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The Whitman County Summer Swim League got off to a warm start Tuesday night at Colfax Municipal Pool. In a four-team meet, Pomeroy won in combined scores, posting 564 points while St. John-Endicott-LaCrosse (S.E.L.) took second with 330.5 and Colfax finished third (202.5). Taking fourth was Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosalia (T.O.R.) with 186 points. In individual event winners, leading off, Conr Hergert of S.E.L. took first in the boys 11-12 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:24.00 and Michael Clinton...
The sixth annual Peter Zornes Memorial Golf tournament was Saturday, June 22, at the Colfax Golf Club. The tournament, which benefits the Peter A. Zornes Memorial Neuroscience Scholarship at Washington State University, drew more than 50 golfers from as far away as Boise and Portland. Participants enjoyed an 18-hole scramble along with a full menu of side events, including putting, chipping and longest drive contests, a $100,000 Shoot-Out and the Golf Pentathlon, which asked golfers to try their hand at a variety of unorthodox golf shots. With...
The city of Palouse is set to consider what to rename a street in the next few weeks. Right now, Palouse Cove Road carries the same name in both the city and the county, which was causing confusion for deliveries and potential problems with emergency services. This spring, Mark Janowski, mapping coordinator for WhitCom, called city officials. “The problem is when they did the addresses in the city, it was on the county addressing system,” said Janowski. “When the area became incorporated, the ad...
Emergency planners are forming a group to help victims of disasters. Robin Cocking, Whitman County Emergency Management Program Analyst, said the first meeting to form the group was June 20. “Should we have an incident in Whitman County, it’s best to be organized,” she said. Cocking said she is familiar with these types of groups and believes the county would benefit if a disaster struck. At the meeting, Rev. L. George Abrams of Spokane told a gathering representing several emergency agencies in Whitman and Latah counties that non-e...
Plans for the Concrete River Festival later this month are rolling along, but a second festival in Colfax scheduled in October has been canceled. Hullabaloo, which had a strong start seven years ago, waned in the last year and Colfax Chamber of Commerce board members decided to cancel it this year at the board’s Monday night meeting. “We will support it if someone wants to do it, but we will not sponsor it,” said Kathy Clark, chamber secretary. “We don’t have the manpower.” Clark also said the chamber could revive Hullabaloo next year. “It’s...
Youngsters from the Colfax and Pullman area, ages 7 through 12, are invited to register for the upcoming Introduction to Robotics 4H Camp July 8 to 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Education and Training Center in Colfax, at 123 N. Main. Registration deadline for the camp has been extended to Friday, July 5. Youth will build and operate robots, learn about programming operating systems, navigate team robotic challenges and explore the field of engineering. The registration fee of $40 per child covers the use of the robotics kits for the...
Lead retail sales clerk Allan Olson scoops up some Apple Cup Crisp for customers at Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe on the WSU campus. On a hot summer day, what is better than ice cream? Even better if the ice cream is from WSU’s Ferdinand’s. Food Network Magazine editors recently named Ferdinand’s “Apple Cup Crisp” as the best ice cream treat in Washington state, one of 50 in the entire U.S. According to the magazine’s web site, Apple Cup Crisp, named after the annual college football batt...
Paving on the Colfax Airport Road project is now targeted for late July or early August, Public Works Director Mark Storey told county commissioners Monday. He said the contractor has made up for some of the time loss sustained during the run of wet weather in June. Top grading of the west end of the project, from Highway 26 to the Duncan Springs Road intersection has been completed, and sub grading for the balance of the road to the Almota Road on the west side has almost been finished. The county aims to get the project done and the road...
The Palouse Scenic Byway Committee June 26 met at the Uniontown Deli and reviewed information which will be presented in kiosks for each community. Committee member Tim Myers suggested that members read the information and make corrections as needed. Vicki Leeper, who represents Pullman Chamber of Commerce on the committee, reported she is working on web site videos of each community. Videos will represent each community on the byway and will cost about $600 each. The Southeast Washington Economic Development Association is contributing $1,300...
A judgment for $507,129 was awarded Friday to Megan Mitchell of Wenatchee by Superior Court Judge David Frazier. The judgment followed a verdict reached June 19 after hearing an eight-day trial. The judgment motion was presented by Thomas O’Connell, Wenatchee attorney who filed the damage suit on behalf of Mitchell against Theta Xi fraternity in August of 2011. The suit sought damages sustained by Mitchell from a Sept. 28, 2008, fall at the fraternity located in the 700 block of Opal Street on college hill in Pullman. A graduate of Eastmont H...
A bee problem in the Oakesdale area turned into two boxes of bees for the WSU Entomology program this week. In the past two years, the family of M.K. Sisak noticed a population of bees flying around a second, old house on their property off Highway 27. They started spraying around the location once a week before noticing the siding bulging out on the old house last summer. This year they noticed more bees and decided to call WSU. Last Thursday, June 27, Kenny Sunderland, a business student and...
—Anita Erdmann photo This photo of the Northern Lights over farm buildings southwest of Colfax was taken by Anita Erdmann of Calgary, Alberta. She was a participant on a Palouse Country photo tour conducted by Jack Lien. She said Northern Lights are common in the Calgary area, and she has had an “Aurora Alert” application placed on her cell phone which notifies users when the phenomena is happening near their present location. Erdmann advises photo enthusiasts that pictures of the lights usual...
PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday July 17" @ 2:OOPM in the Public Service Building, Main Auditorium, 3 10 N. Main Street, Colfax WA. Mark Storey Director of Public Works 27/1 The Town Council of the Town of Rosalia will be holding a public hearing on Tuesday July 9th starting at 7:30pm. This hearing will be held at the Rosalia Council Chambers behind the Rosalia Library. The Council is taking comments regarding the Town’s Six Year Street Plan as required by the State o...
