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Follett, Ian Jonathan James, was born Feb. 7, 2012, at seven pounds, 6.5 ounces, to Jonathan and Kate Follett of Walla Walla. The baby joins brother Jackson, 3. Hays, Deaken Thomas, was born Feb. 7, 2012, at eight pounds, three ounces, to Kellen and Brooke Hays of Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Elaine Hays of Washtucna. Maternal grandparents are Rick and Amy Sawyer of Ritzville and Richard and Lisa Cole of Moses Lake. The baby joins sister Kenadie, 2. Lunders, Aspynn Rae, was born Feb. 12, 2012, at eight pounds, to Ronda Lunders...
As the librarian at the Oakesdale Branch of the Whitman County Library, Michele Wright has watched many children grow from storytime attendees to high school seniors. “One of the funniest things for me to see are these same kids at the high school and to know I had them in my story time when they were three and four years old,” Michele said. Michele also works as a substitute in the school cafeteria and as a book keeper for Busch Distributors, Inc. She recently concluded years of serving on the Oakesdale Parks and Recreation Board. Michele and...
A recent luncheon at Hill-Ray Plaza recognized 23 Whitman Hospital employees for their milestone anniversaries ranging from 5 to 30 years of service. Celebrations also included recognition of employees of the quarter and the 2011 Employee and Manager of the Year. Carolyn Wilson, Radiology Technician, was named employee of the year, and Scott Nelson, Radiology Manager, manager of the year. Employee of the quarter awards went to Jamie Bailey, Tina Bass, Karin Rohde, Lissa Bell, Carolyn Wilson, Barb Schluneger, Daniel Wood, Cristin Reisenauer and...
Lacrosse The Student of Character assembly for January was Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the gym. Awards that were announced included Alec Fleming and Brandon Bennett, both academic improvement in Math from Mr. Kemper. Caleb Hannas, Lane Hannas and Wyatt Hinderer received attitude and effort recognition from Mrs. Baser for building a table for the Junior Livestock Show auction. Everyone is continuing to watch for random acts of kindness. The goal is to have a chain form a circumference around our school. Friday morning the sixth graders assembled in... Full story
CHS freshman Erica Eng, center, daughter of Terry and Joanne Eng, sang as Soprano II in the WMEA All-State Treble Choir in Yakima Feb. 16-20. The choir performed six pieces under conductor Edith A. Copley, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at Northern Arizona University. CHS sophomore Katie Largent, left, daughter of Gary and Lisa Largent, sang Alto I and CHS junior Lindsay Webber, right, daughter of Jon and Angie Webber, sang Soprano I in the WMEA All-State Symphonic Choir made up of about 250 high school vocalists. They sang...
The History Channel • On March 6, 1899, the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co. In its primitive form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries in folk medicine. • On March 10, 1902, in the case of Edison v. American Mutoscope Company, the U.S. Court of Appeals rules that despite his claims, Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera. The court did, however, admit that Edison invented the sprocket sys...
Members of the Palouse Country Cowboy Poetry Association will perform Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. Attendees will hear three poets who have won awards at the national level. Darleane Norskog and J.B. Barber will recite poetry. Bodie Dominguez, Dave Fulfs and Jim Aasen will perform some western music. The cost is $7 at the door. Proceeds will benefit the expansion project at the Dahmen Barn....
Dusty Valente Reynoso, eldest son of Heathermarie Heaton Reynoso and Jaimie Reynoso of Mexico City and grandson of Blake and Carmen Heaton, won the long jump competition Saturday in an invitational track meet in Mexico City. He was invited to the meet because he is the top athlete at the school he attends, Lancaster School. His younger brother Jeronimo, also participated in the meet as the second best athlete at their school. Jeronimo placed second in the javelin throw. Valente also got the lead role in a short movie to be filmed in March. He’l... Full story
Whitman County’s real estate market steadied in 2011 after the previous year’s dip which followed the expiration of the 2010 federal first-time home buyers’ tax credit program, Figures released by the Washington Center for Real Estate Research showed 460 homes sold during the fourth quarter of 2011, an 18 percent increase from the same period in 2010. Glenn Crellin, director of the center, pointed out the 2011 fourth quarter total was still well under the 620 homes sold during the fourth quarter 2009. This was the first report produced by Cr...
The Washington Crop Improvement Association is planning to move its office from the WSU campus to the Port of Whitman County’s Pullman Industrial Park. Debbie Snell, maintenance and operations manager for the port, said the association requested the property, which covers just less than one acre, for a site to build a new building. Port commissioners declared the lot surplus, a prelude to sale, at their regular meeting last Thursday, Feb. 16. The lot is located at the west end of the industrial park’s loop road.... Full story
Three people sustained minor injuries in a one-car accident in winter conditions 12 miles north of Colfax Sunday morning. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Janice A. Anderson, 51, Lakewood, lost control of a 2001 Mitsubishi while driving southbound in blowing snow conditions at 8 a.m. The car slid off the right side of the snow-covered highway and came to a stop on its right side. Passengers were Jacob Anderson, 21, also of Lakewood, and Tyler Mernaugh, 21, Tacoma.... Full story
Junior artists Kaetlyn and Ashley Richman, Cal Lewis and Rosie Meyer, from the left, worked on their banner designs at Saturday morning’s Colfax Art Council workshop session in the library. They will paint the designs on street banners which will go up in April. A record six juniors entrants will be among the 12 artists painting the banners in the coming weeks. Connor Johnson and Dillon Nails are the other two youth entrants selected for the competition. Colfax artist Tim Ely and Council President Debi Anderson provided some tips on painting t...
Garfield/Palouse wrestlers also finished their season at the Kittitas regionals last week. Freshman Trapper Askins placed eighth in the 120 weight class. He pegged a win in his first match and then lost the next two. Askins finished 17-15 for the season. Sophomore Kevin Knauff won his seeding match for a number-five ticket going into the regional, but he was stopped twice and finished a 22-12 for the year in the 160 class. Colfax wrestlers Dayton Maltone and Justin King finished with sixth-place wins at Kittitas last week to qualify as... Full story
Muddy fields along roadsides means construction on the Port of Whitman County’s $14 million fiber optic network will have to wait awhile. Joe Poire, port executive director, reported to port commissioners at their regular meeting last Thursday, Feb. 16, that work was set to finish the following day inside Pullman city limits. That section, he said, is the last construction crews will be able to complete before the ground dries and state permits are acquired. With a $12 million federal stimulus grant, contractors for the port are laying 170 m...
The WIAA has changed this year’s regional round for the B division playoffs to a single, winners advance, game. Eight boys teams will win state tickets Friday and eight girls teams will win state tickets on Saturday. Last year’s regionals format included two rounds with more weight allowed to the top qualifiers from each district. Top district qualifiers faced off the first night with the winner advancing to state. The loser of that game played the first-day survivor of an elimination game between lower seeded teams. The format was changed bec...
1. Name the last rookie manager before Don Mattingly of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011 to beat the defending World Series champions on Opening Day. 2. Only two major-league teams since 1900 started a season 0-6 and made the playoffs. Name either one. 3. Name the last 11-win team to not make the NFL playoffs. 4. In 2011, Doc (1980) and Austin Rivers became the second father-son basketball duo to be named McDonald’s All-Americans. Who was the first? 5. When was the last time an NHL team won back-to-back Northeast Division titles? 6. Name the f...
Round four of this season’s battle between Colfax and Northwest Christian girls went to the Crusaders Saturday night at the final district game at Mt. Spokane. The 65-44 win advanced the Crusader girls into this week’s regional round and shut down the Colfax girls hoop season. Colfax went into the last district game after battling Reardan Friday night in the title game. The Indians pulled out a power packed last quarter for a 65-44 win and the district trophy. Bulldog girls finished 16-8 on the season. Colfax and the Crusaders paired off Saturd...
Colton’s tear through the SE 1B league capped Friday night with the team’s first district championship. The Wildcats’ title came with a 73-61 win over St. John/Endicott in the marquee matchup in the district tourney at Endicott. It was the third time Colton had beaten the Eagles this year. SJE rushed out of the gates with forward Cole McCanna making himself a series of open paths to the hoop for 10 points in the opening frame when the Eagles staked a 20-19 lead. Colton’s brotherly backcourt of Josh and Jake Straughan found their range in the... Full story
Colton’s undefeated Wildcats iced a fifth straight district title and wrapped up another perfect season Friday night by sinking the Nighthawks of Tekoa/Oakesdale 75-28 in the SE championship game at Endicott. Colton now sets its sights on a fourth straight state 1B title, opening the regional round against Trout Lake Saturday night at University High School in Spokane. The ‘cats have not lost since falling to Almira/Coulee/Hartline in the first round of last year’s regional which then featured a double-elimination format for league champ...
Colfax boys staked a third-quarter lead and made it stand up Friday night to end Northwest Christian’s hoop string at 22 games. The big win at Mt. Spokane netted the district trophy and the number-one slot in this Friday’s critical regional game. Colfax has been paired against Oroville Friday at 8 p.m. back on the Mt. Spokane court for a chance to get to the three-game Big B show the following week in Spokane. Northwest Christian, the defending champs, bounced back Wednesday to take a 54-36 win over Davenport to claim the number-two ticket to... Full story
THURSDAY A Cessna with more than 20 pounds of marijuana was intercepted by a paif of F-16 fighter jets after it strayed into restricted airspace around President Barack Obama’s helicopter in Los Angeles. A Cleveland judge sentenced two parents to eight years in prison after they pleaded guilty to failing to get medical help for their eight-year-old boy before he died from a treateable form of cancer. Sears laid off about 100 of its 6,100 workers at the retailer’s headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Israel Cruz Millan, aka “El Muert... Full story
A temporary protection order to halt disclosure of a settlement agreement involved in part of the massive Kentucky Bluegrass growers suit was granted Friday morning by Judge David Frazier in superior court. The order followed a hearing in which attorneys for Seeds, Inc., of Tekoa, Scotts Companies and Dye Seeds of Pomeroy presented arguments. The three companies are defendants in civil suits filed by growers who allege damages due for failure of the defendants who adhere to contracts for the production of Kentucky Bluegrass seed. At issue Frida...
Local schools were among those honored in the 2011 Washington Achievement Awards given by the Washington State Board of Education. Jennings Elementary of Colfax, Washtucna schools, and Pullman High were named for Overall Excellence. Garfield/Palouse Middle School at Garfield was named for its science program and Garfield/Palouse High was recognized for extended graduation rate. The Overall Excellence award goes to schools in the top five percent in Washington, as assessed by the Achievement Index, which was developed three years ago by the... Full story
Thomas Huntwork returned to the Colfax City Council Tuesday night when he was appointed by a 3-2 vote of council members. Huntwork and Jeff Didier, both unsuccessful mayoral candidates last year, applied for the seat vacated by J.W Roberts at the start of the year. Councilmen Don Henderson, Al Vorderbrueggen, and Jim Kackman voted for Huntwork, and Councilmen Steve Holberg and David Nails voted for Didier. In a brief talk before the vote, Huntwork said he would have sought re-election to another term onthe council if he hadn’t decided to file f...
A beaver who is suspected of causing damage along Silver Creek at Garfield since last fall may have departed with the high water. Garfield Public Works Superintendent Bill Bowman said a beaver was suspected of causing the damage to trees, although no one reported seeing it. The last bit of new damage turned up before the rising water of the past two weeks. “We’re just hoping the high water pushed him downstream,” said Bowman. Bowman said he plans go seek help from a state trapper if the beaver returns....
