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A small parcel of county owned land in the city of Palouse may soon be transferred from the county to the city of Palouse. Palouse city council at its March 9 council meeting approved a motion authorizing Mayor Michael Echanove to send a letter of interest to the county. The land parcel is near the intersection of Highway 272 and the North River Road east of downtown Palouse. With an eye on extending sewer and water lines to a future housing development in the Breedings Addition neighborhood, Jim Farr and John Eastburn of Palouse had asked the... Full story
A crew of beavers have been doing their thing along the last mile of Clear Creek upstrem from Glenwood. A series of small ponds and lots of logging can be seen along the road north of the Highway 272 intersection.... Full story
I taught my daughter everything I know about volleyball, which is, in essence, how to identify a volleyball. Thus prepared, she has gone on to play the sport in high school and college, and her club team came in first place at nationals a few years ago — in other words, I did a great job. My daughter seems to believe that most of the credit should go to her for all the games and drills and practices, which is just silly. “Your natural athleticism flows through my DNA into yours,” I inform her biologically. “My father was a great fisherm...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Jon Lamoureux Jr., San Diego, 26, and Melissa Stramel, 35, Hays, Kansas, Feb. 19 Juvenal Castrejon, 39, El Rancho De Puerto De and Denise Mowder, 51, Mineral Wells, Texas, March 18 Dewey Walker, 27, Tillamook, Or and Tasha Leinweber, 25, Pullman, March 18 Mathew Scarborough, 23, Pullman and Rebecca Burt, 30, Roseville, March 19 Robert Moreland, 22, Napa, and Brenda Anderson, 20, Pullman, March 19 Carl Rude, 78, Rolette, North Dakota, and Janetta Van Doren, 76, Spokane, March 22, 2010 Joseph Cole, 24, Las Vegas, and Shelly...
Officials with the Port of Whitman and City of Pullman will have to wait to hear if they receive a $1.3 million loan to bring utilities to a development on the city’s north end. Debbie Snell, port properties and development manager, and John Sherman, Pullman city manager, pitched the loan proposal to the state Community Economic Revitalization Board last Friday. Snell Tuesday told the Gazette the board decided to wait until its May meeting to make a decision. She said the request was over the state board’s self-imposed $1 million loan lim...
Half a dozen boyscouts traveled down from the town of Oakesdale March 19 to learn about the inner workings of the Whitman County Gazette. The scouts, who ranged from first through fifth grade, visited the ad department, the news department, and the classified ad department. Students learned how to design an ad from Gazette advertisers Jeri Stanton and Lisa Peterson. The students made their own ad as they learned why newspapers use ads. They also walked through the steps of building a newspaper classified ad. They learned how to type up a...
Colfax Impressed Over the past several weeks I have immersed myself in data underlying our local school levy. I have learned a lot about how public education is funded and how district operations are managed. The thing that has impressed me most is the need to credit local agricultural land owners for their role in supporting the education of our children. Sixty five to seventy percent of levy funds are provided by the relatively few individuals that own the surrounding farm land. That is no small contribution in light of ever-difficult profit... Full story
Business owners across our state don’t understand why elected officials are raising taxes and adding costs when employers are struggling to keep stores open, factories running and people working. They feel there is a “disconnect” between politicians and the people who send them to Olympia and Washington, D.C. They’re frustrated with the federal spending spree and the tax increases that will inevitably follow. They can’t comprehend the logic of running up our nation’s debt with little thought of how to repay it. If shop owners along Main Street...
SO ANOTHER St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone, a time of sad memory for me. It was on the day after St. Patrick’s Day 1971 that somebody stole my 1970 candy apple red Mustang with white upholstery and 8,000 miles on it from where it was parked behind two State Patrol cars next to the Legislative Building. There was a green derby in the back seat I’d gotten at Sen. Martin Durkan’s St. Patrick’s Day bash the night before. The Legislature was, of course, in session and I had driven from my hotel to the Capitol Campus early in the morning t... Full story
++++ The coordinators and participants of the Rosalia Junior Miss program. It was a great show. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 211 N. Main St Colfax, Wa 99111...
Some years ago, long-time state representative and senator Eugene Prince complained about the lack of civility in Olympia. He lamented the disappearance of the time when people of good intentions fought vigorously over philosophies and issues while still treating each other with respect. The debates during Prince’s public service might have been heated, but after the votes were cast, members went back to work together on other issues. The lack of civility and respect in public debates has grown since Prince left office. It has been a growing p...
* It was Benjamin Disraeli, 19th-century British Prime Minister and the first Earl of Beaconsfield, who made the following sage observation: “The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.” * You’ve probably never heard of Hurley, Wisc., but if you lived in the area, you’d know that the town is home to a 15-foot-tall corkscrew. It can be found, appropriately enough, outside Corkscrew Liquors. * Except for the queens, all wasps die in the autumn. * The Japanese ruling family is the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the wor... Full story
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. Formal charge filed A formal charge of harassment with a threat to kill was filed Friday in superior court against Dennis J. Cohoon. Cohoon, 60, Endicott, was charged with threatening Gary True of St. John March 16 in St. John. Cohoon allegedly made the threats after True yelled at Cohoon to slow down the Corvette Cohoon was driving on Front...
Courthouse staffers last week reported a return of the woodpecker to the upper reaches of the jail. The bird was rapping away at the exterior of the west side of the jail. Bob Reynolds, county facilities manager, said he believes woodpeckers are attracted by the easy boring into the insulation foam on the exterior of the building. The jail’s exterior foam and a spray surfacing were applied over concrete block or poured concrete walls. Woodpeckers who go to work on the building generally change boring locations after they hit concrete under t...
Erin Hopkins tends to Colfax trackster Keaton Moore’s sprained ankle on the Schmuck Park infield. By Jeslyn Lemke With a rolled ankle here and a pulled ham string there, a new program with Whitman Hospital has athletic trainer Erin Hopkins attending to the needs of Colfax athletes. For five or six hours a week for the past few weeks, Hopkins leaves her job as a massage therapist at the hospital and drives to Colfax High School. She tends to injuries among the track, baseball, and softball teams. She shares recovery techniques with athletes a...
Colfax high schooler Abby Muir sends a ball down the lane Monday as part of the bowling portion of the school’s P.E. program. Muir turned in a good show in her first game Monday, knocking down 93 pins. Muir’s lane mates also turned in solid scores. Rebecca Hardie hit 103, Elizabeth Hatley hit 95 and Kelsey Nails shot 97. Because of the school’s financial straits, students paid their own bowling costs. For the first time in more than three decades, the Wheatland Lanes in Colfax will have a new set of owners. Mike McPherson of Colfax has owned...
* On April 7, 1776, Navy Capt. John Barry, commander of the American warship Lexington, makes the first American naval capture of a British vessel when he takes command of the warship HMS Edward after a desperate battle off the coast of Virginia. * On April 9, 1865, at Appomattox, Va., Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, Lee had no other option. * On April 10, 1906, O. Henry’s second short-story c... Full story
Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia Tuesday took a 9-2 win over St. John/ Endicott with an eight-hit attack. Brandon Hovde led the Nighthawk offense with two homers, each good for two RBIs. TOR posted a 4-0 lead after three innings and built the lead with a three-run charge in the fifth. Will Dedic had the start for the ‘hawks with Flash Hodges pitching relief. Mason Van Lith had the start for the Eagles in their first game, and Bryce Bennett came on to pitch the last inning. TOR totaled eight hits, and SJE had six hits. Dallas Schluneger picked up b...
Heppner, Ore., one of the regular early-season foes for Colfax baseball when they arrive for the Bulldogs’ spring break tournament, will not be in the lineup this year because of a schedule conflict, according to Colfax AD Mike Morgan. That leaves the tourney lineup at three teams with Colfax playing twice on Friday. The Bulldogs will play Freeman Friday at 11 a.m. and Bellevue Christian at 2 p.m. Saturday, Freeman and Bellevue Christian will play at 11 a.m....
St. John/Endicott girls Tuesday moved their record to 2-1 on the season with a 14-4 win over Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia in a league meet at St. John. The Eagles rolled up 10 hits with Haley Reiber pegging a two-run homer in the fifth inning to put the lead over 10. Kelli Van Lith started for the Eagles. She struck out six, allowed just two hits and walked four. Tallan Smith finished the last inning and protected the lead. Gretchen Van Lith had a 3-4 day at the plate. Alli Winters had two hits with a double. Briann Maley pitched for TOR. The...
After two years of dormancy, the LaCrosse/ Washtucna baseball program has returned to the Whitman County lineup this year under the direction of Dan Hill, Washtucna math teacher. Hill has 12 players in the lineup for the season with three seniors, two juniors, one sophomore, four freshman, and three eighth graders. “We’re awfully young and inexperienced,” Hill noted. But the team members look forward to stepping up and gaining that experience. Hill graduated from Elma High School in 2003. His dad, Jim Hill, coaches at Elma. Dan Hill playe... Full story
Colfax track team will crank up this year with a lot of talented competitors from last year and a lot of competitors who could add to the program. Coach Jason Cooper, starting his ninth season, said the turnout tally this year totals 60 tracksters which he believes sets a record. “The girls team this year is very strong. We have a lot of the people back from last year, and we have a lot of new talent,” Cooper commented. The Bulldog girls won their first state B trophy at Cheney last year with 57 points, nine beans ahead of Wakiakum, the num... Full story
Lil’ Guy wrestlers show a variety of emotion as they await the call to action after coming out of the pairing room early in the day at Jennings. High school refs and volunteer scorers were kept busy as the mat competition unfolded in the two gyms at Jennings in Colfax Saturday. Fourteen teams entered the event. SJE’s Thomas Newton, one of the high school wrestlers who served as referee, gives the start signal to Alex Smith of Colfax, left, and Johnte Guitterrez of Connell. Colfax Saturday hosted 349 junior wrestlers for an all-day show at the...
Gazette Reporter Whitman County library branches will be open for a few extra hours over the next months to boost the time patrons can use their computers. Because of a $50,000 state grant provided to the county library system, the library has more funds to open more hours for patron computer use, job search classes and putting patrons in touch with local employment resources. The library official hired on the nine-month grant said the extra hours give patrons more time to learn and practice their job-hunting skills. Most of the small town...
Pullman’s Thrift Shop at 525 NE Campus in Pullman will extend its hours on Saturdays in April and May. Beginning April 3, the store will be open 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The Shop is open year round Tuesdays 4:30-6:30 p.m., and Thursdays and Fridays, 12- 4:p.m. Proceeds from the all volunteer organizaton benefit local charities. Free parking is in the Community Congregational Church....
