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Whitman County Treasurer Bob Lothspeich and Assessor Joe Reynolds each reported they received alerts from the state Department of Revenue last Wednesday about a telemarketing scheme. Callers from a fictitious agency offer help in obtaining tax breaks for seniors and request personal information like employment status, income and age for tax relief programs. The callers indicate they are acting on behalf of the state, Lothspeich said. He pointed out state and county officials do not initiate calls to help residents obtain tax...
Cowan support The Lentil Festival was a memorable event for hoards of folks who dropped by. One important point was missed by all the coverage; Rich Cowan, Democratic nominee for the 5th Congressional District, stirred the big Lentil Pot from about 5:45 to after 6 p.m. Voters, Rich Cowan will stir up the do-nothing Congress. And our “Do Nothing but Pose” Congressional Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, was in Colorado posing. Please cast your vote for a business person who knows red tape, regulations and workers rights. We need Rich Cow...
President Obama’s national health care law was passed with lofty promises but no details. Few lawmakers read the 2,000+ page bill before voting on it, but supporters promised it would expand access to health care, cut health care costs and — most importantly — allow people to keep their coverage and their doctors if they wished. Those have turned out to be broken promises. First broken promise: You can keep your health plan and doctor if you like. President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that, if they liked their health plan and their...
“ADELE, ok, I’m a coward because this is anonymous, but your redundant and duplicitous opposition to Obamacare cannot go unchallenged any longer. My signature will not be affixed to this note because I don’t feel a need for a continued debate on this issue. I just want you to know someone has caught on to your hypocrisy. “Let me just say I do agree with you the basic framework of Obamacare is poor public health policy. You think it went too far. I don’t think it went far enough. I believe we should have a single payer system. The governmen... Full story
School days, school days. They are back. Most kids in the county are still fortunate to get their schooling relatively close to home. It has been no mean feat for county districts to maintain small schools in these changing times. In the past, Whitman County schools have met the challenges and led the way in innovative solutions. They were the first with cooperative districts where schools and facilities are shared between neighboring communities. Superintendents have been shared. Schools have joined forces to keep athletics and some other...
TRIVIA TEST 1. MATH: What is the Arabic equivalent of the Roman numerals MLXVI? 2. CHEMISTRY: What is the chemical symbol for copper? 3. TELEVISION: What was the name of the company that employed the title characters in “Laverne and Shirley”? 4. MUSIC: What rock band composed the soundtrack to the 1984 movie “Dune”? 5. ENTERTAINERS: What was comedian/actor Bob Hope’s theme song? 6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the nickname for Georgetown University’s sports teams? 7. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Brideshead Revisited”? 8. MEDICAL TERMS:... Full story
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. HAMILTON BUILDING SELECTED The former Hamilton Drug building, which was purchased by the library and now serves as a community enrichment center, has been selected by WSU’s Communities Design Initiative program for study and planning. A focus group session was conducted Friday with 20 residents and 15 students participating. The building is n...
All four county entries in the SE Eight-man league will be part of the early start action this week. LaCrosse/Washtucna will host Odessa at Washtucna, Colton will host Wilbur/Creston, Garfield/Palouse will host Potlatch and St. John/Endicott will travel north to play Wellpinit in an afternoon game. The SE Eights last year ended with three teams—- Pomeroy, Touchet and Colton—all tied with 5-1 records and went into the playoff on a coin flip. The county playoff bid ended when Colton was stopped by Odessa, and Garfield/Palouse, the num... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSES John T. Stanton, 27, and Heather N. Riener, 27, both Potlatch, Aug. 17. Alan S. McDonald, 47, and Mary T. Tatham, 50, both Moscow, Aug. 16. Walter R. Brost, 73, and Donna R. Thompson, 68, both Colfax, Aug. 14. WHITMAN COUNTY BUILDING PERMITS Phil Hayes, Lamont, double wide, $95,000, Aug. 24. Mitch Engel, Oakesdale, shop addition, $31,500, Aug. 24. Arlen Schroetlin, Garfield, new home, $284,800, Aug. 22. Carol Jorstad, Pullman, re-roof, $18,000, Aug. 22. Joanna Stuen, Sunset, windows, $2,236, Aug. 21. Verlan Cochran, Palouse,...
Neighboring Pullman will be the lone foe for Saturday’s volleyball jamboree at Colfax. Colfax Coach Sue Doering Tuesday was still attempting to line up another guest, but if she’s unsuccessful the Bulldogs and hounds will play a six-game match. WIAA rules place a six-game limit on pre-season jamborees. Colfax varsity, junior varsity and C squads will play in the three gyms starting at 9 a.m. First full match for the Bulldogs will be a trip to Freeman Tuesday with a non-leaguer against the Scotties who now play in the NE-A division. The Bul...
1. Who was the last A.L. pitcher before Detroit’s Justin Verlander in 2011 to have at least 24 wins and 240 strikeouts in the same season? 2. The Seattle Mariners began play in the major leagues in 1977. Who was the manager when they recorded their first winning season? 3. Three players from Louisiana Tech eventually became members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name them. 4. Who was the last Indiana Pacer before Danny Granger in 2008-09 and 2009-10 to average at least 24 points per game for two consecutive seasons? 5. Five NHL players h...
All four county entries in the SE Eight-man league will be part of the early start action this week. LaCrosse/Washtucna will host Odessa at Washtucna, Colton will host Wilbur/Creston, Garfield/Palouse will host Potlatch and St. John/Endicott will travel north to play Wellpinit in an afternoon game. The SE Eights last year ended with three teams—- Pomeroy, Touchet and Colton—all tied with 5-1 records and went into the playoff on a coin flip. The county playoff bid ended when Colton was stopped by Odessa, and Garfield/Palouse, the num...
A now-veteran Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia grid corps will be seeing red when it opens its season Saturday morning in the WIAA Kickoff Classic on the red turf of Eastern Washington University’s Roos Field. “We are definitely stoked. There’s gonna be a lot of hype around this game,” said TOR Coach Kaleb Madison, entering his second year. “It’s on the red carpet. That brings a lot of hype. And it’s at 10 a.m. Saturday like college ball, so there’s an extra helping of hype right there.” Coach Madison said his squad brings back a lot of talent and exp...
Colfax will be one of five teams on the grid Friday when they roll to Ritzville to take part in a jamboree format before the start of the regular season. Host Lind/Ritzville/Sprague and Springdale will be other Bi-County teams in the jamboree. Newport from the NE-A and Kittitas will be the other participants. Each team will be allowed 40 plays. Colfax Coach Mike Morgan notes the lineups can change so teams could wind up playing a 10-play offensive set against one foe and then a 10-play defensive set against a different opponent. The jayvee...
Boat racing fans watched the action from the terraces at Webb’s Slough Saturday. An estimated 3,500 spectators turned out for the all-day racing show which concluded the seventh year of racing at St. John. Also, approximately 300 campers stayed on the grounds to swell the St. John population figures over the weekend.... Full story
Eric Werner of Wrangell, Alaska, pegged the fastest time of the day in the last elimination round Saturday at Webb’s Slough to take the super modified class in the second round stop of the sprint boats at St. John. Werner, a pilot, and Jana Horton clocked a 58.195 over the tight slough course to edge out Dennis Hughes and Matia Haskey in the Overkill boat in the last round. The two class leaders swapped top times in the first two elim rounds at the slough. Local racer Scott Ackerman advanced to the final four cut and finished in third place i... Full story
THURSDAY A hot-air balloon carrying tourists, including children, plunged to the ground in flames just outside the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, killing four people and injuring 28. Grammy-winning country star Randy Travis was cited for assault in a fight outside Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, after the singer stepped into an argument between an estranged husband and wife. A Nepali man who was bitten by a cobra snake bit back and killed the reptile in a tit-for-tat attack. FRIDAY Martin Nesirky, spokesman for United Nations...
Farmington could face another issue when the snow season hits. “One of my big problems is to get somebody to plow snow this winter,” said first-year Mayor Ron Dugan at the Aug. 13 city council meeting. It requires a Commercial Driver’s License, Class B. “It’s an ideal job for farmers, retired people but not an ideal job for people with jobs,” said Dugan, noting the need to be on call at any hour the snow hits. “I’m not gonna plow snow,” said Dugan, who has performed duties as mayor such as spray...
With a yield of 157 bushels per acre, Oregon State University’s developing wheat variety number 08047p94 topped the charts in Whitman County samples grown by Washington State University researchers of this year’s winter wheat crop. That yield was recorded from a university test plot near Lamont and helped the variety top yields in average production from the school’s five spots in lower-rainfall zones. WSU tests a number of wheat varieties in different rainfall zones, and releases those results as the crops are harvested. The goal, said Dr. S...
Five people had submitted their names to be commissioners of the proposed Tekoa Hospital District as of Tuesday. A ballot measure to create a new rural hospital district around Tekoa will be on the November general election ballot. Whitman County Elections Supervisor Debbie Hooper said Tekoans Dennis Bird, Michael Bogenreif, Karen Blomgren, Richard Chittendon and Diane Harp had filed for the five director seats that would govern Hospital District 4 if its creation is approved by voters. A special filing period opened Monday and closed at 5...
Beasley Coliseum will host a free public showing of the Cougar football game vs. Brigham Young University on the big screens at 7:15 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Concessions will be for sale....
Colin S. Roulet, LaCrosse, 52, was transported to Spokane by a Med-Star helicopter after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on the Endicott Road Sunday at about 8 p.m. Roulet was riding a 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound when it struck a deer near the intersection of the Endicott and Swent roads. Endicott EMS and a Colfax ambulance were dispatched to the scene and transported Roulet to the baseball field at Endicott for evacuation to Sacred Heart, according to the report by Deputy Dan Brown....
Oakesdale fire crew were called to a fire that never really was Tuesday afternoon. The call went out for a structure fire at the Oakesdale Masonic Temple shortly after 3 p.m. Workers from M&P Construction of Garfield were repairing the roof on the building when their work caused timbers inside the building to smolder. Volunteers from crews from Oakesdale District 10 responded and quickly left the scene. Rosalia volunteers were also placed on alert but later advised to disregard.... Full story
Ronald L. Robinson, 28, Republic, was booked into jail Saturday morning after Pullman Police responded to a report on Pullman’s fraternity row. The police report said officers took possession of a Glock .40 caliber pistol which the suspect allegedly had in his waistband. According to the arrest report, Robinson was reportedly yelling up at a balcony of one of the fraternities which he accused of “letting Huskies into the house.” He was booked in jail on probable charges of unlawful display and aiming of a firearm and unlawful carrying of a loa... Full story
A superior court warrant for the arrest of Tracy D. Mimms II, who was arrested in September of 2009 as a result of a controlled drug purchase operation, was issued Friday. Mimms, now 26, was charged with failing to appear in court Aug. 17 for a compliance review of his sentence. Mimms, who told officers after his arrest that he had come here from Montclair, Calif., in an attempt to get on the WSU or UI football teams, was eventually convicted in April of 2011 of possession of oxycodone. He was sentenced to three months in jail and ordered to...
