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St. John is expected to have another record-breaking year for boat participants during this season's kick-off event at Webb's Slough in St. John Saturday. This year 37 teams, including 11 new teams, have entered, according to Amanda Webb. Drivers and teams will travel from Australia, British Columbia, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Idaho and Washington to compete this weekend, she said. Gates open at 9 a.m. for the boat races Saturday and racing starts at 10 a.m. Tickets for Saturday are $25 for adults, $15 for kids ages six to 17 and free for kids...
By Garth Meyer Gazette Reporter For the 92nd year, Tekoa Slippery Gulch Days arrived Monday and will culminate this weekend with a series of events, both new and perennial. It all started June 10 with the kids’ Fishing Derby in Hangman Creek. Weigh-ins are at Tekoa Hardware. Kids up to age 12 fish in the creek, on a designated stretch from the Idaho border to Fairbanks Road, then turn in their biggest fish for weighing/measuring. On Saturday, announcer Chris Smith will present a bike to the w...
Whitman County is the 22nd in the country for market value of grain products sold, according to the 2017 agricultural census conducted by the USDA National Statistics Service Whitman County was ranked number one for the market value of grains in the state, and number two for pigs, sheep and goats. The number of farms in Whitman County as of 2017 was 1,039, a decrease of 13 percent since 2012. Although the number of farms decreased, the average size of the farms increased by 16 percent. The average size of a farm being 1,240 acres, according to...
Whitman County commissioners discussed affordable housing in the county and new water quality standards with John Culton, Eastern Washington director for U.S. senator Patty Murray during a workshop session Monday morning. Commissioner Dean Kinzer reported there is $175 million in the Washington state Housing Trust Fund for the next biennium. He said the fund issues grants and loans to low-income families for home improvement projects. To qualify, the person needs to own the home, be unable to obtain affordable credit elsewhere and have an...
The Ice Age Flood Museum in the historic rock bunkhouse at LaCrosse will make its debut on Saturday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. as part of The Farmer's Festival Celebration in LaCrosse, Washington, June 21-23. The museum features an interpretive film, photographic displays and artifacts depicting the significant geographic history of the land and the people who've called it home. The rock bunkhouse was meticulously restored by LaCrosse Community Pride in 2017. The Bunkhouse was one of a...
The city's May 29 notice letter to former Colfax Police Chief Rick McNanny dropped the city's contention that he had committed perjury, one of the two causes cited in his Jan. 17 termination as police chief. The letter was the object of an extended meeting of the Colfax Civil Service board session June 3 in which board members declined to recognize the letter and to continue with the hearing on the appeal which was filed by McNannay after his termination. The city board decided June 4 to drop perjury, one of two causes listed in the...
Thomas L. Culhane, 23, Camas, pleaded guilty Friday to an amended charge of second-degree assault with intent to commit rape after a March 28 motion to stop judgment on a jury's verdict for conviction on second-degree rape. The jury's verdict followed a three-day trial on four charges. The jury found Culhane guilty of one charge of second-degree rape and a charge of furnishing liquor to minors. They found him not guilty to a second charge of second-degree rape and a charge of assault. Both of the rape charges and assault involved the same...
U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers are aware that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the discovery of genetically engineered (GE) wheat plants growing in an unplanted agricultural field in Washington State. APHIS reported the GE wheat in question is resistant to the herbicide glyphosate. The two agencies report they believe APHIS is well prepared to identify additional information about this discovery and has confirmed that there is no evidence suggesting that this wheat, o...
Three young sisters from Rosalia started selling manicure kits as a way to raise funds for their cousin, Malia, who was diagnosed with Leukemia when she was four years old. Caryn Bothman, the mother of the girls, said just 18 months after the young girls raised enough funds for their cousin from selling manicure and earbud sets, the three sisters created a "Tough As Nails" non-profit. "They were inspired by the fact they could make a difference," Bothman said. The three students, upcoming...
Port of Whitman commissioners and staff members discussed the potential of loaning funds to the City of Tekoa for its airport fueling system at the June 6 meeting. About a year ago, the Tekoa airport's credit card fuel supplier from Pullman decided he was no longer going to supply the airport. "This was not something advantageous for him," said Roy Schulz, Tekoa city council member who represented the airport at the meeting. He said they didn't have airplane fuel for awhile, so the city council...
The Colfax school board approved a raise May 28 for district principals and administrative year-round staff. They include the superintendent, principals at the high school and elementary school, transportation supervisor, technology director, maintenance director, business manager and the district's executive assistant. Jerry Pugh, superintendent, made the proposal to the board. “I had to get it balanced out, to get things equitable across the board,” Pugh said. The raises include two per...
Whitman County Parks and Recreation board members authorized an Eastern Washington University professor to conduct research on plant communities at Kamiak Butte on Thursday afternoon at the Colfax Trail. EWU's Erik Peterson professor requested to use Kamiak Butte as a way to gain regional information about the vegetation and soil of the original Palouse Prairie ecosystem. The study would be used to inform decisions about prairie restoration projects at EWU, Peterson wrote in a letter....
A new store has opened in Tekoa at the site of the former Thompson Barn – which continues as a 10x20 space within Homestead General Store, open since May 8, on Crosby Street. The store is owned by Jim and Diedre Lee, along with Chet and Susie Creger. “Everyone retired and we just needed something to do,” said Diedre, who with husband Jim, previously ran an antique mall in Tacoma. The Cregers ran a gift shop at Langley on Whidbey Island and an antique mall in Bothell. Both couples now live in Te...
Caden Marker, 15, a freshman at Colfax High School next fall, placed first in three events at the Washington State Junior and High School Rodeo finals over Memorial Day weekend. The top four finishers qualify for nationals to be held this June 23-29 in Huron, S. D. Marker won goat tying, breakaway roping and team roping, with teammate Hank Sutton of Yakima. He also won State Reserve All-Around Cowboy for the second-most cumulative points. At nationals, he will compete against kids from the...
Nate Akesson of Colfax pitched five innings of no-hit ball Tuesday at Jackson Field in Spokane to launch an 8-0 shutout win for the Pullman Patriots. Peyton Kallaher finished out the game for the 8-0 win. Akesson fanned 10 Shadle batters over the five-inning start. The Patriots hammered 14 hits in the game. They scored one run in the third inning and then broke a gap by scoring three in the top of the fifth. The win left the Patriots at 3-1 on the season with the same Shadle team slated to play at Pullman Wednesday night. Pullman had two errors...
Colfax Babe Ruth scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Monday night at McDonald Park for a 7-6 walk off win over Kendrick/Juliaetta. The win left the Colfax team at 6-2 on the season. Pitchers for Colfax were Alex Mortenson, Matt DeFord and Austin Stanley. The last chance rally started with J.D. Peterson getting on base with an error and scored on a triple by Stanley. Stanley scored to tie the game up when the KJ pitcher was called for a balk. Jude Hahn then got on base and later scored on a grounder shot hit by Nick Webb to the...
Nightly highlights for Major League Baseball ran on ESPN Wednesday, June 5. An impossible throw from third to first for an out in Toronto, a catch against the fence in Philadelphia, Boston's Chris Sale striking out a series in Kansas City. Then there it was. The highlight of highlights. A batter, a swing and a miss. He stepped off and behind him, empty seats in the first rows, with a Delta Airlines logo on each. Welcome to America's pastime in 2019. This is what it is now, in its fourth year of...
