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Too Slim and the Taildraggers, known for its large repertoire of blues and rock and roll, will perform in concert in the Empire Theater Saturday, April 28, at 7 p.m. The group has strong vocals and excellent musicianship. This will be their first time in Tekoa and it comes on the heels of tour dates in Utah, Colorado and the Midwest. The band has been seasoned over the years by appearances in everything from low dives to concert halls and outdoor festivals. They have performed throughout the United States, as well as in Norway, Sweden Belgium,...
Now in its 16th year, Family Fair, sponsored by the Palouse Resource Network, YMCA and more than 30 other non-profit agencies and groups, will be at Lincoln Middle School Saturday, April 21, from 10 to 2 p.m. Many agencies will host interactive booths and activities for children of all ages including a fun run at 11 a.m. on the LMS track, inflatable obstacle course, climbing wall and other attractions. Shade garden topic Palouse Library will host “Shade Gardens” with Master Gardener Mary Estes, April 24 beginning at 5:30 p.m. She will talk abo... Full story
Whitman County Library seeks to facilitate the expansion of local book clubs. Director Kristie Kirkpatrick said a number of people new to the area ask where they can join a book club, and the library hopes to muster enough interest to form a library book club or to at least be able to refer people to clubs willing to accept members.” The library is offering Book Club-in-a-Box kits to clubs seeking inexpensive ways to provide a group with titles. The library’s kits consist of eight titles that can be used free of charge and for longer per...
Jenny Hansen, back, with her family and her host families. Jenny is a Rotary exchange student from Norway who has been residing in Colfax and attending Colfax High School. Her family came to Colfax from Norway March 30. They spent the weekend seeing the local sights and then they drove to Seattle and down the Pacific Coast to San Francisco. They flew back to Seattle where Jenny caught a flight to Spokane to finish the school year at Colfax. Her family flew home to Norway. She resided with Terry and Joanne Eng in the fall, Jon and Angie Webber... Full story
Lacrosse The award winning LaCrosse Junior High Chorus, consisting of students in grades 3-6, will perform in the annual spring concert in LaCrosse High School pit Tuesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. Students in preschool, first, and second grades will also perform in the concert. The Junior High Chorus, performed in March at the Southeast Washington Music Educator’s Festival in Pullman. John Elwood from Elberton accompanied the students on the dulcimer. The Group received a I, the highest rating a choir can receive, at the festival. Elwood also c...
Dusty Wes and Jen Claassen and Bo, 15, and Lauren, 12, happily announce they are now a family of seven. Last Thursday, Superior Court Judge Frazier signed the adoption papers for Hunter, 10, Paige, 6, and Ben, 2, to officially be Claassens. Guests at the Dick and Helen Appel home for Easter were Phil Appel, Spokane; Eric and Shannon Appel, Connor, Christopher, Sarah, Kyle and Sidney, Dusty; Caroline and Rob Kunkle, Zack, Kade, Elly and Luciene, Pullman; Neil Appel, Josh, Noemi and Isaac, Dusty; Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel and Emma,...
*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... Full story
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.... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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.... Full story
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... Full story
