Serving Whitman County since 1877
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NOTICE TO VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS Whitman County, Washington is soliciting vendors and contractors for placement on the following lists: 1) General Government - Office/Data Processing Equipment 2) General Government - Building Maintenance/Park and Recreation 3) General Government - Professional Services 4) Public Works Department - Materials, Equipment, Supplies, Etc. 5) Public Works Department - Contractors 6) Public Works Department - Professional Services Whitman County maintains current rosters of vendors and contractors from which...
Dahmen shows plein air art "On The Road Again - Palouse backroads and byways en plein air” is the title of the winter exhibit at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. The exhibit opens today, Thursday, and runs through Feb. 26. The opening reception will be held Sunday, Jan. 8, from 1 to 3 p.m. Plein air painting is a phrase borrowed from the French equivalent meaning "open (in full) air". It is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Six artists who have named themselves "Group Six" will display paintings of local s...
Thursday, Jan. 5 Colfax, LaCrosse, Malden and Tekoa – Preschool Programs – Social time for kids and parents with play, singing, crafts and storytelling. Visit the online calendar for times. Golf Course in Colfax – 6 p.m. – Trivia Night and Spaghetti Dinner – The Golf Course is hosting a spaghetti dinner at 6 p.m. for $8 with trivia at 6:30 p.m. Call 397-2122 to RSVP for dinner. Friday, Jan. 6 Colfax, Endicott, Malden and St. John – Early Learning Program – Social time for kids, parents and caretakers with play, singing, crafts, and storytell...
New members are sought for Whitman County's solid waste advisory committee which meets once per quarter on a Tuesday afternoon at the Public Service building in Colfax. “We're trying to drum up business because we have a couple issues we'd like to have input on,” said Mark Storey, Whitman County Public Works director. These issues include creation of a new five-year solid waste management plan and a new operating plan, being worked on now by David Nails, the county's Solid Waste and Recycling director. “We would like to have someone from each...
Anyone looking to take a trip to Pullman for a meal soon might want to look toward the end of the month. Pullman Chamber of Commerce and Association Students of Washington State University (ASWSU) are teaming up to bring a week of restaurant deals to Pullman. Restaurant week is booked for Sunday, Jan. 22, through Thursday, Jan. 26. Participating restaurants will offer discounts and deals during that time. Full menus and discounts are expected to be announced within two weeks. The discounts will be available for dine-in customers. Participating...
Dusty Lelia and Keith Zaring were hosts for many guests over the holiday season. Henry Zaring, Clovis Air Base, had a 10-day leave he spent with his grandparents. Christmas day guests included nieces Kathy Clark and Lynn Knott, Colfax; grandsons Zach Zaring, Colfax and Austin Zaring and friend Julia, Pullman; sons Roger and Peggy Zaring, Dusty, and Paul and Traci Zaring and Angie, Tri-Cities. Henry’s former school friends Austin and Trent of the Tri-Cities came to visit him during his leave. Also, Henry’s father and step-mother stayed unt...
Sara Joplin, left, and Daquarii Rock purchased the former Seasons Restaurant space in Pullman and are opening an event center there. A historic house and one-time restaurant in Pullman will re-open its doors to the public this weekend for an open house. The house has been vacant for more than 15 years. The Seasoned House, first constructed 125 years ago in 1892 – the earliest days of Washington State College – served as a parsonage to two churches formerly located on the property. In 1970, Sea...
Ronda and Dave Winstead have been married for 28 years. The couple has lived in Whitman County for six years. Trading the big city for a smaller town life, Ronda Winstead and her husband Dave moved to Pullman about six-and-a-half years ago when Dave’s job brought them here. “We came from the Denver area,” Ronda said. “It’s a lot smaller here!” A small city was not entirely unfamiliar to Ronda, though. She grew up in a small town in Utah, and she found the return to a smaller community a...
GARY ALLEN KNEALE Gary Allen Kneale, 75, Colfax, died in Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 17, 2016. Born in Colfax April 16, 1941, to Jim and Lila Emerson Kneale, he was raised in the LaCrosse area where his family farmed. Gary graduated in 1958 from LaCrosse High School after skipping a class in elementary school. He attended Washington State University for one year before returning to work on the family farm. He and Myrna Miller of Colfax were married Nov. 16, 1963, and they raised three children and farmed in the Wilcox area for many years before...
8 years ago The Commoner Jan. 1, 1892 The Agricultural College and School and Science will be opened on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1892. A thorough course of preparation for the college will be given in the following branches: English Grammar, Arithmetic, Algebra, Physiology, Orthography, Penmanship, United States History, Elocution, Physical Geography and Book-keeping. Students will be received and classified in the college classes and instruction given to them. Tuition is free in all the departments in the college. Any person 14 years of age, and...
The Secretary of State’s elections division last week released statistics on voting age population relating to the November General Election. The state estimates 5,557,921 residents make up the state’s voting age population, and nearly 77 percent of those are registered (4,270,270). Among registered voters, nearly 79 percent submitted ballots for the General Election (3,363,440). Compared to the voting age population, though, approximately 60.5 percent of the state turned out. The elections division also broke down the vote by age and gen...
Whitman County Public Works Tuesday extended its fuel contract with Busch Distributors for 2017. Public Works Director Mark Storey reported to county commissioners the agreement has no change for the new year. The contract continues with Busch selling fuel for 13.5 cents per gallon delivered over rack price. “It’s 50-60 cents lower than the price at the pump,” Storey said....
The new year in the County Parks department promises a mix of completion of old work and new projects. First on the list is to finish the roof replacement on the shelter at Wawawai Park, a project begun last summer to put a new metal roof on the 1978 structure. After fall weather shut down the work, County Parks board members and staff expect to be out there when weather breaks to put in an estimated week’s work to finish the gentle slope of the roof. The project was separated into two s...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Heather Lee Marney, 43, and Lynda Anne Darnell, 51, both Pullman, Dec. 28. REAL ESTATE SALES Marjory McReynolds, Pullman, to Jack and Patricia Nelson, Pullman, house on Footloose Drive, Pullman, $162,000, Nov. 28. Derek Harris and Aubree Mills, Pullman, to Nathan Chapman, house on SW Mies Street, Pullman, $222,000, Nov. 28. Darlene Seward to Albert and Karen Curtis, ag land in Jones Road area east of Lancaster, $414,000, Nov. 30. John and Schurie Harrison, Santa Clara, Calif., to Craig McConnel, Bellevue, house on Sumner...
The number of police officers shot and killed last year rose dramatically. So did the number of assaults on cops and the stress under which they work. That trend ought to concern every American because violence impacts our neighborhoods, schools and where we work and shop. Ask any realtor and they will tell you that safe streets and good schools are top of mind among renters and home buyers. Officers Down, the group sponsoring the national law enforcement memorial, reported that 140 officers died in the line of duty in 2016. Gunfire claimed...
Required English? A century ago Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed that people who came to America and wanted to become citizens must be fluent in English. He had a strong belief that language is what binds a country together. The fight for having English as our official language became more serious in 1968. La Raza, an organization that wants us to be multi-lingual which is backed by the blue party, was formed that year. Finally, a Hawaiian senator organized U.S. English in 1983. They presented congress with a resolution in 1996. A poll was taken to...
My loyal readers, both of them, possibly remember that I've long championed some outside-the-box ways to reduce the deficit before we're overwhelmed with national debt. High on the list is naming rights. Our agencies could rake in billions of dollars by allowing corporations and other deep-pocketed special interests to hang their logos on our buildings. It would be a symbol not only of the oligarchs' patriotism, but a way of showing that they've totally taken over and will direct the policies developed inside. In spite of the obvious merit of t...
Donald Trump was supposed to take over the Republican Party, but the question going forward will be whether the Republican Party takes over him. So far the early legislative agenda of Republicans after the Trump revolution is shaping up to be what you would have expected prior to the Trump revolution. It's a cookie-cutter GOP program that any Republican who ran for president in the past 40 years would feel comfortable signing, with its prospective centerpiece being another round of across-the-board tax cuts. This is why the Democratic approach...
Remember the lady who was burned by McDonald’s coffee when the cup tipped over and the coffee spilled on her lap? She sued the fast-food giant for injuries. To the surprise of many, she won a massive award, apparently because nobody had told her that fresh coffee might be hot. Now, some grieving parents are suing the computer company Apple. In 2014, this couple was hit from behind by a 20-year-old driver on a Texas highway. The man was traveling at approximately 65 miles an hour. He was allegedly chatting on FaceTime, the two-way visual c...
A Colfax crew loads ice and compacted snow from the parking lanes on Main Street in a dump truck to be hauled away. These reports are from the previous three 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. DRIFTS CLOSE HIGHWAYS Two area highways were closed Monday morning by the Department of Transportation because of blowing snow. Highway 261 between Ritzville and Washtucna was...
Oakesdale junior Madison Shrope scores two in a win over Valley Christian Tuesday....
-- Jerry Morse photo Colton senior Grant Kinzer passes the ball in a 66-45 win over Prescott Dec. 17 in Colton. It may be the task of the Southeast 1B league this winter: to control Mason Bates. The Garfield/Palouse 6'2”, 260-pound senior is the only Vikings player who started last year. Now he leads the team in scoring and rebounding as they carry an early lead in Southeast 1B league standings. “He's our leader this year, and he's doing a good job of it,” said coach Steve Swinney, who guide...
-- Jerry Morse photo Sophomore guard Jordan Moehrle shows a soft touch in a 90-13 win over Prescott Dec. 17 in Colton. Play resumed for Southeast 1B league girls teams this week with a handful of games. Oakesdale 57, Valley Christian 23 A 20-point night from Jacey Johnson led to a Nighthawks win over non-league Valley Christian Tuesday night. Phoebe Trigsted scored 11 points to lead Valley Christian. Pomeroy 57, St. John/Endicott 19 Alynn Harder led St. John/Endicott with seven points in a...
Colfax and Garfield/Palouse wrestlers are scheduled to head for Liberty today for a NE league meet after competing in back-to-back tournaments during the Christmas break. Friday the team entered the Freeman Winter Classic which had a lineup of 17 teams topped by big-school teams in the Spokane and north Idaho areas. Colfax scored 17 team points in a meet which saw University of Spokane Valley win with 194 team points. Deer Park finished second, just one point behind University, and host Freeman finished third with 149 points. Colfax was the lon...
Colfax boys start the hoop swing through the NE teams on the north side as the co-leader from the south side with a 4-1 mark. The Bulldogs are slated to roll to Colbert Friday to play Northwest Christian. They will return home Saturday where they are scheduled to play Wilbur/Creston. Colfax over the next three weeks will play all six of the teams on the north side before starting the last league lap, another five-game run of the south side. Friday's host, Northwest Christian, is rolling on a 5-0 record on the north side. They have three...
