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The fourth annual Whitman County March for Meals will be Saturday, April 24, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Colfax High School track and Pullman city playfields. The march supports the meal program provided through the Council on Aging & Human Services. Last year they provided 13,674 meals to homebound residents and 13,195 meals in congregate settings. Donations can be made to March for Meals, Council on Aging & Human Services, PO Box 107, Colfax. For more information call Suzy McNeilly or Scott Hallett at the council....
Garfield residents can now join the rest of Whitman County in paying their property taxes after the county straightened out its tax billing. The county treasurer’s office sent out revised statements to approximately 360 Garfield taxpayers Tuesday afternoon with correct amounts due. Original statements sent out last month included inaccurate information. Garfield taxpayers now have 30 days to pay their first half taxes before late fees are assessed. First half taxes are typically due by April 30, but Garfield residents will be allowed an e...
Skies cleared and temperatures finally hit spring levels over the past week. What’s your favorite sign of spring’s arrival? Dave Holtzheimer, Colfax “Daffodils. No question.” Skip Hollis, Colfax (Points to his postal service-issue shorts.) Does that put you in more danger of dog attacks, though? “Yeah, I guess they wouldn’t be able to grab a hold of my pant leg instead of leg meat.” Fred DeClue Jr., Colfax “Flowers.” What’s your favorite kind of flowers? “Roses. I know they’re kind of a year-round flower, but they’re my favorite.” Janet Schmi... Full story
W. Bruce Cameron I have a second cousin who, as a woman in her 20s, is considerably younger than I. Well, not “considerably.” She’s a bit younger. She’s my age. At any rate, she lives in my area, many miles from her parents, which she insists is due to no intent on her part, though when she graduated from college she submitted resumes everywhere but in her home state. She is planning her wedding, and her father asked me to sit in on his behalf and represent his point of view. I thought it was adorable that he thought the father of the bride w...
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. City to hire C-Doc for channel Larry Harrison of St. John, who bid under his firm’s Concrete Doctor name, will be hired to do repair work on portions of the S. Palouse River flood control channel wall. The move received approval after discussion at Monday night’s city council session. Repairs will be made in the section of the channel wall bet... Full story
Colfax Chamber of Commerce welcomed new Wheatland Lanes owners Shelly and Michael Weller as the newest Main Street proprietors last Friday. Pictured at center, Chamber President Kimberly DeHart presents Shelly Weller with a plaque. The Wellers plan to mark their new venture next weekend, May 1-2, with a grand opening that will include $2 games and free cake. Pictured in back, from left, are Don Moore, Judy Liddle, Michael Weller and Kathy Mayer....
Long-time Washington lawmaker Sid Snyder had a sense of humor, dignity and respect that permeated the halls of the state Capitol for nearly a half century. A grocer from Long Beach in Southwest Washington, Sid set the tone for our Legislature. After Sid retired, Hoquiam Rep. Lynn Kessler kept that protocol alive. Now, after 18 years in the state House, she is hanging it up as well. That is good for her and not so good for the rest of us. Snyder and Kessler are Democrats in a Democrat-leaning state, but Republican legislators like Jeannette...
OK, HILLARY, your dearest wish for many years has been to go down in history as a better president than Bill, so go for it. The current president is in such deep doo doo there’ll never be a better time than now. Hand in your resignation as Secretary of State explaining that as a patriotic American you cannot honor a pledge not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear countries that are in compliance with the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty even if they attack us with biological or chemical weapons. Appeasement and disarmament have never b... Full story
The Colfax School District levy is again in front of the voter. The first version was rejected by voters in February. This second effort addresses some of the complaints that prompted its rejection in the first place. The amount of money being requested has been cut, and it is now virtually the same as the levies approved in the past. Support of this levy request is essential to the district and the functioning of the schools. The levy revenues pay for a variety of school programs and services. Not enough financing comes from the state to...
* It was beloved American comedian and actor Bob Hope who made the following extremely sage observation: “People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.” * Next time you’re in Tinseltown, remember that it is unlawful to herd more than 3,000 sheep at a time down Hollywood Boulevard. * In the naming of American states, there are quite a few that never quite made it. It’s interesting to speculate about the possibilities, though. For instance, if you currently reside in the state of Kentucky or parts of Tennessee, but for the whimsy of fate you cou...
It isn’t every day I can escape the office to chase down rumors of a renegade beaver outside Albion. Or get paid to wander through one of the remaining patches of natural Palouse prairie. The beaver has felled many trees. But last Thursday, April 15, news of this derelict beaver lured this reporter out of the office for an afternoon of poking around the nature preserve Rose Creek. Rose Creek is a little-known 12-acre nature preserve with a trail, located about four miles outside Albion. It is owned by the Palouse Clearwater Environmental I...
The conventional pitching style of Darcy Stamper of LWK contrasts with Holden Druffel's submarine delivery in the first game Saturday at Colton. Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia Tuesday defeated St. John/Endicott 12-3 at Oakesdale to advance their record to 7-5. Flash Hodges pitched the win with nine hits allowed. Will Dedic and Brandon Hovde topped the 14-hit TOR attack with homers. The hosts scored four runs in the first inning with their first four batters getting hits, Bryce Bennett started on the mound for the Eagles, and Miguel Rice relieved him... Full story
Colfax distance runner Morgan Willson, pulled along by some of the top big school runners in the state, set two Colfax school distance marks Saturday in the Pasco Invitational. Willson clocked a 5:10 in the 1600 meter run and an 11:20.85 in the 3200. Both marks had been on the books for 20 years and were set by Robyn Slate with a 5:12 in the 1600 and 11:29 in the 3200. The Colfax 4 X 100 team booked a best time of 52:00.5 in the Pasco event behind a 49.25 booked by Jesuit. Amelie Bruya, EB Hatley, Hannah Harazin and Kayla Johnson run legs on... Full story
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife last week announced expanded spring and summer chinook fishing on the Snake River. The fishing area was expanded to capture an unusually high return of chinook this year. Game agent John Whalen said the agency predicts a return of 470,000 upriver spring chinook this year, with nearly 200,000 hatchery chinook anticipated in the Snake River. The agency put in four new chinook fishing areas. The first extends seven miles upstream from the south Highway 12 bridge to the restriction zone below Ice Harbor...
Colfax’s softball doubleheader against Davenport Saturday will be broadcast on the bsports.org web site and called by Chuck DeBruin. Listeners can stream the live broadcast of the game or listen to it later on the bsports archive....
St. John/Endicott’s Schuster sisters added a pair of medals to their collection last week by topping SE golfers in two of three matches. The Schusters missed the medal Tuesday on the Dayton course. Bulldog Caylyn Tate’s 101 was good for the top spot, with Michal Schuster right on her heels at 102. Erin Schuster finished with a 105. Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia girls were led by Lisa Harper at 121. Nicole Zimmerman followed 141 and Margo Kliewer 143. Casey Brown of TOR was the top local finisher with an 81. John Quinton’s 90 topped the SJE boys. Ryan... Full story
Colfax senior Brittney Burke makes a stop out of the shortstop slot Wednesday in the first game against Reardan at McDonald Park. Colfax softball girls, who picked up four more wins this week, will travel to Davenport Saturday to test a Gorilla team which has rolled up an 8-0 record to date this year. The Bulldogs will hit the road after advancing their record to 9-1 with two big wins over Almira-Coulee-Hartline and two close battles with Reardan in a makeup round Wednesday. First-year Coach James Bledsoe said the Bulldogs this week learned to...
SJE-LW track combo boys picked up a team win at Martin Field in Walla Walla last Wednesday, April 14, when they rolled up 94 points against four other SE loop competitors. The Eagle-Tigercat combo booked first-place points from Cody Siegel who again took the 400 and 1600, and wins by Warren Miller in the 110-hurdles at 16.99 and the high jump at a moderate 5-10. Jason Swannack reeled in a 36-8 to win the triple, and the 4 x 100 relay team of Jacob Blankenship, Miller, Siegel and Dylan Schmick clocked a 3:42.34 for a win. Chad Redman of...
Colfax Bulldogs greet Dustin Huber at the plate after he tagged a homer in the second game against Reardan in last Wednesday's makeup game. Colfax senior Brandon Hoadley came within one strike of pitching a no hitter Tuesday against Lind/Ritzville in the first game of a doubleheader at McDonald Park. Colfax took the opener 5-0. Pitching on his birthday, Hoadley retired the first 20 Bronco batters in order and had two strikes on the final Bronco, who broke it up with a rap up the middle. Bronco Junior Bryce Hilzer rapped the shot up the middle...
Tigercat catcher Gladys Martinez strains to get control of a throw to the plate Saturday while Haley Moser of Colton heads down the line to score for the Wildcats. Martinez managed to reel in the ball. St. John/Endicott girls Tuesday shut down Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia 14-0 at Tekoa in the lone matchup of county clubs in SE softball action. The Eagles hammered out 10 hits in taking the win. Kelly Van Lith threw a four hitter at the ‘hawks, struck out four and walked just three. Trisha Luft and Devan Bafus led the Eagle bats with triples, and H...
Under state law, the Port of Whitman has 90 days to fill the board seat left vacant by the death of Bob Gronholz of Colfax last Wednesday, April 14. Gronholz served two full terms on the port commission and was re-elected to a third term without opposition last November. Gronholz was absent from recent commission meetings as he dealt with cancer. Port commissioners Dan Boone and John Love officially excused those absences through resolutions. If port commissioners do not fill the vacancy in 90 days, the appointment will be left to Whitman...
Speakers with roots at Hooper and Endicott presented a fast paced commentary on “Remarkable People and a Remarkable Land” April 15 for the 14th E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecture in the WSU Cub. Richard Scheuerman of Endicott provided an account of his life-long research of the native population of the Palouse country, and Alex McGregor used several quick sketches of some of the settlers that reflected the outlook and stamina that developed the remarkable land and stewardship of the land. Now on the faculty of the graduate school of education at... Full story
THURSDAY The eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland intensified, shooting a plume of ash nearly four miles into the air after 40 hours of activity. Fumes melted up to a third of the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, causing floods on the island nation. A U.S. trade panel slapped punitive duties on billions of plastic shopping bags made in Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam. U.S. shoppers used about $1.5 billion of the bags in 2008. U.S. police arrested 47 people and broke up a human smuggling network that used rogue shuttle firms to ferry thous...
Floundering because of the recession, the Port of Whitman County’s Innovation Partnership Zone needs an influx of funding. Joe Poire, port executive director, asked Whitman County commissioners Monday for $10,000 to help pay for administration of the zone. The innovation zone was created with a $1 million state grant in 2007. Thrust of the zone is to combine WSU research with private sector industry to develop new industries and create jobs. “We don’t have a long, long term focus, we’re just looking for some human resource money to keep it...
A smaller but more vocal crowd gathered for the second annual Tea Party tax day protest in Colfax last Thursday, April 15. Carrying signs that read “Just say no to American Socialism”, “Stop spending we are broke”, and “Join a Tea Party right now!”, a little more than two dozen people gathered at the Codger Pole park to show their dissatisfaction with government institutions. Last year’s tax day protest drew more than 65 tea partiers. Carolyn Kiesz of Thornton, publisher of the Palouse Patriot, spoke to the crowd about the importance of...
