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LaCrosse The grocery store committee has been meeting on routine basis. The grocery store will be a nonprofit entity. A request to the Town of LaCrosse to consider starting up a Public Development Authority, similar to the towns of Odessa, Republic, Ritzville, Garfield and Uniontown, was drafted and sent to the city council for consideration. If the town elects not to enact a PDA, the grocery store committee has indicated they will file a nonprofit LLC for the grocery store. The proposal is on the agenda for the April 8 city meeting which...
Hooper Anna May Tobin’s daughters, Sandy Minnick, Newport, and Vicky Rodgers, Chewelah, and grandson, Jonathan Minnick, joined her to travel to Riggins, Idaho, last weekend for the funeral of Anna May’s sister. They all returned to Hooper Sunday evening and plan to stay for the rest of the week. Carla Danielson traveled to Glendale, Ariz., the week of March 8-12 to spend time with her daughter Megan Mock. Megan, who teaches English as a second language in Phoenix, was on her spring break....
Dusty The annual Broeckel sausage making weekend in the basement of the Karen Broeckel home had an international contingent this year. Participating in the event were Oscar Broeckel, Brian and Angela Broeckel and Graham, Dusty; Cliff and Jeanette Nolan, Greg and Gwen Nolan, Jason, Andrew and Kerry King, Colfax; Tom and Doreen Riedner, Genesee; Denise Kendall, Tacoma; Pam and Ken Beasley, Zach and Austin, Waitsburg and their exchange student Edmond Lai, Hong Kong and Singapore; Patty Wieber and Brett and Jamie and Robert Goodman, Spokane;...
Olan Mills photo A public reception to honor the 65th anniversary of Nina and Delbert Gregory will be April 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Harvester Restaurant in Spangle. Nina, born at Steptoe in 1924, to Sam and Beulah Hall Littleton, and Delbert, born at Winona in 1923, to Charles and Pearl Johnson Gregory, were both raised in Oakesdale where they currently reside. They were married in Oakesdale, April 1, 1945. After 37 years of service, they retired from the Oakesdale School District in 1986. Delbert enjoys gardening, reading, fishing and...
Joe and Becky St. John of Farmington, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brenna, to Brandon VanDalsen, son of Mike VanDalsen of Thornton, and Stacy Claussen of Ephrata. They are planning a June wedding at A Touch of Country in Rockford. Brenna will graduate from Washington State University in May with a major in nutrition and in August will begin an internship at Tacoma to become a registered dietician. Brandon also attended Washington State University and is currently farming in Farmington....
Rosalia Rosalia 2010 Queen Mattie Eberle with First Princess Kaileigh Wendt, left, and Second Princess Lucy Irish. With a theme of “All Aboard” the Miss Rosalia pageant arrived at the Rosalia High School station Saturday. Coordinators Tara Pittmann, Kellie Kiesz and Dorinda Merritt directed Rosalia High Juniors Mattie Eberle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Eberle; Kaileigh Wendt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wendt; Lucy Irish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Del Irish; Hailee Danilson, daughter of...
Entrants Kaci Kopczynski, Brooke Webber, Maggee Cochran, Tori Benson, Shaina Simonson, Emily Ledbetter, Ashlyn Thompson and Kara Foreyt await the word of the judges. ‘Monkeys and Crocodiles‘ was performed by Rachel Brown, Kylie Kackman and Kiersten York with Dylan Nails as the reptile. Stagehands Tuffy Hickman, Austin Neu and Andrew Scholz assisted. Colfax 2010 Junior Miss Emily Ledbetter. Brook Webber, first runner-up is a right, and Kaci Kopczynski, second runner-up is at left. Emily Ledbetter was named 2010 Colfax Junior Miss Saturday night...
Nicole, Katerina and mary with cookies. The daughter of Dutch immigrants, Mary Wiley was raised with a green thumb. From an early age she helped out at the family nursery and floral shop in Oak Harbor. By the time she was 10 years old she was arranging funeral pieces. “When it’s a family business, you grow up doing it,” she commented. Mary continues to display her prowess with flowers at Flowers & More… in Colfax. In 2008 she volunteered to help at the shop for Valentine’s Day and has been there...
Tips and Treatments for Snoring Seniors Dear Savvy Senior My 60-year-old husband has become a terrible snorer, especially over the past few years. It’s gotten to the point I can’t stand to sleep in the same room as him anymore. What can help us? Sleepless Sandy Dear Sandy, Most people don’t think there’s much they can do to fix their snoring problems, but that’s not true anymore. Today, there are number of viable tips and treatments that can make a big difference for snorers and their suffering spouses. Here’s what you should know. Snoring is...
Week of March 22-27, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Pizza, green salad, yogurt cups, fruit. Tuesday: Pancakes, sausage, hashbrowns, applesauce. Wednesday: Chicken patties on a bun, scalloped potatoes, apple slices, Jello. Thursday: Hambur-gers, fries, fruit. Friday: Teacher inservice day. 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunches available. At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Corn dogs, nachos, corn, fruit. Tuesday: Hamburgers, cheese, lettuce, Jo Jos, vegetables, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, potato wedges, carrots, pears. Thursday: Tacos, lettuce,...
Dusty Some of the locals attending the 90th birthday celebration for former Dusty native Martha Scheideman Hibbard in Spokane March 6 included Randy and Glenda Scheideman, Mary Scheideman, David and Phyllis Stueckle, Kim and Cindy Pitts and Jon and Diane Pitts. Approximately 50 people, some from Iowa, attended. Vicki Broeckel, Sharry O’Hearne, Diane Geary and Karen Broeckel helped Berniece Krom celebrate her 94th birthday March 4 at the Whitman Health and Rehab Nursing Home in Colfax. Jill and Kurt Reddig, formerly of Battleground, have p...
Adrian Green plays King Yokel and Sammi Johnson plays the ghost of his predecessor, Queen Eva, in the Garfield Palouse Middle School production of “The Royal Bachelor,” a musical comedy which will be performed March 24 at the Middle School Theater in Garfield, and go on the road the next night, March 25, to the Tekoa Empire Theatre in Tekoa. More than 20 students will take part in the comedy which is about a hillbilly who accidentally becomes king and his search for a queen. Curtain time for both performance will be 7 p.m. with tickets ava...
Hog Heaven returns Hog Heaven Big Band will return to the Dahmen Barn Saturday, March 27 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The band has played at the Barn since its grand opening in October of 2006. Admission will be $8 for a couple, $5 for a single and free for children under 12. Complimentary dance lessons may be enjoyed beginning at 6 p.m. Clubs & Youth Groups Relay for Life Whitman Relay for Life will celebrate their kick-off next Thursday, March 25, at an annual fund raiser at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Colfax. Theme for the celebration is...
In the town of Colton is a little sign with an arrow pointing the way down a little street to Dave’s Golf Shop. If you follow the sign, you’ll find the not so little golf shop and its tall owner, Dave Scharnhorst. “It was a shot in the dark,” said Dave of his decision to open a golf shop in the rural Whitman County town. Dave grew up in Colton and worked the family farm. When he met his wife Carisa, they started to go golfing and early on they had experiences with good and bad clubs. He realized...
Mykala Nygreen McKenzie Heaslet Mollie Krammer Maggie Weber Colton/Uniontown Junior Miss program will be at the Colton High School March 27 at 7 p.m. Mykala Nygreen, daughter of Keith and Kim Nygreen, will tap dance to Hot Honey Rag. McKenzie Heaslet, daughter of Jim and Dianne Heaslet, will perform a monologue. Mollie Krammer, daughter of Aaron and Sherri Krammer, will sing the Trolley Song, and Maggie Weber, daughter of Pat and Mimi Weber, will be performing roping tricks....
All Aboard for the Miss Rosalia 2010 program Saturday, March 20, at 7 p.m. in the Rosalia High School gym. The five participants, from the left, are Mattie Eberle, Lucy Irish, Mickenzie Bryan, Hailee Danilson and Kaileigh Wendt. Admission is $5, children 6 and under are free....
Rosalia RACE plans breakfast, bake sale Rosalia Association for Community Enrichment (RACE) will host a membership drive and job fair breakfast and bake sale Saturday, March 27, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Rosalia Community Center. Breakfast will be served from 8 to 11 a.m. for a suggested donation of $5 or more. Proceeds will go to help fund community events and education. RACE has two committees now and volunteers are needed for a softball committee and dance committee for the fall festival, 2010. They also need volunteers for the breakfast....
Food Assistance Programs Food Stamps If you’re not familiar with the Federal Food Stamp Program the first thing you need to know is that it changed its name. It’s now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP (your state may use a different name), and it’s available to lower-income families and individuals. To apply, you’ll need to fill out a state application form, and SNAP benefits are provided on an inconspicuous plastic card that’s used like a debit card and accepted at most grocery stores. For seniors (age 60 and older...
Sophomores Geraldine Steiger of Dusty and Jerek Allen from west of St John were named to the dean’s list for the fall quarter at the Univeristy of Washington. Students are required to have at least a 3.5 grade average on a minimum of 12 hours of graded credit....
Garfield Palouse choir students, from both the middle school and the high school, were treated to a full afternoon of some Mozart’s finest music played by the Spokane Symphony and Symphony Choral Feb. 14. Tickets for the program were provided by the Garfield-Palouse Arts Booster organization. The program included performance by Garfield Palouse Choir Director Rebecca Hemphill, and featured crowd favorite Eine Kliene Nachtmusik and a concerto for flute and harp showcasing two of the Spokane Symphony’s principle players. Students attending wer...
Colton Library collected about 20 cans of food for the Colton/Uniontown Food Bank in their Food For Fines food drive in February. Librarian Holly Meyer waived fines in exchange for patron’s food donations. From March 15 to April 19, the penny pig will be out to collect donations towards children’s programs at the library. Although this is called a penny drive, the pig happily accepts currency. Colors will be the Storytime theme at the Colton Library in March and April. Crafts and stories will revolve around a different color every week. Eas...
Hooper Ian and Jessica McGregor hosted family and friends for daughter Lillian’s fifth birthday celebration Sunday. Guests included Hooper residents Conly and Betty Merritt, Rob and Laurie Moffitt, and Kate, Scooter, Claire and Collin Lyle, and Micalya Cramer of Clarkston. Bill and Della Evans hosted Della May Barr and George Leullen from Athena, Ore., last week. Anna May Tobin, along with daughter and son-in-law Cathy and Scott Blankenship traveled to Moscow Sunday to hear granddaughter Caitlin sing with The Vandaleers. On the way home they s...
Oakesdale Oakesdale High School Knowledge Bowl Team placed third at District competition and qualified for state competition. Members of the team include Drake Hinkins, Alisa Jones, Cora Fisher, Jeffrey DeGon, Danielle Jones and Trevor Renstrom. They will compete March 27 at West Valley High. The combo of Anna Mills, Jeffrey DeGon, and Michael Conklin performed at the University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Feb. 27. The competition this year used a rubric based scoring technique and their combo score sheet had numerous outstanding a...
Week of March 15-20, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Chicken and noodles, rolls, green beans, fruit. Tuesday: Pancakes, sausage, hashbrowns, applesauce. Wednesday: Chicken patties on a bun, scalloped potatoes, apple slices, Jello. Thursday: Hamburgers, fries, fruit. Friday: Teacher inservice day. Sack lunches available. At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Chicken bunwich, lettuce, cheese, vegetables, jojos, fruit. Tuesday: Pizza, tossed salad, pineapple. Wednesday: Terri dippers, fried rice, green beans, fruit, rolls. Thursday: Hot pockets,...
Lamont Members of the Lamont Community Church served at the eastbound rest area recently. Upon investigation, the secretary of the Ladies Guild, Bonnie Swannack, found they have served there twice a year since 1990 and never missed the days assigned by the State Department of Transportation. When the group started doing this, it was necessary for them to make their own shelters because it was in the cold weather and too cold to be without some protection. Now, the state has installed a very adequate room with heaters, hot water and...
