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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. Bond set at $250,000 A bond amount for pre-trial release of Nathan J. Cranfield, 21, suspect in an assault case involving an injured five month old Albion boy was set at $250,000 in a first court appearance Monday afternoon in Whitman County Superior Court. Cranfield was arrested and booked into jail Monday morning after he was questioned at...
1. INVENTORS: What did Max Factor invent in the early 20th century? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek suffix “kinesis” mean? 3. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally”? 4. U.S. STATES: What state has the nickname “Land of Enchantment”? 5. MEDICAL: What is the medical condition described more commonly as a reduced appetite? 6. SCIENCE: What is another name for The Northern Lights, which can be seen only in northern parts of the hemisphere? 7. MATH: How many sides does an icosahedron have? 8. HISTORY:...
* It was British mathematician, historian, logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell who made the following sage observation: “Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.” * Statistics on sporting events show that 17 of the 20 sporting events with the most attendees every year are NASCAR races. * Though coffee has been around for about 700 years, instant coffee was invented just more than 100 years ago, in 1906 * Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity suggest that... Full story
Morgan Willson clocked a 21:16 to win another league run Tuesday on the hilly course at Northwest Christian. Willson opened a minute-plus gap on her league foe, Christina Anderson of NWC who clocked in at 22:17. Tim Cornelius of Colfax won the shorter junior high boys race with a 9:57. Maxwell Choka of St. George’s again dominated the boys varsity race with an 18:50 clocking. The Crusaders took both the team scores, with 27 for the girls and 53 for the boys. Finishers for the Colfax varsity boys were Jackson Elfers, 10th at 21:22; Cody W...
Colfax finished 36th Saturday in the massive volleyball crossover tournament at Spokane. The Bulldogs finished a 1-2 in pool play Saturday morning at Lewis & Clark to qualify as a number three team. That sent them to Rogers High where the 16 number-three qualifiers battled for overall placing between 33 and 48. Colfax won their first two matches at Rogers before they were stopped by Kamiakin. “It was a good tournament for us. We had some good competition,” Coach Sue Doering noted. The crossover has at least 25 of the 64 entrants from 4A sch...
St. John/Endicott girls posted a team win Tuesday in an SE cross-country race at the hilly race course up the Pomeroy golf links. The Eagles posted a minimum 15 team score to top Pomeroy’s 44. SJE booked the 15 because other finishers among the top five were from schools that lacked enough runners for a team entry. Isabell Benito of Waitsburg/Prescott won the race at 22:53. The Pomeroy course, which will be the site of the district qualifier in two weeks, calls for runners to pull the hills on the Canyon course. Erin Schuster placed second f...
The History Channel * On Oct. 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare kicks into high gear as a Congressional committee begins investigating Communist influence in Hollywood. Pressured by Congress, the Hollywood establishment started a blacklist policy, banning the work of 325 screenwriters, actors and directors who had not been cleared by the committee. * On Oct. 21, 1959, on New York City’s Fifth Avenue, thousands of people line up for a debut of a bizarrely shaped white concrete building that resembled a giant upside-down cupcake, the new G... Full story
Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia scored first and last, but allowed DeSales to have the middle of the game to themselves Friday night in Walla Walla. The Irish posted 41-14 SE-11 win. Nighthawk defenders picked off Irish quarterback Jeremiah Cox on the game’s first offensive play, and the offense marched down the field on a drive that ended with a five-yard scoring scamper from Joe Gaines. “And 41 points later we got our second score,” said TOR Coach Ken Lindgren. SE-11 Standings Waits./Pres. 2-0 6-0 157-55 Asotin 2-0 3-1 140-132 DeSales 1-1 3-2 150-1... Full story
Farmington Whitman County Library fall programs include storytime for pre-school children every Tuesday at 2 p.m. with this month featuring “friends of all kinds” through stories and crafts. Teen Club night is open to school age children grades 3-9 and will be Thursday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m. Activities for this month include the game Pictureka, a craft and snacks. Farmington hours are Tuesdays 2 to 6 p.m. and Thursdays 2 to 6 p.m.... Full story
A mobile collection unit from the Inland Northwest Blood Center will be at the Colfax Library next Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 2 to 6 p.m. Appointments to donate blood can be made at the library or online at www.inbcsaves.org. Walk-ins will be seen on a first come, first serve basis with photo I.D. required. Donors should drink plenty of fluids and eat a meal at least two hours prior to arrival. Donors under 18 must have an INBC permission form signed by a parent or guardian....
A person approached me not too long ago and asked, “Pastor, why do bad things happen to good people?” I knew there had to be more than idle curiosity in the question and as we conversed I learned of the seemingly endless difficulties this person faced. As I shared the nature of this fallen world we are living in and that Jesus had a much better plan for each one of us, I realized this person needed encouragement more than an answer to their question. We know that we do not serve a vindictive God who is looking for reasons to punish us and cau...
Rosalia Rosalia’s fall festival will be Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be hay rides, a craft fair, petting zoo, games and open houses at all the downtown businesses. A pie baking contest and talent show are also planned. Entry forms can be picked up at downtown businesses. Tables are still available for the craft fair. Contact Smith’s Country Store for more information.... Full story
Oakesdale Students in the fourth through sixth grades Friday will travel to WSU Art Museum to see the Contemporary Australian Aboriginal art collection. The classes have been studying Australian aboriginal culture and will have a guest speaker who has traveled to Australia. The primary classes at Oakesdale School have been studying the Constitution with a variety of activities. They wrote their own version of the preamble. Oakesdale High School will present their annual play Saturday, Oct. 30. The play this year is “Horror High,” and 23 stu...
Dusty Saturday, Art and Colene Sager and Ed Broeckel flew to Airway Heights for a Flying Farmers meeting at the weather bureau. They toured the facility and after the meeting, had lunch at The Rusty Moose Restaurant. Sunday, the Sagers helped their grandson, Kenneth, celebrate his sixth birthday at the home of his family, Blake, Marcy and Jullene Sager, in Colfax. Last weekend, Mike and Betty Herndon from Hermiston, Ore., spent Sunday visiting at the home of Lucky and Joan Myrick. They had lost touch with each other for 40 years until Joan...
LaCrosse Dust, cobwebs and spiders were flying at the church in Hay Saturday, Oct. 9. Dionne Evans, Bev Dodge and Jeannine Larkin were cleaning the kitchen and downstairs preparing for the hunters’ breakfast and lunch which will be served Oct. 23 at the church. The last hunters’ lunch was more than 30 years ago. Sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs, juice, hot chocolate and coffee will be served for breakfast and chili, cornbread and dessert for lunch. A multi-family yard sale will also be offered. Funds raised will be used to continue ren... Full story
Jamie Ledgerwood, daughter of Sam and Sheree Ledgerwood of Pomeroy, and Josh Hames, son of Lee and Sherry Hames of Rosalia, were married July 10, 2010, at the Palouse Empire Fairground. John Garfield of Kennewick officiated at the ceremony. Maid of honor was Marcie Brown, cousin of the bride. Bridesmaids were Samee Ledgerwood and Tora Ledgerwood, sisters of the bride, and Brooke Hames, sister-in-law of the bride and groom. Best man was Nick Hames, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Kevin Kile, Randy Harwood and Ken Kile, all friends of the...
A general membership meeting of the Whitman County Historical Soceity will be Sunday, Oct. 17, in the Cougar Depot at Pullman beginning at 1:30 p.m. Kristy Kirkpatrick, Whitman County Library Director, will give a report on the Rural Heritage Project which involved collecting and digitizing historical photographs. A general membership meeting and election of society board members will also be on the agenda.... Full story
Pullman Civic Theatre will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its Nye Street Theatre Saturday, Nov. 13, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Over the years, Pullman Civic Theatre has been allowed to perform at many locations around Pullman, but never had a place to call home. Five years ago, the Rowland family donated space on Nye Street for productions. The free anniversary event will include light snacks, a reader’s theater style radio play of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger, awards for special donors and volunteers, introduction of logo design contest win...
Tekoa’s Empire Theatre continues its ambitious fall schedule with “Dead Man’s Pants” in concert Saturday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. The Spokane-based quintet of career musicians offer a variety of musical genres on a range of instruments from harmonica and trumpet to guitar and mandolin, along with solo and harmonizing vocals. Their diverse musical backgrounds include country, folk, roots, rock, blues, alt-celtic, psychedelic and original music and they play tried-and-true hits from those traditions as well as interesting fusions and riffs that re...
Eleven cars participating in an informal cruise of the area made a stop Sept. 25 at the restored Texaco Station in Rosalia. Some of the car owner friendships date back to their high school days. Tim Kreutz of Chattaroy discovered the Texaco while working in Rosalia for TTX, a railroad car supply company. The cruisers also made stops at the Rickfield Station in Oakesdale and the SE Spokane County fair in Rockford.... Full story
A ball rumbled down a hardwood lane and struck the arranged bowling pins, scattering them with a crash. “I love that sound,” said Shelley Weller, the new owner of the Wheatland Lanes bowling alley in Colfax. Shelley, who had a grand opening for the bowling alley in May, is still meeting people who said they didn’t even know there was a bowling alley in Colfax. Under Shelley’s management the bowling alley has opened to the public seven days a week with more leagues welcoming men, women and youths... Full story
Most schools in the county shut down Oct. 8 so teachers could attend the second annual day-long conference on learning at Colfax High School. Two hundred and eighty-five educators gathered to learn about Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)—an educational model for teachers learning to work together to boost student performance. Teachers and some classified staff members commuted to Colfax in school buses to attend the session. Palouse Superintendent Bev Fox said the day of learning re-affirmed what her teachers were already working on. O... Full story
Firefighters from Whitman County Rural Fire District No. 5 hooked up to hydrants in Lamont last Tuesday, Oct. 5, for their first ever training on the town’s water supply system. The training session was significant because use of Lamont’s hydrants had been at the center of a burgeoning rift between the fire district and the town council. The rift brought an overflow crowd of concerned Lamonters - many wearing buttons in support of the fire district - to the town council meeting last Monday, Oct. 4. Residents were concerned a dispute bet...
Mitch Chandler, owner of Neill’s Flowers & Gifts in Pullman, plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the store by serving ice cream sundaes to all who visit the store Oct. 22, from 9 to 5 and Oct. 23, 9 to 3 p.m. The free sundaes go back to the days when the shop was a soda fountain and candy store. “During our celebration we will bring out menus, photos and other items that many of our longtime customers will remember,” Chandler said. “We will add to our display the shop’s original candy scale, typewriter and many other items.” G... Full story
For months, the termination of Colfax Fire Chief Ralph Walter has absorbed Colfax. The fire chief was accused of not knowing even the very basics of his job. He was fired, and then he sued to get his job back. Charges and counter charges swirled. City Manager Carl Thompson was accused of not following even the very basics of city policy and not doing even the very basics of his job. Some in the fire department declared they would not continue to serve if Walter stayed on the job. The mayor was accused of acting arbitrarily and being...
