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It started with a flooded museum. The Roy M. Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum in Palouse had been closed since the flood of 1996, when the building was under two feet of water. It remained shut down five years later, when two people moved to Palouse from Las Vegas, Gary and Deanna Brunton. They got involved with Needful Things, the town-benefit thrift store, which began that year (2001), and came to a Palouse Chamber of Commerce meeting. The subject that night, at the former Family Cafe,...
Thursday, Oct. 17 Malden – 9 a.m. – Home school group – Join us every month to share ideas and get to know other families. Colfax & Colton – Afterschool fun – Call us at 509-397-4366 or visit whitco.lib.wa.us for details. Albion & Tekoa – Adult arts and crafts – Relax with friends and get creative together. Colfax – 7 to 8 p.m. – Whitman Republican meeting– All interested community members are invited to attend. Friday, Oct. 18 Endicott & Malden – Medicare help – Join SHIBA volunteers for free and impartial information. Endicott, Malden, Palous...
The Sept. 21 weekend begins construction for the 18th annual Haunted Palouse which in its 17 years has netted $651,724 for the community, not including the amount our local food vendors make as well. Much help is needed, and no experience is necessary. Builders, performers and clean-up crews are needed. Also very important is feeding the volunteers who will be working the next six weeks. Donations of snacks, cookies, drinks and lunches will be welcomed and appreciated. Those providing lunches are asked to contact someone from the Haunted Palous...
Palouse Chamber of Commerce announced the 18th annual Haunted Palouse, a four-night Halloween haunting, will be Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19, and Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and Oct. 26. Haunted Palouse is rated in The Daily Evergreen as among “200 things every Cougar absolutely, positively, without a doubt must do before graduation.” For those, 12 and up, who are brave enough, the two haunted buildings will wind the unsuspecting through the Newspaper and Printing Museum and the Old City Fire Station and Jail for an authentic night...
The annual second-weekend-in-September Palouse Days celebration returns Friday with events to run until Sunday at noon. Along with the Saturday morning parade and 37th annual Palouse Show and Shine car show, new this year in downtown Palouse is more live music – with five bands playing across Friday night and Saturday. Also new are two brunch/lunch events Sunday. "It'll be fun and exciting, we'll have live music all day long," said Paula Echanove, Palouse Days volunteer. Palouse Days begins F...
The City of Palouse awaits a Shoreline Substantial Development permit from the Washington State Department of Ecology before going out to bid on a revamped plan for trail work along the river to be paid for by a county .09 fund grant. Palouse received the $26,530 grant last year. Last September, Palouse city administrator Kyle Dixon sought out five area contractors in an informal bid process to gauge what it would cost to build an estimated 500-foot long trail along the river – across from downt...
In 17 years of Haunted Palouse, town organizations have raised $651,724.68. The total includes the 2018 record single-year net of $70,603.48. Top beneficiary of the annual two-weekends in October event is the Palouse Community Center, built in 2011, with loans being paid off, in part by $213,316.39 from Haunted Palouse. Next highest beneficiaries are the Palouse Arts Council ($70,302.18), Chamber of Commerce ($64,561.45), Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum ($59,424.93) and Palouse Skate Park ($49,109.11). Volunteers from the various organizations...
Final numbers are in for proceeds of the 2018 Haunted Palouse, which ran over two weekends in October. Total net proceeds were $70,603, a record for the event which marked its 17th year. Recipients of the money this year are as follows: Palouse Community Center, $24,711; 4H Palouse Area Robotics, $10,060; FFA, $8,825; Garfield/Palouse Athletic Club, $8,825; Palouse Skate Park/Tony Kettel Skate Gardens, $7,589; Palouse Chamber of Commerce, $7,060, and Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum, $3,530....
In 1918, Palouse resident Irma Leusing invited six women to meet at her home, asking them to bring their sewing. They met again, and another time. "They just got together to be together," said current Xenodican Club member Diana Cochran. In two years, they joined the Washington State General Federation of Women's Clubs. The federation required that each group had a stated purpose. The Palouse ladies chose to start a library, taking on the name Xenodican Club, after the Greek word for...
Numbers are coming in for the 17th annual Haunted Palouse, held the weekends of Oct. 19-20 and Oct. 26-27 in Palouse. Total paid attendance was 4,006, the fourth-highest total in the event’s history, with the final night this year bringing in 1,572 people, the second highest single-night ever. Palouse Chamber of Commerce treasurer Janet Barstow estimates the net profit will be between $69,000 and $70,000, the highest ever. Last year’s $59,477 net profit was the previous high, on an att...
Palouse Police Officer Joe Handley resigned to become a full-time officer in Colfax. He served his last day Oct. 29 for the Palouse department which also covers Garfield. Handley worked for Palouse since May 2015. “Officer Handley is a very well-respected peace officer,” said Michael Echanove, Palouse mayor. “He’s a young man with a bright future. I told him ‘I am not accepting your resignation.’ He has a real sixth sense about police work.” Reserve Officer Terry Snead is set to fill-in for Handley in Palouse. The city hired full-time officer J...
Sarah Phelan grew up in the small town of Mossyrock, nestled in the mountains of western Washington. She came to Pullman as a scholarship recipient to attend WSU. She graduated in 2015 with a BS in psychology and thoroughly enjoyed her anthropology classes the most. Following graduation, Sarah was happy to accept a job offer right here on the Palouse, where she is currently employed by Whitman County Library and serves as the public services librarian. She loves her job and smiles as she states...
The imagineers of Palouse are at work again. Truckloads of lumber were brought out from the city flathouse. Hundred-foot rolls of heavy black plastic arrived. Pathways were taped on the floor of the old firehouse and printing museum. After weeks of work, the 17th annual Haunted Palouse starts Friday, to run two weekends, Friday and Saturday nights before Halloween — transforming the town into two haunted buildings, an eerie night ride along the river and general unsettling in the streets. ...
The Palouse Chamber of Commerce has announced the 17th annual Haunted Palouse will be held Oct. 19-20 and Oct. 26-27. Each night encompasses two haunted buildings – The Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum and the Old Fire Station – a haunted hay ride, food options, fortune tellers and more. The event is for ages 12 and older, running from 7 to 10 p.m. each night. Returning this year is “20 for 20” group sales for the first night. For groups of 20 or more there is a 20 percent discount for tickets sold in a bundle with prior arrangements. Call (5...
Building of Haunted Palouse 2018 started in earnest last weekend and will continue for the next two weekends. Help is needed at all three venues, Old Fire Station, Museum and Shady Lane Building; help on performance night, and help on clean-up day. “Street Entertainment” (no experience needed) is being coordinated by Sharon White 509-595-4422, and “Fortune Telling” by Tiana Gregg, 509-595-1324. These two “bonus” activities, free to paid attendees, add to the overall event’s appeal. Monetary donations can be made to the Haunted Palouse accou...
The City of Palouse has received one bid so far for the river trail project on donated land along the North Fork of Palouse River through downtown. The city received a $26,530 grant from the county's .09 tax program in the spring for the trail project. “The terrain on that side, the grade, it's got it's challenges. It's just a steep grade right there,” said Michael Echanove, Palouse mayor. Under the rules of the .09 grants, the city matches up to 25 percent. The total for Palouse is not yet dete...
A grand opening for the Palouse Skatepark Saturday will be June 2 in Palouse. After six years of fundraising and construction, the opening ceremony will be at 9 a.m., followed by a “learn to skateboard, skate and use the park” clinic until 12 p.m. At the town’s noon whistle, the park, at the corner of East Whitman and Beach Street, will open to skateboarders, skaters and scooter-users. Saturday’s event will recognize the project’s many donors, along with volunteers and friends of the Palouse S...
A stretch of land has been given to the City of Palouse across the North Fork of the Palouse river from downtown. The Chris Boyd family of Palouse made the gift last week of a one-eighth mile long, 50 to 70-foot wide strip from the riverbank up the hill to Shady Lane, the dirt path featured in the hay ride part of Haunted Palouse each October. The strip begins at the South River Road bridge at the east end of Main Street, and ends at the footbridge, which spans the river across from the Post... Full story
Further results now compiled from Haunted Palouse 2017 show a record net profit of $59,477. This year’s 16th edition of the event, held over two weekends in October, had a total of 3,547 tickets sold. The total was more than last year and above the 10-year average of 3,321. Proceeds go to support organizations which put on the event, including Palouse Community Center, Palouse Chamber of Commerce, Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum, 4H Palouse Area Robotics Team, Tony Kettel Skate Gardens, Garfield/Palouse FFA and Garfield/Palouse Athletic C...
The 16th Haunted Palouse is now in the books with a total of 3,547 tickets sold for the four-night event, Oct. 20-21 and 27-28. The total was more than last year, and above the 10-year average of 3,321. Total money raised, when all costs are covered, is expected to be between $50,000 and $60,000. The record for Haunted Palouse ticket sales is 4,321 sold in 2013....
Thursday, Oct. 26 Farmington – 2:30 p.m. – Book Club – Join us for a lively book talk each month as we learn, laugh and be challenged. Palouse – 4 p.m. – Snap Circuit Fun – Kids will actively explore electrical circuits in this amazing free STEM activity. Rosalia – 6 p.m. – Book Club – Are you looking for a new book to read? Or for a new way to meet people? Please join the Rosalia/Malden Area Book Club. The book up for discussion this time is Black River by S.M. Hulse. Colfax – 7 p.m. – Vietnam: the Stories – In partnership with Northw... Full story
The 16th Haunted Palouse began Friday, Oct. 21, with the arrival of three Moscow School District buses. Out came representatives of sorority and fraternity row from the University of Idaho on a “Date Dash.” Inside the Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum a white-faced nun would pray for their souls as they entered. Farther in, an exit sign would require their full attention. At the former old firehouse, what they would find they may never discuss again. On Shady Lane, the Date Dash took another tur...
It was night. A sound came from the closed firehouse. The printing museum was dark, and something had happened on the dirt road by the river. The 16th annual Haunted Palouse begins Friday in which the city becomes an eerie place. People 12 and over pay $20 to gain entry into a transformed gauntlet of a firehouse, an unrecognizably haunted printing museum and a cold, tense ride on the back of a farm trailer down Shady Lane. The two-weekend event benefits a varied list of town organizations. “Ever...
Palouse Chamber of announces the 16th annual Haunted Palouse, set for Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 27-28. It will feature two haunted buildings, a haunted hay ride, fortune telling, food and other attractions. A $20 admission allows entry to all features. The haunts are restricted to people ages 12 and older. Sessions each night will run from 7 to 10 p.m. Returning this year is “20 for 20” group sales for the first night. For groups of 20 or more, a 20 percent discount will apply for tickets sold in a bundle with prior arrangements. Those attending Hau...
