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Endicott Lorna Burns returned home after spending 11 days with her longtime friend, Ann Donaldson in Thousand Palms, Calif., and staying at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Lola and Gene Aune. While there, they took the famous Palm Springs aerial tram, hiked the Indian Canyon of the Palms and shopped at the Indio Festival of the Arts. The Endicott Gun Club's shoot Sunday brought 32 shooters who participated in very windy conditions. They also got in a few rounds of shooting games at the end of the day. Scores for Feb. 4 are as...
Quilts of Valor presented to veterans Feb. 3 at Palouse included, from left to right, Blake Clemens, Garfield; Sundance Allen, Todd Kinsey and Irv Johnson, all of Moscow. Four Army and Marine Corps veterans, whose service extended from the Cold War to Afghanistan, were honored at the Palouse Patchers’ Quilts of Valor National Sew Day event Saturday at the Palouse Community Center. Each of the four veterans – Sundance Allen, Blake Clemens, Irv Johnson and Todd Kinsey – was presented with a quilt...
ARREST NETS POUND PLUS OF MARIJUANA A 19-year-old Spokane woman was arrested on a probable charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver after more than a pound of marijuana was found in the vehicle she was driving on Highway 195 near the Rosalia rest stop late Saturday. The suspect was identified as Jacey Hirschberger, 19, of Spokane. According to the report from Sheriff Brett Myers, the vehicle she was driving northbound was stopped because of a faulty headlight. After the truck was stopped it was evident marijuana had been smoked...
An old mid to late 1950s blue truck sits along Hwy 27 between Tekoa and Oakesdale, watching traffic and time go by....
MARRIAGE LICENSES Nicholas William Zollo, 25, and Elizabeth Grace Brown, 24, both Moscow, Jan. 30. Yao Zhang, 28, and Christine Ashley Chou, 20, both Pullman. Feb.5. REAL ESTATE Shirley K. Franks, Pullman, to Geoffrey Collins and Ruth Gregory, house on SE Ridgeview Court, Pullman, $215,000, Jan 26. Hayden Homes, LLC, Redmond, Ore., to Brett Nuccitelli, Pullman, house on SW Wheat Ridge Drive, Pullman, $286,977, Jan. 29. Keith and Heather Davidson, Pullman, to Markous and Nicole Kelp, Moscow, house on NW Charlotte Street, Pullman, $218,500, Jan....
I voted for initiative 502 in 2012, not because I wanted to legalize marijuana, but because what we were doing wasn’t working. I thought it inconceivable that the US government would allow any state to openly ignore federal law. At best, I was hoping for a wake up call, and Congress would recruit some very smart people to find a solution that worked. I thought the worst case would be for the state to be forced to cease and desist such that we would revert to the status quo. I was wrong, the worst case was that the states were allowed to r...
In Olympia, Gov. Jay Inslee is pushing lawmakers to enact a new tax on carbon gas emissions before the legislature adjourns on March 8. Inslee wants Democrats, who now control the legislature, to approve a $20 metric ton levy. He says it is necessary to combat the effects of climate change and would start in 2019. There would be no corresponding tax offsets as provided in British Columbia and under I-732 which is the ballot measure Washington voters rejected in 2016. Nor is there a cap on future tax increases. The additional money would go to...
Added benefit Many folks have written in already with great reasons to support the County Library levy and school levies that are on the ballot in this election. I want to add my voice to theirs, and to urge your readers to consider the added benefit we all get from a healthy library and robust schools: a lower crime rate. As the County's prosecuting attorney, I've seen the evidence that proves that money invested in schools and libraries, and programs to keep our kids pointed in the right direction, is also an effective tool in fighting...
President Donald Trump has had impure thoughts about special counsel Robert Mueller. That much, we know. The New York Times reported that Trump asked White House counsel Don McGahn to fire the special counsel. When McGahn resisted, Trump backed off and left Mueller in place. Talking their clients out of bad ideas -- especially impulsive clients likely to blunder into gross mistakes -- is what lawyers are supposed to do. The Trump-Mueller episode is like the "Saturday Night Massacre" if Richard Nixon had merely thought about firing Archibald...
"If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell." We can thank Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer Carl Sandburg for that bit of wisdom. It's standard operating procedure for trial lawyers and certainly for politicians, both of whom could be best described as "anti-poets." It's clearly a way of life for the most obscene practitioner of these dark arts. I refer, of course, to the table-pounder in chief Donald Trump, who...
It was spectacular. In fact, it was as spectacular as in the old days. Elon Musk, famous billionaire visionary, pulled off a coup that could change the world. On Tuesday, his company SpaceX launched what is reportedly the world’s most powerful rocket. It was a successful launch. Then, to cap off the achievement two of the three boosters successfully returned to earth landing upright and undamaged, ready for reuse. The third, programmed to land on a barge in the ocean, failed and crashed into the sea. The point of returning the boosters for m...
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. TRAFFIC LIGHTS DECISION Colfax City Council members Monday night decided to take one more look at the conversion of one block of Spring Street into a one-way street after hearing the state Department of Transportation wants to remove a set of traffic lights which have been out of use. The traffic lights were put out of action when the east...
Tekoa/Rosalia teams will return to West Valley tournament Saturday to play loser-out games in the NE playoff. The TR boys were topped 40-65 by Davenport in Tuesday’s opening round and will play against the loser of today’s Reardan-Liberty game. Mitchell Billings hit 13 to lead TR in the first game and Garrett Naught hit 6. Tekoa/Rosalia girls bowed 37-54 to Northwest Christian in the first round. Gwynn Razzo hit 11 to lead TR, and Jillian Bruce hit nine. They will play the loser of the today’s Colfax-Asotin game in the Saturday elimi...
Dayton and Waitsburg school boards Jan 29 approved merging all of their sports programs at a joint meeting in Waitsburg, according to a report in last week’s Dayton Chronicle. The proposal has been discussed at public sessions in both districts, and Monday’s joint session had been slated as another public forum, but the two boards decided to go ahead and approve the merger. Dayton and Waitsburg have combined for football for the past two years and baseball for last year. The D-W teams will compete in the 2B division in the Eastern Was...
Colton and Pomeroy finished out the Southeast 1B league girls regular season in first and second place. The Wildcats take the no. 1 seed into the District Nine tournament, which began Wednesday at home sites. The top six teams will vie in the double-elimination bracket for two spots to advance to the state 1B sub-tournament. It all leads to Spokane Arena in the first week of March. Colton 65, Oakesdale 3 Colton beat the Nighthawks at home to finish an unbeaten season in league play Feb. 3. The Wildcats (20-1, 12-0) led 37-9 at halftime. Dakota...
Garfield/Palouse junior post Ely Hawkins scores two of his 32 points against Colton Feb. 2. The two teams play again Thursday at Palouse to open the District Nine tournament. Gametime is 6 p.m. Southeast 1B league play concluded its regular season last weekend with the standings unchanged. Pomeroy (18-2, 11-2) and Oakesdale (17-3, 12-2) are deadlocked at the top with Garfield/Palouse (14-5, 9-3) right behind in third place. Because of a draw before the season, Pomeroy will be the no. 1 seed for...
Josie Riebold (22) and Carmen Gfeller put the squeeze on Bronco Julia Klein in Saturday's game. Colfax, which holds the top ticket from the NE south side, will play Asotin today in the quarter-final round of the NE playoffs at 6:30 p.m. in the West Valley Field House. Asotin advanced to face Colfax after they edged Kettle Falls by a point, 44-43, on the first round of the playoffs Tuesday. Colfax today will be playing a team they hammered 57-10 in the league round here Friday night. The Colfax-A...
Colton junior post Abby Kelly works for another basket in a win at Palouse Feb. 2. Colton takes the no. 1 seed in the district tournament, which began Wednesday night. The Southeast 1B/District Nine tournament began Wednesday, Feb. 7, with girls games at home sites. The boys start Thursday, with the top six teams in the league competing for two spots to advance to the state sub-tournament. For the girls, final regular season standings are Colton in first, Pomeroy second and Oakesdale third. In...
Six local wrestlers pegged first-place wins Saturday in the sub-regional round at Ritzville to lead qualifications for the regional tournament in Reardan this Saturday. The regional round will match the top four from the north and south sides to decide four entries in the state Mat Classic at Tacoma Feb. 16-17. First place winners at Ritzville Saturday were Nolan Burrill-113, Kolby Slate-125, Chris Jones-152, Travis Knauff (GP)-160, Dane Hall-170 and Augie Allenbach-220. Also qualifying for the regional rounds were Kolby Sisk-second at 106,...
Garfield/Palouse junior post Ely Hawkins scores two of his 32 points against Colton Feb. 2. The two teams play again Thursday at Palouse to open the District Nine tournament. Gametime is 6 p.m. Colfax boys, the number-two entry from the south side of the NE league, will play Davenport today in the quarter-final round of the playoffs today at 5 p.m. in the West Valley gym. The Gorillas, number three entry from the north side, will face Colfax after defeating Tekoa/Rosalia 65-40 in the opening rou...
An Attachment and Security class for families with children with additional needs age birth to three years will be in Colfax beginning this month. “If you feel like you’re struggling, then this class is good for you,” said Karen Nelson, outreach director at Families Together which puts on the free class. Families Together supports families with children with disabilities and difficulties. One way it accomplishes that is with parenting classes like the attachment and security one beginning Feb....
Employees gather as a sign is unveiled on the side of Meter’s building Feb. 2 in Pullman. The new company continues to design and manufacture water measuring devices on the Palouse. A merger was made official in Pullman Friday, Feb. 2, as Decagon and UMS AG, a company from Munich, Germany, solidified their year-old joining with the unveiling of a new sign. The new company is Meter Group, Inc. Marking the occasion, President Scott Campbell first gave a speech from the top of the stairs in the a...
After serving for 37 years as Whitman County Coroner, Pete Martin is well remembered and thought of by those he has served and worked with. “Pete has been a delight to work with over the years,” said Commission Chair Dean Kinzer. “He’s a great coroner,” said Commissioner Michael Largent. He added that Martin did his duties with “grace and aplomb” and that is what he was elected to do. “He was always thorough, did an excellent job,” said Robert Kramer, director of Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa. He...
Washington State Department of Transportation is making changes to its railroad crossing permit procedure for landowners, especially those along the now-dormant line between Pullman and Colfax. “This is a unique section of line,” said Barbara LaBoe, WSDOT communications. According to LaBoe, the crossing issue is still a work in progress. “We’re in the process of drafting an easement agreement rather than requiring a permit and insurance,” she stated in an email to the Gazette. The easement is st...
Debris from mudslide near the Farr Ranch on Albion-Parvin Road Whitman County commissioners approved a Road Emergency Declaration for Albion-Parvin Road Monday, as presented by Public Works Director Mark Storey. The declaration regards a road embankment washout along the South Fork of the Palouse River, which led to the road being closed two weeks ago. “It’s pretty straightforward,” said Commissioner Dean Kinzer of the declaration, which passed unanimously. “We either want a road or we don’t.” T...
