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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. CITY CHICKENS REQUEST FRIED A proposal to modify the town’s animal control ordinance to allow keeping chickens and possibly sheep inside the city limits failed to advance Monday night. After hearing residents’ comments and a staff report on what provisions could be included in such a change, council members said they were concerned about the...
Shaina and Mattie Jo Johnson of Rosalia have qualified to compete on the Washington state team at the National High School Finals Rodeo July 15-21 in Rock Springs, Wyo. Both will compete in goat tying. More than 1,500 contestants from 41 states and five Canadian Provinces and Australia will compete in the 64th annual edition of the event. More than $350,000 in college scholarships will be offered. Shaina is a junior, and Mattie Jo is a sophomore....
Colfax volleyball grad Jill Solbrack has been named coach of the Pullman High school volleyball team. Solbrack was a member of the 2005 class at Colfax High school and played three years of varsity ball with the CHS net team under Coach Sue Doering. After graduating at Colfax, Solbrack attended Whitworth University in Spokane where she played on the Pirates’ volleyball team and was captain during her senior season. After graduating from Whitworth in 2009, Solbrack began her teaching career at Franklin Elementary in Pullman. She also commuted t...
Pullman High School track and field state champions during the 2A state meet May 24-26 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma were Adam Mahama, left, senior, in the discus at 172-3, and Lauren McCluskey, right, freshman, in the high jump at 5-4....
Three area baseball teams will be in Legion action over the coming weeks and will compete with Spokane and other area teams. The Pullman Patriots are already five games into the season under Coaches Evan Hecker of Moscow and Pat Doumit of Colton. Colfax lefthander Patrick Jacobs, who anchored the Bulldog rotation this year as a sophomore, is the lone Colfax player now on the roster for the Patriots who had a 4-1 record as of Wednesday with another league round booked for Wednesday at A.K. Jackson Field behind Shadle Park in Spokane. New to the...
Six Colfax High School softball seniors received a farewell last Thursday night at the team potluck dinner. Departing the scene were Lauren Moore, Amy Hickman, Erin Cox, Kaysha Lyman, Abby Muir and Samantha Pearson. Coach Terry Eng said the four-year career span for this year’s seniors marks a new record for Colfax with 76 wins. Pitcher Amy Hickman set a new career mark with 50 wins. She struck out 335 batters in the last two years and her career mark probably topped 500. Hickman walked 155 batters in 65 games, an average of about 2.5 per g...
roundsHigh School teams in the two WIAA B division districts on the east side of the state plan to combine state playoff entries next year in what is expected to add a regional round at the end of 2B sports seasons. Top finishers in the regional rounds will get the state berths assigned to the two districts, SE District 9 and NE District 7. Bob Kirk of Pomeroy, SE District 9 director, said negotiations for the playoff merger are close to be finished, but most of the details have yet to be worked out. The regional format has already been...
THURSDAY Gunman Ian Lee Stawicki, 40, killed four people at a popular Seattle cafe then fled to a downtown parking lot where he killed a fifth person and stole her car before shooting himself in the head as police closed in. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a far-reaching municipal ban on sales of large-size sugary beverages by restaurants, mobile food carts, movie theaters and delis. Drinks containing more than 25 calories per 8 fluid ounces and less than 51 percent milk in containers more than 16 ounces would be banned. Carmen...
A crowd that filled a lecture room at the WSU Smith Center Saturday afternoon received a wide spectrum of viewpoints from four judges serving at different levels of the state court system. The judges also provided some rare footnotes. The panel served on a public symposium dealing with judicial diversity, part of a program presented by the league of Women Voters of Pullman and the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Service. James Gibson, a professor of government at Washington University in St. Louis, began the session by...
Zella Miller, former Colfax farm woman, was honored as the queen of the Celebrate Life Pageant, culminating in a ride in the Lilac Parade May 19. The annual award is given by the Washington State Association of Activity Professionals (WSAAP). Miller, 94, rode in a 1948 Packard convertible driven by longtime volunteer Jerry Scollard. Right behind them in the parade was the Prosser High School marching band. “It’s a pretty big deal,” said Scollard. “She was so excited, she said it was one of the most memorable experiences of her life. She had...
Seniors from LaCrosse High School are in Hawaii this week and were slated to visit Pearl Harbor to see the wreckage of the attack which brought the United States into World War II. Teacher Don Kemper is leading the students on their trip. “It’s tough duty, but somebody’s got to do it,” said Kemper. Before leaving, he took the students to Spokane to meet with members of the Lilac Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors. Kemper organized the visit in order to give his students first hand accounts of the attack. The students met with eight veteran...
After more than a decade and 11,423 miles bicycling across the U.S., Pastor John Cross has found a place to rest. Cross recently took over as pastor at Selbu Lutheran Church between LaCrosse and Hay. “I’m just glad to be in one spot,” said Pastor Cross. “And this is a great spot to be.” He takes over the pastor position at Selbu from Dennis Bay, who retired in August after 32 years as the church’s pastor. Over the previous year and a half, Cross was on the road, without any possessions save the 60 pounds of gear he packed on his trusty Trek...
Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove and Brownfields committee chairman Doug Willcox cut the ribbon at a groundbreaking May 31 for Palouse’s environmental cleanup site. Holding the ends of the ribbon are Michael Stringer, left, and Jim Darling of engineering firm Maul Foster Alongi, who is the city’s consultant for the project. Larson’s Demoliton Inc. will complete the demolition of the former fertilizer business and fuel stations building, under supervision of the Washington State Department of Ecology....
People walked up the sidewalk with desserts in their hands on the way to the 16th annual Tekoa Dessert Auction Friday night at the community center. When it was over, $8,600 had been raised to buy fireworks for Slippery Gulch Days. Some of the proceeds were also used to make a memorial donation to the family of a Tekoa graduate whose funeral was that day. “By far this has been the most successful fundraiser ever done for the fireworks,” said organizer Angie Rambo, who was assisted by Sandy Pavle...
Leaders of Whitman County’s various departments urged commissioners Monday to approve a plan to overhaul employees’ salary structure. The county’s classification committee two weeks ago presented a plan that would change how employees receive regularly scheduled raises and provide longevity raises for long-term workers. Fran Martin, health department director, presented commissioners the opinion of the Elected and Appointed Team of county officials, or EAT, that the committee’s plan should be approved for next year. “We believe this is a more...
The race for Whitman County commissioner from District 2 will be on the August primary ballot. With only two candidates, Democrat incumbent Pat O’Neill of Johnson and Republican farmer Dean Kinzer of rural Pullman, county elections officials initially figured the office would not need to be on the “top two” primary ballot. State elections officials last week told Debbie Hooper, county elections supervisor, that assumption was wrong. “Because it’s a partisan race, it will have to be on the ballot,” said Hooper. “We have to do it. It’s law.” So...
Central County Thursday: Cloudy with rain and wind. High near 68. Winds gusting to 23 mph. Rain continues through the evening. Overnight low around 46. Friday: Mostly cloudy with showers and continued high winds. High around 58. Low around 42. Saturday: Showers throughout the day. High near 56. Rain overnight. Low around 41. Sunday: Cloudy with showers and a high near 60. Rain tapers off overnight. Low around 43. Monday thru Wednesday: Mostly sunny with scattered showers early in the week. Highs in low-70s. Overnight lows in...
Members of the Rolling Hills Derby Dames check the sky for a break in the weather early Satruday for the start of the eighth annual Knuckle Scrapers hot rod gathering and barbecue at Palouse. The weather put a dent in the number of entries this year, but the event again drew enthusiasts from a wide area. The annual Knuckle Scrappers show features the work of car builders who produce unique hot rods and other cars at costs under the normal costs required to produce finished show cars. A derby dames demo and bands added to the Main Street...
Sheriff’s Sgt. Rick McNannay has been hired as Colfax Police Chief, Mayor Todd Vanek reported Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled to begin his service as chief July 1. McNannay said he expects the career change across Mill Street will go smoothly because over the years he has worked with members of the Colfax Police department on many cases. McNannay has been a member of the sheriff’s department since 1999 and was promoted to sergeant about 10 years ago. He first worked with the department as a reservist and then served as an officer at Mos...
The agreement between the Palouse and Oakesdale school districts to share superintendent Jake Dingman next school year hit a rough spot last Thursday at a meeting of the Garfield and Palouse school boards. Members of the Garfield board noted any cost savings they expected to result from merging business operations will not happen. Dingman in March was named joint superintendent at Oakesdale and Palouse for next year. The arrangement will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Supt. Bev Fox...
Four applications were submitted to Whitman County in search of a share of the $100,000 in .09 economic development funding available for public projects. The funds derive from a .09 percent share of the state’s portion of sales tax revenues to use on projects that will bolster the local economy. Awards are determined by the county’s citizen Blue Ribbon Advisory Task Committee. Applications were submitted by the Uniontown Public Development Authority, the city of Tekoa, the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport and the Whitman County Rural Lib...
Bottles of liquor appeared on the new row of shelving at Rosauers in Colfax Friday morning, the first booze sold by a private vendor since before prohibition. Store manager Shawn McAdams said his store had “very steady sales” in the first weekend of privatized liquor since voters approved Initiative 1183 last November. “So far the biggest concern is the extra tax that gets added on,” said McAdams. Many customers who got a bottle of spirits from the store’s secured shelves griped about the sticker shock they felt when the bottle rang up 24 perce...
* For full graduation coverage and photos of all the grads, see the full page view (pages B3-B10) which can always be found by clicking Weekly Pages to the right of our home page. A total of 319 Whitman County high school seniors are on the graduation rolls for 2012. The county’s total class size has dropped slightly from the 323 listed for graduation last year. However, the figures reflect a steep drop for the county’s smaller high schools. Colfax and Pullman added 35 students to the rol...
* For full graduation coverage and photos of all the grads, see the full page view (pages B3-B10) which can always be found by clicking Weekly Pages to the right of our home page....
