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In 1993, President Bill Clinton was pictured holding a Washington state apple while promoting the virtues of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). That photo only underscored the importance of the agreement and our trade with Mexico and Canada. Washington is the most trade dependent state in the nation. The Puget Sound Business Journal (PSBJ) reported last November, Washington state exported at least $134.5 billion worth of goods to Canada and Mexico since the agreement was signed. The dust-up over NAFTA focuses on Mexico, from which...
The start of the Trump administration has been a vindication of the American nation-state. Anyone who thought it was a "borderless world," a category that includes some significant portion of the country's corporate and intellectual elite, has been disabused of the notion within about the first five days of the Trump years. The theme running throughout President Donald Trump's inaugural address was the legitimacy of the nation-state as a community, a source of unity and the best means of advancing the interests of its citizens. The address was...
Let's take the good with the bad about Donald Trump: On the positive side, he has rendered utterly useless those clocks the news networks like to put up as part of their screen clutter. They count down the seconds till some major event occurs, days or even weeks away. But even when President Trump declares when he's going to announce some big decision, that can change the moment he needs to deflect attention from a mess. In other words, his schedule is no schedule. That's terrific, because these idiot clocks had been procreating like they...
Enemies can be helpful. Both focus and inspiration can come from facing off a known enemy. It can concentrate effort. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and its Communist ideology were the enemy. It motivated the country to do many things. Some were good. Some, such as befriending totalitarian, anti-democratic governments, were not good. Still, the nation’s energies were concentrated on its single biggest and most threatening enemy. Although bad, an enemy can be good. An enemy can clarify situations and responses. Not having any enemies, o...
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. VOGEL MEMORIALS EXCEED $5,000 Donations to Whitman County Historical Society in memory of Ken Vogel, former long-time member of the board, have exceeded $5,000, according to the society’s January newsletter. Mr. Vogel, long-time Pullman clothier, died Oct. 6 last year. He and his wife, Sally, made their home at Winlock where they had built a s...
Tekoa/Rosalia girls Tuesday night dropped Kettle Falls 57-46 in the first district playoff game at West Valley. The opener matched the fifth and sixth-place finishers from opposite sides of the league. Hannah Beach hit 22 points for the T-wolves, who posted a 29-18 lead at the half and played Kettle even over the last two quarters. Logan Dempsey dropped six points for the Timberwolves. Tekoa/Rosalia girls today will go up against Liberty in the second round of the playoffs at West Valley. The TR girls finished the league run with a 3-13...
Chris Jones of Colfax gets top position on Reardan's Caleb Cole in the 138-pound title match. Cole, one of the top-rated wrestlers for all classifications, took the win by decision. Both wrestlers will compete at east side regionals in Colbert Saturday. For more pictures, see Weekly Pages: Feb. 9. Seven Colfax wrestlers and Travis Knauff of Garfield/Palouse will travel to Northwest Christian at Colbert Saturday to compete in the east side regional round for state qualification. The eight local...
Colfax junior guard Jaydon Soncarty penetrates in the first half Monday night in a rescheduled win over Reardan. Colfax sophomore point guard Carson Cloaninger slips a pass by Reardan defenders Monday in Colfax. Colfax boys today will travel to West Valley to play Springdale in the second round of the NE playoffs. As the number-two team out of the NE south, Colfax earned a bye for the Tuesday launch of the long district show and waited to see what team emerged from the round between third and...
Colfax’s Piper Cai takes the ball to the hoop Monday. Colfax girls will play the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats today at West Valley for their first test on the long playoff trail. The Bulldogs, who tied for the NE-south top slot with Liberty at 14-2, drew a bye in Tuesday's round to see which team emerged from a game between the third and fourth place finishers in the first round. Wilbur/Creston will face off against Colfax after dropping the LRS Broncos 46-24 in the Tuesday third-fourth test. L...
The Pirates owned the regular season, and the 1B District Nine tournament begins this week with Southeast 1B teams vying for two spots in the state-subtournament. Action begins Thursday, Feb. 9, with Oakesdale at Colton. The winner advances to play Waitsburg Saturday. Pomeroy, with a bye in the first round, will play Friday night at home. The championship game will be Friday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Colfax followed by Saturday's last-chance second-place game at 7 p.m., also in Colfax. Oakesdale...
Colton sophomore Jordyn Moehrle scores Feb. 4 as the Wildcats avenge their January loss to Oakesdale. Oakesdale’s Emma Perry pushes the ball up the sideline against Colton’s Dakota Patchen. Colton took the regular-season Southeast 1B league championship with a win over Oakesdale last Saturday night. The Wildcats' 52-34 win made for a regular season split for the two teams. Colton takes the title because Oakesdale lost once to Pomeroy. Now all is settled for the District Nine tournament, whi...
Commissioners from the Port of Whitman and Whitman County met Monday at the courthouse and discussed legislation the Port is supporting for refined telecommunications authority. Present at the meeting were all three county commissioners, two Port commissioners, Public Works Director Mark Storey, County Administrator Gary Petrovich and Maribeth Becker, clerk of the commissioners. Port Commissioner Dan Boone was absent due to illness. Port Commissioner Tom Kammerzell shared with the county that Ninth District Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, has introdu...
The Pullman Board of Adjustment deliberates at the conditional use hearing for Kamiak Elementary School Jan. 19. That meeting was extended to Feb. 2, and the board was able to make a decision on the permit at that time. Pullman's Board of Adjustment last Thursday, Feb. 2, approved an application from the Pullman School District for construction of Kamiak Elementary School. The four board members present unanimously approved the application following a brief discussion. The school district's...
Whitman County Public Works Department will institute weight restrictions this week as roads thaw. Because of the extended cold streaks in December and January, the annual posting for 2017 will happen later than usual. On Wednesday and Thursday, Public Works crews were set to flip the square, hinged-signs on dozens of roads throughout the county. Once turned, the signs set a 19,500-pound load limit. The posting will be for four to 10 weeks. The decision of when to flip the signs is made each...
--Jay Scholz photo In this undated Battle Days picture, the car show overtakes Whitman Avenue in Rosalia. The Chamber of Commerce there has recently changed its structure and is preparing for the upcoming Battle Days, as well as seeking to help revitalize the town and surrounding communities. The Rosalia Chamber of Commerce recently appointed a new president, and she is ready to get to work for the town and the surrounding communities. “I'm a recent transplant to Rosalia, and we're excited a...
Tekoa requested and was granted an extension for its project to renovate the community center, which is the site of the former Jaycees Club and is adjacent to the Empire Theater. Tekoa last April was awarded county .09 funds to complete the project, which will include linking the two properties by adding a walkway and constructing new restrooms in the community hall to allow easier access than the current theater restrooms, which are down a narrow staircase in a basement below the theater’s lobby. At present, the nearest handicap-accessible r...
The public comment period concluded this week for the Columbia Snake River dam operations, following several public sessions. The Port of Whitman submitted a letter last week to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in regard to the matter. The public sessions were slated after a federal judge’s ruling re-opened the question of environmental impact of Columbia and Snake river dams. Judge Michael Simon, United States District Judge for Oregon, ruled in May of 2016 that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation had violated the N...
Colfax Maintenance Supervisor Mark Brown leads attendees on a tour of Colfax High School Jan. 31. Colfax Levy Committee Chairman Wes Claassen, center, listens during a facilities meeting Jan. 31. Colfax superintendent Jerry Pugh is at left. Roof problems, asbestos, heating and air-conditioning systems are some of the top concerns for Colfax school buildings. Status of the buildings was reported to approximately 35 residents who went to a meeting and tour Tuesday, Jan. 31. The session began with...
Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative (PNW) and Cooperative Agriculture (Co-Ag) have announced a merger of the two agricultural companies. PNW, which operates its corporate office in Genesee and another office in Colfax, and Co-Ag voted on the merger in December. “Both companies’ members voted, and there had to be a super majority on either side for it to pass,” said Bill Newbry, chief executive officer of PNW. Co-Ag operates its corporate office in Rosalia and also has offices in Oakes...
