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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Board of Commissioners will conduct a closed records hearing on Monday, April 4, 2016, at 11:15 a.m. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, Washington. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Whitman County Planning Commission’s findings and recommendations for the rezoning of 23 acres from Agricultural District to Cluster Residential District submitted by Sherdon and Lani Cordova for property located on Brayton Road. Any interested individuals may attend said hearing. A...
For the third consecutive year, Washington law enforcement officers will join a national campaign aimed at curbing drivers' use of their phones while driving. Extra patrols will run from April 1 to April 14. The patrols will be in observance of Distracted Driving Awareness month during April. Angie Ward, Washington Traffic Safety Commission program manager, noted, “holding a phone in your hand takes your hand off the wheel. Reading or entering data into your phone takes your eyes off the road. The biggest problem is that it takes your mind a... Full story
Colfax City Councilman Steve Holberg March 21 night announced he was resigning from the city council. Holberg said he has accepted a new employment opportunity and will not be able to attend the city council sessions twice a month. He said he plans to maintain his home in Colfax. Holberg has served a total of six years on the council with a break between terms. He said after the meeting he plans to go into the trucking business. Mayor Todd Vanek said the city will begin the process to fill the vacated chair by appointment....
LARRY L. BABB A graveside service for Larry L. Babb, 69, a resident of Potlatch, will be Saturday, April 2, 2016, 11 a.m. at the Colfax Cemetery with Pastor Bob Lambert officiating. Potlatch VFW Post and a United States Army honor guard will conduct military honors. A memorial service will follow at the Princeton Church of the Nazarene with a potluck dinner to follow at the church. Mr. Babb died Friday, March 25, 2016, at his Potlatch home after a fight with bone cancer. Born Oct. 14, 1946, in... Full story
I am convinced that a good majority of the people who are members of pseudo-Christian cults don’t even know what their church teaches. For many of them, to “believe in Jesus” is not only enough, but sums up the extent of their doctrinal understanding. My heart goes out to them. For I know that they, like me, have an emptiness in their hearts that only Jesus Christ can fill. The problem is: they’ve been given a counterfeit, a Christ who cannot save…a Christ whois the concoction of their “prophet’s” imagination. This is the “other Jesus” w...
Among Washington State University students who earned undergraduate degrees in the Fall 2015 semester were Brady James Cornelius, Colfax, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, cum laude; Kaylee M. Zimmer, LaCrosse, Bachelor of Arts in Education, summa cum laude; and Flash W. L. Hodges, Oakesdale, Bachelor of Arts in Communication. Summa cum laude designation goes to students with a grade average of 3.90 or better, and cum laude goes to those with a grade average between of 3.50 and 3.7....
Healthy Tekoa coalition is teaming up with Tekoa and Garfield library to implement suicide prevention gatekeeper training. It is titled QPR–Question, Persuade and Refer–the three simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. The first training will be April 12 at 5 p.m. at the Tekoa Library and the second April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Garfield Library. QPR training empowers all people, regardless of their background, to make a positive difference in the life of someone they know. Just as people trained in CPR and the Hei... Full story
UI art students in Dahmen exhibit The upcoming exhibit at Dahmen Barn, titled “Potluck, features work of eight University of Idaho Master of Fine Art students. The exhibit opens March 31 and runs through Sunday, April 24. The artists at the reception will be Sunday, April 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. The artists have selected work from different varied themes and are exploring mediums from ceramics to drawing and painting, to performance and mixed media and back again. The artworks on view are a direct expression of the artists’ lives and their ind... Full story
SENIOR MENUS: Colfax-Plymouth Congregational Church: Wednesday - Birthday Party: baked 4-cheese ziti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, fruit, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Rosalia-Methodist Church: Tuesday - Birthday Party: baked 4-cheese ziti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, fruit, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Palouse-Palouse Community Center: Wednesday - Birthday Party: baked 4-cheese ziti, Caesar salad, garlic bread, fruit, birthday dessert, milk, coffee or tea. Pullman-Pullman Senior Center: Monday - Spanish meatballs, rice,... Full story
Thursday, March 31 Colfax – Yoga – Four different classes to meet your needs and fitness level. Visit the online calendar for more information. Friday, April 1 Colfax – noon to 1 p.m. – “Nurture” Book Discussion – Week 2 of a special 6-week women’s empowerment group; working from Lisa Bevere’s book “Nurture.” For more information, contact Beck Ewing at 397-2550 or ewingrl@gmail.com Palouse – noon – Join in celebrating Librarian Bev’s birthday. Birthday cake included. Yum! Saturday, April 2 Colfax – 1:30 to 5 p.m. – Banner Artist Workshop – Ar... Full story
Lacrosse LaCrosse Community Pride is now accepting donations for the annual silent auction which will be Saturday, June 18, at the Gathering Place during the Farmers' Festival. Bids will be accepted on items from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. during the day. Donated items for the auction can be dropped off at Jasper Trucking. Proceeds for the auction are used to maintain the Gathering Place and library sections of the LaCrosse Market Building. LaCrosse Community Pride is also responsible for upkeep of the fixtures at the store, and the freezer unit needs to... Full story
Dusty Linda Hennigar and Jim Moore attended the Distinguished Young Woman event in Potlatch Saturday. Hennigar's great-niece, Brookelyn Carpenter, won the spirit, fitness and scholastic categories and was first runner-up. Carpenter's parents are Bret Carpenter and Joyce Carpenter. Her grandparents are former Whitman County residents, Jack and Marilyn Hennigar. Steve and Becky Camp attended the Onecho Bible Church musical presentation of “The Story” Friday evening. David and Phyllis Stueckle, Ann Emerson and Bill Emerson attended the wedding of...
"Anything Goes" is the theme of the Miss Tekoa program to be this Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Empire Theatre. Juniors, from the left, TaShanna Schneider, Dominique Alexander and Kynlee Dub will compete in interview, talent, poise and composure and impromptu question categories. Ray Bernard will be the master of ceremonies. Jennifer French Dance Studio students and Shelby Zehm will also entertain. Admission will be $5 and can be purchased at the door....
Friday, March 18, Rosalia School District threw a party to celebrate Steve Van Dyke's retirement after 38 years as transportation supervisor. Van Dyke will continue to act as a volunteer with the Rosalia Fire Department as well as the school here. Mike Day of Rosalia presents a plaque to Van Dyke for his service to the school district. For the past 40 years, students in the Rosalia School District who ride the bus to and from school have seen a familiar face. Steve Van Dyke, 62, started as a... Full story
A slate of public hearings was approved for April 4 by Whitman County Commissioners March 21 for four areas of proposed cluster residential rezoning near Pullman. They include Cordova Cluster, a 20-acre parcel west of Pullman on Brayton Road; Palouse Country Acres, a 20-acre plot south of Orville Boyd Road northeast of Pullman; Golden Wheat Acreages, also a 20-acre parcel also south of Orville Boyd Road, and Lentil Estates Cluster, a 20-acre piece north of Orville Boyd Road. The hearings are scheduled for 11:15 a.m. The potential zoning...
The Port of Whitman County received a letter recently, informing them the Port has been accepted “to apply to plan” for a study grant to replace the docks at Boyer Marina, reported Executive Director Joe Poiré. This letter follows a series of public meetings conducted in February to determine the needs at the marina. Once those meetings were concluded, the Port sent that information to the State Department of Recreation Water Resources to be considered for a study grant. “This means we are now qualified to apply for a study grant,” Poiré sa...
This traffic box vinyl wrap is at D Street and U.S. 95 in Moscow. Laurel McDonald completed this design that was installed in June 2014. Photo courtesy Mark LaMoreaux. The Moscow Arts Commission and City of Moscow have issued a call for artists for vinyl wrap designs for traffic boxes. The call is open to anyone 18 and older who resides in Whitman, Latah, Nez Perce or Asotin County as well as all Nez Perce and Coeur d'Alene tribal members. The city has plans for the traffic box wrap designs at t...
Colfax Mayor Todd Vanek presented the State of the City Address Friday at Events on Main to a crowd of 12 people. “It went okay,” Vanek reported Tuesday after the address. “Attendance was low, and that's probably because we held it at lunch time.” Vanek said one of the highlights of the address was speaking about the changes happening in Colfax and to come. “We're kind of in the middle of some change right now,” he told the Gazette. “It's a cultural shift from being a bedroom community to being more proactive to become a destination.” Vanek rep...
COLFAX BUILDING PERMITS Tammy Fry, repair roof and replace deck at 626 Valleyview, $6,000, March 4. S & S Ventures, install dishwasher, sink and shower at E. 310 James, $1,000, March 16. Whitman County Library, gas furnace change at 102 S. Main, $5,760, and gas furnace installation at 110 S. Main, $9,992 March 16. Jonathan Krause, gas furnace at 612 S. J Street, $5,335, both March 24. REAL ESTATE SALES Jeremy and Angie Jewell, Colfax, to Tammy Fry, Colfax, house on S. East Street, Colfax. $83,000, Feb, 24. Dustyn and Ashley Grow, Tekoa, to... Full story
Drivers in a sideswipe accident the morning of March 23 on Highway 195 just north of the state line were unhurt, according to the Washington State Patrol report. Dustin J. Wood, Clarkston, was driving a 2003 Ford Crown Vic sedan northbound at 7:22 a.m. and attempted to pass a 2016 International truck which was also being driven northbound by Jerry Oldham, Jr., Lewiston. The report said Wood lost control of the Ford sedan and struck the left side of the truck a half mile north of the state line....
Road and bridge tolls keep many elected officials awake at night. These often inflame voters because they are costs motorists see while driving; whereas, a gas tax is hidden in the price of a gallon of fuel. Too often people filling up their cars ignore the stickers on the pumps which break down the state and federal taxes they are paying. In Washington, the combined gas tax is now 62.9 cents a gallon while signs are posted from Tacoma to Bremerton telling you crossing the Tacoma Narrows Bridge costs between $5 and $7 depending upon how you...
Losing track The Washington State legislature is again into a special session. This was supposed to be a 60 day session. Last year was supposed to be a 90 day session. According to the newspaper, this is the sixth legislative session in seven that has been extended into special session. I believe our representatives consider this to be the norm. They appear to spend the majority of their time writing hundreds of various bills early in the session, spending hundreds of hours in committee hearings discussing these bills (many of which never move...
Gonzaga history professor and Colfax resident Steve Balzarini leads his 25 students through their final class of a five week series on WWII. This class and others are offered at the Colfax Library through Community Colleges of Spokane's ACT2 program. To sign up for spring classes visit sccel.spokane.edu/ACT2 or call 800-845-3324....
President Barack Obama inadvertently found the perfect photo-op for his Cuba visit at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti Memorial in Havana. A news photo at Revolution Square caught Obama standing together with American and Cuban officials, with an enormous mural of the iconic revolutionary Che Guevara looming over his shoulder on the adjacent Ministry of the Interior building. Che is, of course, ubiquitous on dorm-room walls and T-shirts in the United States, and a hero of the Cuban revolution. He also was a coldblooded killer who set...
When I was growing up, I lived not far from a paper mill, close enough that the foul odor often defined our existence. Today -- metaphorically, but in a very real way -- the stench that hangs over our country is suffocating us. This one has many sources: the corrupt economic system, the feckless and greedy operation of our public and private institutions, the resultant anger that is misdirected into bigotry and, most noxious, the politicians who enable all this. It also darkens our sky, turning the bright hope that has always characterized our...
