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The History Channel • On March 17, 461 A.D., Saint Patrick — Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland — dies in Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade, though, took place not in Ireland, but the United States, when Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City in 1762. • On March 19, 1842, French writer Honore de Balzac’s play “Les Ressources de Quinola” opens to an empty house thanks to a failed publicity stunt. Hoping to create a buzz for the play, the writer circulated a ru...
Doug Curtis, LaCrosse school principal for the past 10 years, Monday was named for the Most Effective Administrator Award for small districts at the Washington Association of School Administrators conference in Yakima. Raymond superintendent Steve Holland was named for the mid-size district award. The awards were presented by WASA and Pemco Insurance. Jim Menzies of Pemco Insurance made the presentations. A large district administrator award will be presented later and a $10,000 award is divided among the three recipients. Proceeds from the awa...
Mao, Alan D., born Feb. 2 at seven pounds, one ounce, to Mingrui Duan and Peng Mao, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Yanyun Moa and Xiaolan Chen, Hunan, China. Maternal grandparents are Xueming Duan and Zhixia Yang, Xi’an, China. This is the couple’s first child. Vaughan, Bryon Nikolas, born Feb. 11 at six pounds, 10 ounces, to Robert and Ashley Vaughan, Pullman. The baby joins one brother, Marcus Allen, 7. Colton, Greta Lyn, born Feb. 23 at six pounds, 11 ounces, to Jared and Ashley Colton, Pullman. Paternal grandparents are Don and Lin...
Colfax High School students who earned all-A grades for the first semester were Deanna Aeschliman, Christopher Appel, Ciara Becker, Amelie Bruya, Brandon Gfeller, Heather Harder, Sidney Huber, Kayla Johnson, Hannah Knaack, Kelli Largent, Kyle Largent, Arik Laubach, Aryssa Laubach, Rachel Robinson, Rick Scholz, Alex Teade, Allison Vorderbrueggen, Brooke Waldo, Meigan Wall, Brooke Webber, Lindsay Webber, Morgan Willson. Students on the highest honor roll are Melissa Aeschliman, Connor Appel, Brittney Burke, Ryan Christopherson, Brady Cornelius,...
Seven golden-throated Colfax High School students have qualified for the state solo and ensemble contest. A soloist, a duet, and a seven-member ensemble from Colfax will bring their best warbling to the state festival April 23- 24 in Yakima. Colfax junior Kyle Largent, who will sing in the seven -member Colfax ensemble and the duet this year also qualified for the all-state mixed choir. Largent traveled to Yakima in mid-February where he practiced for several days on several numbers with the state choir. Approximately 3,000 students around the...
Lamont is beginning the process of replacing scores of trees along the streets of Washington’s second smallest incorporated town. Mayor Steve Lacy said the goal is to replace many of the trees planted 40 years ago that are now beginning to catch diseases and die. The town purchased 60 trees from Lincoln County’s annual tree sale. Residents interested in having trees planted on city property near their house should contact town hall. Lamont town council Monday night approved the purchase of a new chainsaw to add to the town’s arsenal of tree mai...
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. Mill Street parking gone Virginia Sanders, who resides in the historic Hollingsworth house in the N. 400 block of Mill Street, told the city council at a city council meeting March 1 the city’s rebuild of that section of the street eliminated parking spaces in front of her house. Sanders said the removal of parking has been a hindrance in her ef...
My father is a very active participant in passive television viewing. He watches a wide-ranging variety of primetime shows, such as “CSI,” “CSI: Miami,” “CSI: Las Vegas” and “CSI: Pre-School.” He watches the news, he watches historical dramas like “Band of Brothers,” he watches horror shows like “American Idol.” And then, just to drive me crazy, he watches this fishing show I call “Two Smelly Guys in a Boat.” The plot of the show concerns two men who have been left out in the sun too long, bobbing around in a small boat, catching what I swear...
An early morning fire Saturday caused an estimated $500,000 damage to a 12-unit WSU apartment complex. Fire officials credited the student residents on doing a great job of evacuating the complex and preventing injuries. Pullman firefighters were called at 4:46 a.m. by a report of a fully-engulfed apartment fire in the Chief Joseph Village Apartment complex at 2025 NE Terre View. The first call came by cell phone from a resident. The complex alarm station was not activated until six minutes later. As crews arrived, flames were coming from unit...
Alicia and Anthony Napier of Colfax filed responses Feb. 26 in superior court to the jewelry repossession suit which has been filed against them by Harry Ritchies Jewelry, Inc., Portland. The company filed for a show cause order seeking return of jewelry because the Napiers allegedly failed to make payments under a retail purchase agreement. The suit said the purchase agreement assigns security interest in the jewelry pieces to Ritchies. In their responses filed in court Friday, the Napiers allege the assignment of security interest expires...
Water trail response In response to the articles “Fish and Wildlife eyes water trail for northwest county lakes” and “County parks board backs fish and game water corridor plan:” On February 23rd over thirty landowners of the Chapman Lake, Bonnie Lake, and Rock Lake area met to express their concerns over the acquisition of land by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and supported by Whitman County Parks Board. This is rugged land with very little accessibility to allow fire protection, rescue operations, and law enforcement to penetra...
These days, it seems like profit has become a dirty word. To hear some politicians talk, you’d think making money was a bad thing — and that those who do should be taxed and regulated to death. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. Our economy is the best in the world because anyone can take a chance and start a business, whether it’s kids selling lemonade or Boeing delivering a 747. That’s why people flock to America! Profits also allow companies to do good things. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, private compani...
THE FIRST TIME I saw Alexander M. Haig Jr. was in 1979 when he came to Seattle to scout out his 1980 presidential chances. He did not turn on the Republican fat cats, though they were impressed by him. Haig, said one, “has the speaking ability of a Reagan, the intellectual capacity of a Kissinger and the poise of a Connally. But he’s a cold fish.” Cold indeed. He never mingled with the crowd. While the $100-a-platers sipped watered down cocktails at McGovern’s Music Hall at $2.25 a shot, Haig was at a private reception at the Washington Plaza f...
So there she was on the television screen that Friday night. Sen. Patty Murray was being “interviewed” about the $35 million in stimulus funds which had been added to the pot for Spokane’s North-South Freeway project, probably the state’s longest still-in-the-works freeway project. The television reporters didn’t have much trouble tracking down their “news” story; Sen. Murray, and Gov. Christine Gregoire announced the day before they would be up on the Farwell Road overpass at 10 a.m. the next day for an “appearance”. It really wasn’t a n...
-K.Miller photo Freshman Brandon Gfeller shows his touch from the outside. Gfeller hit five three-pointers against Lind/Ritzville Saturday to give the Bulldog offense a much-needed boost and advance the team to state. Propelled by the shooting boost from a freshman, Colfax boys Saturday picked up the second NE ticket to state and opened their first state campaign Wednesday. Coach Reece Jenkin and his crew, which includes five seniors, were matched against Liberty Christian in the tournament’s nightcap game at the Spokane Arena. Liberty C...
-K.Miller photo Colfax senior Brittney Burke goes to the hoop in front of Reardan's Aly Peone in the NE championship game. A year ago Colfax girls faced off in the Spokane Arena’s title spotlight against the Napavine Tigers before the 2B championship game, a first for the Bulldogs. Colfax then pegged a 20-point win to finish a solid four-game run for their first possession of the new 2B globe. The Bulldogs returned to the Arena Wednesday with many of the same players, the top ticket out of the NE District and an invisible center target mark o...
Last two Whitman teams in the SE 2B playoff at Walla Walla were knocked out last Wednesday after dropping into the consolation rounds of the SE tournament at Whitman College in Walla Walla. Garfield/Palouse boys were bumped by Asotin 49-41. The Panthers advanced to the last round game for the number-three SE ticket to the state show in Spokane and took a 64-56 win over Walla Walla Valley Academy to get a rare shot at the state hoop finals. Asotin’s state B mark out of the SE totals two eight-place finishes, in 1984 and 1985. The Panthers w...
The SE district championship winners in last week’s 1B playoffs at Endicott each landed three slots on top 10 rosters named by the district last week. Coach Clark Vining of the Colton girls and Rob Hudkins of the Rosalia boys also collected coach-of-the-year awards for the SE. Girls all-district players included Kelsey Moser, Haley Moser and Mollie Kramer, Colton; Kelly Van Lith, Kelsey Simon and Alli Winters, St. John/Endicott; Katelyn and Briann Maley, Rosalia; Zoe Weaver, Touchet; and Gladys Martinez, LaCrosse/Washtucna. Honorable mention p...
Rosalia’s boys made a terrific run through the regular season, racking up a 22-0 record and claiming the district title. The boys last week at Endicott collected the trophy for topping SE 1B action. Running through a perfect season and carrying the top state ranking into last week’s 1B tournament at Yakima, Rosalia’s boys had a colossal bullseye on them. Teams lined up their scopes and came with full supplies of ammunition to take down the 22-0 favorites, and sent the Spartans home without a trophy. Rosalia posted a first game win over Lopez We...
St. John/Endicott girls hold their fifth place trophy after besting Neah Bay 49-30 Saturday morning. Holding the trophy is Trisha Luft, one of four seniors who played their last game. The other three are pictured to the left, in order, Katie Jensema, Kelsey Simon and Kelli Van Lith. Hoop careers of four St. John/Endicott girls ended with a fifth place trophy under the lights of Yakima’s SunDome Saturday afternoon. “What a great bunch of girls,” said Coach Bob Clements. “They always played with a real good chemistry, and I know they had a lot of...
The boys from St. John/ Endicott hold their second place trophy after falling just short in a classic championship game against Sunnyside Christian. Coach Rick Winters, back row second from the right, was named the tournament’s best-dressed coach after sporting a crimson corduroy blazer for the final. Powered by bus driver Dave Swannack’s elephant garlic, St. John/Endicott boys booked a second place finish last weekend at Yakima and rattled Sunnyside Christian, the 1B dominator, down to the final second of the title game. Each time the Eag...
Colton girls hoist the golden ball for the second year in a row after rolling over Almira/Coulee/Hartline 64-34 in Saturday night’s marquee match-up. Kelsey Moser, lifting the trophy, is the lone senior on the Wildcat team. The unstoppable force that has been Colton girls basketball the last two years boils down to one credo: Just Work Harder. The hard chargers from the Snake River breaks followed that ethic through the season took it up a notch for last week’s 1B championship repeat at Yakima’s SunDome. “I’m real proud of these girls,” s...
A required engineers’ survey of the Colfax flood control channel, which generated ardent protest from Mayor Norma Becker and council members when introduced, moved a step closer to reality March 1. The city council authorized City Administrator Carl Thompson to determine what first steps will be needed in meeting the survey requirement which has been estimated to cost the city $57,000. The city objects to the survey as they believe the cost is too much. The survey has been required by FEMA which noted the 1964-65 flood channel construction b...
Gazette Reporter The final nail has been hammered for the now-finished Habitat for Humanity house in Palouse. An open house celebrating the completion will be March 7 at 3 p.m. at the house, located at 525 Union Street in Palouse. Krista Given and her two young children will move into the house March 12. Given was chosen from among 100 applicants to the Palouse chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The single story house features three bedrooms and one bathroom. To qualify to live in a home, a family must demonstrate they fall between the 30 to 60...
Body count from last year’s special doe hunt in the greater Colfax area was 195. The state department of Fish and Wildlife issued 450 permits to hunters in the greater Colfax area, which includes management areas around Colfax, Steptoe and Almota. Figures given to the Gazette from Bob Weaver, local state game warden, showed 27 confirmed kills of antlerless deer in the newly-created Colfax management area. Creation of the new Colfax district was seen as a means of reducing the in-town deer population which has taken a toll on Colfax yards and g...
