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Artisans at the Dahmen Barn is hosting the exhibit Reliquarium online with hopes of being open by appointment by May 14. Artists Theresa Henson, Beth Rimmelspacher, and Linda Hyatt present what inspires them from within. Mediums include photography, painting and sculpting. Exhibit is available virtually at artisanbarn.org. Please call for an appointment 509-229-3414 or email [email protected]....
Whitman County Gazette, May 14, 2020 At Pullman Regional Hospital Dallaire, Callie Fern, born May 3, 2020, at seven pounds, 11 ounces, to Zoe Fuller and Ross Dallaire, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Pete and Stephanie Dallaire, Richland. Maternal grandparents are Kris and Park Law, Clarkston, and Steven Fuller, New York, N.Y. Baby joins brothers, Theodore, 8, and Emerson, 4. Abrams, Ira Frances, born May 4, 2020, at six pounds, one ounce, to Richard Abrams III and Kathryn Hirschfelder, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Richard and Trudy...
COLFAX – Bruce Blood has worn one uniform or another the majority of his adult life. Now he is donning another as the interim Chief of Police. Blood was born and raised in Spokane. When he graduated high school in 1972, the Washington State Patrol had a requirement that troopers be at least six feet tall. At five feet, seven inches, Blood could not apply and joined the Air Force. He served as a navigator on a B52 bomber, including one year with the United Nations serving in Israel and Syria a...
COLFAX – In the fall of 2019, a countywide community-based task force was established to build resiliency within communities, educate and train community members to identify early-on common mental health issues, develop effective interventions and responses to suicidal crisis and provide support after a death by suicide. “We see the wake of trauma that follows suicide,” said Annie Pillers, Whitman County coroner. “We decided to reach out broadly to help the community.” She said when the task force was formed they realized the first people to...
PULLMAN – Two women were booked into Whitman County Jail for possession of heroin April 30 following a traffic stop. Whitman County Deputy Tyler Langerveld pulled over a U-Haul vehicle on SR 195 near Armstrong Road for speeding just after 12:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The driver, Teleshia Reynold, 30, Lewiston, allegedly stated she realized she was speeding. Seated in a lawn chair on the middle of a cab with no seatbelt was Katrina Taylor, 50, of Clarkston. Both exhibited signs or recent heroin use and Deputy Langerveld observed drug p...
ALBION – Whitman County deputies served a search warrant May 1 to seize any and all cats from a home in Albion. Deputies worked with the Whitman County Humane Society and Pullman Animal Control to retrieve 20 cats that day from the home. Approximately 30 more were voluntarily placed with the Humane Society from that residence during the previous 10 days, according to a Whitman County Sheriff's Office release. The Humane Society contacted the Sheriff’s Office about two weeks ago with concerns that there was ongoing animal neglect at the residenc...
PULLMAN – Pullman Police arrested Jose Mata, 29, the evening of April 28 on charges of alleged harassment with intent to kill. Officers responded to an apartment complex on Terre View Dr. at approximately 8:30 p.m. According to the arrest reports, the occupants of the apartment, Daniel Norfolk, 20, and Benjamin Holmes-Scanlon, 19, were doing homework on their balcony. Mata came onto his balcony a floor above, wrapping his hands for boxing and offered to box Holmes-Scanlon. Mata allegedly had a conversation with females in the courtyard and a...
COLFAX – A Lewiston woman was booked into Whitman County Jail Saturday on charges of possession of heroin with intent to deliver, possession of fentanyl, possession of methamphetamine and driving under the influence following a traffic stop. Hannah Barnes, 24, was stopped by Whitman County Deputy Cory Alcantar at about 9 p.m. Saturday in downtown Colfax after he observed multiple traffic violations. After speaking to Barnes, he suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Sgt. Keith Cooper and Narcotics K-9 Lilly responded. L...
COLFAX – Robert Middleton, 51, Malden, was booked into Whitman County Jail April 29 for violation of a protection order and tampering with a witness. According to the arrest report, the Whitman County Sheriff's Office responded to the call of order violation after Robert Middleton allegedly refused to leave the home of his daughter Nicole Lewis after Rachel Middleton arrived to take her to an appointment. Rachel Middleton has a protection order prohibiting Robert Middleton from being around her. Per the order, Robert Middleton is not to k...
To honor the Class of 2020, the Town of LaCrosse has banners along Main Street honoring this year’s senior class. On April 6, Gov. Inslee announced that school buildings would be closed for the remainder of the school year. To show support, school districts across the county have lit football fields on Friday nights in honor of the Class of 2020....
Census return numbers at the end of April show Colfax with 66.1 percent returns which is above the county, state and national rates. Colfax is 39th for returns in the state. Whitman County is ranked 19 for Census 2020 returns with 51 percent of the county having filled out and returned their census forms, online or by paper. Albion is still the second lowest for returns in the state with 3.9 percent. At the mid-April tally, Lamont was ranked number one for returns in the state with 61 percent. It is still at that percentage and now ranked...
COLFAX – Entry is now open for the Chamber of Commerce's photography contest. Photos can be entered in three categories: Nature, Towns or People of the Palouse. Grand prize winner will receive $500. Winner of each category will receive $250. People's Choice wins $250. Only hard copies will be accepted; no digital. Applications are available at the chamber's website and are to be submitted with the 8 x 10 inch photo to the Chamber of Commerce at 214 N. Main. Deadline for entry is July 1....
PULLMAN – The Lost Apple Project has been busy this past year with rediscovering 10 once lost apple varieties, one of these being near Pullman. With these recent discoveries, the total of rediscovered apples in eastern Washington and northern Idaho is now 23. The Milalyfi apple, found near Pullman, was found on Rocky Butte, land farmed by Roy Druffel. Druffel is on the Lost Apple Project committee and has been looking at the apples growing on Rocky Butte for the past few years. David B...
Whitman County Library book-drops are now open for the return of materials in all 14 branch locations. WCL staff will be emptying the drops regularly but with nearly 4,000 items checked out they ask your assistance in continuing to hold items should you encounter a full book-drop. The library has also resumed taking requests and mailing books, movies and other materials directly to resident’s homes. Requests for materials can be submitted via the Catalog at www.whitco.lib.wa.us, by email at [email protected], and by phone to Colfax at 5...
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has provided additional funding for the Brown Bag STEM program created in collaboration with Whitman County Library. The additional funding will expand the program to include students attending Whitman County Library District schools in Colton, Garfield, LaCrosse, Oakesdale, Palouse, Rosalia and Tekoa. “It’s been so fun working with the Whitman County Library team on this project,” said John Cassleman, manager of SEL’s K-12 Outreach program. “With all the virtual learning happening right now, we wanted to...
8 years ago The Commoner May 10, 1895 The residents of Colfax and vicinity have within the past week nearly all been to Rock creek, or sent a friend, on a fishing excursion. The first catch was brought in about two weeks ago, put everyone in the notion of fishing and since then there has been from one to three parties a day leave the town headed for some place on the creek where no one else has been, but on arriving at such a place it is discovered that from one to 50 people have done the same thing, consequently the stream is fished to...
At Pullman Regional Hospital Kenan, born April 19, 2020, at seven pounds, one ounce, to Maya and Ozan Akyildiz, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Sabahat and Orhan Akyildiz, Bolu, Turkey. Maternal grandparents are Nihal and Ferdi Celayir, Ankara, Turkey. Leke, Nansu, born April 21, 2020, at eight pounds, 10 ounces, to San Leke and Nan Su Su Hlaing, Pullman. Paternal grandparent is U Kyan Tin Hlaing, Myanmar. Maternal grandparent is Daw Nan Mu Mu, Myanmar. Valenzuela, Refugio Ierma, born April 21, 2020, at six pounds, 12 ounces, to Pedro and...
COLFAX–Kindergarten enrollment in Colfax this year is being done without the perspective student stepping into the building. With the school building closed except for a few staffers, Jennings Elementary has changed how it screens and enrolls incoming kindergarteners. Previously, the screenings happened on select days in April. The student and parent would set up a time to come to the school. They would check in and the child would go with one of the kindergarten teachers for screening while the parent filled out paperwork. The process took a...
COLFAX – Whitman County Library Director Kristie Kirkpatrick announced she will retire after 33 years with the library district. Having served 21 years as the director, Kirkpatrick is set to retire Oct. 1. Kirkpatrick started her library service as the manager of the Rosalia branch in 1988. Over the years she saw and helped spearhead major improvements in technology, especially internet connection. Library partnerships included First Step Internet, St. John Telephone, Pioneer Telephone, the P...
COLFAX – The 90th Washington State Convention will be switching from its annual, multi-day event to four virtual convention sessions that will run from May 3 to June 1. “With changing from in-person to a virtual event, it's been brand new for us, like so many other organizations that have had to change the way they do things,” said Washington State FFA Association Executive Director, Abbie DeMeerleer. “It wasn't easy for us to make the change.” DeMeeleer said many factors were considered before making this decision. She said, if anything, they...
COLFAX – Whitman County Library has resumed mailing books, movies and other materials to residents living within the library district. Requests for items can be submitted via the Catalog at www.whitco.lib.wa.us, by email at [email protected] and by phone to Colfax at 509-397-4366. Staff asks that you leave a message if the call isn’t answered. The library is also providing free Kanapy movie streaming from its website, along with links to the exercise class “Move it or Lose It,” which is provided by Whitman Hospital and Medical Center...
Colfax Monday, May 4: Roasted turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit, birthday dessert Thursday, May 7: Pulled pork sandwich, coleslaw, vegetable tray, fruit, rice pudding Endicott Tuesday, May 5: No meal LaCrosse Tuesday, May 5: Roasted turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, fruit, birthday dessert Tuesday, May 5: LaCrosse Café senior meal every Tuesday at noon throughout the pandemic, suggested donation of $4.25 Friday, May 8: LaCrosse Café senior meal every Friday at noon throughout the pandemic, suggested d...
SPOKANE –25th Annual Spokane Fall Folk Festival, set for Nov, 14-15, is now accepting applications for musicians, dancers and storytellers. Performer applications are available via the festival's website and must be postmarked by July 1. The annual festival, sponsored by the Spokane Folklore Society, is dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of folk music and culture. The festival invites new and veteran performers and artists to help celebrate and showcase 25 years of appreciation, development, and the continuation of the cultural a...
COLFAX – Second Harvest will be back in Colfax bringing an emergency mobile market to Rosauers for a drive-thru free food distribution on Friday, May 1. The service will begin at 11 a.m. and run while supplies last. Supplies include produce and other nutritious perishable products and can serve up to 250 families. No appointment is necessary to participate in the event....
