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Donald Trump has made his first threat to sue over the procedures for selecting delegates to the Republican convention. It surely won't be his last. The Wall Street Journal reported that Ted Cruz may come out of Louisiana with as many as 10 more delegates than Trump, even though the mogul narrowly beat Cruz in the popular vote there. In a tweet, Trump pronounced it "unfair" and worthy of litigation. The Louisiana delegate picture isn't evidence of anything untoward. Trump and Cruz both won 18 delegates on election night. Marco Rubio, since...
What a presidential-election choice we have, America! That is if you enjoy political tactics that are so low they would be better suited for a limbo contest than a campaign. We are choosing many candidates who, instead of representing our aspirations, are demonstrating our asinine worst. For once, the latest example wasn't started by Donald Trump. In fact, this one is from an anti-Trump PAC, "Make America Awesome." It's not officially connected to the Ted Cruz organization, but that's a distinction without a difference. Who among us believes...
Oh, hail! Any and all spring weather possible was showcased on Monday, as evident by this downpour of hail stones following rain, sun, wind and thunderstorms. Colfax attorney John Kragt took a break from briefs to snap a shot of the popcorn-sized ice balls. 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. METRO PARKS IN LIMBO City Administrator...
Colfax junior Chance Weitze picked up another medalist honor Tuesday with a score of 38 at the Big Ben Golf & County Club in Wilbur. Par for the course is 36. Coach Steve Jones noted scores on the Big Ben Course were a little over because the turf had just been aerated. Taylor Mitchell of St. George's and Alicia Johnson of Almira/Coulee/ Hartline were medalists for the girls with 44 scores, seven over the women's par for the course. Other scores for the Colfax boys were Augie Allenbach and Bennett Gray, both 45, AJ Miller 48, Cody Muir 58,...
He has returning seniors, girls, eighth-graders and a kid from LaCrosse on the roster. Is there anything else St. John/Endicott baseball coach Kyle Schultheis could need? “We could use some wins,” he said. The Eagles are off to a 2-4 start after a doubleheader loss at Odessa/Harrington Tuesday. The team has five starters from last year, including Tyler Anderson, who takes over as No. 1 pitcher this spring. LaCrosse senior Eric Harder is back in the outfield, junior Terrell Webb at pitcher and infield, junior Reagan Harrison at catcher and Wyatt...
Garfield/Palouse senior Katie Holbrook stays on pace in the girls 3200. Holbrook clocked 12:56 for fifth place for the Vikings. Oakesdale sophomore Anna Hockett hits the pace with Maggie Cobb of Chewelah in the girls 100 meter hurdles. Hockett placed second in the 100 but won the 300 hurdles at 48.31 for a win margin of 1.44 over Annabelle Schweiger of Freeman....
Emma Perry of Oakesdale clears the high jump for the Nighthawks. Perry placed third in the event with a 5-0 leap. Oakesdale girls Friday rolled up 49 points to finish fifth among 24 teams in the Deer Park Invitational meet. Freeman took the girls side of the meet with 88 points, and the Nighthawks finished just behind St. George's which finished out with 52 points. Oakesdale was the only 1B division team among the top 10, and St. George's was the lone 2B team. Oakesdale boys finished with an...
Garfield/Palouse sophomore pitcher Evan Weaggraff throws in the second game of a doubleheader loss to Colton April 1....
Junior Danny Robinson gets the team greeting after hitting a homer in the first inning last week against Kettle Falls. His hit capped a six-run launch for Colfax in the second game. Robinson finished with four hits in the two games. The Colfax baseball team, which moved its record to 6-0 by taking a double win over Kettle Falls after water on the field led to a one-day delay, sustained another water delay this Tuesday when they were slated to host Liberty. The Lancers game was moved back to...
Moser Incorporated has ended a year earlier than expected. The eight-year run of Moser sisters powering Colton softball victories and seven-straight state championships – not to mention eight in basketball – has concluded with a torn ACL for the class of 2016's Zoe Moser. The four-year starter at pitcher played two games to begin the season before coach Brad Nilson moved a game from Saturday to Friday so she could play in a basketball all-star game. At the game, the state 1B girls Player of the Year went down with an injury, ending her Col...
Colton freshman Reece Chadwick rounds third base as coach Pat Doumit looks on in a 10-0 win against Garfield/Palouse April 1. The Wildcats are off to an 8-0 start in the year, playing a spring break road doubleheader Thursday against Waterville. Going into their spring break trip to Moses Lake for a doubleheader against Waterville, the Colton baseball team is 8-0 (4-0 league). Carter Dahmen threw 18 strikeouts in six innings against Garfield/Palouse last Friday in a 10-3 win. Brady Chadwick...
Goldie Akesson of Colfax gets the force out on Kettle's Kaitlyn Eslick of the Kettle Falls at second base in the first game at McDonald Park last week. Colfax softball girls March 30 took both games against a Kettle Falls team which traveled from the opposite end of the NE chart to play a double which was delayed a day by the heavy rains the prior week. Colfax won the first game 8-6 and won 9-6 in the second game. The two wins advanced the Colfax record to 3-2 on the season. Colfax at one time...
When the St. John/Endicott Schools' Foundation “Dollars for Scholars” program marked its 20th anniversary with a dinner celebration last year, foundation manager Marlene Landers told those in attendance the foundation was thinking of establishing a fund for assisting Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (S.T.E.A.M.) students to attend academically-based events. “Now we're doing it,” Landers told the Gazette Tuesday. “Right now we just want to get the word out.” The Spark Fund will be used for the purpose of assisting students in...
The annual Perkins House Ice Cream Social will mark its 44th year this summer, and an addition to its usual fare will be a cake-from-scratch contest, Perkins House coordinator Theresa Dale told the Gazette. Dale said she has not finalized all of the details for the contest, but she said recipes would need to be completely from scratch. “Just the way Mrs. Perkins would have had to do it,” she said. Dale added that the contest will be a good way to mark the 130th anniversary of the Perkins House. “It will just add something new this year, and p...
The sun warms two retired combines in a lot in Colton last Friday. Baseball weather arrived on the Palouse over the weekend before hail interrupted on Monday....
The garden part of Tony Kettel Skate Gardens in Palouse is expanding in scope as a simultaneous effort shapes up to finish the skateboarding park this summer. With a garden committee formed and partnership made with WSU Masters of Design students, organizers will now begin a fundraising campaign to raise $13,500 for phase one of the garden – a 16,000-square-foot former vacant lot above the concrete bowl for skateboarding. Initial pours for the bowl were made last fall. Plans for the garden n...
The Whitman County Board of County Commissioners this week approved a loan request from the Tekoa Park and Recreation District. The request, which had been tabled at a previous commission meeting March 21 due to a lack of information, was approved for $70,000 to enable the district to operate this year. The district in February received voter approval for a two-year special maintenance and operation levy totaling $160,000, but will not receive those funds until 2017 when tax collections begin. The district previously had requested $85,000 in...
The old Farmington jail is the subject of a new grant received by the town to ensure the structure's stability. Built in 1907, the two-cell white brick building in the town park has started to show wear. It was listed in an Association of Washington Cities' (AWC) loss prevention report in February. The town applied for and received a $5,000 grant from the AWC, granted in March. It hired J.U.B. Engineering of Spokane, for which Lane Merritt is the project manager for the jail which is now being used for storage. J.U.B., which began a study of...
This Gazette file photo shows a hangar at the Rosalia Municipal Airport which was destroyed in a fire July 9, 2014. The hangar and all its contents, including two planes, a boat, a jet ski and a snowmobile, were destroyed in the fire. The Town of Rosalia recently received more than $500,000 in insurance settlement money relating to the fire. The Town of Rosalia is making plans for upgrades at its airport and currently has a project out for bids. Mayor Nanette Konishi told the Gazette the...
SunEdison, national renewable-energy company based outside St. Louis, will be filing bankruptcy, Fox Business reported Monday. Shawn Elston, senior wind farm support specialist at SunEdison in Rosalia, said the company has asked all questions to be directed to the corporate office, but said the location in Rosalia is operated by SunEdison and owned by J.P Morgan Asset Management. “The ownership of the wind farm isn’t going to change,” Elston said. Elston said the Rosalia site was built by First Wind with the legal title of Palouse Wind LLC....
Chopped trees have left wood pieces on the Perkins House lawn. House coordinator Theresa Dale is looking for help today and tomorrow to move and stack the wood. Two trees had to come down at the Perkins House last November, and now the house coordinator is looking for help to move the tree pieces and stack them into wood piles. Theresa Dale of Thornton, coordinator for the Perkins House, said the wood from the trees has been lying in the Perkins House front yard since the trees were cut down...
Colfax attorney Gary Libey Monday announced he plans to run for the superior court seat which will be vacated at the end of this year by Judge David Frazier. Libey, 64, graduated from Gonzaga Law School in 1976 after getting a pre-law degree with honors at Washington State University. He started his law practice in Colfax and has remained here for more than 39 years. He has served as superior court commissioner since 2009 and as district court judge, judge pro-tem and commissioner. Libey was...
Superior Court Judge David Frazier announced Monday he will not seek another term in this year’s election and plans to retire. Judge Frazier will conclude 16 years of service as superior court judge at the end of this year. “While I have made it no secret that I would be retiring at the end of my current term, I feel at this time that I should formally announce that I will not be seeking re-election as Whitman County Superior Court Judge in the upcoming fall election. I just turned 65, and after almost 34 years of judicial service, I feel it...
An audit by the Washington Secretary of State Office examining the past five years of elections in Whitman County noted 17 violations in election procedures and processes out of 74 which were examined. Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker said the audit occurred during the November general election and added that her department is now in the process of making changes recommended by the audit. “It was our turn. It’s an opportunity to improve, to modernize, to be more consistent across the board is what audits are to me,” Coker said. Lori Augin...
The Secretary of State issued an audit report on the Whitman County elections office recently. It was not flattering. The elections office is a county office under the supervision of the county auditor, Eunice Coker, but it is located outside the courthouse in the relatively new elections office fronting on Main Street in Colfax. It is a spacious and modern space which replaced the cramped quarters the office once had in the courthouse. The new space was declared a necessity to make elections more accurate and efficient. According to the...
