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*For Full Pictures of banners, visit the Weekly Paper Section, Page 1B. The 2012 H’Art of the Palouse banner paintings will be hung Sunday by Colfax Arts Council members. Voting for the People’s Choice Award will begin on Monday when the “paint can” ballot containers are distributed around town, according to Debi Anderson, Arts Council president. The fifth annual competition will feature 12 banner paintings, six of which are youth entries, the largest number of youth entries since the H’Art of the Palouse banner program started in 2008. “We...
Ess, Thomas Riley, was born April 4, 2012, at seven pounds, three ounces, to Jennifer and Kevin Ess of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Timothy and Pamela Ess of Snohomish. Maternal grandparents are Rev. Thomas and Jodene Rohde of Snohomish. This is the couple’s first child. Olson, Eleanor Mae, was born April, 4, 2012, at nine pounds, five ounces, to Michael and Rachel Olson of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Donna and Laif Olson of Sequim. Maternal grandparents are Mike and Connie Kelly of Port Angeles. The baby joins sisters Hazel, 3, a...
Teen Time is coming to LaCrosse Library on Monday, April 16, at 3:30. Ages 12-18 are welcome to attend this free program. Come to the library to make duct-tape wallets....
Judi Dunn-Gray from Whitman County Recycling will share her expertise on composting April 18 at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library. The presentation will be part of Community Cleanup Week April 16-21, an event sponsored by the City of Colfax, Chamber of Commerce and a number of Colfax organizations. The free class allows residents to learn about yard waste, along with a worm composting system to recycle food waste that produces rich organic compost. Dunn-Gray inspires people to change the way they think about their trash, teaching them the many...
The new Palouse Food Bank will have its third distribution Wednesday, April 25 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Palouse Community Center. Organizers report they are serving more people each month, while there has been much food leftover. In March, the truck from Second Harvest in Spokane brought chicken, cabbage, beans, apples, pancake mix, fresh greens and assorted canned goods. A local farm donated fresh eggs. A total of 101 residents took home food from the one-ton supplied. The Palouse Food Bank is available to anyone who needs it and lives in...
Annual conference of the Washington Farm Forestry Association will be May 3-5, 2012, at the Mirabeau Park Hotel in the Spokane Valley. The association is for families who own forests through Washington State. It includes approximately 1,500 family forest owners who manage more than 150,000 acres of privately held forest land. Among topics at the session will be markets, tax tips, succession planning including the option of conservation easements and Eastern Douglas fir defoliators. The conference will include a field tour of the Henry-Chapman...
To mark the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Friends of Whitman County Library are selling “The Story of the Wreck of the Titanic” by Marshall Everett. It was published in 1912 and has been called “the first draft of history” on this tragic event. This book was donated to the Friends of the Library and is now for sale at etsy.com for $399.99. Selling used books is one of the ways Friends has supported library programs, projects and services. Friends are now able to research a book’s value and sell it to a larger market on...
Dear Savvy Senior What happens to a person’s debt after they die? At age 78, I have accumulated quite a bit of credit card and medical debt over the past few years and am concerned about leaving my son and daughter with a big bill after I die. What can you tell me? Old and Broke Dear Old, In most cases when a person with debt dies, it’s their estate, not their kids that’s legally responsible. Here’s how it works. When you die, your estate – which consists of the stuff you own while you’re alive (home, car, cash, etc.) – will be responsible f...
Marv Wigen, left, was recently honored at the annual Oakesdale Fireman’s dinner as Fireman of the Year. Marv is retiring this year after 21 years of service as a volunteer for the department. A long-time teacher at Oakesdale where he still teaches junior high and high school art classes, Wigen received the award from Richard Zimmerman, right, a District 10 fire commissionier....
Week of April 16-20 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: Hot ham & cheese w/bun, tater tots, salad, fruit Tuesday: Turkey w/ mashed potatoes/gravy, vegetables, roll, fruit Wednesday: Deli sandwiches, pasta salad, cherry turnover Thursday: Chicken & noodles, green beans, hot roll, fruit Friday: Pizza, tossed green salad, pineapple,...
Dusty Stephanie, Nera, Brogan and Juniette Mitchell, Spokane, spent last Tuesday and Wednesday of their spring break with parents/grandparents, Steve and Dianne Appel. One of the highlights of their visit was seeing a new set of twin Icelandic lambs. Emelie Jones, who has been living with her father Bryan Jones, returned home last week Friday after spending a week with her mother Andree in Hamilton, Mont., while Andree was on her spring break from her teaching position. Last Monday, David and Phyllis Stueckle took a birthday cake to...
Hooper Keith and Carla Danielson spent the last week of March in Gig Harbor with their son Tim Mock and his wife, Erin,and their girls Ali, Jill & Kate. They celebrated Jill and Kate’s birthday and enjoyed dinner with Erin’s parents, Linda and Gary Reidt....
Celebrating the arrival of 88 new children’s books, Mayor Michael Echanove served as guest reader to area children in the Palouse Library. Proceeds from the sixth annual Turkey Leg Fun Run at Palouse supplied the new books....
Kaela Dewan of Oakesdale, Anne Fleming of LaCrosse and Heidi Jamison of Garfield have each been awarded a Presidential Scholarship for $2,500 for the 2012-2013 academic year at Eastern Washington University. This award goes to incoming students with a cumulative high school GPA of 3.8 or higher, or a SAT score of at least 1250. Dewan, daughter of George and Angy Dewan, was a member of the varsity volleyball and track teams and active in the National Honor Society, Drama Club and ASB. She was named Miss Oakesdale Queen and Miss Palouse Empire...
The Regional Theatre of the Palouse production of the musical “The Secret Garden” begins a two-week run tonight, Thursday, at RTOP’s theater, N. 122 Grand in Pullman. The show will run April 12-14 and 18-22 with all evening performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. April 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21. Additional matinées will be presented at 2:30 p.m. April 14, 21 and 22. The musical debuted on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in April 1991 and won the 1991 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Daisy Eagan...
Several Colfax High School students made notable achievements at FCCLA state on March 21-23. From left to right, Jasmine Lander, silver medal in Chapter Service Project; Sara Teal, State Vice President of Region 9; Ysabeaux Ng, first-place in applied technology and Washington’s representative to the National Meeting in Orlando; Lizzy May, silver medal in Career Investigation, and Justin Williams, elected State Director of Programs....
Egg hunters at the Rosalia City Park launched at full speed Saturday morning. Plastic egges were distributed all over the park. Some of the eggs has slips which entitled the lucky finder to claim one of the prize Easter baskets. Colfax egg hunters had to select an aisle for the fast hunt at Rosauer’s early Saturday morning. The plastic eggs contained candy and some paper slips to redeem for prizes....
Quilter Celia Boland entertained an enthusiastic crowd with her beautiful quilts, a wide variety of techniques and sense of humor during last Thursday’s Meet the Artist session. Final program of the year will be a community reception featuring this year’s H’Art Of the Palouse street banner artists on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. in the Colfax Library. Everyone is invited to vote for their favorite banner, submit prize donations for the winning banners and join the May 3 celebration....
The Palouse Area Robotics Team put up a strong showing in its debut competition last week at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. The team, named Sci-Borgs, worked its way into the final round, a rarity for first-timers, after using its wide base to rack up points in the preliminary rounds. Coach Glenn Woodhouse of Colfax said he was impressed with the showing. The team of Colfax and Pullman students placed 14 of 48 teams, but was in first place after the first four rounds. Championship honors went to Team Taters out of Boise. The...
8 years ago April 8, 1887 On Friday evening last an altercation occurred between Gus Wiklund and Billy Masterson, brought on by abusive language used by the latter. Blows followed words, resulting in an ugly gash over Masterson’s right eye, produced by a kick from Wiklund. With this the fracas ended and hostilities were suspended until the next day when Masterson entered the Delta billiard parlour, and finding Wiklund among the spectators, approached him with the warning to “fix himself.” The words were barely uttered when Masterson drew...
Dear Savvy Senior What types of vaccinations are recommended for seniors? I know about flu shots, but what else is recommended and what’s covered by Medicare? Cheap Shot Sally Dear Sally Most people think that vaccinations are just for kids, but adults, especially seniors, need their shots too. Here’s a breakdown of what vaccines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends for adults age 50 and older, and how they’re covered by Medicare. Influenza (flu): While you already know that seasonal flu shots are recommended to ev...
Pullman’s National Lentil Festival received a gold award for best promotion program, and a gold award for best other merchandise at the Washington Festivals and Events Association’s annual summit awards convention last week in Blaine. The lentil festival also won the silver awards for T-Shirt and TV/radio commercial, and the Bronze Award for Best Community/Partnership Program, all in the budget category of more than $75,000. The Other Merchandise submission was the National Lentil Festival Cook-Off cook book which included all 118 recipes sub...
Idaho Old Time Fiddlers will play at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown Saturday, April 21, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The cost at the door is $7 single, $10 couple and $15 family. The Idaho Old Time Fiddlers Association is a non profit corporation whose purpose is to promote and to perpetuate old-time fiddling by encouraging young and old to develop their skills. The association is a volunteer organization whose members come from a variety of ages, experience and training. Currently, the group has members from Moscow, Genesee, Potlatch, Troy, Albion,...
Next featured artist at the Bank Left Gallery in Palouse will be oil painter Nicole Taflinger who is known for co-founding the NICA Art Gallery in Pullman during the 1970s. The exhibit will showcase 60 years of art and will mark her journey as an artist creating an anthology of her work. Taflinger also recently wrote a memoir, “Season of Suffering.” Opening reception with the artist will be April 14 from 1 to 5 p.m. The exhibit will run from April 14 to May 12. As part of the Taflinger exhibit and WSU Mom’s weekend, The Bank Left Bistro will...
Whitman County Library will present Extreme Couponing with Tammilee Saturday, April 7, at the Oakesdale Library at 10 a.m., the Uniontown Library at 1 p.m. and the Albion Library at 4 p.m. The sessions help people lower weekly grocery bills and teaches the art of stockpiling necessities while saving money. For Saturday’s classes, Tammilee will tailor the programs to the interests and couponing experience of the audience and no prior experience saving with coupons is necessary. Tammilee has been featured on TLC’s Extreme Coup...
