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The former Elks Lodge, now the county’s distressed Community Education and Training Center (CETC), was a center of activities in Colfax. Not only was the building used by locals, but people travelled from all over the county to spend some time there. It was one of the town’s biggest draws, and it helped to keep Colfax a mini regional center. The loss of the Elks Lodge and all the activities it hosted has dramatically impacted Colfax . . . and not for the better. After the Elks Lodge closed, the building was developed as an education cen...
Scott Edinger, a 1995 graduate of Colfax High School, is speaking this Sunday at the Country Bible Church in Dusty about a two-year mission to Rwanda on which he and his family will embark early next year. Currently, Edinger is the family life pastor at Northside Community Church in Newberg, Ore. Edinger is speaking at several churches where he and his wife Natasha have attended in the hopes of raising support for their mission to Rwanda. “I’ll be training the pastors and church leaders in Rwanda, and I’ll be helping to provide ministry oppor... Full story
8 years ago July 16, 1886 There are several hot mineral springs on the west side of the Stampede pass. The water is pronounced of a similar quality to that of Medical Lake, in Spokane county, possessing valuable remedial properties. The springs have been located by pre emptors and somewhat improved. As they are near the railroad, they are considered very valuable. Washington territory is represented to have over 18,000,000 acres of land adapted to wheat culture, which is aside from that to be included with the annexation of northern Idaho. An... Full story
TRIVIA TEST 1. PHILOSOPHY: “Moderation in all things” is attributed to which Roman dramatist? 2. HISTORY: The Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 helped pave the way for what major historical event? 3. ASTRONOMY: Ganymede is the largest moon of what planet? 4. WORLD LEADERS: A prince or king called a “maharajah” likely would be found in which country? 5. GEOGRAPHY: What country is nearest to the Gulf of Carpentaria? 6. LITERATURE: Where do most of the Hobbits live? 7. MUSIC: What singing duo originally called themselves Tom and Jerry?...
MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel • On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Until then there were no post offices in the colonies, so mail was typically left at inns and taverns. • On July 25, 1832, the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurs when four people are thrown off a vacant car near Quincy, Mass. A cable on a vacant car snapped them off the train and over a 34-foot cliff. • On July 31, 1916, future racing legen...
Colfax strokers took the team win Tuesdy night at Colfax with a thin half point margin over Dayton’s power team. The margin stems from half-point splits awarded when when swimmers tie. Under the meet system, ties are awarded when the timers cards match. Colfax booked 194 points which proved to be just enough, despite an absence of senior boys entrants. Dayton’s senior veterans, led by Marshall Nochodom nd Ryan Proctor, kept adding points to the D-dogs total includeding a first in the final freestyle relay event. Totals for the meet were Col...
Todd Vanek of Colfax placed fouirth in his age division Sunday at the Missoula Marathon with a time of three hours and four minutes. The time qualified Vanek from the Boston Marathon which requires a 3:20 or better for runners in his age group, 40 to 44. The Missoula run Sunday was Vanek’s third run over the 26.2 mile marathon distance. Missoula’s marathon is a one-way race with runners starting at Frenchtown and running east along the river into Missoula....
Young Quincy Morris salutes as the new flag is raised in the center of Endicott before last week’s Fourth of July celebration. The Endicott Community Club worked for nearly a year to erect the a flag pole and lay pillar stones on the site where the Cheveron Station was formerly located at the corner of 3rd Street and D Street. The flagpole, which last flew a US flag in front of Jefferson Elementary School in Pullman, was donated to Endicott by Darrell Reinhardt and reconfigured by Frank Grey. The stones were donated by Dave and Debbe M...
Pullman Patriots and the Spokane Bandits split a pair of League games Tuesday at McDonald Field with each team bagging a 10-run shutdown. The split left the Bandits tied for the league lead at 15-3 with two more games against the Pats Thursday at Jackson Field in Spokane to wrap up the league campaign. The Blue Devils are the other team on top of the league before the playoffs start Saturday in Spokane. Tuesday at McDonald, the Bandits took 16-6 win in the opener, and the a Patriots returned the favor with a 13-3 in the nightcap. Brandon...
Whitman Cougars Monday night defeated Asotin 5-4 with a run in the bottom of an extra eighth inning to break through for their first league win of the year. The Cougs scored the winning run with Ryan Bumstead tagging the RBI single to break a 4-4 tie. Steven Maley led off the inning with a walk, and Ryan Maley moved him over with a sacrifice bunt in front of Bumstead’s single. The Cougars tied it at 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth when Patrick Jacobs tagged a double behind singles by Justin Cillay and Zach Druffel and a fielders choice g... Full story
Garfield lessons set Second session of the swim lessions at the Garfield pool will run from Aug. 1 to Aug 12. Cost will be free for family pass hkolders and $20 other side. Deadline for enrollment will be July 29. Colfax pool lanes reduced for races Colfax swim race mode was changed at the start of the season July 5 with three race lanes taken out of action because water depth was determined to be too shallow. The lanes over the shallow part of the pool were determined to be a hazard for races which required a diving start. Pool Manager Connie...
Different stakeholders in the future of the John Wayne Trail spoke with the Gazette this week about the recent funding awarded to plan upgrades to the state-wide trail. The Washington State Parks Department has been recently awarded a grant for $96,000 from the state’s Resource Conservation Office to write a plan for repairs and upgrades to the trail. The funding will help write plans for three trailheads to be built at Malden, Rosalia and Tekoa. The trailheads would include parking lots and restrooms. Land-owner Gary Van Dyke owns roughly thre...
The county’s public health officer, Dr. Tim Moody, is taking a full-time health services job in California while still maintaining his position with the county. Dr. Moody told the Gazette he’ll be working long-distance advising the county on public health issues from his new job in Claremont, Calif. All of the advisory work he’ll be doing can be accomplished via electronic communication, he said. “I’ve handled outbreaks of measles when I was in Milwaukee, Wis. I’ve handled pertussis while looking at Mt. Rushmore,” he said. The doctor will b...
THURSDAY Scientists in Japan have created teeth - complete with connective fibers and bones - by using mouse stem cells and successfully transplanting them into mice, a step they hope will lead to progress in stem cell research. Britain’s Gambling Commission granted a license to the fertility charity, To Hatch, to run a “baby” lottery that will award $40,175 worth of treatments at one of the UK’s top five fertility clinics. Apartment complex manager Deb Logan of Nashua, New Hampshire, has started using a dog DNA-testing system to determi... Full story
Whitman County farmers and ranchers have until July 29 to apply for crop disaster insurance under the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Programs, or SURE. The program provides payments to producers on farms that incurred crop production or quality losses. To be eligible, producers must have suffered at least a 10 percent production loss on a crop of economic significance and be covered under federal crop insurance. Disaster payments are limited to $100,000 per person and legal entity. Producers whose non-farm income exceeds $500,000 are... Full story
The Prosser man critically injured in a three-car accident south of Colfax July 5 was still listed in serious condition as of Wednesday morning at Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle. “He still has not regained consciousness,” said Washington State Patrol Trooper Rob Aucutt. Wednesday, July 13, marked the eighth day 29-year-old Christopher Beaver has been unconscious. Beaver, of Prosser, sustained massive head injuries when the 2003 Saturn he was driving collided head-on with a 2006 Mercedes on Highway 195 south of Colfax. EMTs used a Jaw...
Whitman County retailers sold 19 percent more goods between January and March of this year than the same period of 2010. A report issued Friday by the state Department of Revenue showed Whitman County booked more than $111 million in sales during the first quarter of 2011. In the first quarter of 2010, Whitman County logged $93 million in retail sales. “You can attribute it to just quite a few things going on,” said Whitman County Treasurer Robert Lothspeich. “But there’s no question Wal-Mart’s had a lot to do with it.” Wal-Mart opened the...
The United States Postal Service posted in the lobby of the Steptoe post office Monday its plans to close the office and cancel the Steptoe zip code. After receiving questionnaires and polling residents at a forum last month, the postal service has decided to ask the Postal Regulatory Commission to allow it to close the Steptoe office and move services to Colfax, with Steptoe residents receiving mail with a Colfax zip code. Steptoe’s zip code is 99174. “Taking all available information into consideration, the Postal Service has determined tha...
Members of the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association, or SEWEDA decided to hire a new full time executive director for the agency after learning Columbia County will remain in the agency. Whitman County Commissioner Pat O’Neill reported the decision to the Gazette Tuesday after a meeting of the four-county agency’s board of directors at the Pataha Flour Mill near Pomeroy. “Everything is going to be like it always was,” said O’Neill. “We’re going to just keep moving forward working with them.” Jeanne Dickinson, Columbia County...
Bank of Fairfield announced Tuesday it is expanding to Colfax and Oakesdale. Bank President Jay Wernz said the bank will open loan production offices in both locations. Those offices will include loan officers and support staff, but will not accept physical deposits. The offices will have ATMs. Wernz said he hopes to have the offices open by the first of August. The bank has purchased the red building next to the Codger Pole, last occupied by AAG Insurance. At Oakesdale, the office will be in the former AmericanWest building. Wernz said the...
Whitman County leaders may have to lay off employees to meet this year’s spending target. The “crystal ball prediction,” as Commissioner Michael Largent tagged it, from the beginning of the year has the county’s government spending $570,000 more than it will collect in revenue. “I get a feeling it’s going to rise,” Commissioner Greg Partch said after a workshop session on the year’s first budget amendment Monday afternoon. Increases in the county’s contribution to employee retirement, health insurance and disability benefits could add as much a...
Pheasant hunting in Whitman County stands to see a significant boost in the next two years if all goes as planned under a new federal grant recently awarded to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. A $993,231 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to WDFW has a three-pronged goal of opening up more private land to hunting and fishing in 11 counties on the east side of the state. Those three goals include financial incentives for farmers in certain counties to allow hunting on their land, working with farmers with land in CRP...
The wooden mammoth erected in downtown Palouse went up in flames Sunday night in an apparent act of arson. Palouse Police chief Jerry Neumann said the structure was torched around 8 p.m. Sunday. “It’s just a shame. It’s just a complete lack of respect,” said the creator of the mammoth, Palouse artist Thad Froio. “Honestly, we don’t have any suspects at this time,” Neumann said. “I believe there was a group in the beer garden who had a conversation earlier in the night about wanting to burn it. An hour later the mammoth is on fire.” All that rem...
