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Wanda S. Danley, 50, Priest River, Idaho, escaped injury Saturday night when she lost control of a 2008 Ford Focus and collided with a Department of Transportation warning sign along the northbound lane about a mile south of Colton on Highway 195. According to the Washington State Patrol report, she lost control of the Focus while taking evasive action to avoid a collision after she had attempted a pass....
Week of July 16-20 Tekoa School Monday: Waffles, sausage pattie, apple juice, peaches Tuesday: Pizza, tossed salad, pears Wednesday: Corn dogs, BBQ beans, mixed fruit Thursday: Teriyaki chicken, rice, tossed salad, peaches, WG roll Friday: No meal service COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — BBQ beef on bun, potato salad, relish tray, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — BBQ beef on bun, potato salad, relish tray, melon, dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pal...
The 18th annual Scenic 6 Fiddle Show will be Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Potlatch High School. The show features regional fiddlers and folk musicians. A donation will be requested at the door with $5 for adults and children under 18 admitted free. Those wishing to perform are asked to sign in at 5:30 p.m. Potlatch Junior Jammers will open the show. The youth group includes string players under age 18 led by Mabel Vogt, Potlatch. Vogt is an Idaho and Northwest Regional champion fiddler who has taught fiddle and directed the Jammers for...
Colfax artist Roberta M. Tiemann has been awarded a prestigious signature membership in the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society in recognition for the highest level of artistic accomplishment in watermedia painting. This earns the privilege of using the Society’s initials RMNWS after her name on works of art and communications. The Rocky Mountain National Exhibition is regarded as one of the very top watermedia exhibitions in the country. Roberta’s paintings have been included in 33 national and international exhibitions across the Uni...
Smith, Kathryn Celeste Alana, born June 18, 2012, at 9 pounds, 5 ounces, to Stan and Renelle Smith of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Stan and Debbie Smith of Raymond. Maternal grandparents are Clyde and Terry Coty of Raymond. The baby joins a brother, Stanton, 4. Clarke, Emma Louise, born June 22, 2012, at 7 pounds, 1 ounce, to Heidi and Ben Clarke of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Heidi and Harold Clarke of Spokane. Maternal grandparents are Lyna and Ray Kittelmann of Payette, Idaho. This is the couple’s first child. Rode, Rowen Brett,...
Dusty Recently, Harmon and Jan Smith hosted a reunion for about 35 descendants of Harmon’s great-grandfather, Charlie Dodge. The group traveled to the homestead at Dodge, the family cemetery in Walla Walla and to Steptoe Butte. One evening, Harmon’s brother Walt shared his research about the family ancestry. The relatives, most of whom had never met, discovered they were happy to get to know each other and hope to gather again when even more of the family can attend. A “Welcome” message on the Dusty Country Store reader board greeted the fam...
Bruce and Judy Reiber of Palouse have announced the engagement of their daughter, Kelly Elizabeth, to Aaron Michael May, son of Kathy and David May of Williamsport, Ind. The bride-elect graduated from Garfield-Palouse High School in 2009 and received a cosmetologist license for the states of Washington and Idaho. She is employed as a cosmetologist shift manager at Pullman Supercuts. May graduated from Seeger High School in 2006 and received an associate degree in criminal justice at Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette, Ind. He is currently...
Dean and Bobbie Hollenbeck, former residents of Tekoa and Colfax, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary June 15 at Sun City West in Arizona where they have resided for the past 12 years. They dined out with their son and daughter-in-law, Rod and Margo Hollenbeck. Married June 15, 1947, in Tekoa, they resided at Tekoa, Moscow, Kendrick and for 20 years at Colfax where he managed the local office of Washington Water Power, now Avista. He retired after 40 years with the company....
A bell sounded at the St. John’s Academy reunion last weekend, and former students of all ages perked up and looked for the source of the familiar sound that signaled the start and end of the school day. Mel Riedner grinned when he produced the old bell, which only the sisters and lay teachers rang. Since many students remembered a slightly larger bell, the quest was on for its location. The larger bell was rung at the end of recesses outside, and someone had to know where it was. Kay Hinnenkamp VanDyke now owns it, but didn’t bring it to the...
St. John Fifty-five Glorfield family members celebrated their 54th reunion in the Community Center at St. John, Sunday, June 24. Attending were Doris Eriksen, Tracy and April Eriksen, Don and Alva May Jordan, Gracie Ann Miller,and Sheri Miller. Also attending were Sandy Martin, LaCrosse; Bruce and Vicki Maughan, Walla Walla; Marie Kelseth, Jeanne Murray, Carlos White, Tom, Dona and Ian O’Shaughnessy, Spokane; Bernice Glorfield and great-granddaughter, Bob and Sandy Glorfield, Syrelda Moberly, Spokane; Gloria Glorfield, Spokane; Glorian Trunkey,...
Rosalia birthday calendar Anyone wanting to get their birthday on the Rosalia community calendar can see Mike Day at the Texaco Service Station for a form. Artwalk demos at Dahmen On Sunday, July 15, Artisans at the Dahmen Barn will be a destination included in Pullman’s ArtWalk, Sunday Drive for Art. Numerous resident artists will give demonstrations in the Hay Loft Hall beginning at the top of each hour. See a variety of fiber arts demonstrations, weaving with beads and watercolor. In addition, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., visitors can sample some...
Music, ice cream, pie and visiting were on the agenda Sunday afternoon for the annual Palouse Ice Cream Social to benefit the Palouse Community Building. Jens Hegg entertained the crowd with his guitar solos for the second half of the program. Crystal Bailey, Cheryl Tompkins and Ruth Cochran worked out tactics at the pie table. Volunteer Sheilagh Hallagan scooped up the ice cream for Jordan Hill of Eugene, Ore., who was in town with his family to visit his uncle and aunt, Dave Hill and Nancy Hill. A junior customer departed the scene with the...
I’m sure you are wondering what the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act really means. The Affordable Care Act is designed to accomplish several things including the expansion of Medicaid to many low-income adults, the creation of the health insurance exchange, subsidies within the exchange to help low-income and moderate-income families purchase coverage, and the individual mandate. The other provisions upheld include the coverage of children up to age 26 on their parents’ insurance, non-discrimination for pre-existing con...
Army Staff Sgt. Steven E. Garrett, a 1995 graduate of LaCrosse High School, has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Garrett is a wheeled-vehicle mechanic assigned to the 539th Transportation Company at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He has served in the military for 15 years. He is the son of Steven and Cheri L. Garrett of LaCrosse. His wife, Olena, is the daughter of Bernadette Kock of Waitsburg....
8 years ago July 8, 1887 Hardly had the smoke cleared away from the wreck of his big hot air balloon on the Fourth before Prof. Stinson had sent east an order for a gas balloon, which he expects to have here in time to make an ascension during the progress of the county fair. On 11:30 in the evening of the 3rd, Prof. Stinson proceeded to inflate the balloon on a test run. This was done carefully by sending hot air through a pipe in which was placed a screen to prevent sparks from entering the balloon. The great pouch of canvas filled and...
Garfield-Palouse High School students who topped the honor roll for the final term with all-A grades included Heidi Jamison, Jeffrey Kent and Jonathan Kuehner, seniors; Cassie Thompson, junior; Chandler Pfaff, Taylor Redman and Kathryn Yoder, sophomores, and Jacob Arlt, Gabriel Cocking, Mitchell Jamison and Rachel Nelson, freshmen. Earning grade averages of 3.5 to 3.99 were Sara Bofenkamp, Derrick Bosch, Nathan Cocking, Melissa Johnson, Delanie Linderman and Mickaila Martin, seniors; Courtney Fleener, Wyatt Mitchell, Hannah Neibergs, Gabriel...
The annual Palouse Ice Cream Social will be Sunday at the Palouse City Park from noon to 4 p.m. The social will again feature homemade pies, Lions Club burgers, beverages and music. Members of Xenodican Club and the Round Table Club are coordinating the event which will benefit the new Palouse Community Center. Community Band of the Palouse will play from noon to 2 p.m. followed by Jens Hegg who will play acoustic blues and folk music. “I know that it’s been at least 20 years, if not 25,” said...
—Janet Leifer photos St. John High School graduates from the early 1960s gathered for a reunion at the St. John Community Building Saturday. The reunion included golden grads of 1962 plus graduates of 1961 and 1963. Graduates of the class of 1961: Front row, left to right: Ed Smith III, Karen Wilhelm Johnson, Beverly Robinson Seidi, Dan Ross. Back row, left to right: Lonnie Lynch, Gene Nelson, Ed Stoner, Bruce Smith. Graduates of the class of 1962: Front row, left to right: Judy Blackman Howard, Judi Gustin Overstreet, Marianne Ross. Back r...
Spare Parts, a versatile five-member band from Spokane, will return to the Empire Theatre in Tekoa Saturday, July 7 at 7 p.m. Their wide-ranging repertoire includes songs from pop, rock, folk and country genres and spans from the 1950s up to contemporary. Because of their tight four-part harmonies and expert instrumentation, the group performs many much-loved songs that other bands do not attempt. Joel Johnston, who plays guitar, bass, lap steel and percussion, got his start in traditional Country & Western music. Mandolin and guitar player Sco...
WSU Raptor Club members will bring birds of prey for a program at the Colfax Library Thursday, July 12, at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to the free, family program sponsored by the Friends of Whitman County Library. The club is a non-profit volunteer organization founded in 1981 with the purpose of educating the public about the conservation of raptors. Special permits allow the club to take birds to a great variety of audiences such as libraries, schools, service organizations, etc., for educational purposes. This allows the club to spare th...
Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown this month features an exhibit by the Salmon River Art Guild. It includes paintings in a wide variety of mediums: oil, acrylic, watercolor and pastels with subjects of landscape and still life. Gourd art, antler sculptures and photography will also be on display. The Salmon River Art Guild was started in 1964 and has 44 members today. The exhibit will be on display through July 29....
Thomas daughter born Thomas, Samantha Katharine, born June 18, 2012, at eight pounds, five ounces to Tyler and Rachel Chastain Thomas of Silverdale. Maternal grandparents are Jerry and Mary Chastain of LaCrosse. Paternal grandmother is Marcia Thomas of Gloucester, Va. The baby joins two brothers, Toby, 2, and Griffin, 15. The family is residing in Silverdale where he is stationed with the United States Coast Guard....
Twenty-seven area students qualified for the dean’s honor list at Eastern Washington University for the spring quarter. To qualify for the honors list, an undergraduate is required to earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on most courses. Area honor roll students, except those who have opted to withhold their names from public release, are listed below: Colfax: Traci Hart, Jessica Carter, Victoria Benson, Alex Teade, Aby Erickson, Brittany Myers. Colton: Erin Bauer. LaCrosse: Gladys Martinez. Oakesdale: Nathan Doneen. Palouse: Elisha L...
Gazette Intern The Idaho Repertory Theatre’s summer season has been cut short this year due to construction projects in the University of Idaho’s Hartung Theater. The theater’s rigging system, as well as its stage and the flooring, are all being remodeled. “We were due for updates,” said Alexiss Turner, marketing director for the IRT. She explained that the theater had not been modified since it was constructed in 1973, almost forty years ago. Construction began May 21 and is scheduled to finish around July 20. The campus project cut down the t...
Erin Flaherty of Moscow, Idaho, daughter of Steve and Melissa Flaherty of Colbert, and Jacob Nelson of Pullman, son of Craig and Sheryl Nelson of Pullman, were joined in marriage June 9 at Red Barn Farms in Colton. The Rev. Matt McNelly of Pullman Presbyterian Church officiated. Maid of honor was Shannon Flaherty, sister of the bride, Colbert. Bridesmaids were Hannah Nelson, sister of the groom, Pullman; Sara Clark, friend of the bride, Pullman; Stephanie Hoyle, friend of the bride, Pullman; Bekki Hampton, friend of the bride, Othello, and...
