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Area residents can again help Pullman High School Boosters raise funds by test-driving a new Ford and Mercury vehicle from 8:30 to 5 May 15. Test drives of 7 to 10 minutes will start and end in the PHS parking lot. Test drivers must be 18 or older and have a valid driver’s license. For every person taking a drive during the session Ford and Jess Ford of Pullman will donate $20 to Pullman High School Boosters. There is a limit of one test drive per household “We are thrilled to be hosting a Drive One 4 UR School event for Pullman High,” said... Full story
A 10th annual “Kids Fish-in” has been scheduled for Gilchrist Pond along Union Flat Creek South of Colfax for June 12. Fishing sessions will be open to youngsters between five years and 14. Fishing is done in timed sessions from 9 to 1:30 p.m. Each session lasts 30 minutes. Registration fee will be $5 and include a Zebco rod and reel which will be provided at the scene. Registration deadline is May 28. Normally about 400 youngsters participate in the event. Volunteers are needed to help assemble the rods. Anyone interested should contact Whi...
The Pro-Moto Motorcycle Rodeo, which made its debut last year at the Palouse Empire Fairground, will be back again this year for three days over the Fourth of July weekend. Rodeo events will be July 4. “We were very well received last year and look forward to another successful weekend. It is our hope to have this an annual event,” Gary (Bootmaker) McGlasson, one of the organizers last year, said in a written report. The events will include barrel racing, slow racing, pole bending, ball on cones, barrel roll and potato-in-haystack, acc... Full story
Sunday’s 50-year anniversary observance of the 1960 Whitworth baseball team that won the NAIA championship brought together two Pirate ball players from Colfax. Don Cox, retired Colfax superintendent and legislator, played second base on the Pirates’ 1960 championship team. He met up with Nathan Johnson, a Whitworth junior who plays infield and pitches for the Pirates. Johnson is the son of Mark and Robyn Johnson of Colfax. Cox was one of three Spokane players on the 1960 team which was Coached by Paul Merkel....
After being sidelined a week by the weather, Colfax girls hit the road to Northwest Christian Tuesday and booked a split against the Crusaders. The 1-1 result left the Bulldogs at 11-3 for the season with the Lind/Ritzville Broncos booked at McDonald next Tuesday to close out the league rounds. Amy Hickman pitched a three-hit shutout on the road at NWC Tuesday. The Bulldogs took the opener 14-0 with 13 hits. Hickman struck out six. Kayleigh Maltone and Rachel Robinson each had four hits in the opener. One of Maltone’s shots went for a d...
LaCrosse/Washtucna’s softball team took two wins Tuesday on the road at Pomeroy, 15-11 and 14-11. Taylor Burke held the Pirtes to six hits in the first game while the T-Cat offense n rattled off 11 hits. Catcher Gladys Martinez doubled for the lone extra-base hit. Haylee Koller pitched for the Pirates in front of a 16-error defense. In the second game, LW booked nine runs in the first three innings and fought off a Pirate charge over the last three innings. Kristen Stubbs pitched the win for the Tigercats and Kindsey Bott pitched for the P... Full story
St. John/Endicott and Colton booked a split Tuesday at Endicott in a doubleheader. The Wildcats rolled to Colton to make up a Satruday double which was cancelled. LaCrosse/Washtuna Tigercats booked a split Tuesday on the road at Pomeroy. COLTON Tuesday took the first game at Endicott 17-3 with a 14-hit attack while Wildcat pitcher Chase Druffel held the Eagles to just five hits. The Eagles used five pitchers with Ben Harrison, Bryce Bennett, Dallas Schlenegker and Miguel Rice all attempting to shut down the Colton bats. ST. JOHN/ENDICOTT and... Full story
A Bi-County track round at Ritzville Tuesday finished with the Colfax girls and Northwest Christian boys taking the team awards. The Bulldog girls finished 56 points ahead of the pack, and the Crusader boys led number-two Colfax by almost 50 points. Sophomore Morgan Willson again delivered wins in the distance races, and the Bulldog relay teams booked a sweep of their events. BOYS RESULTS: Team scores Northwest Christian 158.5, Colfax 109, Lind/Ritzville 90, Reardan 86.5, Liberty 67, Valley Christian 58.5, Davenport 55.5, Odessa 31, Wilbur /Cre...
Mellor makes leap for first Colfax senior Sam Mellor leaps for first base Friday in the first game of a doubleheader with Liberty while Jacob Schmauch of the Lancers attempts to cover the bag. Colfax Bulldogs wrapped up a sweep of the Bi-County Tuesday with two wins at Northwest Christian. The two wins at NWC followed a pair over Liberty last Friday for a four-win finish. The league sweep puts the Bulldogs in a two-week bye while the rest of the pack plays off for slots for district finish. That means Colfax will be without action until the Bi-... Full story
Close race in the 4 X 100 relay Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia and Dayton relay runners hand off in a close race in the 4 X 100 last Wednesday at Schmuck Park. Dayton's Ashley Myrick, in front, takes off after getting the baton from Elise Button and Maddy St. John launches, in back, after collecting from Bryanna Solana. The TOR team took the win in by two tenths. Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia boys stacked 103 points last Wednesday in a cold, windy round at Colfax to edge Liberty of Spangle in a seven-team meet at Schmuck Park in Colfax. The win went to TOR...
Naturally negative? I guess people are just naturally negative. I don’t understand the attitude toward windmills by most people. They use no fuel. Fields can still be planted and harvested. I’ve seen pictures of wheat fields before and after windmills were in place. I don’t know where the windmills did any damage. Windmills could take the place of dams and restore the Salmon and Steelhead runs, boosting tourist trade. Thousands of fish would bring in thousands of dollars. Having truly free flowing rivers would give us the same appeal as Alask...
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Monday, May 17, 2010, at 10:15 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, Washington, for the purpose of receiving public comments associated with a proposed revision to Whitman County Code 2.32, County Office Business Hours. Any interested individuals may attend said hearing and speak for or against the proposed revision. Arrangements will be made to accommodate questions and provide responses to non-English s...
