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After a blast of points and a 20-20 tie in the first half Friday night, the Colfax Bulldogs tuned up their defense in the second half and posted two more scores for a 33-20 win over the Davenport Gorillas. The win left the Bulldogs at 3-0 for NE league standings with a non–leaguer against Orofino set this Friday night for homecoming. Colfax Coach Mike Morgan said the big step for the young Colfax team against Davenport was learning how to play tough against a solid NE team. Much of the B...
Colfax volleyball team went back on the road again Tuesday night for a three-game league win at Ritzville over the Broncos. The Bulldogs dropped LRS 25-19 25-28 and 25-13 Tuedsday's trip to Ritzville concluded a seven-match string on the road for the Bulldogs who will be idle this weekend and host Springdale Tuesday. Taylor Larsen rapped another seven aces against the Broncos and booked 11 kills. Setter Kori Goodwin put up 23 assists. The Bulldogs made the trip to Ritzville Tuesday night after a big run Friday and Saturday at the Spokane...
Northwest Christian Crusaders took team wins Tuesday when NE teams made a Colfax stop in the pouring rain. The runners covered three miles with two loops around the perimeter of the Colfax Golf course. Coach Jamie Kinley credited the golf crew with helping launch the meet in the difficult conditions. The Bulldogs this year opted to move the race site from the Colfax Trail, a move which turned out fortunate given the conditions for race day. Northwest Christian boys took the team honors with 18 points with a one-two finish. Brian Henry won with...
The Port of Whitman County recently launched its newly redesigned web site at www.portwhitman.com. The web site has undergone a major graphic makeover with updated colors, fonts and a photo slide show on the home page. “The featured port and community videos load much faster and are great fun to watch,” said Debbie Snell, port properties and development manager. The port paid $6,000 for the redesign along with quarterly and semi-monthly maintenance. The project took about five months, Snell said. RocketGui of Spokane which does programming and...
Whitman County Commissioner Art Swannack Monday reported that the Martin Hall board is beginning to work on the 2014 budget. Swannack represents the county on the juvenile facility’s board. He said the Community Council and Correctional Services staff requested an increase of $49,000 on its base contract because of the increased number of juvenile offenders in the hall. Swannack also said the overall Martin budget likely will see a three percent increase. Although Whitman County is far below its budgeted number of 912 juvenile offenders with j...
Pullman League of Women Voters will sponsor a brown bag discussion with Jeff Guyett, executive director of the Community Action Center Oct. 17 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Community Congregational Church, 525 Campus Ave. in Pullman. He will discuss CAC activities and volunteer activities. Free parking is available in the lot next to the church at the corner of Campus and Opal Streets.... Full story
Work on the addition and remodeling of Tick Klock Drug store on Main Street in Colfax began last week. The building permit listed the cost of the project at $50,000. Thompson & Sons Construction of Chatteroy is the contractor for the remodeling in the space formerly occupied by Main Street Books. The adjoining store space on the north side of the present building will be linked by an arch. About 65 percent of the addition will be used for retail displays and the remaining space will be used for...
Changes may be coming to the Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa. In the past two months, discussion by Mayor John Jaeger and the city council has centered on bringing electricity to the hilltop property to allow for better access to water. “We just have a hard time getting enough water on it to keep it green,” said Jaeger. “It’s really important to have your cemetery looking really nice. It says something about your town.” In August, Mike Jeffries of B&B Sprinklers in Spokane gave an estimate...
A Palouse resident submitted a petition of 93 signatures against placing a proposed skate park in Hayton Greene Park. Kelly Dow collected signatures on Palouse Day, Sept. 14, which endorsed the statement; “Petition to Save Our Park – By signing below I acknowledge that while I may or may not support a skate park, I oppose a skate park be built anywhere within our beautiful city park.” Dow reported her results to the Palouse City Council Sept. 24, saying she spent four hours on Palouse Day collecting the signatures. Of the 93 names, 30 are n...
The Vollmer Building in Uniontown continues on its way to reinvigoration. Bought at auction by the Uniontown Community Development Association in the summer of 2012, the 1889 building has been cleaned out. Stoves, sinks and a handicapped-accessible bathroom have been added. After a recurring leak over the winter, the roof was resurfaced this summer. Meanwhile the façade on the front near the garage door and above the main door were removed, revealing the building’s original brick work. Last Ap...
A Palouse resident submitted a petition of 93 signatures against placing a proposed skate park in Hayton Greene Park. Kelly Dow collected signatures on Palouse Day, Sept. 14, which endorsed the statement; “Petition to Save Our Park – By signing below I acknowledge that while I may or may not support a skate park, I oppose a skate park be built anywhere within our beautiful city park.” Dow reported her results to the Palouse City Council Sept. 24, saying she spent four hours on Palouse Day collecting the signatures. Of the 93 names, 30 are n...
Whitman County department managers began budget reviews with commissioners Oct. 3. For the preliminary budget process, each department manager related the background of the department, the current budget for the department, how many employees are in the department and the department’s function. Gary Petrovich, county administrative director, said the departments make the presentations every year. “This is also to give the new commissioners background information about the departments,” he said, referring to commissioners Art Swannack and Dean...
When Jim Irwin finally found his great-grandmother’s grave at the Lone Pine Cemetery, he got so excited, he fell over and needed help getting back up. “I thought my great-grandmother was giving me a bad time for taking so long to find her,” Irwin said. “It was a jungle,” he said. “The lilacs had just taken over. You couldn’t walk through them. We had to make trails around the graves.” Irwin, who lives in Walla Walla, is just one of a group of Friends of the Lone Pine Cemetery which is located on...
Colfax Rosauers employees made a deal with store managers that if they raised more than $300 for the American Diabetes Association employees could smash cream pies The employees did. So on Tuesday night, freshly baked cream pies were brought to the front of the store where employees got their wishes. Above, Laurie McNeilly smashes a cream pie into the face of service manager Kiyomi VanTine as floor manager Jim Stube waits for his turn.... Full story
NOTICE OF NOVEMBER 5, 2013 GENERAL ELECTION Whitman County is a Vote by Mail County. A ballot will be mailed to each active registered voter in Whitman County on October 18th. Please contact Whitman County Election Department at 509-397-5284 if you did not receive a ballot or need a replacement ballot. All returned ballots must have postage. Voter’s requiring assistance: Election ballots, registration forms, voting assistance for elderly and disabled persons are available at the Whitman County Elections Department, or you may call 5...
