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Gather the patriots The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been infringed! Things are very different now than they were in 1776 when we rose up in rebellion and made it our business to kill the legitimate law enforcement officers of the day. Back in the day, we had every kind of armament and weapons delivery platform that the government forces had: muskets and cannons; horses, wagons and sailing ships (battleships!). The British and Canadians referred to our battleships We referred to them as privateers, because they were owned by...
Air travelers received a bit of good news recently: A bill to put air traffic controllers back to work whisked through the House and Senate and flew into the White House for President Obama’s signature. Why the quick action? Millions of constituents were outraged with how the FAA handled a 4 percent budget cut mandated by the sequester. Instead of focusing on non-essential personnel, the FAA furloughed 10 percent of its 15,000 air traffic controllers each day, causing more than 40,000 flight delays and 1,900 cancelled flights, according to F...
CRIES OF “CRONYISM” went up when Clark County’s two Republican commissioners hired Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, for a fat government job without interviewing anyone else. But cronyism is to be expected in politics. It’s only natural for people who run for office to want to reward those who helped put them there by work or money. That’s why there is usually a house cleaning by a new president or governor or whatever. The question here, however, is what did Don Benton do to deserve it, except maybe cost the Republican party a U.S. Senate seat? I...
Some Americans have become paranoid about the motives and actions of government. Now, these very people are saying, “I told you so.” It turns out that the Internal Revenue Service is accused of selectively targeting politically conservative organizations seeking non-profit status. The charge, which surfaced in 2010, was repeatedly denied by the IRS, but, according to recent revelations, the IRS did, in fact, target these groups. Government is supposed to be objective and impartial. It is supposed to serve all the people equally. Nothing cou...
Colfax track team members will roll to Riverside High Friday for the last stop on the state qualifications trail. Competitors at the Riverside will need a top three finish to represent District 7 in the state finals next Friday and Saturday at Cheney. Qualification results from last week meet at Mt. Spokane are listed below. Colfax will roll to Riverside after posting a strong team win for the girls at Mt. Spokane last week. The Bulldog girls have a strong entry in most field events and in the sprint relay races. Colfax boys also posted strong...
The Colfax Junior Golf Clinic will be held June 10-11 and June 17-18 for boys and girls ages 6 through 14. The $10 fee includes a t-shirt and instruction. Clubs will be provided or kids can bring their own. Clinic times are as follows; June 10 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., June 11 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., June 17-18 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Registration is due June 3. Forms are available at Rosauers, Ace Hardware, Pacific Northwest Farmers Co-Op, Whitman County Library, Bliss and Colfax Golf Club. The clinic is sponsored by the Colfax Men’s Club. F...
Five players from the LaCrosse-Washtucna tennis team have advanced to regionals. Playing at West Valley High School in Spokane May 9 and 10 for the District 9 tournament, three players placed to advance while two are alternates. The L/W girls’ doubles team of Chelsie Kneale and Amber McCaleb finished fourth to qualify for the regional tournament while singles player Brooklyn Hostetler did the same. Finishing in fifth-place to earn spots as alternates were girls singles player Lura Potter and boys’ player Justin Wargo. Wargo, a senior who pla...
The St. John-Endicott and Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia golf teams will each send two girls to the state 1B/2B tournament next week in Tacoma. On Monday, St. John-Endicott’s Michal Schuster won the district tournament at Walla Walla Country Club with a score of 161 while Sierra McCanna placed fifth with a score of 219. For Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia, Kim Groom tied for sixth with 248 and Nicole Zimmerman finished eighth (249). The state tournament will be played at Oakbrook Golf Course of Tacoma on next Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21-...
The Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia and St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse-Washtucna track teams both send high qualifiers to Thursday and Friday’s District track meet at Clarkston. Competing at Walla Walla May 9 for the sub-district meet, the top eight finishers in each event advanced to districts. All together, the TOR team has 21 kids who made districts, including five of them in four events. These include Tyler Blakely, Courtenay Perry, Maddie Bogenreif, Melissa Groom and Jamie Wilson. The SJELW team has 22 who qualified for districts, including four in fo...
St. John-Endicott girls golf at districts. From left to right, Assistant Coach Butch Howard, Elle Bailey, Michal Schuster, Sierra McCanna and Head Coach Doug Schuster. The St. John-Endicott girls took first place in District while Schuster won the individual championship....
The Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia baseball team went to Walla Walla May 11 to gain entry into the 2B regional playoffs. Facing Tri-Cities Prep, who beat them handily in a doubleheader at Rosalia two weeks ago, T.O.R. lost 1-0. “We only had one chance,” said Spartans coach Kevin Young. “We only really had one threat.” It came in the fifth inning, trailing 1-0. Senior Micah Pittsley hit a ball up the right field line. He rounded first, then second and Coach Young signaled him to go to third. Tri-Cit...
Colton’s softball team will be on the road to Touchet today to continue their bid for another state run. The Wildcats remain in the hunt after stopping Garfield/Palouse in a dramatic elimination game Tuesday on the Colton field. The Wildcats took the playoff slot by scoring a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie which had been on the scoreboard since the fourth inning. Today’s game will determine seeding. Hannah Kramer was credited with tagging the RBI double to score the winning run for the walkoff win in the sev...
Colfax baseball team advanced to the state regional round late Tuesday night after two wild playoff rounds at Medical Lake. Colfax will travel to Walla Walla High Saturday and play Riverside Christian in the first game at 10 a.m. The other two teams at Walla Walla will be Kittitas and DeSales. One team will advance to the final four in the state title round next weekend at Ellensburg. Colfax advanced late Tuesday night with a 21-4 cruncher over Lind/Ritzville/Sprague for the number-two NE slot in the round of 16. The Colfax win came after...
Northwest Christian’s softball team remained on top of the NE heap Tuesday after the final round of league playoffs. The Crusaders shut down Colfax 4-0 at the Merkel complex in Spokane to take the number-one slot. Both teams went into the finale after winning in the first playoff games last week on their home fields. Tuesday’s loss in the final NE round marked the third time the Bulldogs have been downed by the Crusaders. “We had our chances, but we just couldn’t get the ball in play when we...
Four Colfax golfers qualified for the state finals Monday at the district finals, and the Bulldog boys took the team honor with 75.5 points. Davenport eighth grader Palmer Guhlke booked a 11-stroke edge over Hunter Weitze of Colfax for medalist honors. Guhlke finished 158 over the 36-hole event and Weitz finished with a 169 (89-80) on the Meadow Wood course. Kasey Johnson placed third with a 173, and Cody Gronning made the state cut in ninth place with a 189. Ryan Christopherson carded a 191...
Colfax High School, seniors Emma Gingerich and Rachel Napier will demonstrate their senior projects at the Colfax Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday, May 21, at noon at the Colfax Library. Gingerich will show a video of the 10-member dance team, “The Bad Girls” which she organized. They performed at a home basketball game. Rachel Napier wrote a book titled “When the Caged Bird Sings: a 30 Day Devotional for Teens with Parents in Prison.” Colfax Chamber luncheons are open to the public and Fonk’s will serve lunch for $10. Make reservati...
Colton bats came to life in the seventh inning Tuesday at Medical Lake where the Wildcats pegged a 6-2 playoff win over Almira/Coulee/Hartline to advance to the regional round of the state playoffs. The win sends Colton to the regionals at University High in Spokane Valley Saturday where they will go up against an undefeated Odessa-Harrington team in the first round. One team from each of the four state regional rounds will advance to the final four in the state championship finals next week at...
The Whitman County Classification Committee recently filled four positions for two year terms. County Auditor Eunice Coker, who will represent elected officials; Jill Whelchel of juvenile services; finance manager David Ledbetter and Cinnamon Brown of the public health department were appointed to the committee. The committee has 12 members and has duties such as participating in a compensation system, salary range for each position and classifying positions. The four new members replaced Sheriff Brett Myers, Esther Wilson, Judy McMurray and...
LaCrosse, Tekoa and Pullman will all receive money toward projects that were awarded by Whitman County commissioners Monday, May 6. The funding is the 2013 Public Facilities money from the .09 of one percent of sales tax that is sent to the county from the state. The funds must be used to promote economic development along with creating or maintaining jobs. The LaCrosse branch of the Whitman County Rural Library will be able to continue with renovations along with a medical office and business center. The project will receive $28,000 awarded....
Walla Walla District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began the 2013 seasonal lock schedule for recreational boats May 15 for Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams. Upstream times will be at 9 a.m., 12:01 p.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The downstream schedule for the same dams will be 30 minutes later at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The Corps will consider special lockages for flotillas or other unique requirements sponsored by yacht clubs and other groups, provided arrangements are made at...
Uninvited spring guests have made an appearance at many locations in homes and public places over the past week. They are big, black carpenter ants. Extension agent Steve Van Vleet said he has not seen an infestation like this in the eight years he has resided in the county. “This spring, it was like the perfect storm,” he said. “The sudden warm weather brought out hatching.” He added the ants are swarming. “People might wonder, ‘Are they going to eat my house?’ No, they’re not,” he said. Van Vleet said the ants are mating. The winged adults...
Whitman County Public Works Director and Lead Engineer Mark Storey told commissioners from the port and county on May 6 that construction on the airport road is coming along, but is behind schedule. Construction crews have wrapped up basic road work from Duncan Springs Road to State Route 26, but the construction company, M. DeAtley of Lewiston, ran out of rock material which put the whole schedule a week or two behind, he said. Storey estimates it will be the third or fourth week in July when paving begins. “Hopefully before the (WSU) m...
Tekoa city officials on April 15 selected two engineers for all projects through 2017. J.U.B. Engineers were chosen for airport and proposed truck bypass work, while Century West of Spokane is retained for all other projects. “If you don’t do that, every time you do a project, you have to look at 20 or 30 resumes,” said Tekoa Mayor John Jaeger. “And you’ve really got to study them. It gets to be cumbersome.” The city has worked with J.U.B. on the airport regarding runways, hangars and industrial activity for the past three years. Century Wes...
To fill the seat vacated by Kelly Turk, who resigned earlier this year, the Farmington City Council appointed Joel Abbott at its April 15 meeting. Abbott and wife, Jill, moved to Farmington last year to work for Audiopile, a music components business in town. Abbott runs his own music production company, Northbound Productions. He came to Farmington from Moscow where he served as a volunteer firefighter/EMT, for which he was HAZMAT certified. He said he was approached about filling the...
Garfield will celebrate May Day, Saturday, May 18. The annual event is organized by the Garfield Community Association. The day will begin with a Boy Scout breakfast at the school from 6 to 10 a.m., followed by a 3.2-mile Fun Run sponsored by the Garfield Parks and Recreation Association. A Kiddie Parade with prizes will follow before the main parade starts at 11 a.m. Craft and vendors’ tables will open on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. while the Potlatch Fiddlers play from noon to 2 p.m. in front of State National Bank. There will a...
