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Now that voters have rejected I-1033, the spending limit initiative, the talk in Olympia has turned to raising taxes. Hiking taxes would be the wrong thing to do. Our economy is just showing signs of recovery. Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) hit the nail on the head in her remarks at the Association of Washington Business’ Policy Summit this September: “Tell me a tax that you’re going to increase that will give you $1 billion that doesn’t hurt business, hurt individuals, hurt our recovery.” The governor’s words ring true with employers who are trying t...
NOW THAT the super duper trillion dollar health care plan has passed the House, I await with trepidation an explanation from someone I trust as to exactly what’s in it. All I’m sure of at this point is that it is 1,990 pages long, weighs 19.6 pounds and creates a government run insurance plan, aka “public option,” that the Senate says makes it dead on arrival there, plus a ban on government funded abortions. So why do I care what’s in the House bill if it is as moribund as Sonny Corleone after he got waylaid at the toll booth in “The Godf...
++++ The churches which rotate monthly giving services at the nursing home. !#@%#! Doesn’t the county auditor know there is a budget deficit? !#@%#! Someone who blasts a person by name (Roger) and does not have the courage to sign their own name. Please sign mine, Carolyn Kiesz. ++++ The Colfax Police Officers Association for not letting city hall push you around.... Full story
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving. The day after is almost as famous. It is Black Friday. That is when, at least in theory, holiday sales start and retailers start to turn a profit, going from the red into the black. It is the day when the news is full of clamoring crowds and security guards trying to hold back throngs of people until store opening hours. News covers which retailers won and which lost in the race for profits. Many of the Black Friday loss leaders designed to bring in the crowds this year are already posted on the internet as... Full story
8 years ago November 21, 1884 The members of the Colfax brass band are industriously practicing and improving rapidly. They are now able to render a number of pieces to their satisfaction. Glove fights are now prohibited, they being regarded as brutal and demoralizing. The conductor of one of the trains running to Palouse Junction informs us that letters intended for Palouse City are frequently left off at the junction. Mistakes of this kind are caused by the letters being addressed simply to Palouse. Persons sending letters should address...
Trucker Collides With Moose Dominic Petrovich, 36, was unhurt Thursday night when he collided with a moose on Highway 27 1.5 miles south of Oakesdale. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Petrovich was traveling northbound in a 1983 Peterbilt tractor-trailer unit at 7:20 p.m. when the moose entered the highway. Investigation Underway Deputies are investigating the cause of extensive injuries sustained by Kristen E. Grindly, 23, recent WSU graduate who was found unconscious in a pool of blood early Wednesday morning on the... Full story
THURSDAY The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that the H1N1 swine flu killed an estimated 3,900 Americans from April to October, including more than 500 children. Better data than was previously available shows the flu pandemic has infected an estimated 22 million Americans and put 98,000 in the hospital. At least six world records were broken as more than 300,000 people around the globe tried to set bizarre benchmarks during the fifth annual Guinness World Record Day. The National Toy Hall of Fame recognized the Ball, the Big Wheel...
Port of Whitman commissioners Monday adopted a $2,960,600 budget for 2010 that will need tax receipts to offset operating expenses for the second time this decade. The port’s 2010 budget is down four percent from the $3,092,500 2009 budget. Biggest reason for the drop is lower lease revenues. Port officials expect vacancies in port buildings to drop revenue by $130,000. That will push operating receipts down to $899,000, while operating expenses are expected to total $1,030,000. The gap will be covered out of the port’s tax levy income, whi...
Every summer vehicles line Belsby Road at Hole in the Ground, as boaters launch their boats into Hole in the Ground Creek for access to Bonnie Lake. Cars and trucks of boaters line the road near the single launch point. They are then left on both sides of the bridge over the creek. Whitman County is looking to alleviate the congestion on the rural road. Tim Myers, director of the county parks department, told commissioners Monday his department wanted to put up signs and investigate the possibility of creating a parking lot. The only public...
Approximately 1,200 feet of the Kamiak Butte trail has been relocated with the former section of trail returned to natural prairie land. The new piece of the trail on the 3.5-mile loop is situated higher, along the ridge of the butte, and allows hikers to see both sides of the butte as they gain altitude. The old section needed to be replaced because hikers over the years had gradually widened the trail and tramped down the native ground, said Justus Barton, operations and trail coordinator. The money to relocate the trail came from a $32,000...
A charge of harassment with a threat to kill was filed Nov. 12 in juvenile court against a 14-year-old Colfax boy. A report by Colfax Officer Robert Wride, filed with the charge, alleges the youth was expelled under emergency provisions from Colfax High School after making threats against a teacher. The account said the youth had been making racial comments in class and was told by the teacher to keep quiet or leave. He opted to leave the class and allegedly made the threats in the presence of another teacher. He has been summoned to appear...
Kevin E. Grenz, Farmington resident who was sentenced Oct. 16 in superior court to 89 months in prison after a jury convicted him of child molestation in a 2001 case, has filed a notice of appeal to the state’s Division III court in Spokane. An order of indigency which will provide him a defense attorney and records and reports at public expense was also filed. An attorney will be appointed by the appeals court. Grenz is now at the state prison facility in Shelton....
The Colfax school board Nov. 9 voted to approved policy changes related to special meeting notices to the public. The new policies spell out the board’s existing meeting policies. Under the new policy, the board can now call a special meeting if they provide the public via local media with a notice 24 hours in advance. For Colfax, that would probably be the Colfax Daily Bulletin, according to Supt. Michael Morgan. Also voted in is the ability to call an emergency meeting and take official action without officially notifying the public. Those o...
Engineer Don Adams, Endicott maintenance supervisor Mike Isaacs and Mayor Verne Strader, from left, watch a pressure gauge shortly after switching on the pump at the town’s new well. With the flick of a switch and a gush of water, Endicott christened its new water system Tuesday morning. “Pretty nice, huh?” Mayor Verne Strader said. “It’s a pretty impressive system for a town our size.” The $1.9 million overhaul of the town’s water system included a new pump, a new well, new 235,000-gallon reservoir atop Pump House Hill and new pipes throughout... Full story
Whitman Library District directors late Nov. 10 voted to award the bid for renovation of the Colfax headquarters building to Blews Construction, Inc., of the Spokane Valley. The Blews bid, including six alternative projects which are expected to be included in the contract, totaled $660,940. The board put aside the lowest bid on the project after Laurance Kom, architect for the project, and Colfax Attorney Bruce Ensley said the bid, submitted by Citadel Construction of Spokane, did not conform with all conditions of the bid process. The...
Colton Wildcats will face an undefeated Cusick in the quarterfinal round of the state-eights playoff after eliminating Columbia of Hunters 40-8 Friday in the SE-NE playoff round at Colton. Colton will play Cusick, the NE power team which was derailed in last year’s playoff by the LWK Tigercats at Albi Stadium, Friday at 7 p.m. at Newport. Colton Coach Clark Vining said the Wildcats expect to do the same thing they’ve been doing all season with an aim of advancing on the playoff grid. “I think we’ve got a pretty good chance,” he noted. On... Full story
Colfax linemen Ryan Conrad and Austin Neu grip Cardinal quarterback Zach Barlow’s mud-stained uniform as they try to sack the signal-caller in the third quarter of Saturday’s 39-0 win. Next foe for Colfax on the football playoff trail will be a surprise foe from the far opposite side of the state. South Bend will travel all the way from the Willapa Bay area in the southwest corner of the state to play the Bulldogs in the quarter-final round at Gonzaga Prep Saturday at 1 p.m. South Bend upset Kittitas 43-29 in the first round last week to go...
TEKOA/OAKESDALE collected the fifth place 2B trophy at the SunDome after battling back through the consolation bracket. In front are Courtenay Perry, Managers Haley Brown and Madison Shrope, Katherine Goom, Kim Pakootas, Kaela Dewan, Alex Overton, and Katie Renstrom. Team members in back, from the left, are Assistant Coach Brandy Brown, Kayler Dub, Cherisse Neill, Ruth Haynes, Bryanna Solano, Katie Graffis, Desiree Chappell, Myrannda Neill, and Coach Angie Rambo. Tekoa/ Oakesdale Nighthawks battled back all the way to a fifth-place finish...
A five-game battle between two Whitman County neighbors ended the SunDome volleyball show late Saturday night with the SJE Eagles taking their first state title. The battle ended with the Eagles finally carving out and edge in the fifth game in the last match of the night. Tied 2-2 in the game count, the Eagles cracked an early lead in the fifth game decider and won the 1B trophy with a 15-10 finish. They took it after the Tigercats, the defending champs, had posted a 2-1 lead and came close bagging the trophy in game four. Coach Megan Doering...
Twelve Whitman County athletes were selected to the District 9 All League football teams for this season, league officials announced Monday. All SE League offensive honors in the 1B class went to Colton halfback Sam Robertson and LaCrosse/Washtucna/Kahlotus back Garrett Blauert. Seth Weekes and Anthony Bennett of LWK were named first-team offensive linemen. Robertson was also named All League at defensive back. Also making the defensive team were Justin Aune, Cody Bennett, Garrett Whitney, Beaux Martin and Gary Marmes of LWK. Colton Coach...
Pullman girls Saturday topped out Whitman County’s run in the state volleyball finals with a win in the 2A division. Coached by David Weitz, the Greyhounds out-battled Archbishop Murphy in five games at the 2A finals in Kennewick. Pullman led all the way in the fifth game decider. The `hounds took out Black Hills of Olympia in three games in the semi-final round at Kennewick’s Toyota Center. The 2A title win means three of the six state net trophies were won by Whitman County teams. Weitz, a 1985 graduate of Colfax High School who played clu...
COLFAX volleyball players flash a six to mark the sixth straight year the Bulldogs have brought home a first-place trophy from the SunDome. Seniors in front, from the left, are Danielle Herne, Rachel Johnson, Carmen Hall, Kayla Johnson, Megan Pearson, and Brooke Waldo. In back, from the left, are Assistant Coach Jill Solbrack, Sidney Huber, Maggee Cochran, Shaina Simonson, Hannah Harazin, Amelie Bruya, Christa Nyholm, Brooke Webber, Assistant Coach Shawna Kneale, Samantha Pearson and Coach Sue Doering. Colfax Bulldogs pegged a 12-game run to...
Washington State Patrol Troopers were called out Friday to seven reportable accidents as a winter storm hit the area late in the afternoon. The storm made driving hazardous during a high-volume traffic flow related to Dads’ weekend festivities on the WSU campus and traffic was reported backed up bumper-to-bumper between Colfax and Pullman. Steven A. Baldwin, 17, Auburn, was taken by ambulance to Whitman Hospital for treatment of head and neck injuries sustained in a rollover accident just south of Colfax at 11:44 p.m. Friday. According to the W... Full story
When the streets of Palouse opened up to all manner of madness for this year’s Haunted Palouse, people were not just frightened, they were generous. Net income for the event hit $49,672, the biggest year yet for the seven-year-old Halloween fest. Paid attendance this year was 3,597, down about 100 from last year. Proceeds from Haunted Palouse goes every year to boost a handful of community organizations in the city. Recipients included Palouse Community Center, $12,418; Palouse Arts Council, $12,418; Palouse Lions Club, $9,934; City Park P...