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Not so long ago, citizens had to make their way to a polling place to cast their votes. Often, long lines made the process time consuming. Then, too, the weather might make even getting to the voting booth difficult. Arrangements had to be made to care for the kids. Now, all it takes to cast a ballot is to open the mail, mark the ballot, sign the security envelope and stick on a stamp. The postal service will get the ballot to the elections office, and the votes will be counted. Things have changed. But not everything has changed. Voter...
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. **************** FAIR INCOME SETS RECORD Palouse Empire Fair manager Bob Reynolds at Monday night’s fair board meeting reported pre-fair revenue generated to date has set a record with $84,570 on the books as of Monday. The fair’s revenue to date is ahead of expenses which now total $78,873. Rey...
St. John/Endicott’s Riley Lamb was a participant at the 2015 Jr. High Nationals Rodeo in Des Moines, Iowa. She placed 29th in light rifle shooting at nationals. She was incorrectly identified as male in last week’s Gazette article, “Marker, Mills, Lamb ride at junior high national rodeo....
When the first autumn call of Colfax football goes out next month, one familiar face, and voice, will be missing. Assistant Coach Craig Culbertson, a part of the Bulldogs grid campaigns for the most part of 40 years, decided at the end of last season to close out his run as assistant coach. "I'd done it a long time, and it doesn't get any easier," Culbertson noted about the fall campaign . He also noted football practices, games and road trips mean a lot of time away from home, and he figured it was time to step off the bus and spent more time...
Whitman Cougars played four games and finished in the top eight of the 16-team state Legion A division state tournament over the weekend at Walla Walla. The Cougars started with a 10-0 shutout of Olympia in the first game Saturday and then ran into the Richland Knights who took a 4-14 win Sunday. That put the Cougars into an elimination game, and they stuck in the action with a 11-7 over Montesano Monday. Then they played Richland again Tuesday in another elimination round and sustaind a 3-12...
In a formal action at a regular meeting of the Palouse School board Thursday night, a Garfield-Palouse institution will end. Veteran boys’ basketball coach Tim Coles will retire after 34 years teaching and 29 years as head coach of the Vikings, including three state championships. Coles, 61, suffered a heart attack July 8 and sought to resign as principal/teacher while coaching one more year. “His health issues were paramount both from our perspective and his,” said Palouse school board...
Inland Northwest Bank (INB) and the Bank of Fairfield have announced a merger. The merge, to take place this fall, will keep the four Whitman County Bank of Fairfield locations open, but they will operate under the INB brand, said Jason Miller, vice president of marketing at INB. The branch in Fairfield will also remain open, and two branches in Spokane Valley will consolidate. "We are a community bank that serves the Northwest. It's a growth opportunity for INB," Miller said. "The Bank of Fairfield has built a strong reputation with...
The Garfield Municipal Pool is back in stride after a three-week delay in opening for the summer due to an electrical matter following installment of a new filter system. The pool opened July 8 after waiting for state inspection of the work, which included new subpanels too. “We had to re-do all of that without electrocuting the kids,” said Pool Manager Missy Cochran. The work began at the start of June, but the electrical was not up to code. In turn, Harrison Electric of Colfax was called and...
U.S. Bank Foundation has donated $2,000 to The Center project next to Whitman County Library. Presenting the donation to Library Director Kristie Kirkpatrick, center, were Kacey Hult, left, assistant Colfax manager, and Helen Clippinger, right, Colfax branch manager....
Turnout of swim meet fans seen here at an earlier Colfax meet is expected to increase in big numbers for Saturday’s 51st annual Knights of Columbus Jerry Cluckey Cup. Pomeroy swimmers will be on the hunt for a ninth straight win of the Cluckey Cup Saturday when strokers from seven different team converge at Colfax for an all-day meet to finish off the season for novice swim league, now called the Tri-County league. It will be the 51st edition of the meet which is formally known at the Knights o...
The Whitman County six-year Transportation Improvement Plan (T.I.P.) has been updated once more after County Commissioners approved an amendment to the current plan and the adoption of next year’s 2016-21 document. The plans are a state requirement. If a capital improvement is made to a road, the T.I.P. calls for updating, which includes a public hearing. Because Public Works has added 2/10-mile to the Almota Road reconstruction project – due to slope issues and difficulty in accessing oth...
Data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier this month shows a decrease in the state and national unemployment rate, while the Whitman County rate saw a 1.4 percent increase in a month's time. The national unemployment rate dropped from 5.5 percent to 5.3 percent, and the state rate also dropped slightly from 5.4 to 5.3 percent, now matching the national average. The new average puts the state at the lowest unemployment rate in seven years. The report from the BLS explained the impact of the slight decrease in the unem...
School may not be in session, but the Rosalia School District is hard at work prepping for the 2015-16 school year, set to start in September. Expanding its course offerings, the district will now offer online courses to more students. Rosalia has offered online courses in the past, but those have been available primarily for students in need of credit recovery. The courses will now be available on an as-needed basis for any student, said principal Darrell Kuhn. "It's not going to be a vehicle to avoid taking courses from teachers," said Kuhn....
The departments of Whitman County government will have more LaserFiche use after county commissioners approved money for five new licenses at their July 20 meeting. The $6,465 purchase includes annual maintenance for the software which scans documents into non-condensed images with optical character recognition (OCR), the feature that makes a document searchable. The new licenses will allow more county workers to use the software at any one time. “We were having more people wanting to use the se...
A combine works off of Dry Creek Road near Garfield Monday. Harvest has been in full swing around the county for nearly two weeks now, and grains are starting to reach the Department of Agriculture Grain Inspection Office in Colfax. Gary Bergley, office supervisor at the Grain Inspection Office, said test weights for winter wheat have started out low and protein levels have started on the higher end. "That's kind of the traditional rule is it starts out light," Bergley said. "It's just a moistur...
This year's edition of the Palouse Empire fair will feature a construction zone with an addition to the Community Building underway. The project is the latest major addition to the fairground which is being done by the Palouse Empire Fair Foundation. Chad Startin, foundation president, told the fair board Monday night they plan to have the walls of the addition project up by the start of the fair Sept. 10. The project will then be on hold until the fair concludes. The project also calls for interior changes to the Community Building, but those...
Below are individual pictures of Palouse mayoral candidates Michael Echanove, Brad Pearce and Connie Newman from the candidate forum help last Thursday, July 23. The three mayoral candidates appeared last Thursday night at the Palouse Community Center to answer questions submitted by the public in a Pullman League of Women Voters-sponsored event. Incumbent Michael Echanove and challengers Connie Newman, a former Palouse city council member, and Brad Pearce fielded questions in the nearly two-hou...
Colfax mayor candidates, from left, G. Todd Vanek, J.W. Roberts and Don Henderson, participated in a forum July 22. Below are individual shots of Vanek, Roberts and Henderson. A variety of questions came from the audience July 22 in a forum which featured the three candidates for Colfax mayor now on the ballot for the Aug. 4 primary vote. Running close to three hours, the forum was hosted by the Pullman League of Women Voters. It was one of three forums conducted by the league to get candidates...
The first tiny, healthy home John Ellis of LaCrosse built. When John and Shannon Ellis’ son Kaleb was younger, he spent a lot of his time in the family RV in the backyard. It soon became his “escape pod.” Kaleb, 16, is autistic, and he is his parent’s top priority. They have devoted their lives to helping him, and now think they have found something that will not only benefit him, but many others with disabilities as well. John worked as a builder and developer in Mount Vernon, Wash., for 20...
