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Some time Congressman Joe Wilson’s (R from South Carolina) outburst “You Lie” during President Obama’s address to Congress Sept 9th was understandable. The Republicans were tuned in to their former president, George Bush, who seldom answered a question or made a statement that wasn’t a lie. They expect the president to lie. However, they will have to get used to the upstanding, dedicated to the truth, and honest president that now graces the White House. It may take some time. Joan Harris, Pullman Health care Regarding Adele Ferguson...
Brandy and Andrew Davis Their commute is 38 miles one way. They are tag-teaming a full-time schedule of hours, and they are trying to manage care for their three children. When the couple who opened Oakesdale Café last week was asked how they were going to keep this all together, Brandy and Andrew Davis both had the same answer. “With God standing behind us, who can be against us?” Andrew responded quickly in an interview with the Gazette Sept. 11. They opened for business last Wednesday, Sept. 9. The duo said they will serve home cooking for b...
When President Obama addressed Congress and the nation on the need for health-care reform, he brushed off medical malpractice lawsuit abuse with a cursory acknowledgment of the problem. He said he doesn’t think it’s a “silver bullet” but has directed Health and Human Services Director Kathleen Sebelius to “move forward” on it. With all due respect, that doesn’t cut it. Medical malpractice should be a central tenet of this massive health-care overhaul. Brushing the problem aside only inflates the $900 billion needed to pay for the reforms over...
Question: If strikes by public school teachers are illegal, how can the Kent teachers do it and get away with it? Answer: They refuse to obey the law that says public employees have no right to strike unless they are given the right by the Legislature, which has not occurred with them. They also cling to the fact that the Legislature has not specifically denied teacher strikes. Question: Why hasn’t the Legislature done one or the other? Answer: It hasn’t OK’d strikes because there are more non-teacher voters than teachers and that would tick...
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Dam breaching option of last resort The Obama Administration has come up with a plan for the restoration of the endangered and threatened salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The plan follows much of what the Bush Administration had proposed. The fundamental difference is that the new plan holds the possibility of breaching Snake River dams if other efforts to restore the runs prove to be ineffective. Breaching the dams in the new plan is the solution of “last resort” and would require approval of Congress. The option was not part of... Full story
Pressure gauge check Next Wednesday, Sept. 23, Fran Maxwell, WSU Whitman County Master Food Preserver, will be in the extension office at Colfax to test pressure canner lids for accuracy and answer food preservation questions from 10 a.m. until noon. Residents are encouraged to bring canner lids to the office for an annual check-up. Medicare session set Aging and Long Term Care of Eastern Washington will host a presentation on Medicare in the Whitman Hospital & Medical Center annex Building Tuesday, Sept, 22, beginning at noon. The...
Next week, Sept. 21-25, a work crew will repair a portion of the asphalt surface on the Bill Chipman Palouse Trail located at mile marker one near the Wheatland Express lot east of Pullman. The contractor will post the area as they carry out their work. The trail will remain open; however, trail users will be required to use a detour for a short unpaved portion during this work. Visitors could experience short delays, according to Tim Myers, parks department director....
Colfax Citywide Ministry plans to host a “Fifth Quarter” sessions this fall after Colfax home football games. Friday’s opener against Pomeroy was followed by a gathering in the main shelter at Schmuck Park after Friday’s Pomeroy game. Pizza, a post-game report from Coach Mike Morgan and highlight videos by Todd Kinley were on the agenda....
Colfax junior Kellen Morgan puts the stops on Pomeroy back Ethan McGee during one of the Bulldogs' defensive stands Friday night. Bulldog back Tyler McNannay sheds Pomeroy's Tyler Reisdorph at the corner Friday in the big win at Schmuck Park. Damon Buck (9) gets ready for added escort service. DeSales Irish, a team Colfax defeated twice last year, can be expected to arrive with a wide open offense and a veteran QB to test the Bulldogs at Schmuck Park Friday night. Coach Mike Morgan said he expects the Irish attack will be in direct contrast wit...
Shaina Simonson and Megan Pearson of the Bulldogs go up to stop a hit from Davenport's Danie Hannemann. Colfax volleyball launched their season Saturday with a five-game home win over Davenport in a non-league sampler. The Gorilla girls put the Bulldogs in a 1-2 hole, but Colfax battled back to tie it up at 2-2 and then staked out a lead in the fifth game decider. Tuesday the Bulldogs traveled north to play Lakeside, a traditional foe from the A division days. They made the trip with two middle blockers out of the lineup and bowed to a tough Ea...
LaCrosse/Washtucna/Kahlotus and Colton both took to the road Friday and came back with power wins. The Tigercats hammered a new Sunnyside Christian team 56-6 in a rendezvous game at Burbank, and Colton defeated Salmon River 24-16 after rolling south across the Camas Prairie to Riggins. Because Sunnyside Christian has been added to the 1B league this year, Friday’s win at Burbank gives LWK the notch in the new league campaign. The Tigercats this week will attempt to move their record to 3-0 when they roll south to Echo, Ore. Coach Jeff Nelson s...
Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia, a team with a lot of veterans, pegged a 32-6 win over Liberty at Tekoa Friday, while the Garfield/ Palouse Vikings, who graduated a lot of veterans, sustained a 22-7 loss at Springdale. TOR Coach Ken Lindgren said he was impressed with how his veteran line played against the Lancers, but noted the real test of their prowess begins this week against Reardan. “There were some things we did really well. But we’re going to have to put it all together if we’re going to do well in our next four games,” said Lindgre...
Three county volleyball teams came up with big wins Tuesday. Colton and LaCrosse/ Washtucna booked wins against 1B foes in the first round, and the Nighthawks dispatched Dayton, in a SE 2B matchup. LaCROSSE/WASHTUCNA, which graduated just three seniors off last year’s title team, dropped Touchet in three straight Tuesday at Washtucna, 25-17 26-10 and 25-9. Chelsea McKay booked 12 kills and four blocks. Gladys Martinez had 11 assists and 4 digs. The Tigercats tonight, Thursday, will host Tekoa/Oakesdale at Washtucna in an early test between 1... Full story
Morgan Willson of Colfax led the pack Tuesday in the girls race at Mary Walker of Springdale with a 17.09 clocking. Willson also took a win for the Bulldogs in their first outing, a two-miler at Northwest Christian Sept. 5. Cody Wuestney and Brandon McAdams also ran Tuesday at Springdale and finished in the middle of the pack....
Phil Hergert of Colfax hit a hole-in-one on hole eight Monday evening at the Colfax Golf course. Hergert used a five wood to drive into the wind on the 170-yard hole. Ross Swan and Christopher Wahl witnessed the shot. Hergert was covered by hole-in-one insurance, according to Ed Glaser, golf club manager....
Danny Alires of Moxee scored a 74 Sunday to tie for first place in the saddle bronc event. Wranglers in the Palouse Empire Rodeo took home a total payout of $14,845 after the three go-rounds during the fair at Mockonema. The local association again added $3,500 to the entry fees for the day. Biggest individual purse of the day went to Brian Hill of Lewiston who clocked 10.22 in tie down roping on Sunday for $675 in first place money. Grandi Oro and Tommye Flenniken of Weiser, Idaho, hit a 4.89 right off the top in Sunday’s team roping to take h...
THURSDAY Two German cargo ships passed through the fabled Northeast Passage along Russia’s Arctic-facing north shore without the help of icebreakers. The trip was possible because of the reduction in the polar ice cap, said shipping company Beluga Shipping Gmbh. Chuck and Polly Berendes of LaCrosse, Wis., celebrated the one-day birthday of son Henry Michael. Henry was born Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 9:09 a.m. and weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces. Leonard Rhomberg, 68, was given a cake, gifts and a St. Louis Cardinals jersey in recognition for his 50 y... Full story
Palouse residents may soon see their water and sewer bills increase if the city council votes in a proposed six percent tax on utilities. Because the town’s general fund has been receiving less in city assistance funds from the state, the city is considering other ways of increasing revenue. Also contributing to the revenue bind is a steep drop in the interest rates off the state investment pool where cities and towns park excess funds. Interest earning for the state Local Government Investment Pool has dropped to .45 percent from 5.2 percent i...
Farmers registered with the Washington Department of Revenue for tax exemptions on agricultural materials can renew their permits for 2010, the state agency announced last week. The exemption applies to farmers who purchase feed, seed, seedlings, fertilizer and pesticide to produce agricultural products on land they legally control. Forms for the reseller permit are available on the DOR web site or at any DOR office. Farmers can take tax exemptions without having registered with the agency through the Farmers’ Certificate for Wholesale Purchase...
Lamont Republican Art Swannack has endorsed Pat Hailey of Mesa for 9th district state representative in the general election. Swannack reported his endorsement in a letter to the Gazette Monday. Swannack in his letter said both general election finalists, Republicans Haley and Susan Fagan of Pullman, had asked him for an endorsement. He said after much consideration he decided to back Hailey because she had a good combination of skills, including serving schools, operating a farm and knowledge of how Olympia works. Swannack actually out-polled...
Ron Kile, holding microphone, explains his direct seed drill to farmers. Direct seed systems can help farmers hold down input costs by limiting the amount of fertilizer and fuel needed to plant a crop. Unfortunately, they also come with a six-figure price tag which can be a burden for farmers who already face high costs for farming equipment. Tuesday morning, the Palouse-Rock Lake Conservation District and the Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association showed scores of farmers different types of direct seed drills can do and informed them of... Full story
TEA Party protesters serve up signs at Codger Park in Colfax. A little over a dozen people gathered Saturday for a “TEA Party” to protest what they consider a lack of fiscal restraint from the federal government. The gathering at the Colfax Codger park on Main Street was in support of a national TEA Party march on Washington, D.C. the same day. Local organizer Denise Culbertson said more than two million people were reported to have taken part in the protest at the nation’s capital. The TEA party tag derived from an acronym for Taxed Enough Alr...
Residents of Palouse are encouraged to attend a community meeting Sept. 30 to give their opinion on what the future Brownsfield project should look like. Any and all ideas will be welcomed at the public meeting, which will start at 7 p.m. in the Garfield/ Palouse High School gymnasium. Representatives from the consulting firm, Maul Foster and Alongi (MFA), along with Palouse city staffers, the state department of ecology (DOE), and others will be in attendance. The Brownsfield project is on the site of a former oil distributor in the 400 block...
A counter claim for damages in excess of $25,000 was included in the response filed last week by the town of Rosalia to the Josh Bryan motorcycle rally suit. The town’s response, filed by Spokane Attorney Daniel Stowe, alleged Bryan failed to perform the duties and obligations called for in a licensing agreement he made with the town. Among the failures, the response said Bryan didn’t conduct a rally in the town for the last two years and conducted the rally at another location. A response was also filed by Ritzville attorney LR. Rusty McG...
