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In a place of Atlantic sands and citrus, she paints the Palouse. Arlene Ambuehl, Chicago native and oil painter from Indian Lake Estates, Fla., started to paint the faraway place 11 years ago when her husband was buried in Garfield. Now she has amassed a small collection. She has donated the prints of on greeting cards for sale to the Palouse Community Center. “I’ve fallen in love with the Palouse,” said Ambuehl. “If I could, I’d move there year-round.” Since 2001 she has visited once a year...
The John Wayne Wagon Drivers and Riders completed their cross state trip on the John Wayne trail last week with an appearance in the Rosalia Battle Days parade and a final day riding on the trail to Tekoa. Ride Chairman Jay Adams of Roy said a total of 145 people registered for the ride this year and 32 stayed on the trail for the duration of the two week ride. Other participants joined the ride for a few days when they are able to get away from their jobs or other obligations. Adams said one new feature in recent rides by the organization...
The earth shook so hard I had assumed the epicenter was near Tokyo, where we were. It was frightening to flip on the TV once it was deemed safe enough to be let back into our homes and find what we had just lived through already being broadcast across the world...and learn the center was close to Honshu, more than 200 miles from the capital city, and had spawned that infamous tsunami. We watched the images flashing across the screen in horror—the water rushing over a field, rising around an airport, swirling through the streets as it bashed c...
Big merchants won, and the family-values crowd lost, with the passage of I- 1183 which has dismantled the state liquor stores. Let’s look at one of the cheerleaders for the big merchants. On October 31, 2011, just before the election, Susan Fagan launched a column in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. She said, “As a Washington state lawmaker... I strongly urge a yes vote on Initiative I-1183. “Selling and promoting liquor is not a core function of government. I-1183 focuses the state’s role on regulation and enforcement, where it should be.” Su...
Grilling Tips Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007. There seems to be some dispute over whether my ability to burn meat on an outdoor grill is a talent or a negligence. My two sisters, for example, each complain that when I have them over for “something on the barbecue” and serve it to them, it’s so burned they can’t tell what it is. “Just because we’re all carbon-based doesn’t mean we want to eat it,” claims my younger sister, which shows what happens when someone with a medical degree tries to make a joke. I...
I MISS SLADE Gorton on the political scene. I wrote 122 columns about him during his 10 years in the state House, 12 years as attorney general and 18 years in the U.S. Senate. So it took me a long time to read the book about him, “Slade Gorton, A Half Century In Politics” by John C. Hughes, not because it was boring, which it was not, but because I knew most of the people in it and had to read every single page. I’m not going to review it. You can buy one for yourself like I did. I will recall some of my dealings with him. In fact, I didn...
During his term as Washington’s governor, Gary Locke’s mantra was “education is the great equalizer.” Locke, now the U.S. Ambassador to China, was correct, but in our country today education is becoming the great separator. Here’s the problem. First, far too many students drop out of high school—nearly 7,000 each day. That adds up to about 1.2 million students a year who don’t graduate with their peers. The consequences are clear. Forbes reports that in 2009, the average high school dropout made $19,540 a year, 40 percent less than their classm...
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 GETS ZONING REQUEST A request to change zoning regulations for the N. Mill Street area has been made to the city. The request will first be considered by the Colfax Planning Commission which will forward any code change recommendations to the city council for approval. City Administrator Carl Thompson Monday explained the...
The fifth annual Peter Zornes Memorial Golf Tournament will take place at Colfax Golf Club Saturday, June 23, with registration at 11 a.m. and a shotgun start at noon. The tournament is the primary funding source for the Peter A. Zornes Memorial Neuroscience Scholarship at WSU. Peter was a 1999 graduate of Oakesdale High School and graduate with a degree in neuroscience from WSU in 2003. He anticipated continuing his education by studying medicine but was the victim of homicide in Pullman in 2005, at the age of 25. This scholarship is to help...
*Pictures on page 7A EGG TOSS Tiburcio Ramirez and Santana Jesus deMejia FUN RUN Two Miles -Men : 1 Daren Heer 13:0, b2.Joe Gaines 3. 13:23 3.ParkerPerry14:15. Women: 1.Rakiah Grende 15:59, 2. 2. Chanda Herrr 19:45, 3.Emily Hahner 20:00 Five Miles- Men 1. Earl Gaines 34:41, 2. Cap Perry 35:21, 3. Spencer Fillmore 38:04. Women- 1.Senaida Monroy 39:19, 2. Jami Grende 42:18, 3..Andrea Fillmore 45:30 FISHING DERBY The contest was open the week preceding Slippery Gulch Days. Suckers and pike minnows were caught in Hangman Creek and measured at Tekoa...
1. Since the major leagues expanded to 162 games in 1961, what was the earliest date that a team clinched a playoff spot? 2. Name the last Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher before Clayton Kershaw in 2011 to lead the N.L. in strikeouts for a season. 3. When was the last time before the 2010 season that Syracuse’s football team won a bowl game? 4. Name the only NBA team to improve on its record at least six consecutive years? 5. When tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988, how long had it been absent? Answers 1. The New York Yankees clinched their d...
County Coroner Peter Martin June 13 issued a report after investigating the unattended death of Ryan M. McCaffery, 32-year-old Pullman resident whose body was discovered in his apartment May 24. The coroner said McCaffery died of poisoning by antifreeze or ethylene glycol. The manner of death was suicide. Martin said his investigation of McCaffery’s background indicated the decedent had a history of psychiatric problems. Date of death was determined to be approximately May 5....
Lindsey Staley, 31, Pullman, was sentenced to one year in jail, all suspended, after he pleaded guilty May 11 in Superior court to an amended charge of solicitation to possess marijuana. Staley was arrested Feb. 29 after a warrant search of his residence in the Pullman area. Officers at the time of the arrest said they confiscated more than 100 marijuana plants at the residence. Senior Deputy Prosecutor Bill Druffel said the state decided to reduce the charge against Staley because of a dispute on the number of plants discovered at the...
An injured owl was transported from Colfax to the WSU veterinary school for treatment Sunday, June 10, by Colfax officer Perry Tate. The owl was spotted moving on the embankment across from the golf course by people who were walking along the sidewalk. Tate said he had a difficult time spotting the bird which had camouflaged itself with its wing. After he finally found the bird he placed it in a Crown Royal box which was donated by the golf club and took the bird to the vet school in Pullman....
Members of the Spokane Spartans Special Olympics team recorded this team photo during a tour of Joint Base Lewis-McChord which hosted the state event over the first three days of June. Colfax entrants who brought home medals included Billy Swank, second from right, gold the 200 meter walk, sixth in the 50 meter walk and eighth in the standing long jump. Emilee Slayton, in front next to Swank, won a gold medal the 100 meter walk and shotput and bronze in the 200 meter walk, and Joel Lemon, who is flashing the V sign behind Slayton, earned gold...
The Lacrosse Mudfest, part of the festivities of Lacrosse Farmers Festival, with loud engines, flying mud and cook shack burgers helped raise money for the Richard L Roberts Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded each year to a graduating senior and is based on community service. For the Class of 2012, Anne Fleming was the recipient of a $1,200.00 scholarship. Winners are pictured left to right: Nick Fleming, Lacrosse, Champion Open Dirt Drag; Grant Kelso, LaCrosse, Champion Super Stock Mudbog Racing; Byron Crewdson, Kettle Falls,...
Colfax Bulldogs rolled to Boise State last week for three days of football camp. Coach Mike Morgan said the Bulldogs took 37 players to the camp session last Wednesday through Saturday. Colfax was the smallest school participating in the camp, and they went up against some major schools during the football drills. Grand Junction, Colo., with an enrollment in the 2,000 range, was the largest school foe they faced. They also played against larger Washington schools like Prosser and Richland. The Colfax troupe included nine seniors, four juniors,...
Colfax this week is playing host to 29 girls basketball teams which are participating in this year’s edition of the Colfax Basketball Camp staged by Colfax Coach Cory Baerlocher. He has help from a host of volunteers, including parents, former Colfax players and former players from other schools. Baerlocher, who has booked another session of the camp for next week, said the total count for the camp roster is 240 players. The camp sessions started in 2003 with seven teams on the guest list. Record count for the camp was 36 teams for a week. T...
Pullman Patriots advanced their senior American Legion league record to 5-4 Tuesday with a split against the Spokane Cannons in Spokane. The two clubs flip-flopped on turning out heavy handed wins with the Patriots posting a 15-1 in the opener and the Cannons bagging a 10-0 shutout in the second game. The split leaves the Patriot at 5-4 in league play and 15-8 overall before they depart this week for the High Desert Classic series at Ephrata. They will return to league play Monday against the Blue Devils at A.K. Jackson Field in Spokane. A...
Twenty-six racers went all-out to win the United States Sprint Boat Association’s season-opening race Saturday at St. John, but the winner turned out to be Webb’s Slough with its challenging tight water track. Racers tried to whip around the narrow-channel course, but ended up not finishing 52 runs with boats flying out of the course with crowd-pleasing regularity. The spinouts kept the Slough Crew rescuers and their tractor busy pulling dented hulls back to the pits. Driver Tim Cummings of Sequim opened the race day by flipping his Jee...
On state Highway 195, just a few hills away from the Palouse Wind farm on Naff Ridge, the Horn School Rest Area has drawn Commissioner Greg Partch’s eye as a possible site for an electric car charging station. “I think it would be good to get something over here on this side (of the state),” said Partch. “And if we could put it there to spotlight renewable energy and tie it into the wind farm.” Partch Tuesday hosted a conference call on the potential for putting a charging station at the rest area south of Rosalia on 195. “It’s just a logica...
Oakesdale laid plans for selling its surplus white pumper truck at their city council meeting Monday night. Council members and Mayor Dennis Palmer talked about the price they should place on the 250-gallon 1956 International. It was bought new. “If it has value, people will bid it up, I think,” said Councilman Al Evans. “Well, I sure wouldn’t start it at less than $3,000,” said Palmer. “It doesn’t have very many miles on it.” Discussion continued. “I think we should get George Dewan in h...
THURSDAY Military officials found what is believed to be old aircraft wreckage, along with some possible bone tissue, scattered on a glacier near Anchorage. A middle-class family with a child born in 2011 can expect to spend about $234,900 in the next 17 years on food, shelter and other necessities, according to a USDA report. An Indiana man convicted of forcing his young grandsons to hike through the Grand Canyon in triple-digit temperatures was sentenced to 27 months in prison for child abuse. Requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets resulted...
Colfax Chamber of Commerce is organizing a school supplies drive to benefit Colfax students, July 11 to Aug. 13. Incoming Colfax Chamber board member Trina Robinson is spearheading the project. “I wanted to help Colfax schools this upcoming school year,” said Robinson. “I’m all about helping the schools and children.” “Of course, the Chamber was in support of Trina’s vision,” said Colfax Chamber President Kathy Mayer. “And we’re looking forward to working together as a community to help children and the school district.” The Chamber is now look...
Whitman County commissioners unanimously approved Monday a new schedule for giving raises to county employees. The new salary plan will take effect next year. Under the existing system, which Commissioner Pat O’Neill called “archaic,” employees are given three percent “step” raises every 18 months. The new plan changes that to two percent raises at the beginning of each year. Heads of various county departments issued a consensus endorsement of the plan, which was drawn up two weeks ago by the county’s classification committee. Those offic...
