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Washtucna Historical Museum and Community Center has scheduled its second annual silent and live auction May 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Washtucna Grange Hall on May Street. Musician J.J. Dion and cowboy poet Ron Tebow will entertain. The evening will include a Mexican buffet dinner. Last year, the non-profit museum raised $6,000 for improvements in heating and air conditioning in its building on Main Street. This year's funds raised will be used for the electrical system, insulation in the attic, gutter repair and new doors in the rear of the...
Governor Jay Inslee in the last two weeks has signed into law four bills sponsored by Ninth District Representatives Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy, and Joe Schmick, R-Colfax. Dye's first bill, HB 1136, deals with emergency planning requirements for shortline railroads hauling cooking oil and small quantities of low volatile oils. Dye, through a press release, explained the need for the bill. “Two years ago, the legislature passed comprehensive oil train regulations,” she said. “Unfortunately, food grade and mineral oils were inadvertently included in th... Full story
Sharon Lindsay photo And then there were two As expected, the smallest eaglet being raised along the Palouse River is gone. The other two are growing extremely fast, and one of them is quite large. Those talons are great for perching and grabbing, but are a challenge when the bird tries to walk on land. It is estimated 50 percent of juvenile eagles survive their first year, according to Wikipedia....
The Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Runway Realignment Project just got a boost in the form of a grant from the Department of Transportation. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers announced last week that the airport was approved for a $15 million grant from the DOT for 2017 construction and reimbursement for the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the airport. McMorris Rodgers released a statement once the grant was awarded. “The Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Runway Realignment Project will play an important role in modernizing eastern W...
With candidate filings concluded, two primary races are set for Pullman's ballot in August. Primary races are held when there are three or more candidates running for the same position, and the election will narrow the ballot down to two candidates for November. There will be three Pullman City Council races in total, but the ward three race only has two candidates, incumbent Jeff Hawbaker and Brandon Chapman, so that race will go straight to the November ballot. WARD ONE Currently, Al Sorensen serves on the city council for ward one. Sorensen...
Registration is open for the governor’s Summit on Career Connected Learning May 31 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the WSU campus, Ensminger Pavilion, 455 Lincoln Dr., Pullman. Local representatives from business and industry, educators and community leaders are invited to discuss the next steps to help young people gain work readiness skills needed to fill high-demand jobs. Discussions will focus on helping Washington youth gain access to a wide range of career-connected learning opportunities, including internships, apprenticeships, job s...
Standing in line at the Cook Shack during St. John's Stock Show last month, St. John residents Amanda Webb, Jessiann Loomis and Valerie Brewer were anxiously awaiting the food they can only get once a year, but they also kept checking their emails. They were waiting for the message from Independent We Stand to tell them if St. John had made it into the top 25 of America's Main Street contest. When Loomis checked her email and a look of shock came over her, Webb could not believe it. “I said, 'You're messing with me!'” Webb recalled. “Val, Jessi...
The Oakesdale Historical Society and McCoy Valley Museum has announced the annual Oakesdale Old Mill Days celebration will be July 7-8. Events will begin Friday evening with bingo, pulled pork sandwiches and a beer and wine garden. Saturday's full-day slate will include a fireman's pancake breakfast, five-mile fun run, kids' and adult triathlons, parade, egg toss, softball game and cake walk. In the evening, The Intentions and Blue Highway will perform at the fire station....
The second phase of the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport Runway Realignment Project is set to begin this summer, following the award of the contract to M.A. DeAtley, the same group that completed the first phase. The project actually resumed two weeks ago to wrap up last year's work that stalled due to weather. “We started back up, and they're out there finishing 2016,” said Tony Bean, airport administrator. “They'll be working on that (phase two) by the end of the summer.” Bean said the phase two work can begin as soon as federal funding...
Tickets are on sale for the second annual Pullman Firefighter's Charitable Foundation Ball. The ball is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, at the SEL Event Center in Pullman. The ball is the annual fundraiser for the charitable foundation, and it will include a dinner, no-host bar with the first drink included in the ticket price and dancing. There will also be silent and live auctions and a 50/50 raffle. The event was brought back last year after a hiatus of more than 50 years. Tickets cost $60, and they can be purchased from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at...
More than 400 people attended the Snake River Family Festival at Boyer Park and Marina Saturday. Several came by boat, such as this barge provided by Shaver Transportation. Facing rain and clouds on Saturday, plans for the Snake River Family Festival at Boyer Park and Marina went through, and event organizers declared it a success. “It was fantastic,” said Linda Olson, administrative assistant at the Port of Whitman County. “It rained at the very first, but then it cleared up.” Olson reporte...
The City of Tekoa voted on April 17 to adjust its rate for planes landing at the Tekoa Airport. A previous $100 per day charge to any owner landing planes at the city-owned site was adjusted to $100 per day per plane. The rate mainly affects ag plane companies. The weight carried by an ag plane causes more wear and tear on the runways. This particular year has seen an increase in ag plane spraying in the county as wet fields delayed farmers from using ground implements. “The change is rather than saying an outfit with three planes should pay t... Full story
Shortly after I was commissioned as a second lieutenant, my brother-in-law, Jim, approached me and said that I would be in charge of a lot of government money. I told him that second lieutenants aren’t in charge of much of anything. He replied, “Not now but eventually you will be, and when you are, I want you to treat each dollar as if it were the one I put in.” I promised I would and tried to keep my promise the rest of my military career. Jim was not a rich man by any definition. He owned a dump truck and hauled gravel for county roads... Full story
Recently, Washington state’s largest environmental, wildlife and natural resources agencies recognized 43 large forest landowners for their “exemplary efforts” to upgrade forest roads and stream crossings which improved salmon habitat and water quality. After investing more than $300 million collectively, these landowners rebuilt 25,000 miles of forest roads, replaced more than 6,000 in-stream barriers to migrating fish, and opened in excess of 3,500 miles of previously blocked spawning habitat. The recognition is a milestone in colla...
For the past couple of years, the most important word in American politics has been the worst -- "rigged." Emanating from slang back in the 17th century, developing into a description of financial fraud, and then branching out to apply to cheating in sports and elections, "rigged" had a breakthrough year in 2016, and it shows no sign of loosening its grip. It is a word of grievance and conspiracy. It is a word of institutional distrust. It is a word of larger forces beyond our control taking advantage of us. It is a word that says, "We wuz...
Mind you, I'm not anti-management. Some good leaders maintain thriving companies by inspiring a passion for a job well done in an atmosphere of confidence. Collaboration is their organizational approach, where praise co-exists with constructive criticism. The employees operate with a well-defined sense of mission, because it has been clearly communicated from the top. Then there are the bad bosses -- far too many of them. These are the ones who believe in a business culture of fear. Sometimes it's intentional, where the guy at the top gets his... Full story
Poisonous Hemlock We have Hemlock growing all over the place here on the Palouse as well as in Whitman County. There are no funds supposedly according to the Weed office to fight Poisonous Hemlock from its continuous spread in our water ways. There are landowners, that do nothing in controlling it, and Poisonous Hemlock is spreading. This Poisonous Hemlock runs from Moscow along the bicycle trail to Pullman, Albion is covered in it; Union Flat Creek that goes past LaCrosse is thick with it. People here in Whitman County need to take care of...
Gazette Editor “Keep the McCleary Promise” was enclosed in a logo design which was included in an advertisement in Sunday’s editon of the Spokesman Review. In the center of the logo was “Education is a civil right.” The advertisement encouraged readers to join forces with local educators and voice support for public schools and support the state house budget by calling a legislative hotline. The bottom of the advertisement listed 26 educators in the eastern region school districts as sponsors. All were officers in Washington Education...
A farmer stirs up some dust while performing spring work. After a weekend shower, sunshine has kept things dry and warm for those on the Palouse....
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. COAST GUARD BOAT SALVAGED The U.S. Coast Guard boat which capsized on the Snake River May 17 has been recovered. According to a report from the Coast Guard office at Astoria, Global Diving and Salvage in Seattle was contracted to salvage the 26-foot aluminum boat. They righted the boat and pumped out water which had flooded it after it...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Paul Joseph Everts, 23, Moscow, and Ashlee Brianne Reed, 20, Port Angeles, May 5. Michael James Robert, 24, Pullman, and Elizabeth Deborah Iorga, 25, Sammamish, May 5. Anthony Jammie Lee Thurber, 28, and Danica Nicole Wixom, 26, both Pullman, May 8. Rodney Alexander Broughton-Neiswanger, 27, and Carlie Anne Knox, 26, both Pullman, May 10. Derek Russell Campbell, 27, and Chloe Blake Swenson, 25, both Pullman, May 15. David Armando Lopez-Nava, 24, and Taryn Lee Olson, 22, both Pullman, May 17. Scott Robert Scholz, 21, Reardan,...
Oakesdale’s Perry sisters, Emma and Elisabeth, compete in the 1600 last Friday at Central Valley. Oakesdale girls finished up another solid team win Saturday at Central Valley by rolling up 133 team points in the two-day regional round. The Nighthawks again posted a 50-point gap over the number-two finisher, Pomeroy. Top five finishers in the girls events and the top four in the boys events earned tickets to the state finals at EWU's Roos Field this weekend. Oakesdale junior Anne Hockett a...
Colfax’s Maddie Shrope beats the throw to second against Springdale May 20 at Franklin. junior Abbie Miller swings. At left, Bulldogs take a camera peak from the mound. A six-run charge by the Springdale Chargers Saturday in the fifth inning at Franklin Field ended the Colfax bid for another trip to the state 2B softball tourney at Yakima. Springdale rally erased a 5-1 Colfax lead, and the Chargers finished with an 8-6 win in the elimination game. Northwest Christian took the NE league's top s... Full story
Colfax junior Piper Cai wins the girls’ pole vault at 9-3, her best mark for the season. Nineteen Colfax track team members qualified at the 12-team regional event at Central Valley Friday and Saturday and will compete in the three-day state finals which starts today at Roos Field in Cheney. The Bulldogs qualified by placing in the top four in the events at the regional. Colfax will have two of its regional winners, Ben Ahmann and Parker Warwick, on the line today for the prelims in the 300 h...
Colton's defense of the state 1B baseball championship ended Saturday in a 3-2 loss in the quarterfinals to Odessa/Harrington. Playing at Walla Walla's Borleske Field, the Wildcats could not get key hits when they needed them late in the game. In the sixth inning, Colton's Cameron Bean hit a single and advanced to third base on a sacrifice fly. Bean was the would-be tying run. Odessa/Harrington pitcher Chance Messer held Colton (15-6) to only four hits in the game. Bean pitched in the game for Colton, working for eight outs off of ground...
