Articles from the April 29, 2010 edition
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Word on the street - April 29, 2010
Colfax author Mark Gudmunson recently published a Christian book he deemed a miracle in the making as it was inspired by God. Do you believe in miracles? Cathy Ulibarri, Pullman I do. Tell me your miracle. My miracle is my triplets. I’ve had seven p...
Bruce Cameron - Day of the Earth
I think of all the holidays we celebrate, my least favorite is Earth Day. For one thing, I never know what sort of gift is appropriate. A jar of dirt, maybe? And it’s not clear to me why Earth even needs a “day,” since a spin on its axis creat...
Bulletin column - April 29, 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. Issue warrants for duo Arrest warrants were... Full story
Letters - April 29, 2010
Zombies? Can someone explain a few things to us? Here are our questions: Less people attended the Colfax TEA Party rally than last year. Do less people care about the direction our government has gone this past year? The MUMS ladies, who have...
Don Brunell - Mistake to bypass the moon
Canceling the Constellation program – the successor to America’s historic space shuttle program – is a huge mistake, but that is exactly what President Obama plans to do. He told folks at the Kennedy Space Center that he is also abandoning retur...
Adele Ferguson - Well, here we go again.
After years and years (since the end of Prohibition) of having to buy booze from the state instead of being able to pick up a fifth at the grocery store the way it is in many other states, a couple of initiatives have been filed that would accomplish...
Pet Peeves and Okeydokes - April 29, 2010
#!*! The two county commissioners who appear to regularly meet illegally. #!*! Business people who park without regard for their customers and the customers of other businesses. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 Colfax,...
Opinion - School levy passes, the work begins
Colfax voters have done the right thing. They approved the two year levy request for the school district. At this writing, with ballots still to be received and counted, the levy has received a 58 percent approval. With a mere majority needed for...
Bulldogs defend home course
Bulldog golfers topped a five-team Bi-County meet at the Colfax course Friday with a 212 team score. Caleb Bravard was medalist with a one-over 36, five strokes ahead of the number-two finisher. Other scorers were Tyler Stevenson 42, Kyle Johnson...
McDonald Park field lights bid
Harrison Electric of Colfax submitted a bid of $79,669 for installing conduit and copper wire for the field lights at McDonald Park. The bid April 20 exceeds funding available for the project and the joint city-school McDonald Park committee will...
Rain break just enough for WW match
Mother Nature gave local golf teams just enough time to get 18 holes in the book Tuesday afternoon. St. John/Endicott and Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia duffers returned slightly soaked from a four-team match on the Veteran’s Memorial at Walla Walla. SJE C...
Raider team wins at Dogwood
This Garfield-Palouse Middle School team won the eighth grade boys class of the Dogwood Dunk 3-on-3 tournament at Lewis Clark State College. The event is part of the Dogwood Festival in Lewiston. The team has played together since the third grade...
Bulldog girls end Davenport win string
Targeting a 10-0 win string posted by the league-leading Davenport Gorillas, Colfax softball players rolled north Saturday for a Bi-County showdown. They came within a run of stopping the D streak in the first game and then dynamited it with a...
Locals collect CDA Ras points
Members of the GP-Colton and TOR track teams ventured north to Coeur d’Alene Saturday and took advantage of big school competition on a blustery day at the Rasmussen Invitational meet. The Viking-Cat boys finished in 18th place in among 21 schools w...
Fund woes lead to WIAA redo on hoop tourneys
A revamp of the state’s hoop tournaments, which is expected to include a gathering of all B qualifiers back in Spokane, was sparked by WIAA fund woes and concerns about overall loss to class time and travel costs. A report of the WIAA executive b...
SJE-LW, Asotin battle in SE round at Colfax
The SJE-LW and Asotin track teams dueled April 21 in an SE meet at Colfax with the Eagle-Tigercats prevailing. Asotin and Logos tracksters, the Idaho guests, upped the competition in several events. The 100 sprint featured a duel between Jeff Kent... Full story
‘Dogs hammer Gorillas twice
Colfax baseball players continued their Bi-County string with two big wins at Davenport Saturday. The Bulldogs downed the G club 14-4 in the first and 11-0 in the second game. Colfax had been slated to play Liberty in a league doubleheader Tuesday,...
GP Vikings, TOR Nighthawks split
Nighthawk Kiah Madison slides into the plate at Garfield Saturday ahead of the toss back to Viking catcher Emily Witthuhn. The two east side teams, who will be 2B contenders in the SE playoffs, split the doubleheader in windy conditions. The GP Vikin...
Eagles, Spartans win baseball battles
DJ Brown of the TOR Spartans goes into the plate headfirst in the first game Saturday at Garfield. Taylor Christopher, Viking pitcher, attempted to get the tag down on Brown but the ball got away. St. John/Endicott and the TOR Spartans took wins... Full story
The World - April 29, 2010
THURSDAY Eleven workers had still not been found after a British Petroleum oil rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico after burning for 36 hours about 42 miles off the Louisiana coast. More than 120 workers were on the rig when the fire began, most being...
Local GOP legislators lament majority’s tax package
Reform of Washington State government ground to a halt when legislators gave themselves the ability to raise taxes. “Once they suspended (Initiative) 960, that turned off the lights on any hope of spending reform,” Rep. Joe Schmick, R-Colfax said in... Full story
SR 195 project slated to start Friday
Starting April 30, construction crews will be tearing up 8.6 miles of Highway 195 south of Colton in a federally funded contract to resurface the highway. One lane of traffic will be kept open as crews alternate through phases of the construction,... Full story
Wind company eyes Oakesdale business office
Oakesdale’s business incubator may be the center of wind farm development in eastern Washington. The city council unanimously approved a lease with wind power firm First Wind to rent the incubator at its April 19 meeting. Council approval of t...
Library finish pushed back to July
Blew’s construction workers lay down wet cement outside the remodeled Colfax library. Remodeling of the Colfax branch of the Whitman County Library is two months away from completion, knee-deep in wet cement, drying paint, clouds of dust and s...
Port sues for dock damages
In a response filed in superior court April 22, Colfax attorney Will Ferguson denied Stephen Bravard’s answer to the port’s negligence suit for damages from a fire last year at Boyer Marina. The response said the port continue its suit for $3,335 in...