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The crew of TV’s American Pickers is looking for old stuff from around Whitman County. Cineflix, Inc., the company which produces the History Channel program, sent a letter to county commissioners this week asking for anyone with barns and sheds full of old forgotten antique memorobilia. The show’s stars, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, pay owners for their antiques, fix them up and re-sell them on the antique market. They have a long list of items they seek. That list is available by contacting the county commissioners’ office. The Cineflix lette...
When environmental organizations pushed Washington voters to approve their renewable energy Initiative 937, they touted biomass energy — incinerated wood waste — as one of their preferred alternatives to fossil fuel. They reasoned that biomass energy plants would help clear forests of flammable wood debris from dead and diseased timber, put idled loggers and millworkers back to work and produce cleaner, more affordable energy. But since voters narrowly approved the initiative in 2006, many of those same activists are battling against bio...
REMEMBER the 9-year-old kid who took a gun in his backpack to school in Bremerton and when he dropped the backpack on his desk the gun went off and almost killed another student? That was Feb. 22, and the victim just got out of the hospital the other day. The bullet did so much internal damage, however, that Amina Koceer-Bowman will be undergoing repairs for years to come, if not the rest of her life, She and the accidental shooter made the news again recently over a letter he wrote her apologizing for bringing the gun to school. That...
Irony was thick this week. The GSA, General Services Administration, is under fire. One manager may face criminal charges, and the administrator has resigned. It all stems from a GSA conference and team building exercise in Las Vegas in 2010. Nearly $830,000 of public money was spent on the affair. The conference turned out to be a raucous and very expensive party. What is more, the GSA regional commissioner who put on the show made several trips with taxpayer money to Las Vegas prior to the party just to scout things out. Ironically, according...
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. CHILD RAPE SENTENCE A warrant of commitment for Steven T.M. Schuler, 36, Lamont, to serve a term of seven and one-half years in the state prison system was filed April 10 in Whitman County Superior Court. Schuler was sentenced April 6 on a conviction of second degree rape of a child. The commitment warrant calls for him to receive 312 days...
• It was British doctor and author Alec Bourne who made the following sage observation: “It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.” • In 2007, a world record was set off the coast of Brazil when a single wave was caught by 84 surfers. • Have you ever heard of a book called “Never Again” by Doug Nufer? Probably not — it’s not on any bestseller lists and hasn’t been reviewed by any notable critics. It’s quite possibly unique in literary history, however; in its entire 192 pages, not a single word — e...
1. GEOGRAPHY: What is Europe’s longest river? 2. TELEVISION: What was the fictional home state of “M A S H” surgeon Hawkeye Pierce? 3. MOVIES: What was the name of the woodcarver and creator of “Pinocchio” in the Disney film? 4. LANGUAGE: What does “gesundheit” mean in German? 5. RELIGION: Who is the patron saint of dancers? 6. ROYALS: Who preceded Queen Elizabeth II in the English throne? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the term for the pointed wheel at the end of cowboy boots’ spurs? 8. LITERATURE: In Ian Fleming’s spy novels, what agen...
Colfax senior Morgan Willson placed second in the 3,200 meter run Saturday in the big Pasco Invitational with a time of 11:08.16. Maddie Meyers of Northwest School in Seattle won the race at 10:47.95. Morgan also placed seventh in the elite miles event, a special Pasco feature which brings top runners to compete over the mile. She finished with a 5:04.5. Katie Knight of North Central in Spokane clocked 4:51.75 for the win in that race. Coach Jason Cooper noted the mile time set a school record and the conversion to a 1600 time nets a personal...
When it was over last Wednesday at Pullman, the SJE-LW track combo booked a five-point win over Asotin on the girls side of SE track competition. The Eagles girls took firsts in nine of the events with Heather Siegel winning both distance races and Rachel Gfeller taking the 200 sprint and the triple jump. On the boys side, Asotin continued in the power seat with 162.5 points. For the Eagles, Kaleb Simon booked wins in the long and triple jump events and Darcy Stamper cleared 6-2 for an eight-inch win in the high jump. The Ga...
Colfax Bulldogs and the GP-Colton Vikings mixed it up with some of the area’s top track talent last Friday at Bear Field in Moscow. The Bulldog girls finished in fourth place with 75.5 points behind the 138.5 win posted by a talented Logos team. Other top team finishes for the girls were posted by Grangeville 112.5, and Moscow 90. Moscow boys posted a strong team win with 136.5 on their side of the meet for a 40-point win over Waitsburg/Prescott. Colfax sprint relay girls pegged a win to keep their string alive in the 4x100 with Amelie Bruya, E...
Colfax baseball Bulldogs booked three wins in four league clashes last week to move their league record to 7-3 with the St. George’s Dragons slated to arrive here Saturday for a double-header. Tuesday, the Bulldogs took two wins over Liberty on the McDonald turf which managed to dry out enough for action after rains returned Monday. The Bulldogs won a 26-1 cruncher in the first game with Liberty going down their bench to find a pitcher. In the second game, Lancer senior pitcher Dylan Salisbury managed to stifle some of the Bulldog bats, and t...
Eagle duffers book busy week St. John/Endicott’s boy golfers booked their first team win of the season Tuesday in a par-72 league match at Palouse Ridge in Pullman. Led by medalist Cole McCanna’s 86, the Eagles booked a team score of 471 to best Pomeroy’s 487 and Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosal-ia’s 578. Michal Schuster of SJE shot 85 to take the girls medal. Following McCanna on the SJE boys card were Dakota White 88, John Quinton 90, Gabe Davis 100, Kin Ren 107 and R.J. Baltierra 149. Cory Brown led the TOR boys with a 94, followed by Joe Gaines...
DeSales, a softball power team from the SE, came to Colfax Tuesday and stopped a Colfax win string with two wins. The Irish took the first game 9-2 with sophomore lefty Ashen Lyons holding Colfax to just three hits. Lauren Moore doubled and singled in the opener and Samantha Pearson had the other hit. Amy Hickman allowed nine hits, fanned six and walked six in taking the loss in the opener. The second round game ended with a 16-14 win by the Irish who trailed 7-13 going into the sixth inning but managed to crank up the offense. Allison Lyons...
Coaches Clayton Lord of Colfax, left, and Gary Newton of St. John led this crew of junor wrestlers to Spokane April 7 to participate in an attempt to set a world's record for most wrestling matches in a single day. They were among an anticipated 1,400 wrestlers in action on 18 mats at the Convention Center for the Jason Crawford Memorial meet. The record was certified by an agent from the Guinness Book of World Records....
The SJE-LW girls placed sixth among 22 teams with 55 points Saturday in the Undeberg Invitational at Medial Lake High, and the Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia girls place 12th with 27 points. Eagle boys placed 17th with 10 points behind the 64-64 team tie pegged by Davenport the St. George’s. Heather Siegel topped the Eagles with a win in the 3200 at 12:17.81. She also placed second int he 1600 with a 5:55.14. Also placing for points for the Eagles were Rachel Gfeller, 7th in the 200 at 29.6, 8th in the 100 hurdles at 19.03, and third in the triple jum...
Colfax girls scored another big District 7 track win Tuesday by stacking up 134 points to lead 10 other teams in a meet at Davenport. Their win gap was 32 points over number-two Reardan. Colfax relay teams booked a sweep with Amelie Bruya, E.B. Hatley, Hannah Harazine and Bailey Mackleit extending their string in the two sprint events. Colfax coaches tinker with the lineup in the 4 X 400 and posted a 4:29 for an 11-second win. Harazin Cassie Vorderbrueggen, Lean Heiner and Morgan Willson ran the legs. Nicole Sheer took a win in the shot put...
Colfax golf team remained undefeated Tuesday with another solid team win at Fairways. The Bulldogs finished with a 440 team score to lead a 10-team field. Kettle Falls was the only other team to finish under 500 with a 488, a full 48 strokes back of the Bulldogs. Kyle Johnson and Tyler Stevenson of Colfax tied for medalist honors with 82 each, 10 strokes over par. Hunter Weita placed third with an 86. Other Bulldogs on the card were Kasey Johnson 91, Ryan Christopherson 99, and Jay Hart 102. Paige Mackleit hit 111 to finish seventh behind the...
Start times for the WSU/UI Intercollegiate Bike Race in Palouse on Saturday are as follows. The Men’s A Division starts at 9 a.m. followed by the Men’s C at 9:05 a.m., then the Men’s D at 9:10 a.m. The Women’s B Division starts at 9:15 a.m. followed by a break until the Men’s B Division at 11 a.m. The Women’s A starts at 11:05 and the Women’s C at 11:10. All participants are expected to be finished around 1:30 p.m. Adult volunteers are needed this Saturday, April 21, for the race in Palouse. Volunteers are asked to meet at the park at 9:15...
Colton girls scratched out two wins Tuesday in a non-league county clash at the Wildcats’ field with Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia. The Wildcats scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to ward off defeat and then scored two more in the bottom of the extra eighth to pull out the first win, 6-5. Carrie Hennigar was credited for the heroine hit, a walk-off RBI single, her lone rap of the day. Colton booked 11 hits for the win with Erin Weber tagging a triple and Jenna Moser, Kaitlin Druffel and Meghan Heitstuman tagging doubles. Mackenzie Reddish a...
Liberty Christain swept a doubleheader over TOR Saturday at Rosalia. The Pats won the opener 6-1 and the second game 17-1 in a five-inning shutdown. Will Dedic held the Patriots to just three hits in taking the loss in the first game but the TOR offense sputtered. They trailed 1-4 after three frames and were shut out for the balance. In the second game, the Pats charted 12 hits, and the Spartans were booked for six errors. Liberty Christian also took two wins over the SJE-LW Eagles last Tuesday, April 10. The won the opener 11-1 with the...
THURSDAY Police in Sanford, Fla., arrested George Zimmerman on second-degree murder charges for the high-profile shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February. Zimmerman had not been charged because of the state’s “stand your ground” laws. California authorities denied parole to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th, and likely last, bid for freedom. Now 77, Manson was deemed by the parole board to not have made any efforts to rehabiltiate himself. He is eligible for parole in another 15 years. An angry swan knocked a man out of his k...
The seventh annual Colton FFA Plant Sale will be held on Friday, April 27, at 8:00 a.m. in the Colton school greenhouse. The event is put on by the high school horticulture class, who are growing Ivy and Zonal Geraniums which will be sold in six-inch pots and 10-inch hanging baskets. Also for sale will be tomatoes and cucumbers, calibrachoa, and an assortment of annual bedding plants such as petunias, pansies, moss roses, marigolds, impatiens and lobelia. For more information, call Nathan Moore at Colton High School (229-338...
On Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, two one-day field events for kids will be held on two ranches near Benge. The event is put on by Youth Outdoor Adventures (YOA), an NRA-endorsed non-profit organization. On April 28 and 29, at the Bar U and Warm Springs ranches, kids from 9-17 will have the opportunity to participate in outdoor and shooting sports. Equipment, instruction and lunch is provided. One adult per two participants is requested. Cost is $80 per person. The day will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with areas of instruction including...
Whitman County elections officials Monday unveiled a new redistricting plan that balances out populations in three commissioner districts by a revision of the general pie carving pattern for Pullman. The plan calls for re-assignment of Pullman precincts to new commissioner district. Fourteen precincts will be consolidated. The new plan replaces the plan that was proposed last week. It would have created a massive rural District 1 and concentrated the population in District 3 in Pullman. “It would make more sense to just weight it in P...
The 2012 Old Time Farming Days series is coming to Colfax Saturday and Sunday, April 21 & 22. The “Plowing and Seeding Days” events began in Pomeroy April 7 & 8 followed by Odessa April 14 and 15. The Colfax free event starts at 10 a.m. at Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on Highway 26. Antique equipment will be in action, including plows and drills, a threshing machine, derrick table, push header and steam engine. A no-host lunch will be held at the fairgrounds community building. Food will be provided by Jenny Meyers of Endicott Food. In event of...
