Articles from the April 15, 2010 edition
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Summer food service will be provided by Tekoa school district
Tekoa School District will offer a summer food service program June 21 to Aug. 12. Meals will be available at no charge to children and youths under age 19. Lunch will be served at Tekoa High School, Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m....
Volunteers work at new Palouse park
Approximately 25 volunteers turned out Saturday to help plant more than 300 creeping and tall oregon grape, drummond willows, ocean spray, woods rose and kinnikinnick. The area planted is the new natural and native green park along Highway 27 in... Full story
Word on the street - April 15, 2010
This Sunday, someone broke into and robbed three soda machines in Tekoa and Farmington. What petty crime have you committed? Caren Barber, Colfax “I stole a Jolly Rancher cinnamon stick from the corner grocery store in 7th grade. And I got a w...
Bruce Cameron - 8 Simple Reasons Why My Daughter May Not Go to Guam
Dear Daughter: Though you are over 21, I am denying you permission to go on vacation to Guam, of all places, for the following reasons. 1. I never heard of anyone going to Guam for vacation. People go to Guam to fight the Battle of the Pacific....
Letters - April 15, 2010
Levy support I am writing this letter to express my support for the special levy that will take place on April 27 for the Colfax School District. I have always been proud to live in a community that valued the education of their children and...
Don Brunell - Hydropower is key to Washington’s future
Ever since the generators at the Grand Coulee dam started spinning in 1942, low-cost hydropower has been the key to our economic strength and way of life. During World War II, its abundance enriched uranium at Hanford produced aluminum for...
Adele Ferguson - Will drunken driving bust mark end for Dorn at SPI?
IS SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction Randy Dorn all washed up or can he convince the voters by 2012 that his repentance is real? If he chooses to run for reelection, that is. The head of the state’s schools pleading guilty to driving under the i...
Pet Peeves and Okeydokes - April 15, 2010
++++ Some blossoms . . .finally. ++++ The MUMS for their efforts. Colfax must not be ready for flowers on Main. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 211 N. Main St Colfax, Wa 99111... Full story
Opinion - State’s stop gap budget offers no real solutions
Olympia has decided how it will handle the projected $2.8 billion state deficit. A last-minute and complicated combination of spending cuts, increased taxes and fees, fund transfers and federal funds addresses the shortfall. The immediate budget... Full story
Driving attitudes - April 15, 2010
In recent months a lot of media attention has been given to cell phone and computer use while driving. In fact, both state and federal governments have passed laws prohibiting some uses of both. Have you ever wondered why they pass such ridiculous... Full story
State achievement awards spotlight local districts
Three local schools were honored recently for their work in ensuring all students graduate with a full set of skills, regardless of their societal standing. Colton, LaCrosse and Garfield/Palouse were among 174 schools given Washington Achievement...
On the record - April 15, 2010
MARRIAGE LICENSES Timothy Laughter, 34, Spokane. and Molly Doolittle, 33, St. Louis, April 9 Quiton Jamison, 49, Greenville, S.C., and Jill Brockmier, 45, Spokane, April 12 Paul Yoon, 26, Seoul, South Korea and Yunyoung Choi, 26, April 13 BUILDING... Full story
Oakesdale siren tops new incubator space
The long-awaited Oakesdale business incubator has met with one hitch; the office is directly under the city fire siren. The siren lets out an ear-splitting alarm once a day, blasted out over this rural town of 350 people. Oakesdale city council at... Full story
Art display at Palouse Library
Palouse artists Lauren McCleary and David Wold put on an art display April 6 at the Palouse Library. McCleary fashioned the pinwheels from paper then tied them on for the display. The paper for the pinwheels was white paper with hand-written notes... Full story
Final state budget funds school consolidation panel
Local school officials were alarmed after looking at the legislature’s finalized supplemental budget and finding $250,000 slated to create a commission that would draw up a plan for combining small schools. “It’s very frustrating,” said Colfax...
LaX PDA decision awaits review by attorney
A decision on forming a public development authority, or PDA, at LaCrosse with the intent of returning a grocery store to the town was delayed until at least the next town meeting, May 13. Mayor Butch Burgess told members of the LaCrosse Community... Full story
Carroll lists Scaroni
Susannah Scaroni of Tekoa was named to the 2009 fall semester dean’s list at Carroll College in Helena, Mont. She had a 4.0 grade point average. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or better for the... Full story
Palouse Land Trust meet next Thursday
Charles Burke, president of the Palouse Land Trust, will explain what the Trust is and how it can protect the quality of land in the future at a public meeting next Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. in the reading room of Neill Public Library in...
Bulletin column - April 15, 2010
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. MUMS will no longer hang Main Street plants...
Tires hit golf fence
Colfax police officer Bryce Nebe and Public Works Director Andy Rodgers begin clean up work after two mounted tires damaged the city-owned fence along the North Palouse River Road Monday morning. The tires were apparently launched from the top of...
Spring lambs greet sun on Hume Road
At left, spring lambs rest in the sun in the Klaveano pasture field off Hume Road April 9. Nate Klaveano owns the lambs which will be raised by 4Hers and shown at the Palouse Empire Fair. The Suffolk herd includes 31 ewes and 65 lambs. Pictured at...
STRANGE BUT TRUE - April 15, 2010
* It was French writer and film director Marguerite Duras who made the following observation: “I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhood, and in all the lives that follow them, the mother represents madness. Our mothers always r...
TRIVIA TEST - April 15, 2010
1. GEOGRAPHY: In which U.S. state is the top-secret military facility known as Area 51 located? 2. MEDICAL TERMS: What is the more common name for a contusion? 3. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of turkeys called? 4. COMICS: Who was the Green...
Golf tourney set for Relay for Life
A golf tournament to raise funds for the Colfax Relay for Life will be May 21 at the Colfax Golf and Country Club with M & M Harrison Electric and the Express Team hosting. A shotgun start will be at 9 a.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit...
Bulldogs crunch W/C Wildcats
Colfax baseball players mixed solid pitching with a stack of hits to swamp the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats with two big wins Saturday at Wilbur. Scores were 14-3 and 19-0. The pair of wins moved the Bulldogs’ record to 8-0 with Reardan’s team headed for...