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Edmund O. Schweitzer, III I’ve read the articles in the papers about the economic activity study performed at the University of Idaho and paid for by the Port of Whitman County Commissioners, and would like to share my perspectives on the role the Port has played in our history. SEL shipped its first products in 1984, from the basement of my home in Pullman. We then bought a small commercial lot in Pullman, and built an 1800 square-foot facility. We soon expanded that facility to a total of 4600 square feet, and, at that point had fully used t... Full story
The new Palouse Food Bank is seeking more volunteers following a 12 percent increase in food given out at their fourth distribution. Organizers at the Palouse Community Center May 23 handed out 2,500 pounds of food, including 90-dozen eggs, fresh pears, onions, apples and artichokes. Also distributed were fresh chicken along with bread, pancake mix and boxes of canned fruits and vegetables. “It’s growing,” said co-founder Annette Klover. “The food is available and we can get more. We’re here for the long haul.” The items come from Second Harv...
Activists waging a national war on coal have turned their sights on the Pacific Northwest, targeting proposed shipping terminals in Washington and Oregon that would export coal to China. They’re aggressively lobbying federal officials to change how these projects are evaluated. If they succeed, our economy could become a casualty of the war on coal. Currently, such projects undergo a rigorous environmental review known as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) involving months or even years of public hearings and analysis by federal, state a...
IT WAS A MIGHTY cheap price paid by the Rutgers college student who drove his roommate to suicide by rigging the computer webcam in their room so it could be turned on remotely for viewing from elsewhere. What Dhartan Ravi wanted to see and have others see with him was a homosexual encounter between Tyler Clementi and another male. Three days after Clementi found out about it, he jumped off a bridge. Ravi was called a cyberbully who didn’t like gays. He was convicted by a jury of anti-gay intimidation, invasion of privacy and several other c...
The people have spoken, and, on Friday, hard liquor will no longer be sold by the state. It will henceforth be sold by private retailers. The network of state liquor stores has been closed, and new retailers are preparing for business. The change is the result of Initiative 1183. It was passed by popular vote with the help of a lot of money from hopeful booze sellers. The most prominent of which was Costco. Aside from the changes in distribution and retailing, another dramatic change is expected: The historically high prices for hard liquor in... Full story
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. TEKOAN HURT IN TANK SPILL Jeffrey D. Wentzel, 35, Tekoa, was taken by Tekoa Ambulance to Valley Hospital Saturday after he was hurt in a fertilizer truck rollover accident just north of Tilma on the Lovell Valley Road east of Tekoa. He was treated at the hospital and released. One of the two 1,000 gallon tanks of anhydrous ammonia ruptured at... Full story
1. INVENTIONS: Who developed the process of pasteurization? 2. FOOD & DRINK: What is the liquor cassis made from? 3. POP CULTURE: When was the Pillsbury Doughboy introduced in TV ads? 4. ASTRONOMY: What is a “maria”? 5. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of South Dakota? 6. LITERATURE: The 2004 movie “Christmas with the Kranks” was based on which novel? 7. MOVIES: Who was the first black man to win an Oscar? 8. ROYALTY: What is Prince Andrew’s official title? 9. SPORTS PERSONALITIES: What was the boxing champion Muhammad Ali’s original name? 10. U...
• It was celebrated physicist Albert Einstein who made the following sage observation: “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” • It was in 1917 when one Dr. Walter G. Walford wrote an article warning readers of the perils of tight collars and ties, claiming that such constricting neckwear caused illness by retarding the flow of blood to the brain. • It’s fairly well known that seahorses are monogamous, staying with the same mate until death. Many people don’t realize, however, that these fish are so devoted that...
The girl golfers from St. John and Endicott successfully defended their state golf title at last week’s state B championships, while the Colfax boys returned with a second place showing. Led by third-place finisher Michal Schuster’s two-day score of 174, the Eagle girls scored 32 points to claim the title with a half-point edge over District 9 foe DeSales. SJE Coach Doug Schuster said his squad was able to shake off the “absolutely miserable” conditions of wind and driving rain to put up the showing on the par-72 Oak Brook Golf Club in Lakewoo... Full story
LaCrosse/Washtucna senior Justin Wargo turned in Whitman County’s only entry in the state tennis championship last weekend at Yakima. Wargo lost his two matches in the 1B/2B/1A combo tourney at the Yakima Tennis Club, falling both times to 1A opponents. Wargo fell in straight sets 6-1, 6-0 in his opening round match Friday to Trym Torvund of Overlake High School. Torvund went on to claim second in the tourney. Later in the day, the Tigercat stroker dropped both sets 6-2, 6-0 to Matt Robinson of Chelan....
Colfax High School catcher Jaime Bledsoe has been selected to participate in the 2012 USA Development Championships June 20-30 in Palm Beach, Fla. He will play with the Rijo Athletic which is based in the Rijo Athletic Baseball facility in Woodinville. Bledsoe is a member of this year’s senior CHS class and was named for all-district honors last week along with John Mellor and Brady Ellis.... Full story
1. Who was the last player before Toronto’s Jose Bautista in 2010 to belt more than 50 home runs in a season? 2. How many consecutive seasons, entering 2012, had Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard tallied at least 30 home runs? 3. Johnny Unitas holds the NFL record for most consecutive games with at least one TD pass (47, 1956-60). Who has the most since the 1970 NFL merger? 4. Who holds the record for most points in a men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game? 5. Since the NHL lockout season of 2004-05, only three rookies have averaged more than a point a...
The quest for a Colfax state softball trophy again fell short Saturday when the Bulldogs’ bid ended at 2-2 in the 2B playoffs at Yakima Gateway park. The Bulldogs booked a split the first day to fall into the grueling consolation rounds and then finished with a split the second day. “Overall its was a successful season, but bagging a state trophy was one of our goals this year,” Coach Terry Eng said. He added the Bulldogs did meet other goals during the season, including a top finish in the league competition. Colfax started the Yakima show...
Coach Bruce Porubek, Erin Bailey, Michal Schuster, Devan Bafus and Coach Doug Schuster receive the school’s second golf trophy after winning their second straight team golf title....
Colton Wildcats bounced back into the title column in a big way Saturday in the state 1B baseball championship came which was moved to Ellensburg’s Rotary field this year. Senior veteran Josh Straughan ended his long Wildcat carrier by allowing the Almira/Coulee/Hartline Warriors just two hits while Colton hammered 10 hits on the way to an 11-1 championship win. The win marked the first title for Colton since 1980 when a Wildcat team headed by Jerry Morse took the trophy for the third time. The win also came after the Wildcats, led by Coach P... Full story
Led by a fifth-place team finish by the Colfax girls, Whitman County track entries returned home with a sizable share of the medals from the two-day state track finals at Eastern Washington University. With Whitman League schools consolidating, all local entrants competed in the 2B division. The Bulldogs finished in fifth place behind the 76 tally stacked by Pe Ell for the team win. Asotin’s girls, the SE’s power club, bested the Bulldogs with 50 points for fourth place. Colfax senior Morgan Willson defended her title in the 3200 and picked up...
As sure a sign of a Yakima spring as bicycle-riding popsicle vendors and fresh coats of graffiti, Colton’s Wildcats ruled over the Gateway Sports Complex last weekend to claim a state softball title. The Wildcat nine rolled through the 1B tournament, toppling an all-too-familiar foe in the championship game to claim the state’s bronze mitt trophy for the fourth straight time. “We had to take our trophy on a tour to Yakima before bringing it back home,” said Colton Coach Brad Nilson. The ‘cats earned the trophy mitt with a 5-2 title game win...
THURSDAY Though he could not attend the reunion, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski had his status update published in the 1962 class of Harvard’s alumni book. In the guide, the 70-year-old Kaczyinski - who killed three and injured 23 in a two-decade mail bombing rampage - listed “prisoner” as his occupation. Under awards, he notes “Eight life sentences, issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 1998.” The 175-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper will reduce the number of days it p... Full story
A groundbreaking ceremony will be in Palouse today, May 31, at 4 p.m. at the Main Street Brownfield environmental cleanup site. The one-hour event will mark the start of the demolition phase for the state Department of Ecology project, which is intended to clean up a contaminated former site of a fertilizer producer and fuel stations. The building which housed the operations will be demolished. A steel shop building was removed after an auction sale in April. Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove will... Full story
A decision on an amendment to the development contract between Whitman County and Boise-based Hawkins Companies was delayed Tuesday for at least another week. Commissioners had scheduled a possible vote on the deal Tuesday after a planned executive session to discuss the contract with Prosecutor Denis Tracy and special counsel Milton Rowland, who was hired out of the Foster Pepper law firm in Spokane. Greg Partch, chair of the county commission, said Rowland and Tracy still had concerns to discuss before commissioners could vote on the...
The late Gene Krell was given the Northeast Washington Association of School Administrators Community Award for his volunteer work at Tekoa. He ran the chains at home football games for 43 years, before his death in December. Gene’s daughter, Gayle Stickel accepted the certificate of appreciation on his behalf. The award was presented at a luncheon at Spokane’s West Valley High School in April....
Five contracts in $300,000 bundle to go to Rural Resources Community Action The Council on Aging and Human Services has announced the loss of five case management and caregiver support contracts beginning July 1. Services provided by the Nutrition and Transportation (COAST) divisions will continue. After a protracted bidding process, Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington chose to give the $300,000 bundle of contracts to Rural Resources Community Action (RRCA), with headquarters in... Full story
McCoy Hall fire follows two in campus apartment buildings Pullman fire crews responded to a third suspicious fire in eight days early Tuesday morning when Whitcom dispatchers received an alarm from McCoy Hall on the WSU campus at 12:30 a.m. Firefighters initially found nothing at the building, which is located off Stadium Way on the east side of the campus. They then discovered the sprinkler system in the building had been triggered and doused the fire. WSU police believe entry to the building was gained by smashing a window at the south entran...
Colfax High School grads from classes spanning more than 20 years attended the quarterly reunion in the Spokane Valley May 7. Male grads present included in front, Winston Mader, Paul Cocking (1941), Bill Rubin (1953), Bill Lacey (1946), Harold Meyers (1951) and Carl Ray (1953). In back are Roger Edgren (1946), Jerry Martin (1951), Dave Rouse (1957), Larry Brownell (1952), Karl Harder (1957), Earl Enos (1953) and Al White. Women grads included Carol Field Rubin (1960), June Johnson Edgren (1951), Sally Johnson Harrington (1955), Evelyn Mader...
Dave and Ruth Mary Preston, both graduates of Rosalia High School, will be grand marshals of the Battle Days parade Saturday at Rosalia. They were married in 1957 and have always made their home in Rosalia. He lettered four years in baseball, but never turned out for the more rugged sports because he weighed 130 pounds when he graduated. He said that he didn’t gain weight until he got a good cook. Ruth Mary recalls several special teachers that encouraged her along the way toward wanting to be a teacher. She attended a year at Cheney but l... Full story
