Articles from the September 20, 2012 edition
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SE eight-man football
Colton’s Wildcats and the LW Tigercats rolled up the miles and points Friday to post big wins on non-league football action. Clubs in the SE Eights league will match up for the first round of league play this Friday with Garfield/Palouse traveling to...
NWC, Eagles win xc at Colfax
Two NWC veteran runners took wins at the Colfax cross-country race Tuesday on the Colfax trail. Anna Henry, who tracked Morgan Willson in league races last year, won the girls race at 21:03, and Steven Olds took another Crusader win at 17:43 over...
Eagle girls win at Pasco
SJE girls won an SE race last Wednesday on the Big Cross course at Pasco with Heather Siegel again taking the girls race at 21:15, 37 seconds ahead of Victoria Nunez of TCP. The Eagles rolled out a team score of 20 with Jordan Porubek 3rd at 21:59,...
CRAWDADS DROP PAIR
Colfax Crawdads, local entry in the Spokane Senior Babe Ruth fall baseball league, sustained two more defeats Saturday when they hosted the Spokane Edge. Scores were 7-4 and 14-10. The Crawdads, now 0-4 in the league, will host the Spokane Red Sox...
Nighthawks nudge Jags, host defending champs
Craig Nelson’s 85-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter capped a number of big plays made by Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia gridders and sealed a 32-27 SE2B league win at Tri-Cities Prep last Friday. “Definitely, that was the final nail in the cof...
Nighthawks, Colton book strong net league starts
Colton’s Wildcats and the Tekoa/Oakesdale Nighthawks booked strong wins Tuesday in the SE volleyball rounds. The ‘hawks posted a strong win over the Vikings, and Colton defeated the Rosalia Spartans in three straight. TEKOA/ OAKESDALE, which wil...
‘Dog netters run off wins at Okanagon before big home run
Colfax volleyball players ran a string of eight game wins over four matches Saturday at Okanogan to defend the title they won on the same trip north last year. The Bulldogs swept their pool foes in two games each and then went up against Zillah, the...
Dogs renew rivalry with big Bears
After prevailing in an extended ground-vs.-air battle with the Coeur d’Alene jayvee team, the Colfax football team will travel to the Bears’ den in Moscow Friday night to face an extra hungry team of Bears. The Bulldogs will travel to Moscow on a 2-0...
Colton, Tigercats win big in final non-league rounds
Colton’s Wildcats and the LW Tigercats rolled up the miles and points Friday to post big wins on non-league football action. Clubs in the SE Eights league will match up for the first round of league play this Friday with Garfield/Palouse traveling to...
The World
THURSDAY A Swedish man jumped in to subway tracks after a man who fell off the platform and was knocked unconscious as his head hits the tracks, only to grab the fallen man’s valuables and climb back on the platform leaving the victim on the t...
New at County Health
From left to right, Nurse Debbie Walker-Labine, Community Health Worker - Tobacco Prevention and Control Coordinator Mindy White and Nurse Jackie Tetrick are new staff members at the Whitman County Health Department. Walker-Labine joined the office...
Oakesdale to mark 125 years in ‘13
Volunteers for the McCoy Valley Museum in Oakesdale have announced plans for a celebration next summer to mark the 25th anniversary of the museum and the 125th anniversary of the town of Oakesdale. Jake Dingman has volunteered to be the chairman of...
Show entrants pack park
The 30th annual Palouse Days car show attracted 239 entrants to the Palouse Park Saturday. One of the crowd favorites was the Stealth creation (top) by Bob Gifford of Spokane. Trophies which went to the show winners awaited in the picnic shelter...
Planning panel still faces empty chairs problem
Guy Williams will chair his last meeting of Whitman County’s planning commission next month, if the panel can field a quorum, that is. Williams is leaving the local zoning board after more than 15 years as a member. The volunteer commission sets l...
County budget on target this year, not next
Spending is holding true to plan for Whitman County’s 2012 budget while county leaders try to erase a $806,200 projected deficit for next year. David Ledbetter, county financial administrator, told county officials during Monday’s commissioner mee...
Fire destroys Elberton barn; crews stop it short of trees
Fire crews from Garfield, Palouse, Colfax, Steptoe and Albion responded Saturday to a barn fire just south of Elberton. The barn was located on the Draper-Brown Road approach into Elberton. The vintage barn was engulfed in flames when the first fire...
Wind farm to hit switch; Palouse Prairie seek funds
With the click of a mouse, electricity will begin coming off Naff Ridge this week, as the first string of turbines begin spinning at the Palouse Wind farm. Ben Fairbanks, western development manager for Palouse Wind’s parent company First Wind, s...
Colfax flags debate goes public with 24-7 motion
Objections by some Colfax residents to the posting of WSU flags along Main Street surfaced during the final minutes of a long Colfax city agenda Monday night when Councilman Donald Henderson put a motion on the table to fly the US flag every day of...
Farmington to debut first Harvest Festival
Headlined by the Fabulous Kingpins and the Tube-A-Palooza inner tube race, the first Farmington Harvest Festival will commence Saturday. A kids’ fun run and giant lentil box will also be on the a...
County considers end of New World
Not quite a year-and-a-half since Whitman County government turned on its New World accounting software system, leaders are questioning if they should switch from the costly system. Chris Nelson, director of the county’s information technology d...
Egg-citement at Palouse Days
Lori Wilson of Palouse took a projectile to the head at Palouse Days Saturday. The annual egg toss was won by Gar-Pal freshmen Mitch Dymkoski and Wyatt Griner....
New members revive Palouse Grange future
After falling below the minimum number of 13 members in recent years and the closing of an agreement with the Palouse Arts Council to keep up the building, Palouse Grange No. 177 has begun anew....
Good Old Days
8 years ago September 23, 1887 Wednesday night about 11:45 p.m. Sexton’s sawmill in the north end of town caught fire and was entirely consumed. Total loss, including the planing mill and all machinery, was placed at between $5,000 and $6,000, and...
Hospital Highlights
September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. What is prostate cancer? It is cancer of the prostate gland, part of the male reproductive system. While the causes of prostate cancer are still unknown, men with certain risk factors may be...
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At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice....