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Week of March 24-28 At Colfax Schools: Monday: Mac cheese, chicken nuggets, green beans, fruit Tuesday: Mashed potatoes/brown gravy, beef patty, roll, corn, fruit Wednesday: Corn dog, nachos, caesar salad, March b-day cake, fruit Thursday: Bulldog burger, fries, BBQ beans, fruit Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, veggies, fruit, cake At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Super nachos, taco meat, tomatoes, salsa, refried beans, cheese sauce, tortilla chips, mixed fruit, tropical fruit Tuesday: Cherry blossom chicken, rice, stir fry vegetables, e...
The Friends of Whitman County Library are hosting a book sale in the Colfax Library Mondays through Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5 p.m. Prices start at just 25 cents for books, movies and music CDs. All proceeds will fund programs and projects throughout the library district. Donations of quality materials are encouraged for supplementing the library’s collection budget and to also for addition into the Friends of the Library sales stock. For more i...
Thursday, March 20 Endicott – 7 p.m. – Book Club – Join the discussion of Chris Cleave’s, “Little Bee.” Everyone’s invited. Rosalia – 7 p.m. – Picture Books with Katie Wilkes – Learn how to introduce difficult topics and encourage reluctant readers. Friday, March 21 Malden – 2:30 p.m. – E-Reader Class – Learn how to download and checkout audiobooks and e-books onto your electronic device using the library’s website. Saturday, March 22 Oakesdale – 10:30 a.m. – House Plants & Herb Gardens - Horticulturist Donna Guske Hanson shares her vast knowle...
St. John St. John Historical Society and Heritage Museum will hold its fourth annual crab feed. Saturday, April 5, at the St. John Community Building. Tickets are $25 per person and take out is available at 5 p.m. This year’s proceeds from the crab feed will be used for the design and construction of an exhibit honoring our veterans and POW’s. April is the yearly membership drive, if you are interested in joining please stop at City Hall and pick up a form. Spring sport sign-up is March 27 at the St. John baseball field at 6 p.m. Parents nee...
Whitman County Library’s Clancy Pool of St. John has been chosen as Paralibrarian of the Year by Library Journal. An article about her career is in this month’s edition of the magazine and featured on-line. A member of the library staff since 1992, she expanded services at the St. John branch and was one of the key proponents of the $500,000 bond measure for construction of the new library/city hall building, the Denton Building, in St. John. Pool now serves as service manager for the 13 bra...
Empire will host Shadle bagpipers, Highland dancers The renowned Shadle Park Bagpipe Band and Highland Dance Team will perform Saturday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in the Empire Theatre at Tekoa. The 20 dancers and 15 musicians, all dressed in authentic Scottish attire, will celebrate the traditional culture of Scotland. Both the pipers and dancers will include high school students and residents, including guest piper Aaron Stratton of Spokane’s Angus Scott Pipe Band. The Highland dancers wear traditional kilts in the Henderson family tartan, whose gr...
Three area teams, Palouse Area Robotics Team (PART) SciBorgs representing Colfax, Pullman Gar/Pal, Colton and Moscow High Schools, the Umatilla High School Team Confidentia” and the Rosalia Aggies, combined forces to create the championship alliance over 31 teams from Washington and Oregon. Eastern Washington and Whitman County made a strong showing at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Pacific Northwest Eastern Washington University district competiti...
Twenty-four Colton students traveled to Spokane Falls Community College March 8 to compete in the 2014 Science Olympiad regional tournament. Colton entered two junior high teams. The first team placed fourth in a field of 13 teams and qualified for a trip to the state tournament which will be at Eastern Washington University on April 12. The second team finished in 11th place. Sheyanna Weber coached the “Rocks and Minerals” groups and parents who were able to came in and helped with building events during the last couple weeks of pre...
Lacrosse Residents of LaCrosse are invited to attend the LaCrosse Community Pride community follow-up meeting tonight, Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Gathering Place at the market. The Student of Character assembly for February’s trait of tolerance was March 14 in the pit. It opened with the K-12 teams trying to make it through a jump rope without being tagged by the rope. The Incredibles won. LaCrosse fifth through eighth graders participated in the Whitman County Speech, Spelling, and Math contest at Oakesdale last Tuesday, March 11. C...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager hosted the Washington Flying Farmers at the Whitman County Library meeting room Saturday. Randy Suess gave a powerpoint presentation on his travels to Jordan. He also told of his involvement of exporting wheat in many countries. With the farmer connection in the audience, both topics were well received. Two airplanes flew into the Port of Whitman Business Air Center, better known as the Colfax Airport. The transient parking that is all paved with tie downs was appreciated. Both of these facilities have undergone...
Jade Faultersack and Cullen Billings, with sign, represent Japan as part of a Rosalia Elementary Olympics Feb. 25. Each class represented a different country in the event which lasted over two days with competition in five events: ice skating on felt, a bobsled relay, luge relay on a scooter, slalom obstacle course and Olympic baton torch relay....
Endicott Dad’s night for pinochle club met at the home of Lorna Burns March 17 with a St. Patrick’s Day theme. Players were Sharon Huff, Shirley Morasch, Anne Lowe, Jerine Grey, Bertie Honn, Mary Repp, Marcia Honn, Judy Cook, Sue Lynch, Casey Shiprek, Greg and Lorna Burns. Gun Club report: Division 1 Endicott Gun Club Eric Weitze 23, Ed Schultz 23, Mark Teal 22, Todd Strader, Mike Melcher, Brad Bowman 21 Ladies:Amanda Pelissier 17, Jessica Geissinger 16 Junior: Hunter Weitze 21, Connor Pel...
* For pictures, please visit the Weekly Pages section for this week, page B1 Thirteen Colfax juniors will compete in the Colfax Distinguished Young Woman competition Saturday night in the Colfax High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Admission will be $8. The competition offers $3,000 in scholarship prizes. Theme will be South of the Border. Katie Largent, last year’s winner, and runner-ups Jacee Thompson and Nicole Sheer will also be in the program. Entrants are listed by order of appearance. Kelly Ward, daughter of William and Kristina Ward, w...
Leo and Terri Haas have recently opened the Snake River Bar and Grill at Boyer Park on the Snake River, a favorite destination of many fishermen, boaters, campers and people out for a drive. Leo took the long way to Whitman County. He was born in Mattighofen, a small town in upper Austria, a 30-minute drive outside of Salzburg, cultural center of Austria and home to internationally known music festivals. Mattighofen is an agricultural community and the perfect place for a chef to grow up. With...
At Colfax Schools: Monday: Chicken patty, bun, fries, broccoli/cheese, fruit, cookie Tuesday: Taco, tater tots. fresh veggies, refried beans, fruit Wednesday: Deli sandwich, potato soup, fruit, sunshine bars Thursday: Biscuit/gravy, egg patty, tater sticks, juice, fruit Friday: Spaghetti, cheese bread, green salad, fruit At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Chili, tossed salad, apple slices, peaches, cinnamon roll Tuesday: Enchiladas, tater tots, sour cream, corn, choice of two fruits Wednesday: French toast bites, hash browns, sausage patty,...
Glass works by Dale Chihuly, Lino Taglipietra and other Northwest and international artists are on exhibit at the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center, 150 E. Spring St., downtown Pullman. It can be viewed 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. The display is from the collection at the WSU Museum of Art and will be at the center for several months. Some of the works are from the Marian E. Smith collection of Northwest glass art given to the museum. Other pieces are gifts from Safeco Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group and...
How do you see the world? Have you ever wondered about why the world you rattle around in is shaped the way it is? Come on; admit it! You have wondered. I have wondered, too. You’ve wondered why your favorite thing in the whole world breaks. You’ve wondered why that young person over yonder has had to struggle every day. You’ve wondered. Me, too. You’ve probably wondered why you can be so negative while your neighbor is so annoyingly positive all the time…and I do mean all the time. Why is their glass half full and yours half empty? Or is it...
8 years ago The Commoner March 15, 1889 The Colton Eagle scribe visited Colfax a week ago and when he went home briefly penned his observations in this manner, all of which is correct and proper. The present season promises to be one of great activity in Colfax as it will indeed throughout the entire Palouse country. Several large new bricks will be added to the monuments that adorn the city and record the enterprise of the citizens of Colfax. New industries will be inaugurated and those now started will be pushed with zeal. When ploughing...
Thursday, March 13 Colfax & LaCrosse – Storytime – Children are invited to learn and explore through letters, numbers, books and crafts every Thursday. Visit the online calendar for times. Tekoa – 3:30 p.m. – After School Fun – Kids are invited to create plaster wall hangings. Friday, March 14 Colfax – 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Play & Learn – Creative play and sharing for toddlers, preschoolers and parents every Friday. Endicott – 4 p.m. – Teen Craft – Create colorful magnetic picture frames using patterned tape, buttons, stickers and more. Saturday,...
St. Patrick’s fete slated at Palouse Palouse Arts Council will sponsor the 11th annual St. Paddy’s in Palouse celebration on St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, March 17, at the Palouse Community Center. The event will feature Irish fiddle music by Paul Smith and traditional Irish dancers plus special guests including John Elwood, members of Potatohead, Matt Zook and singers Becky Hemphill, Anneliese Zook and Leah Phillips. A dinner will not be served this year, although there will be Irish soda bread, Cougar Gold cheese, popcorn and cookies. There...
The house of Larry Persons which was destroyed by fire in December is demolished by Speerstra Construction of Colbert Tuesday. Photo courtesy Misty Zornacki, MZphotography2014.zenfolio.com...
Lacrosse LaCrosse Scholarship Foundation board of directors decided to cancel their auction banquet for this June. Because of the time and effort it took to setup a new foundation following disaffiliating from Dollars for Scholars and because of members’ busy schedules, the group decided there wasn’t enough time to prepare for the event this year....
Story and photo courtesy Dennis Griner Forty-five Garfield-Palouse High School students and their advisors, Dennis Griner and Scott Thompson, met with Ruth A. Kurzbauer at the University of Idaho’s Student Union Building Monday, March 3. Kurzbauer, an international relations professional and former U.S. consulate officer, has had a long career as a U.S. Department of State and Information Agency officer. She has spent several years as the Global Affairs Officer in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, C...
Erica Anderson and family moved to Colfax last summer for her to work with her step-father at Nielsen Insurance, with plans for her to take over the business when he retires. Erica grew up in Puyallup and graduated from Puyallup High School, after moving around some in Washington state as a child. Her mother and step-father, Kathy and Brent Nielsen, moved to Colfax about the time that she graduated from high school. Erica married soon after high school, and she was able to have her kids with...
The following area WSU students have received undergraduate degrees following the fall semester. Honors earned by students are listed as follows: summa cum laude for a cumulative grade point average of 3.90 or better, magna cum laude for a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.70 but less than 3.90 and cum laude for a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50 but less than 3.70. Albion: Joshua James Graisy, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Colfax: Isaac Paul Baker, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science; Marcus Edwin Johnson, Bachelor of Arts in Politi...
