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Colton’s Dakota Patchen led four players from Whitman County named to the Spokesman-Review’s regional honors for the 2018-19 high school basketball season. Patchen, a senior guard, was named Player of the Year for small schools, A/2B/1B. Joining her for the first team were Maisie Burnham, junior, Liberty; Jordan Rabe, senior, Northwest Christian; Korin Baker, junior, Curlew; Abby Jones, senior, St. George’s, and Jessica Lohman, senior, Medical Lake. For the top boys players in the area in small schools, Colfax senior forward Carson Cloan...
Climate reporter will speak at U of I Kendra Pierre-Louis, a climate reporter with The New York Times, will deliver the keynote lecture for the University of Idaho’s 2019 Oppenheimer Media Ethics Symposium. Pierre-Louis will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in the Administration Building Auditorium, 875 Campus Drive, Moscow. Her talk is free and open to the public. Pierre-Louis’ talk is titled “Is Gloom My Beat? Reporting on our Changing Planet.” She will describe the challenges of covering the global effects of climate change, as well as th...
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. FLOOD CONCERN LESS The run of warm days and cold nights has led to reduced concern about possible flooding. Discussion of runoff followed a question from Colfax Councilman Al Vorderbrueggen Monday night about whether the city could recruit volunteer help through social media. Interim City...
There was a time when a total of 50 different license plates adorned cars in America. That was one for each of the 50 states. Many a family trip was saved by the kids in the back seat trying to find as many different ones as they could on long road trips. Generally, these state plates were distinctive. It was always cause for celebration when an Alaskan plate was seen. In one’s own state, the plates were ingrained in memory. In cases of emergency or trying to identify an irresponsible driver, all that was needed was an effort to remember the p...
Pet Peeves Be kind about where people park. Not all disabilities are visible. Okeydokes The nice man who washed my car for me at Jim’s Service Center on Friday....
Donald Trump definitely is not introspective. If he thought about it, he'd probably decide that such self-reflection is navel-gazing and a total waste of time. But, of course, since he's not introspective, he's never thought about it. Whatever bubbles up from the Trump sump of his mind dumps out of his mouth, with no regard for what it fouls in the process. His millions of minions love it. They roared in gusty approval at the Conservative Political Action Conference as the Trumpster let fly with a two-hour toxic stream of consciousness. It...
We interrupt the talk of the president "manufacturing" a crisis at the border with this hair-raising report about the crisis at the border. Alarming new numbers about border apprehensions from U.S. Customs and Border Protection should puncture the lazy conventional wisdom about the border being under control, except in the lurid imagination of President Donald Trump. More than 76,000 migrants were apprehended crossing the southern border last month, the highest February in more than 10 years and the highest month of the Trump administration. Th...
Measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, you name it – vaccines are safe, despite what social media would have you believe. But don’t believe me; believe some people who know. In an extraordinary, if not unprecedented event, the three presidents of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a joint statement on March 8 supporting vaccination. If you don’t know, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) was created in 1863 during the Civil War. It established the National Research Council in 1916 at the request of President Wil...
Across the pond, London-based BP and Netherlands-headquartered Shell are looking to invest in innovative electric technology which is very good news. The two international oil giants, both of which have oil refineries in northwest Washington, recognize the growth in battery storage capacity. Their investments should bring down costs for consumers and bring ground-breaking technology to market quicker. Making electric cars and new batteries for homes and power grids is a major step toward...
Homelessness has been cussed and discussed with no solution in sight. With no viable plan most officials wring their hands and hope the problem will go away. The latest suggestion is to pay them a living wage. Thus the unfortunate street people could afford the requisite training to find jobs. I guess this is possible. The evening news interviewed an ex-homeless lady who received money from a private charity and was eventually able to open a coffee shop, thus, becoming a local success story. We sometimes forget that other countries can have...
Charmain Wellington, Tucson, Ariz,. to Samuel and Kristen Dabbs, house on W. Main, Pullman, $264,000, March 4. Giovane Rogers, Wapato, to Sheila Toscano, 1977 70x14 mobile home on Pullman-Albion Road, $8,000, March 4. Carleton and Rosemary Waldrop, Clarkston, to Thomas and Marie Parrish, Pullman, house NW Orion Drive, Pullman, $336,500, March 5. G.R. Stueckle Farms LLC, Edmonds, to 2B 2S Farms LLC, LaCrosse, farm land at Dusty, $306,414, March 5. Richard and Jannan Slaybaugh, Spokane, to Melinda Beasley, house on SW City View, Pullman,...
8 years ago The Commoner, March 16, 1894 The investigating committee appointed by the popular mass-meeting of March 3, met in the jury chamber of the courthouse at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon, all members being present except Frank Brown, who came in a few moments later. Chairman J.R. Wicks opened the meeting by saying that the investigation proposed was not a partisan affair, but was projected in the interest of the tax payers. C.H. Warner said that the committee was not a partisan affair; its object was to examine into a few charges that h...
Hayden Fulfs won the Colfax Distinguished Young Woman contest Saturday at the CHS auditorium and will represent Colfax in the state competition set for Aug. 3 in Pullman. Miya Ensley was named first alternate, and Lauryn Kennedy was named second alternate. Kaitlyn Cornish, a student at Colfax, received approval to represent LaCrosse in the state competition after the judges determined she had met DYW standards. Cornish attends Colfax High School, but could not compete for the Colfax title...
Picture an hourglass. You are the narrow point in the middle. One side is all your ancestors and the other is all your descendants. This is the example Carolyn Arnett would start with when teaching genealogy which she has done for more than 20 years. At 80 years old, Carolyn has eight children, three step-children, 34 grandchildren and 160 great-grandchildren (and counting); she sees both sides of her hourglass expanding. "Family is the most important thing to me. And all my ancestors are a...
Karen Broeckel was in the Tacoma area last weekend to attend the memorial services Saturday at Spanaway Lutheran Church for her sister-in-law, June Sather Broeckel, who died Feb. 8, 2019, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Al Broeckel; her daughter, Janet (Vince) Trantolo; grandsons, Landry and Brady of New York; son, John (Camille) of Jacksonville, Ore.; daughter, JoAnn (Brian) Elrod; grandchildren Lauren and Aiden of Bellevue, plus numerous nieces and nephews, friends and relatives, many who l...
Donald W. Pool was born on December 2, 1947, in Spokane, Wash., to Richard and Merle Pool. He grew up on a wheat farm and went to school in Lamont, Wash. After graduating from Lamont High School in 1966, he went to work for the Department of Transportation, starting out in Ephrata, Wash., and ending up in Wenatchee, Wash. He was an Engineering Tech for many years and then transferred over to Electrical Maintenance. He retired from the DOT in 1996, after 30 years, and went on to get his Journeyma... Full story
On March 22 Rebekah "Bekah" Kraut and her mother Amy of Colfax will receive a once-in-a-lifetime experience from Front Row Foundation to make Rebekah’s dreams come true for one special weekend. Front Row Foundation, founded in 2008, is a non-profit organization that puts people braving health conditions in the front row of their favorite concerts, sporting events and live theater. “Our dream is to provide a front row experience that will allow individuals to set aside any physical or emotional challenges while they celebrate the beauty and emo...
Virtual Reality Wednesdays at Whitman County Library will begin March 27 in the TEK Center at Colfax Library with two experiences, Dreamdeck and First Contact. Additional experiences will be added weekly. Appointments will run from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with each session lasting approximately 20 minutes. To schedule, stop in or call the Colfax Branch. All participants must be 13 and older. Support for the program comes from Washington State Library, the University of Washington I-School and Oculus. Residents, school and teen groups can schedule...
A celebration of life will be held for Randy Stanczak, 58, at 2:00 PM on Friday, April 12, 2019, at Centerplace, located at 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, WA 99216. Attire will be casual and feel free to wear Gonzaga paraphernalia for a team Randy loved dearly. A celebration of life is deeply appropriate for a man who loved life, his family and friends, and made every gathering a joyous and happy occasion. With a smile that lit up a room, Randy never knew a stranger and made all who me... Full story
Alice L. Roberts, 92, Clarkston, died March 5, 2019, at Ladow Court Assisted Living in Garfield . Born Aug. 19, 1926, at Hay, to Knute S. (Fred) and Verna Osborn Nelson, she attended Palouse schools and graduated from Palouse High School. She married Herbert H. Roberts, Jr., Aug. 17, 1947, at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and they made their home at Palouse, Potlatch, then Clarkston. Alice was a swimming instructor most of her life. She taught swimming lessons at Palouse and Potlatch. She also gave instructions at her home in Clarkston. Alice was a... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior, Is there anything seniors can do to stop perpetual robocalls? It seems like I get five to 10 a day on my home and cell phone, and I’m sick of it! --Frustrated Frank Dear Frank, Robocalls make up around 50 percent of all phone calls today, and it’s only getting worse. Americans were hit with 26.3 billion robocalls in 2018, a whopping 46 percent increase from the year before. Fortunately, there are a variety of tools available today that can help you greatly reduce them. Register Your Numbers If you haven’t already done so, y...
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Beef dippers with rice or burger, carrots, fruit Tuesday: No school today! Wednesday: Teriyaki chicken with rice or burger, green beans, fruit Thursday: Burrito or chicken patty, corn, tater tots, fruit Friday: Calzone or burger, Caesar salad, veggies, fruit AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: Chicken nuggets, fries, pears, broccoli in cheese sauce, muffin Tuesday: Barbecued chicken sandwich, barbecued beans, cucumbers, pears Wednesday: Noon dismissal-Pizza, salad, cucumbers, strawberries Thursday: Sarah Quigley's...
Whitman County Cattlemen’s Association will offer one or more scholarships this year. The application deadline has been extended to April 15, 2019. Applicants must reside in Whitman County, be a graduating high school senior (or home school equivalent) who plans to continue on a course of study in an agriculture-related field at a two- or four-year college, university, trade or technical school. Each scholarship awarded will be no less than $1,000. The WCCA could increase the number of scholarships and increase the amounts. Applications are a...
