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Meet RandyLynn Barron, Pullman RandyLynn Barron grew up in New Orleans, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy for nine years before she married. She had a daughter, Cecillia, with her first husband, and then a son, Vince, who was born with a brain injury., with her second husband. Five years after Vince was born, her husband left them, and she raised her family. She earned a certificate as a Director of Development from the University of San Francisco and started the Parents Helping Parents Foundation which provided information to parents of children...
Dusty John Brink, son of Larry and Di Brink, and Brandi Amsden, daughter of Ed and Brenda Getz and Jack Amsden, were married Saturday afternoon in an outdoor ceremony on the Brink family farm on Little Alkili Road south of Dusty. The reception was in the recently renovated historical Brink barn. More than 200 guests attended. Decorations and set-up were done by family members Tom Phillips, Kevin Brink, Mike Stine, Don and Carol Keeney and Lucky, Joan and Rob Myrick. Lucky and Joan Myrick made the wedding rings. Julie Roberts catered the...
Wanda Alderman, left, and Marianne Mitchell pull Kathie Anderson’s winning ticket in the raffle drawing to assist renovaton of the Endicott Library during the Friends of the Library’s meeting May 3. Anderson, Endicott, won the grand prize, a McGregor outdoor fireplace. Judy Arneson, also of Endicott, and Jeanette Burton of Coeur d’Alene won $100 Rosauers gift certificates. The raffle raised $600 to be used in the $120,000 renovation project. So far, more than $11,500 has been raised locally. Applications for funding are pending with USDA and o...
Anna Mills, Rebekah Fisch, Kaela Dewan and Danielle Jones, from the left, will compete for the 2011 Miss Oakesdale title Sunday at 3 p.m in the Oakesdale gym. Theme for competition will be “A Day in Paradise.” Anna will do a dance routine, and Rebekah will sing. Kaela will play the flute with a video presentation, and Danielle will play the piano....
To observe Kinship Caregiver Day, proclaimed by Gov. Christine, the Council on Aging & Human Services will host a program at the library in Colfax May 18 at 6:00 p.m. Marcy Campbell, author of “Rosie’s Scary Tale” will present a program and information will be available about funding sources for youth programs. Grandparents or other family members raising a relative’s child are known as Kinship Caregivers. For more information, contact Amanda Rich at the Council on Aging & Human Services....
Pullman Births Strong, Ramona Evelyn, born April 21, 2011, at seven pounds, eight ounces, to Dana Strong and Molly Wicks of Pullman, WA. Paternal grandparents are Dana R. Strong and Betty O. Strong of Minneapolis, MN. Maternal grandparents are Roxanne Savaryn-Wicks and Zeno W. Wicks III of Brookings, SD. The baby joins sister, Clare, two. Chambers, Kylie Anne, born April 20, 2011, at six pounds, three ounces, to Julie Parzyck of Garfield, WA and Joey Chambers of Potlatch, ID. Paternal grandparents are Cheryl Chambers and Larry Chambers, both...
The Thrift Shop, an all-volunteer campus non-profit which offers recycled clothing and goods, will offer all merchandise at half off May 24-27. The shop at 525 NE Campus in Pullman is open Tuesdays 4:30-6:30 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 4 p.m. Free parking in church lot while shopping. A portion of the proceeds benefit local charities....
Palouse Library will host a gardening program next Tuesday, May 17 at 6 p.m. Attendees can learn about the master gardener program and the potential for a garden club in Palouse. For more information, contact Bev Pearce at the Palouse Library....
Christine Bowman is the new manager of Whitman County Library’s Garfield branch. Garfield residents are invited to come in and meet her during library hours, Monday’s from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., and Wednesdays from 11 to 2:30 p.m....
8 years ago - May 7, 1886 Articles of incorporation for the Spring Mountain Water Co. were filed with the territorial secretary on the first, incorporators being H.W. Livingstone, Leon Kuhn and Jas. A. Perkins. The business of the company as outlined by the articles, is to supply the city of Colfax with pure spring water for domestic, fire, power and other purposes. County commissioners have extended the 5-cent squirrel scalp bounty to Aug. 1. At its regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening, the city council granted the Spring Mountain...
SAIL program session set The SAIL exercise program sponsored by the Whitman Hospital, continues to meet at the LaCrosse Methodist Church on Tuesday and Thursday at 9 a.m. There is a $1 fee for each session attended. Erin Hopkins, a certified SAIL instructor, leads the class. Everyone is welcome to attend. Coin pig said hungry Rosalia Librarian Katie Littleton wants to remind the Rosalia Library users that her coin pig is hungry for pennies. Please remember to stop in and feed the pig to help support the summer reading program. Preschoolers are...
St. John Eugene Schmidt, a 1968 St. John graduate, has an interest in the campaign by Bridgeport to land President Obama as a commencement speaker this year. Schmidt, son of St. John resident Eileen Schmidt, served as superintendent at Bridgeport. He left the Bridgeport district two years ago and is now superintendent for a school district in Los Alamos, N. M. Schmidt received his education degree at Washington State College....
Colton students earning all-A grades for the third quarters include Mikayla Nygreen and Maggie Weber, seniors; Grace Druffel, Haley Moser, Jake Riedner, Joshua Straughan, Erin Weber, juniors; Kaden Dahmen, Kaitlin Druffel, Payton Meyer, Paige Vincent, sophomores; Jenna Moser, Nick Neihenke, Jakob Staughan, freshmen. Students earning a 3.4 to 3.99 GPA include Travis Bauer, Steve Eacker, McKenzie Heaslet, Travis Hoyle, Taylor Jackson, Mollie Kramer and Sam Wolf, seniors; Matthew Becker, Jona Davis, Meghan Heitstuman, Caitlyn Kriehn, Taylor...
Matthew Scholz, University of Idaho piano performance student from Colfax, played his senior recital on the Steinway piano in Haddock hall of the Lionel Hampton School of Music April 23. The hour-plus program featured Mozart’s Sonata No.6 in D Major and included selections by Bach, Rachmaninoff and Debussy. Scholz will present the program in Colfax May 14 at 7 p.m. in the CHS auditorium. A member of the 2006 class of Colfax High School, Scholz has been employed as a lifeguard at the Colfax swim pool during the summer months....
MOMENTS IN TIME - The History Channel * On May 19, 1836, during a raid, Comanche, Kiowa and Caddo Indians in Texas kidnap 9-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker and kill her family. Adopted into the Comanche tribe, she lived a happy life, marrying a warrior and having three children, until Texas Rangers recaptured her in 1860. They forced her to return to live again among Anglo-Americans after killing her husband. * On May 16, 1849, the New York City Board of Health finally is able to establish a hospital to deal with a cholera epidemic that, before it...
Anthenaeum Anthenaeum Club will have its final meeting for the year on Friday, May 6, 2011 as a lunch at Banyan’s on the Palouse Ridge Golf Course in Pullman. The lunch will begin at 12:00 p.m. Meet at 11:30 a.m. in the parking lot at Colfax First Baptist to carpool. ON CAMPUS ART WSU Museum of Art will feature the talents of graduate candidates in the Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibition, April 8 to May 7. The exhibition is organized by museum curator Keith Wells. The University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery on Main Street in Moscow wil...
Week of May 9-13 At Garfield/Palouse School Monday: Bread sticks, potato sticks, carrot sticks, celery sticks and fruit sticks. Tuesday: Pizza, green salad, pineapple, pudding Wednesday: Hamburger or chicken bunwich, potatoes, fruit Thursday: Sub sandwich bar, salads, veggies, fruit Friday: Teriyaki chicken or sweet and sour chicken, rice, vegetables, fruit At Tekoa School: Monday: Deli turkey sandwich, French fries, veggie, fruit Tuesday: Chicken nuggets, BBQ beans, tossed salad, pears, wheat roll Wednesday: Hamburger, French fries, veggies, f...
A good shepherd who provides The Rev. Don Moore, pastor, Colfax Church of the Nazarene Psalm 23 ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ Wow! He is a Good Shepherd that is always there for us. ‘I shall not be in want’ That is unreal but true; our Shepherd provides for us. Notice all the things that He provides for us in the rest of this psalm. ‘He makes me lie down in green pastures.’ He provides satisfaction, contentment, fulfillment. ‘He leads me beside quiet waters.’ He provides guidance and rest. ‘He restores my soul.’ He provides revival, renewal, r...
Leanne Bafus, Doug Curtis and Sarita Hopkins represented LaCrosse last Wednesday, April 27, during a ceremony at the Education Service District office in Spokane where this year’s state Achievement Award winners from schools in this part of the state received their awards. This is the second year in a row that La Crosse Elementary School received recognition for overall student achievement....
Lacrosse The LaCrosse Community Outreach met recently. President Cheri Garrett presented Wayne Miller as the new food bank manager. The group expressed appreciation to Patti and Charlie Meyer for their years of service to the food bank. Brochures from “A Greener Palouse” are now available at the Outreach Thrift Store. This is a directory of all the thrift stores and consignment shops on the Palouse. The food bank is open on the fourth Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Thrift store hours are Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p...
Brian and Chris Mayer former St. John residents now of Maui, Hawaii announce the upcoming marriage celebration of their daughter Angela Mayer of Kirkland to Justin Corbett of Kirkland. He is the son to Kevin & Peg Corbett of Kirkland and John and Denise Moshovakis of Bothell. The bride-to-be graduated from Othello High School in 2000 and from Washington State University in 2004 with a degree in sport management. She has been employed at Brooks Sports in Bothell since 2005 and is their event promotions manager. Corbett graduated from Juanita...
ROSALIA - MIKE DAY, Gazette correspondent Vivian Lautenslager, Rosalia High School graduate who will receive a degree in theatre arts at Evergreen State College in Olympia, has auditioned at Groundlings, an improvisational comedy troupe in Hollywood. She is the daughter of Jim and Teresa Lautenslager. She is a member of the 2007 class of Rosalia High School. She plans to move to Los Angeles after she receives her degree from Evergreen State this spring, and looks forward to pursuing a career in acting....
Tekoa Library April 13 hosted Dick Pugh from Portland State University who presented an exhibit and discussion about the meteorites this area and around the world. Several people brought in their own samples of rock to be identified....
Dusty - KAREN BROECKEL, Gazette Correspondent Art and Colene Sager attended church services and a potluck in Valleyford last Sunday. They went to hear acquaintances Clay and Jewel Flock, missionaries to China, who were guest speakers. Clay is a native of Valleyford, and Art has known Jewel since she was a child and her father Tom Star was a minister in Idaho. Vicki Broeckel and Gary and Jason Monson attended the Women’s Tapestry Choir concert at the Methodist Church in Colfax Monday evening. Diane Monson and Linda Hennigar are members of the w...
LaCrosse School District will offer free child screening for all children from birth through five years next Wednesday, May 11, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the grade school. The screening will include hearing, vision, speech, language and motor skills. Call Terri Koller at the school to schedule an appointment....
