Moscow Pullman Daily News Sat. 11/14/2020
William Thomas Gaskins Jr., 76, of
Pullman, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, at his Pullman home. Kimball Funeral
Home of Pullman is in charge of arrangements.
CONDOLENCES TO FELICIA,
FAMILY AND FRIENDS. REST IN PEACE.
A WONDERFUL PERSON HAS LEFT US TOO SOON. HEAVEN HAS GAINED A NEW ANGEL.
Here's a Washington State Magazine (WSM) story (link below) from 2011 about Bill and Felicia ...
http://wsm.wsu.edu/s/index.
And a 2018 WSM story about Bill ...
And a WSU story from 2019 about the Gaskins ...
In April 2018 a Facebook posting about Bill said he was retiring after working 43 years at the Pharmacy for Pullman Memorial Hospital/Pullman Regional Hospital. “He has been heavily involved with the WSU College of Pharmacy for many years and the hospital has hosted many interns and rotation students. There are many in the pharmacy profession that know and love Bill!”
(Photo shows Bill Gaskins and his wife, Felicia Gaskins.)
Minh Lam, 59, of Pullman died Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in a
Spokane hospital, according to friends of the Lam family.
Minh Vinh Lam was born Sept. 1, 1961, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Min and Mindy (Kuang) married July 9, 1988.
Friends say he was hospitalized in Pullman and flown by air
ambulance to Spokane when his condition demanded.
He was the popular proprietor – operated by him and his
wife, Mindy – of Minh’s Restaurant at the corner of Grand Avenue and Stadium
Way in Pullman.
The Lams are members of the extended Lam family who
own/operate several Pullman restaurants.
Minh had been in the restaurant business since he was in
high school. His background included working for Pullman’s Oriental Restaurant on Grand Avenue.
Read his obituary at the Kimball Funeral Home of Pullman
website …
https://www.kimballfh.com/obituary/minh-lam
… the obit does not list the cause of death.
The obit says viewing at Kimball Funeral Home for the public
will be 3-6 p.m. Fri., Nov. 13, 2020, with “social distancing and masks
required.” The funeral service for family will be 9 a.m. Sat., Nov. 14, 2020, at
the funeral home with burial following in Pullman City Cemetery.
According to the obit, “Minh is survived by his wife, Mindy,
at their home; his two daughters, Megan Lam (engaged to Michael Bray) of
Spokane and Melonie Lam of Wenatchee; his mother, Soai Chau, 2 brothers, Dinh
and Tony Lam and his sister, Ngoc Thai all living in Pullman; as well as several
nieces and nephews and extended family. He was preceded in death by his father
and his brother, Loi Lam.”
On-line condolences for the family may be left at
www.kimballfh.com
The Minh’s Restaurant’s website says it has provided the “highest
quality and authentic food …offering delicious flavors of Asia with our
extensive selection of Indian, Thai, and Korean food. From Asian fusion and
unique Thai dishes to bubble teas and traditional Chinese meals, we cater to
all taste buds.”
A 1999 story in the Moscow Pullman Daily News said Mihn Lam was owner of The Emerald
restaurant in Pullman when the Minh’s opened “Minh's Bakery & Sandwich” at
the former location of Daylight Donut.
“The new restaurant offers Vietnamese cuisine, which may be
new to many people who live and work in Pullman,” said the story.
Also, the story said people liked Minh’s “friendly
personality and that he knows his customers by name.”
Said the story, “Mindy Lam … cooks most of the food that is
offered at Minh's Bakery and Sandwich. She makes most of the baked items fresh
each morning.”
He graduated from Pullman High School in 1982, studied at Washington
State University and transferred to University of Idaho from which he graduated
with a degree in biochemistry and psychology. He aspired to be a medical
doctor, but changed his mind due to family obligations. Said a friend, “one of
Mihn and Mindy’s daughters is a nurse and the other a pharmacist. Obviously a
very bright family.”
Said the friend, “It’s so sad having Minh pass and his brother,
Loi Lam, also a Pullman restaurateur, dying (November 2018). Not only were they
successful in their businesses, but they were appreciated and popular with
virtually everyone in the community. Rest in peace.”
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A friend said Judy started The Ivy on Pullman's Main Street. Later moved it, renamed The Wild Ivy, to Bishop Boulevard. "It was an incredible store. She had incredible taste. She just bought the neatest things to sell. It was all high quality items. She sold (The Wild Ivy) to retire, to be with her grandkids and garden."
==In 1990 “The Ivy” opened in downtown Pullman at 209 East Main St.
==In 1999 “The Ivy” moved from downtown Pullman to 275 SE Bishop Blvd. at Wheatland Center and changed its name to “Wild Ivy."
==In 2003 “Wild Ivy” was sold by Judy and Ben Finch.
Judith M. Finch
JUDITH MARIE (EGGLESTON) FINCH
Judith M. Finch, 79, passed away Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center with her family by her side.
Judy was born June 24, 1941, at Lewiston and in 1959 graduated from Garfield High School.
Judy was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and is survived by her husband, Benjamin Finch; son David Arrasmith and his wife, Elizabeth; and her two grandchildren, Katie and Ben Arrasmith. She loved nothing more than being a grandma.
Judy was a friend and mentor to many in her small town of Palouse and was known for her love of gardening. She created amazing gardens at her home in Palouse and hosted many weddings and enjoyed sharing her beautiful roses.
Judy was also very involved in her community. She spent many hours working in the rose garden downtown and the Tony Kettel Skate Garden.
Her tremendous generosity and kind heart will be forever missed by her family and friends.
At her request, there will be no formal services and memorials may be given to a local Palouse community charity of the donor’s choice.
Kramer Funeral Home of Palouse is caring for the family. Online condolences may be left at www.kramercares.com.
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IMPETUOUS GARDENER
Palouse home has charming gardener at
helm
By
Sydney Craft Rozen, Moscow Pullman Daily News, June 30, 2012
The sign on the white-washed shed said, "Beautiful gardens
are not made by sitting in the shade." Inside the small building, the
floor was decoupaged with collages of sheet music, all with a flower theme,
botanical drawings of flowers and Renaissance women's faces. The floor seemed
too lovely to step on, but Judy Finch uses this room as her crafts studio - and
as her window onto her magnificent garden in Palouse, Wash.
"I can't see my garden from our house," she said, but
in her crafts studio, "every window is framing the garden."
A trilling chorus of birdsong is the perfect background music
for a walk through Judy Finch's garden. The entrance is a curving sweep of
peonies, roses and irises, all in the summer sorbet shades of pink, magenta and
peach, with watermelon poppies as a striking accent.
An elongated oval garden whispers "peace" with its
calming white and cream shades of foxgloves, lupines, poppies, delphiniums and
roses. In another bed, dramatic, white peonies with yellow stigmae stand out
among the pink roses.
Yellow and purple irises complement the lavender and yellow columbines
planted nearby. Lenten roses and hostas, with intricate foliage patterns on
blue-green leaves, grow in the shade. A grape arbor forms the backdrop to the
vegetable and herb-raised beds. Another arbor supports fragrant honeysuckle
vines.
"In the evening, it's stunning here," Judy said.
"The setting sun backlights the garden."
Her garden was stunning in mid-afternoon, too, when I visited
last Saturday during the Palouse Home and Garden Tour. Proceeds from this, the
final tour, benefited the preservation of Holy Trinity Chapel, a state and
national historic landmark in Palouse.
An umbrella of delicate white flowers cascades on a tall stem
above a cluster of rhubarb-like leaves, and draws visitors' eyes. The plant's
Latin name is crambecordifolia. Considering the interest in this plant from the
garden's tourists, local nurseries would be wise to keep it in stock this
season.
The gardens are the work of 20 years, Judy said, but mainly in
the last 10 years, after she sold Wild Ivy, her home and garden store in
Pullman. "Then I went bonkers" with gardening, she said. "I
wanted more and more...and then I'd say, 'Oh my god, what have I done?' "
Her gardening mentor is Dolores Sanchez of Moscow, who, with her husband Dick, has created an English garden in her yard that can leave visitors swooning.
"I stepped into her garden and never looked back," Judy
said. Delores Sanchez spent Saturday in Judy's garden to help answer tourists'
questions about the many plant and flower varieties.
Judy's son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren live on the
Finches' property, so "the grandkids have been in the garden since day
one," she said. Her garden holds art that seems as interesting to children
as to adults. Birdhouses and feeders, rustic sculptures of a crow, tulip, watering
can, kiddy car and windmill, and a child's swing swaying from a tree branch,
all blend with the flowers, vegetables, trees and fruits that comprise the
acreage. My own favorite among the garden art was the cupola from a vintage
barn, with a jaunty rooster weather vane at the top.
Judy's husband offers occasional help for digging holes for rose
bushes and trees. She also recently hired a college student to help her spread
450 bags of steer manure around her garden beds. Otherwise, she does all the
work herself - weeding, planting, pruning and transplanting.
"I live out here (in the garden). I don't cook too many
meals or do too much dusting."
She smiled, in the way certain impetuous gardeners smile. For
Judy Finch, gardening is a passion. "You have no control over it. I'm a
much nicer person when I'm in the garden."
Arboretum update
The summer flowering season continues to unfold at the
University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden, reports Paul Warnick,
horticulturist.
"The Peking tree lilacs are finishing out the lilac season.
They form a hedge just below the kiosk at the north end of the Arboretum. They
flower from early summer sporadically throughout the summer months, with big
clusters of creamy white flowers. They grow somewhat larger and more tree-form
than other lilacs, but they will always be small trees.
"The groundcover roses have started to flower on the bottom
of the east slope along the gravel road. The Drift series of roses continues to
be my favorite - but they all came through the winter well, and they should
make a nice show for the rest of the summer."
Sydney
Craft Rozen is a
Moscow writer.
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NEW OWNERS
Biz Bits, Moscow Pullman
Daily News, Feb, 1, 2003
The Wild Ivy in Pullman has been sold. The new owners plan to
keep it exactly the way it is and retain most of the staff.
Robert and Cynthia Garrett of Endicott purchased the business
from Ben and Judy Finch, who owned the business for nearly 13 years. The
Finches are retiring.
The Wild Ivy is located at 275 S.E. Bishop Blvd. in the
Wheatland Center.
The Garretts also own and operate Flowers and More in Colfax.
The Garretts, both born and raised in Endicott, weren't looking
to buy another business until Judy Finch called them, Cynthia Garrett said.
"The timing seemed right for everyone involved."
The Garretts recently returned from buying trips to markets in
Seattle, Atlanta and Florida. They've already started buying for the Christmas
season.
The Wild Ivy features gardening items, home accessories,
candles, potpourris, books, cards and paper goods.
Cynthia Garrett handles the day-to-day operation of the two
businesses. Robert keeps the books and farms the family land in Endicott.
"The response has been wonderful," she said. "We
look forward to meeting more Pullman people. Bob and I have been made to feel
very welcome.
As a special treat, the Garretts plan to have fresh roses
available at the Wild Ivy for Valentine's Day.
Business hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m.-5
p.m. Sunday. The phone number is (509) 332-1403.
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It was more common in the
"old days," but even now and then you'll read an obituary which says a
person "died of old age."
The death of the Pullman
Herald weekly newspaper might be attributed to "old age," too.
It published its first issue
on Nov. 3, 1988. The Herald published
its last issue on Feb. 4, 1989. Some
sources say the Herald bit the dust in 1988. Wrong. The year was 1989.
Competition helped push the Herald
from being old (more than 100 years in existence) to defunct.
Said the Moscow Pullman Daily News," The
twice-weekly Pullman Herald folded in
February 1989, three months the 100th anniversary of its founding."
Competition came especially
from two entities, the Idahonian (daily newspaper of Moscow)/Palouse
Empire Daily News (daily newspaper of Pullman) -- today the newspapers
exist as one, the Moscow Pullman Daily News) -- led by publisher Jay Shelledy.
The other entity was the WSU Daily Evergreen student newspaper, part of WSU
Student Publications led by Don Ferrell.
And, in addition to
competition, cost cutting measures by the Herald's next to last owner --
the Coeur d'Alene-based Hagadone newspaper chain -- and its final owner
--Scripps League -- made it even weaker than it had been.
Rest in Peace Pullman Herald.
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Pullman
paper closes doors
By Julie Bailey and Lisa Cowan, WSU Evergreen, Feb. 6, 1989
The Pullman Herald published its final editions Friday afternoon, after corporate executives announced they were shutting down the 100-year-old community newspaper.
Executives from the Scripps League newspaper chain - with headquarters in Charlottesville, Va. arrived unannounced Friday afternoon, and told 20 part- and full-time staff members they were closing the semiweekly newspaper, said Pullman Herald Publisher Bob Lama.
"We had no advance warning that they were coming, they just decided with the board of directors that they would shut us down," Lama said. "We weren't a profit-making center."
Greg Stevens, a vice president for the Scripps League and executive with the Napa California Register, said in an article appearing in the Herald final edition, "declining advertising revenue" was the reason for the shutdown.
"Closing the Pullman Herald was a difficult decision, but one that had to be made in the face of economic realities," Stevens said in the article.
Lama said he is not sure what the Scripps League has planned for the future of the Pullman Herald.
However, Lama said he is not thwarted by the newspaper's closure, "I'd like to do all I can to resurrect the Pullman Herald," Lama said. I hate to see anything that's been around for 100 years close up."
The newspaper's most recent venture, the Campus Times, may not die along with the Pullman Herald, Lama said. However, he declined to discuss plans to continue the twice monthly campus publication.
WSU's communications department chair Alexis Tan said the newspaper's closure is "unfortunate," and the department will have to reassign 20 students who were writing for the newspaper as part of a reporting class.
"We will certainly try to place them with local papers and give them equivalent experience," Tan said.
Jay Shelledy, publisher and editor of the Daily News in Pullman and the Idahonian in Moscow, said the Daily News will try to absorb some of the journalism students.
"I'm meeting with the communications department this week to see if we can open a forum for the students to help fill the void (left by the Herald's closing)," he said.
The plans are not specific yet about how the program would operate, Shelledy said.
"It's far too preliminary for us to know yet," said Bob Hilliard, journalism instructor. The students affected by the paper closing are in Hilliard's reporting class.
"I've talked to Jay Shelledy. Their (the Daily News) first allegiance has to be to their paper and keeping it at a high quality," Hilliard said. "But I think we can work something out. "
The $35,000 donation the communications department receives annually from the Scripps League also may be in jeopardy, if the chain sells the Pullman Herald and has no further vested interest in Pullman.
"The Scripps League has given us their donation for this year, but I'm not certain of the implications for coming years," Tan said.
Shelledy said the Tribune Publishing Co., majority owner of the Daily News/Idahonian, the Lewiston Tribune and the Colfax Gazette, is not interested in buying the Herald. The Kearns-Tribune Publishing Co. out of Salt Lake City owns 80 percent of the Tribune Publishing Co.
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(Joseph Karl Huston)
Source:
Oregon Statesman daily morning newspaper,
Salem, Ore., March 23, 1975
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Born in Colfax, Wash., and grew up in Los Angeles, Joe Huston is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. His "fame" bio:
"Joe Huston played his college football at the University of Oregon in the 1930’s and his love of the game led to a distinguished coaching career. His career consisted of 21 total years of high school and college coaching. He coached football at Bend, Roosevelt, and Grant High Schools before moving on to Lewis & Clark College in 1947. His 1946 Grant team won the State Football Championship.
"In 18 seasons as head coach at Lewis & Clark, his teams had a record of 100-52-7. The 1950 and 1963 teams were both undefeated. He was twice named NAIA District Two Coach of the Year. He was runner-up for the NAIA Football Coach of the Year in 1963. After stepping down from coaching in 1964, Joe was the Athletic Director until his retirement in 1972."
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Joe Huston graduated from Glendale High School in Los Angeles. He matriculated at the University of Oregon in Eugene: 1935-1938. He stayed at the UO an extra year to earn his degree, graduating in the spring of 1939.
He was a guard and placekicker on Coach Prink Callison's University of Oregon Duck 1936-1938 football teams.
In his first coaching job that fall, he led Bend High School in central Oregon to the first Oregon prep football championship. The team Bend Lava Bears defeated for the 1940 title? The Medford Black Tornado, a perennial prep powerhouse in those days.
Bend won the game, 20-6, in Medford. Coach of the Black Tornado that year? Bill Bowerman, better known later as University of Oregon track & field coach.
Huston left Bend for Portland, where he became head coach, in 1941, of the Roosevelt High School football team.
A story in the Oregon Journal of March 22, 1942, said he enlisted in the military. He served as a naval gunnery officer on Navy transports in the Pacific. He spent 28 months in “action-infested waters,” said another Journal article.
After leaving the service in 1945, he became head football coach of Portland’s Grant High School.
The state title with Bend and another (in 1946) with Grant (10-0) gave him two state prep titles in three years of coaching before he moved to Palatine Hill in 1947 as head football coach of Lewis and Clark College.
At L&C, Huston produced a legendary 1950 9-0 Pioneer team just four years later.