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Every year about this time, we compare the commercial airplane sales of Boeing and its European arch rival, Airbus. Over the last decade, the results haven’ worked in Boeing’s favor. Airbus has posted higher sales numbers as Boeing struggled to get its new 787 into production. However this year, Boeing, which assembles the bulk of its commercial aircraft in the Puget Sound area, is the clear winner. Boeing reported 962 orders placed so far in 2012, more than double Airbus’ 437. For both companies, single-aisle plane sales are pivotal to their...
IT WAS WITH an enormous sigh of relief that I and mine all got though Thanksgiving without any kind of disaster or turmoil. People complain about January as their low point of the year but I don’t know how many times through the years that if some problem arises, it is on or about Thanksgiving. Two Thanksgivings I spent in the emergency ward waiting for the doctors to get around to patching up my husband who on one occasion fell on the deck and cut his head and on another had an asthma attack that required hospitalization. It has not been u...
It is going to be tough month. The long predicted end of the world may be upon us. The Mayans, those geeky ancient meso-American astronomers, ended their calendar on 12/21/12. They either ran out of stone to carve on or they knew something we don’t. Some who have read their carvings and gliphs interpret a cataclysmic end of the world on that date. A giant alligator is supposedly going to spew water and flood the earth. In truth, this may be of minor importance. Before the end of days, we face the fiscal cliff. Many are now saying that if a...
Rosalia volleyball players recorded this team photo after the season-ending banquet. In back, from the left, are Brittany Terrell, Maddy St. John, Jessica Ford, Madeline Gregory, Shannon Carrothers, Hannah Sims, Stacey Carrothers, Mackenzie Reddish, Rayna Charles, Maggie Hereford, Sarah Fisher and Rebecca Terrell. In the middle, from the left, are Cassadi Bruce, Mercedes Binder and Haley Lindgren. In front are Sara Frost, left, and Gensen Merritt. Binder received the most improved award, and Bruce received the coaches’ award. Reddish r... Full story
Basketball season started rough for Whitman contenders with Tekoa/Oakesdale, Rosalia, Garfield/Palouse and Colton all sustaining defeats. Colton, which landed a game short of the state finals last year, bowed 60-53 to a visiting Grangeville team Saturday at Colton despite 17 points and 10 boards hauled down by Dalton Patchen. Grangeville jolted the Wildcats with a 21-8 lead after the first quarter.. The Nighthawks were hammered 77-32 by Asotin’s Panthers in the Friday opener at Oakesdale. Nate Scheibe led the Panthers with 16 and Jacob Swearing...
Colton and Tekoa/Oakesdale girls last week kept the same power mode in place when they started the basketball season. The Nighthawks Friday posted a big 49-32 .win at Oakesdale over the visiting Asotin Panthers. Colton opened the season on their home court with a 71-26 win over a Grangeville team which arrived with a 2-2 record. The Wildcats dropped 27 points on Grangeville to extend their win streak to 32 games. Colton veteran Jenna Moser led the Wildcats with 22 points, and Paige Vincent pulled down six rebounds. Haley Sullivan hit 16 for gue... Full story
Colfax wrestlers placed fourth in the team scoring Saturday at the Davenport Invitational. Three of the grapplers placed second after advancing to the championship round in their weight divisions. Each finished with a 2-1 mark after being defeated in the title rounds. The Bulldogs finished with a total record of 15-13 for the nine wrestlers on the competition. Reggie Jones bowed to J.D Gallegos of Kittitas 1-9 in the 132 title bout, Other title matches saw Arron Arneson pinned by Teigan Glidewll of Freeman in the 285 class, and Brandon Arneson... Full story
Colfax boys started the new hoop season with some new team rough spots, but picked up steam over the three games. The Bulldogs finished the three game run with a 2-1 record with a comeback win at St. John Friday, a loss to LaSalle in the SunDome at Yakima and a big win over Waitsburg Tuesday in the home opener. Zach Hollingsworth gets ready to collect two points off an Eagle break Friday at St. John. Robert Staples and Sam Raynor are back of Hollingsworth. The Bulldogs will start a big home weekend with the St. George Dragons, the league...
Colfax girls launched their hoop session with big wins at St. John, in the SunDome and in the home opener Tuesday night against the Waitsburg/Prescott Cardinals. The Bulldogs will now put their new 3-0 record up against the St. Georges who will come to town Friday for the start of the league campaign. Heather Siegel of the Eagles and Scout Cai of the Bulldogs try to find the hook Friday night in the Bulldog-Eagle clash at St. John. Tuesday in the home opener the Bulldogs staked a 59-19 win over the visiting Cardinals. Coach Corey Baerlocher... Full story
After fielding some inquiries from potential buyers, the county Monday wound up with no bids for the purchase of the Community Education and Training Center, formerly the Elks Lodge, during the Whitman County Commissioners meeting on Monday. The county had set Monday to open sealed bids on the structure at Main and Wall streets in downtown Colfax. Minimum bid was set at $60,000. Bob Reynolds, County facilities manager, said he was surprised about the lack of bids because he had four or five recent inquiries about the building and also had...
Residents and visitors of Endicott launched large paper lanterns at the community lot Saturday as part to the town’s Christmas celebration. Wide-eyed children and smiling adults released 66 lanterns into the night sky. The floating lights and the town’s Christmas fireworks display which followed came from residents’ donations. Santa Claus made his appearance on the town fire engine and the night was capped with hot chocolate, juice, cookies and snacks in the Endicott Food Center while Santa listened to wishes from youngsters...
Palouse was selected as one of seven Washington towns to participate in a Transportation Improvement Board pilot program to install LED lights, and study its cost effects. TIB Executive Director Stevan Gorcester said that LED lights have started to be installed in Washington cities for about five years. “The energy is lower and the maintenance cost is massively lower,” he said. The lights can last up to 25 years before they begin to dim, thus reducing the need to change bulbs. “Because of lack o...
Jared J. Wold, 26, Endicott, was sentenced to 366 days in jail with 357 suspended Friday after pleading guilty to an amended charge of possession of stolen property. Wold was also fined $5,000 with $3,500 suspended and the option of working off $2,250 of the balance with public service work. Wold was charged with being in possession of property which was reported stolen by his neighbor in Endicott last Sept. 2.... Full story
The Garfield city council considered city-employee raises, garbage rates and wind-turbine zoning at its meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 28. After discussion on each matter, the council voted to approve a raise for the town’s public works assistant and a $3 rate increase for monthly garbage service. The meeting opened with the matter of pay. “I’ve been pondering Robby’s raise,” said Mayor Jarrod Pfaff, regarding Public Works Assistant Robby Johnson, who began in August. “I think we should give...
Bringing back the Teapot Café in LaCrosse is the latest cause for LaCrosse Community Pride, a nonprofit that formed after the town grocery store closed in 2009. Due to failing health, long-time owner Cheri Garrett shut the doors on the west county eatery last month. Carol Audett of Jasper Trucking is gathering information from interested potential operators for Community Pride. She reported the group has yet to choose an operator. Since forming, Community Pride has attracted a store operator and is remodeling the market building it purchased.... Full story
‘Merry Graingers’ will debut at Bing A movie featuring St. John’s Christmas parade and other parts of Whitman County premieres Dec. 10 at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane. Serena Belsby wrote, produced and directed “The Merry Graingers,” that was filmed throughout Whitman and south Spokane counties. The Christmas family story involves a mysterious death, a feisty city girl, a Cuban lover and a dysfunctional quirky family all thrown together deep in the heart of the Palouse. Belsby is a Sundance Lab alumni and grand prize winner of the Hartley...
The WSU Rural Design Initiative will present concepts Dec. 13 at the Uniontown Community Market Building. The program is made up of architecture students who studied Uniontown this fall as part of a class. Ideas which will be shown include moveable art, a pathway above the Dahmen Barn and improved pedestrian links to downtown. “They’ve had some really interesting ideas,” said Uniontown Community Development Association President Dale Miller. “We’re looking forward to what they’re proposing.” The class is led by Professor Ole Sleipness....
A water leak in Farmington was taken care of last week by the mayor, ex-mayor, a retired water department employee from Spokane and an owner of an audio equipment company with a backhoe. Water bubbled up at the corner of First and Lincoln streets the morning of Nov. 28. Mayor Ron Dugan got on the phone and summoned Frank Triplett, formerly the Director of Water and Hydroelectric Services in Spokane. Triplett came down and saw the water and soon ex-mayor Royce Johnson arrived to help, along with...
Ninth District Sen. Mark Schoesler of Ritzville was unanimously elected to the top spot in the senate Nov. 28 when the legislature’s 23 Republican senators met in Olympia to choose leaders for the next two years. Schoesler, who was unopposed, was elected to a third term in the senate in the Nov. 6 election. A third senate term will make him the longest-serving legislator from the 9th district. His previous two terms in the Senate followed six terms in the House of Representatives. That makes Schoesler one of the longest-serving members of t...
Seltice Road, a short cutoff across a bridge about five miles south of Tekoa, will remain on the county’s road system for the coming years. County commissioners Monday decided to drop a proposal to vacate the road after neighborhood residents two weeks ago objected to a proposed vacation. Two other vacations were approved in a series of hearings in the county commission chambers Monday morning. Properties vacated by the county include the Wagner Road at Refere and parcels of property the county acquired for the upgrade of a segment of the A... Full story
The next Direct Seed Breakfast meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 7 a.m. at Colfax Methodist Church, N. 109 Mill Street. Mark Richter will discuss his direct seed systems. He farms near Thera and Colfax and also offers custom seeding around the county. Ian Burke and Drew Lyon will discuss weed management in direct seed systems. Burke is the weed management specialist for the Department of Crops and Soil Sciences at WSU. Lyon is the new WSU Extension weed management specialist at Pullman. A hosted breakfast provided by Farm Credit Services... Full story
Whitman County commissioners still hold out hope for Martin Hall Juvenile Detention Center, even with Spokane County bowing out of the joint project six weeks ago. Commissioner Pat O’Neill, who has represented the county in the Martin Hall consortium, reported a new agreement had been worked out by the group last Thursday at Medical Lake. He told the board Monday morning that representatives from all nine counties have agreed to keep Martin Hall open for one more year under a new “pay as you go” format. The new proposal follows Spoka...
Residents and visitors of Endicott launched large paper lanterns at the community lot Saturday as part to the town’s Christmas celebration. Wide-eyed children and smiling adults released 66 lanterns into the night sky. The floating lights and the town’s Christmas fireworks display which followed came from residents’ donations. Santa Claus made his appearance on the town fire engine and the night was capped with hot chocolate, juice, cookies and snacks in the Endicott Food Center while Santa listened to wishes from youngsters...
Four seniors honored last Thursday night at the Bulldog volleyball banquet were Deanna Aeschliman, Amelie Bruya, Rachel Robinson and Sidney Huber. Special award winners at the Bulldog volleyball banquet, from the left, were Taylor Larsen, Amelie Bruya, Cassidy Vorderbrueggen, Sidney Huber and Rachel Robinson. Robinson received the inspirational award and Cassie Vorderbrueggen was named most improved player. Bruya and Taylor Larsen were co-winners of the most valuable player award. All were decided by a team vote. Bruya, the team’s setter, r...
