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President Barack Obama responded to the Baltimore riots with a heartfelt bout of self-righteous hectoring. Supposedly, we all know what’s wrong with Baltimore and how to fix it, but don’t care enough. Not only is this attitude highhanded, it rests on a flagrantly erroneous premise. President Obama doesn’t have the slightest idea how to fix Baltimore. His solutions fall back on liberal bromides going back 50 years. Dating back to the Kerner Commission after the riots of the 1960s, the left’s go-to solution to urban problems has been more so...
Numerous local elected positions are coming up for a vote throughout the county. Friday is the last day to file for these offices and to be on the fall ballot. These positions are of vital importance to the direction municipalities, school districts and other taxing districts take. Those elected to these posts can make a big difference. These are the positions that intimately affect local lives and communities. The outcome of these elections often have a greater impact on communities than elections for higher offices. This voting cycle, which i...
State highway crews Monday resumed work on clearing the Highway 272 drainage ditch that runs along the north side of the highway down the grade into Colfax. The crew is clearing rock from along the channel. Flaggers are posted on the grade to conduct one-way traffic in the south side lane while equipment, including a shovel, works on the north side lane of the highway. The rocks are being placed in wire-wrapped gabion blocks which will be placed along the channel as an erosion control measure....
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. **************** STATE TRUST LISTS ST. IGNATIUS The Washington State Trust for Historic Preservation approved a listing for the St. Ignatius Hospital building on the south hill as one of the state’s 10 most threatened historic buildings. Approval of the listing was issued last weekend at a meeting of the state board at Bellingham. City A... Full story
Lura Potter of Colfax, Tuesday won the first two rounds of the NE tennis playoffs to advance to the final match which will be against Rosie Melville of Lind/Ritzville/Sprague. Potter defeated Janae Dasef of Wilbur/Creston 6-0 6-1 and Lauren Senske of St. George’s 6-4 1-6 and 6-3 in the semi-finals. Potter plays with the Odessa/Harrington team.... Full story
Colfax softball team, top finisher in the NE league race, was on the sidelines Tuesday when six other teams in the NE waged the first rounds of the district playoffs, the first step of the state eliminations. Northwest Christian, the number-two NE finisher, was also on the sidelines. Both league leaders will get into the final rounds next Tuesday at the Merkel softball fields in North Spokane. Colfax defeated Freeman 18-8 and 16-6 in non-league games May 5 for the lone competition they will see until May 19. The two non-league wins over the A... Full story
All seven Colfax golfers made the first half cut Monday at Deer Park in the NE sub-district round to advance to the district round next Tuesday at Colville. The top 11 finishers for boys and girls at Colville will go on to the state finals. The Bulldogs Monday were led by Hunter Weitze who won the medalist honors with a 73 score on the par 72 Deer Park course to top 56 entrants. Weitze hit par in a previous league round at Deer Park, but the field Monday had to deal with gusting winds. He finished three strokes ahead of Palmer Guhlke of...
Colfax sustained its first loss of the season Monday when they collided with DeSales in the first round of state baseball playoffs at Medical Lake. The Bulldogs bounded back to defeat Wilbur/Creston and place third in the all-day seeding round. Colfax will play next at Central Valley May 23 in the 16 team round of the playoffs. Four teams will be at CV, and the winner of both rounds will advance to the the state final four. Colfax in the first game Monday sustained a 3-6 loss to Irish after booking one hit off Irish starter Cam Richmond. The... Full story
The Colton High School softball team will start the District 7/9 tournament Saturday at Medical Lake High School. The Wildcats – defending their sixth consecutive state 1B championship – enter the postseason more vulnerable than they have looked in that long. With a 16-3 record, coach Brad Nilson can’t recall the last time his team had three losses in the regular season. All the while, this year Colton has pulled out several close games in the seventh inning or into extra innings. Going into...
The Garfield-Palouse baseball season ended Saturday with a 12-8 record (5-5 league). Playing at home for doubleheader sweep of Touchet, the Vikings nonetheless will play no more, without getting the help elsewhere they would have needed to make the playoffs. In the opening game against Touchet, Gar-Pal delivered a seven-run rally to take the lead on a base hit from senior Gabe Cocking. The final score was 12-11. In the second game, Gar-Pal opened a big lead in the first inning before Cole Sanderson hit a solo home run in the sixth inning....
Colton met Almira-Coulee-Hartline – a playoff opponent for the sixth consecutive year – Tuesday night to open the 2015 postseason. The winner would receive an automatic berth into the state tournament. Colton won 7-2 to secure that, and then advanced to play Liberty Christian. They lost 3-2. The Wildcats now travel to University High School in Spokane Saturday for an 11 a.m. state seeding game vs. Republic. The game will decide the No. 3 and No. 4 seed in the state bracket. Colton beat Rep... Full story
Quentin Neumann of the Vikings attempts to beat the ball to third base in the first game Saturday at Garfield. Touchet third baseman Jackson Elsasser puts the tag down. The Garfield-Palouse baseball season ended Saturday with a 12-8 record (5-5 league). Playing at home for doubleheader sweep of Touchet, the Vikings nonetheless will play no more, without getting the help elsewhere they would have needed to make the playoffs. In the opening game against Touchet, Gar-Pal delivered a seven-run... Full story
Colfax girls Tuesday rolled up their seventh straight NE district track title at the Ritzville track. The Bulldogs rolled out 109 points to edge the LRS Broncos with eight points to spare. LRS had pegged wins over Colfax in earlier league rounds, but Colfax nudged them last week in a meet here. Both teams were a full force Tuesday for the NE collision for the NE meet. Coach Jason Cooper noted the team has improved during the year. He said he also picked up some points by moving some of the competitors to different events where they could pick...
A July 20 trial date was set for Ruddy Aladina, 24, WSU student accused of second-degree rape. Aladina appeared in Whitman County Superior Court Friday one week after failing to appear. Judge David Frazier told Aladina that he could have issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear the previous week, but instead Aladina was slated to appear Friday and show cause why he didn't appear. Aladina said he did not show for the previous hearing because he forgot about it due to finals week at WSU. Aladina, who is represented by Defense... Full story
Trophies were awarded to many youth at the Colton-Uniontown Fair May 1. Front row (left to right): Kate Schultheis standing in for sister Emma Schultheis, swine grand champion f&s and Round Robin champion; Dan Bell, cat grand champion f&s; Emily Cook, rabbit grand champion f&s; Madison Fairbanks, rabbit grand champion; Pari Breitsspecher, poultry grand champion. Back row (left to right): Macy Smith, poultry grand champion f&s; Nick Manell, sheep grand champion; Macy Bishop, horse grand champion... Full story
Palouse Police Department has a new full-time officer. Joseph Handley, 25, started Monday, May 4, arriving in Palouse from Sedro-Woolley where he worked for the Upper Skagit Police Department. A North Kitsap High School graduate and veteran, Handley was hired by Upper Skagit after serving in the Army with duty in Iraq. He is certified as a K-9 handler although the Palouse department does not have a dog. Palouse Chief Jerry Neumann and officer Joe Merry interviewed two candidates for the... Full story
Kim DeHart sorts materials during Shred Day in Colfax last Friday at Colfax Package & Parcel which hosted the event to benefit the Colfax Chamber of Commerce....
The Colfax school board had a preliminary discussion Monday night at its regular meeting about potential changes to graduation requirements. No action was taken, with boardmembers asking Superintendent Michael Morgan to include the matter on its agenda for their next meeting, Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at Jennings Elementary School. The discussion Monday mainly regarded the requirement of the senior project and talk of reducing the extent of the students’ subsequent portfolio. Before its next meeting, the board will conduct a half-hour work s...
Farmington’s city council April 20 approved two levy proposals for the Aug. 4 primary election. Proposition one would levy a special tax to generate $12,000 for street maintenance. The estimated levy rate will be $1.08 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Proposition two will ask voters whether the town of Farmington should levy a special tax of $8,000 on an estimated 72 cents per $1,000 for the current expense fund. Both levies would be collected in 2016....
Pullman Farmers’ Market season opened Wednesday in the Spot Shop parking lot at 240 NE Kamiaken Street from 3:30-6 p.m. with local produce, eggs and meat, as well as a number of baked goods and soups. Now in its sixth year, the market will be open every Wednesday until Oct. 22 and feature nearly two dozen vendors, live music and an assortment of food options....
The Whitman County Public Works Department has received a Certificate of Good Practice from the State Treasurer for 2014. Presented Monday by County Commissioners to Public Works Director Mark Storey, the award certifies that the county has completed all of it submittals, certified its expenditures and overall properly tracked all of its money from state funded projects in the past year. “It’s kind of like our Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval,” Storey said. He told the County Commissioners that with each project that Public Works takes on wi... Full story
All types of vehicles from rat rods to muscle cars made the scene Saturday at the 27th annual car show at the Chipman & Taylor lot in Pullman marking a record of more than 200 entries. Loren Estes of Palouse entered the 1930 Ford street rod, middle, and Allen McSweeney of Colfax drove over to Pullman in his new creation, a 1926 Ford Model T speedster, top, which was turned out at his shop. The sponsors awarded trophies to the first three finishers in 15 different categories. The top two...
Tekoa mayor John Jaeger will soon add a new aspect to his position. “I’ve got a pet peeve in this town. I hate it when people make U-turns and park on the wrong side of the street,” he said. Seeing this happen on Crosby Street, the main business street in town, Jaeger – at the last city council meeting April 20 – asked if the council would have any problem with him writing citations for U-turns. They had none. “To me it’s a sign of disrespect for a small town,” Jaeger said. The mayor will now...
Three Whitman County mayors filed for re-election Monday, the first day open for filing this week for this year’s election. Pullman Mayor Glenn A. Johnson filed Monday to run for his fourth term as mayor. Johnson was originally elected for his first term in November 2003 and took office in January 2004. He made history in November 2011 when he was elected for his third term, it being the first time a Pullman mayor had won three times. As of Wednesday morning, a challenger had not been filed against Johnson. Palouse Mayor Michael S. Echanove h... Full story
The city of Palouse is in the midst of an update to the Shoreline Management Plan for the North Fork of the Palouse River. As part of a state-mandated update to the 1974 documents which categorize shorelines for purposes of protection, the town is part of a county-wide interlocal agreement which hired Berk Consulting and The Watershed Company to aid the process. Both are based in the Seattle area. Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove appointed veteran council member Rick Wekenman to represent the... Full story
