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The latest episode of Bill Maher’s HBO show “Real Time” performed what was, in effect, an in-studio social experiment. It sought to establish, in a controlled setting, the answer to this pressing question: How long could Maher and atheist author Sam Harris talk frankly about the illiberalism of much of the Muslim world before actor and director Ben Affleck, also a guest on the show, accused them of racism? The result is in: Not very. In fact, almost as soon as Maher and Harris began to discuss how liberals are betraying their own convi...
For the election geeks who are waiting for this year’s campaign October surprise, give it up. Another tradition bites the dust. For those who don’t eat, sleep and breathe politics, first of all, congratulations — and in case you need it, an explanation: The October surprise was the predictable startling development or scandal, timed by one side or the other to explode into public view in the last days before the election. It would dominate the headlines and be all that the voters would be thinking of as they headed to the polls. Unfortunately,...
For years, the French have had the Foreign Legion. The Legion is a band of volunteer soldiers separate from the army which is available to fight anytime and anywhere. Mystery and lore have surrounded the Legion for more than 150 years. Supposedly, the Legion was primarily made up of criminals and misfits. Most Legionnaires are not even French citizens. They come from all parts of the world. Many are strictly mercenaries. An all volunteer, international and separate fighting force may not be a bad idea in this age of ISIS and other terrorist...
St. John/ Endicott could close gap with Pirates in home match Pomeroy and St. John/Endicott are slated to collide again tonight at St. John for a showdown in the SE 1B net league. The Pirates' lone league defeat on the season went to the Eagles at Pomeroy in the first round league round when both teams were undefeated. The Eagles were later defeated twice but can close the gap with another win over the Pirates on the home court. Pomeroy continued on a power run Tuesday in the league run with a...
Colfax volleyball players cruised through two NE league matches in the last two rounds to advance their league record to 6-0 with three more matches left on the NE league schedule. Saturday the Bulldogs will go for their seventh straight league win when they host the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats for the first time in a league round. Colfax Saturday traveled north to the banks of the Little Spokane River where they topped the St. George’s Dragons in three straight games, 25-10, 25-9 and 25-17. Coach Sue Doering said the Bulldogs again put up a s...
The Garfield-Palouse football team traveled to St. John to play the S.J.E. Eagles last Friday and made quick work of the task. Leading 40-0 at the end of the first quarter, the Vikings went on to win 68-26. Gar-Pal quarterback Hunter Woltering only threw one pass in the second quarter (or later) – a touchdown to Ian Niebergs. From there the Vikings ran the ball and substituted in young players. Woltering went 5 of 6 for 130 yards before phasing to the run. Vikings’ senior running back Cole San...
The Colfax High School cross country team competed at a District 7 league meet Oct. 14 at Harrington. Tim Cornelius led the Bulldogs with a time of 19:23 for a 16th-place finish. Finishing 18th was Colfax’s Chase Baerlocher in 19:44 followed by Jaydon Soncarty in 32nd (21:26). Rounding out the Colfax runners, Doug Wilson finished with a time of 22:01 for 37th. Nathan Vanos of St. George’s won the race with a time of 16:16 on the 5,000-meter course. For the girls, Colfax’s Alicia Knee finished in 23rd-place with a time of 24:35. Lind-...
St. John runners, who were booked to host a Southeast League meet on their golf course Wednesday, competed in the big Northwest Christian Invitational Saturday at Audubon Park in Spokane. The three mile course of three laps around the park drew 66 runners for the boys race with Nathan Vanos of St. George's posting the win at 17:26. Parker Perry led the Eagles at 45th place with a 21:31. Other finishers for the Eagles were Tanner Dingman, 54th at 22:26, and Jacob Blakeley 66th at 25:91. Lakeside won the team honors for boys with 23 points. Other...
Football matchups for the crossover round between 2B schools in the NE and SE leagues will offer four tickets to the state playoff grid which will start the following week. The 10 teams in the NE have been allowed three slots at the start of the playoffs and the four teams in the SE have been allowed one. All four of those slots will be on the line in the Nov. 7 and 8 round of games, according to the playoff grid posted last week by LRS Athletic Director Greg Whitmore. The top six finishers in the NE and the top two in the SE will make up the...
Kettle Falls posted a four-game win over the Tekoa/Rosalia Timberwolves Saturday at the NE league match are Rosalia. The `wolves broke out for a 25-12 win in the second game to tie the match at 1-1, but the K-dogs came back to wrap it with two more game wins. Line score for the Kettle win was 25-21 12-25 25-18 25-16. Olivia Pakootas hit seven kills and three blocks for the Timberwolves, and she and Jensen Merritt each had two aces. Kim Groom had three digs....
Davenport’s big Gorilla team will roll to Colfax Friday night to start a run of three football weeks which will spell out the Bulldogs fate in the Northeast 2B league. Now 6-0 in the league, Colfax will face a 5-1 Davenport team Friday, a now 6-0 Reardan team the next week, and a now 6-0 Lind/Ritzville/Sprague Bronco team on the last league round of the season which will be on Halloween Friday. Colfax Coach Mike Morgan at the start of the season anticipated the league run would finish up in a mode he terms back-loaded. In addition to seeking t...
Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 10 to 11 a.m. Whitman library staff members will educate beginners and older residents and others about the variety of technology devices on the market, how to use them and how to access free library resources with them. Space is limited. To register, call the library....
The Uniontown Library may be three times as big by this time next year if plans by Whitman County Library staff and volunteers come to fruition. The Uniontown branch is now housed in a 10 x 14 foot room at city hall. A new proposal would move the library into a current fire department garage next door. The project started this spring with grant applications after Whitman County Fire District No. 14 announced plans to move the truck out of the garage space and into property across the street. In...
Kay Riebold, a familiar face in the Colfax banking scene, recently moved from the assistant manager position at AmericanWest Bank to manager at Washington Federal Bank. She began her career in banking in 1973 at a bank in Othello. “I found it interesting,” she said in her new office. “I like to help people and assist them with their needs.” She has been a customer service representative for Seattle-First, Bank of America and Bank of Whitman. She was with AmericanWest Bank for two and a half ye...
Top, Tia Langston scrambles eggs for hungry hunters on Saturday morning at the breakfast in the Endicott Food Center. She assisted her mother, Jenny Meyers, back, as they hosted opening day hunters. Bottom, Markie Ziegler, left, along with her mother, Cindy, serve breakfast to a hunter at the Wilcox Grange....
The benefit dinner and auction for Jim and Bonnie Lyle, whose ranch house near Union Center was destroyed by fire last summer, drew a steady flow of diners through the serving line at the Palouse Empire Fair Community Building Sunday. The dinner, silent auction and live auction extended over three hours. Proceeds from the auctions were approximately $1,500. Chuck Lyman was the auctioneer. The overall fund drive has exceeded $7,000. Neighbors, friends of the Lyles and Pine Grove Grange members Sunday organized the benefit. Donated items from...
On Sunday, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials received a report of a male wolf shot by a farmer who had pursued the wolf in a vehicle. The shooting occurred west of US 195 close to Pullman, according to Madonna Luers, regional spokesperson for the WDFW. The shooting is under investigation by WDFW officers. Luers said wolves are still listed on the state endangered species list for Eastern Washington, but de-listed at the federal level in this region. However, in central and...
Whitman County Library Board of Trustees will meet Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Little Otter Eatery in Uniontown. Prior to the meeting, the board will tour the Colton Library branch at 4:30 and the Uniontown branch and relocation project at 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend the tours and/or the public meeting. Starting in November, the board resumes its usual meeting schedule of the third Monday of each month at 4 p.m. in the Colfax branch....
Next meeting of the Palouse Direct Seeders will be at the Colfax United Methodist Church Oct. 29 at 7 a.m. A hosted breakfast sponsored by Four Star Supply of Colfax will be served by the Top Notch Café. Featured speakers will be Tracy Eriksen and son Kye who will talk on direct seeding at their St. John area farm. Dr. Frank Young of the USDA-Agricultural Research Service will discuss fallow management using a stripper header to retain residue. Young and Lauren Young, WSU graduate student, will discuss recent research information from chem...
The state of Colfax School District communication and its website were discussed Monday night at the school board meeting after a local woman was invited to bring her concerns in front of the board. Kris Kackman, who has two children in the district, was asked to talk to the board after first contacting Jennings Elementary and Colfax High School, inquiring about getting the website updated. She had discussed the matter with several other parents in recent months. “I’ve had issues with com...
Hank Hanigan, chief operating officer at Whidbey Island General Hospital for the past five years, began his first day as new administrator of Whitman Hospital Monday. Hanigan fills the position vacated by the retirement of Debbie Glass last spring. Hanigan spent his first days at the hospital this week meeting with staff members and residents. He said his wife Karen plans to join him here after she wraps up a business she operates in Whidbey Island. Hanigan said most of his career in hospital administration was at PeaceHealth Hospital in...
Steptoe area farmer Randy Suess said it’s not unusual for him to seed when there’s been little or no rain. “For the last eight, nine to 10 years, I’ve dusted in the seed,” he said Monday. He added the grain he has planted is already sprouting, coming back on pea ground. According to the National Weather Service in Spokane, Whitman County has received less than half of the normal rainfall as of Monday, .18 of an inch compared to .42 normal for the Oct. 13 date. Whitman County recorded 1.67 inch...
All around Washington, salmon are returning from years in the Pacific Ocean to their home rivers. Lower Granite Dam saw more than 57,000 fall chinook as of Tuesday, exploding the 10-year average of a little more than 22,000 during the same time period. The Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office is unveiling a 10-minute video that documents the state’s effort to bring the salmon back from the brink of extinction. The video is titled “State of Salmon: Restoring a Washington Icon.” The Governo...
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington, will consider the Report of the County Road Engineer for the vacation and abandonment of portions of the Colfax Airport Road lying outside and on both sides of the new right of way as shown on the plans for C.R.P. No. 8010-2 Colfax Airport Road Project and recorded in the Whitman County Engineers Office, for County Road No. 8010, the Colfax Airport Road, located in the NE º, SE º and SW º of Section 20, the SE º and SW º of Sect...
