Articles from the June 2, 2011 edition
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Federal audit finding at Pullman
A federal audit of the Pullman school district turned up a finding which questioned use of funds for the Special Education Safety Net program. Public schools are reviewed by the federal auditors when they exceed $500,000 in funding from the federal...
DeAtley low bidder for rock contract
DeAtley Crushing of Lewiston was awarded Whitman County contract last week to crush 50,000 tons of road rock from the county’s quarry at Union Center. DeAtley’s bid of $269,750 was less than half the bids submitted by two other firms. Motley & Mot...
Eric Marsh will retire after 37 years at Tekoa
Eric Marsh, Tekoa school’s band director of 37 years, will finish his last day of teaching June 10, wrapping up a life-long career. His wife, home and life teacher Connie Marsh, is also set to retire in the next few years. Of his time at the s...
Co-Ag’s McCoy loader plan gets green light from panel
Whitman County’s Board of Adjustment gave permission to Cooperative Agricultural Producers to build a new unit train loading facility near McCoy, five miles southeast of Rosalia along Highway 271. The board unanimously approved the company’s pro...
Kammerzell launches bid for port commissioner
Tom Kammerzell announced Friday his intention to run for the District 3 seat on the Port of Whitman’s commission. Kammerzell, 51, a rancher and custodian with the Colfax School District, said his focus is on attracting businesses that would provide e...
Burning violation appeal settled at $26,000 fine
A farmer and a property owner outside Garfield have been fined a combined $26,000 for an illegal burn by the state Department of Ecology. Farmer Monte Roth and landowner Terry Raugust agreed on the settlement penalty for burning three piles of loose... Full story
County's '11 class down 20
Another wave of Whitman County high school seniors will toss their caps high for graduation this year. A total of 323 Whitman County seniors will graduate this year with Pullman accounting for 153. The county totaled 343 graduates last year and 314... Full story
Battle Days will travel back in time
Rosalia will “Turn Back Time” this weekend in celebration of its 42nd Battle Days celebration. Battle Days begins Friday night when 21 seniors graduate in the school gymnasium. Cub Scouts fuel Saturday’s action with a breakfast of hotcakes, eggs, ham...
County financial statement ready for state audit
Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker pressed the send button Tuesday afternoon to ship out the county’s 2010 financial statement to state auditors, making the May 31 deadline for the first time since 2003. “It’s a big red letter day for Whitman Count...
Hoffmans to marshal Battle Days
For their decades of devoted service to Rosalia, long-time residents Bill and Alice Hoffman have the honor of presiding over this year’s Battle Days celebration as grand marshals. “We just love it here,” Alice told the Gazette last Friday. “It’s... Full story
Five-year-old’s birthday proceeds donated to support CASA program
When four-year-old Ted Norton of Pullman learned, for the first time, that some children go without food or shelter overseas, it brought up some questions. Does that happen here? And can he help them? The resulting answers led little Norton to donate... Full story
Colton celebrates after third title win
Colton’s softball players celebrated in a big way late Saturday at Yakima after they won the state 1B title for the third straight year. The Wildcats took the title after shutting down the ACH Warriors in dramatic fashion in the top of the last i...
Eagles put state golf championship in bag
Eagles Erin Bailey, Erin Schuster, Michal Schuster and Coach Doug Schuster with their championship trophy. St. John/Endicott’s Schuster sisters helped complete the school’s trophy collection last week, bringing home the school’s first ever state golf...
Willson dominates state 3200 for lone local win in state finals
Powered by distance runner Morgan Willson’s 3200 meter title, the Colfax girls track team booked a fifth place finish in the state 2B championships at EWU in Cheney Friday and Saturday. Running second for the past two years to Mikel Elliot of W...
Wildcats pass tough title test; keep tilt on 3-0 run at Gateway
Colton’s Wildcats ran a string of three wins to bag their third straight title in the eight-team state 1B finals at Gateway Park in Yakima Friday and Saturday. The Wildcats finished with a dramatic 10-8 win over Almira-Coulee-Hartline late Saturday i...
SJE Eagles bag first baseball title
St. John/Endicott Eagles hoist their first state baseball trophy after displacing Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the championship game Saturday night at Parker Field. The Eagles, who bagged three elim wins to advance to Yakima, took the lead in the second... Full story
World 6/2/11
THURSDAY FBI officials say the “Mullet Bandit” struck another Ohio bank, knocking over a Key Bank in Grove City. The robber, with his trademark 1980s haircut, was dressed as usual, wearing a Seattle Mariners baseball cap and large dark sun... Full story
Vintage rods, bands booked for Palouse
Vintage hot rod iron and live music will again take over downtown Palouse this weekend. More than 100 car entries are expected for the seventh annual Palouse Hot Rod show Saturday June 4. The show will feature hot rods, jalopies and choppers... Full story
Memorial Day fishing at Pampa
Memorial Day free time brought hopeful anglers out to the shores of Pampa Pond west of LaCrosse. Many young fishers pulled in their allotted limit of five trout apiece, though rains kept some from hitting the pond....
McKinney retires after 24 years
The long legacy of McKinney men working maintenance at the Palouse school district has come to a close after 50 years of service. Rick McKinney retired as maintenance supervisor from the district in February after 24 years. He came on the job in...
Word on the street
A record number of Americans have died in tornadoes this year than in any other year. A funnel cloud was reported this weekend near Johnson. Have you ever been in a tornado? "Kind of. I was working at Eastern and they had the state track meet. We...
W. Bruce Cameron 6/2/11
Dear Puppy W. BRUCE CAMERON Dear Puppy, I am leaving you this note as I depart this morning for a meeting, hoping that you’ll read it instead of barking frantically, as the neighbors report you always do. There are a number of what I will c...
Bulletin column 6/2/11
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. DRIVING BAN LIFTED A lifetime prohibition from...
Wawawai Road will be closed for RR work
Wawawai Road will be closed to through traffic as railroad crews replace a pair of crossings June 13 to June 17. Phil Meyer, maintenance operations manager for Whitman County’s public works department, said the road will be closed at the top of W... Full story
Letters 6/2/11
Colfax Misspelled Four years ago I gave the flag that draped my husband’s casket to the American Legion to fly at the cemetery on Memorial Day, and for four years his last name has been misspelled. Every year I have complained about the m...