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• “I had to pick up a bunch of BBs that spilled in our garage. It was very aggravating, until I decided to get out my vacuum. I put a very thin sock (didn’t have any panty hose) on the end and tucked it into the hose. I secured it with a zip tie. I was able to suck up most of the BBs, and they went right back in the container.” — E.L. in North Carolina • If you make your own broth, you can freeze cubes in easy-to-measure amounts by using your muffin tin. Measure out broth in half-cup or cup amounts, then freeze. When done, pop them out into a...
Rosalia The annual Rosalia Dollars for Scholars crab feed and silent auction earned approximately $3,000 for the scholarship fund which supports Rosalia graduates who pursue education beyond high school. Approximately 130 attended the Friday event in the old gym at the school. Rosalia Gifted Grannys and Lions Clubs and several businesses donated items for the sale and made donations. Footprints Child Care Center has passed its first goal of staying open for one school year, extended into the...
Lacrosse The Student of Character assembly for February was last Wednesday, March 7. Giraffe Awards were given to the LaCrosse Community Pride Development committee. Those attending were Alex McGregor, Carol Audet, Jeannine Larkin, Jeff Andrus, Jen Broeckel, Scooter Lyle, Gary Wargo, Tedd Nealey and Lois Startin. Ed Casey was not able to attend. McGregor spoke about the community pride group and the progress the committee is making. Recognition was given to the Hunger Games book club which meets during their lunch time twice a week and...
Lamont Art Swannack left March 4 for Washington D.C. to attend the Washington Farm Bureau DC Days event. On Monday morning the group attended an American Farm Bureau briefing on the issues of labor, youth employment in ag, trade and the current status of Farm Bill negotiations. In the afternoon the group traveled to the New Zealand Embassy for a meeting. The New Zealand embassy staff gave an overview of their country’s agriculture industry and how trade impacts them. They discussed the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement c...
Rohrich, Conner Michael, and Olivia Fay, were born Feb. 29, 2012, at six pounds, one ounce, and six pounds, to Kathryn Rohrich and Kody Stalford of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Saundra and Dean Burlingame of Colfax. Maternal grandparents are Donald Stalford and Jim and Carrie Kremposki. The babies join brother Bryson, 22 months. Smart, Evan Jonathan, was born March 1, 2012, at seven pounds, eight ounces to Josh and Jamie Smart of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Karen and Kerry Christiansen of Hailey, Idaho, and Tim Smart of Boise,...
Pullman Civic Theater’s spring production of Little Women will open April 13. Based on the original story by Louisa May Alcott, and adapted by Matt Buchanan, this performance is directed by Gary Thoren. Little Women follows the story of the March family as four sisters navigate their adolescence during a time of war and financial difficulty. The play follows them through 15 years as the girls grow and develop. Performances will be April 13, 14, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. with matinees April 15 and 21 at 2 p.m. at the Nye Street Theater in P...
Palouse Arts Council will sponsor the eighth annual St. Paddy’s in Palouse celebration on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17, at the Palouse Community Center, featuring traditional Irish dancers and music by Potatohead. The event begins with an Irish dinner from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This year’s meal includes corned beef, Irish soda bread, colcannon and dessert. Paradise Creek Brewery will provide a no-host bar. The music starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults and $7 for kids 6-12. Admission will be limited to 125. For more infor...
Steptoe school drama students plan to present “Murder In the Air” in a dinner theater format Monday, March 26, with a social hour and silent auction beginning at 6:30 at the school. A pulled pork dinner will be served at 7 p.m. with the play to follow. The 13-member cast for the mystery includes students from the fifth through eighth grades under the direction of Nancy Cochran. During intermission, audience members will have a chance to wager on a 50/50 pot format to guess the villain in the drama. Tickets will be sold through Tuesday, Mar...
The impact of the arts will be the topic of a presentation by the Colfax Arts Council at the March 20 noon Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the Norma McGregor Room at the Colfax Library. The luncheon is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend. Pullman artist and instructor Megan Oldenstadt will share statistical and anecdotal information demonstrating how art positively affects children’s lives, including their performance in school and their future as well-rounded citizens. Ann Marra, Colfax artist and graphic designer, will d...
The second annual Palouse Emergency Preparedness Fair will be April 21 from 9 to 4 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Moscow. The church building is located at 2600 W. A Street behind Staples. This free fair will include more than 20 displays, demonstrations, and booths featuring information to help individuals and families prepare for emergencies and other adversities. Attendees can learn how to create a 96-hour emergency backpack, improve and utilize food supplies, dehydrate food, talk on the amateur radio (HAM) network,...
Palouse Library will host Teen Time March 22 at 3:30 p.m. with Teen Librarian Chelsea Leachman present for Hunger Games Challenge to celebrate the movie release with a Cornucopia challenge, tribute arts and crafts and survival foods. Teens from 12 to 18 are welcome. For more information, contact librarian Bev Pearce....
Garfield/Palouse FFA members will sponsor a donkey basketball sessions Saturday beginning at 6 p.m. in the Garfield/Palouse High School gymnasium. Teams from Garfield, Palouse, the GP High School staff and the FFA will compete. Tickets are available at McLeod’s Market or from any FFA members. ....
Members of Palouse Patchers will present their 32nd annual quilt show Saturday and Sunday April 14 and 15, at the Latah County Fairground in Moscow. Theme of the show will be “Color Made Beautiful.” More than 200 quilts will be on display in the Exhibition Building and a merchants mall will be in operation. Drawing for this year raffle quilt, “Glorious Color,” made of Kaffe Fassett fabrics and hand quilted, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday. Refreshments will be homemade cookies. Hours for Saturday will be 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and hours for Sunday...
Thrifty Grandmothers Members conducted their March meeting at the library Monday with 14 members present. Two members will represent the group at the Relay for Life kickoff dinner. A team from the Grandmothers will participate the first weekend in July. Scholarship applications are out, and must be turned by the May 15 deadline. Beginning this Saturday, the shop will be open from 10 to 3. Members voted to donate $250 to a local resident for plumbing repairs, $1,000 to the Coast Transportation Fund and $500 to the Bettie Steiger Community...
Whitman County Library Board of Trustees will meet next Tuesday, March 20 at 4 p.m. in the Norma McGregor meeting room of the Colfax Library. These meetings are open to the public and community members are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Peggy Bryan at the library. “March Madness” fun will be at the Colfax Library Thursday, March 15, for teen time from 3:30-4:30 p.m. School students may ride bus #5 with a parent note, walk or ride to the Colfax Library for stories, crafts, games and more. A Basic Software and Internet Computing...
Members of Palouse Patchers will present their 32nd annual quilt show Saturday and Sunday April 14 and 15, at the Latah County Fairground in Moscow. Theme of the show will be “Color Made Beautiful.” More than 200 quilts will be on display in the Exhibition Building and a merchants mall will be in operation. Drawing for this year’s raffle quilt, “Glorious Color,” made of Kaffe Fassett fabrics and hand quilted, will be at 3 p.m. Sunday. Refreshments will be homemade cookies. Hours for Saturday will be 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and hours for Sunday wi...
Members conducted their March meeting at the library Monday with 14 members present. Two members will represent the group at the Relay for Life kickoff dinner. A team from the Grandmothers will participate the first weekend in July. Scholarship applications are out and must be turned by the May 15 deadline. Beginning this Saturday the shop will be open from 10 to 3. Members voted to donate $250 to a local resident for plumbing repairs, $1,000 to the Coast Transportation Fund and $500 to the Bettie Steiger Community Enrichment...
Members met at the Library with Janice McKay as hostess. Marilyn Harder gave the program about Dr. Nettie J. Craig Asberry, one of the women considered a “Notable Washington Women”, the theme for this year’s study. Dr. Asberry was born in 1865 in Kansas. Her mother was a slave and her father a white land owner. She was the first African American to receive a bachelors degree from an American college. Kansas had no restrictions on race or gender at this time. She received a Ph.D. and was an accomplished pianist. Dr. Asberry was married to Alber...
Hooper Conly Merritt was honored in a retirement party in Hooper Saturday night. Conly retired in February after 18 years working for McGregor Land and Livestock. A potluck dinner was attended by many friends and family, including Tracy, Richard, and Brice Benne, of St. John, Martha, Thane, Ben, and Kirstin Merritt of Bremerton, Ken and Nancy Gould of Port Orchard, Wayne, Cathy, Erin, and Matt Randle of Fox Island, Tom and Wendy Tevlin of Garfield, Alex and Linda McGregor of Pullman, and John and Mary McGregor-Bolles of Moscow, along with many...
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center has a variety of professional staff to assist our patients and families. Our social workers are experts in assisting with understanding a new diagnosis and how that might change a patient’s life. They are also experts on the many community resources as well as end of life and palliative care support. Social workers assure that our patients are discharged to an appropriate care setting with the education and support they need to be successful after discharge. Our social workers also support our Ethics C...
Dusty The Karen Broeckel residence was Sausage Central this past weekend. Twenty-one people gathered to make about 400 pounds of sausage and later to celebrate March birthdays. Participants included Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel and Graham, Dusty; Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, Greg, Gwen and Jason Nolan, Colfax; Patty Wieber, Andrew Nolan and Khendra Fenstermacher, Spokane; Tom and Doreen Riedner, Genesee; Tony and Denise Kendall, Tacoma; Ken and Pam Beasley, Waitsburg; Austin Beasley, W.S.U., and Zach Beasley, Bremerton. Karen...
Andrea Young, daughter of Greg and Connie Young, and Ben Cox plan a May 5 wedding at Trinity Lutheran Church in Endicott with a reception to follow at the Young farm near Dusty. A 2001 graduate of Colfax High School, Andrea received an undergraduate degree in agricultural communications from Washington State University in 2004 and a masters degree from WSU in agriculture in 2009. She is assistant director of recruitment and retention for the WSU College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences in Pullman. The son of Bob and Resa...
Four years ago, Jodi and her family moved from Idaho to Washington to follow their ideal lifestyle. Jodi and husband, Brian, are ranchers. Brian grew up in Gooding, Idaho. As a rancher’s son, he learned how to work cattle and horses. Jodi grew up in Howe, Idaho, doing the same thing. They both were involved in the rodeo circuit when they met at a rodeo in Pocatello. They both have a great passion for horses and the quiet life of a ranch. Their children include Bailey, now 7, and Birch, 4. “We were unable to make a living ranching in Ida...
Ten Colfax junior class girls will compete in this year’s Distinguished Young Women contest Saturday, March 24, in the Colfax High School auditorium beginning at 7 p.m. This marks the 55th edition of the competition which began as Colfax Junior Miss. Saturday’s format will follow a “Clue” theme with entrants listed as “suspects” for the competition. Entrants and their talent performance are listed by order of competition as follows: Denver Campbell will perform a monologue, “Touch of the Master’s Hand.” She is the daughter of Jeff and Michele...
Is Basement Moisture a Leak, or Humidity? Q: My basement stays fairly dry, but in the spring and during other really rainy periods I can see the concrete walls are wet. Is it condensation or water leaking inside? I haven’t seen any puddles of water on the floor, but it is really humid at these times. — Bill in upstate New York A: There’s an easy way to test whether the moisture on the basement walls is seepage (water leaking inside) or condensation. Get a few large squares of aluminum foil and tape them to random spots on the basement walls...
