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Dottie’s trip marks end to Americans in space If all goes as planned, Vancouver teacher-astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger will be on board Space Shuttle Discovery when it lifts off next March 10. It may be the last time she flies in space because the current shuttle flights end in 2010. The replacement orbiter, the Constellation, may not fly until 2014 at the earliest. The problem is federal funding and age. The current fleet of shuttles — Discovery, Endeavor and Atlantis — were built in the 1980s have flown more than 100 missions. In ad... Full story
Pioneer lady submariner dislikes female crews HAVING ONCE waged a battle with the Navy over its refusal to let me join male reporters in taking a submarine ride from Seattle to Everett, I feel entitled, if not qualified, to comment on the current push to let women sailors serve aboard subs. My application to make the cruise aboard the Nautilus was rejected because I was a woman, the Navy said. Submarines are not built or equipped to accommodate females, it said. There were no separate heads aboard for women to use in case they had to go during... Full story
Food banks need help, too Area food banks have a simple purpose. They exist to help those in need through donations of food and certain basic necessities. This year has been harder than most. It has been harder on some residents. It surely has been harder on area food banks. Although the recession has not hit Whitman County as hard as it has hit other areas, some wage earners have lost their jobs. Some dual income households now have but one provider. It is in such times and such circumstances that food banks are meant to provide important...
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. Library will move to US Bank During the upcoming remodeling project, Whitman County Library will move its headquarters operation across Spring Street to the back of the US Bank building, Library Director Kristie Kirkpatrick reported to the city council Monday night. The library plans to move 12,000 to 14,000 items into the bank building which...
The History Channel • On Oct. 20, 1774, the First Continental Congress creates the Continental Association, which calls for a complete ban on all trade between America and Great Britain of all goods, wares or merchandise. It was one of the first acts of Congress behind which every colony firmly stood. • On Oct. 22, 1797, the first parachute jump of note is made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin from a hydrogen balloon 3,200 feet above Paris. As he failed to include an air vent at the top of the prototype, Garnerin oscillated wildly in his descent, and...
Lancaster Road will be closed to heavy truck traffic at the Lancaster grain elevators next Tuesday, Oct. 13, for repairs to the railroad crossing. RailWorks will replace the wooden ties on the crossing of the state-owned railroad. Cars and light trucks will be detoured around the construction site.... Full story
Rick Finch of Pullman had his appointment to the Whitman County’s Board of Adjustment delayed again by county commissioners Monday. Finch’s term is now slated to begin Nov. 1. Finch, who currently serves on the county’s planning commission, was originally appointed to the board in June. Commissioners then delayed the start of his term until October because they wanted Finch to stay on the planning commission until it finished with the commercial wind ordinance. Since the planning commission has yet to pass on that ordinance, commi...
Colfax’s Westside Pizza has decided to expand its delivery area. Westside owner Rodney Nelson said the pizzeria is expanding delivery service to Albion, Diamond, Palouse, Steptoe and rural residents within a 10-mile radius around Colfax Nelson said he has received many phone calls from residents in those communities asking for delivery. Drivers have often met patrons at in-between locations. Drivers will meet St. John area residents at Steptoe and will meet Endicott residents at Diamond. No additional charge will be added to those d... Full story
Picture a rustic restaurant in Palouse with a kid’s recreation room on one side. Or a two-story building with residential and commercial spaces. Or a kayak launch site on the North Palouse river bank. These were a few of the ideas jotted down at a public brainstorming session Sept. 30, for the future of the city’s Brownsfield site on E. Main Street in Palouse. The state Department of Ecology and the city are working to repair and restore the half-acre of contaminated land on Main Street into a useful community site. A crowd of roughly 55 res...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Brian Jared Parsons, 22, Spokane and Kathryn Marie Stewart, 21, Spokane, Oct. 1. COLFAX BUILDING PERMITS Sharon Roberts, gas furnace, $3,988, 1109 Morton Street, Oct. 2. Bianca Quintiliani, pellet insert, $3,475, 724 N. Park, Oct. 2. Joe Rosenthal, gas furnace, $4,500, 809 S. Meadow, Oct. 2. Quilted Moose, sign, 124 N. Main, Oct. 2. Paul Schluenger, kitchen framing, $500, 603 E. Pines Street, Oct. 5. Lisa Williams, reside residence, 2004 N. Cedar, Oct. 5. Colfax Grange Supply, repair roof, $30,000, 205 E. Harrison, Oct. 5.... Full story
-photo by Debbie Niehenke Updated school zone warning signs were recently set up in Colton. Colton’s school zone warning signs got a makeover early this week, after the state Department of Transportation ruled earlier this year they were not up to state standards. DOT crews installed new, up-to-code signs last week. As of Tuesday afternoon, the signs, some of which flash to warn oncoming drivers on Highway 195 that they are approaching a school zone, were not yet plugged in. Colton was awarded a $7,500 grant from the DOT this summer, money t... Full story
Three teams with strong records added wins in the Tuesday rounds of the SE volleyball league. Colton, SJE-Endicott, and Tekoa/Oakesdale are all stacking up strong win seasons. Colton will host LaCrosse/Washtucna tonight. The Eagles travel to Rosalia, and Tekoa/Oakesdale hosts Asotin at Oakesdale. ST. JOHN/ENDICOTT Tuesday night advanced their SE-North record to 4-1 with a three-game win over LaCrosse/Washtucna in a neighborhood battle at St. John. The two clubs this season have traded wins in tournament matchups. Line score for the Eagles win...
The Nighthawks of Tekoa, Oakesdale and Rosalia took another hit to their post-season hopes Friday night, falling on the road 19-36 to an Asotin team which appears to be making another powerhouse run in the SE. Coach Ken Lindgren said the Panthers again fielded a tough team, but added a few mental lapses by the ‘hawks pushed the game Asotin’s way. “Our kids really came out and played with them, physically,” Lindgren said. “But I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, you can’t make mental mistakes against these big, tough teams.” TOR came out...
Colton’s defense put enough brakes on the LWK speed game Friday night at LaCrosse to carve out a 66-20 showdown win and move to the head of the SE-Eight race. The 4-0 Wildcats will face a different test Friday afternoon when they travel all the way to Touchet to play another always-tough entrant in the league. “I think a lot of the credit goes to our defense,” Colton Coach Clark Vining said on the big win at LaCrosse. He added he never expected a 45-plus match when the Wildcats’ rolled to LaCrosse Friday. “It really started like a tennis ma...
St. John/Endicott’s 2009 homecoming royalty court was crowned during halftime of Friday night’s football game against Garfield/Palouse. Pictured from left are Steven Bowen and Dusti Bafus, seniors and King and Queen; William Knott and Erin Bailey, juniors; Alyssa Grisham sophomore princess; and Erin Elkins and Shawn Schmick, freshmen. Bowen was a stand-in for Dylan Schmick who was injured during the first half.... Full story
Eagles will host XC meet today St. John/Endicott will host an SE League cross country race today, Thursday, at the St. John golf course. The meet will be the lone in-county race for B division schools this year. Starting time will be at 4 p.m. Last Thursday Tri-Cities-Prep booked a tidy 28 points to lead a preview round of the SE competition in a meet on the Pomeroy Golf Course, one of the tough locations on the loop. St. John/Endicott, which had two seniors on the sick list, tied with Liberty Christian at 89 points, but the Eagles claimed...
Craig Whitcomb of Lewiston, curator of Valley Art Center in Clarkston, was the featured guest of Meet the Artist last Thursday in the Colfax Library. Whitcomb detailed his travels and the way his paintings reflect those experiences. Due to the pending renovation at the Colfax Library, Thursday’s event will be the lone Meet the Artist session this year. Two of Whitcomb’s paintings are included in the Colfax Arts Council’s street banner collection....
Colfax netters rolled to Davenport Tuesday night and bagged a solid three-game NE win over the Gorillas. The Bulldog three-gamer contrasted with a five-game battle waged with the Gorillas when they made a non-league stop at Colfax early in the season. Colfax Coach Sue Doering noted Tuesday’s win at Davenport followed a five-game Colfax home loss Saturday to Newport out of the NE-A league. The Newport battle required the Bulldogs to come up with a sustained game, something they haven’t had to do while wrapping up a string of wins in the NE B l...
Garfield/Palouse was a last-minute replacement for St. John/Endicott’s homecoming game, and walked out with a last-minute upset of the home Eagles in St. John Friday. Viking Gavin Burt intercepts a Kyle Raynor pass over Eagle Dallas Schluneger in the St. John/Endicott end zone just before halftime in GP’s 12-8 win Friday night. With less than two minutes remaining, Viking tailback JB Lange found the end zone on a fourth-down run that gave GP a 12-8 lead and dented the Eagles’ homecoming festivities. Gar/Pal traveled to back St. John to sub f... Full story
Justin Berarducci picks off a Charger pass at Springdale on the way to an early score Friday. Colfax defense took a toll on the way to a 51-0 win over the Chargers for their second league shutout. After stacking a decisive fourth straight win on the season, Colfax gridders Friday will depart for Davenport for an early NE league showdown. Both teams will go into Friday’s game with 2-0 league records. Colfax will depart on their third straight road trip after pegging a 51-0 win over Mary Walker in a dominator last week at Springdale. Davenport m...
Little Goose and Lower Granite dams were among six re-opened to private vehicle crossings by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last Thursday, Oct. 1. The re-opening also includes visitors’ centers, including the fish viewing room on the south side of Lower Granite Dam. Crossings had been closed because the corps’ security contract with HWA, Inc., of Seattle, was nullified. The corps signed a new $190,405 contract with Doyon Logistics Services, LLC, of Federal Way that extends through the end of this year. The company is an offshoot of Doyon, Lim...
With the county elections office set to mail voters ballots next Friday, Oct. 16, the Gazette over the next two weeks will offer voters a spotlight on offices up for election in towns throughout Whitman County. This week includes a look at the candidates on the ballot competing for seats in LaCrosse, Oakesdale and Pullman. Several offices in these three towns will have only one candidate on the ballot. In Oakesdale, incumbent Tom Johnson is unopposed for position 5 on the council. Position 4 will be vacant, as Randy Robinson has elected not to...
THURSDAY The Philippines ordered the evacuation of people living in low-lying coastal areas on Friday as a “super typhoon” threatened devastation a week after flash floods killed nearly 300 people in and around Manila. A U.S. advocacy group filed a lawsuit against German drugmaker Bayer AG, saying the company made false claims about Men’s One A Day, a vitamin supplement it makes. Northrop Grumman Corp. beat out rival Boeing Co. for a $3.8 billion deal to provide logistics services for the KC-10, a fleet of aerial refueling tankers. FRIDAY The u... Full story
Wind power generators for individual use can now be installed in Whitman County through a standard building permit process after county commissioners Monday approved a new residential wind ordinance. Vote on the tower approval was 3-0. Prior to Monday’s approval of the new ordinance, a conditional use permit was required for all towers that exceeded 40 feet in height. The conditional use process meant applicants underwent a hearing before the county’s board of adjustment which could set conditions and restrictions for each site. Some non...
Whitman County Treasurer’s staff has decided to undertake a food drive instead of decorating and dressing up for Halloween, a long-time tradition at the office. Above, staff members stand amid a sampling of food already donated to the drive by county employees. The Treasurer’s office employees decided to change to the food drive after reading about the low stocks in the FISH food pantry. Donna Poland, financial specialist in the treasurer’s office, said she has been “haunted” by a picture of the empty shelves that ran in the Sept. 3 edition o...