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An order of dismissal was issued in superior court May 6 after some of the defendants in the Rosalia Motorcycle Rally suit reached an agreement with Joshua and Valerie Bryan. The settlement did not include the Town of Rosalia, Rosalia Chamber of Commerce and the Rosalia Parks & Recreation Dept., also listed as defendants in the suit. Bryan filed the suit in April of 2009 after his agreement to produce the “100 Years of Motorcycles” rally was cancelled after the 2007 edition of the rally. The August rallies, which were founded by Bryan, bro...
Vintage trucks were among the feature attractions Saturday at the 23rd edition of the Chipman & Taylor Classic Car show in Pullman. Gary Bloomfield of Pullman, upper left, sits in front of this 1935 International C-30. The truck during its working life was used to deliver fuel oil in Pullman. It actually has just 10,330 miles on the odometer. Richard Trost of Lewiston, above right, sits on the running board of his unrestored 1922 White truck. The truck was used in a mill yard at Colville and later stored in a shed. At right, the back of a...
• On May 30, 1806, Revolutionary War veteran and future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel. Dickinson, killed at short range, had printed libelous comments about Jackson. Over his lifetime, Jackson was in 13 duels. Only the Dickinson duel was fatal. • On June 2, 1865, Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signs the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators, in an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil War. • On May 31, 1929, Ford Motor Compa...
Twenty-nine NE golfers went back to Deer Park Wednesday to compete for 17 slots assigned to District 7 for state 2B golfing finals. The 29 qualified last Wednesday for the sub-district round, also at Deer Park. Paige Mackleit last Wednesday hit a hole-in-one at the sub-district eliminations. She hit the ace on the 96-yard number-eight hole, which includes a water hazard. Mackleit finished with a 104 to qualify for the district round this week. Kyle Johnson of Colfax tied Dakota Berg of Wilbur-Creston for medalist honors with a 77, and Tyler... Full story
Fate of the three county softball teams will be decided today at Clarkston where the playoff rounds landed after being rained out of Coflax Tuesday. Colton, the top SE team, will play St. John/Endicott and the GP Vikings, number-three, will play Touchet. Winners will play a seeding game to determine slots for the regional round Saturday at Medical Lake High School. The two SE survivors will mix it up with four qualifiers from the NE at Medical Lake. On the line will be four tickets to the state finals next weekend at Yakima. Tekoa/Oakesdale’s s... Full story
Colfax baseball players remained in limbo at the start of the week after rains Sunday and Monday took Avista Field out of action for the playoff round Tuesday. The first round of the playoff was moved back to Wednesday. The playoff session at Avista has been slated to determine seeding for the NE district in the state 2B top 16 regional round Saturday. The regional round, with one session in Spokane, will finish with four survivors from the four state sites headed back to Yakima May 27-28 for two days to title action. Colfax Coach Mike Parrish... Full story
If you could eliminate any crime, what would it be? “I guess probably murdering. And school shootings are something we need to work on.” “I’d say child molestation.” “Rape.” “Child molestation- it’s an abomination.” “Stealing, because I don’t really see the point of it. It’s a lot of work for not much reward....
Father and Daughter Speak: A Translation W. BRUCE CAMERON Communicating with teenage girls is easy unless you’re an adult, and then it’s like having someone take a pair of pliers and, one-by-one, yank off your fingernails through your ears. As a parent, though, there are times when you simply must talk to your teenage daughter, if only to ask her when she is moving out (something you start to wonder about when she’s, oh, 13.) Let’s say it is a Saturday and you’ve decided, in a misguided burst of nostalgia for those days when she was your little... Full story
Whitman County will not hold a presidential primary in 2012, after Gov. Chris Gregoire last Friday signed a bill to do away with that election. The change, proposed as a cost-savings measure by Secretary of State Sam Reed, means once again all of the state’s electoral delegates will be selected by precinct caucuses and state party conventions. Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker supported the move, citing its cost-savings and saying it held little relevance in whom the state selected for its presidential nominees. “For an independent, bla...
Whitman County’s housing market saw an increase in home sales during the first quarter of 2011, but the sales were for lower prices. The Washington Center for Real Estate Research at WSU released its quarterly report of the state housing market this week. “Well, the market is picking up and it’s falling behind. It depends on what data you want to look at,” said Glenn Crellin, director of the center. The report showed home sales picked up 23 percent from the first quarter of 2010. Sales total was 370 compared to 300. The median price, the poi...
Colfax High School is adding two classes to its dual credit program, which awards college credit for classes taken in high school. On May 24, an enrollment specialist from the Lewis-Clark State College will present the program at 10 a.m. in the high school library. Still in its first year at Colfax, the dual credit program gives students college credit for taking a high school class. Run by math and science teacher Kathryn Vogler, a four-credit class costs $260. Next school year, students can enroll for dual credit in physics, chemistry,... Full story
Point of Clarification On behalf of the teachers in the Colfax School District I would like to clarify a point in the May 12 Gazette article ‘Teachers urge school board…’ On April 20 the teacher’s association received an email from the PERC mediator stating that the school district’s hired professional negotiator had cancelled the May 18 mediation session. Any non-communication of this fact was not on the part of the teacher’s association, but between the district and their professional negotiator. The original article implied a lack of com... Full story
8 years ago - May 21, 1886 A traction engine steamed through Palouse City on Saturday, followed by a large crowd of curious spectators. One small boy called out to his mother that the railroad had come. Work commenced this week on the second story of the “Delta” saloon building, which will be used as a club room and billiard hall. It will probably be ready for occupancy during court week. Chinese section workers are out on a strike this week, the contractors failing to liquidate for services rendered. Thayer’s shingle mill, removed from...
Knowing God’s voice How much noise surrounds us every day? How many voices are making demands on our time, our money, our emotions? How often does the noise blend together until we aren’t even sure who is asking for what anymore? Bosses, children, parents, spouses, friends, telemarketers, charities, salesmen, etc.? All of them pounding us through personal contact, advertising, and mass media. One of the major causes of stress in modern society is sensory overload. We have had to learn to tune out many of the voices making demands on us and our...
Many Popular Brand Name Drugs Will Soon Go Generic Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve heard that the drug Lipitor and a few other popular brand name medications will soon be available in cheaper generic form. What can you tell me? Frugal Senior Dear Frugal, It’s true. Generics for Lipitor and a slew of other brand name drugs will soon be coming down the pipeline, and the savings to consumers will be significant. Here’s what you should know. Expiring Drug Patents Over the next two years, the patents of many top-selling brand name drugs will be expir...
Craig W. Davis A memorial service for Craig William Davis, 59, Potlatch, will be at 11 a.m., Friday, May 20, at the Church of the Nazarene in Princeton. The Rev. Kathy Kramer will officiate. A private inurnment will take place at Freeze Cemetery prior to the service. A luncheon will follow the memorial at the Palouse River Community Center in Princeton. Mr. Davis died unexpectedly from an aortic aneurysm May 14, 2011, at the family home. Born May 23, 1951, in Pullman to R. Max and Dorothy Anderson Davis, he attended Potlatch school and... Full story
Book sale at Garfield The Garfield Library will hold a book sale during Garfield May Day May 21 at 9:30 a.m. To donate books for the event, visit the Library. Proceeds will benefit the summer reading program. Garfield school’s penny drive netted a grand total of $130.91. The K-1 class collected $61.10 and will receive an ice cream party for their first prize efforts. Pullman library finalists The Neill Public Library search committee reports Alexa Eccles of Olympia, Rebecca Francik of Pasco and Sarah English of Omaha, Neb., have been s...
Locations for a state and federal emergency food distribution for May 25 will be Palouse Federated Church, 1 to 3 p.m., and Rosalia Methodist Church, 9 to 11 a.m, and the St. John Methodist Church, 10 a.m. to noon. For Thursday, May 26, distribution will be Malden/Pine City, Town Hall, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., Garfield Legion / Grange Hall, 2 to 6 p.m.; LaCrosse, 111 N. Main, 8 a.m. to noon; Tekoa City Hall, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Oakesdale Baptist Church, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Endicott City Hall, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Distribution for May 27, will be...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Ryan W. Ross, 30, and Jennifer Rose Frei, 27, both Pullman, May 10. Stephen Anthony Hayter, 22, Prosser, and Jennifer Ann Johnson, 27, Ellensberg, May 10. Benjamin Luke Herndon, 25, Moscow, and Rebekah Joy Davis, 24, Moscow, May 11. Kyle James Waugh, 23, and Sara Ann Marteeny, 22, both Pullman, May 12. Cody Joe Erickson, 28, and Jessice Lynn Riebold, 25, both Farmington, May 12. Bryan W. Mackert, 27, and April Sommer Cooper, 32, both Colfax, May 12. Dustin Benjamin Reid, 28, and Stacie Diane Pierce, 25, both Moscow, May 13....
Lacrosse The group that places foreign exchange students in our area is seeking families willing to host an exchange student for next school year. If interested, please contact Supt. Gary Wargo or Terri Koller in the school office to find out how to get information about being a host family. Lois and Chuck Olmstead attended the Matthew Scholz piano recital at Colfax High School on Saturday evening. Accompanying them were Ruth Dorman and Pat Flerchinger. Jeff Zimmer’s name was inadvertently left off the list of members of the 2011 class list l...
Musical ‘Annie’ set for Endicott stage Endicott-St. John Middle School will stage its production of the Broadway musical Annie next Thursday, May 26, at 7 p.m. on the stage in the Endicott multi-purpose room. With a cast of 25, director Mary Bertrand promises the production will be a lively affair. Next Thursday’s show is open to the public. Tickets are $5 for adults, and $4 for children. A dinner theatre production will be staged for families of ESJ students Tuesday, May 24, at 6 p.m. Tickets for the dinner theatre production will be $10 o...
Colfax FFA members competed in five different career development events, attended workshops and sessions, over the three day state FFA convention in Pullman. Kyle Largent, son of Brian and Debbie Largent, was elected Washington State FFA Secretary for 2011-12. He will spend the next year promoting Washington State FFA and agriculture with the rest of the state officer team. He is Colfax FFA’s third state officer since 2000. Shane Riebold served as sentinel 2009-2010, and Abbie Kammerzell Demeerleer served as state vice president 1999-2000. S...
Meet Mary Chastain, LaCrosse When Mary Chastain was in seventh grade, her choir teacher told her mother to get Mary a piano so she could take lessons. She did and Mary took piano and voice lessons, beginning a long deep relationship and love of music that she now passes on to younger generations. “I knew from about the seventh grade I wanted to be a music teacher,” she said. Mary continued to take piano lessons through high school and was in the choir through all her school years and into college. She attended California State University at...
Kaela Dewan, second from left was named Miss Oakesdale in competition Sunday in the Oakesdale School gym. Also pictured at the conclusion of the event, from the left, are First Princess Anna Mills and Princesses Rebekah Fisch and Danielle Jones....
Sunset on Kamiak Butte Photographer John Clement and local historians Richard Scheuerman and Alex McGregor will present "Northwest Drylands, Seasons" in two county local sessions Saturday, May 21. Their first stop will be at 10 a.m. in the St. John Library followed by a second appearance at 2 p.m. in the Colfax Library. The trio recently collaborated on the book with Clements doing the photography, Scheuerman the text and McGregor the foreword. Northwest Drylands features several dozen large-format color images of Inland Pacific Northwest lands...
