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Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. My father is worried my mother might fall down in the yard while he’s watching TV because there’s no way to guarantee it would happen during a commercial. My mother isn’t as concerned, because she has fallen a couple of times before and didn’t like it. Apparently, she believes she has developed an aversion. A dutiful and caring son, I’m worried, too — and my solution is that they should both go live with my sister. My sister says this is fine as long as she can simultaneousl...
It was interesting while it lasted, but the 2016 election is now officially “bought.” The purchasers are the Koch brothers, and the price, a cool $889 million. The news that the network organized by David and Charles Koch plans to spend roughly $900 million in the 2016 cycle has freaked out Democrats, outraged so-called campaign-finance reformers and inspired hand-wringing about the future of the planet Earth. The despair is misplaced. One sign it is still a free country is that a band of like-minded people, devoted to principles they con...
For the first time in American history, entrepreneurship is in decline. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, businesses are dying faster than they’re being formed. Each year, 400,000 new businesses start up nationwide; 470,000 close their doors. Gallup reports that in the 1980s, business startups outpaced business failures by about 100,000 per year, a trend that continued until the 2008 recession. Now, after six years of sluggish economic recovery, the entrepreneurial death rate in the U.S. is outpacing its birth rate. In fact, the U.S. now r...
I’m about to be very right or very wrong. I’m glad it doesn’t matter in newsbiz, because no one remembers what any of us writes or says; but for what it’s worth, I believe that Rand Paul has a decent shot at becoming not only the Republican nominee, but taking all the marbles in the general election next year. Speaking of marbles, did you see and hear Sarah Palin completely losing hers when she spoke at that hard-right Iowa political event? Her disjointed comments left her exposed to a lot of ridicule, including from people in her own party....
Daylight Savings Rep. Elizabeth Scott, R-Monroe, says that staying on standard time all year long would simplify our lives. I see it exactly the opposite. Here are my reasons for staying on the current saving time/standard time schedule. Reason one:. During summer, daylight begins at approximately 4:00 a.m. if we were on standard time. Most people do not get up until approximately 6:00 a.m. So two hours of daylight are not used except to sleep. In the evening the extra daylight is a welcome advantage so people can work in their gardens, golf, r... Full story
Not so long ago, measles was a fact of life. Then, because of effective vaccines and public health programs, measles was all but wiped out. The word itself dropped from common parlance. Now it is back, spreading to vulnerable populations. The number of people infected still is not great, but the disease is wildly contagious. The return and spread of measles is not because of some genetic evolution of the virus or lack of medicine. It is instead because many parents have decided not to get their children inoculated. In part, that is because of... Full story
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. FOOT CHASE ENDS IN ARREST A Lewiston man was arrested in the back yard of a residence along the 500 block of N. Mill Street Feb. 5 afternoon after a foot chase which started on the first floor of the district courthouse. Deputy Bryce Nebe had been dispatched from the sheriff’s office to walk over to the district court office and take custody of... Full story
The Port of Whitman County is exploring an economic development project, also known as maker spaces, as a means of transferring knowledge. Port Executive Director Joe Poire said the project is in a very preliminary stage, and the goal is to leverage the presence of the two universities for economic development. Poire explained that the maker space would be a building with several rooms set up for rent to entrepreneurs to develop projects. It could be as simple as a space for a seamstress or include 3-D printers or milling machines, he said....
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jan. 21 found a construction joint movement, a small gap which is only one-quarter inch to 3/8 of an inch wide at the top of a 27-foot tall concrete drain tank at Lower Granite Dam. Corps spokesman Bruce Henrickson said the corps defines it as a gap, not a crack, in an adult fish trap bypass drain tank. The drain is part of the adult fish by-pass system and is near where adult fish are captured out of the adult fish ladder as they migrate upstream, Henrickson said. Fish bypass operations are not expected to be...
Voters approved a lineup of special levy proposals in the first county special election Tuesday, according to the county auditor’s elections office. Four school districts all received stong majorities. The auditor’s elections office counted 1,232 ballots in the Tuesday night count. Colton’s replacement levy request for $495,392 in 2016 received 69 percent approval at 207 yes and 92 no. Garfield district’s proposal for $260,000 for 2016, $265,000 for 2017, and $270,000 for 2018 received 72 percent approval with a 145 yes and 58 no. Garfiel... Full story
Alex Alben will be the first speaker in a series of technology programs at Whitman County Library branches. Alben’s program, “Privacy and Personality in the Digital Age,” will be held Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 3 p.m. in the Norma McGregor Room at the Colfax library. He also will be at the Albion library the same day at 6 p.m. St. John library will host Alben on Thursday, Feb. 19, at noon, and then he will be at the Tekoa library at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19. Alben will talk about the concepts of perso...
The Corps of Engineers Friday closed vehicle and pedestrian crossing over Lower Granite Dam because soil adjacent to the bottom of one of the bridge pier foundations for the Almota-Ferry Road was moved on Feb. 5. The road leads to the south shore vehicle entrance to go across the dam from Garfield County. Corps spokesman Bruce Henrickson said construction digging on the dam’s Juvenile Fish Facility’s primary dewatering structure led to the soil movement. Henrickson said corps geotechnical and structural engineers did preliminary eva...
Third Thursday at the Colfax Library Feb. 19 for youngsters in grades one through four will feature a science program with KHQ’s television weather reporter Ryan Overton from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Overton joined the KHQ news team in November after working in Anchorage. Originally from Mukilteo, he graduated from Seattle University with a degree in journalism....
A community meeting will be held Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Colfax High School library regarding the search for the school’s next principal. Dr. Dennis Ray of Northwest Leadership Consultants, who has been hired as a consultant for the search, will be on hand. The meeting will be to receive comment for qualifications the board should seek in hiring a new principal. Ray has scheduled a meeting with school staff members earlier that day. Principal Buck Marsh submitted his resignation Dec. 29 and will depart at the end of the school y... Full story
Harold and Diane Rawlings stand in front of their FedEX service center in Colfax. The center is the only one in the county. Colfax Package & Parcel officially opened for business on Feb. 2, and as the only FedEx service center in Whitman County, they are receiving good customer response. Before opening, FedEx only had a drop box on North Main Street. Harold and Diane Rawlings are the FedEx owners and operators. Brooklyn Schmidt assists them with the business. The Rawlings’ daughter, Kimberly D... Full story
Colfax boys return to Reardan for a fourth tourney game today when they try to avoid another early finish in the playoff season. The boys will face the Lind/Ritzville/Sprague at 4:30 p.m. today for the fifth and last ticket to the regional rounds. Colfax arrived on the brink after they dropped a 58-60 loss to the Wilbur/Creston Wildcats Tuesday night in a game between teams with 1-1 records after the first two trips to the Reardan playoffs. LRS arrived at the brink after they bowed 45-48 to St....
The Southeast 1B district basketball tournament begins this week with first-round games held at home gyms leading to the championship matchups in Clarkston Feb. 20 –21. For the boys, action begins Thursday, Feb. 12, with No. 3-seed Colton hosting No. 6 St. John-Endicott at 5 p.m. No. 5-seed Touchet plays at No. 4 Liberty Christian. The winner of St. John-Endicott and Colton advances to play at No. 2-seed Garfield-Palouse Saturday at 5 p.m. For Touchet and Liberty Christian, the winner goes on t...
Six Colfax and Garfield/Palouse wrestlers advanced toward the state finals Saturday at Ritzville out of the 16-team sub-regional round. They will compete this Saturday in the regional competition round at Northwest Christian in Colbert. Top five finishers at the regional will advance to the state Mat Classic in Tacoma the next week. Colfax placed fifth in the 16-team Ritzville meet with 118 points, and Garfield/Palouse placed 12th with 46 points. If the scores had been combined, the locals would...
Colfax and Northwest Christian, winners of their respective sides of the NE league, will collide tonight in the championship game of the NE district tournament at Reardan’s Main gym at 6:15. Both teams rolled through the first two rounds of the district play Wednesday and Saturday at the big district event. Colfax girls advanced their NE record with wins over Wilbur/Creston and St. George’s in the first two rounds. The Crusaders advanced with wins over Liberty and Davenport in the first two rou... Full story
Rounding out league play for the 2014-15 season, Garfield-Palouse and Pomeroy both picked up blowout wins Feb. 6 to enter the district tournament in a tie for first. Pomeroy won a draw at the start of the season so they take the No. 1 seed for districts and Gar-Pal enters at No. 2. Garfield-Palouse 75, LaCrosse-Washtucna-Kahlotus 17 A 54-5 first half-margin led to a definitive win over the Tigercats Saturday in Palouse. Cole Sanderson led the Vikings with 15 points on the night while Gabe...
The Colton girls wrapped their eighth consecutive Southeast 1B league title with a blowout win over Oakesdale Feb. 6, concluding the regular season. The district tournament begins this week with home games, concluding in Clarkston Feb. 20-21. Colton 77, Oakesdale 26 On Friday night in Oakesdale, the Colton girls ran the Nighthawks down for their 21st win of the year. Zoe Moser led with 20 points while Rachel Meyer and Courtney Kimberling scored 11 each and Kendyl Druffel added 10. After leading by 22 points at halftime, Colton put together a...
A fourth license to grow and process marijuana in Whitman County was granted by the state Liquor Control Board on Feb. 4. Garry H. Griffiths of Pasco, under the name of Three G Farms at 7205 Endicott Road, now has a license to produce and process marijuana. The license allows Griffiths to have a maximum of 21,000 square feet of marijuana for production at wholesale to marijuana processor licensees and to other marijuana producer licensees. According to a real estate transfer tax affidavit filed in the treasurer’s office Nov. 18, 2014, the p... Full story
These cattle peacefully graze in a green pasture along Dry Creek Road on a mild winter’s day. Crops are also showing green with warmer temperatures....
After meeting with four landowners at their regular session last Thurs-day, Port of Whitman commissioners decided to support an abandonment policy in the event the railroad tracks from the now idle Colfax-Pullman line are removed. The port authorized Chairman Tom Kammerzell to urge the state’s PCC rail authority to abandon the line instead of following a policy of banking the rail property for possible use at some point in the future. The state is now awaiting a report on strategic development of the rail system before deciding on the fate of t...
In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Whitman Sheriff's Public Notice of Order of Sale of Real Property No. 105800031130000 & 105800031140000 NANCY J. MONTAGUE, also all persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, lien or interest in the property described in the complaint herein, Defendants Judgment Rendered on: December 29, 2014 Order for Sale Issued: February 3, 2015 Date Received: February 5, 2015 Date of Levy: February 10, 2015 To Nancy J. Montague, Judgment Debtor(s), The Superior Court of...
