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Courtenay Perry, Katie Renstrom and Katie Larsen, left to right, will compete for the Miss Oakesdale title Sunday, May 20, at 3 p.m. in the Oakesdale High School Gym. Theme this year is “There is no place like home.” Perry will recite a monologue, and Renstrom and Larsen will sing....
Anne Marie Fleming, daughter of Darrin and RaeAnn Fleming, has been named valedictorian of the 2012 class at LaCrosse High School with a 3.88 grade point average. She competed in Tigercat volleyball, basketball and track the past four years and is currently serving as president of the student body and National Honor Society chapter. She plans to attend Eastern Washington University and major in biology....
Lacrosse The LaCrosse Thrift Shop & Food Bank, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, now have their Community Garden site plowed thanks to Lynn Bruce. Gerald Wise has donated his land for the garden. Wayne Miller, food bank manager, needs some help to get it planted and maintained. He is also looking for an assistant manager for the Food Bank. The group will once again serve breakfast for the Farmers’ Festival. Thrift Shop hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10 to 4 and the second Tuesday of the month, also from 10 to 4 to coincide with the Food B...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Kaleb A. Trotter, 22, and Jessica L. Blakey, 22, both Moscow, May 15. Victor P. Hudak, 42, Pullman, and Gabreille M. Schilling, 36, Moscow, May 14. Jeremy P. Hansen, 25, and Lorrayne E. Pinza, 22, both Pullman, May 14. Christopher M. Cox, 20, and Kathryn M. McMillan, 23, both Pullman, May 14. Anthony M. Saia, 26, Moscow, and Jessica C. Wilson, 24, Arlington, Texas, May 10. Eddie K. Caberto, 23, Marysville, and Julianne M. Maco, 23, Spokane, May 10. Stefan E. Schmidt, 22, Tacoma, and Shelby A. Madsen, 22, Camas, May 9. Andrew...
Heidi Jamison, daughter of Russell and Sandra Jamison of Garfield, has been named valedictorian of the 2012 class of Garfield/Palouse High School, and Melissa Lorraine Johnson, daughter of Everett “Clark” and Lorraine Johnson, has been named salutatorian. Jamison, who earned a 3.982 cumulative grade point, served as president and held other offices in the Viking FFA chapter and earned the state FFA degree. She is a member of the National Honor Society and competed on Viking volleyball, basketball, softball and Knowledge Bowl teams. She ser...
John Henry of Colfax donates blood during the blood drive in the Inland Northwest Blood Center truck outside the Colfax Library Tuesday afternoon. The blood drive drew in 21 donors....
Rade Mrkela, 24, Pullman, was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday after pleading guilty to reduced charges of third degree assault. Mrkela was originally charged last August with third degree child rape involving a 15-year-old girl. He was also initially charged with delivering a controlled substance. Mrkela’s attorney, John P. Stine of Spokane, told the court Mrkela immigrated here from Serbia with his family as a youngster and the charges against him could have led to deportation. Mrkela was credited for 22 days already served in jail b...
Two Post Falls residents were arrested early Friday morning after they had stopped at a rural residence on the Pine City-Malden Road. The suspects were identified as John D. Clark, 39, and Lisa M. Martin, 33. According to the report of Sgt. Keith Cooper, they were arrested in a black Honda which had been backed onto a grass area near the driveway of the residence. Deputies responded after they received a call from occupants of the residence who did not respond when one of the suspects knocked on the door. Deputies received a call at 12:46 a.m....
Jessica C. Hansen, 24, Mission Viejo, Calif., was unhurt May 7 when the 2011 Hyundai Elantra she was driving went off the Walla Walla Highway and rolled on its top. According to the Washington State Patrol report, she was driving northbound at 12:40 p.m. when the Elantra went off the highway to the right and rolled about nine miles north of Central Ferry....
Complete Shock I’m writing this letter in response to the certified letter I received from Office of the Chief of Police about the Colfax Municipal Code 10.18.040 (Junk Car Law). The letter I received was a complete shock to me, as no one has previously contacted me about the vehicles that I legally purchased and I believe are legally parked on my legally purchased property. According to the letter vehicles are junk cars if they meet three of the following criteria: 1. Is three years old or older, 2. is extensively damaged; such damage i...
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. BOARD APPROVES MARSH HIRING Colfax School board formally voted Monday night to sign Buck Marsh of Bridgeport as the new principal. Colfax High School Supt. Michael Morgan May 2 announced Marsh had been selected for the job and would be recommended to the board for hiring Monday. Marsh is an assistant principal and athletic director at...
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. My neighbor Tom often has the sort of ideas for which the word “dumb” was invented. There was, for example, the time he decided we could save money on firewood if we used a chainsaw to cut up some dead trees on his brother’s property. It started raining the second we got there, but Tom still wanted his wood, so there we were, soaking wet, shivering, reading the manual to figure out how to even start the saw’s motor — a couple of textbook chainsaw masochists. And while it is...
In 1942, the completion of Grand Coulee Dam was hailed as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” Seventy years later, most of us aren’t aware of what that dam or the others on the Columbia River continue to do for us. To commemorate Grand Coulee’s completion, the Bonneville Power Administration commissioned legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie to write songs praising the dam that harnessed the mighty Columbia River. Guthrie toured the region from the Bonneville Dam to Grand Coulee, and within a month he had written 26 songs, the most famous of whic... Full story
I’M MORE than a little suspicious that Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, among others, knew in advance that the President was on the verge of leaping aboard the gay marriage bandwagon. Biden kicked it off on Meet the Press with “Men marrying men, women marrying women and homosexual men and women marrying one another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties.” The next morning Duncan voiced his support for gay marriage over MSNBC, followed by Caroline Kennedy, co-ch... Full story
The upcoming county commissioner elections have generated a lot of interest. Challenges to the two sitting commissioners whose terms are ending this year have been expected for some time. This week is the official filing period for candidates seeking office, and so far two candidates have filed to run against Commissioner Greg Partch. Commissioner Pat O’Neill is expected to have at least one challenger. Commissioner Michael Largent does not come up for reelection for two years. For several months, three candidates seemed likely challengers t...
Colfax cheerleaders for next year will include five returnees from this year plus five new members. They were selected by a panel of judges from among 19 candidates who participated in the tryout May 9. J.C. Thompson, Paige Mackleit, Jolee Aeschliman, Rachel Napier and Taylor Lange will return for basketball and football cheer squads. Hailey Ring, a freshman next year, will also be in the lineup for both squads. Clara Higginson, a senior next year, and Emma Klaveano, junior, will be on the football cheer squad, and Hannah Knaack, senior, and...
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking public input on how the agency should best be used in the future. Agency officials are asking for ideas Ideas on whether the system should be considered a hospitality industry, a public conservation asset or a collection of community non-profit entities. The agency put out a news release Friday asking those with ideas to send them via e-mail, through legislators and in a series of upcoming public meetings. Information will be used to create a strategy for the next five years and...
Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia girls pegged Asotin 4-3 Tuesday night at Tekoa in the first round of the SE playoff. The one-run win sends the TOR team to the TRAC complex in Pasco Friday where they need one more to qualify for the state finals the following week at Gateway in Yakima. Tuesday’s playoff game marked the end of a two-week game lull for TOR. They haven’t played since their last league round May 1 when they swept the same Asotin team down in the valley. “We’ve really had to invent some original practices,” Coach Kaleb Madison commented... Full story
Final chapters for the SE track campaign will go into the books at Clarkston High Thursday and Friday when the top qualifiers compete for state entry. Top eight out of the sub-districts last Wednesday at Martin Field in Walla Walla advanced to the district finals which begin today, Thursday, at 3 p.m. The SE final offers state tickets to the top three finishers in girls events and just the top two in boys. Action today at Clakrston will include the discus, javelin, long jump and pole vault for boys and girls. Running events will be the girls 4...
Colton’s softball team stacked a 20-1 win Tuesday in the four-team SE playoff to guarantee another ticket to the state show at Yakima where they have won titles the last three years. The four SE teams in the 1B division played off Tuesday in a format which called for the lower-seeded team to bag two wins to advance to the state test. Pomeroy, seeded number four, would have had to take two wins Tuesday at Colton to advance. In the other matchup, Garfield/Palouse had to travel Touchet and win two to advance. That game matched the third and fourth... Full story
1. Who was the last San Francisco Giants player before Buster Posey in 2010 to have a hitting streak of more than 20 games? 2. Name the last shortstop before Cleveland’s Asdrubal Cabrera in 2011 to have five hits and two home runs in the same game. 3. Who was the youngest player to become a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame? 4. How many consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances did North Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith have during his career? 5. Only one player has recorded two hat tricks in NHL All-Star Game history. Name him. 6... Full story
Colfax girls Tuesday went on the road to log two big wins over Waitsburg/Prescott in tune-up games. The Bulldogs made the trip south after Coach Terry Eng booked the games to stay in tune during a lull in the playoff schedule. Colfax needed the action because they would have been idle for two weeks since their last league action. Waitsburg/Prescott was available to play Tuesday because they were idle as the number-two finisher in the SE behind DeSales. The two top SE teams earned a bye while the next four finishers waged an SE playoff round Tue...
After claiming their second straight district golf title, St. John/Endicott’s girls head to Lakewood next week in search of a repeat state championship. The Eagles topped SE competition Tuesday in the district championship at Wine Valley Country Club in Walla Walla. The Eagle girls last year claimed the school’s first ever golf championship. SJE golfers head to Lakewood next Tuesday and Wednesday for the state all-B championships at Oak Brook Golf and Country Club. Michal Schuster topped the SJE entry, bagging an 80 Tuesday on the par 72 cou...
A lot of the Colfax track success going into the last round at state qualifications centered on relays. At the league championship meet in Riverside last Tuesday, the Bulldogs won four of the five relay events with the boys marking up two records in their events. The Riverside meet doubled up 1B and 2B elims for district seven. A total of 22 teams were in action for the girls and Colfax led the pack with 158-5 points. Colfax boys placed seventh with Pomeroy, the lone 1B team out of the SE, taking the team win on 125 points. Two other 1B teams,... Full story
Colfax golfers dominated the second round of the District 7 finals Monday on the Meadow Wood course at Liberty Lake and all five team members will depart Sunday for the two-day state tournament at the Oak Brook Course in Tacoma. “It’s really something to see your team finish on top of field like that,” Coach Chris Gorton said. Bulldogs finished in the first four slots of the district’s second round which started 28 players who had survived the cut from the previous week. Freshman Hunter Weitze took medalist honors with a one-over 73 Monday....
