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“Remain Connected” John 15:1-8 In this paassage Jesus is speaking about grapevines, and he’s also speaking about discipleship. He challenges those who would follow him: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me, and I in them, bear much fruit.” Should you, a beloved child of God, make your home in Christ, just as he has made his home in God, you will bear fruit that is worthy of him. What God plants and tends is tremendously productive. A woman named Sarah Henrich puts it this way: “Bearing fruit does not create disciples....
A few years ago, I wrote an article outlining recent changes to the state’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and how those changes would impact farmers, small businesses and local commerce. While there are no impending major changes at the state level for farm CDLs, recent legislation and new federal requirements have brought (and are bringing) about changes that you may need to be aware of. This session, the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 6423 which clarifies the current exemption far...
Lives in danger Colfax pedestrians beware! Your life is in danger. It appears the pedestrians of Colfax have a bullseye on their backs. It does not matter if a person crosses Main Street in the crosswalk or the middle of the block, they are taking their life in their own hands. I have had to stop in the middle of the street to keep from getting hit by drivers who disregard the law. In the past two weeks I have been almost run over three times. First time was while in the crosswalk at Main and Upton. The female driver who was two blocks away...
“Hoot, hoot!!!” said Gazette reader Carol Larson of Colfax, as she submitted this picture of a sign on Wawawai Road along the Snake River canyon west of Clarkston. Whitman County commissioners would not say whether the “no hooting” decree was to keep the area upbeat, positive and free of scorn or if the mouse lobby had pushed through an anti-owl ordinance. Commissioner Michael Largent noted he voted against the hooting rule. Commissioner Pat O’Neill winked and blamed the law on “the leprechauns.” Commissioner Greg Partch whispered, “H...
Any realtor will tell you people looking to buy a home want good schools and safe neighborhoods. They also look for decent roads for when they head to the mountains or the beach during holiday weekends, such as Memorial Day or July 4. They want to know that if they are in an accident, someone will respond quickly to help them. While Washington needs more money to build new highways and repair existing roads, streets and interstates, one area in which our state excels is emergency response. In our state, if a vehicle is stalled in the middle of...
We just celebrated America’s birthday. Actually, it was a theoretical birth only. Although the American colonies declared their independence from England on July 4, 1776, it took years to achieve that independence and years more to form the new country. Prior to 1776, tensions and violence between the colonists and England were already decades old, and armed conflict had already started. The colonists realized that trying to simply win concessions from the British by force would not be successful. The violence had taken too great a toll. Their...
GLOBAL warming is one of those topics people, particularly politicians and academics, like to be on the right side of, i.e., man is the chief cause of it and must be restrained or the planet will be unlivable, but there are a lot of things we aren’t being told or don’t hear enough about. Which is why I take the Wall Street Journal, the most liberal newspaper in the U.S., except for its editorial pages, God bless ‘em. About all the average American knows about electric cars is that they are being promoted as the solution to what do we do when...
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. RAILCARS WILL NOT RUN A July 14 run for railcars out of the restored railroad depot at Potlatch has been called off because the related railcar tour for the area has been scratched. The Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway Preservation Group had scheduled the annual event as part of a fundraiser for the restoration of the depot at Potlatch. In...
Justice Hahn had a few shivers Saturday after he sampled the restored waters of the toddlers’ pool at Schmuck Park in Colfax. The son of Jake and Mary Hahn of Colfax, Justice recently turned four. The city filled the toddlers’ pool last week after making modifications to its drain to comply with safety requirements related to potential drain suction hazards. The other problem with the pool is a suspected leak in its water circulation system. Staffers have been checking the water loss to determine if they can afford to maintain the water lev...
• It was beloved cowboy humorist Will Rogers who made the following sage observation: “Nobody wants to be called common people, especially common people.” • Do you think you could eat 80 pounds of chicken? If you’re like the average American, that’s how much you will consume this year. • You’ve probably heard or even used the term “fly off the handle” to describe someone losing their temper. You probably don’t realize, though, that the handle referred to was originally an axe handle. Sometimes the blade of such a tool would be improperly f...
1. INVENTIONS: Who invented Lincoln Logs building blocks in 1916? 2. SCIENCE: What is the symbol for the chemical element tungsten? 3. MOVIES: How many von Trapp children were represented in “The Sound of Music”? 4. COMICS: Which comic strip features a character named Jon Arbuckle? 5. MEDICAL: What is the more common name for the involuntary spasms know medically as singultus? 6. U.S. STATES: A resident nicknamed a “sooner” would live in which U.S. state? 7. GEOGRAPHY: What state capital is located near the Kennebec River? 8. AD SLOGANS...
REESTYLE 100 Girls 12 & under: 1.Alexis Maki, C, 1:26.00. 2.Teddy Sisk, SEL, 1:26.35. 3.Katerina Wiley, C, 1:33.08. 4.Katelyn Wills, PL, 1:37.97. 5.Ashley Goebel, C, 1:38.40. 6.Audrey Higginson, C, 1:42.50. 14 & under: 1.Ireland Mayfield, PM, 1:06.59. 2.Teresa Meyers, PM, 1:15.72. 3.Lyssa Blood, GP, 1:20.50. 4.Jadyn Manfredda, C, 1:32.10. 5.Chandra Maki, C, 1:36.88. 15 & over: 1.Jade Porubek, SEL, 1:10.81. 2.Annie Bailey, SEL, 1:!6.66. 3.Darian Manfredda, C, 1:22.53. 4.Kelly Ward, C, 1:52.76. Boys 12 & under: 1.Benjamin Ross, C, 1:13.09....
Location of Log Cabin Island, the second known site in Washington Territory where a victim of the 1887 Chinese Massacre in Hells Canyon was found, is easy to pinpoint on the Snake River. The island site, which was more like a bar during low water months, was where Lower Granite Dam now stands. Accounts of the Chinese Massacre were related two weeks ago at the fifth annual Chinese Remembering conference in Lewiston. The story of the massacre of what is believed to be 34 Chinese gold miners by a group of suspected cattle rustlers from the Wallowa...
A variety of entries were on line for judging Saturday morning for the seventh edition of the Classic Auto Show at Washtucna. From the left, above, Richard Parker of the Connell area shows off the engine compartment of his 1932 Nash sedan. Darrell Evans, a member of Ritzville’s Keystone Battery shows spectators the hand-shaped ball which they fired in the cannon blasts which delighted spectators through the day. Lew Allert of Coeur d’Alene, right, stands next to his Pak Rat drag racers. Allert, who was raised in the Washtucna, and his wife pla...
A farewell for Jenny Hansen, foreign exchange student this year at Colfax High School, was at Schmuck Park Friday evening. Terry and Joanne Eng, her first host family, planned the ice cream party. Jenny came here in August under the Rotary International Exchange program from Sandfjord, Norway, a town of about 45,000. She participated in a variety of activities at Colfax High and competed on volleyball, basketball and track teams. Her last competition for the Bulldogs was in the state 1600 race at Cheney. Hansen’s hosts also planned an early d...
A cloudburst over McDonald Park in Colfax late Saturday put an end to a comeback by the Pullman Patriots in the big summer series last weekend. After being dropped in a 0-6 hole by the Seattle Dodgers, the Patriots scored four runs in the third inning and one more in the fourth to get within a run of closing the gap. The Dodgers, who were booked as the home team, scored one more in the bottom of the fourth to bump the lead back to 7-5, but after that the rains stopped it. The Patriots went into the game with a 1-3 mark over the previous three...
Addisynn Bursch, left, a University High senior, stands next to Missy Franklin, a seven-event qualifier out of the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha. Addisynn is the granddaughter of Jake Reidt, retired Hay area farmer who watched Addisynn, via computer link, compete in the 200 IM qualifying ranks at Omaha. A swim racer since the age of six, Addisynn is the daughter of Sherry and Greg Bursch. She raced at the trials June 27 after posting a 2:18.65 qualifying time at the Santa Clara Grand Prix in early June. Required qualifying time to enter the...
Randy Black, left, and Gailen Carothers pose for a shot after Black hit the season’s first hole-in-one last Thursday morning, June 28. Black aced the number-eight hole at the Colfax Golf Club. Black sank his hole-in-one on the 160-yard hole with a six iron shot. It was believed to be the first ace at the course in the last two years. This is the third ace for Black who has hit them previously on holes eight and four. Black was in the golf club’s insurance pool, and collected a handsome payout for his ace. Much of that was returned in clu...
Colfax swimmers took the team win Saturday in the all-team opener, a new event this year for the novice league. Coaches in the league decided to launch the season with an all-league event at Colfax before taking a break for the mid-week Fourth of July. Colfax Coach Matt Ross said the new event brought in 111 of the 361 swimmers who have been registered by the league. Lone team to miss out on the opener was Dayton. The D club had booked only three practice sessions by last week and opted out. Host Colfax, with 72 swimmers on the team, booked...
THURSDAY NASA’s Cassinin spacecraft found evidence of an ocean of water beneath the frozen crust of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. An 11-year-old girl who waded into a pond to retrieve her ball died after being electrocuted at a mini-golf course in Kissimmee, Fla. Spokespersons for both the sheriff’s office and the resort said they did not know how the water became electrified. The raging wildfire in Colorado destroyed 346 homes in Colorado Springs, making it the most destructive in state history. FRIDAY Dozens of Lebanese protestors rolle...
Staff from the McCroskey House serve up morsels for the historic mansion’s brunch fundraiser Sunday morning in Garfield. The house will serve up brunches on the first Sundays of each of the next two months and will donate a portion of the proceeds to the Little Sprouts Day Care in Palouse. The menu included pigs in blankets made of Cougar Sausage wrapped in a whole wheat biscuit and the special lentil crunch invented by Donna Gwinn, owner of the historic bed and breakfast....
An official installation ceremony for Pastor John Cross will be at Selbu Lutheran Church near Hay this Sunday, July 8, at 10 a.m. Pastor Cross will be installed by Pastor Jeff Stoopes of the Pondera Lutheran Parish in Conrad, Mont. Selbu Congregation President Durand Cox invited all visitors to come join the congregation in the installation ceremony. A native of Columbiana, Ohio, Pastor Cross graduated from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and received his Master of Divinity degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He...
Gazette Intern Reaney Park in Pullman will be alive with the sound of music when the 2012 Concerts in the Park series begins next week. Pullman Parks and Recreation has lined up six weeks of different musical entertainment for concerts every Wednesday. Each concert will also have food for sale from different vendors. The food vendors will begin selling at 5:30 in the afternoon. The concerts, which are free, will begin at 6 and last until 7:30 p.m. The first concert will be July 11 when the Palouse Community Concert Band performs marching songs...
The Oakesdale fire department’s 1956 pumper truck may not be sent to surplus after all. The fate of the International was discussed two weeks ago at the city council meeting as an item to be surplused. Monday night, Mayor Dennis Palmer reported they may need to change course. “If we get rid of this, we’ll only have one pumper on the fleet,” he said. “That’s a no-no, you’ve got to have a backup.” The Mayor went on to say that, without a backup pumper, Oakesdale’s rating would change, which wou...
The Palouse city council approved a request June 26 for a retaining wall to be built at the intersection of Harrison and Sumner Street. The request was submitted by Rod Rosen, who will cover all costs to move the existing retaining wall on his property west six to eight feet. The city will provide backfill dirt and the change was deemed by the council to allow more clearance on the street. They will require a permit and have to meet building code standards....
