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COLFAX — Colfax Junior-Senior High School has released the names of its Top Dog award-winnners for December. The December winners are seniors Perry Imler, history, Sam Kopp, character, and Kierstyn York, fine arts; sophomores Gene Gibler, language, Corbin Burth, physical education, and Makiah Zorb, mathematics; and juniors Luka Garcia, career and technical education, and Cora Schindler, science. The Top Dog program, begun this year, honors students who excel in each academic department for effort, attitude, hard work and helping others. T...
The first baby of the new year was born at Whitman Hospital Jan. 8 at 1:08 p.m., to Leslie and Jason Olin of Colfax. Weighing 11 pounds and 11 ounces, Bennett Malcolm Olin is the first child for Leslie and Jason together. He joins sisters Elizabeth, 19, Kendall, 17, and Peyton, 14. Maternal grandparents are Bob and Renea Manis of Richland. Paternal grandparents are Marie Olin and the late Mike Olin of Spokane. The baby was due Jan. 3. "Five days late, we figured by the eighth someone else...
COLFAX — The Whitman County Association of Realtors has recognized several area residents for their accomplishments during 2020. Edmund O. Schweitzer III was named Citizen of the Year by the organization and Palouse Habitat for Humanity was named Partner of the Year. Melanie Schaefer was named Affiliate of the Year and Krista Gross received the Community Service Award. Jeannette Gordon received the Realtor Achievement Award and Melinda Beasley the Realtor of the Year Award....
COLFAX — The local branch of the Whitman County Rural Library District and The Center will be closed Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The local branch at 102 S. Main St. and adjacent The Center are open otherwise with curbside services....
COLFAX — The Center, adjacent to the library at 102 S. Main St., will host a community blood drive from 2-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Appointments are encouraged by calling 877-25VITAL, but walk-ins are also being accepted....
DUSTY — Dick and Helen Appel had a very quiet Christmas. Only two families — Bruce and Elaine Appel, Charlie and Spenser of Spokane; and Caroline and Rob Kunkel, Zach, Kade, Elly and Luciene, all of Pullman — brought Christmas dinner to the grandparents. While it was mostly quiet here, the Lynch family did receive good news this week. Susan and Joe Lynch had baby girl No. 4, Bridget Joy. She weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long, with a lot of blonde hair. She joins sisters Cecilia, Abagail and Lillian. Sue and Joe live in Lafay...
PULLMAN — The Friends of Gladish has been awarded a $44,851.50 nonprofit relief grant. The organization applied for the county funds, seeking help following the COVID-19 shutdown orders. The Friends of Gladish has lost income due to the shutdown of venues, making it eligible to receive the grant....
PULLMAN — The county’s first baby of the new year arrived at 11:43 a.m. Jan. 2 at Pullman Regional Hospital. Jared Adesanya weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. He was born to parents Olabisi and Adekunle Adesanya, Washington State University graduate students who met in Nigeria while studying for their bachelor’s degrees....
COLFAX - It was 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning in late June. Carrie Lyle was awake to make coffee for her husband, Larry. She crossed her arms and felt a small, pea-sized lump in her breast. She had a clean mammogram in January, but cancer can grow quickly. Fortunately, this barrel-rounding cowgirl was faster than the cancer. She has taken this bull by the horns and tossed it to the ground, all while wearing a smile. "It's been such an inspiration for others going through something similar," said...
COLFAX-The Fireman's Toy Box give-away last week provided toys to more than 200 Whitman County youth, according to organizer Bill Knox. While down some from last year's 267 total, Knox said volunteers met their goal. Fundraising this year was very successful, Knox said. He has been overseeing the Toy Box for more than 30 years. More than $10,000 was received in donations - the exact number was unknown at press time as Knox was still calculating donations. People also brought in toys. Knox, his...
COLFAX — The following births were reported at Whitman County Hospital: Henley Rayne Hall was born Dec. 21 at Whitman Hospital, a girl weighing six pounds and nine ounces, to Kylie Gronning and Austin Hall. Maternal grandparents are Craig and Laurie Gronning of Colfax and Scott and Kelly Hall of Kendrick, Idaho. Zaidee Louise Davis was born Dec. 6 at Whitman Hospital, a girl weighing eight pounds, to Maggie and Nick Davis of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Terry and Nancy Cochran of Colfax. Paternal grandparent is Robert Davis, also of C...
8 years ago The Commoner November 15, 1895 (continued from Dec. 17, 2020 issue of The Gazette) The jailbreak was a well-planned one, showing that the originators were men with a genius for that kind of thing. The jail proper is in the northeast corner of the courthouse, directly beneath the prosecuting attorney’s office. The walls are very heavy, the ceiling is of steel, floor of cement and the windows, which are ten or twelve feet from the ground, are heavily barred. Inside the jail, and surrounded on all sides by an open corridor, is a s...
LaCROSSE — The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation awarded $2,000 to LaCrosse Community Pride for renovation of the rock house service station. The grant will help pay for engineering drawings for the service station, which is being renovated into the Ice Age Floods Visitor Center and Heritage Museum. The museum is part of a larger project to rehabilitate all six historic rock buildings, built by local farmers during the Great Depression, and to attract visitors and highlight the history of the city. The trust announced the recipients o...
SPOKANE — The Spokane Symphony will present a virtual New Year’s Eve concert with the Spokane Symphony and Friends at 4 p.m., Dec. 31. Because of the pandemic, this is the first time Spokane Symphony musicians have performed together for a public event since February 2020. The remainder of the 2019-20 Spokane Symphony season was canceled last March due to the coronavirus, followed by the cancellation of the 2020-21 season last July. This concert is free for healthcare workers and people who have been financially impacted by the pandemic. “We...
COLFAX-Columbia Grain International donated $3,000 to area charities as part of its Cultivating Growth Christmas Charity Donation campaign. The bulk grains, pulses and edible beans company donated to 30 charities in 46 cities it operates in. Whitman and Adams county each received $1,500. The Colfax Fireman's Toy Box, LaCrosse Community Pride and Community Action Center in Pullman each received $500. The Lind Senior Center, Ritzville Food Bank and Washtucna Food Bank also received $500 a piece....
PULLMAN — The following births were reported at Pullman Regional Hospital: • Emilio Castillo, a boy, born Dec. 17, 2020, to parents Adam and Yvette Castillo of Pullman. He weighted 7 pounds 7 ounces. He joins brother Maximillian Castillo, 2, at home. • Kennedy Jo Riedinger, a girl, born Dec. 14, 2020, to parents Karl and Amanda Riedinger of Clarkston. She weighed 7 pounds 0 ounces and is the couple’s first child....
DUSTY — After a three-week closure, Country Bible Church will resume Sunday morning worship services at 11 a.m. Dec. 27. Dean Ellis will be guest speaker in Pastor Szasz’s absence....
COLFAX — A display of oil paintings by Vicki Broeckel is on exhibit through the first week of January at Libey Gallery in the Whitman County Rural Library District branch here. A collection of 20 paintings of the Palouse and surrounding area are included along with a piece depicting the Dusty elevator in its prime. The work “Palouse Falls” has sold, as well as a scene of Alkali Flat. A portion of the sales goes to Friends of the Library....
PULLLMAN — The following births were reported by Pullman Regional Hospital between Nov. 30 and Dec. 13: Jaylen Russel Heustis, a boy, born Nov. 30, 2020, to parents Jerome and Kelly Heustis of Palouse. He weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces. He joins sisters Myan Heustis, 5, and Chloe Heustis, 2, at home. Oaklynn Palmer Jeffers, a girl, born Dec. 13, 2020, to parents Tyler Jeffers and Danielle Adelsbach of Lewiston, Idaho. She weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces. Grandparents are Scott and Jennifer of Lewiston, and Greg and Stephanie of Clarkston. She joins b...
8 years ago The Commoner Nov. 15, 1895 (continued from Dec. 3, 2020 issue of The Gazette) When early morning came it was discovered that two of the men must have climbed the steep hillside back of the Bellinger residence, as their tracks could be seen, where they crossed the plowed ground on the hill top. Deputy Osborne, accompanied by Sam Talley followed this trail, until it was lost, when they continuerd their search in the same general direction. About eight o’ clock Monday morning, after they had separated, the latter was informed that a...
PULLMAN — Washington State University students will be required to take a coronavirus test to return to the campus for the spring term. Testing will take place in Beasley Coliseum. Following testing, they will be quarantined in their rooms until results return, officials said. Results are expected to come back in 48 hours. University officials said students will be required to carry proof on smartphones that they have taken a coronavirus test and have it came back negative. Students who test positive for the virus will be quarantined in M...
