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A color guard from Fairchild Air Force Base came to Colfax for the Veterans’ Day observance at Jennings Elementary. Webelos scouts from Pack 595 who joined in the observance, from the left, are Jared Thompson, Matthew Sharp, Dylan Nails, Nicholas Brandt, Alex Jarosch, Connor Johnson, Riley Wuestney and Hunter Mosebar....
Tips for Thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most anticipated meals of the year, carrying with it long standing traditions among families and American culture. Some menu traditions, like turkey, stuffing and cranberries, are almost universal while others are unique. For those facing their first Thanksgiving cooking experience or those with some trepidations about facing the feat, here are some tips and ideas from cooks with experience. “People think cooking a turkey is d...
How to Choose a Senior-Friendly Home Telephone Dear Savvy Senior Where is the best place to find a senior-friendly home telephone with big buttons and amplified sound? My 78-year-old mother has a difficult time hearing over the phone anymore, and her vision isn’t so great either. What can you tell me? Loud Talking Son Dear Loud, Senior-friendly telephones, also known as “amplified” and/or “big button” phones are a wonderful option for seniors who need some extra help with hearing, seeing and more. Here’s what you should know. How to Choose Ther...
Week of 16-20, 2009 At Colton School: Monday: Tacos in a bag, fries, muffins, fruit. Tuesday: French toast, ham slices, hashbrowns, applesauce. Wednesday: Sliced turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, rolls, corn and fruit, cake. Thursday: Chicken patties on a bun, au gratin potatoes, fruit. Friday: Burritos, green salad, mexi fries, fruit. At Endicott School: Monday: Hamburgers, Jo Jos, taffied apple, salad, Tuesday: Nachos, veggie tray, coffee bread, blueberries. Wednesday: Clam chowder or tomato soup, cheese zombie, mandarin oranges and...
LaCrosse The Lady Tigercats finished second in district volleyball and qualified for a return trip to the state competition in Yakima Friday and Saturday. The team will depart Thursday and their first match will be at 10:30 a.m. in the SunDome. LaCrosse Business Association met Wednesday to begin plans for Santa’s visit. It was decided Santa will come to town Dec. 5 at 9:30 a.m. Pictures with Santa will once again be available. The non-denominational Bible study advertised as “coming soon” has arrived. This study is all about the timel...
Lamont The Art Swannack family went steelhead fishing at Heller’s Bar on the Snake River when school was out. The family caught a total of nine keepers, but it was reported Mom caught the most fish. Earl Swift and his grandson, Jared Wollweber, braved the cold and windy day to fish on Sprague Lake Saturday. Neither caught a fish. Jill and Art Swannack attended the Washington Sheep Producers Convention in Spokane last week-end at the Mirrabeau Hotel in the Spokane Valley. Art is the representative for Region 8 of the group. The focus of the c...
Hooper Lane Hannas won the All Around buckle in his age group at the Primeland Jr. rodeo Saturday in Lewiston. Caleb Hannas hunted with his dad, brother and grandpa, Orle Hannas, of St. John last weekend in the Blue Mountains and got an elk. Carla Danielson flew to Gig Harbor Nov. 1 where she met her three granddaughters, Ali, Jill and Kate Mock, and their mother, Erin, at the home of Erin’s parents, Gary and Linda Reidt. Carla, Erin and the girls then drove to Vancouver where she spent a few more days visiting while Tim Mock was hunting in t...
Dusty Art and Colene Sager attended a Flying Farmers meeting at Felts Field in Spokane Saturday. The group toured the Moody Bible Institute Aviation Program where missionary pilots are trained and the Spokane Turbine Center where they fly the Kodiac airplane made in Sandpoint. Former local resident Bob Ackerman was a guest of the Sagers and sent his greetings to Dusty area residents. Kim and Cindy Pitts welcomed their first granddaughter, Willa Caroline Hammons, born Friday, Nov. 6, in Phoenix. Her parents are Ryan and Jennifer Pitts Hammon....
ROSALIA Rosalia hosted the 2009 mass choir and band concert hosted by the Southeast Washington Music Educators last Tuesday. Guest directors were Randel Wagner, director of choral and vocal activities at Eastern Washington University, and Fred Dole, director of bands and choirs at Clarkston High School for 30 years. Dole, who retired in 2006, is now artistic director of the Lewiston Civic Theatre. Matt Parsons and the Rosalia music students participated. Other participating schools were Asotin,...
Cowboy Poets will perform at Dahmen Palouse Country Cowboy Poets will be at Dahmen Barn Saturday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. They will be serving up some Thanksgiving flavored Cowboy Poetry and Western Music, and they will be dressed western style. Admission will be $7 at the door. Orvil Sears of Pullman will tell about his famous turkey, and Dick Warwick of Oakesdale will tell about an emu or some other Australian tale. Maxine Larson will play her accordion, and Howard Norskog will come up with some selections from the more than 500 poems he has...
Meet Chris and Brandi Davis, Colfax Chris Davis, currently a research associate with WSU’s neuro-science department, came to Pullman in 2000 with his family. After he hung up the phone on his first telephone interview to WSU for studying experimental psychology, he had to find a map to see where Pullman was. Chris, Brooke, AnneMarie, Brandi and Devyn He, his wife Brandi and their three children “made the pilgrimage across the state to no-man’s land to Pullman,” as Chris put it, in 2000. Davis r...
Veterans and their families were honored by their communities at the Veterans’ Day Assembly at Garfield-Palouse Middle School Nov. 6. The program, directed by choir director Rebecca Hemphill, featured keynote speaker Brigadier General Carleton Waldrop, an Air Force and Air National Guard veteran who currently serves on the Pullman City Council, and Charlene Baldwin, a Palouse resident and para-educator whose son Jacob Henry Demand gave his life in the service of his country in Iraq in 2004. The audience of more than 300 included veterans, f...
Week of Nov. 9-14, 2009 At Colton School: Monday: Chicken nuggets, green beans, fruit, churros. Tuesday: 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunches available. Wednesday: Veterans Day, No School. Thursday: Pizza, corn, yogurt cups, fruit. Friday: Teacher in-service day. 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunches available. At Endicott School: Monday: Chicken nuggets, tator tots, grapes, muffin. Tuesday: Poor boys, baked beans, apple slice. Wednesday: No school. Veterans Day. Thursday: Hot dogs or coneys, veggie tray, fruit cocktail in jello. Friday: Pizza, salad,...
Lamont Betty Stone, Georgia Bageant and Jennifer Larsen drove to the Eddy and Katie Bageant home near Davenport to see the Bageant daughters, Hailey and Ellie, in their Halloween costumes. Don and Sherrill Nelson watched their granddaughter, Kylie Nelson, play her team’s final soccer game for the year. Kylie is a second grader at Chester Elementary in the Spokane Valley. Kathy Shields attended a memorial service for Wayne Hagel at the Assembly of God Church in Medical Lake. Wayne and his wife, Nadine, were Kathy’s classmates at Cheney High Sch...
Oakesdale The former Two Old Hammers store will re-open under new management and a new name. The store has been purchased by Pete and Margaret Leonard of Rosalia and will be called The Country Attic. It will be open Wednesdays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will dealing in antiques, vintage and thrift. Oakesdale Museum will host a fundraiser bingo session Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. at the museum to raise money for museum maintenance. Anyone having anything to donate to the bingo can contact Dennis Palmer or Wanda Brown. Fencing is...
Ian Yoder of Palouse and Samantha Bafus of LaCrosse are the grand prize winners of the Teen Read Week Digital picture contest. Both received a $15 iTunes gift card for their entries. Two runner-up winners, Lindsey Miller and Zach Hollingsworth, of St. John won free WCL spring teen dance vouchers. This is the first online program celebrating Teen Read Week, October 18-24, that Whitman County Library has hosted. Teens entered their original photographs or digital drawing/creations for display on the WLC Teen web link. Teen Read Week is a...
ROSALIA Judy Maley won the Rosalia Fall Festival pumpkin carving contest with her elfen-eared gourd last week. Chad Fanara’s pumpkin took second place. Coloring contest awards went to various age groups. Jacob Goyke won the age two and under division, Anna Pittman won for age three and up, Cassin Pittman won for kindergarten and first grade, Maisie Burnham won for second and third grades, and James Clucey won for fourth and fifth grades. A reminder: Rosalia Veterans will conduct a Veteran’s Day...
Dusty Approximately 52 people attended a potluck at the Country Bible Church last Sunday after services to welcome back Pastor Floyd Overstreet after a two month absence due to back problems and to celebrate his birthday Nov. 2. Special guests included Tom and Claudia Mays and Don and Eva Aeschliman who filled in as speakers during the pastor’s absence. Gena Jones of Chatillon, Italy, recently spent time with her mother, Fran Jones, and her brother, Bryan Jones of Dusty. A Gonzaga-In-Florence reunion was the weekend of Oct. 23-24 and Gena, B...
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...
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...
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....
