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Bartlett, Tristan Michael, born June 9, 2010, at seven pounds, two ounces, to Jedidiah and Tatiana Bartlett of Uniontown. Paternal grandparents are Paul and Patricia Bartlett, Creston, B.C. Maternal grandparents are Francis and Cynthia Horton , Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Becker, Carson Jeremiah, born June 1, 2010, at seven pounds, to Jenny and Bryan Becker of Moscow. Paternal grandparents are Keith and Janice Becker, Moscow. Maternal grandparents are Rod and Cheryl Candler, St. Maries, Idaho and Butch and Linda Linehan, Pullman. The baby joins one s...
COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of June 21 – 25, 2010 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Hamburger on a Bun w/Lettuce, Tom & Cheese, Potato Salad, Relish Tray, Fruit Crisp, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Hamburger on a Bun w/Lettuce, Tom & Cheese, Potato Salad, Relish Tray, Dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Federated Church: Wednesday — Hamburger on a Bun w/Lettuce, Tom & Cheese, Potato Salad, Relish Tray, Fruit Crisp, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday...
Malden Library has moved into its brand new location with a larger collection and new hours. Hours are Tuesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Librarian Shannon Roe credited Dan and Carolyn Sturgeon, Fran Maxwell, Trevor Main and Josh Roe for their effort in preparing, moving and setting up the new building. Fence Menders of Malden added their support in setting up the new library. Malden Summer reading begins June 24 at 5 p.m., lasts an hour and runs for six weeks. The theme is “Make a Splash, Read!” Programs inc...
The evening of June 7 was the annual Garfield-Palouse FFA banquet starting with a potluck dinner. Following dinner, the opening ceremony was conducted by the 2009-2010 officers team with President Garret Pfaff, Vice President JB Lange, Sentinel Blake Slocum, Reporter Tiona Shea, Treasurer Kristin Nelson and Secretary Katie Dill. Members were then recognized for their accomplishments. Recognition for Greenhand, Chapter Farmer and State Degrees were also presented. A chapter record was also set with 44 awards received throughout the year, one...
Endicott Community Club met June 1. Bonnie Haliday was named recipient of the “Yard of the Month” award for June. Thank you notes were sent to three residents who donated time and mowers to help other keep their yards trimmed. The Community Calendar project is in the works. The information sheet will be posted at Endicott Food Center....
Maggie Weber of Colton High School and Nyna VanHarn of Garfield-Palouse High School are winners of Whitman County Library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB) $200 scholarships. Six $25 scholarships and two $200 grand prize drawing scholarships were awarded to participating teen advisors. Proceeds from the WCL and 4H teen dance and donations from the Friends of the Whitman County Library help support the program. Teen board members are nominated by their school. Board members for the past year in addition to Weber and VanHarn were Tom Carrothers, R...
Librarian Clancy Pool reports new Friday hours at the St. John Library will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. The popular late afternoon hours ended June 11 when the WORC grant funding ended. St. John Library will feature Hank Cramer at Summer Reading Wednesday, June 23, at 1 p.m. Friends of the St. John Library extend an invitation to all. This year Cramer will focus on songs of the sea. All ages are welcome....
How to Seniorize a Kitchen Dear Savvy Senior A while back you wrote a column on how to seniorize a bathroom to make it safer and easier to use. What about the kitchen? At 80, my mother still loves to cook, but has arthritis and some mobility challenges that make it difficult for her. What senior-friendly kitchen tips can you recommend? Aching Cook Dear Aching, The standing, bending, reaching, gripping and lifting that often comes with cooking, makes the kitchen one of the most challenging rooms in the house for seniors to use. Here’s what you c...
Hooper Conly and Betty Merritt attended the combine demolition derby in Lind Saturday with approximately 40 friends and family from western Washington. Connor Arbiter of Moscow has returned to Hooper Crossing Ranch for his third summer to help Keith Danielson train horses. On Saturday, June 12, he traveled to Pasco along with Keith and Carla and Marilyn Bafus of Endicott to participate in the Franklin County Saddle Club Supreme Cowboy competition. The group brought home four top three placings, with Keith taking a special award for a perfect...
Hank Cramer will perform authentic Western music in a free concert Tuesday, June 22, at 7 p.m. in Schmuck Park at Colfax. Cramer is an award winning singer and songwriter, nationally recognized for his cowboy tunes and tales of western lore. Cramer has released 17 albums and he’s appeared at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV; the High Desert Museum in Bend, Ore.; the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo.; the National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City, Ore; and cowboy music gatherings throughout the West. A...
Rosalia Rosalia Volunteer Fire Department split $2,000 pot - Terry Craddock. Winning ticket sold by firefighter Jim Lautenslager. Chamber of Commerce $500 - Wayne Kjack. Lion’s Club Merchant Gifts - Over 50 prizes. Rosalia Float Raffle: Signed Gonzaga basketball, Linda Pritchet. Signed Cougar basketballs: Tim Day and Connie Conradi. Rosalia Fun Run 7.1 miles: Women: 1. Morgan Willson 48:56, 2. Kimberly Paulson 1:11.6, 3. Dee Crawdold 1:14.6. Men:1. Brian Reathaford 53:45, 2. Rich Reathaford 5...
Lacrosse Lots of activity and fun is planned for this weekend and Farmers’Festival. Friday night the Tigercat football team will host a 5-on-5 Passing Tournament at the football field starting at 4:30. The varsity and junior varsity teams will host the Touchet Indians, the Kendrick Tigers and the Liberty Patriots. A hamburger feed will be available at the field, hosted by the Washington, DC 2011 kids. Concessions will also be available. Saturday morning a pancake breakfast will be served at the Masonic Lodge. Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for c...
A potluck lunch and visiting were enjoyed by schoolmates who gathered at Garfield Christian Fellowship Church in Garfield Tuesday, June 1. Attending were Rose Marie Perkins Harlan, Sunburst, Mont.; Mary Jo Giles lszler, Cut Bank, Mont.; Sam and Cheryl Haun, Stevenson; Walter and Kay Tribbeft Taylor, Renton; Bob and Sharon Schuman, Salem, Ore.; June Curtis Sharp, Oakesdale; Frank and Karen Walker, Cheney; John Dailey, Farmington; Dot Perkins Bugh, Moscow; Jim and Suzanne Watson Babb, Coeur d’Alene; Anne Williams Vannice, Colville. Attending f...
Dusty The thunder, lightening and rain storm last Thursday caused some local damage. Art and Colene Sager had more than a foot of mud wash into their barn and yard. They received 1.4 inches of rain that afternoon. Kim and Cindy Pitts had their computer fried by a bolt of lightening that hit near them. It also knocked out the phones and on-line services for several homes in the area. Saturday, Vicki Broeckel and Michelle Carver attended the live performance of Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” at the Spokane Arena. Among the speci...
Colfax UMC to launch monthly meal program Colfax United Methodist Church will host its first monthly community meal next Thursday, June 24, beginning at 6 p.m. The church plans to host a free meal on the fourth Thursday of each month to meet what church members feel is a real need to support families in the area. Donna Thompson and Connie McBride are heading the project. The monthly meals is one of several ministries the church plans to undertake. They hope to work with others in the community to increase the number of free meals. “We can use a...
As the leader of the Albion Best Adventure 4H Club, Debbie oversees and plans community service events and other activities. At the Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, where she is Director of Performance Improvement, she is known as the “party planner” for the quarterly meetings designed to educate employees. Left to Right David, Debbie, Brandon and Tyler Debbie and husband David, both from the Marsing,Idaho, area, moved to Moscow after she graduated from Boise State University with an ass...
COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of June 14-18, 2010 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Western barbecue chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread, fruit, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Western barbecue chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread, fruit, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Federated Church: Wednesday — Western barbecue chicken, baked beans, coleslaw, cornbread, fruit, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday — Western barbecue chicken, baked beans, colesla...
Discount Travel Tips for Retirees Dear Savvy Senior, Can you write a column on U.S. travel discounts for seniors? My husband and I are approaching retirement and love to travel but have a limited budget. Discount Travelers Dear Travelers, Everybody loves a bargain but in today’s tight economy, senior discount travel deals that have real value are getting harder to find. Here are some tips to help you find the best deals. Senior Discounts? When it comes to senior travel bargains, an important point to keep in mind is that the “senior dis...
Anderson, Sydney Rae, born May 31, 2010, at nine pounds, one ounce, to Dustin and Carly Anderson of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Scott and Joy Anderson, New Brighton, Minn. Maternal grandparents are Anne McGee, Shoreview, Minn., and Ray and Julie Brueggemeier, Owatonna, Minn. Bradshaw, Celise Dolores Cornelia, born May 23, 2010, at eight pounds, eight ounces, to Heath and Naima Bradshaw, Steptoe. Paternal grandmother is Gloria McMeekin, Steptoe. Maternal grandparents are Lonny DeRydt, Nopalt Lin Guadarrsma, Melissa Smith, Steptoe. Davis,...
8 years ago June 12, 1885 Several plans for the new school building are completed and in the hands of the directors, who will submit them to a vote as soon as estimates on cost of construction are procured. Wells, Fargo & Co.’s express brought in $2,000 in silver coin last Monday, consigned to the First National. The whole amount was in bright dollar pieces of the coinage of 1885, and weighed 110 pounds. For some weeks past great inconvenience has resulted from the scarcity of silver coin, indispensable for “change” and it was shipped in to...
Friends of Whitman County Library will sponsor Teen and Adult Summer Reading in all 14 library locations. Finishers who read and review three books will be awarded coffee drinks, slices of pizza or other goodies from local vendors. Many branch libraries will also hold prize giveaways. All prizes and reading incentives are donated by local vendors or were purchased by the Friends of Whitman County Library. For more information: www.whitco. lib.wa.us Whitman County Library now offers downloadable audio books for adults, teens and children from...
Celebrating National Nursing Assistant Week The many faces of caring is how I think of our nursing assistants here at Whitman Hospital. We are very fortunate to have 21 dedicated nursing assistants here that provide great care to our patients each and every day. They work throughout the medical center from the emergency department to the surgical areas as well as the medical-surgical unit. They are key players in the lives of the people in their care, and each nursing assistant is called to create an environment of caring for our patients. The...
Loving one another I have been studying the commands of Jesus recently. Those passages of scripture where Jesus told us to do something, to go somewhere, or to be something. It has been a fascinating study. The command I would like to focus on today is found in John 13:34-35. Jesus is speaking here after just finishing the Passover Supper with the disciples. Judas has just left and is about to betray Jesus. Jesus knows this is the last opportunity to impart wisdom and share any last instructions with the men that are being tasked with preaching...
Summer Reading starts June 14 at the Colton Library and will run six Mondays in a row with sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. This year’s theme is Make a Splash – Read! Librarian Holly Meyer plans to explore a different water theme. Pirates, fish, boats, sharks and water birds are some of the topics. Sign-up is currently underway at the library. The adult and teen summer reading program will run through August. Participants must read three books and write a short review about each one. All qualifiers will receive a gift certificate to the Uni...
Members of the Colfax High School class of 1940 gathered for a reunion at Eddy’s Friday, May 28, 2010. Pictured, from left to right, are: Charles Kasdorf, Alameda, Calif.; Corriene Hofer Liotta, Colfax; Alice Hoffman Ross, Spokane Valley; Janet Hoffman Huber, Colfax, and Owen Koller, Spokane Valley. Kasdorf, who was class valedictorian, made arrangements for the reunion....
