Olympia. The swing to the left in the 1992 general election was swift and potent. It drove higher costs to employers and more government regulations. Warning: Today’s political winds are blowing in that same direction. In the 1992 election, Democrats across America scored big wins promising a new health care system and bigger government. Bill Clinton upset George H.W. Bush for president and Congressman Mike Lowry knocked off Republican Attorney General Ken Eikenberry for governor. R...
Before the Texas church shooter encountered any police officers, he was run off a highway and dead. He had been shot and chased by two private citizens who took it upon themselves to respond to a heinous crime when no one with a badge was anywhere to be found. The church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas is another heartbreaking chapter in the country's epidemic of mass shootings. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded another 20, accounting for nearly everyone in the small church. The senseless cruelty is hard to... Full story
In 1968, Phillip Morris decided the time had come to market cigarettes toward women, who had begun to make discernible social progress and were finally moving away from the stifling ideal of the barefoot-and-pregnant child-raising homemaker role. They had started achieving a less restricted, independent role where they could choose to make their mark in the professional world. The cigarette manufacturer celebrated this new glimmering of freedom by creating a Virginia Slims brand that was promoted for women with the slogan "You've come a long... Full story
#!*! People who put on a facade, months later their true character surfaces....
Don't turn on the news. Don't read the paper. It's depressing, it's disturbing, is it Las Vegas, is it Texas, is it Washington, D.C.? Is it a myriad of other places? Switch to sports instead. When we do change the station, why is the feeling often still there? In a time in which news in general is dark and darker, the extended trend of black sports uniforms could use a second look. Sports are generally fun and exciting for a society, a genuine bond among varied people. But now, in this particular era, to insist on continuing the 20-year-old... Full story
