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Malden dinner set for Oct. 23 Women of Malden Community Church will serve the annual Harvest dinner Oct. 23. The dinner began in the 1930s as a waffles and strawberry supper and evolved into a turkey dinner. Two charter buses of diners from Spokane are scheduled to arrive at 3 p.m. The dinner will be open to the public starting at 5 p.m. The Malden church was founded in 1912. Potato bar slated at McCoy Museum Oakesdale Historical Society will host a baked potato bar social with all the fixings Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at their McCoy... Full story
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. BAIL FOR RAY SET AT $25,000 Bond sum for pre-trial release of O'Ryan Ray, who was arrested Friday in Pullman on probable charges of child assault and resisting arrest, was set at $25,000 Monday in a first appearance in Whitman County Superior Court. Prosecutor Denis Tracy expected two formal charges to be filed against Ray early this week....
For full obituaries, see the Weekly Pages section for this week's paper: Robert “Mac” Crow ____________________________________ A graveside service for Michael L. Larson, 65, was held Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, at 3 p.m. at the Rock Creek Cemetery south of Potlatch with Potlatch VFW and an Army honor guard participating. Mr. Larson died last Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, at the VA Medical Center in Spokane. Born Jan. 11, 1949, at Nampa, Idaho, to Joseph and Georgia Rohr Larson, he attended the Potlatch schools and graduated from the Potlatch High Sch... Full story
8 years ago The Commoner Oct. 18, 1889 The drilling of the artesian well on the city's property in South Colfax is progressing. The drill was down 100 feet yesterday and still pounding away through solid rock at the rate of four to six feet a day. With the exception of the first eighteen feet hard rock has been encountered the entire distance. It was reported in the city yesterday that a team and wagon had been stolen Tuesday in Palouse City from a young man who had entrusted the lines to a stranger picked up on the road to town, while the fo... Full story
Items reported missing in at least two property crimes reported in Whitman County during September were reportedly located Oct. 9 when Whitman County deputies with the assistance of Benewah County deputies served a search warrant at a location on Zurcher Mountain Drive outside of Plummer. As a result of the discovery, Lynda L. Miller, 49, Plummer, was booked into the Benewah County jail at St. Maries on a probable charge of possession of stolen property. Sheriff Brett Myers said the department will seek an arrest warrant for William Zurcher,...
The formal agreement which calls for Whitman Hospital to help fund the costs of around-the-clock police staffing in Colfax has been completed and will be in place for three years, City Administrator Mike Rizzitiello reported to the city council Oct. 6. The city and hospital had a preliminary agreement for $4,000 per month, but that was bumped to $4,200 when other costs such as vehicle maintenance and benefits were added to the formula. The city has been staffing an officer from 2 to 5 a.m. to provide rapid response for security at the...
The City of Colfax has posted pictures on its Facebook page of the temporary supports beneath the bridge which connects Highway 26 with N. Main Street at the north end of town. It has also posted signs at the ends of the bridge that refer residents to the Facebook entry where they can make comments. The sidewalk portion of the bridge earlier this year was fenced off because of state concerns for the sidewalk support structure under the bridge. Timber support structures were placed beneath the bridge by state Department of Transportation crews...
Federal Elections Commission campaign reports for Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Joe Pakootas, the candidates who top the Nov. 4 ballot in the race for the 5th District U.S. House of Representatives, show big differences in their financial support. McMorris Rodgers lists total contributions of $1,776,428 in her last report which covered the period Jan. 1, 2013, to July 16, 2014. The total included $944,338 from individual contributions and $832,428 from committees other than party committees. The Republican incumbent listed expenditures to that...
Jill Cocking, a librarian at Whitman County Library in Colfax from 2002 to 2010, has moved to the elementary classroom. Jill graduated in 2002 from Whitworth University, where she met Travis Cocking in her sophomore year. A history major, she worked in libraries at her high school and Whitworth. Jill returned to Whitworth to work on a master’s degree in education, which she is scheduled to finish next spring. She was a student teacher at Steptoe School and was a substitute teacher in Endicott El...
Endicott Endicott Community Club met Oct. 7. The German dinner and silent auction were discussed and committees are in the process of getting everything ready. The dinner and auction will be Sunday, Nov. 2. Proceeds will go toward projects in Endicott. The Community Club has decided to buy flags and poles for the cemetery. Six military flags, one for each branch of the military, and four U.S. flags will be purchased. Community Club also purchased a fire hydrant for the Town of Endicott to replace a broken one. The club is slated for a work day...
Annie Bailey from St. John graduated from US Army basic training Oct. 9, at Ft. Jackson, S. C. She is now at Fort Eustis, Va., attending helicopter school. Her mother, JoAnne Bailey of St. John, traveled to watch the graduation ceremony....
Eight-year-old Jessie Cook, daughter of Brad and Linda Cook of Colfax, shows this month's edition of Cricket Magazine which includes her story. Jessie, a third grader who is home schooled, placed third in the magazine's writing competition last May. Entrants were asked to submit an original story about a dragon. Jessie's story was titled "Dee, the Little White Dragon." Cricket sponsors a writing or art competition each month and draws hundreds of entries. Jessie's story is printed on the...
AT COLFAX SCHOOLS: Monday: Beef dippers, rice, Caesar salad, fruit. Tuesday: Corn dogs, nachos, fresh veggies, fruit. Wednesday: 12:30 dismissal: Egg salad or tuna, bean bacon soup, fruit. Thursday: Taco, refried beans, tater tots, jello, fruit. Friday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, fruit, cookie bar. AT COLTON SCHOOL: Monday: Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, salad, fruit. Tuesday: Cheese rippers, green salad, fruit. Wednesday: Teacher in service, 11:30 dismissal. Sack lunch. Thursday: Breakfast burrito, seasoned black beans, orange...
Dusty Connie Horton was in Boise this past weekend. She traveled with her daughter Debbie Hopkins and her niece Gayle Bonta to Sun Valley to watch “The Trailing of the Sheep.” This annual event commemorates the area’s agricultural past by running bands of sheep through town to join bigger herds the way they used to move them to new pasture. Art and Colene Sager flew to Sunriver, Ore., for the weekend to visit their daughter and family in nearby LaPine, Ore. Don and Gaylene Manning and Hannah moved there from Valleyford, Wash., in August. Don r...
Rosalia Rosalia Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a fall festival celebration Saturday, Oct. 18. Brittany Lasz heads planning for the festival. Residents can check with her at the Coffee Shop for information and suggestions. Rosalia royalty will sell cider and Krispy Kreme Donuts at the Texaco Station. Mike Day is pre-selling donuts which can be picked up Saturday at the station. Foot Prints Day Care will sponsor a carnival at the Methodist Church social room. Children can participate in a...
Thursday, Oct. 16 Endicott — 7 p.m. — Book Club — Join the discussion of Cheryl Strayed’s, “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.” Everyone’s invited. Friday, Oct. 17 Endicott, LaCrosse, St. John and Uniontown —Early learning storytime with books, singing and crafts for ages six and younger. Visit the online calendar for times. Colfax — 10 to 11:30 a.m. — Play & Learn — Creative play and sharing for toddlers, preschoolers and parents every Friday. Monday, Oct. 20 Colfax — 10 a.m. — Fit & Fun with Nancy Stanard — Low impact aero... Full story
Tally of ballots which are set to be sent out this week for the general election has exceeded 19,600, according to the county elections office. The deadline for mail-in and on-line requests for a change of address was Oct. 6, but first-time voters, or voters who have moved to this state, can register to vote at the election office or in Pullman until Oct. 27. The elections office continues to process the mail and on-line transfers which have been submitted. Between 20 and 40 were received per day during the pre-election registration period....
At 13 years old, his father sent him to Camp Black Mountain, a Washington Boy Scout operation, against his will. What he found there led him to his life today, as a professional speaker of 12 years who has stood on the summit of the world’s highest mountain peaks on six continents. John Beede will be in Colfax and Rosalia Monday to tell about his experience, with a few punchlines woven in. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Beede started out in standup comedy after graduating from Wheaton College i...
Jake Dingman has been appointed to the Oakesdale City Council after the resignation of Kelli Meserve, who served on the council since January 2012. Dingman is also superintendent of the Oakesdale School District. Dingman will be sworn in at the Oct. 20 meeting....
Voter forums sponsored by the League of Women Voters will be Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library and Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Umpqua Bank in Pullman. Incumbents and challengers are expected to attend; Assessor Joe Reynolds and challenger Jim Hawkes of Pullman, and Sheriff Brett Myers and challenger Adam Assenberg of Colfax. The ballot measures which will be discussed by advocates and opponents are Initiative 591 which concerns firearms, Initiative 594 which deals with background...
Whitman County finance officials have been adjusting proposed budgets, but the county’s 2015 proposed budget still has a deficit of more than $300,000. According to county finance director Cinnamon Brown, no one from the public attended the second public hearing about the budget on Monday morning. Whitman County Commissioner Dean Kinzer said although the first hearing revealed more than a $500,000 deficit, preliminary reductions have whittled it down by almost $200,000. Now the deficit is shown as $318,498, a difference of $197,815. Kinzer s...
Since 1957, our Canadian friends and neighbors have celebrated Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. Perhaps, this year we ought to join them. Given the good news of our state’s bountiful apple and cherry harvests this year, we could actually cook two turkeys–one with the Canadians on Oct. 13 and the other on Nov. 27 when our Americans traditionally get together. Here is why. Apples are the state’s largest agriculture crop. The Washington apple industry is expecting a record harvest this year, enough to fill 140 million 40-pound boxes...
Real estate sales Lyle O. and Charlene Wilkes, Kittitas, to Kenneth and Kathleen Wilkes, Rosalia, two lots in Rosalia, $12,000, Oct. 1. Copper Basin Construction, Hayden, Idaho, to Jessica McCrea, Pullman, house on SW Bunchgrass Lane in Pullman, $183,500, Oct. 1. Elisa Anne Flach, Pullman, to Cristian L. and Pamela L. Kincaid, Pullman, agriculture land, $425,000, Oct. 1. David and Diane White, St. John, to David K. Wilson, St. John, house on W. Liberty in St. John, $161,500, Oct. 1. Clare C. Holkestad, to Ronald Paul and Angela Marie Kay,...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. One of life’s great ironies is that for the first 18 years of my existence, I tried everything I could think of to gain weight, while for the most recent 18 years I’ve tried everything I can think of to stop gaining weight. I was a spindly, spoke-like teenage boy, with wrists and thighs of equal diameter and every rib on display in my frail torso. In seventh grade, my father said I should lift weights to improve my physique, but I didn’t have a physique. I weighed barely...
No Labels My wife and I have been peripherally involved with No Labels practically since its inception, so last week’s column by Bob Franken about this organization struck a chord. One of the greatest contributions the United States has offered the world was the notion of truly representative democracy. Politics here have always been rough-and-tumble, but in the past, the good of the whole has usually triumphed. In today’s polarized political climate we seem to have lost our way. One of the ideals on which this nation was built–representative g... Full story
