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The LaCrosse High School Alumni Basketball team will challenge this year’s third place in state B Tournament Lacrosse/Washtucna basketball team to a winner takes all game. The game will be played at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15th during the LaCrosse Farm Fest celebration....
The first Colfax Color Mob 5K run/walk will be July 27 starting at Schmuck Park in Colfax. Part of the 5K fun run will be in the concrete channel of the South Palouse River as part of the revived Concrete River Festival event that weekend. Participants will be showered with non-toxic corn-starch dye as they make their way along a course which will go south from the park to Mill Street and continue south and west to Main Street where entrants will slide into the concrete river channel down the slanted slope next to Chase Bank. A cushioned...
Colfax Bulldogs received the league championship award before the state of district playoffs at Medical Lake May 6. In front, from the right, are Kenton Lyman, Dustin Hall, Joel Morgan, Bryce Kramlich, Christopher Appel, John Mellor, Brady Ellis, Brent Becker, Garrett Burke, Austin Getz. In back, from the left, are Assistant Coach Tony Lewis, Coach Mike Parrish, Coach Eric Patton, Keith Gfeller, Jeff Davies, Andrew Becker, Patrick Jacobs, Mark Webber, and Dylan Heiser. Coach Parrish received...
All-League honors for the 2013 District 9 spring season included several Colton softball and baseball players. Alongside were a few names from Garfield-Palouse, whose softball team almost ended Colton’s season May 14, in a 4-3 loss to the Wildcats in a league playoff game to get into the District tournament. All together, four Wildcats were named to the WIAA District 9 All-League softball team. On the baseball side, four Colton players also topped the list while one more earned an honorable m...
The Colfax Bulldog softball team marked an end to the 2013 campaign last Thursday by extending a farewell to their lone senior, Catcher Rachel Robinson. Coach Terry Eng noted Robinson now rates number one on the all-time Colfax batting average list at .451. She struck out only five times in 110 at bats and didn’t book a single strikeout over the first 14 games of the season. The Bulldogs, who finished the year with a 1-2 run at the state finals Yakima, also had just two juniors in the lineup. On...
St. John-Endicott H.S. finishes second in statewide honor Colton High School is the recipient of the 2013 1B WIAA/Washington Army National Guard Scholastic Cup. St. John-Endicott finished second while Tekoa-Oakesdale took ninth. The Scholastic Cup recognizes performance in the classroom as well as on the playing surface. Schools that finish at the top of their respective classifications in state athletic competition receive points, as do schools that finish at the top in team academic performance. Sportsmanship is also a factor, with...
Led LaCrosse/Washtucna to five state championships A big chapter in Whitman county sports came to a finish this spring when L/W football coach Jeff Nelson decided to step aside after 19 years of heading the Tigercats. Nelson, who begain his teaching career at Washtucna, totaled five state titles with the Tigercats. The championships included four straight eight-man titles with a run of 48 straight wins. That extended a state record at the start of the next season when the Tigercats traveled to Kootenai at Harrison, Idaho, and booked win 49....
Members of the Colfax Class of 2013 recieved a total of $860,000 in scholarships and awards, Supt. Michael Morgan announced when presenting the class of 41 seniors at Saturday’s commencement. The awards presentation night was May 28. Many of the awards listed in the program were valued over a four-year duration at college. Brandon Gfeller, who graduated with highest honors, received a University of Montana athletic scholarship to play basketball with a $112,400 value over four years. T...
The Farmington City Council compromised on a man’s request to build into the right-of-way of a town street. Frank Kelsey appeared at the city council meeting May 20 to ask permission to build a carport on his property which would extend 11 feet into the right-of-way of Second Street. “The town doesn’t own the roads, they have the right-of-way,” said Mayor Ron Dugan, indicating that if a road was ever vacated, the property would go to the homeowner from the centerline over. Kelsey’s carport w...
After months of remodeling and delays, the Grillbilly Cafe, LaCrosse’s new restaurant, opened May 29. Customers filled the counter seats and several tables on the newly-remodeled cafe’s first day. Proprietor Dionne Evans said customers were coming in at a steady pace, keeping the kitchen crew busy. “It was crazy,” Evans said about the first day. “We never anticipated we’d be that busy.” “We never announced it, we turned the sign on at 11, and by noon, we were packed,” she said. “It went li...
State and county officials report many bridges in this area, although old, remain in good condition. Concern about bridges in the state follows the collapse of a span on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in the northwest corner of the state. Whitman County Public Works Director Mark Storey said all 246 county bridges are inspected every two years. Some bridges are inspected every year, depending on the condition of the bridge. “Inspections are about reducing risks,” Storey said. “It doesn’t mean they won’t fall down tomorrow....
Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker on Monday requested funding for a new election tabulator. Coker said it would cost $250,000 for two new tabulators to replace the two older tabulators now used by the elections office. After negotiations with the vendor, Coker said the price for one new machine was quoted at $102,652 with a trade-in allowance, two printers, training and shipping and handling. The vendor offered a payment plan for two years with no interest if the county bought two tabulators. Coker told the commissioners that the elections...
The third presentation of state’s evidence in the Dec. 27, 2011, shooting death of Marcus Schur at Malden continued into Wednesday in the second trial of Daniel Lazcano, 22. Lazcano has been in jail at Colfax since Feb. 21 when the jury in his first trial reported they were unable to reach a verdict on murder and kidnapping charges after a trial which lasted close to two weeks. His older brother, Frank Lazcano, was subsequently convicted by another jury of first degree felony murder. They f...
Saturday’s ninth annual Hot Rod gathering at Palouse brought a variety of cars and trucks from all over the Northwest for display on Main Street. Among the fans were members of a visiting photo works session who tried to capture just the right image. Unofficial winner of the most chrome honor went to the 1958 Oldsmobile, at right, displayed by Carmello Valle of Spokane....
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR SHORELINE MANAGEMENT ACT SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT Notice is hereby given that The McGregor Company has filed a Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Applications (JARPA) for a Substantial Development Permit to locate a fertilizer storage and distribution facility at the west end of the Port of Wilma on the Snake River. After a 30 day review period, Whitman County can approve and issue the permit on July 8, 2013. The applicant plans to construct an approximate 3,200 linear foot six inch pipeline which will transport a...
