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NOTICE OF A CONDITIONAL USE HEARING The public is notified of a hearing requested by Premium Roast, LLC before the Board of Adjustment on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 7:00 PM in the Public Service Building, 1st floor auditorium, N. 310 Main St., Colfax, Washington. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit for the following project: Premium Roast, LLC is proposing to open a retail marijuana store at the former Crossroads Nursery site between Pullman and Moscow on SR 270 at the intersection of Airport Road in the SW ¼ of Section... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Chicken patty, BBQ beans, fries, fruit. Tuesday: Beef dippers, rice, green beans, fruit. Wednesday: Deli sandwich, Sun Chips, Caesar salad, fruit. Thursday: Bulldog burger, cheese slice, fries, fruit. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, fruit, brownie. AT ENDICOTT SCHOOLS: Monday: Chicken fajitas with lettuce and tomato, refried beans, peaches. Tuesday: Pizza, salad, watermelon. Wednesday: Sausage, eggs, French toast, hash browns, veggie tray, pears. Thursday: Chili with cheese, cornbread, grapes, tomato slices....
RTOP to open 'Rabbit Hole' Regional Theatre of the Palouse, 122 N Grand Ave., Pullman, Sept. 22 will open a performance run of Rabbit Hole, the 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama. Other performance dates will be Sept. 23, 24, 30 and Oct. 1. Performances start at 8 p.m. Rabbit Hole was written by David Lindsay-Albaire. Jasper Barbosa-Rodriguez is the director. 509-334-0750 Library Board postpones meet Whitman Library Trustees board meeting has been postponed one week due to scheduling conflicts. The September meeting is now set for Sept. 26...
Thursday, Sept. 15 Rosalia – 10:15 – noon – Play and learn - Center-based free play time at the library geared toward children younger than 6-years-old (but everyone is welcome). It is also a great opportunity for parents and other caregivers to visit and support each other. The fun and engaging learning centers are STEAM based and designed to foster creativity, team-work, exploration and curiosity. Colfax & LaCrosse – Storytime – Join us for early learning activities with music, stories, and crafts. Visit the Library Events Calendar at www.wh... Full story
Ray obituary correction Marvin Ray, a member of the Colfax High School class of 1946, who died Aug. 13 in Colville where he retired after a long career with the state's Employment Security Office, is survived by one brother, Carl Ray of Spokane. Mr. Ray's obituary in the Aug. 25 Gazette listed another surviving brother, Floyd Ray, now deceased. The obituary for Marvin Ray was written a number of years ago by family and was not updated. For paid obituaries, see Weekly Pages: Sept. 15 Monte Daniel Kammerzell 1937-2016 Dorothy E. Hansen... Full story
Linda and Wayne Harriman are pictured above on their wedding day in Belfast, Maine, Aug. 13, 1966. They moved from Maine to St. John in 2005 after Wayne retired from 38 years of teaching at Brunswick High School. Wayne graduated from Bucksport High School in Bucksport and Washington State College in Machias, Maine. Linda graduated from Crosby High School in Belfast, Maine, and Washington State College in Machias. The couple met at Washington State College. An article in last week's Gazette had... Full story
Above: Rubin Anderson, Maryjane Anderson, Anthony Blackledge and Crystal Anderson were camp participants. Below: Adult leaders for the Rosalia's Vacation Bible School in the park, from the left, were Jeanne Kjack, Cynthia Campbell and Carolyn Bliesner. Marcy Campbell was camp director....
Friends of Whitman County Library vice-president Dawn Bennett (left) draws the names of summer reading prize winners with assistance from library staffer Brandy Montgomery at the group’s meeting last week. More than 200 people completed the program and received coffee cards. Grand prize winners were: Loralee Cassetty, Tekoa, Samsung Tablet courtesy WSECU; Kristin Inderrieden, Colfax, Fit Fitness membership; Valerie Larsen, St. John, Welcome Home gift certificate; Joyce Countryman, Colfax, S...
The Washington Office of Secretary of State announced Monday two contests being conducted through the State Library which Washington students can take part in. The first contest is open to students from fourth to 12th grades. It is the 24th annual Letters About Literature Contest, which is co-sponsored between the State Library and Washington Reads. “The Letters About Literature contest encourages young readers in grades 4-12 to read a book and write a letter to the author about how the book changed their view of the world or themselves,” an...
Area Washington State University students who qualified for the president's honor roll for the spring semesters with a 3.5 grade average in 15 graded hours or 3.75 on nine graded hours included Amara Marie Huber, Colfax; Payton T. Meyer, Colton; Nathanial A. Pierson, Endicott; Jonathan Kuehner, Garfield; Craig L. Wines, Oakesdale, and Cheyenna Brianne Krone, Palouse....
Taylor, Reese and Ryan Libey completed the Iron Kids race in Coeur d’Alene Aug. 20 at McEuen Park. The event was a pre-Ironman event. The Ironman was the next day. Their father, Patrick Libey, completed the event in 16 hours, six minutes. Ironman consists of a 2.4-mile open water swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a full 26.2-mile marathon. About 1,300 participants completed the Ironman event. Patrick Libey is the son of Gary and Trudy Libey of Colfax and Melanie and Rob Heacock of Liberty L... Full story
Clockwise from upper left: Chocolate cookie dough cheesecake bars, mint chocolate brownies, celebrity fudge, chocolate marble cookies and chocolate cookies. Missing from the photo: black bowtie brownies. After several years of treating judges to wonderful chocolate treats, the contest has no trouble finding judges. A former judge who now lives in Chicago called to bemoan her inability to judge this year. This is an open class contest, meaning that anyone can enter, and there are youth and adult...
Endicott Endicott Community Club met and decided to have some trees cut down in Multiflora Park. The trees are diseased and need to be removed. Cleanup Endicott will be Sept. 23 and 24. A large dumpster will be available for use of the town. The wine tasting event usually held the first Saturday in October has been postponed until after the first of the new year due to scheduling. Committees have been assigned for the German Dinner which will be Nov. 6. Endicott school Principal Bruce Porubeck attended the meeting and announced that Veteran's...
Dusty Beth Christie’s daughter Jordan, son-in-law Kevin and 14-month-old granddaughter Kendall Ann from Albion, NY, visited from Sept. 1 through 4. That Saturday, Jordan and Kevin attended a Dave Matthews Band concert at the Gorge while Beth and Loren Scaggs got to babysit Kendall. They took her to the Dale and Vicki Broeckel/Kim Gustafson farm to see the animals and ride a horse. After the guests left, Beth and Loren went to Priest Lake for a couple of days. Thursday evening, Tom and Doreen Riedner hosted dinner at their home for Craig and M... Full story
Pictured, left to right, are: Mark Sawyer - Gar/Pal Ag teacher and FFA advisor, Travis Frey - Monsanto representative and grant presenter with his daughter, Victoria Welch - FFA president, Tulip O'Neill - FFA vice president, Payson Griner - FFA reporter, Ainslee Marcus - FFA treasurer, Taylor Jones - FFA secretary, Emily Bagott - FFA vice president, Tanner Anderson - FFA sentinel, Jiggs Anderson - FFA booster member and nominating farmer, and Mike Patrick - Gar/Pal Ag teacher and FFA advisor. A...
The Student Swine Cooperative at WSU is hosting a bacon sale, and consumers have until Sept. 30 to place an order. Bacon can be ordered for $7 per pound. Farrahn O'Hara, herd manager with the cooperative, said the fundraiser got its start last year in order to raise money for events. “It started because we ended up inheriting ideas from graduating seniors and then put it all in motion,” O'Hara said. “It helps us to get more money to go to the World Pork Expo which is usually in the Mid-West. It costs a bit of money to go.” The group is trying...
The county assessor's office has received a request from Tom Kammerzell to have some of his land re-classified from agricultural land to open space. “It won't meet the farm and ag current use because it's no longer farm and ag land,” Commissioner Art Swannack said at the Sept. 6 commission meeting where the request was first presented. As part of the Moscow-Pullman Airport Runway realignment project, 113.6 acres of property which Tom and Cheryl Kammerzell own was used as an off-site wetland/stream mitigation site. That project created 9.4 acr...
Josh Paparazzo, who represents the Boy Scouts on the Colfax and Community Fund Drive board, holds up a pig for Commissioner Michael Largent to kiss at the Palouse Empire Fair. Largent presented the pig with flowers prior to the big smooch and gave it a pep talk, too. Largent won the Kiss the Pig contest after $287.46 was donated to his jars around Colfax. Colfax and Community Fund Drive concluded a year-long fund drive at the Palouse Empire Fair Friday with its Kiss the Pig finale. The annual...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Michael Phillip Bell, 28, Colbert, and Chelsea Karen Sims, 25, Rosalia, Sept. 7. Timothy Edward Martin Jr., 29, and Christina Mary Radmacher, 28, both Pullman, Sept. 9. Kyle Andrew Lewis, 22, and Cynthia May Richmond, 22, both Pullman, Sept. 9. Aaron Kelly Rager, 25, and Rebecca Bennett Reeve, 24, both Garfield, Sept. 12. REAL ESTATE SALES Douglas and Cathy Bruce and Daniel and Sara Bruce, Farmington, to Palouse Pulse LLC, represented by Mike Queen, lentil processing plant on Farmington Road, $700,000, July 8. Rolling Hills...
STOLEN VALOR ORDINANCE An ordinance which would make it unlawful for individuals to fraudulently claim they are the recipients of a military medal or decoration in order to obtain money or donations has been proposed to the city council. In the Sept. 6 council agenda listing, City Administrator Michael Rizzitiello noted city police have received reports of individuals who have sought goods and services by fraudulently claiming to be military personnel. The report notes the state does not have a stolen valor type ordinance on the books, but it...
California has become a manufacturing “job killer” bastion because of its shackling regulations, high taxes and excessive permitting requirements. Its quagmire of government-mandated programs is accelerating an industrial exodus. In 2009, the Milken Institute reported California lost 79,000 manufacturing jobs in just five years (2003-2007) prior to the “Great Recession.” In contrast, seven other competing states gained 62,000 workers. The report blames the state’s onerous regulations and high taxes for pushing business elsewhere. In 2014, a k... Full story
Elberton project I am the owner of the property in Elberton where Eco Logical Research, Inc., will be installing the bio-engineered bank stabilization project on the Palouse River. I am also the President of the Whitman County Cattlemen’s Association. I would like to clarify erroneous statements in last week’s article regarding the project. Livestock will not be blocked from the river at the completion of this project. We have almost a quarter of a mile of shoreline and the project is a fraction of that length. The project area will be exc... Full story
Donald Trump's speech in Arizona has occasioned wailing and rending of garments among the commentariat and "respectable" people everywhere. At bottom, the cause of the freakout is simple: Trump believes in immigration laws, and the country's elite really doesn't. Minus a few trademark excesses that are too ingrained in the Trump shtick to abandon at this point -- e.g., we are going to build a wall and Mexico is going to pay for it -- Trump's speech was rock-solid on policy. The core of it represents what, more or less, any realistic regime of...
OK, supporters of Hillary -- and for that matter, Hillary herself -- it is YOUR job to convince the voters of the United States not to elect a maniacal, hateful con man to be president. That's your responsibility. It's not up to us to take him on and make your case. By "us," I refer to those in the media, who cling to the ideal that journalists are supposed to be skeptics, and follow the story wherever it leads "without fear or favor," as The New York Times publisher wrote back in 1896. That is our tradition. That "favor" part is the key. If... Full story
The country just commemorated the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. That, of course, was when America was rocked by multiple tragedies. The iconic Twin Towers in New York City were destroyed when two hijacked commercial jetliners crashed into them. The Pentagon was struck by a third jetliner, and a fourth hijacked jet crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers tried to retake the plane and prevent it from destroying another target. Images abound of the attacks. In New York, people are seen jumping from...
