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The annual holiday concert choir Monday night at the Colfax High School auditorium featured Christmas tunes performed by the CHS concert choir and the Jennings choir for sixth through eighth grades. The concert choir, above, opened the program in traditional robes and then made a change into sleepware for a musical rendition of “The Night Before Christmas.” Both groups took to the stage at the end of the program to lead a sing-a-long with the audience. At left, the young voices of the Jennings choir blend in a selection of seasonal tun...
Thrifty Grandmothers Colfax Thrifty Grandmothers club conducted their annual Christmas luncheon Monday with 23 ladies in attendance. Donations have steadily been coming through the front door of their re-located site in the former Deacons Medical Equipment store. Disbursements for the past few months are as follows: Regular monthly donation to Whitman County Chaplaincy; $1,000 to F.I.S.H; $5,000 in scholarships to area high school graduates; $500 to Community Action for school supplies; $60 to a Boy Scouts Eagle Scout project; $1,000 to Colfax... Full story
Life in the county jail is expected be a little more comfortable next year after Whitman County commissioners Monday gave the go-ahead for a project to install a new heating and air conditioning system. Facilities Manager Bob Reynolds will work with energy company McKinstry to purchase the new system. Estimates Monday put the price tag at $574,000. The jail HVAC is part of a series of capital projects commissioners have planned for next year. Also on the list is a new $132,000 air conditioning system for the information technology building,...
Week of Dec. 19-23 At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice. Monday: Grilled cheese, tomato soup Tuesday: Cooks choice Wednesday: No School Thursday: No School Friday: No School JES Monday: BBQ chicken on bun, oven fries baby carrots, fruit Tuesday: Cooks choice Wednesday: No School Thursday: No School Friday: No School At Garfield/Palouse... Full story
Indigent veterans in Whitman County were given $3,926.84 in aide by commissioners Monday morning. Roy Lord, adjutant for the Codd-French American Legion Post in Colfax, said the money was used to bring a pair of veterans current on their rent. “The important thing here today is that we helped keep two veterans from being evicted from their homes,” said Lord, who asked the veterans not be named, though Commissioner Greg Partch read their names aloud while reviewing the payments. Almost half of the payments went to one veteran whom Lord said is...
A leftover pumpkin encased in the icy Palouse River provides a lone reminder of the tenth Haunted Palouse, held in October. A cold coyote peers at the camera from a frosted hilltop south of Dusty. Frost covers winter wheat growing in a field near St. John.... Full story
Whitman County officials are beginning anew efforts to redraw voting district lines. The process began in late 2009, and county officials have been figuring out how best to undertake the task since then. They are now inching closer to the deadline. “We lost a lot by messing around and wasting time with WSU,” said Auditor Eunice Coker. Washington State University earlier this year put out an $18,000 proposal to adjust those boundaries. The county and Pullman had considered splitting that cost, but Pullman opted out when it found it cheaper to...
Larry Morbeck, Gene Dixon and John Morbeck (in right photograph) look on at the “Home of the Free, Because of the Brave” assembly honoring veterans Dec. 8 at Colton. The assembly at Colton High School announced a year-long project to document area veterans in a book. Funded by a $500 grant from the Colton Education Association, the community history project will also include fundraisers to send one local veteran on an Honor Flight to visit the war memorials in Washington, D.C. The Morbeck brothers and Dixon served in the Army during the Kor...
The reason we love the classic Christmas specials so much isn’t just that we watched them as kids. It ‘s also that the kids in them are kids. They do stuff. They make stuff. They go outside and chop themselves a tree or deliver medicine for the pharmacist or even lick a flagpole, instead of sitting in the back seat watching “SpongeBob Square Pants” as Mom drives them to basketball practice. Obviously these fictional characters are just that—fictional—but yes, Virginia, there were kids who made their own fun. I swear it! But when’s the... Full story
Colfax For a “lift your spirits” experience, take time to visit Hill Ray Plaza, during the holidays. Come see for your self how beautiful the decorations are. They serve as a great backdrop for the many social events catered at Hill Ray. We have held the custodial position for 14 years at Hill Ray Plaza. This year the ladies council under the leadership of Virginia Sanders have outdone themselves. Our hats are off to the ladies! Russ and Penny Gay,...
A special session in Olympia was called to balance the state budget. The legislature was tasked with cutting about $1.4 billion. The session will end this week, but the goal will not be met. Only $480 million will be trimmed. The measure for these cuts was overwhelmingly passed in the House. As of this writing, it still needs to be passed in the Senate. Then, if approved, it will go to the governor for signing. This special session was intended to solve the state’s financial crisis, but the real work is still ahead. Optimists say the budget w...
ITEM - Herman Cain has suspended his campaign for president following revelation of a 13 year friendship with a woman his wife wasn’t even aware he knew. COMMENT - His sudden dip in the polls was not so much the result of a belief he engaged in inappropriate behavior with women other than his wife but the fact that he was revealing as his campaign progressed that he didn’t know diddley squat about foreign affairs which are in the president’s bailiwick. ITEM - Critics pointed out that President Obama’s Thanksgiving message to Americans had no...
W. Bruce Cameron My body believes a famine is imminent and has begun stocking up on provisions. These supplies are being stored around my waistline. I’ve tried explaining to my stomach that this is entirely unnecessary: I’ve never once, not even when I was in college and more broke than the EU, done any actual starving. In fact, in college I sometimes took in so many calories (in the form of fermented beverages) that my stomach occasionally sent them back. Why are we saving them now? It’s because it is the holidays. You see, most people gain...
Bulldog Blu Cru goes all out Colfax students and cheerleaders go all-out Friday night with football player Jaime Bledsoe leading a routine. The home opener featured a visit by the Freeman Scotties. Another home round will be Tuesday night when Kettle Falls visits....
1. LITERATURE: Who wrote the “Little House on the Prairie” book series? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the official animal of Oklahoma? 3. HISTORY: By what other name did Southerners refer to the Battle of Bull Run? 4. PERSONALITIES: What was the first name of pirate Captain Kidd? 5. MOVIES: The film “Schindler’s List” won how many Oscars? 6. GEOGRAPHY: What is the approximate total square mileage of land in Hong Kong? 7. TELEVISION: Who played the character of Norm on “Cheers”? 8. INVENTIONS: What did Robert Goddard develop in1926? 9. U....
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. RITES SET FOR COMMISSIONER WIDOWS Two long-time county residents who were widows of former Whitman County commissioners have died. Aileen Henley, 89, a long-time resident of Hay, died last Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at Whitman Health and Rehab in Colfax. A memorial service will be Dec. 28 at 1:30 p.m. in the LaCrosse Methodist Church. A native of...
• It was American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison who made the following sage observation: “Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.” • If you’re planning a trip to Peru to ring in the new year, you might want to bring along some yellow underwear. In that country it’s considered lucky to wear it on the first day of the new year. • Another story to add to the file on clueless criminals: In 2010, two men in Portland, Ore., went to a supermarket and started removing price tags from...
After knocking heads with two NE-A teams and losing Thursday and Friday, the Colfax Bulldog girls went to Liberty Tuesday and booked their first league win, a 49-11 munch over a young Liberty team which has been taking its lumps this year. Colfax Coach Cory Baerlocher said the Bulldogs “took the air out of the ball” in the second half when they launched just 16 shots. “I’ve been on the other side in these situations,” he noted. The league win came after the Bulldogs battled Lakeside at Nine Mile where they bowed to the Eagles 48-37. In the ho...
Favorites going into the season, Colton’s hardcourt heroes played up to their role, posting a pair of league wins over the past week. The Wildcats’ one-two punch of point guard Josh Straughan and center Dustin Patchen led the way to an 81-44 blowout of Pomeroy Friday night at home. Straughan put up a game-high 22 points and added 10 assists, most of which went to Patchen who canned 20 points. Patchen added 12 rebounds, but younger brother Dalton Patchen tallied a game-high 14. Mitch Ruchert had 11 to top the Pirates. Straughan took on the fac...
After a first weekend of one-sided scores in the SE girls race, early leaders will collide this weekend. First collision will be at Rosalia where the Tekoa/Oakesdale Nighthawks will visit. Both teams will take to the court with 2-0 SE league records. The Nighthawks dropped SJE 59-46 in the first round Friday at Tekoa with Alexandria Overton dropping 20 points. Saturday at Garfield the ‘hawks crunched the GP Vikings 46-27 with Courtenay Perry hitting 11. Rosalia will host with its own 2-0 mark posted on road trips south of the Snake River in t...
Three Bulldog wrestlers booked four for five Tuesday night on the home mats with Pullman, Garfield/Palouse and Freeman wrestlers as guests. The match was the first of three home shows for the Colfax mat team. Colfax Coach Dennis Gransbery said the Bulldog lineup could go up to eight wrestlers after the Christmas break as more Bulldog recruits log the required practices to get on the roster. Heavyweight Daython Maltone won his division of the big Potlatch tournament Saturday with a first-round pin of Ty Paul of Moscow. He compiled a 3-1 run in... Full story
St. John “He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good...” Santa Claus: kindly old elf or CIA operative? Toni Nave, “Oh I would say the CIA. Climbing into my house in the middle of the night. Who does that?” Joe Cole, Colfax “He’s a kindly old elf. A CIA spook would be out to get you for money. The tooth fairy, that’s another story.” Janel Goebel, Colfax “A kindly old elf. No question....
7-Trapper Askins pinned Preston Gibson-F, 1:42, 2nd. 113-Derek Jace-P pinned Isiah Crane-F, 3rd. 126-Preston Hoppman-F pinned Jamie Wolsburn-P, :25, 1st. 126-Jake Hansen-F pinned Jeramie McGill-P, 52.5, 1st. 145-Carlos Rodriguez-P pinned Austin Stark-F, 1:52, 1st. 126-Bailey Poitra-P over Konner Forsberg-F, 9-0. 126-Roman Goseman-P pinned Andy Mitchell-F, 19.6, 1st. 145-Austin Smith-Bartleett-F pinned Carlos ‘Rodriquez-P, 54.5, 1st. 152-Branon Arneson-C pinned Bailey Poitra-P, 1:23, third. 170-Markus Goldbach-F over Justin King-C, 5-4. 1...
1. Who is the only second baseman in major-league history to post five consecutive 30-homer seasons? 2. Seattle pitcher Felix Hernandez was 24 years old when he reached 1,000 career strikeouts in 2010. Name the three younger hurlers to reach 1,000 K’s. 3. In 2010, Indianapolis tied an NFL mark for most consecutive playoff appearances (nine). Who else holds the mark? 4. When was the last time before 2011 that the University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team reached the Final Four? 5. In 2010-11, two Vezina Trophy (NHL’s top goalten... Full story
Colfax River’s Edge 4H club Nov. 12 raked eight yards to raise funds for their club. New officers are Ben Ahmann, president; Nicole Jarosch, vice president; Clare Jacobs, secretary; Spencer McKee, treasurer; Dominic Treis, reporter, and Emily Cook, historian. They discussed the 4H achievement program. The club won the blue ribbon for premium points at the fair. Their donation to the Fair Foundation Auction will be a coffee and tea basket. Next meeting will be Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. in the Public Service Building in Colfax. For information please c...
