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St. John/Endicott/ LaX/Washtucna also rolled to Davenport with a 44 finish for ninth place by the girls and 38.5 for 10th for the boys. Bailey Mackleit won both hurdle races for Colfax with a 15.74 in the 100 and a 51.24 in the 300. Scout Cai topped the 100 sprint at 12.55 and the high jump at 5-0. Colfax again booked wins in both relays, and Nicole Sheer topped the shot-put at 35-2 and the discus at 97-2. SJE’s Heather Siegel placed second in the 1600 with a 6:01.39 behind the 5:55.02 win by H... Full story
The Colton High School baseball team picked up two close league wins at Liberty Christian April 19. Tied at 1-1 in the fifth inning of the first game of a doubleheader, back-to-back RBI singles from Levi Weber and Dalton Patchen lifted the Wildcats to a 5-1 win. In the second game, trailing 4-3 in the seventh inning, Austin Meyer was down to his last strike when he came through with a base hit to keep Colton alive. Two batters later, Jake Straughan hit a triple to make the score 6-4. Liberty Christian came up for their last at-bat and a... Full story
The Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale baseball team lost both games in a doubleheader at Asotin April 19, dropping their record to 5-5-1. In the first game, the Vikings went down 9-1 as the team’s lone senior, Jesse Lopez, pitched all seven innings, giving up four earned runs. Lopez also had one of the Vikings’ two hits with a single, while sophomore Wyatt Griner also hit a single. In the second game, Gar-Pal/T.O. was shutout 8-0. Lopez hit a double while junior Hunter Woltering had a single for the offense. “We’ve had some pretty good days at...
The Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale softball team played at Asotin April 19 for a doubleheader and lost twice, 9-0 and 13-3. All told, they struck out 20 times in 12 innings. “We didn’t hit. We didn’t play well. So we lost two games,” said Gar-Pal/T.O. coach Steve Witthuhn. On the plus side, Alexa Lingren scored two runs and led in the batter’s box while McKenzie Mclanahan hit a home run in the second game. “Asotin, they played better, their pitching was better. That’s just what happens,” said Witthuhn. The Vikings (4-3, 2-2 in league) are... Full story
Pomeroy golfers booked another team win in the April 15 match at St. John with a 132 score led by the 42 medalist score posted by Devon Caruso. Chase Ward of Asotin finished two strokes back at 44. Tysen Feider and Jacob Tewalt tied for third with 45s. Other scorers for Pomeroy were Cameron Lueck 46, Seth Hyuers 47, Jacob Schuh 58 and Spencer Carigie 60. Other scorers for Asotin were Kyle Mason 52 and Cody Johnsen 53. Host SJE placed third with a 171. Eagle scorers included R.J. Baltierra 55, Zach Williams 56, Wade West 57, Josh Archer 57,... Full story
Colfax softball players were rained out of a trip to Springdale Tuesday and hoped to make up the games today. The Bulldogs are targeting the remaining three rounds of the NE league run after traveling to Colbert Saturday and battling with the NWC Crusaders in a showdown of the undefeated league teams. The veteran NWC team took both sides of Saturday’s showdown with a 5-4 comeback win in the first game and a 16-3 cruncher over the Bulldogs in the second game. NWC’s Hannah Hustad pitched both wins. The double loss leaves Colfax in third pla...
The Colfax High boys golf team competed at The Fairways in Cheney Tuesday and took first place with a combined score of 452. Northwest Christian followed with 466 while Wilbur-Creston had 473 and Lind-Ritzville-Sprague 482. Jimmy Psoms of St. George’s took first in individual with a 76. Colfax’s Kasey Johnson finished fifth with 84 followed by Chance Weitz in sixth (85) and Cody Gronning in seventh (86). In girls results, the Bulldogs’ McKenna Davis posted a 104 while Kylie Gronning scored 120. There were no team scores for girls. The Colfa...
The Council on Aging and Human Services will participate in the 2014 March For Meals campaign Saturday, April 26. Volunteers will be encouraged to help put nutritious food on the table of senior citizens by participating in a 3K fun run/walk starting at 10 a.m. at McDonald Park in Colfax. Registration is fee $10. Prizes will be awarded to the teams/participants who raise the most money. Participants are asked to check in beginning at 9:30 a.m. and the run/walk will begin at 10. Pledges and donations are welcomed for those unable to join in the...
Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn and State Board Chair Dr. Kristina Mayer will recognize 413 schools as Washington Achievement Award winners at a ceremony in Lacey today, April 24. The ceremony will be followed by a reception. Jennings Elementary School in Colfax received recognition for Overall Excellence, High Progress, Reading Growth and Math Growth. Oakesdale Elementary was recognized for High Progress. St. John Elementary was recognized for High Progress and St. John/Endicott High School for Math Growth....
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Commissioners have set the date of Monday, June 2, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, WA, for a proposed amendment to the 2014 Whitman County budget. At that time, it is requested all department heads/elected officials requesting an amendment be present. The total amount of the proposed amended budget is approximately $58,788,623.00. Copies of the proposed amendment will be available May 12, 2014 by calling 397-5240. Disabled accommodations are accessible...
On April 12, 2014, 19 Colton students placed 13th at a science Olympiad. Colton students traveled to Eastern Washington University in Cheney to compete in the 2014 State Science Olympiad Tourna-ment. The team consisted of 15 seventh through ninth graders with four alternates. They placed 13th in a field of 20 teams. The average size enrollment of the schools which they competed against this year was approximately 700. Top 10 finishers for Colton were as follows: Ellen O’Toole and Rachel Willis, first in “Can’t Judge a Powder” and second... Full story
“Our Awesome Journey,” by Albert and Aimee Anderson is a new memoir by the late former pastor of the Colfax Assembly of God church and his widow. Albert served at Assembly of God from 1975 to 1982 before acting as pastor at Ellensburg from 1984-94. The book was written by Albert and Aimee before Albert died in March, 2013. Aimee finished the book. They were married for 58 years, after first meeting when Albert was a hired worker on Aimee’s father’s wheat farm near Walla Walla. Their children Becky, Mary and Eunice graduated from Colfax High Sc...
State Representative Joe Schmick paid a visit to the Gazette April 11, and talked about a range of issues large to small, including education, the Department of Energy, construction bids, marijuana and whether waiters and waitresses should make minimum wage. In comments about our state’s funding of education, Schmick said there has been too much of a shift to local levies, referring to the 2012 state Supreme Court decision McCleary v. Washington which requires funding of basic education. The d... Full story
An investigation is underway by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries regarding electrical inspections required on the Brick Wall Bar and Grill in Palouse, which burned to the ground April 8. “We have an open investigation to see if the electrical work was performed and by whom, and whether the wiring was energized without a request for an inspection,” said Matthew Erlich, spokesman for L&I. On Feb. 18, building owner Adam Barron bought a permit for “remodel of an exist...
After casting a tie-breaking no vote on the matter of a local marijuana grower applicant, Garfield Mayor Ray McCown and the town now awaits a decision by the state Liquor Control Board. The town had filed for a 20-day extension to respond to a standard letter from the board regarding a local woman who has applied for a license to grow and process marijuana under the state’s new legalization law. “If we didn’t mail it in, they’d assume we didn’t have any feeling about it,” McCown said. Becau...
“Rock the Stock” is the theme of this year’s St. John Community Fair and stock show which opens today and runs through Sunday, April 27. Today, Thursday, from 8 a.m. to noon, food, sewing, adult arts & crafts, photography and flower entries are accepted. The Cook Shack opens at 11 a.m., and from noon to 5 p.m., livestock entries will be accepted. Judging in the Home Ec. Building will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. and the building will be closed to the public during judging. At 5 p.m. the building will be open for evening viewing. Starting at 9 a.m...
Native plants are almost extinct on the Palouse, but the Palouse Conservation District hopes to remedy that. Conservation District Manager Jennifer Boie said that the district is in the second part of a three-phase process of identifying potential prairie remnants in Whitman County. She said Latah County has gone through a similar process. “Any native plants in the Palouse Conservation District area is determined with aerial photos and natural agricultural imagery,” Boie said. The second pha... Full story
The Oakesdale School District’s $7.1 million construction bond proposal failed to get even 50 percent approval in Tuesday’s special election. The unofficial count at the elections office as of Tuesday evening tallied 206 yes votes for 49 percent and 215 no votes for 51percent. The bond required a 60 percent majority to pass. The ballot count follows the failure of a previous school construction bond in February, although the approval rate in that vote was just over 54 percent with 221 votes in...
Whitman County officials were notified last week that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services suspended its long-term rating on the county’s general obligation bonds and removed the rating from CreditWatch. County commissioners Monday during their regular meeting discussed the ramifications of the notification and concluded they aren’t really sure how this will affect the county’s financial business. The rating was suspended because the county didn’t submit paperwork needed to satisfy S&P’s policy. “I’m concerned about how this affects us. Thi...
Ryan Anderson makes a play for the last unclaimed Easter egg at the Endicott egg hunt Saturday. Anderson scaled the tree unaided by any, including brother Avery who watches from the ground. More Easter Egg Hunt photos are on Page B3.... Full story
