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The friendly greeter at the reception desk at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center is often Shirley Simmons. She lives in Diamond with her husband of 56 years, Jerry, but she spends much of her time in Colfax. Shirley not only works at Whitman Hospital, but she is president of Whitman Community Hospital Auxiliary, and she is active in Thrifty Grandmothers Club. A Spokane native, Shirley went to Rogers High School. She visited the Shriners’ Hospital frequently as a high school student, and that shaped her future interests in both health care and...
Jordana Dahmen, second from left, was named 2012 Colton-Uniontown Distinguished Young Woman March 31. The 21st edition of the competition featured a “Fly Me to the Moon” theme which included Sinatra tunes, dancing and musical performances. Jordana also received the “spirit award” and $700 in scholarship funds. Samra Meyer, right, was named first alternate and received a $300 scholarship. Also competing were Payton Meyer, left, and Kaden Dahmen, second from right. This year’s program was chaired and choreographed by Jane Ann Nagle with the...
Week of April 30-May 4 At St. John/Endicott School: Monday: Tuna or Bologna sandwich, chips, pork n’ beans, peaches Tuesday: Chicken casserole, green beans, roll, peaches Wednesday: BBQ Rib sandwich, cole slaw, chips, oranges Thursday: French toast, sausage, cheese omelet, hash browns, apple sauce Friday: K-3: Hot dogs, green salad, peaches, 4-12: Salad bar At Tekoa School: Monday: Chicken Nuggets, BBQ beans, tossed salad, applesauce, wheat roll Tuesday: Pluto Pups , BBQ beans, strawberry cup Wednesday: Grilled Cheese sandwich, soup, tossed sal...
Local gardeners are asked to consider planting an extra row for food banks and senior meal sites. The Council on Aging and Human Services invites gardeners to drop off produce at their office at 210 S. Main Street between 8:30 and 4:30, Monday through Friday for distribution to Whitman County food banks and senior meal sites. Scott Hallet, Council on Aging nutrition director, and Suzy McNeilly, volunteer coordinator, point out senior citizens often do not get enough fresh fruits and vegetables in their diets. The Plant a Row for the Hungry...
Heather Harder, daughter of Dan and Tammie Harder of Colfax, has met all requirements for becoming a member of Lambda Pi Eta, official honor soceity of the National Communication Association. A 2010 graduate of Colfax High School, she is completing her sophomore year at Elon University in Elon, N.C., where she is majoring in strategic communications....
Seven seniors who earned all-A grades to lead the Colton High School honor roll for the third quarter were Grace Druffel, Meghan Heitstuman, Haley Moser, Taylor Nilson, Jake Riedner, Josh Straughan and Erin Weber. Also earning all-A grades for the term were Kaden Dahmen, Jordana Dahmen, Kaitlin Druffel, Payton Meyer and Paige Vincent, juniors; Jenna Moser, sophomore; Savannah Chadwick and Winnie Schultheis, freshmen; Carter Dahmen, MaryAnn Jacobs, MacKenze Kimberling and Zoe Moser, eighth grade; Brady Chadwick, Kendyl Druffel Mackenzie...
April is national Occupational Therapy month. These professionals help people across the lifespan through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. Occupational therapists use a holistic approach to adapt the environment to fit the person. Occupational therapy services may include comprehensive evaluations of the client’s home and other environments (e.g., workplace, school), to provide recommendations for adaptive equipment and training in its use, as well as guidance and education for family members and caregivers. At Whitman Hospital a...
How about a short quiz? Not good at tests? No worries! All the correct answers are up to you. 1. Are you a good driver? 2. Do you enjoy driving? 3. When you see a cop, do you apply “step on” your brakes? 4. Do you drive differently when you’re being followed by a COP? 5. Do you like your car and are you proud of it? 6. Do you fear the COPS? Take your time answering these questions. In fact I hope you consider them every time you drive. Before I continue, I’d like to explain the term COPS. When I was in junior high school a classmate was rep...
MUSIC The WSU Madrigal Chamber Singers, University Singers and Concert Choir will present a free, public concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 20, in Bryan Hall theater at WSU Pullman. Performing in Renaissance costumes of the 16th century, the 18-member Madrigal Chamber Singers will sing “El Grillo,” composed by Josquin des Près, a satiric physical description of a singer named Grillo as mimicked by a cricket who loves to sing to attract women. The concert choir will feature musical selections based on the theme of spring and wint...
The Rosalia City Council and Rosalia Historical Commission are now seeking a grant to restore the 1902 Pythian Building at the northwest corner of Whitman and Seventh Streets in Rosalia. Fraternal organizations such as the Knights of Pythias, Masons, Woodmen of the World and auxiliaries such as Rainbow Girls held meetings there. This 1906 photo shows the front office space occupied by “Golden Rule” O.V. Manring Department Store. The historical commission asks for the public’s help in locating vintage photos of the interior of the build...
Caleb Hannas of Hooper, right, and Miranda Mielke of Davenport, were recipients of the 17th annual Ken Troutt Memorial Scholarship at the annual WCA Bull Test Sale March 28 at Eltopia. The $450 scholarships were presented by Jerry York, left, sale representative for the scholarship fund, on behalf of the consignors, management and staff of the WCA Bull Test Sale. The scholarships are awarded each year to an enrolling college freshman from a family that has consigned or purchase bulls at this sale. The late Ken Troutt was a renowned auctioneer...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
