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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. ROTARY GIVES $2,500 TO POOL Colfax Rotary Club will make a $2,500 donation to the drive to get the Colfax swim pool in operation this summer. Members of the club board approved the donation at their monthly meeting Monday. The donation will go toward the $32,000 in outside funds which will be required to get the pool up and operating this...
Oakesdale junior Wesley Castanon goes up against Pomeroy's Hogan Heytvelt for a rebound Jan. 6 in a 51-44 loss. The unbeaten Pomeroy boys arrived at Oakesdale Saturday evening, Jan. 6 and suited up to try to extend their streak against the Nighthawks (9-3, 4-2). With Pirates’ junior guard Jace Gwinn on the bench in streetclothes and a knee brace – the fourth-would-be returning starter from last year’s team that finished fifth in state – Pomeroy warmed up with last year’s Southeast 1B Player of...
Wilbur/Creston Wildcats nipped Tekoa/Rosaila in the Friday NE round with Layne Smith hitting a three-point shot in the final second. The Timberwolves were led by Craig Mueller who hit 16 against the Wildcats. Larry Frick hit 11. Saturday Springdale dropped the Timberwolves 65-48 in NE league action. Mueller hit 27 against the Chargers, and Garrett Naught hit 10. The twin league losses dropped TR to 2-8 in the season. Tuesday in a non-leaguer against SJELW, the Timberwolves rolled up a 52-24 win with Mueller hitting 13, and Billings hitting 12.... Full story
Oakesdale's Logan Reed takes the ball up the floor against Sydney Watko of Pomeroy Jan. 6. A big game looms Friday at home for the Oakesdale girls. Colton will arrive with an 11-1overall record, 6-0 in league for a matchup which Oakesdale may need to win to climb into the top two in league after a loss to Garfield-Palouse Dec. 8 and Pomeroy last Saturday, Jan. 6. In that game, the Nighthawks led 22-19 at halftime, then scored no points in the third quarter, losing 41-36. “The third quarter, t... Full story
-R.Jones photo Braedan Rogers of Colfax takes down Rainier’s Marq Jackson at Saturday’s mat tournament at Mary Walker High School in Springdale. Colfax wrestlers rolled up 141 points Saturday at Springdale to book their first tournament win of the year. The Bulldogs edged Liberty by a point to take the win. Rainier High School placed third at 126 and Wilbur/Creston finished fourth at 112. Colfax had four first-place winners with Nolan Burrill at 113, Chris Jones at 152, Travis Knauff at 160...
Jaydon Soncarty goes up for a shot in front of Kettle’s Tyson Learn Saturday at Colfax. Northwest Christian Crusaders will be at Colfax Friday night for the next round of NE action which will match teams from the north and south sides of the league. The Crusaders will make the Colfax stop after edging Asotin 82-78 Friday in an offensive explosion which went into overtime Colfax, now 7-1 in league play, will host the Crusaders after booking a split on the weekend. The boys sustained a 54-35 l...
Piper Cai of Colfax found a clear lane to the hoop in Saturday’s league game with Springdale at Colfax. Shyah Antoine and Carmen Gfeller are tracking Cai, and Jocelyn Glover is at left for the Chargers After scoring just 15 points in the first half Friday at St. George’s, the Colfax girls hit the ignition switch and launched a 13-point comeback in the second half to take the lead. The comeback ended when the Dragons’ Mia Smith hit a foul shot for the one-point escape by the hosts. Colfax and St.... Full story
The City of Tekoa hired Steve Haxton of Tekoa as its new building inspector at the Jan. 2 city council meeting. Haxton takes over for Zach Lanham, who submitted a letter in November saying he would like to vacate the position. The city interviewed three candidates Dec. 28....
Port of Whitman commissioners followed their annual practice of changing board positions at their first meeting of the year, Jan. 4. Commissioner Tom Kammerzell moved into the president’s seat with newly-elected Kristine Meyer becoming vice-president. John Love, who had been filling the president role, moved over to secretary. The port will have a joint meeting with county commissioners Feb. 5 at the Whitman County Courthouse at 3 p.m....
A free four-week workshop is open to adults age 18 and older who are concerned about falls. Classes will be Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 23 through Feb. 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Pioneer Square Apartments social room, 220 SE Kamiaken Street, Pullman. Participants can learn how to reduce fear of falling, safely increase activity levels, improve strength and balance, view falls as controllable and assess and their environment for fall risks Pre-registration is required: Call 509-332-0365 or 800-873-5889, or register by email at...
An account in last week’s Gazette incorrectly implied county commissioners had lifted a freeze on job re-classifications. At their Jan. 2 meeting, commissioners approved correcting of job titles submitted by the county auditor that were now misclassified due to the individual’s duties changing. According to Commissioner Art Swannack, there is still a freeze on classifications for county positions. Commissioners changed the misclassifications, but did not lift the freeze. Commissioners chose to take no action on at least one of the aud...
Colfax city crew members Monday removed decorative lights and illuminated snowflakes from city streetlight standards as part of the rollup after the holiday season....
Gazette Meyer Whitman County commissioners decided to keep their same committee assignments for 2018, often the case from year to year for work which takes them to meetings around eastern Washington and to Olympia on state legislature matters. Each commissioner serves on about 30 committees apiece, selected by factors such as location, interest and inheritance. For example, of location, Commissioner Art Swannack of Lamont serves on the Martin Hall Juvenile Facilities Consortium, which meets in...
Colfax school Monday at its first meeting of the new year approved an attorney fee schedule for the February bond proposal, a few standard curriculum policy updates and heard about plans for the next month. The meeting opened with comments from Superintendent Jerry Pugh. “The positive thing is we came back from break and haven’t had a snow day yet,” he said. “If you remember last year...” He then mentioned the high school art exhibit at the Colfax Library and how Pugh has been talking to people...
Emma and Lisa Klaveano Mother-daughter team Lisa and Emma Klaveano are gearing up for weddings, parties and more with the Palouse Knot Barn on SR 272 east of Colfax. “We’re good to go in June,” said Emma of the venue location. Lisa and her boyfriend bought the property in March. They were looking for a place big enough to fit their combined seven children and the large 1919 barn came with it. They bought the property from the Buris who had the barn listed on the heritage barn register and gave i...
A collection of boys lines up during half time of the Colfax versus Kettle Falls game Saturday to take a shot from the freethrow line. A standard ritual, they young athletes pay a dollar to take a shot from the freethrow line and, if successful, get to select a soda as their prize....
Palouse Lions Club will give a $1,500 scholarship for one boy and one girl from Garfield/Palouse High School for the class of 2018. The money was raised from the annual Community Christmas board sign at the entrance to town on Highway 27. It displays names for a $10 minimum donation. The two $1,500 scholarships mark the second year of a high total for the Christmas board. The money raised this year exceeded $3,000, allowing the Lions to cover expenses of the project, which Treasurer Loren Estes estimated at $250 in paint and sending out...
Moscow triple-murderer John Lee’s motion to withdraw his guilty pleas was denied Tuesday by Judge John Stegner at Moscow, Lee murdered Moscow residents David Trail, Belinda Niebuhr and Terry Grzebielski in the early afternoon of January 10, 2015, and led officers on a high speed car chase that ended on Highway 195 south of Steptoe. He spent his first days of incarceration in Whitman County before he was extradited to Idaho. Lee pleaded guilty to three counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated battery in March of 2016 and was s... Full story
Whitman Hospital and Medical Center welcomed Kiersten Leigh Hornbaker as the first baby of 2018 Jan. 4 at six pounds, 15 ounces. Parents are Katy Bittle of Colfax and Kyle Hornbaker of Ketchikan, Alaska. Kiersten joins brother Casey and sister Avah Bittle. Maternal grandparents are Jim and Laura Ryan of Colfax. Paternal grandparents are Roy and Tammy Hornbaker of Ketchikan, Alaska. As the first of baby the year, Kiersten was awarded a wagon full of goodies from the hospital and...
Grant County has signed a two year contract to house its youth at Martin Hall, the juvenile detention center at Medical Lake. The facility was constructed and is overseen by a consortium comprised of Adams, Asotin, Douglas, Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and Whitman counties. “It will be beneficial to the consortium because it will bring in more revenue,” said Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack, who is a board member for Martin Hall. The consortium was created in 1996, wit...
The 2018 forecast for Whitman County’s Public Works department includes road projects, bridge work, and continuing enhancements and maintenance at the county landfill site. On county roads, phase four of the extensive Almota Road reconstruction may or may not happen this year – late summer or fall – as steps remain unrealized, including a final design, approval by the state and federal government and right-of-way purchases. The right-of-way matter involves the county needing to buy certa... Full story
Sandy Jamison of Garfield, Republican, announced her plan to run for Whitman County Auditor Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Whitman County GOP crab feed. “I’m ready to do it,” she told the Gazette Monday. “I’m ready to be a public servant.” Incumbent Eunice Coker has announced plans to retire when she finishes her term at the end of this year. In a press release Jamison stated, “I firmly believe that it’s important to positively immerse myself into my community as a public servant – and I think being...
--Eric Weitz photo Fog starts to lift from the relatively calm waters of an enshrouded Rock Lake on Saturday, Jan. 6.... Full story
