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Arlene L. Eich A memorial service for Arlene L Eich, 85, a long-time resident of Lacey, will be at the Community Center in Garfield Saturday, Jan. 9, at 11 a.m. She died Dec. 17, 2009, at Providence St. Peters Hospital in Olympia. She lived for approximately 30 years in Seattle and Lacey. Born in Garfield, Dec. 16, 1924, to Foy and Pearl Marple Trimble, she was raised in the Garfield area and graduated from Garfield High School. The family lived at Garfield until the early 1960s and then moved to Wenatchee. She was preceded in death by her... Full story
Colton girls hammered Tri-Cities Prep 85-22 at Pasco to move their record to 7-0 Tuesday when Whitman clubs rolled into action after the holiday break. The Wildcats shut out the Jaguars 23-0 in the first quarters to set the tone. Other action saw the Rosalia girls down Garfield/Palouse 36-23 at Garfield, and the LaCrosse/Washtucna Tigercats nip Pomeroy 28-26 at Washtucna. The Tigercats hosted the Pirates after defeating Odessa 40-13 last Wednesday in the second round of the Dayton tournament. Gladys Martinez led the T-cats with 15 against the...
Senior Kayleigh Maltone of the Bulldogs goes up for a bucket against Jordan Reckord's block for Liberty late in the girls game Tuesday at Colfax. Maltone led the Bulldogs in rebounding. After sustaining two big defeats at the SunDome shoot-out in Yakima, the Colfax girls returned to the Bi-County neighborhood and rolled out two big wins Saturday and Tuesday. They hammered Liberty 55-37 on the home court Tuesday after dropping Northwest Christian at Colbert 52-26 Saturday. The two league wins puts Colfax at 5-0 in league play. They play at...
Assignment to the 1B classification for the next two sports years came as a bit of a surprise for Pomeroy, but the district decided in advance to accept the change if it happened. Pomeroy landed in the 1B division, which will mean a switch to eight man football, after the Washington Interscholastic Activities Associations made its cuts following a Dec. 16 deadline. “I’ve been watching this since last spring,” Pomeroy Athletic Director Tim Burt said. He added he expected Pomeroy would be just over the maximum for 1B and be assigned for 2B for th...
1. U.S. STATES: What state lies directly north of Wyoming? 2. LITERATURE: Who was Sherlock Holmes’ archenemy? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the traditional birthstone for April? 4. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the fear represented by “monophobia”? 5. MUSIC: What 1990s rock band had a hit album titled “Nevermind”? 6. GEOGRAPHY: What is the longest suspension bridge in the United States? 7. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Who once said, “You can observe a lot by just watching”? 8. MOVIES: Who won the Oscar for best actress in 1978? 9. TELEVISION: What was the name... Full story
Steven Griffin of the Vikings goes inside the block of Jim Maley to shoot a short jumper Tuesday night in the league battle at Garfield. Rosalia improved its record to 11-0 on the season Tuesday night with a 54-24 dismantling of Garfield/ Palouse in the Garfield gym. The Vikes met their home fate without Coach Tim Coles who was ejected early in the first quarters after successive T calls. Coles erupted after a blocking call on a Viking defender with the Spartans up 5-0. Spartan Zach St. John sank three off the four free throws of the technical...
Colfax Bulldogs finished up with 53 points last Wednesday to place seventh at the Pomeroy Christmas Tournament. Kittitas wrestlers rolled all the way from the middle of the state and stacked up an impressive 224 points to take the team honors. The K club took seven weight championships. Host Pomeroy finished with 182 team points and three championships for second place. The Bulldogs were scheduled to depart today for Reardan to compete in an NE League meet and Saturday they are booked in the Warden Invitational. St. John/Endicott finished with... Full story
Colfax senior Brandon Hoadley goes up and over Liberty's Dylan Salisbury Tuesday night at Colfax in an attempt to reel in a rebound. Defense played a part of the big Colfax win in the Bi-County league round. Colfax boys Tuesday night put together a strong defensive game to power past the Liberty Lancers 59-23 on the home gym. The big win over the Lancers followed a 28-48 loss Saturday night to Northwest Christian, the defending state champs. The league split leaves the Bulldogs at 3-2 in league play with Colfax due at Odessa Friday and a trip...
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. Ordinance ends city hall cut A plan to close Colfax City Hall on Fridays in 2010 ended after one day when Councilman David Nails Monday night pointed out the move violates the city’s ordinance book. Nails cited the number of the ordinance and read it. The ordinance states city hall will operate from 8 to 5 on all weekdays except holidays. C...
Colfax pep band, under the direction of Mike Morgan, came out of the Christmas break in fine form Tuesday to play for Colfax and Liberty fans. The band returned to their pep band tunes after entertaining fans with a few holiday songs before the Christmas break.... Full story
THURSDAY The U.S. Labor Department reports the number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week to the lowest level since the week of July 19, 2008. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped to 432,000 from 454,000 the previous week. A federal judge threw out all charges against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina said prosecutors had misused statements the men made to State Department investigators under a...
Prosecutor Denis Tracy said crimes may begin to be prosecuted less vigorously if Whitman County’s budget woes continue. Because of the county’s sagging revenue totals, Tracy’s 2010 budget is $21,902 below 2009. To cover that cost, Tracy’s office will be open to the public two hours less per day during 2010 than it was in 2009. Tracy told the Gazette Tuesday the reduction in hours is a result of leaving a receptionist position unfilled. “We have fewer people in the prosecutor’s office, but we do not have fewer cases,” Tracy said in a statement r...
The county parks department is now facing a particularly lean year, after county commissioners passed the 2010 county budget last week. The budget trimmed off hours for part-time employees, meaning the current two park rangers must now stretch summer hours to tasks like maintaining trails, lawn mowing or painting. Most other expenses for the parks department also saw steep cuts. “We’ve had to cut in every area of the parks,” said parks director Tim Myers. This year’s parks budget is $307,335, compared to a budget of $344,000 in the 2009 bu... Full story
Negotiations kicked off Monday in Whitman County’s attempt to purchase the county health department’s Pullman office. County commissioners signed off on a $94,000 offer to purchase the building in the Professional Mall which it currently leases from the Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation. Megan Guido, who directs the foundation for the hospital, said Tuesday the foundation wants out of the landlord business. The health department currently leases the building from the hospital foundation for $1,200 per month. The county pays $28,085 per yea...
New Oakesdale mayor Dennis Palmer (right) raises his right hand to accept the title of mayor. Former mayor Russ Rickett (left) read him the oath of office Jan. 4. Life-long Oakesdale resident Dennis Palmer was sworn in as Oakesdale mayor the night of Jan. 4. Palmer, 68, is taking over for Russ Rickett, who served as mayor for the past five years. Palmer, who has been on the city council for the past year, won the Nov. 4 election over another Oakesdale councilman, Al Evans. For the city, Palmer wants to pursue getting a helicopter pad,...
Whitman County sheriff’s office opened the new year checking out a suspicious object found in the yard of a residence on the Old Moscow Road east of Pullman. At 8:10 p.m. New Year’s Day, Dep. Brian Keller responded after the homeowner reported an item that looked like a tank with a wire sticking out of it in his driveway. After investigating, Dep. Keller determined the item was a styrofoam filling that appeared to be from a seat cushion. Attached to the styrofoam was a tail light. Wiring from the tail light was sticking into the air, app...
The Washington Department of Ecology has assessed a $40,000 fine to Roth Farms for allegedly burning three large, wet piles of broken bales of wheat and gras straw this spring without a permit on their farm between Farmington and Oakesdale. Ecology spokesperson Jani Gilbert said DOE investigators observed what they deemed to be illegal burning or smoldering between April 27 and May 1, 2009. Investigators looked into the burning after an adjacent homeowner complained to the department about smoke from the fires entering his home. Gilbert said... Full story
Back, Bob Guenthner. Front, left to right, Chrystn Guenthner, Dustin Guenthner, Terri Guenthner, Gavriel Guenthner and Christine Guenthner. Over six grueling months, the Guenthner family raised a new restaurant from the dusty, aging chambers of a former print shop building in downtown Colfax. The new restaurant, Toccata Blues Grill, opened Monday. They dished up the restaurant’s two first meals, a philly cheese steak and a bacon, lettuce, and tomato hamburger, at 11:45 a.m. The restaurant serves all-American food, with an average breakfast o... Full story
The lowest bidder has all but been selected for the construction to quell the leaking of Uniontown’s three wastewater lagoons, according to the consulting engineer working on the project. With the low bid of $1.7 million, MRM Construction out of Ellensburg is weeks away from signing their final contract to undertake the project. Uniontown is paying for the remodeling through a $2.3 million forgivable loan, stimulus funds in the form of a grant, through the Department of Ecology. Construction is expected to start this spring. The three city lago...
Torrential rains swept through Whitman County early this week. With most of the area’s subsoil frozen by prior low temperatures, the water had no where to go, but to flood roadways and yards. A half acre of Schmuck park went underwater Jan. 5, during the rainstorm. A massive puddle stretched across a lane of Hume Road during the rainstorm Jan. 5, slowing traffic....
Colfax School District is asking taxpayers to provide insurance in case the state legislature cuts a major portion of its funding during the upcoming supplemental session. The District will seek an increase of more than 39 percent in its special levy request over the next two years. Voters will be asked to approve a maintenance and operations levy of $1.3 million for each of the next two years, up from the $930,000 2010 levy. “The state is looking at eliminating or at least reducing levy equalization,” said Supt. Michael Morgan. “What we’re...
NOTICE OF A MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT Whitman County Planning issued a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (M-DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Whitman County Public Works proposes to operate a rock quarry on a 79-acre site owned by the County in the Agricultural District, located about 4.4 miles north of Winona on Lancaster Road # 4100 in the SE 1/4 of Section 32, Township 18 N., Range 40, the NE 1/4 of Section 5 and the...
