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Garret Pfaff of Farmington participated in the 2012 New Century Farmer Program July 8-14 in Johnston, Iowa. He was among 50 students from 24 states selected to take part in the session. Pfaff participated in the competitive program which develops young men and women committed to pursuing a career in production agriculture. Pfaff, who will be a junior at WSU, took part in a series of workshops, industry visits and other sessions during the conference. Topics included the global marketplace, farm financing, demographic trends and risk...
“That’s a great car,” said a 20-something spectator as he checked out one car in a line of Austin Healey roadsters at the 16th annual British Car show Saturday in the Millwood City Park. “They’re all great cars. Of course they’re British, so they have their little spells, but they’re all great cars,” an older visitor remarked. The small park, tucked along the railroad tracks north of the paper mill in the Spokane Valley, was again the scene of a collection of sports cars and specialty cars. Although most still look sleek and sporty many are mar...
Fall sports are set to begin at high schools throughout the county, and coaches, parents and athletes are being briefed on the impacts of a state law aimed at limiting the dangers of concussions. Colfax Athletic Director Shawna Kneale advised parents and athletes about the law at the annual fall sports kickoff meeting Tuesday night in the high school auditorium. School officials throughout the state are preparing for another year under the Zackery Lystedt Law, which was passed by the legislature in the 2009 session. The law mandates players...
Ed Knott of Winona, right, receives his winnings after claiming the title of the two-day Bob Zorb Senior Tournament earlier this month at the St. John Golf and Country Club. Knott came back to topple the lead staked by Ed Haflich in the opening round of the third annual tourney. Results were: Men’s Flight two-day overall:1st Gross, Ed Knott; 2nd Gross, Ed Haflich; 1st Net, Buzz Kjack; 2nd and 3rd Net, David Johnstone and Glen Venie (tie). Women’s Flight two-day overall: 1st Gross, Carolyn Haner; 2nd Gross, Kathy Pierce; 1st Net, Judy Haf...
Bill Gaskins, Jr., who came to Pullman 50 years ago to play football for the WSU Cougars, has been named this year’s famous sports figure for induction into the Pullman Walk of Fame. He and other honorees will be honored during the National Lentil Festival, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the corner of Kamiaken and Main. The Walk of Fame was established in 2003 to honor individuals who have served the Pullman community in a significant way, promoted goodwill, improved the quality of life for Pullman residents. Gaskins came to WSU from Spokane’s Lew...
Colfax cheerleaders will sponsor a teen movie night at the swim pool Friday, Aug. 17. The swim will include a feature film which will be shown on a portable screen. Admission to the event will be by advanced tickets with each of the 10 cheerleaders issued 10 tickets to sell at $10 each. The tickets will include a hot dog, pop and a cup cake....
1. Who was the last Houston Astro to be named N.L. Rookie of the Year? 2. Dick Williams was one of two managers to take three different franchises to the World Series. Who is the other? 3. In 1968 and in 1969, a University of Southern Cal player was taken No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft. Name the two players. 4. In 2009-10, Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani became the second 7-footer to have more than 100 blocked shots and 100 3-pointers in a season. Who was the first? 5. Who holds the record for most career regular-season OT goals in NHL history? 6. A...
THURSDAY Pennsylvania widow Alda Collins, 110, received a boost in benefits she receives from her husband William’s service in WWI. Mrs. Collins now receiveds $1,000 a month instead of $36. Dr. Melvin Morse, 58, was arrested on charges he disciplined his 11-year-old daughter with a simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding. Abraham Garcia-Perguero, 38, and his common-law wife, Maria Isabel Rodriguez-Olivo, 36, received sentences of 33 and 27 months for possessing 27,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition destined for Mexico. David B...
Another 3,035 ballots were added to the primary election count late Aug. 9, but results after the first count remained unchanged, although the election night’s leaders actually gained slight increases in their share of the returns. Art Swannack of Lamont now has 42.88 percent of the vote in the district one commissioner race with 960, and Bill Tensfeld has a 35.86 share with 803. Incumbent Greg Partch now has 20.14 percent of the vote with 451. The number-three finish ends his bid for a fourth term as commissioner from the district. R...
Little Sprouts Early Learning and Childcare Center in Palouse, once considered a solution to a public day care shutdown 16 months ago, will close Aug. 31, after organizers deemed they couldn’t keep up with costs. The decision came after some setbacks since the non-profit took over the center in January from the Palouse School District, which started it. The school district decided to close out the day care in May of 2011 after determining they were sustaining losses up to $5,000 per month on t...
Trina Robinson, Angela Robinson, Fire Chief Ralph Walter and Lori and Scott Ackerman, from left, stand in front of the city fire truck which held school supplies donated in the Chamber of Commerce’s “Stuff the Bus” drive Saturday morning in the Rosauers parking lot. Donated supplies will be distributed to teachers in the school district before school starts Aug. 28....
“Does it come with the plastic people too?” asks Garfield Councilwoman Sharon Schnebly as the council looks over playground equipment material last Wednesday, Aug. 8. The council voted to apply for a grant from the state Community Economic Revitalization board for a gazebo and a children’s playground structure. The grant program requires a five percent local match. Mayor Jarrod Pfaff is at center....
Measure to create rural hospital district on November ballot A special three-day filing will be held Aug. 27 through Aug. 29 for anyone interested in applying to be a commissioner of the proposed Hospital District No. 4 in the Tekoa area. A ballot measure to create a new rural hospital district around Tekoa will be on November’s ballot. Whitman County elections supervisor Debbie Hooper said Tuesday that candidates will be able to file for a special election that will select five members for the commission that would govern the hospital district...
Whitman County’s housing market rebounded in the second quarter of 2012 as more homes sold at higher prices than the same period in 2011. The Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington reported 400 homes were sold in Whitman County between April and June for a median price of $193,300. Those figures show improvement over the same period a year ago when 340 homes sold for $192,700. The growth shows a reversing trend, said Glenn Crellin, associate director of the Runstad Center. Price and volume of home sales in W...
Ron and Barb Wachter, long-time Pullman residents who have left an impact on the town and county, and Phyllis Campbell, a 1973 WSU grad who is now chair of the Pacific Northwest for JP Morgan Chase & Co., will be honored with installation of plaques in the Pullman Walk of Fame Saturday morning as part of the lentil festival. Ron Wachter served on the Pullman council for 25 years and has a long line of credits in Pullman civic contributions while developing NuChem. He has also been active in the Palouse Emprie Fair association and Port of...
Yield from this year’s winter wheat crop is the third best on record, according to a report released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s statistics service Monday. With one-third of the state’s crop in the bin, David Knopf, director of the service’s Washington state office, reported average yields of 71 bushels per acre. Two bushels over the July 1 forecast and just four bushels lower than last year’s record crop. In total, the state is expected to glean 119 million bushels of winter wheat from 1.67 million planted acres. Sp...
Nine turbine blades arrived at Naff Ridge Monday as the $170 million Palouse Wind farm continues to take shape. Workers at the construction headquarters on Baird Road south of Rosalia said the nine blades were set to go into nacelles of the project’s three turbines that sit near Highway 195 on the wind farm’s extreme west side. Strong winds, however, prevented them from lifting the blades up to the nacelles. “Too windy to build a wind farm,” said Cole Shook with First Wind. The 49-meter blades were trucked to Naff Ridge from Pasco where t...
The time is right for eating lentil chili in the street. The 24th annual National Lentil Festival will converge on Pullman this weekend, with events running from Friday night to Saturday evening. Friday will bring the festival’s signature free lentil chili, served from one 350-gallon vat. The serving of the chili has become Pullman’s greeter for new and returning WSU students who have been making their way back to campus. “All from one big bowl,” said Festival Director Amberly Boone. The chi...
The mandolin remained under the bed until one day he was granted permission to use it. Thirty-five years later, Richard Kriehn of Colton plays the instrument in Garrison Keillor’s five-man “A Prairie Home Companion” band. Kriehn, a father of three, now teaches at WSU and flies to Lake Wobegon on weekends. The fictional town is the setting of Keillor’s long-running National Public Radio show which is performed live at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Mandolin under the bed It all beg...
