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Residents and business owners on Mill Street last Thursday night urged the street project designers to develop a straight-forward design with parallel parking, minimum curb-outs and few trees. They also favored installation of bright street lights, a change that generated complaints after completion of north end project on Mill Street in 2008. The comments were logged at a public session to get opinions on the design of a project. Munir Daud, Pullman consulting engineer, said he would incorporate suggestions in an updated plan and present it...
The hardest thing an employer has to do is to call someone into the office and tell them the business isn’t making enough money to keep them on. Handing a hard worker a pink slip is tough because often the boss knows the employees and their families “their kids go to school together or they attend the same church. It is a terrible choice, but one that must be made to save the business “ and the jobs of other employees. The anguish of having to lay someone off can haunt an employer. On the other end, the hardest thing a worker endures is coming...
THE LETTER from the Department of Social and Health Services came at the turn of the year. It was only three sentences. “Due to state budget cuts, on Jan. 3, 2011, the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) will no longer have case managers for clients who do not receive a paid service. For information about community resources, please call 211. You may call 800-735-6740 if you need to request a paid service.” It was signed by Linda Rolfe, director of DDD. It came to my brother’s home in Ravensdale, because he and his wife have been...
+++ The beautiful jungle tree at the library. +++ Those who sponspored the book club on the 19th at the Colfax Golf Course. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 Colfax, Wa 99111...
President Obama gave his state of the union address on Tuesday. The Republican Party presented the traditional opposing party rebuttal the same night. Then, a second rebuttal was given by Representative Michelle Bachmann. She spoke for the “Tea Party.” The rebuttals reinforced the differences between Democrats, Republicans and the Tea Party faction. How the three will operate together is a question still to be answered. The Tea Party has its own agenda, its own leaders and caucus and its own base. Its rebuttal to a state of the union add...
The top two hoops squads in Whitman County League boys square off Saturday night as Rosalia heads south to the cozy confines of the Colton gym. Both teams have played well of late, with Rosalia using a balanced scoring attack to slice through league play and Colton riding the white hot shooting hand of center Dustin Patchen. Unbeaten in league play, Rosalia swept both its games over the weekend, gunning down host Pomeroy and visiting Tekoa/Oakesdale. After posting big wins all season, the Spartans ran into a game against their Nighthawk neighbo...
1. POP CULTURE: Who coined the phrase “flower power”? 2. SCIENCE: What is another name for beta carotene? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the title “mahatma” literally mean? 4. LITERATURE: Who wrote “The Color Purple”? 5. HISTORY: Who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo? 6. GEOGRAPHY: The Hawaiian islands are a part of what larger group of Pacific islands? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was the private citizen who was filming President Kennedy’s motorcade with a home-movie camera when Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas? 8. TELEVISION: What was the name of the Germ...
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Two Colfax wrestlers advanced to second day action at the big Clearwater Classic in Lewiston Saturday, but the Bulldogs did not place in the 28 team event. Cody Evans sustained a dislocated shoulder Saturday and the injury could knock him out for the balance of the season. Evans had compiled a 20-8 mark so far this season with all of the losses to out-of-staters. He was pegged for a high seed in the regionals at Coulee City Feb. 5. Coach Dennis Gransbery said the team hopes Evans can be cleared for the state elim rounds. At Lewiston, Evans...
Eagles wrestlers bid good-bye to Matte Tedde this week after competing at Warden. An exchange student from Italy with a background in Judo, Teddes compiled an 8-4 record during his short wrestling career. He was presented his letter at the Eagles' home game this week. He also departed with a pair of wrestling shoes. Tedde booked a split with Carlos Gomez of Warden in the 125 class at Warden Thursday. Thomas Newton booked a split with a pin over Tommy Kirk of TCP and a loss on a pin to Saul Hinojosa of Warden. Jordan Morris was pinned in the...
Alex Teade makes an escape out of the corner in front of Brent Stromberger of the Broncos in the Friday game. Colfax boys rolled to a 65-46 win over visiting Reardan Tuesday night for their third straight power win on a four-game home stand. Led again by sophomore Brandon Gfeller, this time with 20, the Bulldogs led 37-16 after the half and at one point led by 26 points. The win over the chiefs left Colfax with a 10-1 mark in the league for a solid hold on second place. They will host Davenport Friday and then go to Colbert and attempt to put...
Hoop action for SE girls over the weekend featured action in the middle ranks while the league leaders, Colton and St. John/Endicott, continued to distance themselves from the rest of the pack. Colton staked strong wins over Touchet and LaCrosse/Washtucna, and the SJE Eagles fought off the GP Vikings at St. John Saturday and hammered Touchet in the Friday round. Tekoa/Oakesdale sophomore Cassandra Mendoza puts the ball on the floor of the Garfield gym as she looks for an open lane to the hoop in Friday night’s win over Garfield/Palouse. SE 1B G...
February’s Meet the Artist session will diverge slightly from the usual format when Colfax artist Timothy Ely leads a romp in history to discover how and why books were made, the materials that were used, the bindings that were invented and the contents of the books “that prove just how weird the world is.” The Ely program, “Inspirations and Influences” will be in the meeting room at the library at Colfax at 7 p.m., Feb. 3. The series is co-sponsored by Whitman County Library and Colfax Arts Council. Ely was featured in Meet the Artist fi...
8 years ago, January 29, 1886 The public school building will be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies next Wednesday. Prof. Mecklem and the entire management of the affair desire a full attendance of parents and taxpayers on the occasion. Spelling bees and debating societies seem to be the rage these winter evenings in the country school houses. A few days ago, Mr. Perry Davis at Wawawai, while going to Almota, saw the Indians camped opposite Offield’s dressing a sheep. They are suspected of stealing horses and killing fat steers. There i...
Black & White ball royalty were introduced at halftime of the Bulldog basketball game Saturday. Pictured left to right are Cole Kleaveno and Amelie Bruya, sophomore prince and princess; John Molyneaux and Kim Heiner, senior prince and princess; Tuffy Hickman, king, and Brooke Webber, queen; Yu Teng and Jordan Sharp, junior prince and princess; Roy Cochran and Brooklyn Schmidt, freshman prince and princess. The ball followed the game....
Area WSU students have been named to the fall semester honor roll with a grade average of 3.75 while enrolled in at least nine graded hours or by achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 based on at least 15 cumulative hours. Honor students are as follows: ALBION: Julie C. Bean, Takaaki Ikeda, Jeremy Daniel McLain, and Zachary John Warmenhoven. COLFAX: Shana Marie Largent, Brittany Jean Phelps, Samantha Jo Sevedge, Valerie Rachel Stone, and Brooke Renee Waldo. COLTON: Joy B. Faerber, Asti Marie Gallina, Ashley Nicole Nygreen, Charles...
Garfield/Palouse Middle School’s engineering class, led by teacher Phil Weagraff, visited several highway construction projects in Spokane which involve lowering Highway 2 to help create a north - south freeway. Graham Construction and Spokane Rock Products hosted the middle school class which studies engineering principles and then designs and builds model projects. Students viewed blue prints and equipment and got to talk with company personnel....
Butch, the WSU mascot, and the WSU Women’s Soccer Team dropped in on the Garfield Elementary School in December for an assembly to warm up the season. Butch also visited the Garfield-Palouse Middle School students....
A grain marketing seminar will be Feb. 24 at the Walla Walla Community College Branch Campus on Bridge Street in Clarkston, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $10 for lunch, checks payable to Washington State University and sent to the WSU Extension office in Colfax. Registration prior to Feb. 17. Sponsors are Northwest Farm Credit Services, Washington State and Whitman County Crop Improvement Association, Washington Association of Wheat Growers, Columbia Grain, Lewis-Clark Grain Terminals and Lewiston Primeland....
John Lucian Burns Graveside services for John Lucian Burns, 88, Pullman, will be Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at 1 p.m. at the Pomeroy Cemetery followed by a 2 p.m. memorial reception at the Pataha Flour Mill in Pomeroy. Mr. Burns died Jan. 13, 2011. He has been cremated. Born in Pomeroy to Oscar and Ida Burns July 4, 1922, he graduated from Pomeroy High School with the class of 1940. He attended Washington State College for two years and married Marjorie Polly, from Dayton, May 4, 1943. He entered the US Army and from January 1944 to the end of...
Vintage dolls, valentines set for exhibit Pamela Duran will share her romantic collection of rare antique and art dolls, coupled with antique Valentines from the collection of Dolores Sanchez at the Bank Left Gallery next March. This haunting doll collection represents doll artists and sculptors from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the USA working in a variety of mediums from composition to wax over porcelain. The collections of Duran, Palouse and Sanchez, Moscow, have not been exhibited to the public in the past. Opening reception will be Fe...
Foundation dinner-auction raises over $16,000 Whitman Hospital Foundation raised over $16,000 on Saturday evening at its annual dinner and auction. The foundation’s mission is to assure the financial future of the hospital. It raises and invests money so the hospital can survive through any tough economic times that may come along. The evening began with a silent auction followed by dinner and a live auction. Butch Booker was the auctioneer. He kept the bidding lively and entertaining. Attendees included many persons from the area and s...
Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Spaghetti with meat sauce, Chef’s tossed salad with dressing, Italian blend vegetables, garlic bread, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Spaghetti with meat sauce, Chef’s tossed salad with dressing, Italian blend vegetables, garlic bread, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Federated Church: Wednesday — Spaghetti with meat sauce, Chef’s tossed salad with dressing, Italian blend vegetables, garlic bread, birthday dessert, milk, coffe...
Lamont Bill and Stella Melville, Dean and Mindy Melville, Bill and Milly Baldwin, Debbie and Kevin Gaffney, Patti and Sonny Etheredge, Betty Stone and Jo Schirr were at the Washington State-Arizona basketball game Saturday might. After the game, they all met at the hotel and had cake to celebrate the 64th wedding anniversary of Bill and Stella. They stayed in Pullman all night and met for breakfast before returning to their homes. Many people attended the services for Willard Bowen, Friday, at the St. John Methodist Church in St. John. Willard...
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” according to Shakespeare. (Romeo & Juliet, II, ii, 1-2) Why then do we so often limit God’s names and descriptions to only one... Father? The Bible refers to God in many different ways in different places. Why then do so many of us limit our experience of God by only recognizing God as Father? I like the Father image personally, but not all the time. Sometimes what I need from God comes from an image other than of a Father or even a masculine entity. Some people have great...
