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LaCrosse Norma Gibson, Ron Hopkins and Mike Stine competed on the Whitman County Cougars team in the special Olympic tournament at Zeppos Saturday, Oct 31. Norma and Mike received gold medals and Ron won a silver medal. The raffle to benefit the Drew Swank family was drawn at halftime of the football game last Friday evening. The winner of a night at the Holiday Inn Express in Spokane and a $100 gift certificate to Klinkerdaggers was Dionne Evans. The raffle reportedly raised approximately $1,200 to benefit the family. LaCrosse Thrift Store...
Sean Reynolds and Melanie Hayes exchanged wedding vows Sept.19 at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. Family and friends shared the occasion with a reception at the resort. She is the daughter of Jack and Cathy Hayes of Kalama, and Linda Hayes of St. John. A 1996 graduate of St. John/Endicott High School and a 2000 graduate of Washington State University, she is now employed as guest care manager at the Spokane Courtyard by Marriott. Reynolds is the son of Tony Reynolds and Peggy and Jim Lyle of Spokane. A 1996 graduate of Lewis and Clark High School... Full story
Meet Anna Plemons, Pullman After she and her husband Jason adopted a child from Ethiopia, Anna Plemons felt a stronger connection and concern for people on the other side of the globe. Now she is a consultant for the Rwanda Basket Company and is helping people in Rwanda and Ethiopia. Much like Mary Kay or Amway products are sold, Anna sells baskets at home parties in the area for the Rwanda Basket Company. The baskets are made by Rwandan women. While some Americans with the Rwanda Basket Company choose to keep their proceeds, Anna decided to... Full story
Auditions for a Pullman Civic Theatre production of The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare, Abridged will be Friday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Gladish Community Center in Pullman. Director Jeri Harris is looking for three male actors between the ages of 18 and 40. Actors should bring a one to two minute comic monologue. Performance dates will be March 26-28 and April 1-3....
Author’s tour includes Nov. 9 stop at Colfax Colfax High School Monday, Nov. 9, at 10:15 a.m. will host author David Guterson, best known for his book Snow Falling on Cedars during a stop on his “Everybody Reads” tour of the area. He will talk about his latest novel, The Other. This regional program is locally sponsored by the Whitman County Library, The Bookie, WEA-Eastern Washington Community Outreach and Colfax Education Association as well as corporate sponsors. Guterson’s talk is open to the public. Reader guides for his best seller,...
Charlie Bucket (Gabriel Lisonbee) oogles the shiny new candy made by Willy Wonka (Jim Sato). It isn’t every day you get to feast your eyes on giant lollipops, giant sparkly taffy and a life-size giant gobstopper machine on a Willy Wonka stage set. Nor do you often get to witness a Colfax family, the Lisonbees, light up that stage with the all-American ditties of “Willy Wonka.” But for the next two weeks, the Regional Theatre of the Palouse (RTOP) will perform this classic musical with a host of local talent. Charlie Bucket (Gabriel Lisonbee) an...
November story times at the Colton Library will be all about safari animals. Story times at the Colton Library are Mondays at 10:30 a.m. for children ages 1 to 5. Nov. 19, at 3:15 p.m., children can make a foam egg turkey to decorate for Thanksgiving. Renovations will start soon at the Colfax branch of the Whitman County Library, but items will still be available by request at all branch locations during these renovations....
Single Seniors: Looking for Love and Companionship Online Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about online dating? My 34-year-old daughter met her husband-to-be on the Internet and has been encouraging me to give it a try. But at age 60, and eight years divorced, I’m a little gun-shy. What can you tell me? Single and 60 Dear Single, Online dating isn’t just for twenty and thirty-something’s! As a matter of fact, boomers and seniors have become the fastest-growing group of Internet daters, and the numbers keep on growing. Here’s what yo...
Fifteen people attended the Rural Heritage project open house at St John branch of Whitman County Library. Activities at the open house included a continuous slide show and assistance in using the heritage project and other library resources for family research. More than 700 historical photos and documents from Whitman County have been posted on the Washington State Library website. Heritage website. http://wrh.statelib.lib.wa.us/whitman/... Full story
DRAMA Dracula, WSU’s Jones Theater in Daggy Hall, Oct. 29-31 at 7:30 p.m. Students Jason Keene of Camas and Syleanna Campbell of Auburn play the lead roles of Count Dracula and Mina. Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 for age 65 and over and for WSU students, $5 for 17 and under. Daggy Hall box office will open 2-5:20 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, during weeks of performance and an hour before curtain time. Bookmark Throughout the renovation of the Colfax Branch, new items will continually be added to the library’s collection for circulation in all...
Oakesdale Oakesdale Presbyterian Church will participate in Operation Christmas Child sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse in filling gift shoe boxes. They will hold a wrapping party following church services Nov. 8 and will also serve a spaghetti dinner. All boxes need to be collected at the church by Nov. 15. Call Heather McIntee or Gail Parsons for more information. Bridge Club was hosted by Penny Rickett at the Oakesdale Cafe last Thursday. Winning high prize was Wanda Brown. The second high went to Marvel Ebert. The Traveling June Crow went t... Full story
Week of Nov. 2 - 6, 2009 At Garfield/Palouse School: Monday: Tacos, tater tots, lettuce, cheese, fruit. Tuesday: Chicken fryz, potatoes, green salad, green beans, applesauce. Wednesday: Pancakes or French toast, ham, hashbrowns, fruit. Thursday: Chicken fried steak, gravy, mashed potatoes, salad, fruit. Friday: Corn dogs, fruit, vegetables, potatoes. COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR PROGRAM MENUS Week of Nov. 2 - 6, 2009 Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Pork loin, mashed potatoes and gravy, dinner roll, mixed veggies, salad and b...
ART UI Prichard Gallery on Main Street in Moscow will feature “Up On the Wall, 6 Painters from the West” Oct. 16 to Dec. 5. Work from painters in four states will feature diverse approaches to technique and media. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Mingle‚” two distinct bodies of work, portraits and still life’s, by painter Craig Cully, assistant professor at New Mexico State University, will be display Oct. 7 - 30 at WSU’s Gallery II in the Fine Arts Center. The exhibition wi...
Dusty Pastor Floyd Overstreet will return to the pulpit at the Country Bible Church Sunday, Nov. 1, after a two-month recuperation for back surgery. Worship services begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Art and Colene Sager traveled to Prairie City, Ore., to wish Art’s uncle Buzz Harris a happy 80th birthday. Sunday, the Sagers helped their grandson Luke, son of Don and Gaylene Manning of Valleyford, celebrate his 16th birthday.... Full story
St. John The annual fall dinner for St. John Methodist Church will be Monday, Nov. 2. Dinner will be served from 5 until 7 p.m. They will offer take-out dinners. To order, call the church kitchen after 4 p.m. on that day to order your meal which can be delivered. The charge for the dinner is by donation (suggested $8 per person, or $25 for immediate family). The dinner includes turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, salad, rolls and dessert. For more information call Marlene Landers or Jodi Brown in St. John....
Lamont Denny and Linda O’Keefe drove to the coast last Wednesday and stayed until Sunday. While there, they visited with Linda’s sisters and families, the Womers and the Fosters. They also had two days of rest and relaxing at Clay Lock Lodge in the Olympia National Forest. They returned to Lamont Saturday night. Tuesday, Dan and Jean Stromberger received word of the engagement of Andrea Wecker, daughter of Eldon and Nancy Stromberger Wrecker. She will be married May 8 in Meridian, Idaho. Evelyn Shields remains at Manor Care Health Services in... Full story
Adams County Soils Conservation District hosted the Adams County Land Judging contest Oct. 20. Nearly 200 students from 12 schools traveled to Ritzville to compete in this contest, making up 39 teams. The contest consisted of four pits which were evaluated and classified. At this contest, the Garfield-Palouse chapter was represented by four different teams. Team One included the members Tiona Shea, Chad Redman, J.B. Lange, Kristin Nelson and Missy Johnson. Out of the 200 students, Redman placed first with a perfect score of 325; Tiona Shea...
Lacrosse Raffle tickets for a drawing held at halftime of the football game on Oct. 30 are available for $5 each at the Bank of Whitman. The raffle is for a nights stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Spokane and a $100 gift certificate at Klinkerdaggers Restaurant. All proceeds will benefit the family of Drew Swank. Tryouts for the Missoula Children’s Theater were Monday and several LaCrosse students were cast in the production of Robinson Caruso. Performances will be in Washtucna Friday at 1 p.m. and on Saturday at 11 a.m. Judging for the H... Full story
Darcy Brenner, daughter of Wally and Cindy Brenner of Pomeroy, and Michael Cochran, son of Vicky Cochran and Larry and Sandy Cochran, all of Colfax, will be married June 5, 2010, at the Brenner home in Pomeroy. A 1997 graduate of Pomeroy High School, the bride-elect is employed at the Whitman County Auditor’s Office in Colfax. Cochran is a1998 graduate of Colfax High School. He is employed with Harlow Farms in Palouse and Pullman....
Kenneth and Veva Jean Hames will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception at the Rosalia Community Center Saturday, Nov. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. Hosts for the event will be their children and spouses, Linda and David Mount, La Junta, Colo., and Lee and Sherry Hames of Rosalia. The couple were married Nov. 26, 1949, in Rosalia. They have four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren....
RTOP will present Willy Wonka musical Regional Theatre of the Palouse will present the musical fantasy “Willy Wonka,” based on Ronald Dahl’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Nov. 5-7 and Nov. 12 –14 in the RTOP Theatre, 122 N. Grand, Pullman. All shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. with additional 2:30 matinees Nov. 7 and Nov. 14. The show includes favorite songs from the movie such as “The Candy Man” and “Pure Imagination” along with new ones written especially for the stage version. Pullman’s Jim Sato will portray Willy Wonka. Gabriel Lison...
Meet Becky Dickerson By the time Becky Dickerson was 10, she knew she wanted to be a journalist. When Becky was six years old, she put out her first newspaper with her brother. They lived in a little German town on a dirt road with no television. “They herded the cows in front of our house two times a day,” Becky recalled. That first foray into publishing was only a premonition of what was to come. Becky now owns and publishes the Community Current, the local newspaper for St. John. Bec... Full story
Layden Walsh, three-year-old son of Chelsea and Olaus Walsh of Colfax, enjoys the first Play & Learn group in Colfax coordinated by the Whitman County Library and Child Care Resource & Referral. Along with Play dough, the program offered play with dinosaur puppets, blocks, art and many fun activities for large and small motor skills. Family, friends or neighbors providing care for a child or infant are invited each Friday to play group from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Participants may come for the entire 90-minutes or any time in between. Due to the...
Garfield Palouse Middle School honored breast cancer patients with a “Passionately Pink” Day Thursday, Oct. 15. Students, teachers and staff wore pink to support breast cancer awareness. The event was organized by students Ariel Hoffman and Matt Dymkoski, whose posters and promptings encouraged the school to wear pink and recognize the importance of research and education about breast cancer. Pictured are eighth graders Chandler Pfaff, Katryna Newman and Ariel Hoffman....
ROSALIA Rosalia veterans will conduct a Veteran’s Day observance Nov. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial in Rosalia. The memorial is located behind the historic Texaco Service Station. Pastor Mike Cooper will give the invocation. Father and son Iraq War veterans, SFC Allen and Sgt. Ben Ashworth will be the guest speakers. Ben Ashworth has served two tours of duty in Iraq, while father Allen has served one. Both recently returned from the Persian Gulf and are based out of Fairchild Air...
