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“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life” ~ John 6:47 I once heard about an atheist who was on his deathbed. Just before he died, his life-long friend said to him, “hold on…hold on man…hold on as long as you can”. To this the dying man replied, “Hold on to what?” Mankind has always searched for something to “hold on to” in life…especially when life is drawing to a close. And there is something in all of us that tells us that (A) there is “something more” in life that we crave…that we are “hungry for” and “thirs...
This photo of “The Carley,” a grinding machine which was produced by the Colfax Iron Works around the turn of the century, was mailed to Colfax City Hall last Tuesday by Danna Dal Porto of Quincy. She reported she took the photo at the Whitehorse Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. The Dal Portos traveled through gold country in Alaska and Yukon in the spring of 2009. They discovered the machine on display at the museum which is dedicated to the history of the Gold Rush. Colfax Iron Works derived from a merger of Carley Brothers Iron Wor...
This article contains a mix of facts and my personal opinions. The opinions are not necessarily the opinion of the hospital commissioners or other staff members of Whitman Hospital. I want to alert you to an upcoming ballot initiative that can hurt education and health care for Washington children. If passed, ballot initiative I-1107 will eliminate recently enacted taxes on soda, bottled water, candy and gum. The taxes are small. For example, the soda tax is two cents per can. American Beverage Association has poured a remarkable amount of...
Colfax and Reardan, lone undefeated league teams after September, will collide Friday at Readan in a game which figures to be a key point in the Bi-County race. The Bulldogs will travel north to Reardan after defeating Liberty 56-14 in the second league round at Spangle. Reardan will host after a 21-20 non-league battle with a tough Kittitas team. “Reardan always plays tough. They’re a hard hitting team, and they come in prepared to play football,” Colfax Coach Mike Morgan noted. Again this year, speedster Chace Bell will key the Reardan attac...
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Whitman County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Monday, October 4, 2010, at 11:30 A.M. in their Chambers, Courthouse, Colfax, Washington, for the purpose of receiving public comment associated with a proposed zone change for five (5) parcels of land currently in the South Pullman-Moscow Corridor District (Sunshine Road area) to the Agricultural District. Any interested individuals may attend said hearing and speak for or against the proposed zoning code modification....
