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Colfax girls powered through the last two Bi-County league games over the weekend to nail down the number-two slot in the two-week playoff campaign which will be waged at Mead and Mt. Spokane High Schools. After an 13-3 finish in league play, Coach Corey Baerlocher’s team is booked for a Saturday 1:30 p.m. game at Mead against the winner of the Liberty-Republic game Thursday night. The 2B district tourney over the next two weeks will qualify three teams for the regional rounds Feb. 25-26. Top two qualifiers will land at University High in t...
Four teams in the SE league started the playoff part of the season Wednesday at St. John and Rosalia with the winners advancing to a semi-final round Friday. Colton, the league dominator which finished their league run at 14-0, will host the winner of Wednesday’s Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia game. Pomeroy, which landed in the number-two berth after a draw, will host the winner of Wednesday’s SJE vs. Garfield/Palouse game. Friday’s semi winners get a guarantee for the next level of playoffs. They will collide next Saturday at the Colfax gym in the S...
One wrestler each from Colfax, Garfield/Palouse and St. John/Endicott qualified last Saturday for the B division’s state regional round Friday and Saturday at Reardan High. They finished among the top six in the sub-regional hosted by Almira-Coulee-Hartline at Coulee City. This weekend’s regional will feature qualifiers in B division for all schools east of the Cascades. Top five finishers in each weight class at the Reardan regional will get a ticket to the state Mat Classic next week at the Tacoma Dome. Kevin Knauff of Garfield/Palouse top...
Two big wins in the last rounds of league play and the luck of the draw landed the Colfax boys in the number-two slot of the District 7 show which will be waged over the next two weeks at Mead and Mt. Spokane. The Bulldogs tied Northwest Christian at the top of the league standings with a 15-1 run, but they landed in the two slot because of the results of a pre-season draw which was conducted to resolve ties. Colfax drew the number-seven card, and NWC drew number three to get the top slot. FINAL BI-C BOYS STANDINGS NW Christian 15-1 18-2...
Southeast B contenders tonight begin the playoff quest for the state championships in Spokane - or at least Walla Walla and Wenatchee. District play starts tonight, Thursday, with three-seed Garfield/Palouse hosting six-seed Pomeroy and four-seed St. John/Endicott hosting five-seed Touchet. Rosalia’s Spartans, who finished a league run without a loss last weekend for the top slot, will host the SJE-Touchet winner Saturday. Number two Colton, will host the GP-Pomeroy winner. Losers Thursday will be kicked into consolation play, which begins n...
The Whitman County planner now has the ability to issue permits to certain construction projects at his sole discretion, after commissioners Monday approved a set of amendments to county zoning law. Iris Mayes, assistant county planner, told commissioners the changes were designed to streamline the permit process. The changes allow the planning department to issue administrative use permits for, among other things, cellular tower construction, property setbacks in the Pullman-Moscow Corridor zone, haul roads for quarry operations and farm...
Fears that the revolution in Egypt would disrupt the global wheat market were eased Monday when that nation made a large wheat buy. Tom Mick, chief executive officer of the Washington Grain Alliance, said Tuesday the country bought 55,000 metric tons of U.S. soft white wheat along with wheat from Australia and Argentina. “They need it, and they’re going to continue to buy,” said Mick. “We’re about the only supplier left that can meet their needs.” Egypt brought in about 10 million metric tons of wheat last year. Included in that was more th...
Fifteen years ago, a flood of epic proportions on the North Fork of the Palouse River hit homes and downtown businesses in Palouse. Today, Palouse residents tout the flood as the tipping point for a major revitalization of the town’s downtown. With buildings soaked and damaged, the town council set its sights on a better, more visitor-friendly downtown. The difference between then and now, said Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove, is dramatic. Five antique stores, three cafes, a bakery, a salon and a small public park now line the downtown’s Main St...
THURSDAY Police in Las Vegas arrested Anthony Carleo, 29, son of municipal court judge George Assad, for riding a motorcycle up to the upscale Bellagio casino in December and stealing about $1.5 million in gambling chips. An Alabama police officer shot and wounded a defendant in a small town Alabama courtroom after he tried to grab a gun and attack a judge. Witnesses said the officer used unnecessary force in twice shooting a defendant they said became unruly but did not attempt to get a gun and was anyway on crutches with a broken hip...
A sketch of the proposed Mitzimberg cabinet shop which will be located at the site where the former building was destroyed by fire Nov. 30. The design work was done by Boudreau Architecture. Total square feet of floor space for the design is 5,640. Formal application to return Mitz’s Cabinet Shop to Main Street has been started by Craig Mitzimberg of Colfax. The city Monday initiated a permit process under the state’s Shoreline Management Act because the new structure, which will be on the site were the shop was destroyed by fire Nov. 30, is...
Long-time Rosalia seed company Wilhelm Seed was purchased Feb. 1 by McKay Seed Company of Almira. Barry Tee, former Wilhelm Seed owner, will continue to manage the office. The Rosalia company has sold seed on the Palouse since 1947, when it was founded by Wilbur and Edgar Wilhelm, now both deceased. By selling to the larger company, Tee said he can add an employee and have access to a broader selection of seed. Tee has been running the business solo. As the company began selling more product, the work load became too much for one person. McKay...
All six levy measures rolled up strong yes votes in Tuesday night’s special election count which covered 44 percent of ballots mailed to voters Jan. 21. Voters in Colton, Garfield, Lamont and Palouse all gave school levy proposals overwhelming support. Rosalia voters gave 67 percent approval to the town’s annual $50,000 levy request for funding to maintain the city’s streets. Eighty percent of voters in the St. John Cemetery District gave the thumbs up to the district’s request to lift its levy lid to the maximum. Initial returns include...
Residents of Rosalia this year have bumped Farmington for the dubious honor of being the highest taxed town in Whitman County. Declining property values for the tax base increased the levy rates faced by Rosalia taxpayers. They will pay $18.53 in taxes for each $1,000 of assessed value on the property they own. County commissioners Monday approved Assessor Joe Reynold’s 2011 levy rates. Due to falling assessments on private property and utilities, Rosalia’s levy rate rose 40 cents from last year’s $18.13 total. Farmington’s 2011 rate of $18....
For the first time in recent memory, John Hardy gym in the Endicott school will be without the sounds of squeaking sneakers and raucous rooters as county basketball teams start the final weeks of the winter campaign. Athletic directors from the eight Southeast District schools voted last fall to take the district tournament out of Endicott and move the show, at least the last three days of the show, to Colfax. “We’re sad about that, but we hope they’ll bring it back our way,” said Rick Winters, superintendent of the St. John/Endicott coopera...
Kaylynn Misner, left, and Karly Wigen, put the pedals to the metal, or maybe the buttons to the plastic, Friday night at the slot car track in the JES gym while Calista Winters, right, watches the race. They were among youngsters who took part in the Karnival Kick Off for the Relay for Life. The event offered youngsters an array of carnival-style activities to launch this July’s Relay for Life at the Colfax High School track which will benefit the American Cancer Society....
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington will meet in its office in the Whitman County Commissioners’ Chambers, in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on Monday, the 7th day of March 2011, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. for the purpose of considering an Amendment to Whitman County’s Six-Year Road Program (2011 - 2016), at which time and place any taxpayer may appear and be heard for or against said program. Handicap access for the Whitman County Courthouse is available at the Mil...
Seven Colfax High School choir members have qualified for the state competition. Three of the students qualified as soloists. “There are some very, very fine voices [this year],” said Choir Director Cary Cammack. Lindsay Webber, Kyle Largent and Katie Largent each sung so beautifully at the district festival in Pullman they were picked as soloists for the state competition. Senior Kyle Largent said he likes the self-expression involved with music, adding he likes to entertain. For his solo piece, he picked an upbeat Italian song. “It just makes...
While still bargaining with union employees for contracts in 2011 and 2010, Whitman County commissioners Monday renewed a deal with negotiator G. Andrew Hunt and Associates. The Hunt firm of Spokane represents the county’s interests in collective bargaining negotiations with employee unions. Commissioner Pat O’Neill said the expertise of the Hunt firm is key to protecting the county’s interests in labor wranglings. “I’m not a professional at that, and we’ve got a lot of other things to do,” said O’Neill, who was a member of the Teamsters Union...
Colfax artist Tim Ely guided the large crowd through the history of how and why books were made at last Thursday’s Meet the Artist program in the meeting room of the Colfax branch of Whitman County Library. Attendees were encouraged to handle samples of materials and some of Ely’s art books. Ely described the use of vellum for making books from 500 AD through approximately 1500. This sample would likely have made about eight pages and cost the life of one goat. Ely’s work is now featured in a display at the Museum of Arts & Culture in Spoka...
A 30-strong crowd gathered at the Palouse Federated Church last Thursday, Feb. 3, to hear four panelists speak on livestock topics. Sponsored by the Palouse Conservation District, the night had a broader focus of informing livestock owners on the best management practices for both their animals and businesses. The first speaker was small business owner, Cheryl Williams-Cosner, who raises livestock and sells direct from her farm outside Walla Walla. Williams-Cosner spoke about her operation from start to finish, from purchasing their...
Members of the new business club at Colfax High School scored exceptionally well for their first year of competition. The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), only a few months into its creation, had four students qualify for state at the regional competition last Wednesday in Spokane. Students Ryan Christopherson, Emma Gingerich, Kurt Moore and Nick Johnson each placed in the top five for their respective events. Johnson and Moore paired up and placed in the top five in a team competition. They qualified to compete at the state FBLA...
More than seven months after being authorized to hire a director of Whitman County’s finances, Auditor Eunice Coker Monday told commissioners she needs to put the job back out for hire. Coker said she received three applications for the job when she initially advertised it last fall. Two of those applicants, she said, took other jobs, and the interview panel formed to hire the director decided to advertise the position again to draw more candidates. She said more supervisory duties have been added to the job description. Kelli Campbell, c...
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MARRIAGE LICENSES Mark Roland Veraga Santos, 24, Pullman, and Angela Gonzalez Lindsay, 24, Pullman, Jan. 21. Ryan Vaughn Troll, 20, Pullman and Rebekah Marie Robertson 19, Moscow, Jan. 24. Hung Chang, 22, Pullman and Keng Wong, 26, Pullman, Jan. 27. Jerome Babauta, 24, Pullman, and Liyang Liu, 22, Pullman, Jan. 28. Christobal Ramirez, 19, Pullman and Maria Orzco, 19, Pullman, Jan. 31. Paul Edwards, 46, and Kimberly Clanton, 46, both Worley, Id, Feb. 3. Andrew Storfer, 41, and Dinara Kline, 34, both Pullman, Feb. 4. BUILDING PERMITS Jones Truck...
Sara J. White, area environmental compliance coordinator for the Army Corps of Engineers, will be guest speaker at the Colfax Chamber of Commerce noon luncheon next Tuesday, Feb. 15, in the Harvest Home Cafe at Whitman Hospital. The public is welcome to attend. White oversees environmental protection of public lands and waters on more than 105 river miles of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers with 26 parks, 20 boat launches, and six campgrounds, including 46,000 acres of water and 20,000 acres of lands under federal protection. She previously...
