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Colfax fire crews Jan. 3 at 5:47 p.m. responded to a chimney fire at a residence in the 600 block of south Mill Street. Residue in the chimney ignited from the wood fire in the residence, and sparks began shooting out the chimney. The fire crew checked the attic area of the house and determined the fire had remained in the chimney which was lined with a stove pipe. Colfax fire crews were also called out at 9:43 p.m. Jan. 3 to check an alarm activation at the River View apartments. That call came just before the call from Rosalia to roll to a...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Ben Houmar Mouncef, 27, and Casey Marie Baulne, 34, both Albion, Jan. 6. COLFAX BUILDING PERMITS Rance and Denise Larsen, change out gas furnace at 201 W. Wawawai, Dec. 2. Reese Jenkin, finish three room basement at 205 Hauser, $22,000, Dec. 9. Colfax Professional Building, demolition work prior to repairs on damaged building at 110 E. Canyon, $5,000, Dec, 13, Dan and Becky Hart, change out gas furnace at 709 S. Hillcrest, $4,183, Dec. 29. REAL ESTATE SALES William and Christine Brewster, Post Falls, to Renee Schamberger,...
The late Yogi Berra coined the phrase “it’s déjà vu all over again!” It is used extensively to describe political miscues. Case in point: ObamaCare. Recently, Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel wrote a column describing President Obama’s failure with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “The vision of the president calling on his party members to–yet again–lay down their political lives for his ‘signature’ law was a reminder of how this disaster began.” Unfortunately, Republicans, who now control Congress and the White House, may be poised to...
Back in 2008 when Obama and McCain were getting into their campaigns I wrote an identical letter to each of them. I explained that although I considered these United States to be the greatest country in the history of the universe I had some concerns. My letter said that my top concern was our national debt. We were borrowing to fund our routine expenses. It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that this cannot be continued forever. The interest on the debt was our largest single expense. Sooner or later we will run out of borrowing power. To m...
We've come a long way from Daniel Patrick Moynihan excoriating the U.N.'s 1975 "Zionism is racism" resolution in one of the finer exhibits of righteous indignation in the history of American speechifying. The Obama administration acceded to -- and, reportedly, assisted behind the scenes -- a less notorious but still noxious Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements. By the administration's lights, the action is clever -- it will be extremely difficult to reverse and will increase Israel's international isolation. But the...
Forget about the honeymoon being over. There won't be any honeymoon. If you're thinking my outburst came because I had a bad reaction to all the sugar in my Froot Loops this morning, that's always possible. But in this case, I'm merely expressing the dismal reality that Donald Trump will face when he becomes the 45th president of the United States. Usually, when someone is inaugurated as the new chief executive, he starts out with a bit of goodwill, at least for a few weeks while his administration gets its bearings. That certainly will not be...
It was 10 years ago January 9th. On that day in 2007, the late Steve Jobs made one of the greatest new product introductions in history. Had he been alive today, he may have regretted it. The stunning iPhone and its quick and ubiquitous copies from Samsung, Google, Microsoft, etc., made what was already established on the internet that much more potent. Texting exploded because of how easy it was. Facebook and YouTube came to the phone. Instagram and sexting were next. Texting while driving skyrocketed, leading to national campaigns to prevent...
Arctic swimmer The ice-infringed Palouse River in the flood control provides a potential competitor with a practice area for up-coming polar bear swims. 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. THORNTON FIRE DISPLACES FAMILY Fire crews responded Jan. 3 at 9:48 p.m. to a report of a house fire on Old Thornton Road. The fire broke out in...
Carson Cloaninger goes up for a shot against the Wildcats Saturday while Jared Kneale waits for the result at right. Wildcat players Layne Smith, Doug Rosman and Tucker Odegaard scramble with Chase Baerlocher (42) and Jared Kneale waiting for the result. Colfax and Springdale boys will collide Friday on the north end in a game which will match two teams who booked splits in the first round NE south versus north competition last weekend. Colfax was topped 57-42 by Northwest Christian last Friday...
Mason Bates of Garfield/Palouse works against Pomeroy’s Oscar Morfin and Cort LaMunyan in a 67-58 loss. Gar/Pal’s Erik Anderson looks to the basket in a home loss to Pomeroy Jan. 6. The Vikings are now 3-3 in league. Gar/Pal junior guard Daniel Orfe pushes the ball up the floor. The Vikings play next on Friday at Touchet. With a loss to Pomeroy at home Jan. 6 and a 73-71 loss at Prescott a night later, Garfield/Palouse dropped to 3-3 in league for fourth in the current Southeast 1B sta...
Colfax sophomore Rachel Brown goes up for a shot over Wilbur/Creston's Ireland Corrigan during Colfax's win on the home boards Saturday. Josie Riebold is at right for Colfax. Abbie Miller puts up a shot in front of Wilbur/Creston's Karlee Maioho in the Saturday league game at Colfax. Colfax girls booked two wins in NE rounds over the weekend with a comeback win at Northwest Christian Friday and a strong win over the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats on the home court Saturday. The wins move the Bulldogs...
Tekoa/Oakesdale boys Friday pegged their first league win, 50-45, after making the long trip to Kettle Falls. They took control with a 15-4 breakout in the second quarter. Deven Cripe led TR with 16 points. Craig Mueller hit 11, and Eddie Frick and Mike Greybeck each hit eight. Saturday at Rosalia Davenport escaped with a one-point win, 42-41, after TR had pegged a 26-22 lead at the half. Mueller hit 20 points against the Gorillas in the close game. Tekoa/Rosalia girls also booked a split on the weekend. They dropped Kettle Falls 51-44. The...
Colton, Pomeroy and Oakesdale remain at the top of the Southeast 1B league girls standings this week with Colton still unbeaten and Pomeroy taking down Oakesdale for its first league loss. The Pirates and Nighthawks are now both 5-1 in league play while Colton is 6-0. Oakesdale will play at Colton Friday. Pomeroy 47, Oakesdale 35 Oakesdale went down at Pomeroy Jan. 7. Sydney Smith led the Pirates with 17 points while Madison Dixon and Kacey Halbert each scored nine to lift their record to 7-2 overall, 5-1 league. Jacey Johnson and Logan Reed...
Colfax-Garfield/Palouse wrestlers placed third Saturday among 13 teams at the Mary Walker wrestling tournament in Springdale. The Bulldog/Viking combo scored 107 points behind the 185 win posted by Rainier which made a cross state trip to Springdale. East Valley placed second with 147 points. Colfax edged host Mary Walker by nine points for third place and finished ahead of five other teams in the NE league which attended the Charger Invitational. Team members Dane Hall and Travis Knauff advanced all the way to the title match in the 152...
Whitman County Public Works projects large and small shape up for 2017, Director Mark Storey reports. The biggest is phase four of the Almota Road reconstruction project, a $3.5-$4 million job which calls for work on right-of-way issues, with designs already submitted to Washington Department of Transportation, awaiting funding release for bid. “It's a tricky spot at the top of Henning Hill,” said Storey, also citing geometric issues and access with landowners on the span between Onecho Bib...
The state Elections Division of the Secretary of State Office this week released a compilation of statistics detailing the total number of write-in votes for president in last November's General Election. Statewide, write-in votes accounted for 3.25 percent of the vote, with 107,805 votes cast for candidates not on the ballot. This number exceeded the total amount of votes, combined, for the tickets of Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart, Gloria Estela La Riva/Eugene Puryear, Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka and Darrell L. Castle/Scott N. Bradley. Those four ti...
Adverse driving conditions have been presented by winter storms in the Palouse and surrounding areas. Two WSU students were killed in separate crashes over the weekend as they attempted to return to school, and one WSU student was killed during the winter break in an accident in winter conditions. Two of the students died on State Route 26. With the deaths of two Washington State University students as they traveled back to school for the start of the spring semester, WSU President Kirk Schulz...
The Board of County Commissioners is seeking volunteers to serve on several county committees. The ALTCEW Planning & Management Council needs two volunteers from anywhere in the county, and the Workforce Development Council seeks one volunteer, also from anywhere in the county. The Blue Ribbon Advisory Task Committees seeks four volunteers to fill out a 12-person committee. The committee reviews applications for the county's .09 money for economic development. The Capital Improvement Project Committee needs one volunteer from anywhere in the...
The endgame for landfill cell No. 4 is part of a request for qualifications now being prepared to go out seeking an engineer at the Whitman County Waste Transfer Site. The cell No. 4 project is to go along with work on the closed cells No. 1, 2 and 3, regarding final checks on the liner over the top and gas monitoring systems. Cell No. 3 was closed in 1993, shortly after No. 1 and 2. By law, the cells are to be monitored for final closure on a 20 year-timeframe. “We should've been able to w...
Colfax Fire & Rescue volunteers who will participate in the Meals on Wheels deliveries this month are, from left, Esther Tate, Scott Kruse, David Buckley, Tim Tingley and Randy Miller. When Paige Collins, executive director at Council on Aging and COAST, sent out a plea for volunteers to deliver lunch for Meals on Wheels for an entire month, she might not have been able to imagine the new delivery truck: the Colfax fire department's brush truck, the pickup which is used for quick response to...
The Pullman Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Farm City Day luncheon Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Colfax. The luncheon is booked at Hill-Ray Plaza from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featured speaker will be Daniel Conner, a grain merchant at Columbia Grain in Pullman. Other speakers will include a representative from Tidewater Sales Development, Tony Bean from the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport and a representative from both the Board of County Commissioners and Port of Whitman County. Cost to attend is $15 per person. Local farmers can attend free of...
Extras are being sought for a film production underway on the Palouse in January. The feature “The Last Champion,” produced by In-House Media and Director Glenn Withrow, shot its first large scene with extras at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow Saturday night. A wrestling movie for a family audience, the production seeks to book extras for varying scenes through its shooting schedule which concludes Jan. 29. “We’re gonna be here the whole month,” said Carol Grant, casting director. Extras are needed to portray churchgoers, high school students...
The Port of Whitman County commissioners have switched seats with the start of the new year. In keeping with their annual rotation, Commissioner John Love moved from the vice president’s chair to the president’s seat. He will now lead the commission for 2017. Commissioner Dan Boone, who served as president for 2016, moved to the secretary’s seat, while Commissioner Tom Kammerzell moved from the secretary’s seat to the vice president’s seat. The commissioners annually rotate by a vote, which was unanimous at the Jan. 5 meeting. Executive...
–Don Marshall photo A dark-eyed junco sits atop a bird feeder in Oakesdale watching a pair of his flock mates squabble over the pickings. Juncos are a genus of American swallow and are one of the most abundant forest birds of North America....
Washington State Parks prepares to go to bid this month for sterilant to be used on a controversial stretch of the John Wayne Iron Horse Trail. The chemical – a pre-emergent herbicide to be sprayed before any vegetation grows – is to be paid for from the remaining $46,000 of a 2016 state legislature proviso. The document called for State Parks to find and spend $100,000 on noxious weed control on the 20-mile trail section from milepost 1904 (Ewan) through 1924 (Benge-Ritzville Road). The lim...
