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A Dec. 29 wedding at Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple in American Fork, Utah, is planned by Robin Michelle Dailey, daughter of Kirby and Elizabeth Dailey of Colfax, and Jeffrey Christiansen Perry, son of Robert and Jan Perry of Lehi, Utah. The bride-elect graduated from Colfax High School in 2009 and will graduate from Brigham Young University in 2013 where she is employed as a soils lab researcher. Perry graduated from Alta High School in Sandy, Utah, in 2007 and also plans to graduate from BYU in 2013. He served a Mormon mission to Texas. He is a...
The Palouse Cares food drive Dec. 1 brought in more than 36,000 pounds of food and received more than $26,000 in donations. The effort involved more than 1,300 volunteers with high school and college students and others participating. Palouse Cares is the largest single day food drive on the Palouse. Food bank volunteers helped with the massive separating and sorting of all the food gathered. Live and silent auctions in several of the towns helped raise funds. At the auction in Moscow, more than 200 items were put up for bid. Palouse Cares...
The annual free community Christmas dinner sponsored by Garfield churches is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16, at the Garfield Christian Fellowship starting at 2 p.m. with Christmas music played all afternoon....
Tekoa ‘s Empire Theater Dec. 21 will feature a special performance by Tekoa grad Erin Mar-De Wise. Her “The Most Wonderful Time” concert will be Dec. 21, 7 p.m. “The Most Wonderful Time” is an equal mix of classical holiday pieces and Broadway nostalgia. The result is a warm welcome back to the days of old Hollywood Christmas, the warmth of George Bailey and the wonder of little Susan Walker. It’s an evening of song that gives a little Christmas, right this very minute. Erin Mar-De Wise, a 1999 graduate of Tekoa High School, received he...
Kylie, Craig, Laurie and Cody Gronning Meet Laurie Gronning, Colfax Laurie Gronning is not a native of Colfax, but her husband lived here as a child and wanted to return to raise a family. A graduate of Mead High School, Laurie attended Spokane Falls and Spokane Community Colleges and worked as a legal assistant for Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, and Miller. Joe Durgan, Laurie’s grandfather, is famous among local golfers. He was the pro for decades at Downriver Golf Course in Spokane, moving later to a new course, The Fairways. Grandchildren were d...
Endicott Endicott Elizabeth Circle of Trinity Lutheran Church had their annual Christmas luncheon last Tuesday, Dec 4, catered by Jenny Meyer at the Endicott Food Center. President Ann Stoner presided over the luncheon with prayer and a few games. They also had a gift exchange. Their next meeting will be Jan. 8 at 10 a.m. They will work on blankets for Lutheran World Relief. Carol Mitcham, Helen Jane Hughes and Anne Lowe attended the Whitman Hospital Auxiliary’s annual Christmas luncheon Dec. 3 at the Colfax Methodist Church. Rachael A...
Oakesdale High School honors art program has made its way out into the community. A group of students from the second-year program took a field trip to display work in three county businesses last week. In September, Oakesdale art students completed a mural spanning two sides of the Oakesdale school building. The work decorated an area where shrubs were removed last spring, creating an empty wall. “Our honors chapter is relatively new, we’re still defining ourselves,” said Oakesdale art teach...
The Rev. Bob Ingalls, center, led the readings Dec. 5 during the Hospice Tree of Lights and Remembrance ceremony at the Colfax Library. Organizers of the ceremony were Jo Gfeller, left, and Rita Ackerman, right....
Jamie E. McDonald, author and director of the Emmy-award winning PBS series and book “New York Originals,” is looking for classic shops and manufacturers to feature in a similar nationwide PBS series. In particular, he is looking for old stores or shops, restaurants, bars or factories that are at least 40 years old and have a patina or classic feel to them. “I am especially interested in ones that are kind of off the map or not as well-known,” McDonald told the Pullman Chamber of Commerce. Proprietors on the Palouse who think their busines...
Shan Kelly and John Henry, Colfax members of Whitman County Association of Realtors, delivered baskets of goodies to members of the Colfax Police, Colfax Fire Department and Whitman County Sheriff’s office Nov. 30. It is an annual practice by the group and their affiliates to show appreciation for the area’s first responders. Participating entities included Colfax Security, Team Washington, Pioneer Title and Kincaid Real Estate. Goodies included homemade sweet rolls, cookies and more....
Heather Dixon, Pullman, crocheted a scarf Saturday morning during the Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. She was among artists that displayed and sold their wares on the three floors of the barn during the weekend. Other artists displayed pottery, jewelry, paintings, photos, glassware and quilted items. A holiday open house is scheduled at the barn this weekend and the barn will be open every day until Dec. 23. Will Godfrey, author of ‘Seasons of the Steelhead,’ ties steelhead flies and talks about his new book at the Dahmen Barn. He...
All the Pages will be at Tekoa The Pages of Harmony concert, set for Tekoa’s Empire Theatre Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. will include the full ensemble. The group this week confirmed the number of performers who will participate. The organization has entertained in and around the Spokane area for more than 50 years with classic numbers, gospel songs and arrangements of newer pieces. This will be the Pages of Harmony’s first visit to the Empire. Concert admission will be $12 for adults, $5 for students, and ages 12 & under are free with acc...
Meet Corriene Liotta and Beth Condon Corriene Liotta and her daughter, Beth Condon, have agreed to share some heritage recipes from the talented cooks in their family. Corriene is the daughter of Lue and Anna Harter Hofer, and her older siblings were Irene Morton, a dietitian, and Charles Hofer, a local farmer who loved to cook. Corriene grew up on the Hofer farm east of Colfax, and she attended Washington State College for three years in home economics. She married Robert Thompson in February of 1947, whom she met through her sister and...
Lacrosse Santa will make his annual visit at the Teapot Cafe Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Juice and muffins will be served to the children and eight drawings for gifts will be on the agenda. Four of the gifts will be for girls and four for boys. Free pictures of youngsters with Santa will be taken. Santa’s visit is sponsored by the LaCrosse Business Association. The Teapot is now closed, but it will be open for Santa and his fans. The winter concert for LaCrosse students will be Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. in the LHS Pit. Name of the musical will be “T...
Local organizations are helping to make the holiday season brighter and welcome donations. Most report that, because of the economy, there’s more of a demand for their services. Either gifts or cash donations are welcome. Friends of the Library President Wanda Alderman, left, and Sheri Miller, library youth services manager, right, add more children’s books to the box at the library. Firefighter’s Toy Box The Firefighter’s Toy Box Drive serves the children of Colfax and greater Whitman County. According to retired Volunteer Fire Chief Jim Krous...
On Saturday morning, 50 volunteers gathered 1,800 pounds of food throughout Colfax for the second annual Palouse Cares Food Drive. Whitney Mueller, left, event organizer, greets volunteers Saturday in Colfax as Chamber of Commerce Secretary Kathy Clark, center, signed in volunteers at the Palouse Cares Food Drive Saturday morning at Rosauers. About 50 people gathered food for the drive. Santa showed up to cheer on the volunteers and gave candy canes to boys and girls as volunteers met in the Rosauers parking lot. Whitney Mueller, who helped...
Holiday open house at Dahmen barn The first holiday open house at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown will be Dec. 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cookies and coffee will be served throughout the day. Resident artists will be at work in their studios. The barn is open every day of the week through Dec. 23, and the exhibit runs through Dec. 30. More than 120 artists and craftspeople are represented at the shop at the Barn. A hands-on clay workshop is being offered from 10 a.m. to noon, and a workshop on corn husk doll making is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m....
Seniors Tyler Mundt and Madalynne St. John topped the honor roll at Rosalia High School for the first term with grade averages 3.5 to 4.0. Earning merit roll honors (3.0 to 3.49 grade point average) were seniors Dalton Jacobs, Mel Miller, Heather Wilson, Haley Lindgren, Josh Roe, Zane Brown, Bree Fulton, Dylan Garrison, Mercedes Binder and Helene Gatzkiewizc. Junior honor roll: Shannon Carrothers, Ryan Maley, Stacey Carrothers, Craig Nelson, Alexandra Naught, Steven Maley and JR Bunker. Meri roll: Mackenzie Reddish. Sophomores honor roll:...
Kathleen James Vogeler, 52, died unexpectedly Nov. 18, 2012, at home in Palouse. A celebration of life remembrance will be today, Nov. 29, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., in the WSU Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 518A. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 18, 1959, to Lester and Virginia James, she moved with her family to Seattle in 1960. She graduated from Interlake High School and moved to the Palouse region in 1979. She worked at Washington State University for 28 years after joining Information Services as a telecommunications technician...
8 years ago Dec. 2, 1887 At Endicott, Nov. 26, 1887, by Rev. Geo. E. Wilcox, C.E. Walmer and Miss Mary Irwin, both of this county, were married. The bride is the daughter of Edward Irwin, one of Whitman County’s representatives in the territorial legislature, and both of the contracting parties are well known in this vicinity. The ceremony occurred in the school house, after a concert, followed by a bountiful repast. In the Hooper news: This corner of the county does not seem to be very well represented in the county papers. We do not make an...
Thursday, Nov. 29 Colfax, LaCrosse & Tekoa – Storytime – Fun stories, finger plays, rhymes, songs and crafts every Thursday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Malden – 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.- GED Prep Class – Individual and class help for those studying for GED from a qualified instructor. Friday, Nov. 30 Endicott, Palouse, St. John & Uniontown – Storytime – Fun stories, crafts, activities and finger plays every Friday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Saturday, Dec. 1 St. John – Winterfest – The library will be open from 10 a....
Sophomore Sarah Bailey of Garfield/Palouse High School will be featured for “Meet the Artist” at Palouse Library tonight, Thursday, Nov. 29. This will be the first public showing of her photographs. The event will be an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bailey’s inclination toward filming and photography took hold during family walks in the woods when she was nine years old. At age 10, she made videos of herself and her friends experimenting as actors. She has continued to take pictures and create films of nature, friends and famil...
Raffle tickets are still available for the “Autumn Harvest” quilt made by members of the Whitman Sampler Quilt Guild of Colfax for the 2012 Hullabaloo. The raffle proceeds will go to local charities. Tickets will be sold until Dec. 6 at the Colfax Library and from Whitman Sampler Quilt Guild members. The drawing for the winner will be during the night of the Christmas Parade....
Crystal Mitchell, daughter of Dr. Christine Mitchell of Pendleton, Ore., and granddaughter of Mary Ann Mitchell and the late David Mitchell of Steptoe, represented Oregon at the national 4H Horse Roundup public speaking contest Nov. 2-4 in Louisville, Ky. Crystal won the national competition in public speaking with her speech titled “A New Generation” which discusses the thought and ethics behind cloning equines. Crystal was presented a $500 college scholarship and a trophy, sponsored by the American Quarterhorse Association. This was a onc...
Hooper Ian and Jessica McGregor and girls and Kate and Scooter Lyle and children spent Thanksgiving Day at the home of Alex and Linda McGregor in Pullman. Also in attendance were Linda’s parents, Mary and Richard Skinner of Hayden, Idaho, and her brother, Jim Skinner of Omak. Recent weekend guests of Howard and Pat Morris were former Hooper residents Dennis and Beverly Brunson, now of Richland. Keith and Carla Danielson celebrated Thanksgiving at home hosting Andy Mock of Spokane....
