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NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS BID FOR ONE (1) NEW 2012 SIX WHEEL DRIVE ARTICULATED MOTOR GRADER WITH TRADE-IN WHITMAN COUNTY STATE OF WASHINGTON Sealed bids will be received on the following proposal by the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, State of Washington, at its office in the Whitman County Courthouse in Colfax, Washington, until 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, on March 12, 2012 at which time they will be opened and publicly read. Handicap access may be obtained by the Mill Street entrance to the Courthouse. Each bid is to be separately...
Week of Feb. 27-March 2 At Colfax Schools: Daily items offered at Colfax High School include salad bar, chicken sandwiches, hamburgers, deli sandwiches, vegetarian options, fresh & canned fruit, fresh vegetables, oven fries, yogurt, cottage cheese, bagels and juice. Monday: Breakfast for lunch Tuesday: Country steak, mash potatoes, vegetables, french bread Wednesday: Hot ham and cheese on bun, green salad, apple crisp JES Monday: Breakfast for lunch Tuesday: Hot dogs or chili dogs, oven fries, baby carrots, fruit Wednesday: Mac & cheese... Full story
WSU Extension and Department of Animal Sciences announce the first WSU Beef, Lamb, Pork and Poultry 100 short-courses in eastern Washington. The Beef and Pork 100 course will be offered March 9 at the WSU Spokane Extension Office, and the Lamb 100 and Poultry 100 courses will be offered March 10 at Spokane Conservation District Office. The WSU Beef, Lamb, Pork and Poultry 100 short courses are designed for beginning farmers, but are also excellent energizers for experienced food animal producers to expand opportunities and sustainability of... Full story
Students earning all-A grades to top the block one honor roll at Garfield/Palouse High School include Sarah Bofenkamp, Adrienne Hamilton, Heidi Jamison, Mickaila Martin, Rebecca Reeve, seniors; Cassie Thompson, junior; Chandler Pfaff, sophomore; Libby Akin, Jacob Arlt, Sarah Bailey, Gabriel Cocking, Mitchell Jamison, Rachel Nelson, Hunter Woltering, freshmen. High honors students with grade averages of 3.5 to 3.99 included Kaycie Adair, Emily Akin, Nathan Cocking, Jessie Hathaway, Melissa Johnson, James Keller, Jeffrey Kent, Jonathan Kuehner,...
UI and WSU extension will co-sponsor a youth beef field day Saturday, March 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lewiston Livestock Market. The event is for all 4H and FFA members and leaders who want to learn more about raising successful beef livestock projects that meet industry standards. Local extension educators, veterinarians and successful livestock producers will speak on feeding steer and breeding project animals, health care issues, quality assurance, beef taste test panels and fitting and showing techniques. Cost is $6 per person, $8...
OVIC stance We write to emphasize that neither as individuals nor as the Board of Directors of the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct (OVIC) are we opposed to the Hawkins project. We favor economic growth in this area and the opportunity for any entity that is willing to make the effort to have the right to take the risk. What we are opposed to is the attempted underwriting of this project with public funds. Entrepreneurs, business people, need to bear the risk for their proposals, and if successful, reap the reward. It is not the taxpayers... Full story
A new charge of trafficking in stolen property was filed in superior court Wednesday, Feb. 15, against Cody Alan Richardson, Pullman. The charge alleges Richardson took part in the theft of Kindle electronic readers on two different times at the Wal-Mart in Pullman. Richardson and another suspect in the case, Deandre Johnson of Spokane, were identified in surveillance tapes. The officer’s account said Wal-Mart employees reported the suspected thefts to police after finding empty boxes for the Kindles at different locations around the store a...
An April 16 trial date for Jonathan M. Morris, 31, Moscow, was scheduled Friday in superior court after he pleaded not guilty to charge of first degree theft and second degree burglary. Morris was jailed Feb 15 after Pullman Police responded to an early morning report of a man attempting to get help with a stuck car. They later located the suspect and subsequent investigation led to his arrest on probable charges of entering the Four Star Supply and taking cash out of the manager’s office. Bail amount for pre-trial release was reduced to $...
W.Bruce Cameron Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. These are the official meeting minutes of the Neighborhood Committee, transcribed by me because I arrived five minutes late and found I had been elected recording secretary by unanimous proclamation plus derisive laughter and insults. 1. The newly elected recording secretary (me) submitted his resignation. The chair ruled that resignations could be submitted only at the end of the meeting; also, several people threw pretzels. 2. Mrs. Kilgore declared for t... Full story
Last week, Judge David Frazier ruled that the county commissioners could not hire an outside lawyer at county expense for their defense in the lawsuit by the Organization to Void Illegal Conduct. Commissioners Pat O’Neill and Greg Partch are facing charges by OVIC for illegal meetings, illegal use of public funds and entering into an illegal contract. All these charges stem from the deal the commissioners struck with Hawkins Company over a new shopping center at the state line near Moscow. They obviously need a lawyer, but they don’t want Count...
There is finally a bit of good news from Olympia. The state’s Revenue Forecast Council reports that tax revenues for this biennium will be $96 million higher than projected last November, and state tax collections for 2013-15 are projected to grow by 6.6 percent. But we shouldn’t get too excited. Even with this additional revenue and the cuts the Legislature made in December’s special session, lawmakers still need to make up about a $1 billion deficit to balance the budget. Even if they manage to close the gap this time, the basic probl...
First they come for the alcohol, then for the tobacco, then for your sugar. When the day arrives when you have to undergo a background check and endure a three-day waiting period to enter a Dunkin' Donuts, you can trace it back to this moment. Namely the publication in the journal Nature of an article calling for regulating sugar as a health hazard, although stopping "far short of all-out prohibition" (that would be too extreme). One of the authors is Robert Lustig of the University of California, San Francisco, who hopes to be to the...
8 years ago February 25, 1887 The man who ventures the prediction that there will be a chinook is in danger of having his head smashed. The Farmington branch train now leaves Colfax in the morning (when it don’t snow) and returns in the evening (when it don’t snow) on account of avoiding the danger of having to tie the train up for snow. Ground has been purchased for a fair and driving park to be organized at Farmington in the near future. The Colton cheese factory is established on a good business basis, and with an experienced cheese mak...
Tekoa eating establishments will be open Saturday evening in anticipation of an influx of customers prior to the 7 p.m. start time of the three-act play “Bus Stop” at the Empire Theater. Cafe Artisan will serve beginning at 5 p.m., by reservation only. The Feeding Station will feature chicken fried steak as its evening special, and C & D’s bar and grill will also be prepared for an increased number of patrons. Tickets for the performance, put on by the Moscow Community Theater, will be available at the theater box office starting at 6:30 p.m.... Full story
Dear Savvy Senior Is there an age limit on being an organ donor? At age 73, I’m interested in being a donor when I die, but am wondering if they would still want my organs. What can you tell me, and what do I need to do to sign up? Willing But Old Dear Willing, There’s no defined cutoff age for being an organ donor. In fact, there are many people well up into their 80’s that donate. The decision to use your organs is based on health, not age, so don’t disqualify yourself prematurely. Let the doctors decide at your time of death whether your or...
Jennifer Rod of Moscow, a metal sculptor and painter, will be featured in the Meet the Artist session March 1 at the library in Colfax at 7 p.m. The Meet the Artist series is sponsored by Colfax Arts Council and Whitman County Library. Rod earned her masters degree in Fine Arts from the University of Idaho in painting. She learned steel sculpture about 10 years ago from a friend in Enumclaw who made fish out of steel. Dogs are Rod’s main subjects for her steel sculpture. In fact, her first steel sculpture was a monument of her dog which she p... Full story
Hog Heaven Big Band will play songs from the big band era at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown Saturday, Feb. 25 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Band has been playing on the Palouse for decades. Auf Gehts, a German Oom Pah Band, will play a free concert at Dahmen Barn Sunday, March 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. The concert will be in conjunction with the 58th annual sausage feed at the Uniontown Community Building from 10 to 5....
Endicott librarian Laura Jones reports Teen Librarian Chelsea Leachman will debut a new Fourth Tuesday session for fourth through sixth graders next Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 3:30 p.m. with a special program for future scientists. Third Tuesday Club will continue for grades K-3. The Feb. 21 theme was President’s Day....
Students between 12 and 18 are invited to Teen Tech Time next Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 3 p.m. at the Colfax Library for a snack, crafts, games and computers. To see when teen programs are scheduled at Whitman County Library, visit the Events Calendar at www.whitco.lib.wa.us or call 1-877-733-3375. To explore teen program ideas contact coordinator Chelsea Leachman at wclteens@gmail.com.... Full story
Athenaeum Members gathered at the home of Sherry Cox Feb. 17. Mary Ann Mitchell presented a program on Maude Lillian Bolin. She was a member of a Yakama Indian Tribe and known as Yakama Cow Girl Aviator. Her love of flying combined with her dare devil rodeo adventures made her well known in the county. She flew across the country in 1928, but she was also recognized for many civic contributions. Cindy Jones, Cheryl Alice Van Tine and Ruth Enos were placed on the associate member list. The next meeting will be held at the Colfax Library March... Full story
A community blood drive will be today, Thursday, Feb. 23, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. in the Colfax Branch of Whitman County Library. Donors can call the library to schedule an appointment, but walk-ins are also welcome. The 12th annual “Food for Fines” drive continues through Feb. 29 at all 14 Whitman County Library branches. Library users can exchange non-perishable food items for up to $10 in outstanding library fines. All food will be distributed to local food banks. Meet the Artist will feature painter and steel sculptor Jennifer Rod at the Colfax... Full story
Biagi grandchildren Bradley Robert, Jr., was born Aug. 16, 2011, at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, Calif., weighing eight pounds, six ounces, to Brad and Norma Biagi of Riverside. Maternal grandparents are Jose and Barbara Santoyo of Riverside. Paternal grandparents are Bob and Debbie Biagi of Colfax. Maternal great-grandmother is Petra Santoyo of Riverside, Calif. Paternal great-grandparents are Ben and Marguerite Daltoso and John and Geneva Biagi, all of Walla Walla. The baby joins siblings Valerie and Carlos. Haley Anne Magnaghi...
Bob Hickman of Post Falls, former proprietor of Hickman Boot & Saddlery in Colfax, has been selected as one of 80 artists to participate in the centennial edition show of the Calgary Stampede next July. The Stampede extends the honor on a one-time basis to Western artists from all over the world. Artists are honored at a special reception on the Wednesday before the stampede and display their work during the event. The Stampede runs July 6-15 this year. Hickman said he plans to display some of the chaps he has made and decorated. He also plans...
Twenty-eight students earned all-A grades to lead the first semester honor roll. A total of 100 students were on the roll with grade averages of 3.25 or higher. Earning all-A grades for the semester were Brady J. Cornelius, Kelsey E. Nails, and Morgan Willson, seniors; Deanna E. Aeschliman, Christopher S. Appel, Ciara N. Becker, Ryan T. Christopherson, Sidney L. Huber, Hannah M. Knaack, and John T. Mellor, and Rachel M. Robinson, juniors; Hollyanna H. Hahn, Leah Heiner, Nicholas Johnson, and Taylor Larsen, sophomores, Sam Dailey, Erica Eng, Kor... Full story
Former Colfax Mayor Norma Becker, and City Clerk Connie Ellis share the rostrum near the end of last Thursday’s farewell appreciation banquet for the mayor’s 20 years in office. Highlights and lowlights of the 20 years Norma Becker served as mayor of Colfax were recalled in limerick form last Thursday night in a farewell banquet at the library. The 1996 flood, fire station fire, the McDonald annexation, Mill Street lights and horse dropping episodes were among the topics. Former city manager Emily Adams noted during her years of service she...
