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Michael Rydbom of AIA/HUB Insurance was presented with the Don C. Burnam Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent state conference of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington. This award goes to one individual in Washington State who has exhibited the most outstanding service to the American agency system and the insurance industry during his/her career. Rydbom started his career with Sayles Insurance in 1976 and has served as President of AIA Insurance since 1981. He holds the designation of Certified Insurance Counselor and...
8 years ago Nov. 18, 1887 Regarding Thanksgiving Day as incomplete without a ball, and no other organization having signified an intention to give one, the band boys have taken the matter in hand and announce a ball for Thanksgiving evening at the Opera Hall. The price of tickets has been placed at $1.50. The vacancies in the board of school directors of district No. 1, Colfax, caused by the failure to elect at the recent election held for that purpose, were filled this week by appointment of the county superintendent, C.M. Mecklem, who...
Thursday, Nov. 15 Colfax, LaCrosse & Tekoa – Storytime – Fun stories, finger plays, rhymes, songs and crafts every Thursday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Friday, Nov. 16 Colfax – 4 to 5:30 p.m.- Electronic Download Workshop – Carolyn Petersen from Washington State Library will have different electronic devices on hand and demonstrates how to use Washington Anytime Library. Saturday, Nov. 17 Colfax – 2 p.m. – Spanish Storytime for Niños – Books, finger plays and songs in both English and Spanish for children 3 to 7. Sunday, Nov. 18 C...
Lacrosse Wayne Miller, manager of the LaCrosse Food Bank, will distribute Thanksgiving baskets Nov. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. He said they appreciate the donations which help make the holiday baskets available for neighbors. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the food bank will be open a week later, Nov. 29, from 9 to 4 to distribute the commodities. The Thrift Shop is stocked with Christmas decorations and also with hats and gloves. It is open on the first Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Manager Charlotte Honn said they would...
Dusty Larry and Di Brink chauffeured Mike Stine and Norma Gibson of LaCrosse to Spokane Sunday to participate in a bowling tournament at Lilac Lanes. Both participants earned gold medals. Later, they met with the Brinks’ son and daughter-in-law, John and Brandy Brink, and celebrated with dinner at a restaurant. Ken Brink of Bellingham, Dusty native, died Sunday. He was the last surviving child of Otto and Gussie Brink, pioneer settlers in the Dusty area. Joan Myrick and Larry Brink, local residents, are his niece and nephew. Linda Hennigar w...
Hog Heaven at Dahmen Hog Heaven Big Band will play tunes from the Great American Songbook at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown Nov. 24 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Hog Heaven Big Band has 16 members. Admission is $8 for a couple, $5 for a single and children 12 and under are always free. CLUBS & YOUTH GROUPS Athenaeum Club The Athenaeum Club met Friday, Nov. 2, at the home of Sherry Cox, assisted by several of her neighbors. Erica Eng and Katie Largent sang several numbers from “The Sound of Music,” which will be staged by Mr. Cary Cam...
Nanci and Steve Selk met while they were members of the high school band in Sumner, but not until the band took a tour to Canada. They began dating when she was 16 and he was 17. He started college at Evergreen State College, but transferred when she began at Washington State University. The WSU graduates married in 1992. Steve Selk completed his student teaching practicum at Jennings Elementary in Colfax with Connie McBride. He is employed by WSU-Tri-Cities in the GEAR UP Program at St. John-Endicott High School. Financed by a federal grant, t...
The Garfield-Palouse schools honored community veterans and their families at an assembly at the Garfield-Palouse Middle School Friday. United States veterans who attended Friday’s assembly at the Garfield/Palouse Middle School gather for a photo. The program, organized and directed by choir director Rebecca Hemphill, featured keynote speaker David Buri of Colfax, a former state legislator who is currently Director of Government Relations at Eastern Washington University, and special guest speaker Capt. Jared Wolfe, an Endicott native who s...
Neill Public Library seeks volunteers for assistance with special projects and department-specific activities. Applications are available at the library or by contacting Library Director Joanna Bailey. Orientation meetings will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Thursday, Nov. 15, in the library’s Hecht Meeting Room. All interested individuals are encouraged to attend....
Bank Left Gallery/Bistro in Palouse plans a Christmas reception which will feature a silversmith jewelry making demonstration by Spokane artist Sandra Conti, mixed media art by Moscow artist Ross Coates, ornaments by Palouse artists Judy Finch, Pam Colbert and Kirsten Jones. “Wintering” the Christmas feast will be Dec. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. with reservations required Bank Left will join the Palouse Christmas Open House Nov. 10 with an open house in their new gift shop and a holiday luncheon from noon to 3 at the bistro....
At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice. Monday: No School Tuesday: Taco Salad, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, salsa, chips, refried beans, apple, whole grain maple bar Wednesday: BBQ Chicken, whole grain bun, tater tots, cucumber slices & broccoli w/ranch dip, spiced apples, pluots Thursday: Thanksgiving dinner, turkey w/works, mashed potatoes,...
For the third year in a row, Friends of Hospice has donated several books on grief to the Whitman County Library in Colfax to be used as a resource for anyone in Whitman County who is dealing with issues that arise at the end of life. Some of the books are aimed at adults, some at children. This year’s donation includes When Someone You Love Has Cancer, Sad Isn’t Bad, Facing Change, Healing a Teen’s Grieving Heart, Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart, Healing a Parent’s Grieving Heart, When Your Parent Dies and Grief Therapy. Friends of Hospic...
The Colton School Veterans Day Assembly will be at 9 a.m. Nov. 14 in the gym. Master Sergeant James Heaney will be guest speaker, and Deni Wiggins, a board member of the Inland Northwest Honor Flight Organization, is a special guest. The assembly has been planned and organized by a committee of high school students....
Funeral mass for John Jack Weber, 88, Uniontown, was Monday morning at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Uniontown. Recitation of the rosary preceded the Mass. Vault interment was at St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Uniontown. Mr. Weber died last Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at his Uniontown home. Born March 7, 1924, in Uniontown to John Gregory and Mary Marguerite (Adams) Weber, he grew up on the family farm and attended school in Uniontown. Following his graduation from high school, Jack remained on the family farm until he and Jeanette Teresa Meye...
A celebration open house for the life of Shirley Cloe Smick, 86, long time St. John resident, will be at the St. John Community Building today, Thursday, Nov. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. Mrs. Smick died Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, at the Whitman Hospital in Colfax. A private family graveside service will be in the Maccabee Cemetery at Sprague. Born May 27, 1926, in Sprague to Frank and Mary (Scheuss) Jones, she grew up in Sprague and graduated from high school there in 1944. Shirley attended Washington State College in Pullman and completed her four year...
The funeral for Edna MacPherson, 94, former co-publisher of the Palouse Republic, was at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse Monday with the Rev. Larry Veith officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery in Palouse. Mrs. McPherson died Nov. 1, 2012, at Sullivan Park Care Center in Spokane Valley where she had lived for the past four years. Born Feb. 28, 1918, at the family ranch near Hullett, Wyo., to William and Edna Blakeman, she rode horseback to a one-room schoolhouse. After her father was elected sheriff, she lived in the county courthouse...
Memorial services for Douglas G. Gruol, 64, St. John, will be Saturday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. at the Colfax Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Gruol died Sept. 29, 2012, in Everett. Born June 8, 1948, in Seattle to Russell and Ruth Lam Gruol, he grew up in the Seattle area. Shortly after his graduation from Cascade High School in Everett in 1967, he joined the United States Air Force and served 20 years until his retirement in eastern Washington in 1987. He married Debra Lee Knott March 31, 1975. Mrs. Gruol died in 2004. During...
Elleene G. Barker, 93, a resident of the Tekoa Care Center for the past seven years, died last Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. She was cremated and a public service will not be conducted. Born Oct. 25, 1919, at Broken Arrow, Okla., to Oliver and Jesse Pyland Holmes, she attended schools in Oklahoma and married Norman Knight in 1939. Elleene and her family lived in Brewster for many years after relocating from Oklahoma. A homemaker for most of her life, she worked as a waitress in Brewster for several years. She was married and divorced twice. She had...
Josiah Schu, who played the mayor in “The Music Man” and “Lil’ Abner” in Colfax High School productions in 2009 and 2010, received his high school diploma at the district’s school board meeting Oct. 22. It was 11 days after he turned 21. “I had gone too far to quit,” said Schu. “I was very close to dropping out a couple of times. I pretty much was lazy my first two years of high school. The only reason I didn’t quit, at first, was everybody was telling me it was a bad idea.” Schu started school...
A total of 30 quilts will be presented to veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq at a Quilts of Valor event Sunday, Nov. 11, said Debbie Goetz, the event’s organizer. The event will be at the Palouse Community Center at 3 p.m. All of the fabric and supplies for the quilts have been donated over the past two years from events such as a Quilt-A-Thon at the Potlatch VFW hall each September. The quilts have a patriotic theme. Each quilt will be given with a presentation case, also made by local artisans. The quilts will be a minimum o...
Lacrosse A large group of children and adults attended the LaCrosse Business Association chili feed and costume contest. Awards went to Gracie Schwartz, infant-2; Cooper Schwartz, 3-5; Tanner Fleming,6-8; Dustin Broeckel, 9-11; Rebekah, and Paisle Daniels, adult....
Dusty Justin Ross, a student at Moody Bible Institute in the aviation division, had lunch with Art and Colene Sager last Wednesday. Justin is a distant cousin of Art Sager. He flew down in a rented Cessna 150 to build hours flying to meet the requirements for eventually being a missionary bush pilot. Don Manning, Valleyford, was guest speaker at Country Bible Church during last Sunday’s worship services. Afterward, he and wife Gaylene were guests of her parents, Art and Colene Sager, for Sunday dinner. Brian and Angela Broeckel and Sami and G...
Sarah Appel models the red gabardine sheath dress which placed third in the junior division last week in the state Make It With Wool contest. The contest was conducted during the Washington State Sheep Producers Association annual convention in Yakima. A freshman at Colfax High School, Sarah is the daughter of Eric and Shannon Appel....
Carleen Bennett, who was born in Colfax and grew up in Farmington, has made the large circle back home. After graduating from Oakesdale High School, she started training in airline school, but dropped out after being hired as a baby photographer. Pixie Pinup studios were located in J. C. Penney stores, and she traveled a territory of seven western states. This was “a glimpse of my future being a gypsy,” she noted. In 1975, she opened B Bar C, a western wear shop in Colfax. She had three children, Julie Niehenke, Christie Spangler and Bill Gre...
Empire to feature ‘Beatles’ tribute Revolver, the Northwest’s premier Beatles tribute band, will perform in concert Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Empire Theatre in Tekoa. Starting time is set for 7 p.m. The Spokane-based group uses the Fab Four’s original arrangements for the pieces, dresses in the classic wardrobe with suits, boots and hair. They even play instruments of the early Beatles era. Formed in the spring of 2005, the group features dozens of Beatles hits from 1963 to 1966, including the entire “Revolver” album, considered by many to be...
