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NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of Whitman County, Washington, will consider the Report of the County Road Engineer for the vacation and abandonment of a portion of Rock Springs Road, County Road No. 7030 located in the West half of Section 26, Township 14 North, Range 38 East, W.M., in Whitman County, Washington. THAT A HEARING on said vacation will be held in the office of the Whitman County Commissioners in the Courthouse in Colfax, Washington on the 5th day of September 2017, at the hour of...
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. ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE A traffic stop in Colfax resulted in a charge of possession of a controlled substance after the officer asked where the drugs were and the suspect allegedly handed over a baggie of pills. Colfax Police Department responded to a call at about 6 p.m. July 17 of a car speeding in excess of 80 miles per hour, passing on...
A memorial service for Frances W. Blank, 79, long-time resident of Rosalia, was Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m. in the Rosalia United Methodist Church. Burial was at the Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery prior to the service.Mrs. Blank died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at Touchmark in Spokane. Born Sept 14, 1937, in Walla Walla to Fred and Louise Breese, she graduated from Tekoa High School with the class of 1956 and was employed for five years with General Telephone. She and Bob Blank were married Oct....
Richard Fish from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shows Braelynn Wright (front) and Jolie Roberts (back) a rubber display of animal scat (AKA animal poop). Other people in photo front to back, Tami Schwartz, LaCrosse Library Branch Manager; Brian Gaston, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Cala Wright. Gaston and Fish brought pelts, skulls and scat to LaCrosse Library’s Summer Reading "Build A Better World" program....
The ninth annual Stuff the Bus Drive is currently ongoing throughout the county in an effort to obtain school supplies for local students. The Kiwanis Clubs of Pullman and Moscow are sponsoring the drive for the Pullman, Moscow and Colton/Uniontown school districts, as well as the Colfax School District. Items can be dropped off at the Colfax branch of the Whitman County Library or Neill Public Library in Pullman during business hours from Aug. 7 to 12. They can also be dropped off at Whitman Hospital and Medical Center in Colfax. In Pullman,...
125 years ago The Commoner July 29, 1892 In the successful upbuilding of a city there are many essentials; but in the line of progress and healthy advancement, none other are so necessary as first-class hotels, and plenty of them, for the accommodation of not only the traveling public and occasional or frequent visitors but the home people as well. Though served by a number of good houses already, the large influx of people into the city has resulted almost daily in an overcrowded condition of affairs. This fact has been the seed from which...
Thursday, Aug. 3 Colfax – 9:30 a.m. – Yoga for Balance and Aging – A gentle approach to Yoga, focusing on balance, stretching, aromatherapy and strengthening with the use of bolsters, chairs and blankets. Free for adults 65 and older. Albion – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Thursday Art – Kids - do you like paint? Markers? Colored paper? Then come join us for mixed media art creation. Albion – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Albion Fireside Chats – Come sip a cup of tea and build friendships while chatting with your neighbors and community members. Everyone is welco...
An Oct. 7 wedding at the Flying Horse Country Club in Colorado Springs, Colo., is planned by Dana Larkin, daughter of the late Dan Larkin of Hay and the late Katherine Larkin of Denver, Colo., and Jeremy Loew of Colorado Springs, Colo. They plan to make their home in Colorado Springs....
Dahmen books Cherry Sisters The Cherry Sisters Revival will perform Saturday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m. at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown. Admission will be $15, and the doors will open at 6 p.m. The string band includes ukuleles, banjo, percussion and vocals. They work at getting the audience to participate in their performances. Formed in the spring of 2015, they have performed around the region, including The Green Frog and Palouse Caboose in Palouse, One World Café, the Moscow Food Co-Op, Moscow Brewery, the Hunga Dunga Brewing Company...
Almost 40 entries were submitted to the Inspired Palouse art contest by the July 24 deadline, according to the event sponsors, the Colfax Arts Council. The exhibit will open at The Center Aug. 18 and will be open during regular library hours. The reception and sale will be at The Center Saturday, Aug. 26, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The first week of August, the works will be juried by a panel consisting of artists Carrie Vielle and Henry Stinson of Colfax and Ryan Hardesty, curator of the WSU art museum. The jurors will pick the top three entries...
C.J. Powers grew up in Spokane and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Eastern Washington University. Tara Powers grew up in Omak and Spokane and is currently attending Washington State University where she hopes to begin vet school next fall. They moved to Colfax in January of 2015, just before she began classes at WSU. C.J. currently works as an automation electrical engineer for Wagstaff in Spokane Valley. He has had the opportunity to travel all over the world for his job, including trips to Taiwan, Austria, Dubai,...
Fourteen Washington high school seniors will participate in the Aug. 5 Distinguished Young Women of Washington scholarship program at Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. This year marks the 60th annual edition of the program which was formerly known as Junior Miss. Participants in the 2017-18 program include Josie Pierce, Almira-Coulee-Hartline (ACH); Nicole Connor, Asotin; Andrea Franks, Chewelah; Hannah Latella, Clarkston; Jantzen Larsen, Colfax; Ali Hennigar, Colton/Uniontown; Ashlyn Cox, Ellensburg; Tessa O...
A close look at the entrance to the Rock Lake Rifle Range will reveal the intended purpose, which is long-range rifle shooting, among other things. The proprietors are working on making it a world-class shooting facility. A St. John farmer's passion is building something a little unique on the family's farmland, and it is drawing people from beyond the county lines. “We're working on building a world-class shooting facility,” said Doug Glorfield. He has started Rock Lake Rifle Range, loc...
Dusty Weekend visitors at the home of Brian and Angela Broeckel were her parents, Brigitte and Guenter Scherwinski of Mountain Home, Idaho. Also arriving for a week’s stay was daughter Alex BeDell of Las Vegas, Nev. Son Tom, Las Vegas, arrived at the home of Di and Larry Brink July 22 and stayed a week. Thursday, July 27, Kevin, Amber, Ashley, Kloey, Ellie and Nick came from their new home in Omak. Friday evening, they were joined for dinner by Joan and Lucky Myrick, Dusty; Mike Stine and Carol Keeney, LaCrosse, and John, Brandi, Myla and A...
Gazette Staff A bird's eye view from the top of the Baird large barn looking down on the hog barn, both of which are being dismantled and the wood re-purposed. A portion of a red fir beam, from Baird farm barn constructed in the early 1900's, after sanding and clear varnish reveal the beauty of the wood hidden beneath more than 100 years of dirt. One of the barns being dismantled at the Baird farm in the Union Center area in Whitman County by Pillars of Society Woodworks. Above: The Dayton Bar...
MARRIAGE LICENSES Austin Charles Auttelet, 21, and Sandra Elizabeth Zichterman, 18, both Pullman, July 27. Thibaut Jean-Michel Martin, 29, and Lindsey Marie Lecrivain, 29, both Pullman, July 27. Jeffrey Ross Peters, 28, and Raven Eriu Savage, 20, both Pullman, July 28. Olasunkanmi James Kehinde, 32, and Chioma Cynthia Ezeh, 28, both of Pullman, July 31. REAL ESTATE SALES R. B. Olson Construction LLC to Mary Jo Gonzales, house on Valley View Drive, Pullman, $446,000, July 14. Linda Durate to Wibert and Judy Faul, Kelso, parcel of land at...
In 2014, President Barrack Obama opened the door for states to collect tolls on interstate highways. This year Oregon lawmakers, much to the chagrin of Washington drivers and truckers, unilaterally took advantage of the new funding opportunity. Before adjourning in July, Oregon’s legislature passed an ambitious $5.3 billion comprehensive transportation plan. To fund it, legislators raised fuel taxes, increased registration and title fees, created a new payroll tax, added taxes on auto and bicycle sales, and placed tolls on Portland metro a...
When did diversity become a positive attribute? How is it beneficial to celebrate our differences? I have a good friend who is an ordained minister, and I was honored to be invited to his ordination. Although everyone there spoke English, the ceremony included prayers in nine languages. The Lord’s Prayer was recited in Navajo. Personally, I like the Lord’s prayer and find it uplifting, but when read in Navajo it is simply noise that has no meaning to me. I’m sure that the prayers recited in Chinese were similarly meaningless noise to the lone...
VA funds research Thank you for publishing a high quality newspaper that is interesting and informative. However, in a recent Gazette opinion piece, "The Cost of Healthcare," Frank Watson has at least one of his assertions wrong. Mr. Watson states, concerning the Veterans Administration system, "They do good work, but, they don't fund research." The VA's website, the VA Office of Research and Development, lists 11 VA research programs, including a program that shares VA research with outside researchers. Mark Olson, Seattle...
The ascension of Donald Trump was supposed to change everything in the GOP. As it happens, perhaps one very important thing hasn't: The Republicans may well still be The Stupid Party. That Obamacare repeal has one or maybe two feet in the grave, depending on how you're counting, is testament to jaw-dropping disarray and bad faith. On the cusp of a historic failure, the party has begun the finger-pointing, and it's hard to argue with any of it. The establishment is right that Trump is incapable of true legislative leadership. The Trumpists are r...
It was the end of 2012. The country was courting fiscal and political disaster. The Obama-administration Democrats were at an impasse with the adamant GOP contingent on Capitol Hill. At the last minute, or so it seemed, then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called Vice President Joe Biden: "Does anyone down there know how to make a deal?" Biden was precisely the one to approach. He had spent 36 years in the Senate, and countless days and nights negotiating compromise with McConnell and the Republicans. The answer to McConnell in 2012 was...
For years now, people have railed against the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare. Republicans in Congress have decried it and in more than 50 attempts have tried to abolish it. Consumers over the years have complained about costs and its requirements and weaknesses. The recent presidential campaign was rife with declarations, demands and promises to “repeal and replace” it. So far, six months into the new administration, no progress toward its repeal and replacement has occurred. Republicans, who own the presidency and bot...
Up 8-2 going into their opponents' last at-bat in a quarterfinal game at the state AA American Legion tournament in Walla Walla, the Palouse Posse lost 9-8. Zane Wilson led at bat July 26 in the season-ending loss with two doubles and an RBI while Nate Akesson had a base hit and three RBIs. Chase Hayton hit a two-RBI single, and Hogan Heytvelt hit two singles. Payton Kallaher, Konner Kinkade, Kyle Appel and Grady Benton each added a base hit. On the mound for Pullman, Jackson Horner, Appel and Akesson pitched. Horner threw three innings to...
Mitch LaVielle of the Cougars slides into home plate in the sixth inning to tie up the game against Eastmont July 24. The Cougars took the elimination game 4-3 to remain in the state playoff for one more game. Whitman Cougars finished the season with a 2-2 mark in the state playoffs at Lynden last week. The Cougars, top qualifiers from the district finals the previous week in Spokane at Jackson field, were derailed by Walla Walla, a team they faced twice in the playoff grid at state. The...
The Palouse solar farm has increased its generating capacity by seven kilowatt hours after another row of panels was added in July with money left over from the farm's original construction cost last year. The farm was funded by a $277,000 grant from the Washington Department of Enterprise Services and $130,000 from state Local Option Capital Asset Lending (LOCAL) loan taken out by the city. When the project came in $40,000 under budget last fall, the city contacted the state about returning the extra money. “It turned out to be more of a h...
