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Craig Morris, USDA Western Wheat Quality Laboratory director, at WSU site where researchers bake as many as 4,000 Japanese sponge cakes per year. Alicia Kiszonas, research biologist, traces a concept at the lab. A new falling numbers test machine arrived two weeks ago. Lijia Zhu, a post-doctoral student in the WSU-University of Idaho shared School of Food Science takes test tubes of wheat samples for a falling numbers test Nov. 11. USDA researchers at WSU are moving toward conclusion on two...
Colton senior Brady Chadwick throws for a few of his 574 yards and seven touchdowns last Friday in the 1B state quarterfinal. Still unbeaten Sunnyside Christian advanced. Colton drove. With 1:49 remaining in the fourth quarter, ball on their own nine-yard line, Colton trailed 60-58 in a state 1B quarterfinal game. On turf, under lights at Grandview High School, Wildcats quarterback Brady Chadwick threw to Grant Kinzer, who broke deep into Sunnyside Christian territory – the unbeaten Southeast 1...
Sonja Hall stands inside the store she opened in Garfield on May Day this year, in a former storage room of Mitz’s Cabinets. The break came one February night at Grumpy’s in Garfield. Sonja Hall was at the bar talking about her two-year effort to find a space to rent to start a convenience store. Craig Mitzimberg overheard. “I’ll rent you a space,” said the co-owner of Mitz’s Cabinets. Later, a deal was made, and on May Day this spring, Hall opened the “IN-Convenience Store” in a former storag...
The moment of victory in the Yakima SunDome last Saturday night: Jacey Johnson landed the last kill to sweep Pomeroy. With an enrollment of 38 high school students, Oakesdale is the back-to-back state 1B champion. They both swept to the final. But Oakesdale had swept them in the regular season and then swept them in the final. The Nighthawks are repeat 1B state champions, beating Pomeroy in three games Saturday night at the Yakima Valley SunDome. When the last Jacey Johnson kill bounced off a...
The Colfax School Board met Monday night with topics discussed including sports cooperatives and combines, the athletic complex and more. Superintendent Jerry Pugh opened the meeting with comments of appreciation for the newly-completed track, followed by a note on Colfax volleyball's fifth-place finish at state. “Successful run, not what we're used to in volleyball,” he said. “But the next day, they ran right through their two opponents ... it shows a lot of character.” He noted that wrestli... Full story
Palouse City Council will consider a revised ordinance at its Nov. 22 meeting as part of an effort to reduce speed limits coming into the town. The effort follows two accidents this fall on Highway 27 south of Palouse. At the Nov. 8 council meeting, representatives authorized a revision of a 1983 ordinance which set speeds for highways 27 and 272. The revision would call for a uniform highway speed of 25 miles per hour within city limits. Ultimately the change would need to be approved by Washin...
Malcolm Brooks jokes with the audience during his Colfax library appearance. The Montana author sold his acclaimed first novel after 20 years and three failed attempts. Set in a part of America you can drive through in daylight and feel fear – too long of spells on a straight road without seeing another car – Malcolm Brooks’ “Painted Horses” was the “Everybody Reads” book for 2016. Brooks appeared Tuesday at the Colfax library to read passages and answer questions about his eastern Monta... Full story
Gary Libey won this StanCraft wooden boat at the annual “Give Hunger the Bird” benefit in Hayden, Idaho, on Saturday. He also won a Porsche Macan S. On Tuesday he won election as new superior court judge in Whitman County, running unopposed. Last Saturday night his phone rang at home asking where he would like his boat and car delivered. Gary Libey of Colfax thought it was a prank or a scam, as noise obscured the other line. Someone at the annual “Give Hunger the Bird” benefit in Hayden,...
A rousing finish sends Colton, Pomeroy and Sunnyside Christian into the 1B football playoffs. Friday's matchups – which will lead to the final-eight state 1B brackets – include Colton vs. Inchelium, Pomeroy vs. Almira/Coulee/Hartline and Sunnyside Christian vs. Touchet. Colton 34, Touchet 30 Playing at home last Thursday night, Nov. 3, Colton had to win to make the playoffs. They delivered, beating Touchet to finish the regular season at 7-3 (4-2 in league). Quarterback Brady Chadwick went 36-...
Whitman County commissioners Monday approved a list of road safety work to be paid for with $750,000 from the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015. The list includes guardrails on a stretch of the Endicott-St. John Road and signage on 30 other county roads. Signs will include chevrons – square yellow signs with black pointers – and other curve warnings. Now approved, the project list will go out for bids, to be opened Dec. 5, with work planned for early next year. To decide on...
Colton coach Clark Vining and assistant Ben Aune talk to the team at Palouse Oct. 29. The Wildcats need to beat Touchet today to make the playoffs. In the last week of the regular season, unbeatean Sunnyside Christian leads the Southeast 1B league followed by Pomeroy (2-2 league), Colton (2-2) Gar/Pal (2-2) and Touchet (2-2). The tasks are set for Thursday night. To make the playoffs, Gar/Pal must win at Sunnyside Christian and Colton must beat Touchet at home. Pomeroy has already clinched at...
Representatives of the Washington state Department of Ecology will be in Garfield Wednesday for a look at the town's wastewater treatment plant following the hiring of a new operator. Reuel Klempel started two months ago, after a long process to find a Level II Operator which resulted in the threat of a fine from the DOE. “They're gonna see that we're in a lot better shape than we were,” said Mayor Ray McCown. “Everything is so much better.” Part of Klempel's work has included install...
The city of Palouse may be the next town for an electric charger as part of an Avista program to study energy use for electric and hybrid cars. “The city is putting in an application for a level-II charge site,” said Paul Kimmell, Avista's regional business manager. The cost-share pilot program offers installation of 120 electric-vehicle charging stations at homes and 80 public locations and businesses in Washington over two years. “It will enable Avista to study how managed charging can smoot... Full story
--Beth Casey photo Tim Casey with two students in Guinea, West Africa in 2014. A career with stops all over the world has come to Colton. Tim Casey, new principal of Colton/Uniontown school grades K-8, began in August after finishing his last job in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It was the latest in an international career started with a year in the Peace Corps followed by English-as-second-language teaching jobs from the Virgin Islands to Kirkland, Wash., to Ethiopia. “Now we've come home,” said Cas... Full story
The use of Farmington’s old Methodist church is up for discussion as town representatives consider an offer from Cody Lord, Farmington’s treasurer. Lord, a resident of Garfield, has made an offer to lease the church until 2024, at which time he would buy it for $35,000 – twice its current assessed value. The Farmington Town Council heard Lord’s proposal Oct. 17. His plan would be to spend a year repairing the building and then offer it as an event rental space, at least through the length... Full story
Twists and turns have come to Southeast 1B league football as key matchups of top contenders stack up at the end of the season. Last week, Pomeroy (5-3 overall, 2-1 league) – who was handled by Garfield/Palouse three weeks before – beat Touchet (2-4 overall, 1-2 league). Touchet then played at home last Friday and shut down Gar/Pal 42-14. Colton, another contender, lost narrowly against league-leader Sunnyside Christian (6-0, 3-0) last week and came home to lose to Pomeroy 38-18 in the mud. Two...
Colfax Junior-Senior High School Principal Carrie Lipe goes over state assessment data for the school board in Colfax. Colfax School Board Monday night heard input and made decisions on topics ranging from state assessment data to student transfers and board compensation. The meeting followed a work session with presentations by Colfax High School Principal Carrie Lipe and Jennings Elementary Principal Travis Howell regarding state testing assessments. Giving an overview of the data projected in...
A pie-making class Sept. 28 was the first culinary session offered in the new loafing shed at the Dahmen Barn The kitchen is in session. The new building at the Dahmen Barn, the loafing shed – named after its predecessor torn down at the site – was dedicated Oct. 9. The last part to be finished, the commercial kitchen, is now in use as the shed’s culinary arts program has begun. Classes started Sept. 28 with a slate to include “Secrets to a Stress-Free Thanksgiving” Nov. 2, taught by Jamie Cal...
Palouse has postponed its West Whitman Street project until next year. Palouse Public Works Superintendent Dwayne Griffin and Clerk-Treasurer Kyle Dixon met Oct. 11 with representatives from the Washington State Department of Transportation and Munir Daud, city engineer, and agreed on a plan to go out to bid in January. Originally set to be done this year, the project was held up due to a delay in final engineering designs and the weather. The work will ultimately include replacement of a 550-fo...
Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove is looking into requests for speed changes on the two state highways entering town. With requests to reduce the speed limit on Highway 27 toward Pullman and Highway 272 toward Potlatch, Echanove is trying to find out what the city's jurisdiction is. “I need to do my investigative work,” the mayor said. A change on Highway 27 at the south edge of Palouse has been denied by Washington State Department of Transportation. A 45-mile per hour segment changes to 55 at... Full story
The Palouse solar farm is taking shape, under construction since August, for a project that will power the city’s well No. 3. After groundbreaking, the site work has been completed and underground wiring installed. What remains to be done is installation of steel framing, the solar panels and invertors which convert solar energy to electricity. “It’s going according to schedule and should be up and going by the middle of November,” said Mike Fuentes, energy division manager at Apollo Solutio...
A change to the Washington state high school basketball tournaments will allow four more teams to make it to Spokane Arena. Since 2011, eight teams have advanced to each of Washington’s three-day championship sites. The new format will increase the entry to 12 with some teams getting a first-round bye and others facing a loser-out opening round game. The new tournament format, which takes effect in March, will add one day to the state 1B/2B event in Spokane with a first day on Wednesday. The W...
Colton quarterback Brady Chadwick looks downfield on homecoming Oct. 6 as the Eagles’ Bailey Hartman chases. Colton's Cameron Bean caught the ball, sidestepped a tackler and bolted for the endzone. St. John/Endicott/ LaCrosse's No. 10, Terrell Webb, ran at him with the angle inside the five-yard-line. Colton's Grant Kinzer arrived, dropped his shoulder and bam! No. 10 went sliding eight yards past the sideline. Laid on his back, he looked up at the sky. Bean, in the endzone, flipped the ball t... Full story
The Colfax School Board met Monday night. Topics discussed included approval of two Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA) policy updates, Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) testing, the upcoming WSSDA conference in Spokane, a report from a regional meeting in LaCrosse and an athletic complex update. The meeting opened with Jerry Pugh, superintendent, reporting on homecoming week activities and the start of contract negotiations with classified workers. “We had a great s...
Negotiations between Colfax School District administration and the classified employee's union began Wednesday, Oct. 5. School Supt. Jerry Pugh and Business Manager Reece Jenkin met with union representatives Rhonda Pittman and Sandy Heilsberg in an effort to negotiate a new contract. Last spring, as the current three-year contract had expired, the two sides agreed to extend the contract until a new deal could be negotiated this fall. “It'll be retroactive, probably,” Pugh commented. Bus dri...
