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Colfax Bulldogs will hit the road south Friday to open their regular season against the Asotin Panthers. The Bulldogs will make the road trip after rolling to Lind last Friday to play in the annual grid jamboree. The jamboree has become a sort of pre-season testing ground for the Colfax football squad, and it became more so Friday when Colfax tried out its new pistol offense. The pistol, which is a center running back set, replaced the option offense which the Bulldogs have used during the 16 years Coach Mike Morgan has been at the helm. Colfax...
In November, Washington voters will decide if foods that are genetically modified should contain that information on labels. Initiative 522 requires labels on foods that use genetic engineered ingredients. Howard Vlieger, a farmer from Iowa, spoke to a sparse audience last Thursday afternoon in the Community Building at the fairground about the harmful effects of Genetically Modified Organisms, particularly in grains. He is part of a movement that favors labeling foods that have GMOs in them. His appearance at the fair was sponsored by the...
The Whitman County Humane Society has some unusual pets for adoption. Twelve bearded dragon lizards arrived at the shelter in July and nine are now up for adoption, according to Brittany Wiltz, humane society director. “We helped a local family who had too many pets,” Wiltz said. The dragons, or “beardies,” weren’t in the best of condition, most of them underweight, and one had to be euthanized. Some are missing toes and tips of toes because of the close quarters they were living in, Wiltz said. Two have since been adopted. The dragons are very...
From left to right, Spokane’s Adam Thorpe, Jaimie Kenney, Benjamin McGrew and Victoria Thorpe, make a stop in Colfax last Thursday on a walk – and partial drive – from Spokane to Olympia for Safe & Just Alternatives which advocates elimination of the death penalty. Victoria Thorpe’s sister is on California’s death row....
The Palouse Walk to End Alzheimer’s is Thursday, Sept. 19, at Toyota of Pullman. Opening ceremony begins at 5:15 p.m. The three-mile walk will be on the Chipman Trail with walkers heading east toward Moscow and returning for the closing ceremony....
The Jennings Elementary School office is nearing completion, after a few delays keeping it unfinished and passing the goal of opening Aug. 15. Meanwhile, the Jennings gym improvements have been held back by an asbestos discovery. Colfax School District Superintendent Michael Morgan showed the school board the new office space Monday. The gym and office construction is all part of a $250,000 security and capital improvements levy passed in April. A new nurse’s room allows the nurse to see student...
Early Tuesday morning, several vehicles belonging to Harrison Electric in Colfax were burglarized on Sumner Street, according to information from the Colfax Police Department. Tools and miscellaneous items were taken from the vehicles. Surveillance video shows a white male approximately 6’-3” tall with a slender build breaking windows on the vehicles and removing items. The suveillance video indicates that the crimes occurred just after midnight. Colfax police officers are continuing to follow leads to establish a possible suspect. Anyone wit...
The Friends of Whitman County Library is sponsoring a Book Sale Blowout in the Colfax Library. To clear out a backlog of items, extra tables have been set up and many items reduced to half price. Hours of the sale are Mondays through Wednes-days from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. All proceeds benefit library programs and projects countywide. The library accepts quality materials for addition into the collection and also for the Friends of the Library sales stock. For...
Colfax High School administrators, board members, a teacher and a coach discussed the district’s no “D” grading policy at length Monday night. Gathered for a school board meeting were history teacher and Colfax Education Association President Ross Swan, Principal Buck Marsh, the board, Superintendent Michael Morgan and Colfax High softball coach Terry Eng. Colfax High School is one of a small number of districts in the state that does not include a “D” on its grading scale. It began in Colfax...
St. John School District voters will decide in November on a capital projects levy proposal that will pay for the remaining heating system replacement for the school. According to Superintendent Gary Wargo, the cost to complete the heating replacement project is estimated at $969,000. The levy would raise the money over three years beginning in 2014. Taxpayers would see an increase of $1.84 per $1,000 of assessed value in 2014, $1.80 per $1,000 in 2015 and $1.75 per $1,000 in 2016. If approved, the capital levy will begin to receive tax...
They’ve come from a firefighting helicopter, an ultralight, an ag plane and last year’s barrel mechanism from a string over Main Street. Ping pong balls have dropped over Palouse many different ways on the second weekend of September. This year, for the annual Palouse Days signature event, in which people grab ping pong balls for prizes, the dropping mechanism is undecided. “You want to find out how the ping pong balls are going to fall, you’ve gotta be on Main Street Saturday,” said Mike Mila...
Crews were at work last Thursday morning at Endicott to remove large tree branches which were downed along the playground in front of the Endicott School. The trees were hit by strong winds which swamped Endicott during Wednesday night’s storm, Sept. 4. Trees and limbs were reportedly downed in many areas of the town. Two of the trees in front of the school were snapped off. One snapped at about 12 feet up. It was located along the sidewalk between the two baseball fields on the east side of t...
The colorful lights of the Ferris wheel shine in the night sky as fairgoers enjoy rides, games, food and fun at the Palouse Empire Fair. More fair photographs in the B Section....
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BEVERLY MEDORA COOK, Deceased. NO. 13-4-00095-0 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.070) The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the...
