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YAKIMA - The 4-H Palouse Area Robotics Team (PART) SciBorgs received the Engineering Inspiration Award during a competition in the Yakima Sundome on March 18-19. They competed with 21 other high school teams from all over the league's Pacific Northwest District. The 4-H PART SciBorgs are Team 4061 and comprised of high school students from Colfax, Pullman, Moscow, and the surrounding area. "The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) STEM program gives students from...
COLFAX - Colfax High School's Cathy White is inducted into the Washington State Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Hall of Fame. "Cathy White has been a great influence on students for over 40 years as the (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) adviser at Colfax High School," stated a spokesperson. "She has also guided many students through the state officer positions, STAR Event competitions, and endless community service projects for the Colfax area." After White's...
PALOUSE - Kendra Lentz was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Garfield-Palouse on Sunday, March 27, during a special program in the Garfield High School cafeteria Lentz was awarded $8,050 in cash and tuition scholarships, which were contributed to by local businesses, individuals and organizations. She is the daughter of Brian and Cathy Lentz She was selected from among a total of three contestants, including Laynie Southern and Ava Hemphill. All three are juniors at Garfield-Palouse High...
More than 55 years after this photo was taken, Mike Day of Rosalia received a photo of him receiving his 4-H championship cow trophy presented at Lakeland Village circa 1965....
PULLMAN – “Stop the Kiss” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. March 25-26 at the Nye Street Theater, 1220 N.W. Nye St. The event, the first “Shows on the Side” presentation in two years at the theater, is open only to those showing proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Shows on the Side is a secondary season, Artistic Director Kristin Lincoln said. “This meaningful story about love, friendship, and humanity cannot be missed,” she said of the upcoming performance....
LaCROSSE — Selbu Lutheran Church has announced its Lent activities for the upcoming month. Here’s what’s planned for Lent by the 6004 Mud Flat Road church: • Soup Supper — Soup suppers and brief worship services are planned for 6:30 p.m. at the Lutheran Church on March 23 and April 6. A Methodist soup supper is planned for 6:30 p.m. March 30. • Palm Sunday – The Palm Sunday servic is at 11 a.m. April 10 • Good Friday – The Good Friday service is at 7 p.m. April 15 • Easter Service – The Easter Sunday Resurrection service is at 11 a.m. April 1...
Sunday, Andrew Nolan and Hanna Monsen, Colfax, and Karen Broeckel, Dusty, were in Spokane to help Nolan’s daughter Murphy celebrate her 6th birthday. The party started at Pattison’s Roller Skating Rink in north Spokane where the birthday girl got to try out her new roller skates. It continued back at her family home with cake and presents with family and friends enjoying the Halloween theme Murphy had requested as decorations....
PULLMAN — A Teddy bear surgery clinic and a 5K dog run are set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 2. Children are encouraged to bring their favorite stuffed animal, scrub in with veterinary students and assist with “surgery” at Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s Teddy Bear Surgery Clinic, 205 Ott Road, organizer Emma Potter said. The event includes the Royal Canin Canine Canter 5K run and other events. Check-in for the run is at 8 a.m.; racetime is 8:30 a.m. Prizes are awarded to the Top 3 finishers and for the best dog and...
COLFAX - Four men were recognized for their service to the country by receiving Quilts of Valor. The handmade quilts were presented to them at the United Methodist Church during a ceremony on March 18, according to Diana King. David Bilow served in the Air Force as a sergeant and was with the security police. He served in 1970-1973. Bilow was stationed in Montana and Alaska. Gregory Burns was a captain in the Air Force from 1966-1972 and involved with the Minute Man Missile program. Burns was...
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, March 26, 1897 Kicked by a Horse. Tuesday forenoon the 17-year-old son of James Small, living 11 miles south-east of Colfax on Spring Flat, was kicked by a horse and badly injured. The boy was in the barn and passing behind the horse, the animal lashed out with its hind feet, both hoofs striking the boy in the head, a deep three inch gash being cut in the forehead above the right eye, and another deep gash just above the point of the chin. Drs....
WENATCHEE - Four Tekoa High School Family, Careeers and Community Leaders of America chapter members are bound for nationals. Ziyon Marsh, Julian Meredith, Eliona McElderry and Kailey McElderry all received gold in their STAR events and the state FCCLA Conference on Wednesday-Friday, March 16-18, at Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel. Member Lulu Taylor attended the event, but couldn't compete due to illness the day of the state-qualifier. The four local scholars competed on two teams; both needed a...
8 Years Ago From the Colfax Gazette March 19, 1897 All Home Talent Opera to be Produced by Colfax Amateurs Next Week What promises to be by far the best amatuer performance ever given in Colfax will be put on at the opera house Thursday and Friday nights of next week, March 25 and 26. It is the original comic opera entitled "The Merry Students," or "Tit for Tat." The words of the opera were written by Bert Hargrave and the music composed by Prof. L. C. Read. It is a masterpiece and over...
COLFAX – The Whitman County Association of Realtors is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating Whitman County student to attend Washington State University next fall. The applications deadline is April 29. Applications are available electronically at whitmancountyrealtors.com....
COLFAX – The Whitman County Library District collected more than $3,100 worth of food and items during its 24th annual Food for Fines in February. Instead of paying cash for library fines, readers were able to pay in non-perishable food or household items. Cash donations were also accepted. Only 5% of the donations were in exchange for library fees, officials said, noting 72 readers participated. The Colfax branch received $2,515 in monetary donations to benefit the Colfax Food Pantry....
Karen Broeckel spent a week house and critter sitting for her sister Patty Wieber in Spokane while Wieber and her son Brett were in Las Vegas to attend the WCC Basketball tournament. The Wiebers are avid Gonzaga fans. Broeckel took advantage of her time in the big city to run errands, had a two night sleep-over with her great-great niece, Murphy Nolan, enjoyed an evening at Chuck E. Cheese with Murphy and had lunch and a good time visiting with former Dustyite, Carol Kyllo. Kyllo sends greetings to her Whitman County relatives and...
COLFAX – Readers are facing two challenges by the Whitman County Rural Library District. Both the Genre Challenge and the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten use the library’s online reading to track books read. The app is called Beanstack, Interim Director Sheri Miller said. “Beanstack’s website and app serve as an interactive home for reading challenges created by (Whitman County Library). Tring to serve patrons through COVID, (we) jumped on the online reading bandwagon last spring,” Miller said. “Even prior to COVID, many public libraries t...
Today, Thursday, March 17, will bring kids and families of all ages to the library for a St. Patrick's Day read. Interim and youth services director Sheri Miller is excited for the upcoming story time. The event "encourages literacy and teaches pre-reading skills," she said. "We play songs, finger plays, and have many activities. It's a great opportunity for kids to make friends. It's not just sitting around and listening to stories. It's an engagement with stories," Miller said. Story Time is...
HAMILTON, Mont. - Melissa Aeschliman and Jonathan White were married on May 22, 2021. Aeschliman is the daughter of John Corwin (Cory) and Rosemarie Aeschliman, of Colfax, and White, son of Eric and Janice White, of Mountlake Terrace, was celebrated on May 22, 2021 amidst the trees of a mountain log cabin venue in Hamilton, Mont. Early in the ceremony, the fathers of the couple read from the Bible, Ephesians 6:10-13, about putting on the whole armor of God: one in Afrikaans and the other in Engl...
COLFAX – Colfax High School staff voted for students to be named Top Dog for February. The Top Dog program honors Colfax High School students excelling in each department for effort, attitude, hard work, and helping others. Teachers in each department nominate students and vote to determine the winners. For the character award, any staff member may nominate a student, and the whole staff votes. The Colfax Top Dogs are: Art – Luka Carrico Character – Marchele McNeilly CTE – Madeline Tate History...
LaCROSSE - Paint Nights at Whitman County libraries returns at the LaCrosse and Endicott branches this March. The public services manager at the Whitman County Library, Catalina Flores, is hopeful that the lifting of the mask mandate will bring more people to area libraries. "We are hoping more will come out and enjoy these programs we offer," Flores said. "We are excited to host these classes." Flores, a Colfax local, was disappointed to see the classes end in Oakesdale and Garfield during the...
MOSCOW, Idaho — The Kenworthy Performing Arts Center, 508 S. Main St., no longer requires masks or social distancing at events. The center is operating in accordance with the current Center for Disease Prevention and Control and Latah County, Idaho, according to center Director Colin Mannex....
LEWISTON, Idaho – The Lewiston Civic Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express.” Performances are at 7 p.m. on April 1-2, 8- 9 and at 2 p.m. on April 3. Performances are at the Normal Hill Campus, 1114 Ninth Ave....
UNIONTOWN - The new "Bird Brained" exhibit is on display at Dahmen Barn through March 27. "Bird Brained" features artists from the Palouse Women Artist organization, which is made up of 35 members with a range in skill, age and background. A variety of mediums are explored in the gallery. Julie Hartwig, a curator at The Dahmen Barn, assisted the Palouse Women Artist Organization in the collection and display of more than 40 pieces featured at the gallery, 419 N. Parkway....
LaCROSSE – Don and Marie Ping are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary this month. They were married March 16, 1952, at the Methodist Church. A small family celebration will be attended by their children, Julie and Gary Simpson, Steve and Wendy Ping, Dawn and Bob Sinclair, with many special wishes from their seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren....
ROSALIA — Carley Dube provided the keynote address during the March 2 Rosalia Garden Club meeting. Dube, who teaches greenhouse gardening, discussed the importance of heat mats, lighting, watering and seeds during the program. Garden club members start many seeds for their upcoming plant sale in June. Dube is a retired teacher and has been gardening in a backyard greenhouse for many years....
