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The Endicott Community Club and Endicott Park and Rec are in the planning stages for the 4th of July Celebration this year in Endicott. Some of the things that they are planning are Vehicle show, Swimming Pool open, Food Service, Parade including Childrens Parade, Pie Shack and Fireworks to end the evening. The Community Club has been working with the Community Garden plot. Memorial Day weekend the Veteran American flags and the Military Flags flew over the Endicott Cemetery. The flags were put up by Endicott Community Club. The Veterans...
ROSALIA — The community will take a step back in time to the days of American muscle cars and pin-up girls Saturday as the Car Show and Pin-Up Model Contest take center state. Rose Garage Brewing and Hot Rodes is putting on the event that begins at 11 a.m. More than 100 cars are expected to make an appearance. “The car show will have really nice trophies. It’s a peoples choice type of award,” said Jay Scholz, owner of Rose Garage Brewing and Hot Rods. A barbecue and live music will also be included. “We fill up the downtown area of Rosalia,...
COLFAX - Boyer Park and Marina will host the annual Snake River Family Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. The annual festival at 1752 Granite Road is free and features a barbecue lunch while supplies last, Ferdinand's ice cream, exhibits, children's activities and live music from Eric E. A 25-foot-long summer chum sculpture from the North Olympic Salmon Coalition called "FIN, the migrating Salmon," will be on display, as well as a variety of interactive, river-related...
LaCrosse and Rosalia High Schools hosted graduation ceremonies on Saturday, June 11. Above, Tanner Ray Taylor signals his success as confetti calls in the LaCrosse High School gymnasium. At right, the senior class of Rosalia High School poses for a photo together following commencement....
TEKOA - Local third- through sixth-grade students performed their rendition of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" during three shows at the Empire Theatre. Avery Blank played Belle and Ryker French portrayed the prince/beast. Others in the troupe included Bayler Chase, LeFou; Zeke Sanchez, Gaston; Rylan Carey, Maurice; Ruby Ramirez, Cogsworth; Ady Carren, Lumiere; Aislinn Gamble, Babette; Ella Arthur, Mrs. Pots; Makayla Taufen, Chip; Alex Klun, Prince in intro; Xzaiver Anderson, Bookseller;...
8 Years ago, Friday, June 11, 1897 Fishing for Squirrels E.R. Barrell, a hardware merchant of Colfax was in Spokane on business Tuesday. Among other things he purchased while there was a quantity of large fish hooks. When asked if fishing had become suddenly good in the Palouse country he informed a Chronicle reporter that it had not, but that the farmers were using the hooks to catch squirrels with. This is new and novel but quite a popular and successful one. A large fish hook is fastened...
MALDEN - John Wayne Pioneer Wagons and Riders raised nearly $5,000 for local use during their 17-day cross-state trip that concluded Sunday, June 5. The wagon train started its 41st ride in Easton on May 20 and entered Adams County on May 27, remaining on John Wayne Pioneer Trail, now called the Palouse to Cascades Trail State Park. There, it stopped in Lind and Ralston before heading to Revere - a former railroad town along the Adams-Whitman County line. The wagons and riders spent May 31 in...
COLFAX - A local author recently released her second novel, this one set in Colfax. Kairi Rimbey, 56, published her second novel Tuesday, May 24, and will have an upcoming book display at Rosaurs in the upcoming weeks. "Finding Y" is a young-adult-themed novel inspired by real events from Rimbey's teenage years. "It's inspired by tragedy from one of my old high school classmates," she said. "It's not a true story, but it's inspired. "My old classmate had killed himself after his brother died in...
Photos by Don Marshall, Justin Slayton and TeAire Baier....
OAKESDALE - A local couple is celebrating 50 years of marriage. Dennis Conrad, 72, and his wife, Joeva Conrad, 86, married June 3, 1972, in Moscow, Idaho. The couple will be the guest of honor at a 2-4 p.m. celebration Sunday, June 5, with their three surviving children and 19 great-grandchildren. The reception is open to family and friends at the Palouse Community Center. Dennis originally grew up in Castleford, Idaho, and Joeva grew up in Moscow, Idaho. The Conrads met in 1970 at work. The...
PALOUSE — Friday, June 10, marks the last day of school for the Palouse School District and the last day of teaching for local Chris Bofenkamp. “It’s already been emotional. All year, I have been very intentional about enjoying everything I do,” Bofenkamp said. “There is just so much I am going to miss.” Bofenkamp has worked at the elementary school 39 years. She spent most of the time educating kindergartners. She had a brief stint working with preschoolers and most recently, first-graders. Bofenkamp graduated in 1981 from University of Idaho...
On Friday night, there was a mini LaCrosse Class of 1979 reunion in Ritzville. The group attended the Ritzville All-School Reunion to support Jay Humphrey who was performing that night with his band. Humphrey had been a classmate of theirs in LaCrosse until the fifth grade. Those attending included Kirk Fleming, Sheri Shaffer Hatley, Julie Cain, Paula Morris Meyer and Doreen Broeckel Riedner. It was Paula’s reunion as well since she graduated from Ritzville High School. Karen Broeckel, Dusty, and Patty Wieber, Spokane, rode with Judy and J...
LACROSSE – A LaCrosse student has been awarded the Clark Dorothy King Endowed Scholarship. Gunnar Aune was honored by Oklahoma State University’s Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Aune is a biosystems engineering student and is on track to graduate in 2025. The scholarships are part of the more than $1.8 million that students will receive from the college and its academic departments, reports say. “Our students have a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences and career interests, and i...
ALBION — The Guy Albion Society is resuming its annual Pie Social after a two-year hiatus on Saturday, June 11. The event runs from 3-5 p.m. in the Albion Community Building, 310 N. F St. “This upcoming event will be our 40th pie social. We haven’t had it for two years because of COVID,” Guy Albion Society President Craig Whitney of Albion said. The event is open to everyone and the social will feature folk music from the Pioneer Ramblers. “This event is a fund-raiser to support our museums and newsletter. People are kind enough to donate pi...
Theo Grace Brosky and Quinn Kathryn Brodsky were born twin girls, May 27, 2022, to parents Madeleine Brodsky and Laura Baker Brodsky, of Pullman. Theo, the first twin, was born 5 pounds 4. Her twin sister, Quinn, was born 5 pounds 8. Maternal grandparents are Barbara Brodsky-Post and Sidney Post of Myrtle Creek, Ore., and Phil and Wendy Baker, of College Station, Texas. They are the first children born to Madeleine and Laura Brodsky....
Lavender Juliet Willits was born a girl, May 25, 2022 to parents Alexis and Dale Willits, of Pullman. Laevender weighed 6 pounds 12....
Matilda Rose Moses was born a girl May 23, 2022, to parents Lilly Lelitt and Curtis Moses, of Pullman. She weighed 8 pounds 13. Paternal grandparents are Emily Huttula and Christopher Moses of Cocolalla, Idaho, and Havasu, Ariz. Maternal grandparents are Christopher and Mary Cail Lelitt, of Kirkland....
COLFAX — Graduation is approaching for high schools across the Palouse, with commencements scheduled over the next two weeks. Colfax, Colton, Garfield-Palouse, Oakesdale and Tekoa high schools kick off the graduation season in the county on Saturday, June 4. The Colfax Class of 2022 will graduate 34 students at 11 a.m. at the school. This year’s Colfax Valedictorian is Dyamin Zanek, and the Salutatorian is Anna Cocking. The Senior Scholarship Night took place Tuesday May 24. Baccalaureate was...
UNIONTOWN - Dahmen Barn is starting off its summer concert series with New York musician Marc Berger from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at the barn, 419 N. Parkway Inspired by a lifelong love affair with the American West, his music is rooted in country, blues, folk and rock'n' roll, he said. "When I was 21, I was about to start law school and a friend and I decided to have a summer adventure, a road trip across the country," Berger said. "The trip changed my life. I...
COLFAX - On May 19, Hawk and Owl Outreach (HOOT) from Spokane's West Valley Outdoor Learning Center brought Stan, a Harris' hawk, to visit local children at the library. Program representative Davis Hatch gave a presentation about raptors. Hatch showed youngsters a skull of an owl and wings from birds, while Stan sat on his perch. The Outdoor Learning Center has five birds of prey. The five birds are a Harris's hawk named "Stan," a red-tailed hawk, a rough-legged hawk, a hybrid sparred owl, and...
COLFAX – Whitman County Public Works sent a crew through downtown in the morning of Wednesday, May 18 to assist in cleaning street corners. "Our public works crew come and clean up every spring to clean up debris and bark," City Administrator Chris Mathais said. The Colfax Downtown Association is hosting a volunteer cleanup on Saturday, May 21. The city recently bought new flower pots for each corner. "Our guys are just prepping all the corners to put the pots down," Mathais noted. P...
TEKOA – Dozens of John Wayne Pioneer Wagons and Riders members will be traversing Adams and Whitman counties over the next two weeks as part of their annual wagon train. The group set out last week on a 17-day ride that started in Easton and ends in Tekoa on Sunday, June 5. The wagon train follows the John Wayne Trail — now called the Palouse to Cascades Trail State Park by the state. “It’s been good,” organization spokesman Tom Short said Monday. “We’re out of Snoqualmie Pass.” The route takes...
