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While the merger of United Airlines and Continental left a gaping hole at the ticket counter at SeaTac International Airport, frequent fliers are noticing an expansion of Delta and Alaska check-in stations these days. That expansion could mean a great boost to Boeing and Washington’s economy in the future — if state lawmakers hold the line on taxes and regulatory costs. According to airport statistics, those two airlines now account for half the passengers flying through Seattle, and they are expanding. Alaska and Delta have an interesting rel...
It wasn’t so long ago that Ferguson, MO., was supposed to be an American morality tale of racism, the militarization of police and all manner of other evil. For a few weeks in August, the attention of the national media focused on the suburb of St. Louis, and MSNBC practically broadcast nothing else. While the media long ago moved on, the protests have persisted, entering their late, decadent phase of self-indulgent triviality. Cornel West got arrested last week, and Al Sharpton is heading back to Ferguson at the end of the month to pump up a...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. I saw an ad recently that said, “Get Paid to Lose Weight” — but when I called and told them I had lost 10 pounds, they refused to send me a check. So I gained the weight back. Determined to make dieting a source of income, I’ve now started a weight-loss blog, where thousands of people will come every day and read about what I’ve been eating and then buy T-shirts, hats and candy bars. If I sell a thousand T-shirts at $200 each, well, you do the math. Day 1: Started my diet wit...
Auditor comments I need to comment on certain portions of an article in the 10/23/2014 Gazette titled “County makes cuts to balance 2015 budget.” The article states that the county commissioners spent close to two hours discussing my budget. It also states that I had not discussed the proposed staff addition with them; that there is an agency “evaluating the auditor’s department”; and that junior taxing district budgets will be incorporated into the county’s budget. Many times over the past two years I have discussed the need for additional...
Here’s a concept: Let’s come up with an idea that would make things worse even if it worked, which it wouldn’t. That would describe the proposal to prevent all people coming from the three West African nations devastated by Ebola — Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — from entering the United States. The U.S., it seems, is also ravaged by a growing disproportionate hysteria about Ebola, and most of all by cynical politicians, largely conservatives, who are exploiting the alarm for a chance to score some points against the Democratic president...
Halloween is both one of the most beloved holidays and one of the most despised. Many people think Halloween celebrates the devil and all sorts of fiendish forces such as witchcraft and sorcery. They enjoin others to forego the costumes and the normal trappings of Halloween for a more spiritual approach. For others, it is wildly popular. Both children and adults celebrate with gusto. Sometimes, it becomes more than just knocking on neighbors’ doors for a piece of candy. Skulking and mischief, if not downright criminality, often mark the n...
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. FAIR GETS OVIC DONATION The Palouse Empire Fair Association received a $2,354 donation from the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct. The donation was officially accepted at the association’s annual meeting which preceded the regular fair board meeting Monday night at the Public Service Building. The sum was the remaining money left in the g...
With a Colton loss and a Garfield-Palouse win last Friday night, local prospects for a playoff berth in the Southeast 1B league began to form. Garfield-Palouse 44, Pomeroy 8 After a decisive win over Pomeroy at home last Friday night, Garfield-Palouse is in position to take third place in the league if they win their next two games. Preparing this week for a road matchup at Sunnyside Christian, the Vikings are without three players, whose workouts instead are taking place at a motel in...
Cross country entrants from Whitman County teams will face a tough test Saturday in the regional qualification run at Pasco’s Big Cross course. The cut to qualify for the state cross country race will go to the top three girls teams and the top six boys teams. That factor will be moot for runners from Colfax and St. John/Endicott who have not booked team scores. Tekoa/Rosalia had five runners at the NE district meet Saturday, but their teams’ score rated ninth. The first 15 individual girls and the first 30 boys in the regional run will als...
Pomeroy wrapped up their title run in the SE volleyball league with two, three-game wins in the final rounds. The Pirates defeated Oakesdale Thursday in the Nighthawks’ gym after being pushed in the first game. In the last round Tuesday at Pomeroy, they booked three solid games over the Wildcats to finish out the league run with a 12-1 record. Savannah Ruark hit nine kills for the Pirates. Zoe Moser led Colton in the last round with 11 kills and 10 digs. Oakesdale bounced back Tuesday in the l...
Colfax netters dropped Davenport in three games Tuesday to finish out a 10-0 run in the NE league competition. The Bulldogs put down the Gorilla girls in three straight games in their last match on the home court. The match also was a senior night to honor Kori Goodwin, Amara Huber and Kindra Kneale. Davenport traveled to Colfax with a 7-2 record and will finish second in the league race. Goodwin started the Bulldogs with a nine-point stint at the line, Colfax led 17-6 and Huber went to the serving line and served it out. Line score for the...
Colfax track coach Jason Cooper has been named Coach of the Year for track by the Washington State Coaches Association for the 2B division of the WIAA classification. Cooper last spring headed a Colfax girls’ team which won the 2B title in the state finals at Cheney. The Colfax win by a girls’ team was the second for the Bulldogs during the 13 years Cooper has headed the program. Cooper again credited his track team and lineup of assistant coaches for their efforts in the championship season. He noted the Bulldogs last spring had an exc...
The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves played their Homecoming game last Friday and fell to Springdale 53-13. After having to forfeit their last two varsity games to instead play J.V. contests, the depleted and young Timberwolves played a varsity contest against Springdale. The team’s two scores came on a sweep by quarterback Alex Pakootas and a kickoff return from Eli Richardson. "I credit the whole team with a good job blocking on that play," said Tekoa-Rosalia coach Bob Bucsko. The Timberwolves (0-8) will conclude their season this week at Tekoa v...
Tekoa/Rosalia Timberwolves finished their first run in the NE league with a three-game win Tuesday at Springdale. Line score for the win was 25-22 25-16 and 25-21. The win advance the Timberwolves to the NE playoffs at St. Georges as the number with team with a 2-8 record. They will face Colfax in the opener Saturday at 9 a.m. At Springdale, Sara Frost had six kills for the `hawks, and Olivia Pakootas had five blocks. Kim Groom had four digs. Saturday, Wilbur/Creston took out the `hawks 25-10 25-15 and 25-13. Frost and Pakootas each had two...
The Colfax Bulldogs Friday will finish their home season with what they hope will be a NE league shocker when they host the undefeated LRS Broncos in the final league round. The last league game will also be the finale of the three big collision rounds among the league’s top teams. After rolling out a 6-0 record at the start, Colfax was stopped two weeks ago by Davenport and stopped again Friday on the road at Reardan 34-6. The Broncos will bring an 8-0 league mark to Colfax Friday. Bulldog coach Mike Morgan notes the 8-0 run this year f...
The Palouse Scenic Byway signs are set to be up by the end of the year. Whitman County Parks director Tim Myers said at the byway meeting on Monday that although the department is working on some of the wayfinding signs, he’s hopeful all 16 signs will be up by the end of the year. They will be going out to bid as soon as possible. The Palouse Scenic Byway encompasses 208 miles of rolling hills and farmland throughout Whitman County from Rosalia to LaCrosse and from Tekoa, Oakesdale and Garfield to Colfax, Pullman, Colton and Uniontown. The c...
An informational meeting about Community Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) will be next Thursday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Public Service Building auditorium in Colfax. “We hope to discuss the potential need in Whitman County and the viability of a Community VOAD in our county,” said Robin Cocking, deputy director of Whitman County Emergency Management. When a disaster occurs, neighbors and community organizations want to help, but it’s not always easy. Communities are better served if a Community VOAD is in place...
The city of Palouse is putting a plan together to comply with new waste water treatment requirements. Palouse has been granted three years to comply by a Department of Ecology order to lower the temperature of waste water discharge into the North Fork of the Palouse River. Because the Palouse plant discharges into the Palouse River, the city has a permit which is administered through D.O.E. In July, when the permit came up for review, the temperature of the facility’s discharge water was deemed too high. The D.O.E. has since directed the c...
The Colfax School Board listened to options regarding a possible remodeling of Jennings Elementary School at its meeting Monday night. Superintendent Michael Morgan took board members through various scenarios in a work session before the regular meeting. The district at present does not have a plan for work at Jennings, but the presentation on financing a future project was presented to stress the lead time required in the funding process. One concern for the Jennings building is the condition...
The estimated tax rate for the proposed $55,000 special levy for the Oakesdale Cemetery District on the general election ballot is 41 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The estimated rate was incorrectly reported in last week’s Gazette....
A weather spotter training class will be Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Smith Center for Undergraduate Education (CUE) Room 518, WSU, Pullman. Parking is available in the CUE or Fine Arts Parking Garage for $3 after 5 p.m. Whitman County Emergency Management, in partnership with WSU Emergency Management, arranged to bring the National Weather Service’s class to the Palouse. Residents are invited to learn about being the “eyes and ears” of the National Weather Service. Local weather reports coupled with radar, satellite and other data...
Agricultural producers in Whitman County and surrounding areas will have an opportunity to learn details about the new Farm Bill programs at informational meetings slated for Wednesday, Nov. 5 in Colfax and in St. John also on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will explain the options farmers have under the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs. The meetings will be at 8:30 a.m. at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds and at 1:30 p.m. at the St. John Community B...
Whitman County Library Board of Trustees seeks applicants for an opening on their Board as Becky Dickerson of St. John wraps up 13 years of service to the library district. Becky served as chair numerous times while completing two five-year terms and three years of an unexpired term. In order to provide equal geographic representation, applicants from the western region of Whitman County are encouraged to apply. Library board members are appointed by the Whitman County Commissioners and must live within the library district. Board members are n...
Whitman County Parks Friday lifted a ban on open fires at its three parks. Rainfall and lower temperatures have reduced the fire hazard. The parks department announced the ban July 18. Wawawai County park was under a fire ban posted by Fire District 14 June 10. Park visitors are urged to attend fires started at camp sites and be careful with any use of matches, lighters and cigarettes while using trails in the parks....
Colfax Police and fire units responded at 5:48 p.m. Monday to a report of a collision on Main Street. According to the Colfax Police Department report, a 2001 Chevrolet K-1 pickup which was being driven by Gerald F. Morris, 74, Colfax, collided with a 2011 Dodge Ram pickup which was parked in front of the Imperial Restaurant. Morris was driving northbound when he lost control of the Chevrolet and hit the Dodge which was pushed up over the curb by the force of the collision. The Dodge sustained e...