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Dusty Friday, April 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. Vicki Broeckel will have an opening show of her paintings, “Palouse Reflections”, at Dodson’s Fine Jewelers and Gallery at 516 W. Riverside in Spokane. The show will continue through April. Kim and Cindy Pitts had a house-full of guests this weekend. Children and grandchildren Jen and Ryan Hammons, Kellen, Becket and Willa, Boise; and Amanda and Erik Carlson, Rafe and Tate, Spokane, spent the weekend with them. Sunday, Cindy’s father, Norm Bafus of LaCrosse, joined them for dinner. A week ago last Su...
Sean Neal and Miles Pfaff, Garfield-Palouse High School grads who are now seniors at WSU, were members of a first-place WSU finance team which competed Feb. 21 in Spokane against four other universities in a business report and presentation event. The CFA Research Institute Challenge required teams to complete a detailed report and 10-minute presentation on a selected company and communicate their findings. This year’s company was Sterling Savings Bank and teams were required to look at Sterling’s business structure, financial records, and risk...
Ruth Henderson, the most senior senior citizen of Colfax, receives a birthday greeting from grandson Dave Link and Jennie Kimball during her 105th birthday party Saturday at Hill-Ray Plaza. More than 180 attendees signed the guest book and wished her a happy birthday.... Full story
City of Colfax in collaboration with the Colfax Chamber of Commerce, Whitman County Library, Colfax Arts Council, Colfax School District and Colfax Rotary will conduct the first annual Community Cleanup Week April 16-21. “We would like to come together as a community to clean up our city for the coming summer,” Colfax Mayor Todd Vanek said. Scheduling the event during Whitman County’s Spring Cleanup, April 16-28, will give residents the opportunity to dispose of yard clutter at the landfill for half price. Colfax Chamber President Kathy Mayer... Full story
Whitcom Director Patti Kelly reported Monday a 911 scam has been sweeping the state. Several residents around the state have reported receiving phone calls from solicitors seeking money and personal medical information for 911 service. According to the report, the callers claim residents must pay a fee to register their house in a 911 database. Without the registration, they are told, emergency crews would not be able to locate homes in emergencies. Kelly noted 911 services are funded through taxes on telephones and by other local funds. No... Full story
Connie Robertson of St. John phoned the Gazette last week to warn area residents of a telephone Medicare scam. Robertson said she received a phone call from someone offering dental, vision, chiropatric and prescription benefits for a one-time fee of $379. Suspicious, Robertson called officials with Medicare, who referred her to the U.S. inspector general’s office. They informed her Medicare officials will never call in benefits. All Medicare options will be sent in writing. Anyone receiving a phone call offering benefits is advised to hang u...
The state Department of Transportation has extended the deadline for removal of studded tires two weeks until April 16 because of the possibility of winter driving conditions that could continue through the Easter weekend. Normal season for studded tires is Nov. 1-March 31....
Precious legacy Last week’s Gazette quotes Kirby Wilbur, state Republican Party chair, as exhorting local constituents to turn out in big numbers to “stop those wild-eyed drug-crazed Seattle liberal hippies.” Could he have been joking? He looks like a jolly man. I am tempted to point out that Seattle is also populated by a lot of fat, narrow-minded, mean-spirited hicks, but my Grandma tried to teach me good manners, and I don’t think she would have liked that. Maybe my grandma could have taught Mr. Wilbur something about good manners. Can you i... 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. HAWKINS FILES RESPONSE A Hawkins Company response by Seattle Attorney Dale N. Johnson to the suit involving the shopping mall site at the state line was filed Monday in superior court. The response generally denies each and every claim in the injunction suit filed by OVIC against Hawkins and the county. The response asks the court for a...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. If you ever find yourself in a hostage situation, feel free to call me, or send me an e-mail. I can handle it: I have a SWAT watch. That’s right. Reporter Clark Kent was secretly Superman, and Columnist W. Bruce Cameron is secretly the kind of guy who can wear a watch that’s an exact duplicate of the one official SWAT team members wear in that movie about them. With this watch, there are a lot of things that I can do that SWAT guys do, like, well, synchronize watches. There...
Oregonians loathe a sales tax about as much as Washingtonians detest an income tax. Knowing that, why would Curry County commissioners put a 3 percent sales tax on the ballot later this year? The answer: Money. Curry, Oregon’s southwesternmost county, is one of a network of economically distressed rural counties throughout the West with double-digit unemployment and facing the potential loss of federal subsidies. Congress passed the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act in 2000 to provide transition payments to counties a...
I WAS INVITED to a luncheon meeting the other day of the WGAS group, which stands for Who Gives a (Darn.). Figure it out for yourself. It was a small crowd of old timers, retired legislators, judges, lobbyists, staffers. I knew most of them, having covered the legislature since the 1960s, although I didn’t recognize some at first. They were all friendly to me, despite the fact I didn’t shake hands with any of them, following my rule of not shaking hands during the flu season which apparently is still with us, according to the newspapers. And... Full story
Last week’s editorial about requiring the new Colfax police chief to live in or near town needs to be revisited. The editorial stated that the new police chief should be required to live in the city or at least be within a certain distance of the city to be able to respond quickly to unforeseen circumstances. It is a good idea, but it is not an idea ahead of its time. The city had considered the idea way before the editorial came out. According to Connie Ellis, secretary of the Civil Service board, the issue of residency requirements for new c...
1. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of meat is used in a Reuben sandwich? 2. MUSIC: In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” how many maids are milking? 3. BIBLE: What was Matthew’s profession before he became an apostle of Jesus? 4. AWARDS: The annual PATSY Award is given for outstanding accomplishment in what area? 5. SCIENCE: What is the most abundant element in the human body? 6. SPORTS: What ancient sport gave rise to the modern version of kickboxing? 7. THEATER: What Shakespearean character said, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”? 8. LITERA...
After eight years, a project to build a skate park in Palouse has re-started. The effort went cold in 2004 when a push led by Aaron Flansburg, then a WSU student, stalled out. Now the married father of two, Flansburg is back farming with his dad, living in Palouse and working to resurrect the project. “We really didn’t get very far back then,” said Flansburg. “I wasn’t living in Palouse then. Now I have a couple of daughters and am starting to think about the future generation.” Flansburg g... Full story
Colfax Supt. Michael Morgan and City Parks Supervisor Steve Larkin have their heads shaved March 23 during an assembly at Colfax High for St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The effort raises money to support childhood cancer research. A total of 30 volunteers had their heads shaved with over $4,300 donated. Friday’s “shavees” also included CHS teacher Ross Swan, 10 Colfax High school students, 14 junior high students, one elementary student and Colfax Police Officer Perry Tate....
Garfield/Palouse girls took a pair of wins at Touchet and Colton girls booked a split at Touchet Saturday when SE teams booked between the rains. Touchet in the first game cooked 10 runs in the first inning on the way to a 13-10 win of the defending champions in the first game. The Wildcats battled back and stacked four runs in the last inning but couldn’t close the gap. Colton actually out-hit Touchet 10-9 in taking the loss. Haley Moser and Erin Weber rapped homers in the opener and Jenna Moser had a triple. Taylor Nilson held the Indians t... Full story
Douglas E. Weable, 22, Renton, was unhurt Sunday evening when the 1998 Toyota 4Runner he was driving struck a deer just south of Colfax on Highway 195. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Weable was driving southbound at 7:25 p.m. when the deer jumped into the roadway and struck the front of the Toyota.... Full story
Alexander Bulmer, 19, the Moscow resident who was convicted last Tuesday by a superior court jury on a charge of burglarizing the Whitman County Humane Society was sentenced to 45 days in jail and ordered to pay $1,700 in fines and fees with $474 restitution to the society. Bulmer was allowed the option of working off 30 of the jail days with public service. The court ordered a stay of the jail part of the sentence after Bulmer’s attorney told the court they planned to file an appeal related to the ruling on a pre-trial suppression hearing. B...
A makeshift lake appeared around the stump of a wind-downed tree on the boundary of holes one and seven at the Colfax Golf Course Tuesday. Play in the high school match was diverted around puddles. At left, Odessa golfer Kira Powell, 2011 state B champ, tees off on 7....
Colfax girls booked another strong day in track competition among the biggies when they placed seventh among 28 teams in the big Ray Cross Invitational tournament at Ephrata. The Bulldogs collected 31 points to finish behind the 118.5 stacked up by Cheney for the win. Sophomore Bailey Mackleit clocked a 17.34 in the 100 hurdles for the best Colfax mark of the day. Jamie Bruno of Pateros clocked a 17.21 for the win. The Bulldogs sprint relay team placed third in the 4 X 100 with a 52.95 and third again in the 4 X 200 at 1:54.81. Amelie Bruya,... Full story
Lind/Ritzville/Sprague dropped Colfax twice Saturday in a twin bill which was moved to Ritzville Saturday because of the swamped turf at McDonald field. Bronco pitcher Jake Dewald threw a five-hitter at Colfax in the opener while the Broncos stacked up 13 hits. Patrick Jacobs had the start for Colfax. The Bulldogs had just five hits in the first game with Jacobs tagging a single. Colfax broke to a 2-1 lead after the first inning of the second game, but the Broncos came roaring back with five runs in the second inning to take control. Tyler...
Colfax girls Saturday opened their league run with two Big wins over the Lind/Ritzville/ Sprague Broncos at Ritzville. The game was moved from Colfax to Ritzville because of the soggy Colfax field at McDonald Park. The Bi-County schedule this year is set up with one round of doubleheader clashes so the same two teams will not collide again here. Colfax had been scheduled for another home double with Reardan Tuesday on the home field but field conditions after the Monday’s deluge stopped that. Teams were hoping to get the game in Wednesday. S...
Colfax Bulldogs had six of the top seven scorers Tuesday in the NE meet on the water-logged Colfax links with Tyler Stevenson, Kyle Johnson and Hunter Weitze each pegging 40s on the home course. Par for the Tuesday round was set at 34 after the number-one hole was pegged to a par 3 to avoid a small scale lake on the opening fairway. Defending state champ Kira Powell of Odessa/Harrington, one of six girls playing Tuesday, had the overall lowest score at 37. Other cards for the Bulldog boys were Cody Gronning 43, Kasey Johnson 47, Ryan... Full story
Council on Aging & Human Services awarded the Jeanne Stine Memorial Award to two Joan Stockwell and Allene Brown, a mother/daughter team. Tbey have been volunteers for at least 15 years serving others at the Colfax Pantry and Commodity distributions. Their years of service and willingness to lead other volunteers are much appreciated. T Joan and Allene know most of the people who come to the food bank, and treat each one of them with respect and courtesy. The award was established in honor of the late Jeanne Stine and the spirit of kindness... Full story
