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Eighth graders at Endicott each year hike up the hill on the west side of town and give the “E” a fresh coat of paint. Above, the SJE class of 2017 poses by the newly painted “E.” Left to right are: Hunter Hollingsworth, Hannah White, Rosi White, Jamie Johnson, Cooper Lundberg, Hunter Gingras, Caitlyn Blumenshein, Clara O’Keefe, Lacy Osborn, Emma Shepherd, Savanna Stockman, Marisa Gonzalez, Whitney Walker, Brendon Stockman and Ethan Selk....
Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2008. I’m aging very well — so well, in fact, that I can do it in my sleep. I can wake up in the morning and see a face in the mirror that is decades older than the one that I remember putting to bed. Like most people, I fight back against getting older, using medicine’s most potent anti-aging agent: denial. So when my birthday came around recently, I told everyone that I wanted the passage of another year to be marked with absolutely no acknowledgement at all except present...
As the budget battles continue in Olympia, state lawmakers are rightly focusing on the need to retain and expand good-paying aerospace and high-tech manufacturing jobs. At the same time, we shouldn’t overlook — or take for granted — the considerable economic contributions of Washington’s traditional industries. For example, forestry was the first economic powerhouse in our state, dating back to 1849. The Washington Forest Protection Association reports that today more than 50,000 people are employed in forest products, including pulp and pap...
WELL, I GUESS Associated Press got tired of the national scandals that have occupied the headlines for awhile and decided to stir up the local pot instead. It decided to find out how much and to whom lobbyists were spreading good will in the form of free meals, drinks and golf outings for our state legislators. With the aid of some public radio stations, it perused the spending reports of the 50 lobbyists with the fattest expense accounts for the first four months of the year which means while the Legislature was in session. REPORTS to the...
A great question facing America is the correct balance between security and personal privacy. Government should do what it can to protect the country from dangers and threats. The kicker, of course, is how far government can and should go to provide that protection. Right now a national debate is swirling over various federal programs that collect data on telephone and Internet communications in the country. Reportedly, the information collected has been likened to that found on telephone bills, not the content of those communications. Still,...
The seventh year of sprint boat racing on the Palouse will start Saturday at Webb’s Slough in St. John. The race is the first in the 2013 United States Sprint Boat Association circuit. Amanda Webb said they expect close to 30 boats for the races including Colfax’s Scott Ackerman and several new teams. The jet-powered boats feature a driver and navigator in three classifications. Gates open Saturday at 9 a.m. with qualifying runs starting at 10 a.m. Advance tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for youth ages 6-17. Tickets are available at Ack...
Pullman Patriots, the area’s entrant in the Spokane senior Legion League division, started a four-game series with the Spokane Blue Devils at McDonald Park Tuesday night, and the Pats booked a split in the double. The Patriots took the opener 8-6 with Hunter Redinger allowing six hits to the Spokane club. The Blue Devils were shut out for the first six innings, but they came to life with six runs in the top of the seventh. Matt Peterson led the 13-hit Patriots offense with two singles and a double, and Brison Abdul and Redinger each had two h...
The Nighthawk Court will be dedicated Saturday in Tekoa as part of the 85th Slippery Gulch Days celebration. The outdoor court at the Gymkanna grounds, adjacent to Highway 27, was a senior project of Alex Overton, a 2013 Tekoa High graduate....
A total of 130 junior wranglers competed in the 38th annual Colfax Junior Rodeo over the weekend at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds with a full round of events each day. The all-around champion cowgirl award went to Hannah Beeman-Chlarson of Moses Lake. Hannah competed in the PeeWee girls division (ages 6-8), and won the CA stake and goat flanking and placed second in barrels and poles. The all-around champion cowboy award went to Caleb Berquist of LaCrosse. Caleb competed in the intermediate...
After 16 years of working 14-hour days and killing rattlesnakes, Boyer Park and Marina’s Dave Peterson plans to retire at the end of the season. Peterson took over as Boyer Park concessionaire for the Port of Whitman in the winter of 1997. His first official season started in the spring of 1998. He lives on top of the Almota grade and was working at Washington State University when the position opened. Although it took him 12 to 14 years to finish a degree in agriculture economics, he earned t...
The Colfax school security and capital improvements that passed as part of April’s $250,000 levy will go out for bid this Thursday or Friday, according to district Superintendent Michael Morgan. The work will include remodeling the main entrance and office of Jennings Elementary, installing steel doors and electronic locks and adding security cameras. Morgan said the project will be done in four phases, starting with the Jennings office, then the installation of a new doorway in a hallway linkin...
From left, Scooter Lyle, Jack Doebler and Marco Castaneda get ready to place a stained glass window in the LaCrosse Market May 23. It took six men and a heavy-duty lift to get each window up on a scaffold. The crew included Carlton Builders of Colfax and volunteers from McGregor’s Co., and it took about eight hours to install all the windows. The largest window they installed was four feet high and 12 feet wide. Mary Kiernan said that she and her husband, Jack, who own New Morning Glass in M...
For seven retirees, last Thursday’s conclusion of the school year marked the end of more than 150 years of combined service to the Colfax School District. Tony Carter’s 36 years at Jennings Elementary and Colfax High School and Peggy Kehne’s 34 years at Jennings lead a group which has taught two generations of Colfax students. Tony Carter After his first job as an elementary/high school P.E. teacher in Kahlotus, Carter came to Colfax High School in 1977. Since then he has taught world history, g...
Whitman County Public Health Director Fran Martin will be honored with a retirement reception Friday, June 14, from 3 to 5 p.m., in the Public Service Building auditorium in Colfax. Martin has been with the county health department for 26 years and also managed the county emergency management department in recent years. The public is invited to attend....
Wheat markets were hit with some bad news when wheat from an Oregon wheat farm tested positive to be genetically modified. Japan is temporarily suspending import tenders for western white wheat for food and western wheat for feed. Korea announced that it will test upon arrival all wheat and wheat flour from the United States. The European Union advised its members to test consignments of U.S. soft white wheat. Monsanto developed wheat that resists Round-Up and was tested in 16 states from 1998 until 2005. The United States Department of...
It’s time to watch your footing once again: the 85th edition of Tekoa’s Slippery Gulch Days has arrived. It began Monday, June 10, with the start of the Hangman Creek Fishing Derby, the annual celebration will continue Saturday with a parade, dance, fireworks and more. Several events are new for this year, said Melinda Wilkins, a Slippery Gulch Days coordinator. Today at 5 p.m., the Tekoa royalty will host a royal tea for kindergarten through sixth-grade kids at the Tekoa Community Church, fea...
TOWN OF ENDICOTT SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 338 The Endicott Town Council adopted Ordinance No. 338 on May 13, 2013. The ordinance provides for a deposit for new water and sewer service accounts equal to three months of the monthly base rate for the service. The deposit is due when application is made for the service. The deposit can be used to bring the account current in the case of a delinquency. A copy is on file at the Town Clerk's office. In addition, upon request to the Town Clerk, P.O. Box 418, Endicott, WA 99125, a copy will be mailed. 2...
The LaCrosse Farmers’ Festival begins Friday evening and lasts through Sunday. Festivities start with a new event in the lineup, the Mr. LaCrosse contest. It begins at 5 p.m. with barbecued hamburgers at the LaCrosse High School. The contest begins at 7 p.m. at the high school pit. Contestants will compete in fitness, formal wear, talent and a question and answer session. All proceeds go toward the Richard L. Roberts Memorial Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is awarded to a local graduate based on community service. Activities begin early o...
Daniel Lazcano, 22, was allowed release from jail Monday afternoon after the jury in his second trial reported they were unable to come up with a verdict on charges of murder and kidnapping of Marcus Schur at Malden Dec. 27, 2011. The jury, which started deliberation Friday after more than four hours of final arguments, reported their non-verdict after less the three hours of deliberation Monday. Their inability to reach a verdict matched the deadlock reported Feb. 21 by the jury for the first trial of Daniel Lazcano. Judge David Frazier...
Jennings Elementary students bust out of class on the last day of school, June 6....
Thirty Colfax football players are slated to depart Saturday for a five-day session at the Boise State football camp. Coach Mike Morgan and four assistants, Jason Cooper, Craig Culbertson, Phil Morgan and Todd Kinley will accompany the team. Coach Morgan will depart today to conduct individual passing drills as part of the camp. Colfax is one of 12 schools invited to participate this year after the camp was reduced to about half its normal size because of remodeling projects which are underway at the Boise State facilities, according to Cooper....
