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Week of May 17-21, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Chili dogs, corn, fruit. Tuesday: Lasagna, twisted mozzarella sticks, green beans, fruit. Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, green salad, fruit, cinnamon buns. Thursday: Pizza, fresh vegetables and fruit. Friday: Burritos, mexi fries, fruit. At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Beef or chicken fajitas, nachos, fruit, peppers, onions. Tuesday: Pizza, salad, fruit. Wednesday: Soup, sandwiches, veggies, fruit. Thursday: Spaghetti, cheese sticks, salad, fruit. Friday: Mini hot dogs, mac n cheese, beans,... Full story
Legal Help for Seniors Dear Savvy Senior, What do elder law attorneys do? My parents need some legal help with an insurance problem and a long-term care issue but have limited funds. What can you tell us and where can we find help. Legally Gray Dear Gray When it comes to specialized areas of law, most people are more familiar with corporate, criminal or even divorce law than they are elder law, but elder law has become one of the fastest growing fields in the legal profession. Here’s what you should know. Elder Law Elder law is a s...
Three-month-old Aadi Widman of Valleyford and her great-great grandmother, Emma Widman of Spokane, enjoy each others company as they posed for this five-generation photo April 25. Aadi is being held by her dad, Shane Widman. Grandfather Bruce Widman of Tekoa is behind Shane and great-grandfather Everett Widman of Rosalia is behind Emma.... Full story
Lamont Art Swannack of Lamont departed May 5 for Washington D.C. to attend the American Lamb Barbecue hosted by the American Sheep Industry association and to visit with legislators from Washington State. The barbecue was at the Old Dominion Boat Club in Old Town with 250 people present including some staff from the Senate Ag Committee and Honored guests, including Sen. Barrasso (Wyo.); Rep. Harry Teague (N.M.); Edward Avalos, under secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and Regulatory Services as well as officials from U...
Lamont Don and Sherrill Nelson attended a retirement dinner May 1 at the Washington Wheat Growers building in Ritzville for Sherrill’s brother, Jim Kelly. Jim has worked in the grain business all his life and has just retired from the Ritzville Warehouse Co. Jim and his wife, Carol, live in Lind. On Sunday, Don and Sherrill had Mother’s Day dinner with Keith and Staci Nelson. Tammie and Tom Cate and family along with Jamie and John Gant and family came to the ranch Sunday to make Mother’s Day dinner for their mother, Kaye Bailey. Betty Stone... Full story
Hooper A surprise birthday and Mother’s Day dinner party was in Hooper on Saturday evening. Linda McGregor of Hooper was the guest of honor. Also, celebrating recent birthdays were Mary Skinner and Micalya Cramer. Hooper guests were Kate and Scooter Lyle and family and Jessica and Ian McGregor and family. Attending from out of town were Alex and Linda McGregor, Pullman; Mary McGregor and John Bolles, Moscow; Jim Skinner, Omak and Mary and Dick Skinner, Priest Lake. Anna May Tobin had many guests for Mothers Day Sunday. Joining her were S...
Dusty The yard sale on Saturday didn’t get blown away, but it did get rained out three times. There is another yard sale planned for next fall, same time, same place; 9 a.m. at the Dusty Country Store. Vicki Broeckel and Mike and Michelle Carver took the Historic Home Tour in Spokane on Mother’s Day. They also went to the Craftsman Exhibit at the MAC Museum in the afternoon. Weekend visitors of Art and Colene Sager were her cousins, Nick and Leslie Harvey from Nampa. The Harveys attended the WSU graduation Saturday morning to see Les... Full story
—Cap Perry photo Sonia Brown of Oakesdale, daughter of Mike and Laurie Brown of Oakesdale, and Jake Dingman of Oakesdale, son of Rudy and Karen Dingman, Denver, Colo., will be married at the home of her parents Sept. 25, 2010. Sonia graduated from Oakesdale High School in 2000 and from Eastern Washington University with a nursing degree in 2004. She is an ER nurse at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax. Jake graduated from Bear Creek High School, Lakewood, Colo., in 1995; Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., in 2000, and U...
Bruce and Leta Palmer of Oakesdale, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Cantrell, to Jeremy Siwek, son of Dr. Leland Siwek and Rona Lisa Notton of Spokane. The couple are planning the ceremony and reception for Saturday, May 22, at the Bozarth Mansion in Spokane. The bride-elect graduated from University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco and passed the California bar examination in November. Siwek graduated from Santa Clare University in San Jose, Calif., in May 2008 and is employed by the Tesla Motor... Full story
Robert and Kathy Wride have an inside joke about 45-20. It means if they had gone the 45 miles between their high schools at Garfield and Genesee, they might have found each other 20 years sooner. Instead, they had to wait until 2006 for their first date. “Been inseparable since,” said Robert. Robert grew up on the family farm in Garfield. His class was the first to graduate from the new Garfield-Palouse co-op. He served in the Navy for 10 years and then returned to the Palouse. He did sev...
Nearly 80 youngsters said “No” to TV watching during April to meet the Whitman County Library’s five -day TV free challenge. e.U.S. researchers report toddlers who watch too much TV may struggle in school later, with measurably lower scores in math. Less surprisingly, children who watched too much TV weigh more and ate more snacks and soft drinks than those whose TV viewing time is limited. Research has been reported in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.... Full story
Bubbillusionist Jarom Watts will tour 10 grade schools from May 19-21 to kick-off Whitman County Library Summer Reading 2010. This year’s Summer Reading theme is “Make a Splash – Read!” Programs are packed with exciting guests, activities and books. Watts holds two official records in the Guinness Book of World Records and has two others pending. Watts looks forward to touring the Palouse, calling his visits “edu-training” for children, combining science with literacy in a way that makes children want to learn. Children’s Librarian She... Full story
The performing arts classes at Endicott-St. John Middle School will put on a pair of plays next Wednesday, May 19. “How the West Was Really Won” will take the stage in the school gymnasium at 7 p.m. and “Tom Sawyer” will be performed in the multi-purpose room at 8 p.m. Students have been prepping sets and rehearsing for the plays under direction of teacher Mary Bertrand for the past three months. Each show lasts about an hour. The performances are open to the public. Admission will be on a donation basis at the door.... Full story
Senior portraits from the Gar-Pal class of 2010 will be displayed in the window of the Palouse Library beginning May 20 until June 2. Thirty-two seniors will graduate June 4. An exhibit from Nancy Hegg’s mixed-media art class will be on display inside the library. Shadow boxes made by the high school students will fill the display case and collages will cover the library walls beginning today, Thursday, May 13. Elementary and middle school artists are also encouraged to bring their artwork to display in the library. Palouse Library is open T...
Colfax Pack 595 Cub Scouts weeded and planted flowers as part of their spring community service project at the Whitman Health and Rehab Center. Pictured are, back row left to right: Sam Woodhouse, Dylan Nails, Boy Scout Brady Wuestney, Kelan Becker, and Riley Wuestney. Front row, left to eight: Gavin Hammer, Future Scouts Colby and Andrew Lyman, Nicholas Brandt, and Connor Johnson. Not pictured: were Tommy and Erin Cochrane and Emora Roberson.... Full story
The Miss Oakesdale pageant will be Sunday, May 16, at 4 p.m. in the Oakesdale Gymnasium. Pictured left to right are Britney Radford, Debby Betz, Chloe Rambo, Amanda Tarbuck and Abby Israel. Theme is “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.... Full story
Three local schools were honored recently for their work in ensuring all students graduate with a full set of skills, regardless of their societal standing. Colton, LaCrosse and Garfield/Palouse were among 174 schools given Washington Achievement Awards for improving student performance on WASL scores and graduation rates. “It’s a real neat honor for our kids and our teachers and our whole community,” said Nate Smith, Colton superintendent and principal. The awards signify schools which have closed the “achievement gap” which state school of... Full story
8 years ago May 8, 1885 A slight shock of an earthquake last Saturday night. Stella, 6-year old daughter of Mayor Perkins, glanced askance at eternity through water last Tuesday. In playing around a spring inadvertently left uncovered, she lost her balance and fell in, head downward. The casing of the spring is a barrel, projecting a few inches above ground, and her descent was stopped by one foot coming in contact with the rim. Little Charlie Ewart, another 6-year old, realized the danger in which his playmate was in and pulled her away...
Defense attorney John Synder, Deputy Prosecutor Dan LeBeau, and District Court Judge Doug Robinson were among 29 professionals, representing 16 different fields at Garfield-Palouse Middle School’s annual “Career Day” April 22. The professions included the fields chosen by the students during the planning stages. Each student was able to attend three different sessions. Other professional participants included Sam Gregg, architect; Paula Echanove and Joan Swenson, restauranteers; Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove, computer specialist; Ken Renst...
Gazette Reporter When Colfax native Mark Gudmunson’s miracle happened, he was driving. His faith had been so-so lately and his lifestyle was lagging. Then, it happened. In 2006, he was in his car on the road to Spokane, and the plot of a novel suddenly came to him. As the days passed, the notion of writing a book weighed more and more heavily on his heart. So, Gudmunson began to write. And write and write and write. “There was no booming voice that came. The story just came over my heart,” Gudmunson said Four months later, he had in his hands...
* On May 20, 1506, the great Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain. Columbus, and most others, greatly underestimated the world’s size. In 1492, Columbus sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China, and in December he landed on Hispaniola, which he thought might be Japan. * On May 19, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln writes to anti-slavery Congressional leader Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, proposing that widows and children of soldiers should be given equal treatment regardless of race. As a result, C... Full story
National Nurses Week Theme for this years’ National Nurses Week is: “Nurses: Caring Today for a Healthier Tomorrow.” Whitman Hospital and Medical Center has over 80 registered nurses and nursing assistants that help provide exceptional care to our patients. The nursing staff is here to respond to needs in the emergency department, help deliver a babies in our state-of-the-art delivery rooms, provide care and comfort before surgery and help through the recovery process. National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as Natio...
Andrus, Christopher Jeffrey, born April 25, 2010, at seven pounds, seven ounces, to Shane and Lorena Andrus of Pullman. Grandparents are Jeff and Cindy Andrus of Lacrosse and great-grandmother is Donna Andrus, also of LaCrosse. Dahmen, Isabelle Rose, born April 26, 2010, at seven pounds, 13 ounces, to Beckie and Bret Dahmen of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Jeanne and Wally Dahmen, Pullman. Maternal grandparents are Jim McKee and Kathie Power, Pullman. The baby joins two brothers, Cole, 11, and Zack, 8. Eucker, Emma Jane, born April 22,...
Tekoa junior and senior high school students earning all-A grade averages for third quarter are Margeaux Kliewer, junior; Nicole Zimmerman, freshman; Morgan Angelo, eighth grade; Kimberly Groom and Rebecca Zimmerman, seventh grade. Students earning a 3.50 to 3.99 grade point average are Paige Webber, Stephen Wright, Sara Warner, Bryanna Solano, seniors; Marili Persson, Earl Gaines, Sarah Lilly, Zachary Gilroy, juniors; Camron Reum, Kelsey St.John, Zachary Zimmerman, Joe Gaines, Marisa Crowe, sophomores; Kayler Dub, Alexandria Overton, Darby...
Week of May 10-14, 2010 At Colton School: Monday: Orange chicken over rice, Mandarin oranges, mixed vegetables. Tuesday: Pancakes, sausage, hashbrowns, applesauce. Wednesday: Country fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, rolls, Jello cake. Thursday: Chicken wraps, soft pretzels, carrots and fruit. Friday: Hamburgers, onion rings, green salad, fruit. At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: French dip or sub sandwich, salad, fruit. Tuesday: Terri dippers or teriyaki chicken, fried rice, vegetable, fruit, rolls. Wednesday: Chicken...
