Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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8 years ago, March 26, 1886 A private letter informs us that the surveyors on the Spokane & Palouse railroad have about completed cross-sectioning and locating their line as far south as Rosalia. Grading will commence and a contract for forty miles of the road will be let within a week. Almost every town in Whitman and Spokane counties is having a railroad boom. Our enterprising druggist, G.W. Sutherland, has prepared a lot of squirrel poison at home which he sells cheaper than the imported article. Good scheme, keep the money at home. An...
As area entrants vanish in the early brackets of March madness, sports fans change focus. Suddenly the distant dispatches from Peoria, Ariz., begin to carry weight, and fans realize it’s going to happen again. The Mariners will launch. Will expectations of another spring grind down to another August of drooping batting averages and call-ups of unknowns from Tacoma? Although the 2010 sinking of the Mariners’ ship was not unique, it carried an extra ration of disappointment because the expectations of the previous spring were gone. Felix did win... Full story
The History Channel • On March 28, 1774, upset by acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts. The acts included closing the port of Boston and making British officials immune to criminal prosecution in Massachusetts. • On March 30, 1820, Anna Sewell, author of “Black Beauty,” is born. “Black Beauty,” the first significant children’s story in the English language to focus on animal characters, established the precedent for countless other works. The story, narrated by t... Full story
One of the players on the BYU team in the NCAA tournament, Logan Magnusson, is a grandson of the late Gene Biedel, Endicott native who finished his high school career at Colfax. Biedel played on CHS football and basketball teams before departing for service in World War II. BYU and Gonzaga, first round winners at Denver, faced off Saturday, in the round of 32, and BYU eliminated the Zags 89-67. Magnusson scored 10 points in the 74-66 BYU win over Wofford in the first round. He did not score against the Zags. His mother is Lori Biedel Magnusson...
St. John’s 15th annual Stock Show Pig Putt will be Sunday, May 1, at the St. John golf course. Registration will at 9 a.m. with shotgun start at 10. Entry cost is $20 for members and $30 for non-members. Call Lou Miller or Sandy Synstad for more information....
Colfax High grad Hal (Babe Lyons) who has been playing golf for 76 years, reports this year’s annual edition of the Cougar Desert Golf Classic received recognition from the Mayor Richard Kite of the city of Rancho Mirage, California, who declared a Cougar Booster Weekend in conjunction with the tournament and luncheon. Guest speaker for the 24th edition of the luncheon was WSU Athletic Director Bill Moos. The 19th edition of the golf tournament was at the Rancho Mirage Country Club. The event with a dinner and auction raises funds for s... Full story
Four major water projects will get underway for the city of Tekoa this spring and summer. Projects include a new city well, a new roof for the town’s water reservoir, a new water line dug from the reservoir into town and a city-wide replacement of most main water lines. Tekoa Public Works Director Duane Groom said the city has been experiencing water line failures on its aging water-line system. “Most of the water system was put in in the 40s,” said Groom. Across from the city hall building, a new well 300 feet deep is being drilled to replace...
Rosalia Junior Josie Daniels organized the mock car crash at the football field parking lot as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Rosalia High School junior Josie Daniels Monday earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the top honor in Girl Scouts, by staging a tragedy. Working with Tekoa firefigher Paul Fuchs, Daniels staged a mock car crash at the Spartan football field parking lot Monday morning and added her own twist by assembling legal pros for a mock trial. The simulated crash resulted in the mock death of one student and emergency... Full story
Nearly 100 gallons of hydraulic fluid was spilled into the Snake River March 13 after an operator overfilled a bearing in one of the turbines at Lower Granite Dam. Washington state’s Department of Ecology said last Friday the spill created an oily sheen on the river that could be seen for about a mile downstream from the dam. The spill was reported by a park ranger working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who noticed it while patrolling the area. Cathy Cochrane, spokesperson for the DOE, said no environmental effects were noticeable from t... Full story
Donut Hole Discounts As part of the new health care reform law, Medicare Part D beneficiaries that reach the donut hole this year will receive a 50 percent discount on their brand-name drugs, and a 7 percent discount on their generic medications. How it will work is once your total drug costs for 2011 reaches $2,840 (that includes your share and the insurer’s share of the costs), you’ll get a 50 percent discount on your brand-name prescription drugs when you purchase them at the pharmacy or through the mail. Then, after your out-of-pocket cos... Full story
Rosalia library news Rosalia Library is open Tuesdays 10 to 4 and Thursdays 3 to 7. Storytime is Thursdays at 11 a.m. February’s food for fines was a huge success at the Rosalia Library. Librarian Katie Littleton was very grateful to the patrons for taking advantage of this opportunity to benefit a great cause and help out the community of Rosalia. The annual Penny Drive will be from March 28 to April 16. Money collected in Rosalia adds special materials for Summer Reading. New Albion librarian New Albion library branch manager is Matt R...
Dusty David and Phyllis Stueckle left last Thursday for Portland to attend the Cleveland High School spring concert. Their granddaughter Emmaly Light, daughter of Larry and Karen Light, performed with the choir. They returned home Friday. Norm and Gloria Erickson spent the weekend in Everett with her sister and brother-in-law, Goldie and Al Foss. They drove over Friday and returned home Sunday....
COUNCIL ON AGING Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday — Baked ham with fruit sauce, scalloped potatoes, hot veggie medley, fruited Jello with topping, hot dinner roll and dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday — Chili with cheese and onions, cheese sandwich, green salad, Jello, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Federated Church: Wednesday — Baked ham with fruit sauce, scalloped potatoes, hot veggie medley, fruited Jello with topping, hot dinner roll and dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senio...
Twenty-five Colton students traveled to Spokane Community College March 12 to compete in the 2011 Regional Science Olympiad Tournament. This year Colton entered two B teams, seventh to ninth grade. The first team placed third in a field of 13 teams to qualify for a trip to the state competition. The second team finished in 10th place. Planning and preparations are already underway for the state tournament which will be at Clark College in Vancouver April 16. They will depart Friday, April 15, and return Sunday, April 17. Parents and WSU...
LaCrosse Saturday evening the Pastime Tavern hosted a pool tournament with Ted Torgeson and Allan Thompson placing first; Eric Startin and Kyle Harder, second; Scott Filan and Buster Roberts, third. Jasper Trucking will sponsor an Easter coloring contest. The colorings will be on display in the window of Jasper Trucking on Main Street. Residents are encouraged to stop by and cast their vote for their favorite artwork. Second Monday Club will meet April 11 at 3:15 in the Lacrosse Library for children in kindergarten through fifth... Full story
—Trish Hereford photo Rosalia basketball seniors, from the left, Scott Eberle, Casey Brown, Jared Hereford, Flash Hodges, DJ Brown, Nathan Richards and Tom Carrothers book a farewell portrait with photo placards created by Teresa Hodges. Special awards selected by the team went to Josh Roe, most improved; Eberle, inspirational; and Richards, most valuable player. Richards also won the all league, all state tourney and 1B player of the year honors. Eberle received all league and all tourney honors, and DJ Brown was named all league. Hodges w...
God calls us to many challenges in our daily lives. Some as drastic as changing everything about our lives at a time when we would prefer just to stay where we are, comfortable and safe. Sometimes God calls us to new ideas that may cause our friends and neighbors to look at us funny, when we would prefer to keep thinking the way we always have and not rock the boat. The journey of faith may tarry for a time, but God will not let us stay still for too long or remain comfortable in our thoughts and ideas forever. We serve the God of justice and... Full story
The sixth annual penny drive at Whitman County Library will be March 28-April 16 in honor of National Library Week. Each of the 14 library branches will collect money to fund programs or projects. National Library Week is a statewide observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country. Last year, the Whitman County Library branches collected more than $1,250. Vicki Hatley’s Daycare kids in Colfax, seen here with the library’s Reading Bear, took top prize with more than $500 collected for the lib...
Winners of the Terry Jordan Organ Study competition will receive their prizes at a free concert Sunday, March 27, 2011, at 3 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church of Moscow at the corner of 3rd and Adams Streets. The event is supported by the church and the local chapter of the American Guild of Organists and Moscow’s First United Methodist Church. The recital and the student competition which precedes it were established in 2001 by the church and guild to honor the life of former church organist Terry Jordan. The four student finalists w...
Gary Kendall has spent his whole life on the Palouse. Born on St. Patrick’s Day, he lived in Penewawa where his dad was a ranch manager until Gary was five years old. His family then moved to the state-line at Palouse where he grew up and graduated from high school. “We used to beat Colfax all the time when I was going to school,” he recalled. He attended the University of Idaho. His uncles, the Dippel brothers, managed a livestock yard. Gary took a liking to the cattle and built his own Angus... Full story
Ruth Henderson of Colfax was the guest of honor Monday at Eddy’s Restaurant in Colfax when long-time friends and neighbors joined her to celebrate her 104th birthday. She makes her home in Colfax with her daughter, Pat Bailey. Monday’s luncheon was a surprise party, The family planned a birthday dinner on her actual birthday, Wednesday, March 23, with Pat and Ruth’s two sons and spouses, Joe and Jackie Henderson and Donald and Barbara Henderson, all of Colfax. Another son, Michael, is deceased....
A large marble memorial for veterans will be constructed in the Goldenrod Cemetery at Tekoa. The groundskeeper for the cemetery, who is helping with the memorial, estimates there are more than 300 area veterans buried in the cemetery. More than 100 years of Tekoa area soldiers are buried in the town’s Goldenrod Cemetery. Today, three Tekoa women are months away from the completion of a veteran’s memorial at the 10-acre city cemetery. Constructed of marble and concrete by an architect from Post Falls, the memorial may be open to the public as so...
The price of gas has soared in the past few weeks. How is this impacting your driving time?...
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. ROTARY WILL HELP JAPAN At their March 17 meeting, members of Colfax Rotary Club decided to participate in a Rotary International Foundation project to help victims of the earthquake in Japan. Rotary Foundation has decided to supply shelter boxes for short term housing to be used by people who lost their homes during the quake and tsunami a week... Full story
Colfax Police Chief Bill Hickman waves for traffic to resume on N. Main Street Tuesday afternoon after his daily stop of highway traffic to allow Colfax school buses to hit the streets and take children home....
