Ten Years Ago

March 10, 2010

Alex Naylor of Dayton finished first at 49 Degrees North Ski Cross Competition.

From the Editors of E/ The Environmental Magazine, stated what we can do with loads of old trade-in electronic equipment, that is a growing problem in landfills, leaking hazardous substances into surrounding ecosystems. It is estimated two million tons of unwanted electronics each year are placed in landfills.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

March 8, 1995

The Senate Transportation Committee gave a do-pass recommendation to SSB 5700, which originally would have required all license plates issued prior to January 1, 1993 to be replaced beginning in 1997. The amended version of the bill, requires plates issued before January 1, 1988, the old green and white plates be replaced, which would be approximately 1.7 million sets of plates. The County Auditors opposed this action.

Mayor Pro tem John Vachal presiding at the City Council sets public hearing on Curfew Ordinance for March 14.

Fifty Years Ago

March 12, 1970

U. S. Air Force First lieutenant Philip S. Templin, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Templin of Starbuck, received the Air Medal at Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. Lt. Templin was decorated for his outstanding airmanship and courage as a C-123 Provider troop carrier pilot for successful and important missions completed under hazardous conditions.

Albert Yazzie, 17-year-old Navajo Indian, fell from a boat about 1:30 p.m. at Central Ferry on the Snake River. Yazzie, from Oraibi, Ariz., was a member of the Union Pacific railroad crew working in the Central Ferry area. Dragging operations by the Whitman county sheriff’s Dept. failed to recover the body.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

March 8, 1945

Showing at the Liberty Theater, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Since You Went Away Starring CLAUDETTE COLBERT, JENNIFER JONES, JOSEPH COTTEN, SHIRLEY TEMPLE, MONTY WOOLLEY, LIONEL BARRYMORE, and ROBERT WALKER.

Boy Scouts Paper Salvage Drive Pickup Coming Saturday. Glen Jones, working with the Boy Scouts on the salvage paper drive, says that he has recently been impressed with the new and urgent need for more scrap paper. One of the reasons, from the war production board, “In order to meet the paper requirements for our military and essential needs, we must save, collect and move to the paper mills even greater amounts of scrap paper.”

EDWARDS, C.C. Anderson Co. has in stock, 51 Gauge Hose 89¢, Slight irregulars of First Quality 4 dozen only, Strutwear 45 Gauge Hose $1.01 New Spring Shades, Ration Free Sandals, Glamour and Freedom in Shoes That Save Ration Stamps. $3.99

One Hundred Years Ago

March 6, 1920

The County Commissioners were in Starbuck on road matters. They have about decided to complete the road from Starbuck to the inland empire highway. There is about 4½ miles to be built and this will be done this summer.

Mr. Charles Thronson Jr. has been laid up with a bad case of blood poising in the right foot, presumably caused by chafing of his shoe. He has been in bed for a week at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Arthur Weatherford on Syndicate Hill.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

March 9, 1895

The demand for Washington flour in China and Japan is so great that the steamship companies have orders enough ahead to keep them busy until the end of June, and are refusing to take any more orders for any earlier date.