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Whitman County political candidates gathered in Pullman Oct. 18 for a League of Women Voters forum at Trinity Lutheran Church, featuring two races with one taken off the slate. The question-and-answer session for treasurer candidates Mark Clinton, the incumbent, and Chris Nelson, did not go forward due to Nelson's absence for a family emergency. AUDITOR The night began in a side room in the church with the auditor's race. Eric Fejeran and Sandy Jamison started with opening statements. After...
Webbs’ Empire Foods will mark its 50th year of operation Saturday at St. John. The store has been at the same location since October of 1968 when the late Bruce Webb and his wife, Marilyn, opened it for operation. The store opened after Bruce Webb and his cousin, Dale Stover, operated the former Red & White store in a wooden structure across Front Street. They started in business in 1956. Stover went to work for St. John Grain Growers, and the Webb couple opened their new store 50 years ago in the then-vacant fraternity building. Bruce died i...
Rosalia’s Fall Festival will begin Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. and runs until 2 p.m. at the Budding Rose Art Gallery’s “Hollywood in the Palouse” exhibit, showcasing several famous stage and movie star paintings created by Spokane Fox Theater’s past billboard artist Earl Atkinson. Also on display at the gallery is a personally autographed photo collection of movie stars, such as Marilyn Monroe, that belongs to gallery owner, Diane Nebel, who was born in Hollywood. The collection was given to Diane as a child in the 1950s by her Aunt Frances B...
John Hart and Rob Rembert, the two candidates for district court judge, fielded questions last Wednesday night, Oct. 16, at a Pullman League of Women Voters session at The Center in Colfax. Rembert in his opening statement listed the variety of cases involved in his Pullman practice and said he believed he would be able to bring more overall experience to the bench. Hart pointed out his service for six years as Colfax Municipal Court judge and his assignments as judge pro-tem on the district...
Kyle Appel, a member of the 2018 Colfax High School class, departed early Sunday morning for Indianapolis, Ind., where he will be among four finalists to compete for the national ag proficiency award. Appel, son of Eric and Shannon Appel, topped the state competition earlier this year and was notified this summer that he was one of the four qualifiers for the national event. Colfax FFA advisor Michael Heitstuman and three members of the Colfax FFA chapter also planned to catch the plane to the nationals. Chapter members making the trip are...
Steptoe resident Kirk Suess presented to county commissioners Monday a list of 150 signatures as part of a request for an ordinance on unlicensed vehicles, yard debris and trash in unincorporated areas. Suess brought in a notebook with five pages of names as a follow-up after a Sept. 4 appearance in front of commissioners Michael Largent, Dean Kinzer and Art Swannack. The commissioners have held no specific discussion on the matter nor is one scheduled. “We simply received this request,” Lar...
Palouse Empire Fair board members Monday night got a look at a concept drawing of the type of grandstand which could replace the present grandstand at the fair. Bill Tensfeld, who heads the county office which includes the fair and other agencies, passed out the drawing as part of a move to get a sharper focus on what the fair needs to replace the grandstand. Tensfeld explained he has had discussions with Southern Bleacher Company about the long-standing fair project, and a representative of the company came up with a drawing of a grandstand...
Two people were injured Sunday afternoon in a collision at Dusty which left a boat on Highway 26 and a truck and fifth-wheel trailer in the ditch along the north side of the highway. The accident restricted traffic to one lane when westbound traffic remained heavy following the WSU football weekend. Injured in the accident were Thomas E. Hudson, Kirkland, who sustained an arm injury, and spouse Donna Hudson, who complained of back pain. The Hudsons were in a 2016 Ford pickup truck towing a...
The Colfax school board met Monday night and approved a list of items, beginning with the hiring of Ron Shirley, musical set manager; Demetria Bryson, musical costumes, and Shonda Nelson, junior high yearbook advisor. Further, they approved a $2,100 donation from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories to Jennings Elementary School – following a similar donation to the high school earlier this fall. District Superintendent Jerry Pugh then took the board through the proposed 2019-20 school year c...
Colfax football will take a bye this week before rolling into the NE crossover round to decide which three teams will advance to the first round of the state playoffs. Although other league teams Friday will wrap up the regular season, the script is already on the table for the crossover round. The 13-14 loss to Reardan on the Bulldogs' field Friday left Colfax at 2-2 in the NE-South standings and in third place for the playoff. Reardan, which will shoot for a league sweep against Liberty this...
Gavin Merritt of Tekoa/Rosalia ran to a big win Saturday in the District Nine cross-country race on the Wilbur Golf Course by breaking the 16-minute mark with a 15:54 time for the 5,000 meters. Merritt finished 1:06 in front of Kettle's Easton Pomrankey who clocked 17:02 for second place. Asotin topped the team score with 51 points, and the Colfax boys finished second with 88. Colfax girls placed third as a team with Anna Cocking and Tayma Vanek in the top 10 behind winner Mya Edwards of Kettle...
Colfax volleyball players will head for Davenport today and play the Gorilla girls in the first round of the NE District playoffs. The Bulldogs enter the playoff grid as the number-one team from the NE-South league. The top four teams from each side of the league go into the two-week district show today to compete for three slots in the state finals which will crank up Nov. 7 at Yakima's SunDome. A win today over the Gorillas would advance Colfax to the semi-round of the district show which...
With two weeks remaining in the regular season for Southeast 1B league football, Garfield/Palouse and Sunnyside Christian remain tied for first place after each won Oct. 19. The Knights of Sunnyside Christian (7-1) got a forfeit against Touchet while Gar/Pal (7-1) blew out St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse for the second time this year. The Vikings will play at Pomeroy (4-4) Friday night followed by a re-match with Colton on the road the following week. Sunnyside Christian plays at LaCrosse Friday...
Oakesdale finished its run through the SE net league Tuesday with a sweep over Touchet to take the top slot in the SE playoffs which will start Oct. 30. The Nighthawks wrapped their campaign at 12-0 after pegging a five game win in a showdown at Pomeroy in the Thursday league round. The SE playoff rounds start Tuesday at Oakesdale and Pomeroy, as the top two finishers. Oakesdale will play Colton, the number four finisher, and Pomeroy will play SJEL, the number-three finisher. The Eagles finished the league run at 7-5 and had a bye in the...
Garfield/Palouse cross-country boys pegged the team win with 15 points, and SJEL girls bagged the girls side with 15 Tuesday in the SE league meet on the St. John Golf Course. The two winners were the only entrants to qualify for team points. Pomeroy’s Evan Bartels won the boys side of the 5,000 meter run with an 18:44 time, 16 seconds ahead of Logan Diets of GP. Other finishers for Garfield/Palouse were Ethan Cook, 3rd at 19:01; Danny Laughery, fifth at 20:08; William Grass, sixth at 21:37; Brandon Hall, seventh at 21:47; Christian Burt, 1...
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. STAMP NOTICES ON BALLOT SLEEVES Some of the ballot packets received by Whitman County voters Friday included instructions on the inside privacy sleeve to place a stamp on the envelope to return the ballot to the elections office. The instruction contradicts the new state policy of not requiring a stamp to mail back a ballot. The new policy was...
We really don’t need the Russians to fool with elections. We are perfectly able to do it ourselves. After a lengthy string of local issues relating to elections and ballots, now the state has stepped in to confuse voters as well. One instance involves the Whitman County ballots. The state declared that election ballots would be postage free. The return envelope says that no postage is necessary. Making ballots free of any mailing charge is the result of a deal at the state level. All Washington ballots can be mailed for free. No ballot in Washi...
Pet Peeves Maybe the council person and her friends could carpool to the Pullman pot shops to “reduce travel time.” Councils and residents hindering our local economic growth!!!! County commissioners can say no to county employees’ raises but can’t say no to their own. Okeydokes So far, a wonderful autumn. If only we could have a spring, too. The Colfax Police flagging for the school busses....
It's Major League Baseball playoff season, as well as the run-up to the elections. Oh, the games people play. Way back when, in the early 20th century, New York Giants manager John "Mugsy" McGraw was the first to utter an important life lesson for those who play either form of "Hardball" (thank you, Chris Matthews). "Nice guys," he growled, "finish last." It's wisdom the Democrats are only now allowing to penetrate their cluelessness. "Really?" they whimper in amazement. "It's not enough to be righteous?" Not when it's self-righteous, which is...
It's doubtful that a former American presidential candidate has ever formally endorsed incivility before, but Hillary Clinton is ever full of surprises. In an interview on CNN, the erstwhile advocate of "if they go low, we go high" switched around to unapologetically call for going low. "You cannot be civil with a political party," she explained, "that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about." She added that if Democrats retake a house of Congress, well, then, "that's when civility can start again." Clinton's statement is yet m...
I urge you to vote for Lisa Brown. Lisa deserves your support for many reasons, certainly including her record of working across the aisle to get things accomplished. Here are my top three reasons. Healthcare: Lisa Brown voted to expand healthcare programs and to lower costs for prescription drugs in Washington State. Rep. McMorris Rodgers voted for a plan that caused many thousands of eastern Washington residents to lose their healthcare plans, voted against lowering drug costs for seniors, and voted to allow insurance companies charge higher...
I just have to comment on the person that stated it was their right to bring a dog into a grocery store (letter Oct. 11). Actually, it is against the law unless it is a trained service dog. Thank you to the grocery store that said no. It is about time. Sorry, but your pet belongs at home. --Willard Bauscher, Independence, Ore....