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Colton hammered Touchet 68-26 Friday on the windy Colton field with Quarterback Chris Wolf scoring all 10 of the Wildcat TDs. Wolf finished with 537 yards on a night which saw both clubs put aside most of their passing game because of the wind blasts. Colton, now 3-3 in the league and 3-4 overall, led 38-12 at the half. Touchet scored 12 points in the second quarter with Brian Vazquez booking a 45-yard run, and Alexis Gonzalez escaping on a 32-yarder. Wolf's longest scoring run for Colton in the...
Tekoa/Rosalia, which ran their league mark to 6-0 with a 62-20 win over SJEL Friday on senior night, will take a long trip to Lyle Friday to play Lyle/Wishram in a league battle. The game will be a collision with T/R rolling on a 7-1 record with their lone loss to ACH in the third game at Rosalia. ACH has been rated among the top two or three in the state ratings. Lyle/Wishram will host with a 6-1 record and lately ranked at number-four in the state. Who will win the TR-Lyle/Wishram showdown? “It seems the Lyle/Wishram defense is just a little...
Playoffs for the NE volleyball, which were originally slated to start this week, were moved back a week because of the number of players attending the FFA nationals. Colfax is scheduled to play Wilbur/Creston here Tuesday, Nov. 5. The remainder of district action will be at Liberty Nov. 7 and Nov. 9. Colfax and Liberty tied at 9-1 on the south side, but the Lancers were seeded as the top team because they hold a higher slot from a pre-season draw which was conducted to resolve ties. Wilbur/Creston defeated Davenport in four sets in final north...
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. FIRST SNOW WRECKS BLOCK 195 Highway 195 between Colfax and Pullman was blocked by traffic mishaps Monday night following a snowfall. Snow started falling here at about 4:30 p.m. and sub-freezing temperature led to ice on the highway. No injuries were reported. Numerous minor slide-off accidents were reported in the area at Round Barn Hill at...
The President of the United States was booed at a World Series baseball game. Reportedly, the majority of the crowd participated. They also yelled in unison, “Lock him up.” This chant comes from Trump’s own words when he repeatedly said Hillary Clinton should be locked up. Fans in the stadium apparently also made extemporaneous signs calling for his impeachment. Remember this was at a World Series game. Such things get us nowhere, except to make matters worse. Sadly, even a World Series game is not immune from the widening disparity of opinions...
It's really difficult to tell because his hands are so small, but it looks for all the world that President Donald Trump has an extended middle finger raised at, well, all the world. Who knew that he could speak in sign language? Or at least that he knew how to say one word? Come to think of it, it's two words. He seems to have decided on a defiance strategy, his last resort, since his "high crimes" and his low crime of total incompetence are there for everyone to see as he faces impeachment. Every once in a while, he pokes himself in the eye...
The Ukraine story hasn't been good for President Donald Trump, and there's only one way out -- to get impeached, and the sooner, the better. Trump obviously hates the idea of being impeached. He thinks it's unfair, and is raging against the process with every political and legal argument his team can muster and every insult and countercharge he can make on Twitter. But he doesn't have any choice in the matter. Impeachment is baked in the cake. There's no way that Democrats, having opened an impeachment inquiry (although without a vote), can...
YYYY It’s nice to see a healthy police presence return to our coffeehouses. #!*! Winter in October. #!*! People who can’t read traffic signs....
Climate change Some of us might find it remarkable, given partisan divisions, but it appears Republicans and Democrats are coming together on a surprising issue: Climate change. Lawmakers are responding to public opinion. Last month, a CBS News poll found that two-thirds of Americans view climate change as a crisis or serious problem; a majority want immediate action. A survey by Ipsos and Newsy this fall found that 77 percent of younger GOP voters call climate change a serious threat. It’s encouraging that Congresswoman Cathy McMorris R...
Our state’s economy and way of life hinges on low cost and reliable electricity. Since Grand Coulee and Bonneville dams were completed in the early 1940s, Washington has enjoyed both. We are accustomed to flipping a switch and our lights illuminate. Our state’s electricity supply is abundant and our transmission system is dependable. Washington is heavily reliant on hydroelectric generators----many of which are located in powerhouses on the Columbia and Snake rivers. Only during the severe dro...
My kids caught me reading a book. An actual book, printed with ink on real paper. I was lectured about my abuse of the planet and was told how many trees went into making paper. Paper that would line the bottom of our bird cage and eventually be discarded. I argued that I own books I have treasured for many years. They ignored my nostalgic argument and went on to demonstrate how easy it is to dial up an electronic copy of whatever I wanted to read. Instead of a traditional newspaper, my kids get an abbreviated version of the daily news on...
Dahmen Barn in Uniontown will host a free pie and ice cream social Sunday, Nov. 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event is open to the public. Visitors will also have the opportunity to take a first look at the Palouse Watercolor exhibit in the gallery and enjoy appetizers. Artisans at Dahmen Barn, board members and resident artists will be on hand to meet with the public, and visitors will learn what is new and upcoming, as well as have the opportunity to watch artist demonstrations. Visitors can tour and see the Barns’ commercial kitchen in use and l...
Rosalia Veterans Day ceremony will be Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at Rosalia Veterans Memorial Park located behind the Texaco Station Visitor Center on Whitman Avenue. The Rosalia Boy Scout Troop #588 will present a ceremony for retirement of flags. Attendees are asked to bring flags that are no longer useable. Guest speaker will be Mike Maehl, who served as a captain in the Marine Corps and was an infantry platoon commander in Vietnam. Now retired, he currently lives in Spokane. Carl Diesldorff will...
Rosalia Garden Club member Laura Fulton read from the book "How A Seed Grows" by Helene J. Jordan at the Rosalia Library on Oct. 16 during a youth outreach session with elementary students. The students harvested pansies, calendulas and marigolds and then planted the seeds in the Children's Garden. The students were also taught how to add leaves and coffee grounds directly to the soil. On Oct. 18, Garden Club members worked with the first grade students planting fall bulbs at the Rosalia School...
Word on the street is that the T-Rex is planning to have his morning tea and doughnuts at the little park by Startin’s and across the street from the post office on Halloween morning. He will be there by 7 a.m. Halloween festivities will include a chili feed at the Gathering Place beginning at 5 p.m. The fire whistle will blow to signal trick for treaters to head to the Community Club building for the carnival. The annual Lacrosse United Methodist Women Turkey Dinner will be Wednesday, Nov 6. Serving will begin at 5:30 p.m. Take-out will be a...
"I grew up in three places," Lindsay Mellor said. "I was born in Logan, Utah, but never really lived there. I lived in Bear Lake, Idaho, for six-and-a-half years; Caldwell, Idaho, for seven-and-a-half years; and when I was almost 14-years-old, we moved to Mesquite, Nev." As one can imagine, moving during junior high was not a pleasant experience for Lindsay. "Nobody likes to move in middle school!" she said. "The girls who were terrible and mean moved between seventh and eighth grade, so eighth...
The annual Christmas Bazaar hosted by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Garfield Christian Fellowship Church will be Nov. 2 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The church is located at 303 N. 3rd Street, Garfield. The event features a raffle, crafts, baked goods and a homemade noodles and chicken lunch. Bazaar proceeds support the group’s mission work, including a program to encourage home-based businesses for women in rural Pakistan. Contact Dana Hogan at 865-583-9330 for more information....
Bruce and Barb Wollstein from Lacey, Wash., spent the weekend with her parents, Dick and Helen Appel. Guests for shrimp scampi dinner Saturday were the Wollsteins, Eric and Shannon Appel and Kyle and Sidney, Dusty; Caroline and Rob Kunkel and Luciene, Pullman; Liz, John Paul, Grace, and Michael Appel, Dusty; Lisa and Travis Frei, Miriam, Rachel, Emma, and Colette, Colfax, and Kate Wollstein and Drew, Moscow....
UMC potato bar toaid champlain Colfax United Methodist Church will host a potato bar luncheon to benefit the Whitman County Chaplaincy Nov. 7 at noon. Church volunteers will prepare a potato bar menu. Proceeds will be donated to the chaplaincy program which enables the chaplain to assist emergency personnel and victims in times of crisis. Pullman CC books Gaffney Michael Gaffney, acting director for WSU Extension, will talk on to the Land Grant University mission and extension from the 1862 Morrill Act at the Pullman Chamber of Commerce... Full story
A Halloween door decorating contest took place at Hill-Ray Plaza this week. This contest has been going for at least eight years. Doors were decked out in haunted decorations and festive fall décor throughout the plaza. "This is a great way to get everybody involved," said Gary Young, Hill-Ray general manager. "It's a fun activity that creates a nice competition." Winner for best hallway goes to the first floor. Awards will be handed out during a potluck dinner today. Each floor was judged...
Author, geologist and Tekoa native Dean Heitt, will return to the region to share his new book, "Before the Gold: Early Mining History of the Carlin Trend 1874-1961." Free community presentations will be Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Tekoa Library and Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 6 p.m. in the Colfax Library. Heitt's book details the long and storied past of the Carlin Trend, including the stories of the people who worked there and their connection to the murder of a local constable. Overlooked...
Pullman Depot Heritage Center will present Katie Watts as part of the Palouse People, Photography of the Palouse. Watts is a landscape and portrait photographer. The reception will be Friday, Nov. 1, from 7 to 8 p.m. The show will be Saturday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Watt’s passion for photography developed at a young age while visiting National Parks with her camera-toting father. Kate photographs locations throughout the Palouse, capturing the unique Palouse landscape in every season. Pullman Depot Heritage Canter is located at 330 N...
MARRIGE LICENSES Clifford James Miller, 27, Colfax, and Makenzie Werner Sullivan, 24, Spokane Valley, Oct. 21. Courtney Rachel Ford, 24, and Killian Trei Bounds, 26, both Pullman, Oct. 24. REAL ESTATE SALES Andrew and Jenny Carrier, Pullman, to Jared Larson, Colfax, house on N. Morton, Colfax, $206,500, Oct. 17. Sylvia Kennedy, Herron Trucking, to Roger and Lana Myers, tract on Airport Road, LaCrosse, $18,000, Oct. 18. Marla Stevens to Peter Ojeda, house on W. 8th Street, Colfax, $155,000, Oct. 18. John and Elaine Burns, Colfax, to Krista... Full story
AT COLFAX SCHOOL: Monday: Chicken nuggets, rice, or burger, baked beans, fruit Tuesday: Deli sandwich or chicken patty, potato soup, veggies, fruit Wednesday: Mac n cheese, smokies or burger, peas, breadstick, fruit Thursday: Calzone or chicken patty, caesar salad, carrots, fruit Friday: Grilled cheese or burger, tomato soup, cookies, fruit AT ENDICOTT SCHOOL: Monday: Hamburger with lettuce and tomato Tuesday: Tacos with lettuce and tomato, refried beans, pears, maple bar Wednesday: Pizza, salad, applesauce Thursday: Straw hats, corn, veggies,...