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The Summer Reading program at Palouse will begin Tuesday, June 24, at 9:30 a.m. with a kick-off party, sign ups, and review of the programs. Next Thursday a reptile show will be presented at 1 p.m. at Hayton Greene Park. Other events scheduled are as follows: Tuesday, July 1, 9:30 a.m., Science Experiment Day; Tuesday, July 8, 9:30 a.m., Palouse Discovery Science Center; Tuesday, July 15, 9:30 a.m., Dr. Katie Cooper; Monday, July 21, 7 p.m., Zombie Survival Night, Tweens/Teens; Tuesday, July 22, 9:30 a.m., Charlotte Omoto, the workings of a...
Forty area students listed on the honor roll for the spring semester at Washington State University. Albion: Brandon Hoadley. Colfax: Melissa Aeschliman, Christopher Appel, Kyle Brown, Brady Cornelius, Todd Hargrave, Amanda Higginson, Nathan Johnson, Cabriel Karn, Tayler Lange, Jenna Metzer, Richard Scholz, Misty Skelton and Morgan Willson. Colton: Kaden Dahmen, Abigail Druffel, Samuel Robertson and ErinWeber. Endicott: William Knott and Nathanial Pierson. Farmington: Garrett Pfaff. Oakesdale: Susan Hooper, Craig Wines. Palouse: Emily Boone,...
Posse Junior Legion will host four league games over two days at McDonald Park in Colfax with the North Central team here Friday for games at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., and the Gonzaga Prep team here Saturday for games at 1 and 3. The Posse posted a 4-1 record in Junior Legion play before taking on older teams in the first edition of the Palouse Summer Series late last week. The series featured northwest select teams with players in the 19-under age bracket. Posse booked one win in the series run and...
The Viking Crew Golf Scramble was held June 14 in Colfax as a benefit for Garfield-Palouse athletics. A total of 32 players participated in the nine-hole four-man scramble, which raised more than $450. Prizes given out went to Ed Griner for Long Drive, Scott Cocking for Closest to Pin and Long Putt. Riley Pedersen won for Junior Long Drive while Kenzi Pedersen won for Women’s Long Drive....
The Fourth Annual Palouse River Duathlon was held June 14 with 40 racers in and around Palouse. The 14-mile event featured a two-mile running course at the start and finish, with a 10-mile bike ride in the middle. Top finishers were, for men, Jason Plemons with a time of one hour and 18 minutes, while the top female was Julie Thayer in one hour and 20 minutes. For teams, Michael Klein and Jason Hurdlow finished in an hour and six minutes while Michelle Randall and Kristine Uravich crossed the line in one hour and 25 minutes. The event is a...
A new look for the NE 2B league for next year has been ironed out by athletic directors on the league before the start of summer vacation. Sports schedule for next year were charted to accommodate three new members of the league, Tekoa/Rosalia, Kettle Falls and Wilbur Creston. Two of the newcomers landed in the league after the WIAA issued its new breakdown of the state classifications based on enrollment. Wilbur/Creston Wildcats, who have competed in the Northeast 1B league after the WIAA split the B ranks, has gained students and will join...
The seventh annual Peter Zornes Memorial Golf Tournament will be Saturday, June 28, at the Colfax Golf and Country Club. The tournament is the largest fundraising event for the Peter A. Zornes Memorial Neuroscience Scholarship. All proceeds go directly into the scholarship’s fund housed within WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Peter Zornes was an Oakesdale native whose life was cut short in 2005. In response to his passing, his family created the scholarship and the tournament as a means of honoring and remembering him and the work he con...
Webb’s Slough at St. John will launch its eighth season of sprint boat races Saturday with a return of the thunder boats and some new features for the big event. Amanda Webb reported this week they finished cutting hay from the slough camping area and are ready to greet the boat racers, campers, volunteers and race fans. The St. Johh races Saturday will be the first event on the American Sprint Boat Racing schedule, Webb said. She added they expect some rookies to be in the action Saturday with a lot of crews putting in hours over the winter t...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with the Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 36.77.070 that the following construction projects shall be performed by County Forces: Swannack Bridge, C.R.B.P. No. 3130-00.03(2) This project provides for the replacement of the Swannack Bridge with two 50 foot long, 84 inch round culverts for an estimated cost of $33,000.00. North Imbler Bridge, C.R.B.P. No. 3080-05.10(2) This project provides for the replacement of the North Imbler Bridge with two 50 foot long, 95 inch by 67 inch arch culverts...
A question about donations to the Town of Farmington from the 2012 and 2013 Farmington Harvest Festival has led to a problem regarding state and federal taxes. Begun two years ago by a committee of residents to hold an event and donate its proceeds for town improvements after several failed park levies, the Farmington Harvest Festival gave $5,481 to the city in 2012. The lesser proceeds of 2013 were put in an account building toward a donation for a water feature for the town’s park. In April o...
Colfax High School graduates from the class of 1974 are planning their 40-year reunion July 11-12. Reunion activities begin Friday, July 11, with class members meeting at the Hyde Out starting at 5 p.m. for an ice-breaker. Saturday, July 12, the Colfax Golf Course has been reserved for reunion members beginning at 9 a.m. Contact Ross and Sherri Swan for more information. A tour of Colfax High School will start at 11 a.m. at the front doors of the school. Mark Hart will read poetry and sign his book of poetry “Boy Singing to Cattle” at the Col...
The Palouse RV Park is seeing increased business in its sixth year of operation. In a two-year period, the park increased its receipts from $1,625 for the first five months of 2012 to $3,995 in the same January - May span this year. High mark for a full year was posted in 2012 when the RV park had annual receipts of $9,460, but the pace set to date for 2014 puts it on track to bump that mark. “The word is getting out,” said Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove. “If a person spends a night or two, and they’re happy, chances are they’ll come back.” For...
Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax was recently named one of the Top 20 Critical Access Hospitals by the National Rural Health Association. The hospital also was named a Best Practice Hospital for Patient Satisfaction. “Whitman Hospital is proud of the efforts of its physicians and staff who have contributed to our hospital achieving this designation,” said Interim CEO Gary Peck. This is the third time Whitman Hospital has received this recognition. The ratings were based on the Hospital Strength Index which was created to bring cla...
With more than 42 years in the healthcare field under his belt along with two retirements, Gary Peck feels lucky to be in Colfax. Peck, 67, is the Interim CEO for Whitman Hospital & Medical Center in Colfax. He came here after retiring from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chewelah. He retired once in 2011, but then was asked to go to the Ritzville hospital to do consulting work and then retired again in 2012. He started work here in April. “I enjoy rural hospitals very much,” he said. He is doing...
This field of grain along Green Hollow Road outside of Colfax gets a good drink of much-needed rain on Tuesday. The month of May was very dry and many crops, beginning to fill out, needed some moisture to help them along. Rain showers were forecast for Wednesday and then temperatures are supposed to heat up for the weekend....
Edward W. Magerison, 31, Pasco, pleaded guilty in superior court Friday morning to two charges of rape. Under terms of a plea bargain agreement, Margerison, the defendant charged in the “rat” video case, allowed the state to move an Asotin County charge of second degree rape to Whitman County. The Asotin charge was added to a first degree rape charge in a revised complaint which was submitted to the court the morning of June 13. The Asotin County charge involves a 16-year-old girl, according to a report presented to the court by Senior Dep...
Efforts by a third grade class to help out the Whitman County Sheriff’s K-9 unit culminated last week with a classroom visit from Deputy Sgt. Keith Cooper. Palouse Elementary School’s third grade students presented the officer a check for $150 and a basket of treats and toys for his German Shepherd named Unix. Jayne Oleson’s class began the fundraising effort last October when student Emaline Wilson read a book called “Scout,” from “The Puppy Place” series, in which grade-school students rais...
“Start Your Engines” and head to LaCrosse for the 2014 Farmer’s Festival this weekend. The festival begins Friday with a barbecue at the high school cafeteria at 5 p.m. Following the dinner is the Mr. LaCrosse contest in the high school pit at 7 p.m. From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. is live DJ High Voltage Disco at the Pastime Tavern. Singles are $3 and couples are $5. Identification is required. Saturday’s activities begin at 8 a.m. with breakfast at The Grillbilly Cafe served until 10:30 a.m. Although Grillbilly owners Joe and Dionne Evans have closed...
It’s been going for 86 years and its origin is anyone’s guess. The 86th annual Slippery Gulch Days celebration is in Tekoa this week, the latest incarnation of the event. “It’s still elusive,” said Slippery Gulch Committee member Melinda Wilkins. “Everybody’s got some theory, but there’s nothing set in stone,” she noted on the origin of the Slippery Gulch title. The week-long activities began Monday with the opening of the Hangman Creek fishing derby, in which kids catch fish and take them to Te...
County Administrative Director Gary Petrovich told county commissioners Monday that the state auditor’s office will assist the county auditor in solving its financial reporting problems. A course of action for the state assistance will be worked out at a July 23 meeting with the state office and county officials. “This will be a long-term solution,” Petrovich said. “It might take months, if not years.” Petrovich said it’s important for the county to correct any accounting errors and to get back its good standing with Standard & Poor’s Rating Se...
Six-year-old Grant Gustafson of Spokane shows off one of his catches Saturday at Gilchrist Pond on Union Flat. Grant, who looks forward to starting first grade next fall, was coached by his grandfather, Ken Gustafson, who has been bringing grandsons to the Kid Fishing Day event on Union Flat for the past 12 years. Junior anglers and their parents who braved the cold weather reported good fishing Saturday morning. An estimated 100 youngsters turned out for the event. Those who did make it to the...
