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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. HOSPITAL WILL COVER WALKWAY A building permit for a 41-foot walkway canopy was issued Jan. 26 to Whitman Hospital and Medical Center. The cover will go over the sidewalk which leads to the parking stall for the mobile MRI van which parks on the north side of the hospital complex. F.O. Berg of Spokane will be the contractor on the project which...
Outraged Please add my name to the list of those outraged at the actions of the County commissioners in dealing with the pending development near Moscow, ID. It is irresponsible to conduct business in such a manner. How can the chairman believe he is justified in his actions to not allow public input? Who pays the bills? Who is responsible for his actions? All of the authority, but none of the responsibility. Typical of the trend in government these times. I have asked the Dept. of Public Works several times to repair roads in my area and get...
An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?” For thousands of western Washington people left in the dark by winter storms, the word is “p-o-w-e-r.” And it took more than a couple of Rolaids to deal with it all. Normally, we flip a switch and the lights come on. We think nothing of it until a storm knocks out our power. Then we realize how important electricity is to our everyday lives. The Pacific Northwest periodically experiences heavy snow, ice storms and high winds, but generally not all...
The primary ended the Thursday before the voting, at around 8:05 p.m. That’s when Newt Gingrich stopped berating CNN’s John King for asking him about his ex-wife Marianne’s allegation that he wanted an “open marriage.” Newt’s reply was a virtuoso display of bluff and indignation. He angrily dismissed her account as false, even though the balance of evidence suggests it’s true. He summoned dubious evidence in his defense, saying all their mutual friends knew Marianne’s charge was untrue, although there could have been no witnesses to a...
The news is not good for the county. Four county representatives on two different trips have travelled to Olympia to find financing for the county’s commitment to the Hawkins Mall project. The first envoys—led by Commissioner Greg Partch—reported that their trip last week was a positive and productive one. They just were not able to find much support or a source of the $15 million needed. Commissioner Pat O’Neill followed the others to Olympia this week. He wanted to talk to a former neighbor who just happens to be working on a $1 billion... Full story
Wrestlers from eight teams invaded the Colfax mats Thursday for a three-hour show. Aim of the meet for the competitors was to build up their records in advance of seeding for the elimination rounds. After the Colfax stop, the grapplers had one more outing at Tri-Cities Prep Saturday to finish out the pre-elimination part of the season. Pomeroy’s veteran team collected a stack of wins Thursday on the mats at Colfax. The orange crew posted a strong showing in most of the weight classifications. Tory Knebel, Pomeroy’s dominator in the 170 cla...
Colfax Heavyweight Daython Maltone booked a second round pin over David Martinez of Warden Saturday at Tri-Cities Prep to finish the regular season with a 19-2 record. That qualifies him as the top seed Saturday when the Bulldogs compete at the sub-regional tournament in Warden. Colfax, St. John, and Garfield Palouse will all have wrestlers in the Warden show which starts with a 16-man bracket. All of the teams which entered the big meet last Thursday at Colfax will be in the action at St. John. Also Reardan, Liberty and the LRS Broncos from th... Full story
Heavyweight-Daython Maltone pinned David Martinez-Warden, 2nd. 220-Aaron Arbneso pinned by Matt DeLeon-Warden, lst; pinned by Rudy Martinez-Wdn, lst; pinned by Mike Wymore-Pomeroy, 3rd. 170-Justin King pinned John Propheter-Hepp, lst; over Dabe Davies-SJe 16-1, pinned by Tory Knebel-Pom, 2nd. 160-Dalton McNeilly pinned Jacob Schuh-Pom, lst; pinned by John Hylden-TCP, 1st; pinned by Wyan Jenkins-Pom, lst. 145-Brandon Arneson over Tristan Mayden-Heppner, 15-11; pinned Alex Edwards-Warden, 2nd; pinned Luis Nicacio-TCP, lst; pinned by A....
5-Rowdy Brown pinned By Rudolfo Gonzales-Wdn, 1st; pinned by Arthur Martin-W.Swan, 1st. 132-Kaleb Kolb pinned by Alex Smith-Hepp, 2nd; pinned by Ernesto Oronzo-Wdn, 1st; pinned Cameron Fox-TCP, 3rd. 132-Thomas Newton to Orosco 0-12, pinned by Smith, 2nd; pinned Fox, 3rd. 160-Micah Selk pinned by Cruz Pruneda-Wdn., 1st; pinned by John Hylden-TCP, 1st. 170-Gabe Davis pinned by King-Cx, 2nd; pinned by Propheter-Hepp, 3rd.... Full story
First coaches meeting for Colfax Youth Baseball league will be next Monday, Feb. 6, beginning at 5:15 p.m. in the Public Service Building auditorium. The sesssion will be for baseball and softball coaches, T-ball to baseball....
TUESDAY SCORING Pomeroy 80- Rosalia 76 (2OT): 11/22 13/14 22/19 16/7 8/8 10/6: Mitch Ruchert 24, Riley Bott 18, Matt FitzGerald 13, Tanner Feider 7, Cody Lamunyan 7, Tyson Feider 5, Cole Mayfield 4, Kade Snyder 2. Rosalia: Craig Nelson 21, Damian Loucks 10, David Littleton 10, Micah Pittsley 9, Ryan Maley 6, Steven Maley 6, Zane Brown 5, Nathan Sims 4. St. John/Endicott 67- Garfield/Palouse 48: 18/15 17/9 14/11 18/13: Cole McCanna 19, Dakota White 15, Kaleb Simon 14, Evan Jones 9, Joey Kucklick 8, Zach Hollingsworth 2. GP: Jesse Lopez 16,... Full story
With two rounds to go, Colton and Rosalia look like they have locked up the top two slots in the SE girls race. The two leaders collided Saturday at Colton in the second round with the Wildcats again dominating. Undefeated Colton now has a four-game gap on the field and Rosalia has a two-game edge. The undefeated Wildcats actually stacked four more wins since last Wednesday when they made up two snow dates. In addition to the 63-26 win over the Spartans in the Saturday round, they pegged wins over LaCrosse/Washtunca last Wednesday, over...
Reardan’s girls Friday night took zero prisoners when they crunched Colfax 65-43 to remain on a glide path to an undefeated finish in the Bi-County league. Led by 31 points from Kelsey Moos, the Indians led all the way Friday night on their home court. The win over Colfax and another crunch over Springdale Saturday night left the Indians odd-on favorites to take the league race with three rounds left. Colfax returned home Saturday for a 69-31 runaway win over the sixth-place Lind/Ritzville/Sprague Broncos, and they finally hit the road to K...
Colfax boys cooked a 2-1 mark over the last five days to wrap up a record run of action over the two weeks. Colfax finished the run with a twice-postponed trip Tuesday to Kettle Falls where they defeated the last place K-dogs 58-38 to move their league record to 10-2 with three more games left on the schedule. Included in that run of three will be a Saturday trip to Colbert where the Bulldogs will take another shot at denting the undefeated string of league-leading Northwest Christian, now 18-0. Colfax rattled the 2B green machine four weeks...
Colton and St. John/Endicott, who have already wrapped up first round byes for next week’s district tournament, get the big-game billing for the league’s last week with a game at St. John. Lone league loss for the Eagles has been to the undefeated Colton club. The two leaders swept their way through league play over a busy week in the SE 1B league. Colton used its power attack to sink Touchet, Rosalia, LaCrosse/Washtucna and Tekoa/Oakesdale in a week that included make up games from last week’s snow storm. The Wildcats’ perfect week capped...
Open since November, iStinky is a computer repair business owned and operated by Wesley and Robin Williams. Wesley indicated that he has certifications for all operating systems from DOS 6.22 in 1987 to the latest version of Windows. He grew up a backyard technician in Dublin, Calif., 35 minutes from Cupertino and the heart of Silicon Valley. He remembers when, as a boy, his friend’s dad who worked at IBM came home with old computer punch cards, and showed pictures of dual floppy-disc personal c...
The city of Palouse is now accepting bids for a 2002 Dodge Intrepid with 53,000 miles on it. It was formerly used as a police patrol car. The minimum bid has been set at $1,500. A 7.8 percent sales tax will be added to the top bid. Interested parties are asked to submit bids by 3 p.m. Feb. 14 to Palouse City Hall, 120 E. Main Street. In place of the Intrepid, the city has bought a 2007 Dodge Durango, which cost $18,700....
A public call for purchase bids on the former Bank of Whitman building at LaCrosse failed to result in a sale Wednesday. Chud Wendle, Pullman realtor who had been asked to conduct an auction for the building, said they netted one bid which has been turned down by officials for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Wendle said the building will now be listed for potential buyers through a conventional sale process. Listed price for the building will be $58,900. The building also includes the Teapot Cafe in LaCrosse which continues to...
A new member will join the Tekoa city council Feb. 6 to complete the third term of Mike Bogenreif, who resigned. He is now commuting to serve as a deputy at Liberty Lake. “We’re gonna miss him,” said Tekoa Mayor John Jaeger. “Community cleanup and the memorial trail were his pet projects, which was good.” Jaeger and the council will interview two applicants for the position at the Feb. 6 city council meeting. Linda Schmidt and Richard Chittenden have applied. The council plans to make a decision at the end of the meeting. The new council m... Full story
Eleven junior girls have entered the Colfax Distinguished Young Miss competition. The event has been scheduled for March 24 at Colfax High School. Theme of the performance will be “Clue” after the mystery board game. Competing for the title will be Denver Campbell, Lindsay Webber, Paige Mackleit, Hannah Knaack, Mary Spaulding, Cacey Hall, Taylor Lange, Rachel Napier, Deanna Aeschliman, Clara Higginson and Emma Gingerich. They will be practicing two times a week for the competition performance. The talent listing for entrants includes six dan... Full story
WEDNESDAY Super Bowl XLVI will be played Sunday in Indianapolis between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. A re-match of the 2008 game, which the Giants foiled a perfect season by New England, the game features only seven of the same Patriots players and 16 for the Giants. Mitt Romney won the Florida presidential primary with 46% of the vote, followed by Newt Gingrich with 32%, Rick Santorum with 13% and Ron Paul at 7%. Both Romney and Gingrich predicted they will be the nominee by the time of the Republican National Convention,...
County Commissioner Greg Partch presents the Washington State Environmental Health Association 2011 "Rookie of the Year" award to Phil Hagihara on Jan. 17. Hagihara is an environmental health specialist with the county health board. Also pictured are Fran Martin and Michael Baker of the health board, along with county commissioners Pat O’Neill and Michael Largent....
A civil suit alleging age discrimination was filed this week against Pullman Regional Hospital by George Ahrend, Moses Lake attorney on behalf of Thomas Janke. The suit said Janke, 58, was terminated from employment at the hospital Dec. 16, 2010, after working there as a CT technologist since August of 2003. The suit alleges preferential treatment was given to younger employees. Janke contends he was asked to submit a performance improvement plan in August of 2010 on grounds that were false. He said he submitted the plan Aug. 31 of that year...
A request by Jeremey Lyndon-James for modification of a six-month sentence was rejected Friday in Whitman County Superior Court. He was one of the defendants convicted in the May 7, 2010, burglary of the Larry Hood residence south of Pullman. Lyndon-James, 20, Lewiston, asked the court for credit for work he has done as an inmate since he was sentenced Nov. 18. He said he sought early release because of financial problems his family had encountered since he has been in jail. Judge David Frazier pointed out inmates are not allowed to compile...
Google Earth and Google Maps applications to come Plans are moving ahead for two new elements for the Palouse Scenic Byway. In a meeting Jan. 25, the Scenic Byway committee discussed wayfinding signs for each town on the route, along with Google Maps and a Google Earth map. The signs will be kiosk-like posts which highlight three things to do or see in the respective communities. Each will include a rack for brochures. The committee is gathering information now and hopes to have the signs...
