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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...
Carl G. Seutter and Barbara Jo Ellis were married June 23, 1962, at the Community Presbyterian Church in Oakesdale. They lived in Delaware and then Oklahoma where he was employed with General Motors at Midwest City. They then retired and lived at Hudson, Fla. After two years of RV living they returned to Oakesdale in 2002. The couple celebrated their 50th anniversary with a land/cruise trip in Alaska, accompanied by their children, Carl G. Seutter, Jr., and Carlene L. Seutter. Highlights of their Alaskan adventure were an airplane flight...
Heather and Mat Smith are busy entrepreneurs who operate Smith’s Country Store in Rosalia. A graduate of Rosalia High School, Heather was raised in Rosalia. Her mother, Zana Riley Lindgren, still resides in Rosalia. Her father was the late Phillip Lindgren. Heather lived for several years in Spokane, but she and Mat are happy to be living and operating a business in her hometown. Heather graduated from Eastern Washington University where she specialized in human resource and business management. She had planned to major in computer science, b...
An open house for the new Sterling Bank branch at LaCrosse will be next Thursday, July 12. Sterling opened its new branch Monday in the former location of Bank of Whitman. The building was purchased from the FDIC by the LaCrosse Community Pride. The community group will lease the site. Next week’s open house will include door prizes, food and drinks with a special presentation to the community. Festivities run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The branch will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Aug. 3. Beginning Aug. 6, regular b...
Dusty David and Phyllis Stueckle and Ann Emerson of LaCrosse drove to Puyallup last Friday to attend the wedding of the women’s niece, Kari Aune, daughter of Norm and Barb Aune, to Eric Kelly. The traditional wedding took place in the Tacoma First Lutheran Church on Saturday. Sunday morning, they attended a brunch at the home of Norm and Barb Aune. The Stueckles stayed with Reuben and Judy Stueckle in Puyallup and Emerson stayed with her daughter, Heidi ,in Olympia. They returned home Monday. Linda Hennigar spent the weekend in Kennewick w...
Lamont Friends of the Lamont Library with Ruth Simpson at the helm conducted a book sale in the new Lamont Library June 22-24. It included a bake sale and a raffle. Gale Mann won the grand prize, an Afghan and hand crochet slippers. Proceeds will be used to finish the plumbing, electrical wiring and the framing in the building. They are planning a spaghetti feed around the end of July to further the work in hopes of opening the library in November. Grants and donations will help with the completion. Hundreds of used books of every subject were...
