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Because of a Gazette error in logging the number of Colfax High School graduates last year, the total number of Whitman County graduates in 2013 was actually 283, compared to 305 seniors who received diplomas this year. Colfax High School had 42 graduates in 2013 and awarded diplomas to the same amount of graduates Saturday. The story last week incorrectly reported that the number of Colfax graduates declined from 56 last year. The mistake reverses the tally line for the county which actually gained in the overall graduate count by 22 students...
With graduations and the end of the school year last week for most county students, the occasion marked the end of several long careers in education. The following are a few of them who made the 2013-14 school year their last. DONNA LAZZARINI After 39 years as a third-grade teacher in Rosalia, and one as the fifth-grade teacher there, Donna Lazzarini will retire this week. In her classroom pictures hang on the wall of each year’s group of third graders. “Kids come in and find their par...
Members of the Esther Reed Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution visited Rosalia Saturday, June 7, to observe the 100th anniversary of the dedication at the Rosalia Steptoe Battlefield State Park. The monument, rising 25 feet in height, and the park were purchased and dedicated by Rosalia citizens and the Esther Reed chapter on June 14, 1914. It is located on the actual battlefield where Col. Steptoe and his troops spent the night of May 17, 1858. The DAR members walked in colonial...
A July 14 trial date has been scheduled in the U.S. District Court for the civil suit filed by Brenda Arthur, a member of the staff of the county assessor’s office, against Whitman County Assessor Joe Reynolds and Whitman County. The trial date was set after Judge Lonny Suko denied a summary judgement motion filed by the county’s attorney to dismiss the case. In his 21-page ruling, filed after a hearing on the motion last week, Judge Suko disqualified parts of the Arthur suit but ruled there were genuine issues which should be brought bef...
The Port of Whitman County was notified last week about receiving a grant for the airport at Colfax. Last September, a Federal Aviation Administration engineer told port commissioners that the runway at the Port of Whitman County Business Air Center must be rebuilt to be in compliance with federal standards. The two-year project, with a total cost estimate of approximately $3 million, includes the design and engineering phase this year and the construction phase in 2015. The construction includes a sub-base that will go down 15 to 18 inches,... Full story
Forty-two members of the Colfax High School class of 2014 received their diplomas in commencement ceremonies Saturday at Colfax. Class president Dylan Griffin gave the welcome and later conducted the tassel ceremony. Valedictorian Nicholas Johnson and salutatorian Hollyanna Hahn gave their individual addresses. Principal Buck Marsh presented Washington State honor awards to Johnson, Hahn, Katie Largent, Kurtis Moore and Nicole Sheer. The award goes to students who graduate in the top 10 percent...
In the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Whitman Sheriff’s Public Notice of Sale of Real Property NO. 115750002110001 Unknown heirs of Edward G. Fontaine; Darline Lacasse; Community Action Center, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Occupants of the Premises; and any persons or parties Claiming to have any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint, Defendants Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure Issued on: October 3, 2013 Date Received: May 30, 2...
