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In my family, Thanksgiving was a big deal. Cousins, aunts and uncles, great-aunts and great-uncles and more would all gather at Grandma and Grandpa’s house which smelled like turkey, gravy and stuffing, with a hint of apple and pumpkin pie. The 20-so of us would gather around the large table in the basement, which served its purpose well. Occasionally, on a “big” year, the kids would eat at tables in the other room. There was a clear sense of thankfulness in the air; thankfulness for family, for food, for friendship, for time together. Yes, in...
Six students who topped the Garfield/Palouse honor roll for the first term with all-A grades are Chandler Pfaff, senior; Libby Akin, Jacob Arlt, Gabe Cocking and Rachel Nelson, juniors; and Daniel Arlt, freshman. High honor students with grade average of 3.5 to 3.99 included Taylah Clark, Melissa Heaton, Ariel Hoffman, Kevin Knauff, Jesse Lopez, Katryna Newman, Taylor Redman, Jade Thomas and Kathryn Yoder, seniors; Tia Baune, Jed Crossman, Mitch Jamison, David Milano, Hunter Woltering and Kassie Woodall, juniors; Holly Brown, Wyatt Griner,...
At Colfax Schools: Monday: Chicken patty on bun, fries, carrots, fruit, red jello Tuesday: Spaghetti, cheese bread stick, hot peas/carrots, fruit Wednesday: Pizza, green salad, pineapple, ice cream Thursday: Bulldog burger with the works, fries, beans, fruit Friday: Corn dogs, nacho chips, veggies, fruit, Dec. b-day cake At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Choice of sandwich, chicken noodle soup, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, salad, mixed fruit, pineapple Tuesday: Hamburger, lettuce, sliced tomatoes, baked beans, apple slices, mandarin oranges...
CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS Athenaeum The club’s Christmas luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at the United Methodist Church. You must have registered by November 25 to attend. If you have not pre-paid, you may pay at the door. BIRTHS Whitman County Gazette, Dec. 5, 2013 AT WHITMAN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER Frei, Colette Rose, was born Nov. 22 to Lisa and Travis Frei of Palouse. Maternal grandparents are Dick and Helen Appel of Dusty. Paternal grandparent is Marilyn Frei of Spokane. The baby joins sisters Miriam, Rachel and Emma. AT P... Full story
Thursday, Dec. 5 Farmington – 4 to 6 p.m. – Individual Assistance with the Healthcare Exchange – Chelsea Fanara from Pullman Rural Resources will be available in helping you find your best option for health insurance. Friday, Dec. 6 LaCrosse – Noon to 3 p.m. – Harvest Heritage Book Signing – Meet local authors Richard Scheurman and Alex McGregor, and photographer John Clement. Colfax – 3 to 5:30 p.m. – Harvest Heritage Book Signing – Meet local authors Richard Scheurman and Alex McGregor, and photographer John Clement. Saturday, Dec. 7 LaCrosse...
Dusty Dick and Helen Appel hosted the annual family Thanksgiving dinner. Those attending were Caroline and Rob Kunkel, Zack, Kade, Elly and Luciene, Pullman; Neil Appel, Dusty: Liz Philips, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel, Emma and Colette, Palouse. The afternoon was spent visiting and playing games. Zack Smith, Bozeman, Mont., Walt and Parker Smith and Gina and Jason Morgan and Micah spent several days with Harmon and Jan Smith over the Thanksgiving holiday. Larry Morgan came Friday for hunting, and Jason won...
Richard Scheuerman, Alex McGregor and John Clement plan a four-stop tour this week to release their new book, “Harvest Heritage.” The book tells the story of the remarkable transformation of the rolling hills of the Inland Northwest from sheep and cattle range to become one of the most productive wheat and barley growing regions in the world. It is a story of pioneer settlers, who brought with them seed varieties from their homes across the continent or across the ocean, who worked hard beginning with horse and mule powered equipment and who... Full story
The Rosalia Lions Club is sponsoring a professional Santa with Mrs. Claus on Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Budding Rose Art Gallery during Rosalia’s Christmas Xtravaganza. The Lions will also offer a professional photographer to take pictures of children with Santa. Parents may also bring their own cameras.... Full story
Two book signings are scheduled Saturday at the Dahmen Barn from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Carol Simon Smolinski will sign “Timothy Nolan’s Idaho 1862-1890”, a history of life in the mining communities and supply towns of central Idaho during its territorial period, penned as a historical narrative by fictitious Timothy Nolan. Wil Godfrey will sign “Seasons of the Steelhead” and the companion 2014 calendar. Purchasers of the book will receive a complimentary tied fly. The book celebrates the sport and tradition of fly fishing for steelhead in Idaho,...
Lacrosse LaCrosse fifth graders have been learning how to play Cribbage. Bonnie Bigsby and Norman Bafus have helped teach the game with Karen Fleury and Kerri Pierson assisting. This week Katie Bailey played against her daughter Zoe. Jerry Chastain challenged Ty Harder. Jen Broeckel played against her son, Dustin. Austin Jones challenged Doug Curtis. Katy McKay played against SeungBum Seo while Gen McGregor played against Pedro Zucoloto. Grade school students were inspired by a magic show performed by Sam Sandler, America’s only full-time deaf... Full story
It’s a crisp, sunny fall day, and Shani Nelson Hergert is busy at St. John Pharmacy. A St. John native, she left for college and work, but she is happy to be back in her home town. After graduating from St. John-Endicott High School, she attended Eastern Washington University to major in elementary education. During student teaching, she realized that wasn’t quite the career for her. During her years working in Spokane, Shani worked for a wholesale jeweler, a florist, a legal assistant, a dis... Full story
Endicott The Community Bible Church hosted a successful Thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving Day at the church. The church provided the turkey with dressing and guests brought a side dish. Willard and Anne Lowe had Thanksgiving at their house and those attending were Doug and Dee Anne Hill, Kent; Marcus and Jamie Hill, Ian Hill, Moscow, and Corrine Lowe Steptoe. Saturday, Dec. 7, at 5 p.m. will be the lighting of Christmas decorations and fireworks at the Endicott Community Club lot. Paper lanterns will be sold and released from the lot. Cost is... Full story
Colfax grade school students got far out of the classroom on Monday because of an effort by the Jennings Elementary Parent Teacher Organization and Friends of Whitman County Library. In the newer gym at Jennings Elementary, a black, cushioned orb took over one corner, where inside kids entered into simulated space. The digital planetarium from Mobius Science Center of Spokane was run by Aaron Berenbach, Education Coordinator, leading the students in a 45-minute digital exposition. “It allows u...
These reports are from the previous two 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. SEEK PALOUSE DOCUMENTS A request for all documents provided by the City of Palouse to Ephrata attorney Brian Christensen was filed Nov. 25 in superior court by David Mayhan of Palouse. He filed the request as part of the discovery process in his civil suit against the city for alleged damages sustained from the death of his son in October of...
8 years ago The Commoner Dec. 7, 1888 A stray shot narrowly missed a deadly aim last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Eliza Johnson had been visiting that day with her daughter, Mrs. William Webster, at the head of Canyon Street gulch, and about four o’clock in the afternoon stepped out on the porch of the house to return to her home, when a stray rifle ball came whizzing by, plowing itself through the fleshy part of one of the lady’s limbs, below the knee. The wound thus inflicted is not a serious one, but it might have been. It behooves all who... Full story
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009. Readers of this column know that I am highly critical of the government giving away vast sums of money to scientists who conduct studies about unimportant things when the money would be much better spent funding newspaper columnists who write articles about unimportant things. For example, I think it was a waste of money to spend $1.2 million to study the breeding preferences of the woodchuck. Turns out they mostly prefer to breed with other woodchucks. Shouldn’t we ins...
Jeremy Shahan and Kyle Miller, first-year employees of McGregor Co., set up the company’s Christmas tree display on Main Street on the lot next to US Bank in Colfax Monday....
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler made national news when he quickly rejected President Obama’s call for insurers to extend individual health insurance policies cancelled because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Obamacare. While five million insurance policies have been cancelled to date, the Obama administration estimated that as many as 18 million of these policies will be cancelled because of the ACA. Here in Washington state, some 290,000 people have already received cancellation notices. While K...
Let’s face it — too much of the coverage we provide from Washington is “inside baseball,” easily ignored by those who live in the real world. Sometimes, though, this stuff matters. A case in point is the decision by Harry Reid and his Democratic gaggle to invoke the “nuclear option.” It’s called that because Reid and his partisan majority blew up the traditional filibuster. Utilizing a parliamentary maneuver, they were able to circumvent the usual two-thirds vote necessary to change the rules and used a simple majority to do away with the bigg...
Billions of dollars are spent on on-line buys. Last Monday—Cyber Monday—set records for the volume of sales. And, it isn’t just one day a year that on-line sales are enormous. It is every day of the year. Each year the volume grows as more and more consumers go shopping electronically. A variety of reasons have prompted shoppers to go to the web. One compelling reason is that web purchases are most often perceived as tax exempt. Many purchases are not charged a sales tax. Although buyers are supposed to report the tax savings on their own a...
It began with each team standing in a line across from each other for the announcer’s player introductions. For a state 1B semifinal football game at Edgar Brown Stadium in Pasco last Saturday night, Touchet’s team stretched doubly far across the turf than did Rosalia. When the game began, the numbers shifted in favor of the Spartans as the scoreboard showed 30-6 Rosalia in a frenzied second quarter. With the Touchet crowd muted, however, nearing halftime the Indians came back to within 30-20. T...
Colfax football coaches and players wrapped up the season with parents and fans at a dessert banquet Monday night. The Bulldogs honored four seniors and presented team awards and letters. Coach Mike Morgan credited the four seniors with providing strong leadership over the year to the younger players. That was one of the factors that advanced the team to the state quarter-final round in spite of its overall young profile. “This is a team that just never quit. A 6-5 record looks pretty good b... Full story
A two-car collision on the Moscow-Pullman highway Monday afternoon took the life of a St. John resident Ruth Leritte, 31. She was pronounced dead at the scene which was four miles east of Pullman at the intersection of the highway and the Airport Road just west of the state line. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Leritte was driving a 2002 Suzuki Grand Vitara which collided with a 2006 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Jeana A. Boyd, 34, Moscow. The report said Leritte was driving westbound at 4 p.m. in snowing conditions and lost... Full story
The Washington State Liquor Control Board has been accepting applications since Nov. 18 for marijuana growing, processing and retailing licenses. A total of seven came from Whitman County. Applying for producer licenses were Acumen Genetics on Chicken Ranch Road in Colfax, Squires Forest of Rosalia on Squires Road and Three G Farms of Endicott on Endicott Road. Acumen Genetics and Three G Farms also applied for processor licenses. Names of individual applicants were not included in the...
Although Colfax Rosauers customers were urged not to use credit, debit, EBT or gift cards for a while, use of payment cards now can be resumed at all Rosauers stores. URM Stores Inc., Monday in a press release announced that it has finished implementing enhanced security measures designed to block the cyber-attack against its payment processing system. Colfax Rosauers began accepting payment cards again late Monday evening. “Working with a leading payment card industry security firm, we have taken steps to block the attack,” URM CEO Ray Sprinkl... Full story
