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NOTICE OF A DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) AND A ZONE CHANGE HEARING Whitman County Planning issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: GandJ Unlimited, LLC proposes to change the zone of an approximately 0.6 acre existing parcel from the Agricultural District to a Heavy Commercial District for a towing business. The property is located east of Colfax, on SR 272, in Section 4, Township 16 N., Range 44 E., W.M., Whitman County,...
These reports are from the previous three 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. REVELSTOKE MUSICIANS RETURN High school musicians from Revelstoke, B.C., returned to Colfax Wednesday for a five-day stay while they attend and perform at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho. The group will include 40 students, four adults and the bus driver. Revelstoke has made the trip to the festival on alternate...
8 years ago The Commoner Feb. 19, 1892 A lodge of Odd Fellows was instituted last Saturday evening in the town of Colton, and a large delegation from Colfax attended the ceremonies and participated in the general good time that followed. The lodge was organized with a list of 43 charter members, and Z. M. Beebe, D. D. N. G., of Colfax, was the installing officer. The chief officers of Colton Lodge, No. 114, by which name the new branch of the fraternity will be known, are the following: E. P. McCullum, N. G.; H. P. Pendry, V. G.; Geo. V....
D. Arvin Burlingame D. Arvin Burlingame, a former resident of Colfax, died in Kirkland, Wash., Dec. 28, 2016, after an extended illness. A memorial service will be on Bainbridge Island in the spring. Born in Priest River, Idaho, May 10, 1930, to Calvin and Anna Baker Burlingame, he spent most of his childhood in Colfax where the Burlingame family had homesteaded. He was a member of the 1949 class of Colfax High School. He played football at Colfax and in his senior year was voted the most inspirational player by his teammates. He was offered a...
KREM 2 Anchor Briana Bermensolo made the trip from Spokane to Colfax to be with youngsters at the Colfax Library and teach them about the weather. “Weather & You” was an after school program Feb. 16, with students in first through fourth grades attending. Approximately 40 students attended and were taught about Bermensolo's job as a weather anchor. She told the students how she prepares weather reports and taught them how to prepare one as well. During the program, she invited the students to...
AT TEKOA SCHOOL: Mon.: Popcorn chicken, salad, carrots, cucumbers, applesauce. Tues.: Cheese pizza, salad, carrots, pineapple. Wed.: Taco boats, shredded lettuce, carrots, peaches. Thurs.: Spaghetti and meatballs, salad, green beans, pears. Fri.: Hamburger, fries, spinach, red peppers, cucumbers, strawberry cup. SENIOR MENUS: Pullman Fri., Feb. 24: Pork chops, apple sauce, roasted carrots, wheat roll. Mon., Feb. 27: Chef salad w/ ham, turkey, tomato, cucumber, cheese and hardboiled egg, bread slice, fruit, dessert. Rosalia Tues., Feb. 28:...
Potlatch photographer Charlie Wheeler, first place winner in the bird and mammal division in the 2016 Palouse Chapter of the National Audubon Society photo contest, exhibits wildlife photography the month of March at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn. The exhibit will include northwest birds and mammals printed on canvas, metal and paper. The exhibit runs from March 5-26, with the opening reception March 5 from 1 to 3 p.m. Compassion closet Next compassion closet at Macedonia Baptist Church in Colfax...
Thursday, Feb. 23 Albion – 5 p.m. – Fireside Chats – It’s been a cold winter. Come sit around our library “fire” and have a cup of tea or cocoa. Chat with friends or bring something to work on; same time every Thursday. St. John Rialto – 6:30 p.m. – Trivia Night – Bring your team or join one when you arrive, test your knowledge and win. Don’t forget to bring your library card for a bonus point. Friday, Feb. 24 Colfax – 4:45 to 6 p.m. – Kids’ Corner – Kids don’t put off your homework until Sunday night right before bedtime. Get it done early wi...
Twenty-two people came for lunch in Spokane on Valentine's Day. The next luncheon will be Tuesday, May 9. In front are Carl Ray (1953), Jayne Carson Reynolds (1962), Sharon Hull Kunze (1961), Dave Leaner (1962), Jack Martin (1956), Elaine Morris Krouse (1962), Sandra Russell Jackson (1958) and Jim Krouse (1963). In back are Marilyn Vannice Ray (1959), Jerry Martin (1951), Barbara Long Martin (1953), Joe Reynolds (1967), Bob Schultz (1956), Earl Enos (1953), Bob Lonn (1961), Bob Bumgarner...
Dusty Homestead Ministries went to Orchards United Methodist Church in Lewiston Saturday and assembled 750 soup bags. Three hundred of the bags went to The Roc Rescue Mission, and the balance went to local food banks. This is the home church for Tom and Carol Jeffries, former Whitman County residents. Also helping were relatives of Jon and Angie Webber and the Vantrease family. Selbu Lutheran Church and Country Bible Church are participating in the Homestead Ministries soup packaging session March 3 at 1 p.m. in the LaCrosse School cafeteria....
First semester honor roll students at Endicott/St. John Middle School in Endicott included Ashlynn Archer, Addisen Becker, Kyra Holt, Jeremy Jones, Olivia Kjack, Teagan Langston, Sophia Larsen, Mathew Logen, Rory Maloney, Keelyn Nelson, Coltn O'Keefe, Emily Pierce and Ellie Tollett....
Heather lustig Heather Lustig of the Dusty area has been appointed by the county commissioners to the Whitman County Library Board of Trustees. She replaces Chuck Petras of the Farmington/Garfield area who completed his five-year term in December. Lustig joins board members Bob Bates, Steve Balzarini, Andrea Miller and Suzanne Schmick. The library board meets the third Monday of each month at 4 p.m. in the Colfax branch. Meetings are open to the public....
Endicott Community Club met Feb. 7. They elected officers for the coming year: Cinda Tribble and Laura Jones, co-presidents; Karen Flurry, secretary; and Sue Bafus, treasurer. The group went over coming events for this spring including Bingo on March 11 and the Flea Market in May. Christmas decorations are still up, and as soon as the weather thaws they will be coming down. Dad's Night in Pinochle Club met at the home of Kathy Schlomer Feb. 20. They dined on appetizers and desserts before play began. Present were Judy Cook, Anne Lowe, Bertie...
Colfax High School senior Doug Wilson, back row, fourth from left, this week competed with the Lewiston High School bowling team at the state championship in Burley, Idaho, coming away individually at second place and first place overall as a team. Wilson has been bowling with the Pullman Youth League since second grade, his mom, Karen Wilson, said. When he started participating with a youth league in Lewiston recently, the high school team there saw him and asked him to join their team. The...
Airport update expected at WSU retiree meeting The WSU Retirees Association plans to have Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Director Tony Bean present at its monthly meeting next week to discuss the current realignment project. Bean is expected to give an update on the project and answer any questions regarding it. The project has been in a winter shutdown, but the bid process was recently opened for the second phase of the project. The overall project is expected to be completed in 2020. The next phase of the project is expected to include...
The Port of Whitman County is in the process of planning a new event to bring more attention to the river system. The Snake River Family Festival has been scheduled for Saturday, May 20. “It's just to highlight the multipurpose river system that we believe is important to us,” said Linda Olson, Port secretary. The event will educate the public on the importance of the Snake and Columbia River system. There will be vendors, food, live music and other activities, Olson said. The festival will be at Boyer Park and Marina. An informational fly...
March Madness is set to hit Colfax businesses next week. The month-long event is meant to encourage shopping locally. “If you buy something at one of the businesses that has the cards, you get a scratch ticket,” said Colfax Unified Executive Director Valoree Gregory. A winning scratch ticket, indicated by “win” appearing once the ticket is scratched, can be entered to win $250 worth of gift cards to local businesses at the end of the month. “If you get a winning ticket, you can bring that down to the Perkins House or have businesses turn it i...
A beef field day for 4H and FFA members has been scheduled for Saturday, March 11, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lewiston Livestock Market. Featured topics for the day will include health care, selection, nutrition and feeding of project animal, taste test panel, livestock judging, quality animal care, the stocker-feed project and fitting and showing demonstration....
MARRIAGE LICENSES Alex James Spear, 28, and Dianne Renee Rider, 31, both Palouse, Feb. 14. Richard Kenneth Hines, 70, and Thanh Nguyen Thuy Phuong, 31, both Colfax, Feb. 15....
When President Trump spoke to Boeing workers at its South Carolina production facility, he reiterated his campaign promise to bring jobs back to America. It is a goal we collectively desire, but it is much more complicated than his campaign slogan would have us believe. If it is not carefully implemented, it could hurt the very workers and communities the president intends to help. Unlike America in the 1950s, today it is rare to find a product that is made exclusively in one country, especially complicated machines and electronic devices For...
My ancestors came from Scotland, Germany and Ireland. The Scottish branch of the family lost their lands in the “cleansing” following Bonnie Prince Charlie’s war in the mid-1700s. They made a living as best they could until one of them got hungry enough to emmigrate to America as a bonded servant around 1830. He worked for wages, and his descendants slowly migrated west and found work in the mines of western Missouri. When the mines closed, my grandfather became a skilled craftsman and constructed interior walls of lath and plaster. My fathe...
Rejects premise To the person who submitted this statement in last week’s Pet Peeves, “Unplanned parenthood makes unloved babies”: The premise here is that if you have an “unplanned” pregnancy then that baby will be unloved. I reject that premise. No one is unloved. God loves everyone. What is your solution to “unplanned parenthood”? Don’t tell me you only meant birth control (which is against God’s teaching, but that is another discussion) because it fails and then you are left with abortion. Most parents don’t consider their children as p...
As you might have heard, Donald Trump tweeted at a judge. The commentariat shuddered at the effrontery of it, and some worried that the foundations of the separation of powers had been shaken. Trump's slam of Judge James Robart was undeniably crude and ill-considered, but it wasn't a threat to our republic. In fact, it is a symptom of our distorted and overly sanctified view of the judiciary that a criticism of a judge with a lifetime appointment is greeted with such pearl-clutching. It is entirely appropriate that the political branches have...
For those of us who have found it difficult to say anything nice about Donald Trump, here's something: He clearly is a family man. No, that is not a joke about any of the mafia associations he inevitably accumulated during his rough-and-tumble construction days in New York and elsewhere. Nor is it a snarky comment about his cavalier approach to his various marriages. That's his business. It's about Trump's obviously intense affection for his children and, in the case of his daughter Ivanka, her husband. He brought son-in-law Jared Kushner onto...
A proposal has been made to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers in Washington from .08 to .05 percent. About 37 percent of all crashes are alcohol related. Impaired driving is dangerous. Drugs such as marijuana and prescription medicines are all part of the impaired driving problem. Another pernicious danger also exists on American roads. It is that of distracted driving. Although driving under the influence is dropping, distracted driving is rising. Use of cellular phones, dashboard maps, entertainment systems and all the other...
