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*For full obituaries, please see the weekly pages section for this weeks paper. Delbert Ernest Miland Edith Lee St. John Stephanie M. Melhus _______________________________________ Shawn Shay Olson, 43, a lifelong resident of Colfax, died at his home Nov. 30, 2014. No public services are planned at this time. Born June 20, 1971, in Colfax to Melvin Donald and Sharon Bafus Olson. He attended school in Colfax where he enjoyed wrestling. He also competed on the Colfax swim team. During his teen-age years Shawn worked as a lifeguard at the Colfax... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about lung cancer screenings? My husband was a long-time smoker, but quit many years ago, so I’m wondering if he should be checked out. Concerned Spouse Dear Concerned, According to recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — an independent panel of medical experts that advises the government on health policies — if your husband is between the ages of 55 and 80, is a current smoker or quit within the last 15 years, and has a smoking history of at least 30 pack-years, he’s... Full story
Friends and former neighbors here have learned of the death of Cliff Amick, 97, former manager of Almota Elevator Co., last Feb. 17 in Mesa, Ariz., where he had made a retirement home. Mr. Amick. who also served on the Colfax City Council, managed Almota Elevator Co. from 1973 until 1980. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret. The Amicks moved here from Walla Walla and returned there after he retired. They later traveled extensively in their motor home.... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Bulldog burger, fries, BBQ beans, lettuce, tomato, fruit. Tuesday: Deli sandwich, potato soup, green salad, fruit. Wednesday: Popcorn chicken, rice, mixed hot carrots, fruit. Thursday: Mac and cheese, little smokies, bread stick, green beans, fruit. Friday: Pizza, Caesar salad, pineapple, holiday cookie. AT COLTON SCHOOLS: Monday: Taco salad, refried beans, Mexi fries, fruit. Tuesday: Chicken patty on a bun, fries, tomatoes, lettuce, fruit. Wednesday: Mini corn dogs, fries, mixed veggies, fruit. Thursday: Breakfast...
8 years ago The Commoner Dec. 13, 1889 The stage in Livingston's Opera House, more commonly known as city hall, has been greatly improved by an addition of six feet to its depth. This improvement will meet the hearty commendations of theatrical companies playing here, as well as of theatre-goers. It has been long needed. 100 years ago The Colfax Commoner Dec. 11, 1914 While other parts of the county are contented to tell about better-times-to-be, Winona can say truthfully that better times are here. For two years financial conditions in...
A collection of work by resident artists and invited artists titled “Christmas Treasures” will be in the Dahmen Barn’s Hay Loft Hall gallery during this month with a meet the artists reception Sunday, Dec. 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. Four Names in a Hat, a local barbershop quartet, will perform. Art includes ceramic sculptural piece by invited artist Ed Brannan of Auburn; rustic and fine furniture and wood working by local wood artists David Smith, Clarkston and Chuck Spurgeon, Moscow; wood turni...
Bruce Heiner of Diamond pitches in to decorate Codger Park Saturday, Dec. 6, in Colfax. Heiner brought much needed ladders and helped haul decorations in his truck. The park will host a tree lighting ceremony on Saturday, Dec.13, at 4 p.m.... Full story
Thursday, Dec. 11 Palouse — 3:45 p.m. — Homework help and game time with WSU students. Colfax — 10:10 to 11:30 a.m. — Three pre-school Storytimes in the Norma McGregor room. Visit the online calendar or call for more information Friday, Dec. 12 Endicott, LaCrosse, St. John & Uniontown — Storytime — Early learning story time with books, singing, crafts and storytelling for ages 6 and younger. Visit the online calendar for times. Saturday, Dec. 13 Colfax — 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. — Colfax Chamber of Commerce Winter Festival at the Center adjacent...
Railway display open for holiday Members of the Latah Railway club will have their toy trains open for their annual Christmas display Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 to 3 p.m. in the train room at the Latah County Fairground in Moscow. The display includes HO scale, G scale and N scale toy trains in the train room which is undergoing remodeling. Members of the train group meet and work on the display in weekly sessions during the year. The layout display is one of the attractions during the fair. CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS Hospital Auxiliary Twenty-seven...
Kenneth and Veva Jean Hames of Rosalia celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a gathering of family and friends. They were married Nov. 26, 1949. Their children are Linda and David Mount of Junta, Colo., and Lee and Sherry Hames of Rosalia. They have four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren....
A large group gathered Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Colfax Library for the Friends of Hospice Annual Tree of Lights and ceremony to remember friends, neighbors, loved ones and hospice patients whom they loved and have lost. Candlelighters, left to right, are Jane Eberle, Cathy Wride, Joan Roberts, Marsha Binder, Myrna Teade and Becky Dickerson....
Pam Becker has spent all but about four years of her life in Colfax. The daughter of Bill and Evelyn Closson, she grew up on the family farm. Her brother, Dr. Bill Closson, came back to Colfax after graduating from WSU, followed by the University of Washington Medical School, to help recruit young doctors to Colfax. After his too-early death, his partners have continued that legacy. When she was a small child, the family lived on Deanway Street, and she met Keith Becker when she was 18 months...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club will hold its annual community Christmas party at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church social hall Friday evening at 6 p.m. Dec. 12. Bring a hot dish and salad or dessert for the potluck dinner. Santa and Rudolph are scheduled to make a visit so bring a gift for Santa to give to your child. B.B. Club members are to meet at the hall at 9 a.m. Friday morning to decorate for the party and for their December meeting. Roll call: What is your favorite Christmas carol? Karen, Larry and Joshua Light, Portland, were Thanksgiving w... Full story
Locations for state and federal emergency food distributions: Wednesday, Dec. 17: Palouse Community Center, 1 to 3 p.m.; Rosalia United Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m.; St. John Methodist Church, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18: Albion Town Hall, 4 to 6 p.m.; Garfield Legion/Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; LaCrosse, 110 N. Main, 3 to 6 p.m.; Malden/Pine City Town Hall, 8 to 10 a.m.; Oakesdale Baptist Church, 9:30 to 11 a.m.; Endicott City Hall, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Tekoa City Hall, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Colton-Uniontown, Uniontown Community Building... Full story
Endicott The Friday library children's reading group went around Endicott Dec. 5 singing Christmas carols. They came to the Endicott Food Center and sang around the Christmas tree to the coffee crowd. Friday, Dec. 5, Kathy Schlomer hosted her yearly Christmas luncheon at her home for the Endicott area ladies. Those present were Judy Cook, Pat Byers, Margaret Schmick, Sue Bafus, Jerine Grey, Kathy Bafus, Bertie Honn, Carol Hannas, Kathy Storment, Gail Bilow and Shirley Morasch. Saturday, Dec. 6, a Christmas celebration was held at the Endicott... Full story
Lacrosse The annual LaCrosse Winter Concert will be Wednesday, Dec. 17, in the high school pit with a matinee at 1 p.m. and evening concert at 6:30. Kindergarten through fifth graders and seventh and eighth graders will perform....
During Winterfest the St. John Heritage Museum featured the brick wall exhibition of “Farming Through the Years.” Alex McGregor and Jason Hough were special guests at the exhibition and presented the museum with a check for $4,008 from the McGregor Company to fund the project. Pictured from left are Marlene Landers, Carole Scherff, Linda Siler, Lydia Smith, Jason Hough, Alex McGregor and Wanda Alderman....
Two hearing sites have been scheduled for the proposal to use motor vehicles on Washington State Parks long-distance trails, including the Columbia Plateau Trail and the John Wayne Trail in Whitman County. A draft proposal calls for use of the trails by adjoining property owners under a fee system, according to Nikki Fields, coordinator for the trails system. The department has sent out notices to property owners in Whitman County who adjoin the John Wayne Trail. Fields two weeks ago told the Gazette they have a listing of property owners from... Full story
The City of Tekoa has adjusted its dumpster-rental policy in an effort to lessen the risk of losing money on the endeavor. The new policy, which affects residential use, requires residents to pay before a dumpster is delivered from Empire Disposal. Voting to amend Ordinance 817 on Nov. 17, the city council approved the change. The city has a long-standing arrangement with Empire Disposal to provide dumpsters, which are rented to city residents for purposes such as tear-down projects or cleaning... Full story
A variety of seasonal costumes and lights took to the streets Saturday. The St. John Winterfest parade featured groups on foot, in cars, on trucks, trailers and more.... Full story
Real estate sales John J. and Emily K. Vardell to Christopher M. ad Lexi A. Anderson, Pullman, house on SW Junegrass Lane in Pullman, $201,000, Dec. 2. Richard B. Wilbourn and Ronald D. Wilbourn, Spokane, to Ray and JoAnn Story, and Ray Story Farms, Inc., Pullman, land near Pullman, $1,378,850, Dec. 4. Ricky B. and Lori K. Harwood, Puyallup, to Thomas and Pennie Twiss, Port Orchard, Lot 19 on Red Tail Ridge in Colfax, $48,000, Dec. 5. Jonathan Raymond and Amy Marie Keehner, to Average Joe’s II, LLC, Pullman, two lots in Pullman, $305,000, D...
Rioters in Ferguson, Missouri shattered the windows of Natalie’s Cakes and More and vandalized the baking equipment. However, when owner Natalie Dubose put her story on the internet, Americans immediately responded, donating more than $260,000 to help her rebuild her business. The money was more than Dubose, an African-American small business owner, needed so she used the surplus donations to help the other 60 or so proprietors rebuild in the St. Louis suburb. The contributions were timely, because it helped her immediately restore her shop a...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. In my neighborhood, it’s best to be a dog — but isn’t that true of all neighborhoods? I never see dogs out raking leaves or fixing their screen doors. Instead, I see them wagging in ecstasy over finding an unclaimed stick: What an amazing world, there’s this stick sitting here I can just have for the taking! Want to stop raking leaves and throw it for me? Come on, don’t you want to be happy? Probably the most overjoyed dog on the street is my neighbor Bailey, a 4-month-old... Full story
Outrage So Republican House of Representatives leadership is outraged by President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform, claiming “this is not the way democracy is supposed to work.” But democracy is supposed to work by majority rule, and the real outrage is that Republican leadership, including our Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, has never allowed a vote of the full House on the bipartisan immigration bill passed 17 months ago by the Senate, even though the bill has long had enough House votes to pass. This bill, that Obama...
The White House response to Ferguson wouldn’t be complete without a meeting with Al Sharpton, the infamous agitator who has become President Barack Obama’s “go-to man on race,” in the words of a Politico headline from last August. So Sharpton was inevitably one of the civil-rights leaders at the White House. The president no doubt passed up the opportunity to direct Sharpton to the Treasury Department up the street, which would surely love to have him visit and make good on all the taxes he has avoided paying through the years. A New York Ti... Full story
