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Chuck Jordan was born and raised in Winona, Wash. He raises cattle and farms wheat. His great-uncle was the first in the family to come to the Palouse and his great-grandfather followed shortly after in 1892 and created the homestead that Chuck and his wife live on today. Chuck smiled as he shared that he has had three different addresses in his life but has never lived in another location. Although the location hasn’t changed, the address did as the postal service came in and then later made changes in the routes, once again changing his a...
Lacrosse A new Farmers Festival event will be a Truck Show June 23, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Parade line up will be at the grain elevator at 9 a.m. with the show to follow on Leslie Ave. First and Second place trophies will be awarded for Peoples’ Choice. A New Look at LaCrosse photo contest for Farmer's Festival is looking for pictures taken within the LaCrosse School District between the Farmer's Festival of 2017 to the Farmer's Festival of 2018. Pictures must be 5x7 inches that are developed on photo paper. For display purposes, pictures m...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Kuok Teong Ong, 33, and Peiji Wang, 26, both Pullman, April 25. Daniel Walter Modin, 23, and Hailey Elaine Windish, 20, both Pullman, April 26. Nicholas Austin Meboe, 19, and Brittany Michelle Cummings, 26, both Pullman, April 27. Daniel Soren Jensen, 30, and Jennifer Jane Lile, 32, both Troy, Idaho, April 27. Soumara Karmakar, 28, Santa Clara, Calif., and Ankita Bhuyan, 27, Pullman, April 27. Thomas Bertapelle, 28, and Marie Brooks, 25, both Moscow, April 30. Jonathan Forest Moore, 22, and McKayla Louise Wixon, both Pullman,...
With western wildfires growing in size and destroying more homes, farms and businesses, there is a need for new tools and approaches. The infernos are spreading so fast they are outstripping our ability to fight them in traditional ways. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle reported last November: “Over the course of just a few weeks, a major fire can pump more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than California’s many climate change programs can save in 12 months. Scientists debate whether California’s vast forests are emitting more carbo...
My first teaching job was in a Spokane middle school. I was hired for one semester while an experienced teacher had both knees replaced. It was an interesting assignment. A week or so after I began, I was given notes for the kids to take home announcing an upcoming open house. I assumed I was included, so I showed up at the announced date and time to discover I was the only teacher there. The principal informed me that this activity was not in the union contract, and teachers were not allowed to attend. As I was not a member of the union, it...
Once again, Frank Watson, you are the good Company Man, doing the dirty work of your CEO and Wall Street buddies by bashing the American worker (April 26, 2018.) In this coming November election, voters in Eastern Washington will have a choice for Congress: the same old, entrenched, anti-worker, Cathy McMorris Rodgers or the new, capable and pro-worker, Lisa Brown. Mark Olson, Seattle...
Let's face it, the United States of America's government is not a democracy like the textbook propaganda claims. No matter the intent of the founders, we have evolved into a pay-to-play oligarchy, where money rules. I have to say, I appreciate it when someone is so honest about his or her own dishonesty. Rarely, however, is someone so candid as Mick Mulvaney. He now heads the Trump administration's Office of Management and Budget, and even more damagingly, has been appointed by the president, on an interim basis, to head the Consumer Financial...
These reports are from the previous four 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. Aftermath Crews continue to clear the tracks north of Palouse where a Washington & Idaho freight train derailed April 20. Grain cars on the train went off the tracks about one-and-one-half miles north of Palouse where the line runs along the east side of the North Fork of the Palouse River....
Soon we observe a day to recognize a certain type of person. To many they are heroes; in some cases villains. These people have shaped nations and destroyed monsters. They have clothed the naked—even when the naked preferred to stay that way—and fed the hungry despite protests about the character of the food. They have lifted up those who have fallen and cried with those who weep. They have comforted, counseled and provided almost magical-type healing. They have sacrificed; time, energy, money and their own bodies. Many times with little to...
RTOP sets dates for 'Carnage' run Performances of God of Carnage, which will conclude the 2017-18 season of Regional Theatre of the Palouse in Pullman, will be May 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. God of Carnage is a comedic production about two sets of parents discussing a playground incident between their sons. As the night progresses, the conversation shifts from polite exchanges to heated words as relationships explode. General admission prices range from $12 to $20. rtoptheatre.org Holbert book talk slated at St. John Bruce Holbert, former St...
With the closing of all Toys R Us stores as the latest news about struggling retail chains and malls around the country, the blame goes mostly to the behemoth of online retail. How much of a factor is that? It may be less than it seems. Toys R Us, for instance, flourished from the late '70s through the early '90s. It came apart in the early-2000s to now. Looking at what they were selling during these two eras shows evidence of another cause: a cultural failing. In Toys R Us' glory days, they had Star Wars figures, Hello Kitty, G.I. Joe (small f...
REAL ESTATE Leonard Stevick to Davin J. Maxey, Colfax, house on E. First Street, Colfax, $79,000, April 18. Thomas Berger, Tekoa, to CEBA Properties LP, house in S. Crosby Street, Tekoa, $25,000, April 18. S&D Mader LLC, Genesee, to Pullman School District, lot in S & D Mader LLC Albion Drive short plat on Pullman-Albion Road, $335,000, April 20. Susan A. Smith, Moscow, to Benjamin Wilson, Pullman, house on E. Mohr, Palouse, $92,000, April 20. Michael and Linda Blair, Garfield, to Dustin and Holly Hall, Moscow, land with new building on 4th...
I read an article in a liberal publication the other day. Although I lean to the right, I try to listen to arguments left of the middle. That is only fair. In this particular article, the author bemoaned the fact that his poor brother-in-law was being victimized by his rich neighbor. The brother-in-law didn’t go to college and had few marketable skills, so he had spent much of his life dependent on public assistance and can barely afford gas for his old Chevy. When he found work, it was usually part time, minimum wage and not nearly enough to k...
The late great philosopher Yogi Berra once proclaimed: “The future ain’t what it used to be.” It sure ain’t! Lots has changed over the last 60 years since Yogi was the catcher for the legendary New York Yankees. Hopefully, in the years ahead, we will experience a return of respect for one another and our way of life which has been a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. Today, there is too little civility and the public discourse consists of subtle and not-so-subtle personal barbs aimed at piercing opponent’s dignity and public persona....
If Republicans aren't losing their congressional majority this coming fall, they are doing a good job of acting like it. Dozens of Republicans are leaving the House, and last week Paul Ryan said he is resigning as House speaker at the end of this Congress, and will not even run for his congressional seat again. If the high-water mark of Republican power came on the day last December that congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of the tax bill on the White House lawn, Ryan's announcement is a clear sign that...
There's one aspect of the saga about the newly released batch of Jim Comey memoranda that I totally love. First, a bit of background. In one of the contemporaneous memos the then-FBI director wrote to himself detailing conversations with the new President Donald Trump, Trump and Comey did agree on one issue: Both expressed a mutual scorn for leaks and leakers. They also seemed to feel that the reporters who publish leaks were fair game for putting the squeeze on, up to and including jailing us if we didn't reveal our sources. The new documents...
These reports are from the previous four 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. KAYAKERS FIND FALLS VICTIM Franklin County coroner has identified the victim of the April 21 death at Palouse Falls as Issac Engell, 23, Spokane. Franklin Coroner Dan Blasdel determined the cause of death was asphyxiation caused by drowning and the manner of death was accidental. Engell vanished April 21 when he was pulled down by currents...
Dear Savvy Senior, A good friend of mine got a bad case of shingles last year and has been urging me to get vaccinated. Should I? Suspicious Susan Dear Susan, Yes! If you’re 50 or older, there’s a new shingles vaccine on the market that’s far superior to the older vaccine, so now is a great time to get inoculated. Here’s what you should know. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a burning, blistering, often excruciating skin rash that affects around 1 million Americans each year. The same virus that causes chickenpox causes shingles. What...
8 years ago The Commoner April 21, 1893 Edward H. King, the Oakesdale attorney, was yesterday arraigned in the superior court on a charge of forgery, in having affixed the name of an Oakesdale woman to a legal document without her knowledge or consent, it is alleged. *** The hearing in the Hay station assault case took place before Justice of the Peace Dillon at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The defendant is George Frye, and he was charged with an assault to commit murder by George Krentz, a neighbor. Frye sold the prosecuting witness some...
Whitman County Superior Court Judge Gary Libey and court administrator Ginger Devorak show photos from a new historic exhibit that now hangs in the courtroom. The exhibit was commissioned by Judge Libey in partnership with Whitman County Library’s online Heritage Collection. The 18 images that were selected for the exhibit come from all across the county. The images shown are the Cashup Davis Hotel on Steptoe Butte from the Irene and Eric Weitze collection (left), Pacific Northwest Bell from t...
Dusty BB club members at a quilt collection display in 1993. Dusty BB Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a display of historic quilts May 1-28 at The Center at Colfax Library. Some of the quilts were made by members from about 1930 to 1945. Many of the the quilts were donated to various causes and needs. The group resumed making quilts in 1975 at the request of the younger members who wanted to learn how to quilt. They continued until about 1993. Some of these quilts will also be on...
Colton graduates Kendyl A. Druffel of Colton and Brady Chadwick of Uniontown were among students named to the winter scholastic honor roll at Oregon State University in Corvallis with a grade averages of 3.5 or higher on at least 12 graded hours of course work. Both are freshmen at the university....
An Incident Command System 400 course will be Tuesday, May 29, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Wednesday, May 30, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., at the WSU Public Safety Building located at 2201 E. Grimes Way in Pullman. There is no charge for the class. Prerequisites are ICS 100, 200, 300, 700, 800. To sign up for the class and discuss parking contact Sarah Kubishta-Blatner at WSU Emergency Management at 509-335-7471 or email her at [email protected] There are many ICS trainings from FEMA and they all build on one another. ICS-400 is training for those who serve as...
Meet Wes and Shelby Hennigar Shelby and Wes Hennigar at the Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Show in the Spokane Valley. Some of you may be familiar with the saying, “A family that plays together, stays together.” Well, what about an extended family that plays together, works together, rides together, laughs together and is simply, always together? Let me introduce you to the Hennigar family. I first met the Hennigar women at the softball park. They are a lively bunch of fun-loving gals. It is...
The Palouse River Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), now in its third year, has assisted more than 40 landowners in achieving conservation goals on their land. The RCPP program covers the entire Palouse River drainage in Whitman, Latah, Spokane, Lincoln and Adams counties. Authorized under the 2014 Farm Bill and directed by the NRCS, RCPP acts as a one-stop shop for landowners to receive assistance that is tailored to their specific conservation goals with funding allocated from multiple sources. Landowners interested i...
