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Washington state auditors recently attempted to audit the Whitman County financials for 2012. They were unable to complete an actual audit, reporting that there was not enough information to even conduct one. Thus, all they could conclude was that serious problems exist. Once again the county just doesn’t know where it stands financially. Some of the inaccuracies and discrepancies the state auditors uncovered are staggering. Obviously, bad financial controls and faulty financial information continues to plague the county. One thing is for s... Full story
NEXT CITY CANDIDATE Michael Rizzitiello, Economic Development Project Coordinator for the City of Beaverton, Ore., will be the next lead applicant for the Colfax city administrator’s job. Mayor Todd Vanek told city council members Monday night Rizzitiello has been scheduled to visit Colfax for tours and interviews June 2. Rizzitiello was one of two finalists selected after the city’s second posting of the job. The city opted to interview Kevin Poole of Lewiston who toured the town on April 21. Poole notified Vanek, May 5, that he decided not... Full story
Tekoa’s Slippery Gulch Board of Directors announced that the 2014 fireworks auction recently raised more than $10,000 for the annual fireworks show which is the grand finale to the Slippery Gulch celebration. The evening began with a revealing of the 2014 royalty float, themed “Walk on the Wildside” and accompanied by this year’s royalty court: Queen Kamryn Lehn, Princess Becky Zimmerman, Princess Maddie Bogenreif and Princess Melissa Groom. The float made its parade debut the next evening at the Spokane Lilac Festival Torchlight Parade....
A University of Idaho canola research plot tour will be Friday, May 23, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Tim Blumenshein farm southwest of St John. Blumenshein and Dan Harwood, Palouse-Rock Lake Conservaton District, will be the hosts. Speakers will be Jim Davis, UI research scientist, and Harwood. Comparisons of 21 winter canola varieties will be featured.... Full story
Real estate sales Kimberly Gail and Doekle Kamstra, North Bend, to Jason and Andrea Butcherite, Pullman, house on NW Ridgeline in Pullman, $220,000, May 13. Jacob C. Jensema, LaCrosse, to John and Tia Langston, Endicott, house on Endicott Road, $80,000, May 13. Jamie E. and Jeffrey A. Nelson, LaCrosse, to Jessica J. and Jacob C. Jensema, LaCrosse, house and lots on S. Whitman Avenue in LaCrosse, $149,000, May 13. Scott Stroh, as trustee of the Luella A. Allen No. 1 Revocable Trust, Eugene, to Jack H. and Brenda J. Crosser, Endicott, house on B...
Fifteen Colfax track team members booked tickets to the state meet next week with top finishes Tuesday in the NE district final at Whitworth. The Bulldog girls again dominated the NE with wins in 11 events. They finished with 176 points, 70 ahead of number-two Reardan. Sophomore Scout Cai booked a four-win day in the district finals with firsts in both sprint events, the high jump and the pole vault. Freshman Parker Warwick took a win over Harley Strope of Reardan in their ongoing battle in the 400 and also edged Bulldog Bailey Mackleit in the...
Rosalia sophomore Eli Richardson pegged a 44-9.5 to win the shotput Tuesday on the 1B side of the NE district meet at Whitworth. Richardson also qualified with second-place finishes in the 100 at 11.17, and the 200 at 24.22. Dillon Jacobs qualified for state with 37-11.75 for third place in the triple jump. Jacobs placd fourth in tne 110 hurdles with a 18.11, and fouth in the 300 at 47.05. Brandon Riley placed 7th in the 3200 at 14:01, and Cody Anderson placed 8th at 18:47.87. Rosalia’s were Jessica Ford placed 8th in the 100 hurdles, 21.52; s...
Former Colton and current Stillman College (Alabama) quarterback Josh Straughan was named a Presidential Scholar at Stillman for maintaining a grade point average between 3.9 and 4.0. He was also the only Stillman football player to be named to the All-Academic Team for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Straughan finished his sophomore year last fall by being selected as Most Outstanding Offensive Back for the Stillman team....
St. John senior Elle Bailey was the lone county qualifier for the state B golf finals when she placed sixth in the second SE district finals at Palouse Ridge. The second round followed the cut in the sub-district round at Canyon Lakes in Kennewick the previous Monday. Bailey finished with a 249 combo score after booking 125 and 124 in the two SE rounds. Emily Baumgard of DeSales took the girls side with a 148 combo score. She finished with a 71 after dropping a 24 eagle putt on the par 5... Full story
The Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale softball team pushes farther into the postseason Saturday with an 11 a.m. game in Richland against Colfax. The Vikings first beat Dayton last week to open the postseason which advanced them to play seeding games last Friday, May 16, against DeSales and Tri-Cities Prep. Splitting those games, Gar-Pal/T.O. now goes to the regional tournament at Richland as the No. 3 seed in District Nine. From there, five teams will advance to state. Against DeSales last week, the Vikings lost 5-2 as Sammie Johnson led the tea...
The Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa Oakesdale baseball season ended on a squeeze play in the bottom of a seventh inning in Pasco. Playing Tri-Cities Prep May 13 in the first round of the District Nine 2B tournament, Gar-Pal/T.O. trailed quickly 3-0 in the first inning on unearned runs. In the top of the fifth, Tri-Cities Prep still led 3-0 when Gar-Pal/T.O. tied the game 3-3, which held going into the bottom of the seventh. The Jaguars then put runners on first and third before they went for a squeeze pl...
Final round of state qualification for SE track teams will begin today, Thursday, at 4 p.m. at the University of Idaho track in Moscow. The meet will continue Friday at 3 p.m. The SE district meet features the top eight qualifiers of last Wednesday’s meet, May 14, at Martin Field in Walla Walla. Top three finishers in the district finals at Moscow will qualify for the state meet next week at Eastern Washington University. Whitman County winners from the round at Martin last week for the girls included Olivia Pakootas in the high jump and t... Full story
The District Nine No. 2-seed Colton High School softball team moves ahead in the playoffs this week to play No. 1-seed Touchet Saturday at 11 a.m. The winner gets the top seed for the District heading into the state tournament while the loser has to beat the loser’s bracket winner to get to state. Colton advanced to Saturday’s game against Touchet with a 13-3 win over Liberty Christian May 14 at Colton. Jenna Moser led the team with a two-run home run while pitchers Zoe Moser (three innings) and Winnie Schultheis (two innings) kept Liberty Chr...
NE league all-opponent baseball players were recognized last week during the district playoffs at Medical Lake. Second team all league members in front include Michael Thew (St. Geo), Jack Walker (Reardan), Scott Schulz (Reardan), Eric Mulheims (St. Geo), Brent Becker (Colfax), Wyatt Boggs (Davenport), Elijah Hambly (NWC). Not pictured: Cort Ruzicka and Dylan Hartz (LRS). Back Row: Co-Coach of the Year George Bell (St. Geo), First team all league members: Isaac Werkman (St Geo), Mark Webber...
Hunter Weitze shot a 70, two under par, Monday at Liberty Lake's Meadowood Course to win the NE B championship with a score of 142 over the two rounds. Weitze led a lineup of four Bulldogs who qualified for the state meet next week in Tacoma. Kasey Johnson and Cody Gronning both qualified by finishing on the top nine in the second round, and McKenna Davis finished seventh on the girls side to qualify for the state event as an eighth grader. Weitze and Palmer Guhlke of Davenport went into the final round Monday as co-leaders with 72 scores in th... Full story
Colfax will face the DeSales Irish Saturday in the first round of the regional playoffs at Avista Stadium in Spokane at 1 p.m. The Bulldogs go into the regional as the top NE team after edging Northwest Christian last week in the league round at Medical Lake. DeSales, a perennial baseball power in the B ranks, will take the field at Avista as the number-two team out of the SE league. The Irish bowed to Asotin 2-4 in the SE title game last Saturday. The Avista show will be one of four regional sites around the state. Sixteen teams are booked...
The eight-team state tournament begins for the Colton High baseball team Saturday with an elimination game vs. Sunnyside Christian at 1 p.m. in Medical Lake. It’s a familiar opponent with surely some familiar faces. Three months ago, the two schools met in the regional round of the boys basketball playoffs with a berth to state on the line. Sunnyside Christian were the defending state champions and Colton was on the ascent to winning this year’s title. In the process, the Wildcats took them down... Full story
Colfax softball team again ran into Crusader power and pitching Tuesday at the Merkel complex to remain in the NE league’s number two spot going into the regional round at the TRAC complex in Yakima Saturday. Northwest Christian kept the league’s top spot by defeating the Bulldogs 8-4 in the seeding round Tuesday at the final district rounds. The format for the regional rounds matches the top four NE teams from the NE up against the top four from the SE. Northwest Christian and DeSales are the league leaders from each side. First round for Col...
A potential new location for a proposed skate park is under consideration in Palouse. The Palouse Skate Park Committee will meet May 29 to gather public input on the site, an area north of Whitman Street behind the Palouse Community Center. The long, narrow lot is private land which owners Craig and Linda Dillard have offered to donate to the city. “This site has a level of support from the mayor’s office and some city crew that we haven’t seen on others,” said skate park committee leader...
A new restaurant is taking shape in Palouse. From the ashes of the burned-down Brick Wall Bar and Grill, a seasonal outdoor operation is being set up in the lot next to the Palouse Community Center. Will Hume of Palouse, who grew up in Moscow and worked in restaurants there, as well as in Pullman and Portland, has leased the land to start the operation. “I’m calling it an outdoor restaurant,” said Hume, 32. “The walls are the fencing required by the Liquor Control Board.” The business is to con...
NOTICE OF MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (M-DNS) AND A PROPOSED CONDITONAL USE HEARING The Whitman County Planning Office issued a Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (M- DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Inland Crop Care proposes a conditional use to add a runway for agricultural uses with associated buildings on 13 acres of property located south of the Town of Palouse, WA, approximately I mile east of Hwy. 27, south of Viola Road, in Sections 25 & 26,... Full story
The Palouse Lions Club may soon be serving beer and wine to members and guests at the hall it rents from the city. After the Palouse Tavern closed and the Brick Wall Bar and Grill burned down in early April, the local Lions group discussed the lack of a social place open at night. They decided to apply for a liquor license for the space above the Palouse library, which is owned by the city. “It’s only speculation at this point,” said club treasurer Loren Estes. “There’s a whole lot of obstacles...
Area Western singer Shiloh Sharrard and Eclectic Approach have been booked for the Colfax Concrete River Days concert July 19 at Schmuck Park. Tickets for the concert will go on sale on-line May 27. Now 20, Sharrad will perform from 5 to 6:30, and Eclectic Approach will perform from 7 to 9 p.m. The festival committee met May 15 at the Best Western to review plans for the July 18-19 event with Mayor Todd Vanek presiding. Friday night events are again planned to take place on Mill Street with live music, roller derby dames and a cruise night. A...
Relay for Life is going through some changes this year. The walk to raise funds for cancer research will be from noon to midnight on Saturday, July 12. Relay organizer Cozy Lueck said they decided to change the time to keep more people at the relay. “We were losing too many people,” Lueck said. “Other relays are trying it so we decided to try it.” Lueck said they had investigated alternative sites, McDonald Park and the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds, because the Colfax High School track was going to be reconstructed. But Lueck said they receive...
Janet Schmidt, WSU extension agent for Whitman County, along with Sheri Hatley, office manager, served Ferdinand’s ice cream, a specially decorated cake and other refreshments May 15 in the Public Service Building at Colfax to celebrate the 100th year of WSU Extension service. The Whitman County Extension Service also conducted a canned food drive for the local food bank and began collecting items for a time capsule. A locally produced video on the local 4H program was offered for viewing by g...
