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Tweety Bird Trump is at it again. Actually, he never really stops. I'm referring, of course, to President Tweety Bird Trump. One has to show all the due respect, and that is all I can muster. So Tweety is pecking away as he starts off the new year with his Twitter bombast bomb blasts. Most of his output is the routine ridiculous stuff: He suggests that another political opponent -- in this case Huma Abedin, who has been attached at the hip to Hillary Clinton her entire adult life -- should be jailed for her sloppy handling of classified... Full story
#!*! For too long women have not been heard or believed if they dare to speak the truth. Send your pet peeves and okeydokes to Whitman County Gazette P.O Box 770, Colfax, WA 99111 or drop them off at the Gazette office...
The Colfax School District is seeking voter approval for a bond for improvements and repairs to its school buildings. A long list of needs justify the bond and should justify voter approval. The needs list is extensive and important. The requested bond is for $18.9 million. Both Jennings Elementary and Colfax Junior/Senior High School are older buildings and have been in use since the 1950s. A school building in Pullman, built at virtually the same time as Jennings, was torn down several years ago. It is said that the building had so...
These reports are from the previous four 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. AIRPORT ROAD COLLISION Drivers of two cars which collided on Airport Road near Highway 26 were transported by ambulance to Whitman Hospital Friday afternoon for treatment of minor injuries. According to the report by Undersheriff Ronald Rockness, Yerizelith Calicoat, 21, Kent, was driving eastbound on Highway 26 at 12:45 p.m. in a Subaru...
The Colfax High School cheerleaders create a tower before the start of the boys varsity game against Northwest Christian Jan. 13 in Colfax. Cheerleaders are Sara Whelchel, Hayden Fulfs, Casey Fulfs, Miya Ensley, Mackenzie Marker, Alicia Knee, Airelle Grimaud and Kari Largent.... Full story
Tekoa/Rosalia boys will host Northwest Christian at Tekoa Friday after booking a split in NE action last week. The Timberwolves Saturday defeated Kettle Falls at Rosalia 62-51 after posting a 39-23 at the break. Craig Mueller hit 20 points and pulled down16 rebounds. Garret Naught hit 13 for the 'wolves. Mitchell Billings hit 12. Davenport bumped the Timberwolves 71-51 in the league round at Davenport Saturday. The Gorillas finished by adding nine points to their lead in the last quarter. Jay Burt hit 15 to lead then Gorillas, and Naught hit...
Brett Kincaid waits for a gap between NWC's Reed Loranger (15) and Josh Maynard. Another chapter in the long line of Colfax-Northwest Christian hoop tales went into the books Friday when the visiting Crusaders fought off a strong Colfax charge, reclaimed the lead and left town with a 63-60 win. The loss was the second for the Bulldogs in the NE campaign after they were topped by the league leading St. George’s Dragons last week. Colfax Saturday made the trip out to Wilbur and topped the W... Full story
St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse freshman point guard Ty Harder takes to the basket Jan.13. A little CA has been added to the SJEL boys basketball team under first-year coach Mario Adams, who moved to the Palouse from the Bay Area, Calif., three years ago. Born and raised in Eastbay, Oakland, he graduated from De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., Before coming to the Palouse to work for Schweitzer Engineering as an electrical engineer. After a year coaching varsity boys at Lake Roosevelt High... Full story
Ellie Sander of Northwest Christian goes up with an underhand shot which she actually hit despite the block from Piper Cai. Colfax girls defeated Northwest Christian 64-50 on the home court Friday night, and Wilbur/Creston 61-21 on the road Saturday to move their NE league record to 8-2. The Bulldogs will host Springdale, last league foe in the round against teams from the north side of the NE league, Friday. Friday in the home court Colfax posted a 30-23 lead against Northwest Christian in the...
The Colfax/GP/SJE wrestlers placed second Saturday among 21 teams at the Northwest Christian tournament. The team stacked 141 points, just 10 points behind the 151 rolled up by Riverside for the team win. Colfax wrestlers winning championships were Riane Jones in the girls 105-115 class, Nolan Burrill in the 113 class, Christopher Jones in the 152 class and Augie Allenbach in the 220 class. Travis Knauff of Garfield/Palouse placed third in the 160 class, and Dane Hall placed third in the 170 class. The team compete against Springdale on the...
– Janet Leifer photo The St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse bench erupts after Riley Lamb's last-second shot fell in Jan. 13 to beat Garfield/Palouse 43-42. Avenging an earlier loss to the Vikings, the win puts S.J.E.L.'s record at 5-8 overall, 2-4 in the Southeast 1B league. Four seconds showed on the clock at St. John High School last Saturday evening. Eagles freshman Roxy Dickerson walked to the free-throw line after a whistle blew for a pushing foul. The St. John/Endicott /LaCrosse girls trailed G...
Whitman County commissioners Monday approved a request from the Public Works Department to make a speed zone change on Old State Route 26 near Hooper. Now posted with 20 miles per hour speed limit on a 1,000 yard stretch which passes under a railroad trestle, a Public Works crew will re-set the speed limit to 50 miles per hour and put up warning signs for its curve. “With signs, this cleans things up and makes the road safer,” Public Works Director Mark Storey said. The new signs will be up by Feb. 1....
Washington state 911 coordination agencies are preparing themselves to address funding cuts in 2019-2020. Agencies, including Whitcom, are planning for a $5.1 million shortfall from state 911 funds. Different options are being looked at for how the $5.1 million will be cut from across the different counties. Whitcom, which services Whitman and Asotin counties, could be faced with a $84,769 to $395,900 shortfall, depending on the formula used. “We really don’t know what’s going to occur yet,” said Mark Bailey, Whitcom IT manager. The budget...
When Lee Root resided in Lewiston and traveled north to visit relatives in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, he traveled through Rosalia. “I always thought it was a nice little town,” he said. Nice enough that when he retired, he ended up moving to Rosalia and has lived there for the past nine years. He added it was one of the best moves he has ever made. As the newly-elected mayor of Rosalia, Root is stepping up with the hope of getting Rosalia back to what it was before the Highway 195 by-pass was p... Full story
The approach of the impact of the state McCleary decision on state school funding is reflected on the Feb. 13 ballot. Five school districts in the county will ask voters to approve the same levy figure, $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed property valuation. That is the local maximum now allowed by the state. The figure was restricted by state legislation to meet the requirement of the state Supreme Court’s McCleary decision, which calls for the state to provide for basic education funding. The legislation requires a shift in operation funds from t...
The Palouse city council has approved a $10,000 expenditure for a cultural survey in the interest of building a water tower at Greenwood Cemetery. The vote Jan. 9 allows for the city to pay for the work on city-owned land at the highest point on the south hill. The survey will determine if any historical artifacts or remnants are beneath the surface of where the tower would go. It is part of an application Palouse filed in September for a USDA Rural Development grant. Kramer’s Funeral Home of P...
Bob Hill has been named as Colton’s new building inspector, succeeding Marv Entel, who resigned in December. Hill, of Rosalia, is the building inspector there, as well as a city council representative.... Full story
The Whitman County Food Coalition and Palouse-Clearwater Food Coalition will co-host the 2018 Food Summit, Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Gladish Community Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The summit will focus on food access on the Palouse; whether that be individuals growing their own, food pantries or food access in rural towns. The summit will also launch the Palouse Tables Project. There is high food insecurity in Whitman County as a whole, according to Ryan Lazo with the Center for Civic Engagemen...
The St. John/Endicott band plays at halftime of the girls game vs. Garfield/Palouse Jan. 13. The band is led by Billy Ray. The Eagles won the game on a last-second shot by Riley Lamb. Bottom, at Colfax, Bulldog brass plays during the Northwest Christian game Jan. 13, under the direction of Mike Morgan....
A new chapter in the saga of the Colfax City swim pool surfaced Tuesday when city council members learned the 2016 proposal to form a park and recreation district and levy a tax of 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation had actually passed. City Administrator Dodd Snodgrass and City Attorney John Kragt reported the measure passed because it needed only a majority vote for approval. Kragt noted the city at the time had a “super majority mindset” which turned out to be incorrect when the ballots were counted in November of 2016. The pro...
Oakesdale Town Council has agreed to split the cost of removing a former rail trestle which was taken out last fall by Whitman County Public Works in order to clear an obstruction causing ice jams on McCoy Creek. A follow-up project to clear the channel of grass and other obstructions could happen later this year. County Commissioner Art Swannack visited an Oakesdale town council meeting Dec. 18 to ask that the town pay $4,350 – half of the cost of removing the trestle. The work was paid for o...
A WSU oilseed workshop will be Jan. 25 in the Colfax Baptist Church in Colfax. Beginning at 8 a.m. will be an all-day program of presentations and interactive discussion groups on planning, growing, in-season diagnostics, harvesting, storage, and marketing of canola and other oilseed crops in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Contact Karen Sowers at ksowers@wsu.edu for more information...
St. John fire crews Monday night responded to a debris fire at the corner of Main and Nob Hill streets in the southeast area of St. John. The volunteers prevented the fire from spreading to an adjoining vacant residence. Photo by Crystal Davidson.... Full story
A new term is underway for Colton Town Council representatives without Jim Dahmen on the panel for the first time since 1991. Appointed that year and re-elected ever since – running unopposed – Dahmen retired his seat last fall in favor of Laci Hubbard-Mattix, a new resident and WSU instructor in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs. “I was in there long enough,” Dahmen said. “There was a young person interested. I thought, it doesn’t hurt to have a change.” A 1960 graduate of C... Full story
The November election rang up to $95,357 in costs which is paid for by all the jurisdictions that ran items on the ballot. The biggest bill went to the State of Washington for $20,309.25. The Port of Whitman, the only local entity to place a vote before the entire county, had the second highest bill at $14,523.04. Of the 54 districts and municipalities, 10 owed more than $1,000 for their parts of the ballot. The City of Pullman was billed $13,699.89, Pullman School district $10,008.61, Hospital 1-A (Pullman) $9,152.43, Hospital 3 (Colfax)...
