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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. RAIN ENDS 38-DAY DRY SPELL Rain Monday night totaled 0.14 inches at the Natural Resource Conservation Service station on the south hill in Colfax. The 0.14 was the first precipitation recorded for Colfax since Aug. 15 when a scant .06 was recorded. LaCrosse weather observer Nancy Taylor recorded a .04 rainfall on Sept. 3. Normal rainfall total... Full story
“I draw cartoons to piss people off. That’s what I do. That’s my job description.” These were editorial cartoonist Milt Priggee’s opening remarks last Thursday, Sept. 18, when he appeared at the United Methodist Church in Colfax. Priggee’s presentation was sponsored by the Whitman County Library and Colfax Rotary Club. Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau partnered with the library and Rotary Club to bring Priggee to Colfax. He also appeared at the Neill Library in Pullman that night. Prig...
A former pastor from Deer Park is thanking Colfax first responders for the kindnesses he experienced after a car accident. Pastor Stewart Mackey and his wife, Kathy, were traveling on a snow covered Highway 195 near the Rosalia rest stop Dec. 12, 2013, when an oncoming car hit black ice and slammed into them. Mackey will be at Main Street Books Saturday, Oct. 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. signing books. For every book sold, he will donate $10 toward the Colfax Volunteer Firefighters. “I regained consciousness after the air bags deflated,” he said. Mac... Full story
Port of Whitman County commissioners Sept. 18 approved a capital improvement plan for the port’s Business Air Center at Colfax. The $2.3 million project slated for 2015 includes runway construction, lighting and taxiway rehabilitation among other improvements. Debbie Snell, port properties and development manager, said the FAA will pay 90 percent of the cost of the project, state DOT five percent and the port will pay the remaining five percent. Teri Hielsburg, port accountant, told commissioners that state auditors submitted the audit r...
Lindsay Webber of Colfax has been named grand prize winner of the “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest” sponsored by FMC Corp. Webber will receive the $5,000 grand prize after being named one of four finalists after receiving an initial $5,000 prize. The grand prize winner was determined by popular vote via the internet. Webber, 20, is the daughter of Jon and Angie Webber of Colfax. She is a sophomore at Baylor University in Texas. As one of the four finalists, she traveled to Nashville to...
Southeast 1B football extended into league play this week with Colton and Garfield-Palouse remaining unbeaten. The Vikings will meet Touchet Friday in Palouse for what promises to be a major test. Colton 62, LaCrosse-Washtucna 0 A 56-yard touchdown pass from Carter Dahmen to Lane Moore began the scoring last Friday afternoon in Colton. The Wildcats next drive began on LaCrosse-Washtucna’s 2-yard line after a high snap on a punt. Colton scored quickly on a two-yard run from Tristan Blewitt and th...
Northwest Christian dominated the NE league cross country race at Colfax Tuesday by putting the first four runners across the finish line. Jack Ammon of NWC led the pack with a 16:14 time over the 5K flat course around the Colfax golf course. The fourth runner for NWC, Ben Alford, clocked an even 17.0 St. George’s, which defeated NWC last week on the Dragon’s campus course, was not at the Colfax race under an NE plan to stage two league runs on the same date at different courses. Alicia Kne...
Colfax volleyball team booked a sweep Saturday at Okanogan to win the seventh straight championship at the Okanogan tournament. The Bulldogs waged the day-long campaign with just one game loss which came at the start of the championship game against the host Okanogan team. Okanogan, which has dropped down to the 2B division from the A division, was cranked up to stop the Bulldogs after advancing to the title round of their own tourney for the first time in three years. They took the opener...
St. John and Oakesdale volleyball teams are booked to collide tonight after advancing their win strings to for 4-0 in the Tuesday league round. Tonight’s match will be a Oakesdale. St. John Endicott nipped Pomeroy Tuesday in a five-game battle on the Pirates’ court, and Oakesdale rolled past Liberty Christian in a three-game win on their home court. In other league action, Colton pegged another league win with a three-gamer over Garfield Palouse on the home court, and LWK topped Touchet at Was...
Colfax fans of the Rolling Hills Derby Dames, who have been featured in two Concrete River Days performances, can see the locals take on the Columbia Basin team from Moses Lake at 8 p.m. next Friday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m....
Northwest Christian will arrive in town Friday to take on the Bulldogs in this year’s football homecoming edition at Schmuck Park. The Crusaders, who sustained a 7-21 loss to Reardan last week, will arrive with a 2-1 record in the league. Host Colfax will aim to extend their 3-0 record to 4-0 in front of the home crowd. Northwest Christian has been playing without a senior on their club. Their starting quarterback, David Olds, was injured in the first round game and is not expected to be in action Friday at Colfax. Colfax last Friday came o...
Final prices for the two properties sold Sept. 16 at an auction conducted by Kincaid Real Estate were $467,500 for the Manning property which included the covered former railroad bridge and $264,000 for farmland in the Farmington area. Last week’s Gazette listed the top bids for the two properties, but the final price included a 10 percent buyer’s premium.... Full story
The Cold Storage building in St. John may finally be seeing its last days. St. John city officials are advertising for someone to tear down the building which has become a liability, according to town Clerk Linda Hayes. She said not only is the building full of asbestos, the roof is close to caving in. Paul Sands of Spokane donated the building to the city of St. John in April of 2013. Sands acquired the building from Bob Thompson, the last operator of market. “We were hoping to sell it, and there was a guy who was interested in buying it, b... Full story
The driver had veered toward the shoulder and corrected, but the Toyota Camry was in the wrong lane of Highway 195 Friday morning, Sept. 12. “Witnesses reported the car straightening out and it stayed there,” said Whitman County Coroner Pete Martin. A semi-truck was approaching in the southbound lane and the two vehicles collided head-on. Sam Thompson, 20, of Colfax, died instantly of blunt trauma/massive chest injuries. “Everything indicates that he was under the impression he was in the northbound lane,” Martin said. “He had centered in the l...
Nancy Taylor of LaCrosse was honored by the National Weather Service Saturday for more than 40 years of service in the Cooperative Weather Observer program with a ceremony at the forecast office in Spokane. She was presented with the agency’s 2014 Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding service. The Jefferson award is the agency’s most prestigious, and Saturday’s presentation to Nancy was the only one presented this year to a cooperative weather observer from the Western Region. John Livin... Full story
NOTICE OF A MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (M-DNS) The Whitman County Planning Office issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (M-DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Acts Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Chris Heitstuman, in conjunction with the Palouse Conservation District, is proposing to stabilize stream banks, decrease soil erosion and increase flood capacity on 8.5 acres of Union Flat Creek, Cow Creek and Thorn Creek. The location of the project is east of Uniontown on Uniontown East... Full story
A backyard falconry project in Garfield is now underway after the city granted permission under its fowl policy. An exception was made to a city ordinance – which only allows for three fowl in certain zones – for new resident Landon Moore, who trains falcons for abatement, the practice of using the predator birds to reduce crop damage by pest birds. Moore and his wife, Marcie Logsdon, appeared before the city council in August to ask permission. “We didn’t want to start off stepping on toes,” Mo... Full story
Former Farmingon Mayor Ron Dugan is preparing to send letters to the town’s 90 voters regarding the upcoming levy proposal to be decided in November. It will be a second attempt to pass current expense and street maintenance ballots this year. The vote regarding $9,000 for the streets and $6,000 for current expense failed on the Aug. 4 primary ballot. Farmington voters have turned down similar levies in 2008 and 2011 – some twice in the same year. Dugan is taking this up on his own accord. “It...
A group of 15 Shelby American Cobra cars made their way through Whitman County Sept. 19 on the “Cobra 1,000,” an annual 1,000-mile tour. For the 25th year of the tour, the group began in Stevenson, Wash., two days before coming to Whitman County. The roadsters carry the name of Carroll Shelby, who was a race car driver and builder. “His whole goal in life was to kick Enzo Ferrari’s (butt),” said Brendan Finn of Marin County, Calif., one of the owners who stopped in Colfax. The body was desig... Full story
