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The presidential campaign on the Repubican side has hit a new low. Now, Donald Trump is criticizing John Kasich’s table manners. Trump said Kasich, when at a diner during a campaign stop, shoved pancakes into his mouth. “It’s disgusting,” said Trump. “Not presidential.” Trump even said he had told his young son to turn away from the television set so as not to watch the horror of it. The attack on Kasich’s table manners may be Trump’s response to the new pact between Kasich and Ted Cruz. Neither of these Republican presidential candidates have...
County Building Inspector Dan Gladwill presented a first quarter report for 2016 to county commissioners last week. He noted 52 building permits were issued with five more pending. “Which is quite a bunch,” he said. Total projects value were $2,256,769, compared to $798,378 in 2015. “First quarter numbers jump around a lot because of weather and other factors,” said Mark Storey, county public works director. “Remember, this is just comparing first quarter to first quarter.” Gladwill reported three new house starts and a mobile home. Total...
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. TWO HURT IN COLLISION Drivers of two pickup trucks were taken to Whitman Hospital Tuesday morning after a collision on Highway 195 four miles south of Colfax. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Troy Torgeson, 45, was driving a 1993 Toyota pickup truck southbound at 6:27 a.m. when it sustained a mechanical failure. The driver...
Colfax track team members went to the district meet on the track in Lakeside Wednesday, April 20, and stacked up its usual ration of wins, but the official readout of point totals excluded Colfax. Coach Jason Cooper said he is pretty sure the Bulldogs won the meet, but it does not show on the posted results. Colfax Athletic Director Nathan Holbrook said the meet was originally set for April 19 and was later changed to last Wednesday. An entry mixup led to Colfax entries being left out of the computer rollout for the point totals. Scout Cai won...
Monday at Deer Park: Medalists Palmer Gaulke-Davenport 73; Shaylene Felker-ACH 83. BOYS: Colfax: Augie Allenbach 76, Gunnar Aune 91, Cody Muir 96, AJ Bennett 95. Tekoa/Rosalia-third place: Dawson Strogel 79, Ben Zimmeman 103, James Herr 112, Cody Peone 129, Garrett Prince 146, Erik Nelson 136. GIRLS: Colfax: Sara Pugh 105, Cassidi Shindler 128, Kylie Kackman 133. Tekoa/Rosalia: Michaela Tee 102, Maddie Gregoery 118, Sarah Billings 103, Chelsa Atchinson 137....
Steve Brown of the Timberwolves leaps into the plate Saturday while Colfax catcher Kyle Appel awaits a throw. Colfax rolled off four more baseball wins over four days to run its league string to 18-0 and lock up a top finish in the NE league run. The last Bulldog league stop in the NE run will be Saturday, April 30, at Davenport against the Gorillas. Closest to Colfax in the NE race are Northwest Christian and St. George’s, who each had 14-4 marks at the start of the week. Colfax beat St. George...
Colton players convene after a Carter Dahmen home run in Endicott last Saturday. The Wildcats (16-1, 8-0 league) have a chance to clinch the Southeast 1B at Pomeroy Saturday. A perfect game from Carter Dahmen and a no-hitter from Brady Chadwick highlighted 31-0 and 12-0 victories for Colton over St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse last Saturday. Playing the doubleheader at Endicott, Dahmen threw 10 strikeouts over five innings. At bat, he went 4-for-6 with a three-run home run and a double for six RBIs....
Cheyanne Stokes of Colfax makes the pivot throw for a double play after getting a force on Jillian Bruce of the Timberwolves in the first game Saturday. Colfax took two more NE league double wins this week to crank its league record to 13-3 with two more rounds of league action left. Tuesday, April 26, Colfax defeated Liberty 19-2 and 14-4 in two five-inning games at McDonald Park. Saturday, April 23, Colfax topped Tekoa/Rosalia 25-1 and 15-5. Both of those games were also shut down after five...
Caleb Brown of Colfax on the way to a 6-5 win in the high jump at the Colfax meet Tuesday at Schmuck Park. Kaitlin Scholz takes on the third leg of the Colfax win in the 4x100 relay after getting the baton from Josie Riebold. Colfax girls rolled out 144 points Tuesday for a solid win in the one and only track meet this season at Schmuck Park. The Bulldogs hosted 11 other teams with guests including most county B schools, Waitsburg/Prescott and Pomeroy from the SE and most NE schools. The meet...
The Colton softball team went to Colfax Monday and beat the 2B Bulldogs 9-5. Kendyl Druffel led at bat, going 3-for-4 with an RBI while Rachel Meyer went 2-for-3, also with one RBI. Abby Kelly also went 2-for-3. On the mound for Colton (9-3 overall) was Emily Schultheis, throwing the first two innings to allow three hits with two strikeouts and a walk. Emma Schultheis pitched for four innings, giving up two hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Playing at home Tuesday against Asotin, Colton won 11-4. Meyer led with a three-run home run...
City council and mayoral seats will not be on this year's general election ballot, according to Debbie Hooper, elections supervisor. Last week's article on election filings incorrectly stated some seats across the county would be up for election in November. Local city and town elections are normally conducted in odd years, Hooper said....
Last Tuesday, April 19, Jessica Wolfe, owner of Fusions Salon and Spa on North Grand Avenue in Pullman, was making her usual drive to work from Viola, Idaho, not knowing the day would not be anything she may have expected. “I thought it was a good day,” she said. When she arrived at work, though, she found that her business had been flooded as the result of a city water main rupture up the street near Dissmore's. The rupture drained more than a million gallons of water from two water towers on Military Hill and College Hill and flooded all of...
The school day in Rosalia will be packed with a little fun Friday: music, an inflatable obstacle course and a dunk tank. For the third straight year, Jennifer Olson's leadership class of sophomores, juniors and seniors has organized the Trots for Tots Walk-A-Thon to benefit the March of Dimes. “We start off by soliciting donations from local businesses. It's within the school grounds, and there will be fun activities and stations,” Olson explained. Olson said one side of the field will have a dunk tank, and the other will have an inf...
Hulks and pieces of an estimated 40 refrigerators have been left at the Garfield recycling lot in the past year. A barrage of an estimated 40 refrigerators has graced the Garfield recycling lot where residents are permitted to drop recyclable metal, including large appliances. The question is whether the items are all coming from residents. “You think 40 people would buy new refrigerators in Garfield in one year?” said Mayor Ray McCown. The town used to sell the larger items to a man in Pot...
All four ballot measures passed in Rosalia when votes were tabulated Tuesday night. Ballots were mailed to 795 voters, and 224 ballots were counted as of first count for a 28.18 percent return. An estimated 70 ballots remained to be counted, and three ballots went to the canvassing board due to signature issues, Elections Supervisor Debbie Hooper said. The proposal for the annexation of the town fire department into Whitman County Rural Fire District 7 needed to pass by just one vote in the town and in the district. For the town, the measure...
The Endicott library is looking to make one big improvement for all of its programs and activities this summer: an air conditioning unit. “The building is old, and it's had some moisture issues, so it gets incredibly humid in the summer,” said Tia Langston, library director. “We're hoping it will help.” Langston said the library building, originally built in 1906, underwent remodeling three years ago, but the air conditioning was left off at that time. “That was one of the things that didn't get done,” she said. Langston said the library has...
Council on Aging Executive Director Paige Collins poses with the #Cougslead sign at the banquet where COA received the President’s Award. Youth Services Manager Sheri Miller, with interim WSU President Dan Bernardo at left, receives the President’s Award for Whitman County Libraries Tuesday, April 19. Two Whitman County organizations in Colfax received the President's Award from Washington State University last week for their work with the university. Council on Aging and the Whitman County Lib...
Ninth District Senator Mark Schoesler and Representatives Joe Schmick and Mary Dye were all in Colfax Monday and discussed, among other things, the legislative session, concerns at Western State Hospital, education, roads, their views of Governor Jay Inslee and the presidential election. Schoesler, Schmick and Dye, all Republicans, are all up for re-election this year. Schoesler of Ritzville has served in the state senate since 2005 and comes up for re-election every four years, meaning if re-elected, he would be serving his fourth term....
Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker Monday met with county commissioners to request an additional staff member to address needs of the county’s elections office. The department currently employs two full-time staffers and one part-time employee. “All I was doing was opening the conversation and letting them know,” she said. “It’s elections, it’s people’s votes, so to have enough staff who is paid and is paid a decent wage is necessary.” Coker said she was asked a lot of questions, and one part of the discussion focused on being able to fund an...
Students clean up around the Jennings Elementary school and track at Colfax in honor of Earth Day....
The Colfax school board will seek another option to build a new track after rejecting the lone bid for the project Monday night. A bid of $318,000 from Palouse River Rock, Colfax, was declined at the board’s regular meeting after Superintendent Jerry Pugh suggested it was too high compared to cost projections. “We will look at other alternatives at our disposal,” Pugh told the board. “We’re coming back, we’re crunching numbers. We’re vetting everything right now.” The district and its archite...
These youngsters show off their American pride during the St. John Community Fair parade Saturday, April 23. Many children turned out to take part in the event, whether in the parade; catching candy; exhibiting artwork, animals and more, or indulging in the many offerings the community fair had to offer. For more pictures from the event, see page B3....
The 2016 Colton-Uniontown Fair arrives with a new layout its first year after the remodeling of the school. Last year, the fair took place in a makeshift arrangement amidst construction. This year, fair exhibits will be staged together in the new front parking lot area. At the helm again is Debbie Niehenke, acting as financial manager for the second year after serving as fair manager for nine years. Mandi White is Fair Exhibits Manager. “I am planning on a wonderful day,” Niehenke said. “We...
