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A rollout meeting to check out the recommendations, conclusions and to provide feedback on the Adams-Whitman Palouse to Cascades Trail Facilitation Report will be Jan. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Washington Association of Wheat Growers building, 109 East 1st Avenue, in Ritzville. As directed by the Washington State Legislature, the Department of Commerce led a process to facilitate and mediate ownership, development and use conflicts along the Palouse to Cascades Trail in Adams and Whitman counties. Bill Grimes from SCJ Alliance Consulting...
The tree needles have fallen, the smell of Christmas fades and live Christmas trees begin to become bare as the Christmas season comes to a close. When it comes time for the tree to go there are a few options for disposal in the county. Pick-up: Empire Disposal will pick-up Christmas trees at an additional fee for existing customers. “The fee is the same as a regular extra charge of $4.79,” said Jamie Bretveld, Empire Disposal office manager. Bretvald said the trees out for pick-up can't be taller than six feet. If taller, the tree will nee...
The Colfax School District board met Monday night, Dec. 23, swearing in a new board member and saluting two departing members, 12-year veteran Robert Smith and five-year representative David Nails. "Both of you have taken this job seriously," said Superintendent Jerry Pugh. He thanked them first for their role in hiring him in 2015. "For putting your trust in me. It's been the best thing for me, for my career, coming to Colfax." Pugh continued, "Many do not understand what goes into being a...
Colfax boys Friday will host Reardan in an SE league round after booking a split Friday and Saturday in the giant Eagles Tournament at West Valley. The Bulldogs out-paced Okanogan 65-53 in the Friday round at West Valley, and then fell to Newport 34-54 in the Saturday round. The loss to Newport, an A division team from the NE league, put the Colfax record at 6-2 going into the league run over the next five weeks. Reardan will come to town after also booking a split against SE teams in the Lions...
A big game looms in Whitman County Thursday night as Coach Reece Jenkin, John Lustig and the 2B Colfax Bulldogs (6-2, 2-0 league) go to Oakesdale to play the unbeaten 1B Nighthawks (9-0, 3-0). Gametime is 5 p.m. Oakesdale is coming off two wins at the Reardan Christmas tournament, beating Inchelium 46-41 and Reardan 60-51. “It wasn’t the greatest or cleanest we’ve played but we figured out a way to win each game,” said Oakesdale Coach Carl Crider, whose team won the tournament. Kit Hockett led with 17 points against Reardan while Simon Anderso...
Coming out of Christmas break, the Pomeroy girls lead Southeast 1B league basketball with a 3-0 record while Colton stands at 2-0 and Oakesdale 2-1, with their loss to Pomeroy. Garfield/Palouse, Touchet and St. John/Endicott/ LaCrosse are all 0-2. League play now picks up as each team will play each other twice during the regular season. Just after Christmas, area teams went to tournaments at Reardan and Colton. Colton 58 Wahkiakum 48 Taylor Thomas delivered 26 points for the home Wildcats (7-3 overall) to finish their Christmas tournament Dec....
Colfax grappler Caden Noha added two wins in the 195 pound class over the weekend. He took the first win Friday at the Pomeroy Christmas tournament. He also won Saturday at the Freeman Invitational. Last week, Dec. 23, he brought home gold from Central Valley in his division. Jacob Sisk placed sixth in the 113-pound class at Freeman, and Braden Rogers placed fourth in the 170-pound class....
Colfax wrestlers in boys and girls divisions also brought home hardware from the Dec. 21 wrestling tournament in Newport. Reagan Noha placed third, Laynie Southern placed second and Kolby Sisk placed first....
Colfax girls will start the January NE league run Friday after booking a split in against A division teams in the big Eagle Classic at West Valley. The Bulldogs defeated Colville 45-37 in a Thursday trip to West Valley's triple gym complex, and the fought Lakeland all the way Saturday afternoon before sustaining a 44-48 loss. Saturday's defeat left the Bulldogs at 7-2 on the season with Reardan's girls slated to play here Friday in an NE-South league round. Reardan will arrive at Colfax with a...
By Garth Meyer Gazette Reporter Chris Peterson is now a “Leadership Advisor” at the University of Washington. Questions abound as to what the job will entail, and it has not been designated by Peterson or the university. What will his work with this new title be? It sounds open-ended. Here is one thing he may consider for the first item in the in-box, once he returns from a much-deserved break: Get those Alaska Airlines logos off the turf at Husky Stadium. A small thing? Irrelevant? A joke? Chris Peterson is a football coach who has quoted Con...
Jonathan G. Lawson, 20, was sentenced to 30 days in jail Friday in superior court Friday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree theft. Judge Gary Libey ordered Lawson to serve the 30-day sentence after he completes another sentence from district court. Lawson entered the plea to third degree theft, a gross misdemeanor, under terms of a plea bargain in which Prosecutor Denis Tracy agreed to drop two other charges related to the same case. According to the arrest report, Lawson appeared at the residence of Larry and Linda Schroetlin...
The new year is a time to reset priorities and agendas. It is time to step boldly into new goals and new enterprises. Gone is 2019. 2020 offers a fresh start in many ways. It has been said recently that 2019 was the year that climate change deniers were pushed back from the forefront and that awareness of the process the earth is going through in regards to climate change is more firmly established and accepted. This acceptance is one heck of a start. But, if that is so, what now? The next 10 to 20 years will be of worldwide importance in...
I don't know if they take attendance in schools anymore. Maybe surveillance cameras, facial recognition and all the other high-tech intrusions make it unnecessary, but back in the day, the teacher would always start out with the roll call. You were expected to announce "here" when your name was called. But there was always one guy who would say "present," just to be different. There is also one in the House of Representatives. Actually, Tulsi Gabbard is not a guy at all; she's a congresswoman, an alleged Democrat from Hawaii. When it came time...
President Donald Trump's impeachment letter to Nancy Pelosi is nothing if not sincere. The missive establishes, if there were any doubt, that Trump hates impeachment with a passion, and he expresses his contempt in his own inimitable voice -- scornful, hyperbolic, colloquial, on brand (Russia Witch Hunt, Do Nothing Democrats, etc.) and, above all, aggrieved. We've never had a president in the modern era who has actively cultivated an image of victimhood, a posture that once would have been considered whiny and weak, but that Trump has, through...
American heroes? Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, like all members of Congress, took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Despite this, she and all House Republicans voted against impeachment of President Trump! Maybe, because she knew the impeachment articles would pass without her support, she chose not to stick her neck out. So much for the oath she took, huh? Russia has and still is undermining us and sowing confusion across the world. McMorris-Rodgers seems to recognize the danger because she has voted in favor of...
Before I get into the merits of the case, let me say that I am no fan of Donald Trump. Never have been and probably never will be. He is crass, rude and acts like an immature bully. He is everything that you would not want in a diplomat. I can understand why people don’t like him. On the other hand, I agree with him on many issues. For far too long, our friends and allies have taken advantage of our generosity. China uses trade as a weapon. Our national debt is growing out of control, and our lack of border security threatens our s...
As we launch into 2020 and the ensuing decade, Boeing faces very strong head winds which are major concerns for those of us living in the Pacific Northwest. Things are vastly different now. In my first column of 2019, I wrote that Boeing was poised to have its best year ever. It had strong tail winds propelling it. It would build upon a very successful 2018. Its 737 Max was selling like hot cakes to hungry airlines and plans were in the works to expand production at the Renton assembly plant....
MARRIAGE LICENSES Theresa Marie Browning, 42, Colfax, and Yusuf Saad Kamel, 36, Pullman, Dec. 13. Michaelle Charlotte Bailey, 26, and Joshua David Kernan, 32, both Pullman, Dec. 18. Roger Michael Campbell, 26, and Evelyn Anne Murray, 23, both Moscow, Dec. 16. REAL ESTATE Michael Hayward, personal representative for the estates of Roy and Shirley Pyle, Joseph, Ore., to Chad and Stefani Wilcott, Whitney and Rebecca Mager, Kennewick, duplex on N.W. Webb Street, Pullman, $250,000, Dec. 16. Raeanna Lopes, Tekoa, to Jennifer Kleven, Spokane, house... Full story
These reports are from the previous issues of the Daily Bulletin in Colfax. They are reprinted here for the benefit of Gazette readers who reside outside of Colfax. Some accounts have been updated. STANDOFF ENDS IN ARREST John Paul Homer, 39, was booked into the county jail late Dec. 24 after a standoff at a mobile home located in a trailer park on S. Grand in Pullman. Homer was booked into jail on probable charges of obstruction and unlawful imprisonment. According to the report by Deputy Tyler Langerveld, Homer refused to come to the door of...
The Rural Alliance Art Show will return to the Libey Gallery at The Center, Jan. 7-17, during Colfax Library's open hours. This exhibit showcases paintings, drawings, pottery, collage and sculpture created by local middle and high school students. Students participating in the show represent schools in Colfax, Garfield-Palouse, Oakesdale, Rosalia and Tekoa. The exhibit is free to the public. It will be open during regular library hours which are Mondays-Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursdays...
Bob Curry of Endicott recently returned from a 25-day cruise out of Miami through the Caribbean and along the Amazon River. Places visited along the way were St. Barts, St. Lucia and Trinidad. He then went to Manaus, a city of 1,000,000, 900 miles up the Amazon River. Two of many things he saw there were the Opera House and the rain forest. On the return trip back to Miami they stopped at Devils, French Guayana, Barbados, Antigua and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The trip was on a smaller ship with...
Asa Brown, WSU director of Innovation and Research, will discuss, “The Business of Research and Development: WSU’s 21st Century Private Sector R & D as an Economic Development Activity” at the next Cup O’ Joe on the Palouse session at Columbia Bank, 795 SE Bishop Blvd. Pullman, Jan. 8, from 10 to 11 a.m. Key aspects of Brown’s talk will include the I-Corps Program, small business and how programs turning external can integrate with SEWEDA, SBDC and local Chambers. Brown is a licensed attorney with experience advising small business and techn...
Whitman County Gazette, Jan. 2, 2020. At Whitman Hospital & Medical Center Bradshaw, Arya Elizabeth, born Dec. 20, 2019, at seven pounds, 14 ounces, to Michael and Summer Bradshaw, Colfax. Turner, Ada Marianne, born Dec. 25, 2019, at seven pounds, 10 ounces, to Ben and Leah Turner, Dayton. Paternal grandparents are Rick and Valerie Turner, Dayton. Maternal grandmother is Denise Link, Colfax. Baby joins siblings Graci, Ethan and Traelyn. At Pullman Regional Hospital Nelson, Noelle Constance, born Dec. 19, 2019, at eight pounds, five ounces, to... Full story
For the last five years, most any day of the week you can find Kathy Buchholtz at Whitman County Library. Kathy took over running the Whitman County Heritage digital collection when Patti Cammack retired. Whitman County Heritage is a project of the Washington Rural Heritage and the Whitman County Rural Library District. It is funded through grants by the state of Washington. It is a collection of historically significant materials, including photos, documents, artifacts and information from...