Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Families willing to take a foster child under their wing are still needed in Whitman County, according to an outreach foster organization trying to work up support in the area. Homes of Hope, based in Clarkston, expanded to Whitman County and five counties in Idaho mid-year. Director Angie Derting said they haven’t had a big response yet because the program is still new. Twenty one families in the county are caring for foster children, 15 of which aren’t related to the child. Derting said three big needs right now are families to take in fos... Full story
Momentum The energy and time spent by Mr. McGehee in trying to bring down our city council and our mayor has finally led to the real truth. For that I would like to say thank you. You see, I had taken for granted how hard so many people work to make Palouse the amazing town it is. The city staff and council members are caring and hardworking individuals who deserve our gratitude and support. Thank you Steve for helping me to realize that Palouse is full of citizens who believe in the direction our town is moving in and who are willing to... Full story
Residents hauled in over 3,000 pounds of paper at the county Shred For Hunger drive at Rosauers Dec. 8. Participants gave storable food items in exchange for having the county solid waste department shred papers and documents. In Colfax, the county collected more than $200 in cash and one carful of storable food. The resulting food and cash will go the Colfax F.I.S.H. food pantry. The drive was also held in Pullman....
In our state, the governor must submit a balanced budget to the Legislature. That means government spending must equal tax collections. Unlike Congress, we cannot borrow or print money. Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) has to rebalance the two-year budget passed by the Legislature last spring because revenue is $2.6 billion short of what lawmakers appropriated. Even though the governor called last year’s budget “ugly,” this year’s plan will likely be even more unsightly. That has prompted the governor to announce she will also submit an alterna...
YOU THINK a couple of publicity hounds crashing the president’s first state dinner was a big deal? Then you’ve forgotten what happened on the morning of Friday, July 9, 1982. Queen Elizabeth awoke in her bedchamber at Buckingham Palace, which she occupied alone, to find a strange man sitting at the end of her bed. He was wearing jeans and a dirty tee shirt, cradling a broken ash tray and dripping blood from a lacerated hand. The Queen kept calm, picked up her bedside telephone and asked the palace operator to summon the police. While wai... Full story
!#@%#! The slime that the DOT puts on roads in winter. +++ School board sticking by their decision to not allow game practices on Thanksgiving or Christmas. !#@%#! Gas stations that keep gas at $2.85 when prices go down everywhere . . . Collusion? +++ Sand that the county road department puts on their roads....
It is a balmy 10 degrees at this writing. That is a virtual heat wave over previous temperatures. Forecasts indicate the cold will stay with us for a while. After all, it is still officially fall. Old timers will talk about the winter of 1968 and the record breaking cold spell, but any extreme cold can be dangerous. A little preparation can avoid problems and even save lives. Information abounds on how to protect yourself and your family from the dangers of extreme cold weather. As much information is available on protecting animals and pets....
TRIVIA TEST 1. MOVIES: What horror actor starred in the 1958 version of “The Fly”? 2. LANGUAGE: “Draw, O Caesar, erase a coward” is an example of what? 3. COMICS: What was the name of Caspar the Friendly Ghost’s ghost horse friend? 4. LAW: What did the 21st Amendment to the Constitution do — or rather, undo? 5. TELEVISION: What was the name of the evil group that battled the good guys on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” 6. CHEMISTRY: What is the symbol for the element gold? 7. INVENTIONS: Who is credited with inventing the bicycle pedal? 8. LITERATURE... Full story
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. City police unionize The five officers on the Colfax City Police department have formed a bargaining unit for negotiation of an employment contract. City Administrator Carl Thompson informed the Colfax council Monday night that the city Monday received official notice from the state’s Public Employee Relations Commission that the bargaining unit... Full story
Palouse Direct Seeders will hold another in a series of breakfast meetings next Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 a.m. in the Methodist Church in Colfax. Speaking to the year-old organization will be Dr. Joe Thompson, an engineering professor at the University of Idaho, and Colfax area farmer Larry Cochran. Organizer Dennis Roe said Thompson will demonstrate the process of making biodiesel from canola in a small-scale laboratory set-up. Cochran will speak on the qualities of his direct seed drill system, and how switching to direct-seed farming has...
Whitman County is considering abandoning parts of four roads used primarily as driveway access for individual landowners. Public Works Director Mark Storey said Monday the county wants take the roads off its books because they only serve single property owners and cost the county a great deal in snow removal and maintenance costs. “These pieces do not serve the greater transportation system,” said Storey. “These are all small pieces of road that should have been vacated years ago.” On the chopping block are Pazen Road, which intersects with Al... Full story
The History Channel • On Dec. 24, 1851, a devastating fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroys about two-thirds of its 55,000 volumes, including most of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library. Today, the collection, housed in three enormous buildings in Washington, contains more than 17 million books. • On Dec. 23, 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France. He later documented the event in a painting titled “Self... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENES Filemon Dominguez, 23, Guerrero, Mexico, and Claudia Lorena Figueroa Colin, 21, Guadalajara, Mexico, Nov. 10 Eli Gallegos, 52, Michoacan, Mexico, and Deeanna Marie Koken, 26, Bellingham, Nov. 12 Joshua Lee Reding, 21, Tacoma, and Ashley Marie Hollmann, 22, Ft. Lewis, Nov. 13 Berkley James Walker, 26, Fort Collins, Colo., and Emily Elizabeth Heward, 24, Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 24 Alan Charles Cenz, 62, Scotts Bluff, Neb., and Judith Kathleen Carmen, 58, Wiesbaden, Germany, Nov. 25 Michael Jordan Higginson, 19, Pasadena,...
8 years ago Dec. 19, 1884 During its recent session the grand jury returned indictments against Holbrook & Morris of Farmington and Messrs. Mastin and Binnard of this city for violating the Sunday law. The last named parties plead guilty and were each fined twenty-five dollars. Holbrook and Morris’ fine and costs amounted to something like three hundred dollars. The fact that their saloon was open the Sunday that Dillard Walker killed Hoag was no doubt the reason for the heavy penalty imposed. An average of 17 car loads of wheat a day are shi...
Colfax wrestlers booked 55 team points Saturday at the Davenport tournament to place sixth in the 10-team entry. The Bulldogs had two third-place finishers, one fourth and one fifth. Coach Jeremy Lanthorn had just seven grapplers to suit up for the Saturday tournament. Lanthorn, who has had nine grapplers on the mats since the start of practice, hopes to pick up five more wrestlers from the football team which extended their season all the way to the championship game. Kittitas and Lake Roosevelt, two traditional mat powers, let the field at Da...
Colton girls, last year’s 1B champs Tuesday night the Wildcats tore out of the gate at Rosalia behind senior Kelsey Moser for a 56-24 win over host Rosalia. Moser finished the game with 15 points, and sister Haley Moser added 15 by draining five 3-pointers. Briann Maley finished with nine points to top the Spartans. Colton last Thursday opened its season in buzzer-beating style. The Wildcats stopped Grangeville from getting a last-minute look at the basket to hang on for a 57-56 win. Kelsey Moser led with 30 points, including the final two poin... Full story
After a run of non-league tune-ups, Rosalia and Colton basketball teams opened league play Tuesday night with the Spartans pegging a 53-35 win. Rosalia took a 30-17 lead at the half. Jim Maley’s 21 points topped nine Spartan scorers. Dustin Patchen had 13 points to top the Wildcats. Riding a double-double from Lee Roach, who finished with 16 points and ten rebounds, Garfield/Palouse topped visiting St. John/Endicott 62-50 Tuesday night to open league play. Gavin Burt added 15 points for the Vikes. The Eagle attack was led by Cole McCanna, w... Full story
Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia Nighthawks were honored during half-time of the 2B Championship Game at the dome when they received the state academic championship award for football teams in the division The team's composite grade average was 3.4.... Full story
Mike Morgan of Colfax High School has been selected as the Washington State Coaches Association District 7 Head Coach of the Year. Craig Culbertson from Colfax has been named by the association as District 7 Assistant Coach of the Year. Both will be honored on Friday, Jan. 22, at the WSCA Conference in Bellevue....
Damon Buck makes a big catch while Adna defender Anthony Tatum arrives too late. Buck's catch marked a 52-yard gain. Colfax Bulldogs wrapped up their amazing football season by charging out of a 16-point hole and getting right to the brink of a state title win at the Tacoma Dome Saturday. Down by just two points with 5:55 left, the Bulldogs looked like they were about to finish one of the biggest charges in state 2B grid history, but it didn’t happen. They lost veteran QB Alex Teade to a concussion on the next defensive series. Adna, the o... Full story
THURSDAY A U.S. federal judge sentenced Gilberto Salinas Doria, a kingpin of Mexico’s powerful Juarez drug cartel, to 27 years in prison for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States. Salinas Doria admitted receiving at least 200 tons of cocaine between 1994 and 1999 from Juarez cartel lieutenants in the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo and in Reynosa, south of Texas. Researchers with the University of Ottawa publish findings that the widely used weed killer atrazine affects the sexual development of frogs, raising questions...
With dogs running loose in some neighborhoods in town, the St. John city council Nov. 23 passed an ordinance which outlines the rules and requirements expected of owners of domestic pets. “I wouldn’t say we have any packs of wild dogs running around,” said Clerk Linda Hayes. “But we have received some complaints from neighbors in some parts of town.” The new ordinance also applies to cats and any other domestic animals. “We wanted to cover all the bases,” Hayes said, adding she had yet to receive a complaint about a nuisance cat. The ordinance... Full story
The Colfax chapter of P.E.O. is presenting its biannual Christmas Tree Tour on Sunday, December 13 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Four homes will be open for Christmas tree viewing, with refreshments served from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church on South Mill Street. In addition to the tour, the group will also offer plates of holiday cookies for sale at the church. Tickets are $5 and are available from P.E.O. members, Tick’s, Cottage Gate, and Flowers and More. On the day of the tour, tickets will also be available at the open homes, a... Full story
The city of Palouse is trimming back on several corners of the city’s 2010 budget, tightening its belt because of the ongoing recession. The city expects to spend roughly $400,000 less in 2010 than it spent in 2009. This is a 20 percent cut in expenditures, said city clerk Joyce Beeson. The expected expenditures for 2010 are $1,438,590, compared to the budgeted 2009 expenditures of $1,810,305. Budgeted revenue for 2009 was $2,242,935 and the budgeted revenue for 2010 is $1,863,415. That drop is largely because the city spent roughly $400,000 i...
Whitman County commissioners Monday renewed a contract with Washington State University’s extension service for 2010. Under terms of the contract, the county will pay $39,615 to help fund the salaries of Extension agents Janet Schmidt and Steve Van Vleet. The university will pick up the remainder of their salaries and will pay benefits. The 2010 contracted amount is the same rate as the county paid in 2009. Commissioner Greg Partch expressed concern that the state’s $2.7 billion deficit will mean greater cuts to the extension program. “I belie...
