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Melissa Aeschliman, daughter of Cory and Rosemarie Aeschliman, Colfax, received a $1,000 scholarship from Inland Power & Light for its Excellence Award Scholarship program. Inland awards15 scholarships based on an essay, community service, school and work activities, grades and letters of recommendation....
Kelsey Marie Moser, daughter of Dan and Nora Moser, is the valedictorian for Colton High School. Academic honors include National Merit Scholar, Presidential Scholar, Washington State Junior Miss Overall Scholastic Award Winner and University of Washington Honors Undergraduate Scholar Award. Her hobbies and interests include basketball, volleyball, softball, reading, writing, and traveling Kelsey plans to attend the University of Washington and study aeronautical engineering. Katie Marie Becker, daughter of Mike and Lori Becker, is the... Full story
Two Garfield-Palouse High senior girls were recognized for their outstanding achievements in technology, science and math by the Palouse-Garfield branch of the American Association of University Women. Schadoe Gamet was chosen for her achievement in technology. She will attend Lewis and Clark State College in the fall. Rebecca Nelson was chosen for her achievements in science and mathematics. The valedictorian for this year’s Garfield/Palouse class, she will major in special education at Whitworth University in Spokane. They were honored at t...
Planter theft We’d like to thank the person who removed our Memorial Day planters from the graves of our Wagner family members at the St. John Cemetery. Your generosity was so thoughtful. You managed to do it before Memorial Day weekend was over too!! Oh by the way, the plants on Fred Wagner’s grave were to show our respect and love to a WWI veteran. Obviously he wasn’t deserving of any recognition at all. Your intelligence is eclipsed only by your kindness! So thank-you, anonymous friend. You’ll be in our thoughts a long, long time. Linda S...
World War II veteran This article begins with the worldwide headlines Dec. 7, 1941 announcing the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. I imagine at least three-quarters of the men in our country responded with “We will get those S.O.B.’s”. The next morning another shocking headline announced President Roosevelt had declared war against Germany and Japan. Germany’s new dictator Adolph Hitler no doubt jumped for joy. He was a corporal in the First World War and his country was winning before the U.S. joined the Allies and defeated Germany. Now was...
I’ve often said that there’s no sense in dwelling on past mistakes because I’m just going to repeat them anyway. There are a couple, though, I can’t seem to forget — mistakes on the “hey, let’s steer the Titanic over to take a look at that iceberg” level. Here is a countdown of the five dumbest things I’ve done in my life — so far. No. 5 concerns the very first time I came up with an “invention,” because I am an inventor the way Lehman Brothers is a “success.” My father claimed the coffeepot worked poorly because it was a wedding gift from a T...
Most people know that our $13 trillion national debt is endangering America’s credit rating and pushing the United States closer to bankruptcy. But hidden beneath the surface is another ticking time bomb that threatens economic collapse in cities and states across the country: unfunded public employee pensions. Historically, increasing public employee pensions has been a practical way to resolve a budget crisis. For many elected officials, voting to approve richer pensions is easy because they know they’ll be long gone before the bill com... Full story
ITEM—The mothers of three American hikers jailed in Iran for spying when they were arrested at the Iraqi border last July visited them and asked their captors for their release. The three said they were hiking in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region and inadvertently crossed the border. Iran officials say they might be open to a prisoner swap. COMMENT—What are three guys from the U.S. doing hiking on the border of Iraq and Iran? That’s like the idiots who want to reach into a zoo cage and pet the lion and are shocked at pulling back a stump. I’d lik...
++++ The Colfax Cemetery was beautiful. The grounds were mowed and trimmed and the vases were up and ready to fill with flowers. The flags are a wonderful remembrance to our military who fought for our freedom. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 211 N. Main St Colfax, Wa 99111...
The new taxes in Washington on candy, beer and bottled water have started taking their toll on both the consumer and the vendor. The taxes represent a ridiculously complex system of standards determining what gets slapped with the new taxes and what does not. The new taxes may drive some to drink. That is okay. The new tax on beer is the easiest to figure out. Only some specialty beers are exempt from the tax, making this tax a sure winner for the state. No real beer drinkers drink that stuff anyway. The tax on candy is a different story....
Marriage Licenses Brad Thompson, 22, Pullman and Jessica Fletcher, 22, Pullman, May 11 David Schmidt, 32, Pullman and Carrie Ellis, 26, Pullman, May 11 Joseph Kristofzski, 20, Pullman and Patricia Lanier, 19, Pullman, May 12 Nathaniel Darnall, 30, Pullman and Rebecca Stamm, 23, Pullman, May 13 Michael Stice, 52, Prosser and Pamela Lane, 51, Pullman, May 14 Thomas Nelsen, 47, St. John and Lori Webster, 40, Chehalis, May 17 Tianyi Wang MR, 23, Pullman and Zhigun Zhou, 26, Pullman, May 17 Gary Weitz, 49, Colfax, and Elizabeth Lochte, 49, Spokane,... Full story
Hundreds of worn children’s books line the walls of Brenda Kneeshaw’s classroom. Her famous box turtle, Stamford, rests stoically in her bin. And at the front of the room is Kneeshaw herself, answering questions, doling out instructions and living up to the impeccable reputation she has built teaching school in Colfax for the past 35 years. “She is just a woman of great strength and compassion,” said Sharon Hall, the other Colfax fourth-grade teacher. Kneeshaw walks out of the classroom this week after 37 years in education. A teacher to the... Full story
First grader Rebecca Payne McHargue walked in on her first day of school in Tekoa in 1955. That little girl went on to graduate from high school, then college, and later return to Tekoa and teach first grade in the exact same classroom. Fifty-five years since her first day of school, McHargue is walking out on her last day of school. “I’ve been here most of my life,” McHargue said. The retiring Tekoa native figures she has put in 36 years as an elementary teacher or principal. “I’ve had close to 20 second-generation students,” McHargue said. He...
These reports are from the previous three 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 License plates stolen Colfax police Monday received reports of license plates stolen from four vehicles on Meadow Street and Lake Street in the south end of Colfax. Plates were taken off the front and back of one vehicle on Lake Street and off the back of two more vehicles on Lake. One plate was taken off the back of a vehicle on Meadow. All of...
1. TELEVISION: Who was the star of the cable series “The Sopranos”? 2. MOVIES: What kind of fish is Dory in “Finding Nemo”? 3. ANATOMY: What organ in the human body produces bile? 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first U.S. president to lose a re-election bid? 5. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” 6. MATH: What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle that measures 16 cm on one side? 7. HISTORY: What is the earliest written system of laws known to us? 8. ANIMAL K... Full story
Versa Marcus Beachler A graveside service for Versa Mattingley Marcus Beachler, 95, was June 1, 2010, at the St. John Cemetery. She died May 27, 2010, at the Cheney Care Center. Born Oct. 2, 1915, at St. John to George Allen and Alice Gertrude Nelson Mattingley, she was orphaned at an early age and raised by her uncle, Jim Mattingley. She attended St. John schools and graduated with the class of 1934. She married her high school sweetheart, Glenn William Marcus June 8, 1935, in Moscow. She attended Kelsey-Baird business college, graduated with... Full story
The History Channel * On May 31, 1859, the famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located atop the 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time. Its famously accurate timekeeping is regulated by a stack of coins placed on the clock’s huge pendulum. * On June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizen Act, granting automatic American citizenship to Native Americans born in the United States. The law attempted to finalize Indian assimilation into white cul... Full story
More than half of the Colfax school district staff responded to a survey asking them to anonymously rate the performance of the school administration and school board. Kirby Dailey of Colfax, who initiated the survey after a series of public meetings, said Tuesday he hasn’t yet looked over the results. Sixty-five staff out of the total 98 at the school have so far responded. School district superintendent Michael Morgan e-mailed out the survey May 21 to school staff. Hard copies were also given to teachers. Dailey approached the school board a...
If your mother is on her deathbed and has no living will, who decides what for her? Dilemmas like this are the reason Whitman Hospital has recently created an ethics panel. Staffers have faced a growing number of end-of-life issues which left lingering questions over the past years, said Chief Clinical Officer Danise Fowler. “We really needed a place to take ethical questions,” Fowler said. More than 20 hospital staff have met three times now to hash out the guidelines for their new Ethics Committee. A physician, a chaplain, and staff from dep... Full story
The jeep of Dan Hughes of the Tri-Cities flings mud skyward during Sunday’s portion of the LaCrosse Mud Bog held last weekend. Twenty-eight drivers from all over eastern Washington hit the filthy muck-filled track south of LaCrosse over the weekend, competing in drag races and seeing whose rig can inundate the atmosphere with the most mud. Emcee Ed Casey said the event raised more than $1,800 from admissions and concessions over its two-day run, as spectators flooded the flooded field to watch the mud fly. Proceeds go to the Richard L. R...
Sprague and Lamont athletics will be combined with Lind/Ritzville starting next year. The new alignment follows an end this year to the Sprague/Harrington sports combination which also included middle school students at Lamont. The merger ended when Harrington School directors earlier this year opted to merge with Odessa for the next sports year. That left the Sprague/Lamont program in limbo, according to Doug Shields, chairman of the Sprague Board. He noted the Harrington board made its change without responding to requests from Sprague and...
THURSDAY The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast the most intense storm season since 2005, predicting 14 to 23 named storms, with 8 to 14 developing into hurricanes, will form this year. Cold Stone Creamery’s PB&C milkshake was named the worst drink in America by Men’s Health magazine. The milkshake contains 2,010 calories – equivalent to 68 strips of bacon or 30 chocolate chip cookies. FRIDAY The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp seized five more troubled banks on Friday, including three banks owned by Bank of Florida Corp, b...
The Kamiak campfire performances for John Elwood and Sally Burkhart of Elberton this summer will be Saturday, June 26, and Saturday, July 24. In a note to the Gazette, Elwood denied being the “self-proclaimed” mayor of Elberton. He said he was appointed by the previous incumbent.... Full story
Notice of plans to construct an addition to the Assembly of God Church has been received at city hall. The 2,200 square foot addition, with a basement, has been planned for the northwest corner of the present building. The additional space will be used for an enlarged sanctuary, two offices and classroom space. The church has hired Renstrom Homes, Inc., Pullman, to build the addition. The present church was built along Hillcrest Drive under a conditional use permit in a residential zone. A hearing has been scheduled for June 16 by the Colfax...
Robert R. Richter, Maple Valley, who was alleged to have more than $32,800 in cash and almost nine pounds of marijuana in his truck, was sentenced to one year in jail Wednesday in Whitman County Superior Court. Richter was also ordered to pay $16,600 in fines and fees with $10,800 of that for restitution to the jail, including costs for administering work release. He was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. Richter was arrested last Nov. 30 at Albion as the result of a Quad Cities Drug Task Force investigation started by tips from an informant....
