County financial statement ready for state audit

Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker pressed the send button Tuesday afternoon to ship out the county’s 2010 financial statement to state auditors, making the May 31 deadline for the first time since 2003.

“It’s a big red letter day for Whitman County,” said Commissioner Greg Partch. “We’ve done an amazing thing here.”

Partch said Tuesday was the end of his own personal Groundhog Day, referencing the Bill Murray movie in which Murray’s character wakes up to find the same day repeating itself. For Partch, hearing each year since 2003 that the statement would not meet the state deadline was his v...