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The current campaign for president is setting the tone for future political discourse. This campaign season has seen unprecedented personal attacks, dirty tricks and vulgar language. Truth and civility are notably absent. No candidate seems “presidential,” and both parties are guilty of the abuses. All this does not bode well for the future. One of the most disturbing comments to come out of the campaigning was, not surprisingly, from Donald Trump. It has not been widely reported. Put aside his comments about Hispanics or Muslims or the oth...
--Robin Jones photos Six Colfax wrestlers competed at the state Mat Classic in the Tacoma Dome Friday and Saturday. They rolled up 50 team points to finish 11th in the all-B division. At top, Reggie Jones, left, battles Merit Fink of Liberty Bell in the semi-final of the 145 class, and Brian DeYoung, right, works for an escape against Wyatt Stoddard of Selkirk in the 195 class. DeYoung finished in fourth place. Jones finished in sixth place. Both are seniors. Bulldog entrants in action along...
Colfax sophomore Greta Geier puts up a baseline shot against Alison Day of St. George’s in the Saturday NE-SE finale at Mead Saturday. Piper Cai is in the background for Colfax. After dropping a one-point loss to St. George's Saturday in the NE-SE finale at Mead, the Bulldog girls will travel north again Saturday to play Waterville/Mansfield in the state playoff round of 16. The game has been booked at West Valley at noon, and the winner will get a slot in the final eight state show for three d...
The Colton girls gather around their ninth consecutive Southeast 1B league trophy last Friday night in Walla Walla. The Wildcats advance to play Lyle/Wishram at Mt. Spokane High School this Saturday at 6 p.m. The winner goes on to the final eight at Spokane Arena. Colton senior Rachel Meyer looks to the basket in the first half of the Wildcats’ win over Touchet for the Southeast 1B title. The Colton girls brushed aside their would-be rivals Touchet under the igloo dome at Walla Walla Community C...
Garfield/Palouse will send a rooter bus this Saturday, Feb. 27, to Mt. Spokane High School for the Boys BB regional game being played at 8 p.m. The bus is open to all students seventh through 12th grade, residents as well as students sixth grade and younger with an adult. The bus will leave the Palouse School at 5:15 p.m. and from the Garfield Post Office at 5:30 p.m. There is no cost to ride the bus. At least 20 riders must be signed up by noon Friday for the bus ride to happen. Game admission is $11 for adults and $8 for students with ASB...
Garfield/Palouse senior forward Ian Niebergs rises for two of his 23 points in the district championship vs. Liberty Christian. The team is now one win away from Spokane Arena. A steal and a lay-in from Ian Niebergs made it 27-23 at halftime. Garfield/Palouse and Liberty Christian were locked in a fight, the district title on the line last Friday night at Dietrich Activities Center at Walla Walla Community College. In a fast, physical contest, the ball didn't bounce, it ricocheted. In the end, G...
Reggie Jones on the way to an 8-4 decision over Daniel Espinoza in a quarterfinal win in the 145 class. Jones placed sixth for his second state medal. Mitch Barney gets the second place medal on the awards stand next to 152-pound winner Jorge Juarez of Tonasket. Colfax wrestlers rolled to three medals Saturday in the final round of the Mat Classic wrestling tournament at the Tacoma Dome. The Bulldogs, who had six wrestlers in the all-B division lineup at the start of the action, rolled up 50...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has scheduled two initial meetings which will cover the same planning topics for the John Wayne Trail. The first meeting will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Cheney City Hall Auditorium, 609 2nd Street, Cheney. The second meeting will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, in Room 137A of the Student Union and Recreation Center at Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way, Ellensburg. These meetings are the first of two rounds of public meetings in which State Parks staff will...
Public meetings seeking input for a potential future project at Boyer Park and Marina have concluded, and the Port is moving forward with a pre-application for a dock system planning grant, reported Port Executive Director Joe Poiré. The public meeting Feb. 2 had 10 to 12 people in attendance consisting of people who keep their boats in the water seasonably and people who frequently use the boat ramp and trailer their boats, Poiré said. “People want the docks improved,” Poiré told the Gazette. “Some want covered slips, but the majority...
Lloyd Stoess of The Palouse Falls Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will provide another talk on the the Geomorphology of the Channeled Scablands March 1 at 6 p.m. at the Mid-Columbia Library in Connell. Stoess, a lifetime resident of Washtucna, is the president of the newly-formed Palouse Falls Chapter and a member of LaCrosse Community Pride. He previously gave the lecture in LaCrosse, Washtucna and Ritzville in January with more than 50 attendees combined from the three meetings. “It's doing pretty good,” said Michelle Plumb, Pal...
Whitman County Public Works Director Mark Storey has made the call to buy a modular bridge for use in the county. The estimated $50,000 item, out for bids now, calls for a two-piece steel structure with a wood-plank driving surface. The device, with its two halves bolted together, is used as a temporary bridge in bridge repair and/or replacement projects, three of which will take place this summer. Edmundson Bridge on Sand Road, the Glen Miller Bridge on McNeilly Road, and the Steptoe Creek...
These alpaca were spotted grazing off of Highway 26 near LaCrosse Monday morning. More than 20 alpaca were on the hillside....
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) last week was named to Fortune’s list of 15 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production, ranking number 12. This is the second year in a row the company has earned the title. The company last year was in the ninth slot. A news release issued by SEL described the process and qualifications for making the list. “The 15 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production rankings are based on feedback from employees from U.S. manufacturing and production companies,” it stated. “The survey consists of 58 q...
The 63rd annual Uniontown Sausage Feed will be Sunday, March 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Served in the Uniontown Community Center, the all-you-can-eat meal is on a first-come, first-served basis, or patrons may get their dinner in a box to go. The menu includes sausage from a secret recipe, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, applesauce, pie and beverages. Tickets will be available at the door; $12 for adults, kids age 6 to 12 are $8 and under-6 $2. Entertaining guests in line will be Four Names in a Hat, a barbershop quartet....
The Chamber purchased these red, white and blue flags to show the public that the Perkins House is open for tours. It has been just less than two months since the Chamber of Commerce moved its office from Main Street to the Perkins House, and the move has kept the house busy. “It has gone better than I thought it was going to,” said Valoree Gregory, Colfax's unified executive director, whose office now sits under the stairway in the historic house. “Everyone was worried that we were going to be...
Jerry Walker, 74, Endicott area farmer, was sentenced to 66 months Friday afternoon on a conviction for three counts of child molestation. In pronouncing the sentence, Judge David Frazier denied a request by the defense for a sexual offender alternative sentence. Walker Jan. 8 pleaded guilty to two charges of child molestation in the second degree and one charge of child molestation in the third degree. Each of the charges cites a time span within the early weeks of summer with the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 specified in the separate charges....
A statewide 911 outage two years ago cost CenturyLink $2.85 million dollars Monday. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved a settlement between the company and the commission following an investigation into the outage that interrupted emergency services for six hours from April 9-10, 2014, according to a news release from the commission. A statement from the commission was included in the news release. “We agree with staff and the company that the $2,854,750 penalty appropriately reflects the nature and extent of the v...
Shelly Elkins poses in her shop, Flowers, Decor & More in Colfax Monday. Elkins purchased the building and business from Bob Garrett in January and is planning on making some changes. The ownership of Flowers and More… has changed hands. Previously owned and operated by Bob and Cynthia Garrett, the business and the building has been purchased by Shelly Elkins of Rosalia. Elkins has worked at the shop for a year and a half and said she has been operating the business for the past six months. T...
--Robin Jones photo Colfax senior Mitch Barney topped an entry of six Bulldogs wrestlers Friday and Saturday in the all-B division of the WIAA Mat Classic in Tacoma. Barney here is wrestling Raul Martinez of Warden on the way to a one-point win in the 152 semi final. He advanced to the championship round and finished second....
Sheri Miller, Whitman County Library Children's Services, right, dances with kids during a Uniontown Storytime. Uniontown will hold an open house for its new, expanded library at the Town Hall Saturday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. will also recognize contributors and volunteers who spurred the estimated $80,000 project. The final result includes two elements which were set aside earlier after bids came in higher than expected. A craft cabinet and storage closet...
District 2 Commissioner Dean Kinzer Whitman County District 2 Commissioner Dean Kinzer Monday announced that he is running for re-election to his position this fall. Kinzer is currently in the fourth year of his first term and chaired the commission last year. “I believe we are starting to make some progress on issues dealing with fiscal policy and implementation of that policy. We continue to work on many other issues in the county that need attention,” he wrote in an email Monday. “I believe w...
A priority list is taking shape for improvements to Whitman County paved roads. Cited roads for a $750,000 federal Surface Transportation Act grant include: Endicott Road, Endicott-St. John Road, Hay-LaCrosse Road, Garfield-Farmington Road, Glenwood Road, Johnson Road, Lancaster Road, Old Thornton Highway, Palouse Cove Road, Pine City-Malden Road, Pullman-Albion Road and Pullman-Airport Road. “The need is throughout the county,” said Mark Storey, Whitman County public works director. Other roa...
