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#!*! Skateboarders who text message, twitter or chat on their cell phones all the while doing 30 MPH on the sidewalk. #!*! Those horrible potholes behind the Colfax post office. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 211 N. Main St Colfax, Wa 99111...
#!*! Skateboarders who text message, twitter or chat on their cell phones all the while doing 30 MPH on the sidewalk. #!*! Those horrible potholes behind the Colfax post office. Send your Pet Peeves and Okeydokes to the Gazette P.O. Box 770 211 N. Main St Colfax, Wa 99111...
A Harvard professor returns home from a trip to China. He takes a cab from the airport to his home. The front door of the house is jammed, and he cannot get into his house. The cabby helps. Finally, the professor goes into the house through the back door. In the meantime, a neighbor is concerned about the two men trying to force their way into the house and asks a woman to call the police. The police arrive and, after some time and some emotional words, the professor is handcuffed. The professor claims racism and calls the policemen a rogue...
Some not as polite as others on the road Most folks these days seem to like abbreviations and anagrams such as AARP, NRA, NAACP, GOP, MADD, DOT, AMA, etc. I’ve come up with a new one: ROSE. Seems sweet doesn’t it? This abbreviation stands for Rude, Obnoxious, Stupid, and Excessive. It describes some of the drivers I see daily on the highways. Not so sweet, is it? These drivers, and I use the term loosely, treat others in a “rude”manner. By this I mean they treat their fellow drivers with disrespect they wouldn’t display in a supermark... Full story
A six-year plan charting Whitman County’s future in road construction projects was approved by the county commissioners last week. Required under state funding procedures, the plan outlines over $34.4 million in road projects through 2015. Public Works Director Mark Storey said one of the features of the plan this year is the early end point of known funding. Although the plan goes out for six years, most of the known funding for the projects is unknown after the first two years. “Right now, most of it is just a wish list,” Storey said this...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Rogelio Bantiad Lumasag, 54, of Misamis, Phillipines and Consorcia Gutierrez Grenz, 47, Lopex Jaena, Phillipinwa, July 17. Kent Alan Grunefelder, 31, Bremerton, and Chelsea Arlene Young, 24, Tacoma, July 21. Brett Michael Schiller, 25, Nampa, Idaho and Laura Marie Masteller, 26, Davenport, July 23. Gregory Mark Richard, 24, Spokane, and Janelle Marie Rogers, 23, Pullman, July 24. Jeffrey Richard DeWolf, 22, Fort Hood, Texas, and Jennifer Christi Anderson, 29, Lynnwood, July 24. Brandon Stephen Molder, 23, San Diego, CA, and... Full story
Tekoa School district has eliminated one administrative position and made other cuts to deal with revenue cutbacks for the upcoming year. The district has cut back $120,000 for the upcoming year. Tekoa Supt. Wayne Massie, who has been with the district for four years, said the budget, approximately $3 million, was expected to be finalized by the Tekoa Board in a Tuesday night meeting. Massie said the budget plan keeps the district’s elementary program in place, and it meets one of the chief concerns by board members heard from district resident... Full story
Eric Zakarison calls to his flock of sheep at dusk on Sunday. His farm lies at the base of hills planted in wheat six miles north of Pullman on Highway 27.... Full story
PCT offers trail marker logo designs Golf Results for July 22 Women’s Golf Association: Teri Heilsberg, low gross in A division; Velma Ulrich, low gross in Bs; Dixie Brannon, low net Heilsberg booked a birdie and chip-in. Lady Hackers: Chapman format for play July 22: Diana Hall and Lisa Williams, first; Karen Aeschliman and Carol Evans, second; Melissa Smith and Sherri Swan, third; Becky McLeod and Trudi Allenbach, fourth. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. GEOGRAPHY: What country claims Addis Ababa as its capital? 2. MUSIC: What is the real n...
Carrie Hennigar, daughter of Jesse and Cindy Hennigar of Colfax, shows the runner-up plaque she received as a member of the Coeur d’Alene Wildfire team which played in the Idaho State American Softball Association tournament at Meridian. The Wildfire team was coached by Colfax grad Todd Walker, and Carrie joined the team on a recommendation from Terry Eng of Colfax, her coach for summer league ball. The five-day Idaho State event included a camp session on softball. She played left field for the Wildfire and during the summer she was a p...
Colfax graduate Brian Danaher was featured in the latest edition of the WSU Foundation Magazine. A 2006 graduate of Colfax High School where he competed in sports through the year, Danaher started his Cougar football career as an invited walk-on recruit. He made the team and was a redshirt his first year. He then worked up to the travel team and last year emerged as a starter on the WSU offensive line for eight games. Late in the season last year, Danaher sustained a shoulder injury and his playing time was limited at the end of the season. He... Full story
This bridge over Wallen Road, two miles west of Troy, was the last segment for completion of the Latah Trail between Moscow and Troy. The remaining 1.7 miles of trail have also been paved. The project provides a paved trail linkup from Pullman all the way to Troy. Bike riders from this area can actually start on the Pullman trail system north of Terre View along Highway 27, continue south through downtown Pullman on the Riverwalk segment and out the Chipman Trail to Moscow. The route continues across the University of Idaho campus and then on... Full story
Emmy Lou Gregg of Garfield/Palouse, right, launches in the freestyle race. She ran a sweep for the four individual events in the girls' eight-under class. Pomeroy last Thursday rolled out a preview of their 2009 pool power which makes Pirate strokers a heavy favorite to keep the Cluckey Cup Saturday. Coach Shelly Slaybaugh and her team will be shooting for a third straight win in the novice league meet. Swimmers from seven teams will assemble at the pool Saturday for the season’s finals, the 44th editions of the Knights of Columbus Jerry C... Full story
World News Thursday Canada’s only government-sanctioned marijuana farm may soon close. The farm, deep in a mine shaft under the tundra of Flin Flon, Manitoba, was growing too large, said operator Prairie Plant system. The mine had been producing legal marijuana for nearly a decade since Canada legalized medical marijuana. Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua who became famous as company spokesperson in the late 1990s dies of a stroke. Dow Jones industrial average jumps above 9,000 for the first time since January. The state department recommends t...
The Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Wednesday it had extended its application deadline for the Environmental Quality Incentives program until Aug. 14. The applications will fund projects for fiscal year 2010. The program provides voluntary, technical and financial assistance to farmers to improve irrigation efficiency, manage nutrient runoff and animal waste, improve the health of native plant communities and reduce soil loss. Typically, producers pay half the costs of such practices. “We realize that area growers are moving i...
After missing its first court date in May, the Port of Whitman County will once again try to collect a debt owed by Columbia Phytotechnology, a former tenant of the port’s Pullman Industrial Park. Published in the legal section of last week’s Gazette is a public summons for the company, and its managing director, Mark Savarese, to appear in Whitman County District Court. The port publicly summoned the company in April for a May 20 court date, but no one representing the port appeared in court on that date. Debbie Snell, port properties and deve...
Two cows in field outside Colfax. Cattle producers are earning less this year with market prices low and production expenses high, according to Jack Field, vice president of the Washington Cattlemen’s Association based in Ellensburg. It’s a testament to the wildly fluctuating economy, he said. “The federal government isn’t running out to bail out the cow-calf producers or other people in the ag industry,” Field said. “It makes for some pretty tough decisions for people to make.” Field said calf prices, beef prices, and even feed prices have b... Full story
Jeffrey A Salmon, former Uniontown resident who has been serving a sentence of over 17 years after a jury convicted him here over 10 years ago, has been granted a motion for a hearing Aug. 28 in superior court for a review of the length of his sentence. The court ordered Salmon be transported from McNeill Island for the hearing. The hearing was granted after the court agreed to consider Salmon’s petition for a review, which challenges his state offender score, which factors a defendant’s prior record into sentencing. Salmon was sentenced aft...
The firefighters working in the Oakesdale area are preparing to ask their district citizens for $75,000 in levy money to fund a fire truck that can hold more water. Fire District 10 has been relying on outside help from Rosalia, Tekoa and the area fertilizer companies to bring in water trucks when needed at the scene of a fire. “They’ve always been generous enough to bring over one of their tanks for us to use. We’d kind of like to have one of our own to not have to rely on those guys all the time,” said Fire Chief Gary Shrope. The levy proposa... Full story
County planner Alan Thomson last week affirmed his decision that the county’s proposed commercial wind ordinance would have no significant environmental impacts. The opinion was issued under requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act. Thomson’s decision was challenged by Roger Whitten of Oakesdale, Carolyn Kiesz of Thornton and Brian Bannan of Uniontown. Thomson’s affirmation said their comments did not bring up any significant impacts on the environment. Under SEPA provisions, the three challengers have the opportunity to appea... Full story
Last week’s Gazette story on the proposed Hawkins mall incorrectly reported the site is within the boundaries of Pullman Hospital District. It is outside of the hospital district....
Water pressure along the hill on the east side of Tekoa is so low residents there are having difficulty watering lawns at this time of year. The drop in water pressure also limits normal household use, Duane Groom, Tekoa public work director, reported to the Tekoa city council at their July 20 meeting. “If we’re watering [outside] there’s not a whole lot else that can go on,” said Linda Zehm, a city council member who lives in the neighborhood which includes Tekoa High School. A rebuild of the water supply in the neighborhood is one of a group...
LaCrosse councilman Jerry Chastain isn’t up for re-election on the August ballot, and it isn’t by choice. He contends he never received the advisory notice on the expiration of his term from the county auditor’s office. So he never filed. County elections technician Karen Bafus said letters notifying incumbents about their expiring terms are mailed out. Towns and other districts are also sent a letter listing the offices up for re-election. County elections supervisor Debbie Hooper said even if Chastain didn’t get a letter, he should have been... Full story
Eleven-year-old Kennon Halen of Deary works his paddleboat against the wind, the line of his pole trailing behind him as he negotiates around the docks at Boyer Park last Thursday. The sun is out and he has a can of worms open on the little deck of the boat. “I want to catch a carp today,” he said, pointing out that his brother had already caught a gigantic one earlier. Halen is one of several hundred people enjoying the fruits of Boyer Park this summer. More people have visited the park this year than ever before, said park manager Dave Pet... Full story
The only local three-way race on the primary ballot in August will be at LaCrosse where Dennis Mackleit, Gary Wargo, and Lois Kendricks are running for the city council seat now held by Jerry Chastain. LaCrosse voters will select the top two for the general election ballot which will include a host of other local races around the county. LaCrosse has 223 active voters on the auditor’s roll. Candidates for the open seat are listed as follows: Lois Kendricks Lois Kendricks said she decided to run for the position after several people in town told... Full story
