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Thursday, Dec. 27-Palouse - 2 p.m. Hang out and visit Bev on your Christmas Break! She’ll have popcorn, a movie playing, a few board games and more. Rosalia - 7:30 p.m. Bedtime Storytime Bring your little ones for a relaxing evening of bedtime stories with Marcy Campbell and Librarian Karen. Friday, Dec. 28 -Tekoa - Noon to 2:30 p.m. Grade School Movie Day. Kids are invited to wear their pajamas and watch a great movie. Palouse - Noon Hang out and visit Bev on your Christmas Break! She’ll have popcorn, a movie playing, a few board games and...
A memorial service for Alvin (Al) F. Palmer, 69, will be Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, 11 a.m. at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse with Pastor Kathy Kramer officiating. Viewing was at Kramer Funeral Home Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 from 10 A.M. to 2 p.m. for family and friends. Cremation will follow and urn burial will at a later date in the Mountain View Cemetery at Farmington. Mr. Palmer died Dec. 18, 2012 at the Pullman Regional Hospital. Born Nov. 25, 1943, at Colfax to Floyd M. and Ruth Wright Palmer, he attended school at Farmington, and at... Full story
Dusty Country Bible Church will have Ray and Twyla Fried as guest speakers at their 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Dec. 30. Ray is retired from Hewlitt-Packard in Liberty Lake. They now volunteer their time and professional computer expertise working with Christian work. In the last 15 years, they have spent time in China, Nepal, Albania and recently returned from Turkey. They maintain their residence in Liberty Lake and are now home while Ray works on a project for Missionary Aviation Fellowship based out of Nampa, Idaho. They will be give a...
John Kehne, Whitman County Library Trustee of 10 years, was honored by library staff, friends and fellow trustees during the library’s winter luncheon at the Colfax library. Kehne served twice as chairman and helped steer the library through some major changes including the $1 million renovation of the Colfax Library and the annexation of six towns into the library district. Whitman County commissioners recently confirmed Stephen Balzarini of Colfax to fill Kehne’s vacant position....
Week of Jan. 2 - 4 At Tekoa Schools: Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, BBQ beans, romaine salad, red peppers, fruit cocktail, hot roll. Thursday: Beef teriyaki dippers, romaine salad, dice tomatoes, green beans, pineapple, whole grain roll. Friday: Chickenwich, spinach, french fries, baby carrots, cucumbers, peaches. At St. John/Endicott Schools: Thursday: Chickenwich, green salad, apples and oranges. Friday: Grades 1-3, Hot dogs, green salad, peaches; grades 4-12, Salad bar. At LaCrosse Schools: Thursday: Chicken fajita, shredded lettuce, fresh...
Wednesday, Jan. 2, Colfax Nutrition and doctor appointments. Thursday, Jan. 3, St. John/Pine City/Malden/Rosalia to Spokane, leave St. John at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, Colfax shopping assistance and errands.... Full story
Week of Jan. 2-4 Colfax - Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday – Oven fried chicken, whipped potatoes and gravy, hot mixed veggies, salad, dinner roll and birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Rosalia – Site closed for New Year holiday. Palouse – Palouse Community Center: Wednesday – Special Clam Chowder, tortilla rollups, vegetable plate, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman – Pullman Senior Center: Wednesday – Cook’s choice Friday – Oven fried chicken, whipped potatoes and gravy, hot mixed veggies,... Full story
Last year, at the age of 99, Addie Millhorn planted a garden like she has done every year since childhood. On Dec. 30, she will celebrate her 100th birthday. It’s pretty amazing,” she said. “I don’t know why I lived this long.” Daughter Maureen St. John said her mother moved from the farm home to an apartment just last year. Millhorn was born in Fort Junction, Wash. Millhorn’s mother died when she was only four years old, and she was raised by her sisters. She finished high school in Colton. She married after high school and had three children....
Whitman County Gazette, Dec. 27, 2012 Whitman Hospital & Medical Center Richardson, Ryder Lee, born Dec. 17, 2012, at seven pounds, five ounces, to Cody and Maggie Richardson of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Steve and Kim Callahan of Lewiston, and Kyle Richardson of Lewiston. Maternal grandmother is Sara Schaller of Colfax and great-grandmother is Donna Orth of Colfax. He joins a brother Riley, 4. AT PULLMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL Cameron Richard, born Dec. 17, 2012, at seven pounds, 10 ounces, to Rafael and MacKenzie of Moscow. He is the... Full story
Meet Dorothy D’Souza, Charlotte, NC, formerly Whitman County Dorothy D’Souza first came to Whitman County from India to attend Washington State University, and she met Al and Corriene Liotta through the International Club. The extended Liotta clan, which has also hosted exchange students attending Colfax High School, made Dottie a member of the Byrd-Liotta-Thompson family, and she returns to visit from her home in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Liotta’s death and funeral brought her back again. The Byrd-Liotta-Thompson family has 18 children and 55 grand...
Bill Reynolds, treasurer for the Colfax Arts Council since its inception in 2006, will give up the bookkeeping job and step into the position of Arts Council president Jan. 1, 2013. “Bill is the right one to take on the job,” said Debi Anderson, president of the council for the past seven years. “I was so glad to hear him say he would do it.” Anderson will take on the job of Colfax Chamber of Commerce president next year and noted it will be exciting to see new ideas and leadership in the Arts Council. She intends to stay fully involve...
What better way to go into the holiday mode? Colfax residents in the younger age bracket had a chance for some school carnival action Thursday night in the Colfax High School gym. The carnival production was arranged by Paige Mackleit (lower left photo) for her senior class project. In the top left photo, Karly Wigen picks out a prize after selecting a rubber duck while Brianna Reynolds assists. Colton Kneale (bottom right) celebrates an altitude change on the inflatable slide....
Roger Flook, Jr., 31, Endicott, is expected to face a long term in the state prison system after he pleaded guilty to five different charges Friday in Whitman County Superior Court. Flook agreed to enter a plea after the state offered to consolidate charges related to two cases. The first charges were filed in 2011, and the second set of charges were filed against him last October after deputies investigated another credit card case. Deputy Prosecutor Dan LeBeau told the court Flook’s history of prior convictions means he will have an o...
The History Channel • On Jan. 7, 1789, America’s first presidential election is held as voters cast ballots to choose state electors. Only white men who owned property were allowed to vote. As expected, George Washington won the election and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789. • On Jan. 12, 1928, a young pianist from Kiev named Vladimir Horowitz makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall. Sir Thomas Beecham, guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic, was the headliner, but it was the young Russian pianist playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano C...
A gray and white pickup blended with its environment the morning of Dec. 21 on Thorn Hill in Colfax.... Full story
LAZCANOS ALLOWED JOINT MEETINGS A defense motion to allow a joint meeting by the Lazcano brothers and their attorneys was allowed Friday morning in Whitman County Superior court. Spokane Defense Attorney Eric Christianson filed the motion which said he was denied a joint meeting involving his client, Daniel Lazcano, and Frank Lazcano with his respective attorney Nov. 15. The Lazcano brothers face charges of murdering Marcus Schurr last December in Malden. In presenting his motion in court Friday morning, Christianson said he has been allowed...
W. Bruce Cameron (Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2008.) I believe that computers were invented to make our lives easier. My own computer doesn’t agree. We’ve tried relationship counseling through hours and hours of technical support. In the end, though, my computer just doesn’t like me. In shopping for a new PC, a video ad for a very popular laptop caught my eye. People in jumpsuits bounce weightlessly around inside an aircraft cabin, tossing the laptop back and forth like a Frisbee — and guess what: It still... Full story
With all the class warfare these days, “rich” has become a four-letter word. To hear some tell it, high-income earners are greedy misers who don’t pay their “fair share.” Well, not quite. When it comes to taxes, the IRS reports that, in 2009, the latest year figures are available; the top 1 percent earned 17 percent of all income and paid 37 percent of federal income taxes. As for contributing to charity, Americans are a generous people. According to the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, private donors contributed...
I’VE LIVED around guns all my life. My father was career Army, and when I was a kid, my brothers and sisters and I learned to hoist up a heavy service rifle, as well as a .22, and shoot cans off fence posts during the short times we lived in the country, rather than in barracks buildings where your neighbor wasn’t just next door, he was through the wall. We were taught early that guns never came off the closet top shelf except in the hands of my father. Anyone who dared touch one otherwise risked being blown to smithereens because only he knew...
Every new year holds promise. They give us a new start and a new chance to get things right. There is always something to be done to make things better. Nationally, we all know there is a lot to do. A good start will be to demand reasonableness from our leaders. It is not very sexy or catchy, but it is essential. Most of the enduring problems facing us are the result of blindly following some arbitrary muse. The new year is the perfect time to demand reasonableness and to work towards pragmatic solutions rather than ideological perfection.... Full story
The Colfax street flags campaign moved to a new chapter last Friday night when volunteers put up blue Colfax Bulldog flags. The Bulldog colors were posted to greet Colfax grads who returned for a basketball fund raiser game Saturday afternoon in the CHS gym. The flags were purchased by the Colfax Schools Foundation. The foundation has also purchased more flags which it will sell as a fund raising campaign. The flags will be sold for $15 each. Flags will be available at the Colfax school business office and at the Top Notch on Main...
Opponents of Whitman county teams in the SE cut a wide swath in this week’s all state selections announced by the Associated Press poll with the LRS Broncos 2B champions booking 11 of the slots on the state 2B team. Bronco quarterback Dylan Hartz was named player of the year for the 2B division. Hartz, who will be a senior next year, earned all-state honors for quarterback and defensive back. Five of the Bronco all-stater are juniors. Nighthawk Max Mueller, a senior, was the lone 2B player in the county to earn an all-state honor as a d...
Colton boys and the LaCrosse/Washtucna/-Kahlotus Tigercats remain on a collision course for the top spot in the SE 1B league after both teams added two wins before the pre-holiday break. Now tied at 5-0 at the top of the SE pack, the two leaders will collide at Colton when league play resumes Jan. 4. Colton’s Jake Straughan goes inside for two points against the Spartans in the second half of the league game Saturday night at Colton. Straughan finished with 29 points. Colton Friday has been slated to play at Kamiah, and LWK is booked to play i...
Colton’s Wildcats, one of three undefeated teams in the SE girls 1B race last week, resumed their exclusive perch atop the league with two solid wins over the weekend. Their first win was at Oakesdale Friday where the Wildcats ended the Nighthawks’ early league string. Colton’s Payton Meyer and Paige Vincent (23) put the pinch on Hannah Sims as she tries to put one up from the paint Saturday night in Colton. The Wildcats rolled to their fifth straight win. Colton wrapped up their pre-holiday stint at home Saturday with a big win over the Rosal... Full story
THURSDAY A Gallup poll of 150,000 people around the world revealed that seven of the 10 happiest countries are in Latin America. Gallup, Inc. asked about 1,000 respondents in 148 countries in 2011whether they were well-rested, had been treated with respect, smiled or laughed a lot, learned or did something interesting and felt feelings of enjoyment the previous day. A total of 85 percent of people in Panama and Paraguay answered yes to all five queries, which made them the top two in the world. Others in the top 10 include El Salvador,...
