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In a fit of postelection modesty, President Barack Obama is offering not to take executive action to amnesty millions of illegal immigrants — provided Republicans do his bidding on immigration. It is extortion as conciliation. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie often invites comparisons to “The Sopranos,” but it is President Obama who is making a tactic out of the HBO mob drama his major postelection initiative. His bipartisan outreach now ends with a pointed “Or else ...” This offer Republicans can’t refuse includes the stipulation that the pr... Full story
Will somebody please explain why a reporter is not allowed to impersonate an FBI agent, but it’s OK if an FBI agent impersonates a reporter? It’s obvious why no one should be allowed to dishonestly pass him- or herself off as a law-enforcement official, but it also should be apparent why any cop, federal or local, should not be pretending to be a newsperson. It undermines our credibility, and given the sloppy performance of too many in our business, we don’t have a lot of credibility to spare. Let’s face it: Someone with sensitive material abou...
Tonight is the opening night for the Colfax High School. The play is South Pacific, an American classic by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The annual plays at CHS have become a tradition for both the public and students. It is no mean feat to line up a cast of high school, and sometimes grade school, students to stage a broadway play, especially a musical familiar to nearly every American. Yet, drama teacher Cary Cammack is able to put on a show every year. Productions such as this are important in schools. Many area schools put on plays. They give...
Colfax volleyball players record a championship picture after rolling past Wahkiakum for their fourth straight three-game win. Seniors Kori Goodwin, Amara Huber and Kindra Kneale are in front with Coach Sue Doering. In back, from the left, were Ashtyn Aune, Taylor Garcia, Scout Cai, Morgan Lord, Katelyn Scholz, Carmen Gfeller, Sidney Sheer, Olivia Mellor, Kylie Gronning, and assistant coaches Casey Zander and Maggee Cochran. Assistant coach Shawna Kneale, also part the crew, was part of the...
They pointed the heat gun at the Gatorade spout. On a 14-degree night in Odessa, an early task for the home team was to get freezing sodium citrate to flow for a 1B District 7/9 playoff game. The next task was to beat Garfield-Palouse to advance in the state football bracket. The propane heat blower worked for the first item. For the other, Odessa-Harrington faltered as Hunter Woltering lead their opponents to victory on his 18th birthday. On a night which the Garfield-Palouse senior... Full story
Whitworth University freshman Cassandra Mendoza received an Honorable Mention to the 2014 All-Northwest Conference Volleyball team. Mendoza, who graduated from Tekoa High School in June, started 25 of Whitworth’s 26 matches this season. She averaged 2.57 kills per set and was named NWC Player of the Week Nov. 3 after leading the Pirates to wins over Willamette and Linfield with 25 kills (3.57 kills per set) while hitting .220. Whitworth earned a trip to the NCAA Division III tournament....
Okanogan, one of the power teams in the state 2B football playoffs, iced Reardan 26-0 in the first round of the state playoffs Friday. The Indians made the trip to Okanogan for the first-round playoff game, after ending the Colfax season last week. Lind/Ritzville/ Sprague advanced to the quarter-final with a 27-18 win over Brewster, and Davenport advanced with a 40-6 win over White Swan. Waitsburg/ Prescott, the SE survivor of the SE-NE crossover round, also advanced with a 27-18 win over Brewster. Davenport will face Okanogan Friday at 7 p.m....
Early results of the Palouse LED lights experiment show savings on both sets of the town’s streetlights. Palouse was one of six cities selected by the state’s Transportation Improvement Board (T.I.B.) to participate in the project which involved the city working with Avista Utilities to convert existing street and area lighting to the new LED (light emitting diode) technology. A total of 54 lights were replaced on Whitman and Main streets. The experiment’s first month in effect was Novem...
Tick Klock Drug has been named Pharmacy of the Year by the Spokane Pharmacy Association, much to the surprise and delight of the owners. “It was a total surprise,” Mark Johnson said. Mark and Robyn Johnson are the second generation owners of the downtown Colfax drug store. The pharmacy was nominated for the regional award by a professor at the Washington State University School of Pharmacy. Johnson said the pharmacy has hosted several interns throughout the years. Their son Nathan is in his fir... Full story
Seven senior football players will perform in the CHS musical South Pacific which opens a run of six performances tonight on the Colfax High School stage at 7:30 p.m. The football players participated in evening play practices after afternoon football practices which usually meant up to 14-hour days at school. Director Cary Cammack commended the seniors for making the commitment. In front, from the left, are Bo Claassen, Andrew Becker, Josh Brown and Brian Stueckle. In back, from the left, are...
Don Schmick of Colfax Nov. 13 got his World War II coat back. “It was a real surprise,” Schmick said. The coat was presented to him at The Courtyard by Coriann Ulrich of Moses Lake who discovered the leather jacket at a thrift store in Spokane. Ulrich found a D. Schmick marking in the coat and was able to link it to Colfax after she found 1950s receipts from the Colfax Conoco gas station. She began calling down a list of Schmicks in Colfax and Spokane and located Don in Colfax. She called him on...
She arrived in Washington from Doris, Calif., in a covered wagon inside of which her mother was dying. In her first job as a teacher, she commuted by horse to a one-room schoolhouse in Garden Valley, Idaho. She came to Colfax in 1930, and last Wednesday, Nov. 12, Clarita Liddle marked her 106th birthday. Residing at Whitman County Health and Rehabilitation for the past four weeks, Clarita had lived in a duplex next to her son Ron and daughter-in-law Judy since 2002. Born in Artesia, New Mexico,... Full story
Healthy Tekoa Coalition is teaming up with FCCLA to present a full day of family fun and food Saturday, Dec. 6. The family crafts include designing locker picture frames, reindeer flower pots, Polish stars, marshmallow snowmen and survival bracelets. Admission to crafting is free but a parent is required. The craft session runs from 3-5 p.m. The FCCLA’s annual Chili Cookoff will follow. Teams must sign up and pay a fee to enter the contest. Judging and tasting starts at 5 p.m. To promote families staying at the chili cook off, bowls of chili w... Full story
A case report on the alleged illegal shooting of a wolf last month near Pullman will be forwarded to the Whitman County prosecutor’s office for a decision on what charge, if any, will be filed, according to Steve Crown, enforcement chief for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Crown told the Gazette Friday that DNA test results from UCLA were reported and showed the animal which was shot was 100 percent wolf. Crown said the case report will be sent to Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy this week. WDFW officials received r...
Whitman County commissioners Monday signed a letter of support for COAST transportation service. “We are glad to honor your request for support as COAST is a vital part of the county’s transportation infrastructure,” the letter said. The letter also acknowledges that COAST is requesting to continue special needs transportation services and wants to purchase a replacement bus. “These special needs services include COAST’s demand responsive and route deviation van transportation services and volunteer services primarily for Whitman County re... Full story
A state audit of Whitcom, the Whitman County Regional Communication Center, found that internal controls over accounting and financial statement preparation are inadequate to ensure timely and accurate reporting. The audit covers a four-year period Jan. 1, 2009, through Dec. 31, 2012. The state report was finished Oct. 6 and released Monday. Whitcom management is responsible for designing and following internal controls that provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting. The audit identified deficiencies in...
TAX JUDGMENT SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to real property tax judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Whitman, in the State of Washington, and an order of sale issued by the court, entered the 5th day of November, 2014 in proceedings for foreclosure of tax liens upon real property, as per provisions of law, I shall on the 12th day of December, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., in the Commissioners Chambers, located in the Whitman County Courthouse, 400 North Main Street, in the County of Whitman, State of Washington, sell the... Full story
Darrell Henry Shaw, under the name of Jvard, at 5901 Old Thornton Highway has been granted a license from the state Liquor Control Board to produce and process marijuana. The license is valid through Nov. 30, 2015. The license allows Shaw a maximum of 7,000 square feet for production of marijuana for sale at wholesale to marijuana processor licensees and to other marijuana producer licensees. This license also allows Shaw to process, package and label usable marijuana and marijuana-infused products for sale at wholesale to marijuana retailers....
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ investigation into the April tavern fire in Palouse is complete. Finishing in September, investigators made no determination of the cause. “The area of origin was identified. The classification of the fire remains undetermined pending additional information,” said Lance Hart, a Certified Fire Investigator for the ATF’s Spokane field office, who was on the scene in Palouse. Since the cause was undetermined, the report will now be sealed for 10 years ...
A cow moose which became agitated while officers were trying to drive her out of Garfield was shot by WDFW Officer Doug King Saturday when the animal began to charge. The cow was with a calf which was found deceased in a yard at Garfield. King and a Garfield officer loaded the dead moose calf onto King’s truck. The cow moose left the scene but stopped in the front yard of another residence. According to the WDFW report residents at that house began to bang on their windows, and when officers told them to stop the homeowner came out on her p...
Colfax volleyball players celebrate Saturday night by hoisting the 2B state trophy. The Bulldogs, who swept the tourney run with three-game wins over each of their four foes, made the trip to Yakima’s SunDome as the defending champions. Colfax now has 13 championships on the state books in the 1A and 2B classifications.... Full story
