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Stacy and Levi Stone moved to Rosalia in August with their two-year-old daughter, Stella. They had lived in Salt Lake for several years after Levi had graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a degree in agricultural business. Unable to find employment in the agricultural business, Levi went to work helping a friend in the coin business. He then applied for an opening at McGregor Co. in Oakesdale and was offered the job. “Moving from Salt Lake City was a big change, but we are both from small towns so it is kind of like coming h...
Roy Dube, left, head of Rosalia’s Dollars for Scholars committee, presented an appreciation plaque to Mike Day for work in collecting prizes and assisting with the group’s annual silent auction and crab feed. Day, known as Mr. Spartan, was also commended for his volunteer work for the schools and for Rosalia....
We do not have choices in certain areas of our life such as : our I.Q., our race, our parents, our gender, our place of birth. All of these were decided for us before we were born. We learn from Abraham some choices we can make. 1. Abraham made the big choice: He chose to follow God. As Abraham followed God, he was shown certain truths and principles that guided him in the choices he made. Abraham chose to be responsible. 2. Abraham chose to be loving, God like, in his choices. Many people are sensitive in looking out for their own rights! It...
Dusty Friday, April 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. Vicki Broeckel will have an opening show of her paintings, “Palouse Reflections”, at Dodson’s Fine Jewelers and Gallery at 516 W. Riverside in Spokane. The show will continue through April. Kim and Cindy Pitts had a house-full of guests this weekend. Children and grandchildren Jen and Ryan Hammons, Kellen, Becket and Willa, Boise; and Amanda and Erik Carlson, Rafe and Tate, Spokane, spent the weekend with them. Sunday, Cindy’s father, Norm Bafus of LaCrosse, joined them for dinner. A week ago last Su...
Sean Neal and Miles Pfaff, Garfield-Palouse High School grads who are now seniors at WSU, were members of a first-place WSU finance team which competed Feb. 21 in Spokane against four other universities in a business report and presentation event. The CFA Research Institute Challenge required teams to complete a detailed report and 10-minute presentation on a selected company and communicate their findings. This year’s company was Sterling Savings Bank and teams were required to look at Sterling’s business structure, financial records, and risk...
Ruth Henderson, the most senior senior citizen of Colfax, receives a birthday greeting from grandson Dave Link and Jennie Kimball during her 105th birthday party Saturday at Hill-Ray Plaza. More than 180 attendees signed the guest book and wished her a happy birthday....
These reports are from the previous four issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. HAWKINS FILES RESPONSE A Hawkins Company response by Seattle Attorney Dale N. Johnson to the suit involving the shopping mall site at the state line was filed Monday in superior court. The response generally denies each and every claim in the injunction suit filed by OVIC against Hawkins and the county. The response asks the court for a...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. If you ever find yourself in a hostage situation, feel free to call me, or send me an e-mail. I can handle it: I have a SWAT watch. That’s right. Reporter Clark Kent was secretly Superman, and Columnist W. Bruce Cameron is secretly the kind of guy who can wear a watch that’s an exact duplicate of the one official SWAT team members wear in that movie about them. With this watch, there are a lot of things that I can do that SWAT guys do, like, well, synchronize watches. There...
• What’s the best way to keep sheet sets together? Tuck all the pieces in a matching pillowcase, of course. • Need to hull strawberries? Try using a straw. Position the straw at the bottom of the strawberry, then push up toward the stem. It works quickly and well. • If you mount a magnet strip in your bathroom or on your vanity, you can use it to hold bobby pins or metal barrettes. Or mount a ribbon to hold all kinds of hair clips. • Baby leg protectors are cute. And cheap, if you have some old athletic socks. Cut off the ends, slip over baby...
Dusty Dusty B.B. Club met last Wednesday in the home of hostess Helen Appel. Joyce Appel was co-hostess. Wanda Alderman of Steptoe presented a program on Pysanda eggs, a Ukranian art form of decorating Easter eggs in intricate patterns using beeswax and successive dyes of different colors. The next meeting will be Tuesday, April 10 for a tour of the wind turbines near Pomeroy and Dayton. Husbands and other guests are welcome. Members are asked to call Rita Ackerman by April 6 if bringing guests to tell her how many will attend. People with...
Eight members of the Bess Mechling club of Clear Creek show off hats designed specifically for wear in the far-off Year 2000 at a meeting of the Whitman County Homemakers Council in March of 1962. Pictured, from left, are Mrs. Adolf Harder, Mrs. Stanley Bannister, Mrs. Malcolm Brown, Mrs. Earl Jeffries, Mrs. Richard Hill, Mrs. Arthur Dole, Mrs. Herbert Schmick and Mrs. Harold Stueckle....
Did you know that we have a wide variety of specialists who visit the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center regularly? Current specialties include allergy, audiology, cardiology, counseling, dietitian, gastroenterology (GI), general surgery, nephrology, neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, optometry, podiatry and urology. Our newest visiting specialists include Dr. Michael Ring, MD, FACC and Dr. Gerhard Muelheims, MD, FACC, affiliated with Providence Spokane Cardiology. Both are board-certified cardiologists with their main clinic in Spokane....
Whitman County Spring Cleanup week has been scheduled April 16-28 for residents. The rate will be $35 per ton with a $15 minimum. Residents are encouraged to haul in old appliances and other scrap metal, used oil and engine fluids, household cleaners, yard fertilizer and yard trimmings. Recyclables include glass, plastics, aluminum, tin, mixed paper, newspapers and cardboard. Hours at the landfill are 8 to 5 Monday through Saturday. The discount rate is limited to waste from residents and does not apply to commercial haulers or...
Rosalia Rosalia Chamber of Commerce is looking for pictures of past Battle Days celebrations in town. They plan to use the pictures to display in a Battle Days collage. Copies of pictures can be mailed to the chamber at Box 132 in Rosalia. Contributors are asked to identify the people in the pictures and attempt to pinpoint the year of the celebration. The Chamber and Commerce birthday calendars are ready and available for purchase at Pat’s Books. Cost is $5. Rosalia girls basketball banquet w...
Week of March 26-30 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: Burgers w/the works, oven fries, fruit Tuesday: Sub-sandwich, beanie weenies, green salad, fruit Wednesday: Strawhats w/the works, fritos, salsa, fruit, cinnamon roll Thursday: Beef dippers, baked potato bar w/the works, fruit, bread sticks Friday: Cook’s Choice JES Monday: C...
A search for a missing Colfax boy was called off at approximately 7:45 p.m. Saturday when he was located under a desk in the basement of his residence. Colfax officers and volunteers had been called out to search for the five-year-old boy after receiving a report that he was missing just before 7 p.m. Chief Bill Hickman said the boy and his younger brother were out playing in their yard without permission. They were told to come inside, and the youngest boy came into the house. His father was unable to locate the other youngster outside and...
A new open class of competition will be introduced Saturday when the Cub Scouts in the Chief Kamiakin District roll out their championship finals in the Eastside Market Place. The championship race will have an official sponsor this year in Gilbert Auto Ford, and part of that expansion will include new open class races with the general public invited to compete. Two tracks, one for the Cub Scout finalists in the district championship and one for the open class, will be in operation with the races slated to start at 9:30 a.m. An estimated 44 Cub...
The deadline for reserving seats for Ice Age Tour 2, sponsored by the Whitman County Historical Society, will be April 16. The society has reserved a 47-seat motor coach to make the trip May 19-20 to tour ancient Glacial Lake Missoula and its outlet through North Idaho. More than half of the seats have already been reserved, and those considering the trip are encouraged to decide soon before all the spaces are taken, according to Dan Leonard of Johnson who is heading up plans for the tour. Per seat cost for WCHS members will be $212 or $350 for...
Saturday, March 31, Grassville will play “in-your-face bluegrass” at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown from 7:30 to 9:30. Admission will be $7 at the door. Grassville is a five members band from the North Idaho/Spokane area. Lead mandolin player, Michael Lee Hicks, is from the deep south and brings a musical background steeped in gospel and southern Appalachia. Don Saladin, banjo player, came from New York. Rounding out the group is Carolyn Wylie on guitar and vocals, Philip Brown on fiddle and Jim Pittman on bass. The 16-member Hog Heaven Big Ban...
Whitman County Library’s seventh annual Penny Drive will be March 26-April 14 in honor of National Library Week, April 8-14. Each of the 14 library branches will collect money to fund programs or projects that are vital to their location. Last year the library system collected more than $1,060. Vicki Hatley’s Daycare in Colfax took top prize for the most money collected by, bringing in more than $600 for the library. Once again, many classrooms and daycares will compete for an ice cream party hosted by the Friends of Whitman County Library and...
A GED preparatory class meets every Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to noon. This class is sponsored by R.A.C.E. and is at no cost to students, according to Malden Librarian Shannon Roe. Malden Library will host Teen Librarian Chelsea Leachman March 26 for teen time at 4 p.m. with games, snacks and a chance to create a duct tape wallet....
For family storytime March 28 at the St. John Library the theme will be Pets, common and rare. All ages are invited. Author and former hoops coach Jim Stinson will visit the St John Library Thursday, March 29, at 6:30. to speak about his new book, “Remembering the B: the History of Washington State B Basketball Tournament”. Stinson’s book is filled with facts, photos and trivia for any B Basketball lover. Books will be available for purchase. St. John Library hours will be Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m....
A basic Software and Internet Computing class is scheduled at the Colfax Library from 10 a.m. until noon March 27. Library staffers will assist attendees with basic skills including Microsoft Office products and Windows, email and Internet searching. For more information, contact James Morasch or Don Appel. Families are invited to a free PG movie and snack on Friday, April 6, at 1 p.m. in the Colfax Library. For more information on this newly released Disney film, contact Whitman County Library. Additional programs and events coming to the...
Taste ‘n Tear 4H The Taste N’ Tear 4H group met Feb. 18 at the home of advisor Helen Appel. They all brought salads to share for lunch and worked on pajama sewing projects....
For family storytime March 28 at the St. John Library the theme will be Pets, common and rare. All ages are invited. Author and former hoops coach Jim Stinson will visit the St. John Library Thursday, March 29, at 6:30. to speak about his new book, “Remembering the B: the History of Washington State B Basketball Tournament”. Stinson’s book is filled with facts, photos and trivia for any B Basketball lover. Books will be available for purchase. St. John library hours will be Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m....
