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Stop the Violence I have watched with interest as students across the country demonstrated to bring attention to the rising number of senseless school shootings. The national media reported these demonstrations as anti-gun protests. I listened closely to student interviews, and for the most part they didn’t advocate bans on guns or even reform of laws allowing gun ownership. They asked for an end to the violence. An end to violence does not equate to a ban on guns except for those who are predisposed to ban guns anyway. It could very well be t...
Most of the 2.5 million annual Alamo visitors focus on the epic 1836 battle in which a small band of brave Texans was eventually overrun by the Mexican army. Folk heroes like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis were among the Texans killed while fighting for independence from Mexico. However, the Alamo is more than a small Spanish-style church depicted on tourism brochures which barely withstood a 13-day pummeling from Mexican cannons. It is a large complex built nearly a century before the seize where irrigated agriculture was...
The death of astrophysicist Stephen Hawking brings to mind Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. How weird is that? But bear with me. Hawking credibly speculated about a parallel universe on the other side of a black hole. What if, in that alternative existence, Hillary Clinton had won the 2016 presidential election? How, in that black hole that is U.S. politics, would she be doing as president? In a word, badly. She wouldn't be the disgrace that Donald Trump is -- there's no way anyone can match his bigotry, hateful appeals to our worst instincts...
Two guests appeared on a recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO: Donna Brazile, former head of the Democratic National Committee, and Anthony Scaramucci, “The Mooch,” the disgraced former Trump administration communications director who got fired for vulgar comments to a journalist. Who would you expect to come off better on the show? The result may be a microcosm of the state of both parties. Brazile came on first and delivered some comments peppered with gratuitous swearin...
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. FACES CHARGE OF PERJURY Trenton Gregory, 18, former Tekoa resident now of Spokane, has been summoned to appear in court March 30 after a charge of perjury in the first degree was filed against him March 13. The charge alleges Gregory denied under oath during a juvenile court hearing two years ago that he had sex with a juvenile girl who was 12...
Coach Corey Baerlocher has been named Washington state Coach of the Year for the 2B division by the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association. Baerlocher led the Colfax girls to the state 2B title March 3 in the Spokane Arena. The team compiled a 23-4 record on the season. Baerlocher was also named NE League Coach of the Year at the NE district finals at West Valley. He shared that honor with Coach Stacia Soliday of Davenport and Coach Talara Frost of Northwest Christian. Baerlocher has compiled a record of 366-89 in 16 years of...
Colfax senior Carmen Gfeller has been named the top 2B player for the state by the Associated Press. Coach Corey Baerlocher said he was notified of the selection Tuesday. In the 27-game Colfax run to the state title, Gfeller hit 203 of 348 shots for 58.9 percent. That total included a 26-57 mark for three pointers for 45.6 percent. Her toss shot total was 96-130 for 73.9 percent. Gfeller pulled down 253 rebounds for an average of 9.4 a game, 63 assists and 65 steals. She totaled 548 points on the season for a 20.3 average per game. Gfeller has...
Colton traveled to Touchet Saturday, March 24, for a Southeast 1B league doubleheader and dominated, 25-0 and 19-2. Cameron Bean pitched for four innings in the opener, throwing five strikeouts and allowing one hit. At the plate for the Wildcats, Luke Vining and Tom Wolf delivered seven RBIs each. Vining went 6-for-8 on the day while Wolf got four hits total, with three triples. Reece Chadwick also pitched for Colton in the doubleheader, throwing three innings to allow one hit with four strikeouts. Colton 5, Pomeroy 4 With the score tied 4-4...
A Colfax baseball trip to St. George’s for two NE league games Tuesday was cancelled. The date was the second NE league round which has been bumped. St. George’s bumped Colfax Tuesday to make up a double with Springdale. The Dragons took both sides of a doubleheader with the Chargers, 12-3 and 4-1. In other league action, Asotin took a pair from Liberty 10-0 and 15-5. Colfax baseball and softball teams are now booked to travel to Reardan Thursday to make up doubleheaders which were scratched by Saturday’s weather. Games are set for 2 and 4 p.m...
The Colton softball team is 2-0 on the year after a three-inning 25-0 rainout and a narrow 6-4 win Tuesday to open league play. Starting the year at Asotin March 22, the Wildcats faced one pitcher, then another, then another, then another as they built a 15-0 lead in the second inning. By the end of the third, it was 25-0 and raining. A new WIAA rule took effect: if the two coaches agree beforehand, the rule is if a team is up 15 runs after three innings the game may be called. The two coaches a...
Colfax golfers posted another big win Tuesday on the home course in play which was battered by strong winds. The par score for the Colfax course was cut to 34 with the approach shortened for a wet number-one hole. Augie Allenbach and Chance Weitze each finished with a 36, two over par, and Bennett Gray finished with a 47 for a 113 Colfax team score. Coach Bill Clifford said the 41 scores posted by Allenbach and Weitze were outstanding given the windy blasts on the course. McKenna Davis hit 42 and Cassidi Shindler 55 to take the win for the girl...
Colfax softball players Tuesday scored one run in the top of the 10th inning to break a 12-12 tie for a win in their season opener Tuesday at Pullman. The run decided a game in which the Bulldogs stacked a 12-1 lead after the top of sixth and Pullman scored 10 in the bottom of the sixth and tied it at 12-12 with one more run in the bottom of the seventh. The two teams failed to score over two extra innings, but Colfax scored the tie-breaker in the 10th and kept Pullman from scoring in the bottom of the frame. Colfax pitcher Abbie Miller...
The Garfield/Palouse baseball team is off to a 1-1 start with a win over St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse and a loss to Pomeroy. Opening the year March 20 at Pomeroy, Gar/Pal went down 11-1, with senior Evan Weagraff delivering the team’s only two hits. Pomeroy, last year’s 1B state champions, took the game in five innings, byway of the 10-run rule. On Monday, Garfield/Palouse played at Endicott for a single game against the Eagles after a Saturday doubleheader was rained out. Gar/Pal won 23-0 as Wea...
Ben Ahmann of Colfax and Chase Murphy of Auburn of Mountainview clear the second flight of hurdles in the boys 110 race. Murphy finished third, and Ahmann finished eighth. Anne Hockett of Oakesdale clears the first set of hurdles between Rachel Garrity and Hanna Hill of Lakesdale in the 100. Garrity took the win and Hockett finished third. More than 800 track athletes from 28 teams braved the cold and wind Saturday to compete in the second MacDougall Invitational meet at Colfax. The tracksters...
Washington Association of School Administrators announced Tuesday that Joel Aune, superintendent of Snoqualmie Valley School District, will serve as the association’s new executive director beginning July 1. His selection was confirmed this week by the association’s board of directors. Aune, 57, served as superintendent of the Colfax School District for seven years before going to the Snoqualmie Valley where he has served for 13 years. Aune will replace Dr. Bill Keim, who will retire this summer after leading the association for the past fiv...
The second year of Pioneer Telephone’s $8.5 million project to replace cooper line with fiber optics began Tuesday, March 27. This year’s work is scheduled to bring fiber to homes in Endicott, LaCrosse, Hooper, Riparia, Hay and possibly Dusty, according to Dallas Filan, Pioneer Telephone general manager. Work Tuesday started on the outskirts of Endicott on South Endicott Road. From there it will travel through most of the town and end around the school. Once Endicott is complete, workers will mo...
Little goose dam Port of Whitman commissioners signed a letter of support to Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers for her bill 3144 to support the current river system and the 2014 Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion (BiOp). “Our legislators are supporting the long-standing process,” commented Port Executive Director Joe Poire, after stating the port has a long-standing support of the Bonneville Power system. McMorris Rodgers and other Northwest legislators int...
Construction plans for five bridge projects on Highway 195 between Steptoe and Plaza were reported March 22 by Al Gilson, spokesman for the Eastern Washington Department of Transportation District. He noted the repair projects could add as much as 20 minutes of travel time on the highway with work expected to start Monday and continue through mid-August. Bridge repair projects started March 26 and passing lane work will start in late April. The bridge projects are expected to wrap up in mid-July. N.A. Degerstrom was the successful contractor fo...
-Jordyn Cook photo From left to right, Cody Meserve, Missy Repp and Jordyn Cook sporting their “I love homies with extra chromies” shirts. “Kids grow up so fast” is a saying most parents can relate to. But the Meserve family of Endicott has an exception to that. That exception is their five-year-old son Cody who has Down Syndrome. March 21 was Down Syndrome Awareness Day, and Cody’s teachers celebrated with special “I love homies with extra chromies” t-shirts. “Extra chromies” refers to the fac...
Colfax High School concert band and concert choir both earned superior ratings March 20 at the Southeast Washington Music Educators' Association festival in Clarkston....
“Outdoor Cowboy Church,” an Easter Sunrise service will be Sunday at 7:30 a.m. at Warm Springs Ranch four miles west of Benge on the Benge-Washtucna Road. The annual service conducted by the non-denominational Benge Community Church is at a spot above the falls on Cow Creek. Local rancher Jerry Snyder will be the speaker. The event begins at 7:30 a.m. with coffee and doughnuts and the service will follow. For more information, call (509) 887-2434....
With a lack of residents to serve on the town’s council, Lamont officials have been looking into the possibility of going from an incorporated town to an unincorporated community. “It’s not that we want, as a council, to be unincorporated,” said Lamont Mayor Steve Ulrich. The Lamont town council is supposed to have five members including the mayor. However, they have only been able to fill three of those seats which is just enough for a quorum. Ulrich and his wife would like to step down to...
Jennifer Boie, Palouse Conservation District director, addresses county commissioners March 19. Representatives from four Whitman County conservation districts presented their annual report March 19 to county commissioners. Jennifer Boie of the Palouse Conservation District at Pullman opened by showing a slide of Palouse Falls, noting that all of the Palouse watershed waterways go over the falls on the way to the Snake River. She noted that they are working from funding from the Natural...
--Colleen Cross photo The reflection of the Texaco station can be seen in the windows of the Red Brick, set to open in April. One thing Kris Sheets has learned is that the trick in doing business is knowing what you do well. If you do not do something well, there is someone else who does and you should get them to do it. With that thought in mind and a strong desire to be as local as possible, she and husband Gary Sheets are opening the Red Brick Café in Rosalia. “We’re trying very hard to loca...
—Loyal Baker photo Flames shot out of the upper window of the former Dusty Gun Club building Saturday afternoon. The fire destroyed the building which served as the office for Passmore Aviation. Dusty Fire District 13 responded to the scene and kept the fire from spreading to the hangar. LaCrosse and Endicott fire crews also responded....
