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1. ADVERTISEMENTS: What product was advertised in TV ads featuring a cartoon character named Charlie the Tuna? 2. BIBLE: How old was David when he become king of Israel? 3. LANGUAGE: What dance and music style from the Portugese language means “new trend”? 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of the airport in Atlanta? 5. MUSIC: What was the theme song of country/western singer Gene Autry? 6. MYTHOLOGY: In Greek mythology, what was Pegasus’ unique characteristic? 7. GOVERNMENT: What U.S. government agency’s motto is, “And ye shall know the...
It was beloved American comedian and film star Groucho Marx who made the following sage observation: “There’s one way to find out if a man is honest — ask him. If he says ‘Yes,’ you know he is a crook.” The ancient Egyptians were known to use crocodile dung as a contraceptive. You may be surprised to learn that when the hit 1950s TV show “I Love Lucy” had its premiere, Lucille Ball was already 40 years old. Talk about sneaky: In order to get a photo of Bing Crosby in his coffin, The National Enquirer tabloid had a reporter dress as a prie... Full story
A long American Legion season for the Pullman Patriots came to an end Sunday when they sustained their second loss at the regional round at Issaquah High School. Yakima Valley defeated the Patriots 5-2 to knock the Pullman club out of the state title hunt. Qualification format for the 16 teams at the four state regional events was to win two games before they lost two games. The loss to Yakima Valley Sunday followed an 11-7 bow to Pacific Tech of Longview in the first round of playoff at Issaquah. The Patriots, which is made up of players from...
Colton/Uniontown Girls Softball senior (grades 6 - 8) and junior (grades 3 - 5) teams won the Palouse Empire Girls Softball Association (PEGSA) Tournament, which took place June 22 - 23 at the Pullman City Playfields. Senior team members, front row from the left, Shelby Purcell, Meghan Devorak, MaryAnn Jacobs, Emma Schultheis, Kendyl Druffel, Zoe Moser and Georgia Meyer. In back, from the left, Coach Chris Schultheis, Rachel Meyer, Daylinn Smith and Coach Dan Moser. Junior League members, in front from the left are Dakota Patchen, Alissa... Full story
Host Colfax stacked up 565 points Tuesday to post a big win in a five-team novice league meet Tuesday night. The St. John/Endicott/LaCrosse team placed second with 355 points. Other team scores were Dayton 290, Pullman 244 and Garfield/Palouse 176. Colfax tonight is slated to host Pullman, Pomeroy and Rosalia/Oakesdale in another meet. FREESTYLE 100 Girls 12 & under: 1. Drew Brewer SEL 1:21.69; 2. Alexis Maki C 1:23.47; 3. Hunter Hollingsworth SEL 1:25.19; 4. Piper Cai C 1:26.53; 5. Josie Riebold C 1:27.81; 6. Katerina Wiley C 1:31.28. 14 &...
Kennewick’s Bandits and the Yakima Beetles picked up the tickets to the American Legion state playoffs at the five-game series at McDonald Park Saturday and Sunday. The two teams, part of a five-team entry out of the division which includes the Tri-Cities and the Valley, topped a series which wrapped up the baseball action for the season at McDonald Park in Colfax for the year. The 49ers, the top entry from the Spokane Legion league, sustained two losses on Saturday at Colfax to be eliminated from the state show. The 49ers, who are coached b... Full story
THURSDAY Ford Motor Co. told owners of its Escape model, the best-selling SUV in the United States, to stop driving models with 1.6-liter engines immediately due to the risk of an engine fire. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer ruled the Metropolitan Transportation Authority must allow pro-Israel group American Freedom Defense Initiative to place a paid advertisement on New York City public buses that equates jihadists with savages. The death of a man shot inside his home by a sheriff’s deputy who went to the wrong apartment looking for a c... Full story
Norm Pauls, 56, Colfax, was released from Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane last week, after being treated for a farm accident. Pauls was pinned beneath an augur near LaCrosse July 16. Whitman County Sheriff’s Chaplain Ron McMurray said Pauls was working beneath a portable grain elevator-loading augur when it collapsed onto his leg. Pauls was taken by MedStar helicopter to Sacred Heart after emergency crews cut the augur off of him. He was treated for a broken leg and ankle....
Colfax basketball players ended their summer campaign last week. Coach Reece Jenkin reported the varsity squad, normally with 11 players, logged about 30 games over the summer campaign, and the jayvee players participated in approximately 15 games. The team competed in the Lewiston summer league which included jayvee and varsity games. Another stop on the summer circuit was the Eastern Washington University tournament. The jayvee unit was made up of freshmen and sophomores, and some of those players rotated between the two squads. The...
1. In 2010, Ryan Braun became the third Milwaukee Brewer to have three consecutive 100-RBI seasons. Name the first two. 2. Who was the last A.L. pitcher before Tampa Bay’s James Shields in 2011 to have at least 11 complete games in a season? 3. Which NFL team ended the 1972 Miami Dolphins’ 18-game winning streak the next season? 4. In 2012, the Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team set an NCAA title game record with 11 blocked shots. Which schools had held the mark? 5. Bobby Orr is the only NHL player to top other defensemen in scoring by mor...
1. Which surf band wrote and recorded “Underwater”? Bonus for knowing the music label. 2. Name the duo that wrote and released “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” 3. What was the b-side song to Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” in 1970? 4. What do “Rock-A-Hula Baby,” “Clean Up Your Own Backyard” and “Today, Tomorrow And Forever” have in common? 5. Who wrote Badfinger’s “Come and Get It”? 6. Who sang “Don’t Say Goodnight (It’s Time For Love)” and when? Answers 1. The Frogmen, in 1961. The label was Candix. The song has appeared on a number of early surf...
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Colfax High wrestling Coach Dennis Gransbery competed in his first Beach Wrestling Tournament in Rochester, N.Y., July 14. Beach wrestling has been growing in popularity in the US and around the world and was added as a style of international wrestling back in 2005. USA Wrestling has been sanctioning similar tournaments since then with the first U.S. Beach National Championships and World Team Trials in 2006. When Gransbery read about beach wrestling, it was something he had to try. He saw that t... Full story
From stacked bars of silver to bottles of Black Butte Porter, the old Uniontown bank building is about to enter a new era. “The Vineyard Vault,” a beer and wine specialty store, is taking shape under the direction of owner/operator Marty Weider. He started to lay out plans in February and leased the building June 1. “People have been asking me for three months when we’re gonna open. I’ve been saying two weeks, and now it really is two weeks,” Weider said. Marvin Entel installed sinks in th...
Signs denoting the newly-renamed Senator Eugene Prince Road were unveiled in a ceremony in the Whitman County commissioners’ meeting room Tuesday morning. Friends, family and dignitaries attended the ceremony for the late legislator, a native of the Sunset area, who was remembered for his bipartisan leadership style and his commitment to transportation. “I just wish he was here,” Patsy Prince, Sen. Prince’s widow, said before pulling a black cloak off the six-foot sign. Sen. Prince died in October, 2007, at the age of 77. The road, previou... Full story
Last year was the summer of construction in Tekoa. This year is part II, and it has topped the first. Starting last August, the six miles of PVC pipe that make up the Tekoa Water System Project were extended from residential streets to main street this summer. In addition, a separate, simultaneous road project began in early July. All together, up to eight construction crews at one time have been digging, grading and paving. As many as 36 crew members live in four rented houses in town. “For t... Full story
Colfax Police Chief Rick McNannay has asked Colfax officers to put more emphasis on crosswalk enforcement in the coming weeks. The chief reported he has received several complaints of near misses in Colfax crosswalks. A copy of the state law chapter dealing with crosswalks has been posted by the chief for review. Top point in the chapter requires drivers to allow pedestrians or bicycles to cross the roadway in a marked or unmarked crosswalk. In a four-lane street such as Main Street, drivers in lanes opposite the side where a pedestrian enters...
Whitman County’s health department reported the first confirmed case of whooping cough, or pertussis, in a nine-year-old girl living somewhere within the county. Fran Martin, health department director, said people who had been in close contact with the girl had been contacted and given antibiotics. Martin advised residents to make sure they are properly immunized against the disease. Vaccinations for whooping cough are not lasting as long as they were expected, explaining an outbreak that has infected 185 Washington State children less than o...
The first annual Palouse Music Festival will be at the Palouse Park Saturday, its debut an extension of the Palouse Bluegrass Festival which was started by volunteer Heidi Kite. The Palouse Arts Council, Chamber of Commerce and Palouse Community Center are working to produce the festival. The new musical mode will expand the bluegrass motif into string jazz, blues, Irish and American Folk. “It’s diverse, but local,” said Paul Smith, member of the Palouse Arts Council and one of the performers. B...
Major work to rebuild South Main Street in Colfax is expected to begin in the middle of next week. Construction crews were slated to begin relocating utility fixtures as early as last Wednesday. Ryan Vincent, an engineer with the state Department of Transportation’s Spokane office, said crews from lead contractor Central Washington Asphalt, Inc., are scheduled to work through Sept. 5 on an eight -mile project to repave Highway 195 from the south end of downtown Colfax to the Babbit Road intersection. Vincent said crews should spend about 10 w... Full story
Colfax school board members July 16 approved a $6,039,775 budget for the coming school year. The total sum is up about $7,800 over the present budget year. The approval vote was booked during the board session after a budget hearing. In his report to the board, Reece Jenkin, district business manager, said the budget for next year now carries a $134,000 deficit which would come out of the district’s reserve fund. District reserves, which can vary from month to month depending on cash flow, were at about $475,000 at the end of June. The b...
The grain rustling trial against James Hughes of Endicott came to a sudden end Friday when the jury was unable to agree on a verdict. Hughes was charged with 19 counts of stealing and selling grain from elevators owned by the Whitgro grain cooperative. Jury foreman George Martin of Pullman sent a note to the court at 4:48 p.m. to report the jury concluded that they could not reach a verdict and believed “further deliberation will not change that.” Superior court Judge David Frazier declared a mistrial after polling the jurors. That ended a wee...
A crew member for Asplundh Tree Services shears branches near the Codger Pole in Colfax Tuesday morning....
