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Palouse Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 2010-2011 Palouse Royalty program. Patti Green-Kent, royalty coordinator, said candidates must be entering their junior year in high school in the fall of 2010 and live in the Palouse school district. If not enough juniors show an interest, the program will be opened up to sophomores with all candidates judged on merit. The Palouse Royalty is designed to choose a group that will represent the Community of Palouse at various events through out the region. The 2010-2011 royalty will reign from...
The deficit in Whitman County’s operating budget will likely increase by more than $10,000 next week, when commissioners consider the year’s second budget amendment. Commissioners said they will likely pass the amendment next Monday after a public hearing which netted no comment. The proposed amendment and the monthly financial report were presented Monday by Esther Wilson and Debbie Kilpatrick, remaining employees in the depleted finance department. Budget briefings in the past have been given by former Assistant Finance Director Sharron Cun...
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. Permit for jail roof project Cobra Roofing BEC, Inc., Spokane, Monday, June 21, applied for a building permit to re-roof the Whitman County Jail. Cost of the project was placed at $99,765. Building inspector Andy Burgard said Cobra representatives hoped to get a two-week run of good weather to undertake the project. High speed chase at... Full story
The Colfax FISH food bank is ready for the influx of food needs over the summer when children are home from school. The food bank is well stocked with protein dense foods. “It is a far cry from the desperate situation last fall, says Hannah Walker, food bank manager....
1. THEATER: Which musical featured a song with the lyrics, “I feel pretty, oh so pretty”? 2. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “From Here to Eternity”? 3. GEOGRAPHY: In what city would you find the Brandenburg Gate? 4. MUSIC: Which Southern rock band had a Top Ten single with “Imaginary Lover”? 5. MOVIES: In which movie did longtime game-show host Bob Barker make his debut? 6. SCIENCE: What does an ornithologist study? 7. COMPUTERS: What kind of computer file carries the extension “.wma”? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who would use a Punnett square?...
8 years ago, June 26, 1885 W.R. Judson of Moscow, was arrested in Farmington last Friday evening, upon complaint of G.W. Truax, charged with furnishing liquor to Indians. He was examined by a justice and fined $75 and costs, amounting in all to $100. The culprit was brought to this city Monday, in custody of Hiram Young, constable and succeeded in raising the amount necessary to pay his way to liberty. Offenders of this class should be given the full extent of the law. 100 years ago, June 24, 1910 O.H. Stratton, the engineer appointed by the...
Pullman Patriots dropped a pair of league games Tuesday prior to going into another weekend of Palouse Summer Series action. The Spokane Blue Devils took both games Tuesday at Bailey-Brayton field, 9-3 in the opener and 6-4 in the closer. The two losses left the Patriots at 4-6 in league play after a split last Wednesday left them at 4-4 in the Spokane AAA Legion standings. In the first game, the Blue Devils scored two in the first inning and kept stacking runs through the game. The Devils finished with 10 hits. JJ Robinson started on the... Full story
Saturday’s ideal weather and large entry of sprint boats from around the northwest brought in a crowd which set a new attendance mark for Webbs’ Slough at St. John. Amanda Webb said the race crowd Saturday topped 4,000 for the first time in the four years the race site has been in operation in a converted pasture west of the golf course. Previous high attendance mark was 3,200 fans who came to the August session last year at the St. John race course which is marking its fourth year. Webb said Saturday’s paid attendance was 3,900 with race entra...
This year’s state tournament for Babe Ruth baseball teams will be July 21-26 at Pullman High School’s Quann Field. The tourney will bring in seven of the best teams from around the state for the five-day run. Pullman Youth Baseball Association will serve as the tourney managers, according to James Bledsoe, Pullman’s Babe Ruth League Director. As hosts a Whitman County team will get a slot in the five-day state finals. The team will be made up from players off the Colfax Bulldogs, Colton Wildcats, Pullman Mets and Pullman Red Sox teams. Tryou...
Whitman Cougars played for the first time under the new McDonald Field lights Tuesday with the second game of a double header stretching to the 10 p.m. mark. The visiting Cheney team took both sides of the double to drop the Cougs’ league record to 3-3. The Cougars were set to travel to Freeman for a single game Wednesday and then host Pullman Posse today in an all-county matchup. Whitman will be the host club, but the game will be played at Colton because the Senior Legion Summer Series will crank up at McDonald tonight. In the first game T...
Night baseball officially came to McDonald Field last Thursday when the field lights went on for the first time. The first Colfax night game featured two Seattle elite teams who are in town for a Palouse Summer Series weekend. The game was booked to start at 7:45 p.m. Over the next two weeks night games will be played at McDonald for two more sessions of the Summer Series. This week the Pullman Patriots will be part of a Senior Legion Series and county players could play under the lights at Colfax. The following week will feature Junior Legion...
A record crowd took to the terraces at Webbs' Slough at St. John Saturday to watch the USSBA-sanctioned sprint boat races. Race entrants from around the northwest and British Columbia churned up the waters of the tight slough course. Two of the three classes turned out tight competition and extra fast times. The crowd at the slough was estimated at more than 4,000. The boats will be back at the slough Aug. 28. Sprint boat racers cranked it up in front of a record crowd Saturday to open up the fourth year of racing at Webbs’ Slough in St. J...
Magician Jeff Evans comes to Colfax Thursday, June 24, at 1 p.m. at Eells Park, as part of Summer Reading 2010 called “Make a Splash – Read!” He is the second performer in a six-week lineup brought to Colfax by the Friends of Whitman County Library. Evans performs over 250 shows per year for both adults and children. His clients include Boeing, Microsoft, Pepsi Cola, school assemblies and libraries. Evans has won a number of important awards including Children’s Magic Champion, Stage Magic Champion and Most Original Trick. Children who read 10...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Jonathan Hinson, 25, Pullman and Anne Gaa Agulto, 21, Pullman, May 19. Joseph Schumacher, 27, Pullman and Samantha Redinger, 25, Moscow, May 19. Juan Pablo Escobedo Diaz, 31, Pullman and Olha Furman, 29, Pullman, May 21. Darren Alred, 28, Pullman, and Ashley Overstreet, 23, Pullman, May 21. Todd Winzer, 22, Pullman, and Eric Dagel, 23, Pullman, May 24. Thomas Perigo, 23, Pullman, and Laura Schoedel, 22, Seattle, May 26. Eric Matson, 29, Pullman, and Ashley Senter, 26, Pullman, May 27. Christopher Gass, 27, Pullman, and Kimberl...
G.A. Perry, long-time resident of Palouse, was among World War II vets from Spokane who departed June 11 for an honor flight to Washington, D.C. to see the new World War II Memorial. “We were treated like royalty,” Perry said. The group arrived in Baltimore where they were greeted by a crowd of well wishers. The next morning they left in busses for the capital. First they arrived in Arlington Cemetery, where they saw the unknown soldier’s grave. Next they visited the new WWII Memorial. “That was the highlight of the trip,” Perry said. “It...
THURSDAY The bodies of 18 Colombian miners were pulled from rubble and another 70 were feared dead after an explosion ripped through the San Fernando coal mine. The Little Rock, Ark., coroner was called in to investigate after Southwest Airlines employees found a shipment of 60 human heads in their cargo facility. The heads were being shipped to a facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to be used in training by neurosurgeons. The Los Angeles Lakers booked a thrilling 83-79 game 7 win over the Boston Celtics to claim their second straight NBA...
A 30-year-old log foot bridge on the trail at Klemgard Park is being replaced by county park crew members and volunteers. The bridge tilted over during the winter. It crosses a creek about a half mile up the trail. Klemgard park is a 69-acre county park on Union Flat Creek. Park ranger Dave Mahan has been working with park board members and other volunteers to haul in the materials needed to repair the foot bridge. Last Friday, eight people packed in lumber and other supplies on the Klemgard trail. “Just put it on your back and power up t...
Washington State University announced yesterday the hiring of Gerrit Hoogenboom, a professor of agrometeorology and crop modeling, as the new director of the school’s agricultural weather network, AgWeatherNet. Ralph Cavatieri, director of the WSU ag research center, said Hoogenboom will take the helm Aug. 1. AgWeatherNet posts raw weather data from 134 monitoring stages posted around Washington on the internet to give farmers real-time information. Hoogenboom comes to WSU from the University of Georgia. His research has focused on the i... Full story
Washtucna’s fifth annual classic auto show and Pioneer Days celebration will be this weekend, Friday and Saturday. Friday events at Bassett Park begin at 6:30 p.m. and will include tricycle races, bingo and an outdoor showing of the movie “Car 54 Where are You,” presented for free by the Washtucna Classic Auto Show. Events in the ballfield Saturday include a Main Street parade at 9:30 a.m., along with the car show, a flea market, barbecue and live music throughout the day. Entry in the auto show includes a $10 registration fee. Forms can be do...
An accident just north of LaCrosse on the Winona Road took the lives of two people early Sunday morning. A report Sunday from the sheriff’s office identified the victims as Yvonne M. Weed, 27, former LaCrosse resident from the Spokane area, and the driver of the car, Christopher A. Glowen, 38, Spokane Valley. According to the report from Sheriff Brett Myers, deputies received a report of the accident at about 5 a.m. They believe the accident took place at about 1:30 a.m. Glowen was ejected from the southbound 2005 Dodge Stratus which went off t...
Paving for the second Almota Road rebuild segment is expected to start next week. Crews will surface more than three miles of unpaved road June 28, 29, and 30 in a move to finish the road project before the start of harvest. The paving will finish the second phase which extends from the Duncan Springs Road intersection south to the Wilcox Road intersection just north of Union Flat Creek. This phase of the project is one of four slated for Almota Road, with the next two planned in the next five to 10 years. Aim of the project was to widen the...
The county next week will finalize the purchase on an acre of land outside Lamont, a site that houses a crucial radio tower in the county’s emergency communication network. “In open session, the commissioners will sign the deed for a radio site,” said Steve Krigbaum, communications system manager for the county. The site now holds a single, aging radio tower which the county is looking to improve to make it usable in the new, county-wide emergency radio system. The system is now used by 911 Whitcom dispatchers to communicate with police, fire...
Devin Anderson of Pullman, left, and Mark Hall of Steptoe, right, watch the world-famous ball begin its descent down Steptoe Butte Saturday. Anderson had the honor of starting the giant orb on its way after her ticket matched the time of the ball’s journey last year. Nancy Sheer brought the big ball title back to Steptoe for next year, as her ticket matched the 4 minute 34 seconds it took the ball to find the bottom of the butte this year. The Bust Your Butte celebration drew hundreds to Steptoe for the parade, dinner and to watch the mighty S...
Five Colfax City council members Thursday went on record as calling for a special council meeting to discuss personnel policy. The special session was called after council members said they had become concerned about personnel decisions at city hall, including what they believed to be the pending dismissal of Fire Chief Ralph Walter. Two council members told the Gazette they found a report in their mailboxes early last week which outlined personnel matters in city hall. They said that report was part of the reason they decided to move for the...
Another turn of events for the Palouse Brownfields project last week moved the site that much closer to completion. Crews finished testing the oil, diesel and gas pollutants saturating the ground of Palouse’s Brownfields site last week. The site, an ongoing environmental clean-up and re-use project for the city, was also awarded $48,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency last week. The funding will help supplement the larger Department of Ecology grant of $200,000 awarded last year. The federal bankruptcy court out of Spokane also last we... Full story
