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Elections are always important, but the stakes are particularly high this year with our economy stuck in neutral and threatening to slip into reverse. The economy will move forward only when employers feel confident enough to begin hiring. The choices voters make this November will either strengthen or weaken employer confidence. When you mark your ballot, ask yourself, “Will my vote help create real private-sector jobs for me and my family? Will my vote put us on the path to reducing our crushing federal debt? Will my vote begin to reverse y... Full story
THIS IS WRITTEN before the first presidential debate because it didn’t mesh with my deadline so I will have to deal with that later, but I look forward to watching it and the slew of other candidate debates in this final month before the election. I am anxious to see if the news people selected to ask the questions betray their bias. You’ll generally know where they stand by what media they represent. It was the same here during the 30 years I was an active political writer expected to give readers the who, what, why and wherefores without ind...
The lines are drawn and opinions are set. It is hard to remember when Americans were so divided and so antagonistic to opposing views. The last time may have been more than forty years ago during the Vietnam War. The national debate over it reached much the same volume as we are hearing now. Then, as now, opinions were entrenched and few would budge from their views. Opinions in this presidential election, whether expressed in the media or over a cup of coffee, are rigid and unforgiving. All the harsh noise reduces the chance for meaningful...
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. HOMECOMING PARADE TO RETURN Colfax High School and Colfax Police are working on plans to return the downtown rally parade to the Bulldogs’ homecoming festivities. Police Chief Rick McNannay reported the parade route most likely will be on Mill Street which has been the site of most Colfax town parades, including the Christmas parade, in past y...
STRANGE BUT TRUE • It was inventor Thomas Edison who made the following sage observation: “We don’t know a millionth of 1 percent about anything.” • Those who study such things say that chewing gum will reduce your recall ability by 10 percent. • As ostrich can run just as fast as a racehorse. • In 1972, an extraordinary birth occurred. On July 22 of that year, a woman in Rome gave birth a whopping 15 babies — five boys and 10 girls. The siblings were quindecaplets, though, obviously, that term doesn’t see much use. • You probably know that J....
Colfax Crawdads in the fall campaign this year, in back from the right are Coach Brian Jacobs, Tyler Nestegard, Brent Becker, Jarod Paul, Patrick Jacobs, Christopher Appel, Brock Morgan, Coach Jim Van Lith. Ball boys Mark Jacobs and Kyle Appel are in the middle. In front are Jeff Davies, Kaleb Schaub, Bryce Kramlich, Hunter Weitz, and Garrett Burke. Team member Roy Cochran was unable to be present for the photo. Colfax Crawdads posted two more wins over Pullman-Moscow Saturday to remain in eighth place in the Spokane Senior Babe Ruth... Full story
St. John/Endicott Eagle girls booked a perfect 15 team score Saturday in the Lake Roosevelt Invitational run which featured Coulee Dam in the background of the 2.8 mile course. The Eagles had five runners in the top six places, but they were allowed to compile a first -five score for the team entry. Clair McIntyre of Republic booked a number-four finish, but the Tigers lacked enough runners for a team entry. Heather Siegel again took the win with a time of 19:03. Other Eagles at the finish were Jordan Porubek, 2nd at 20:10; Shania Baile,y, 3rd... Full story
Former Colton quarterback Josh Straughan continues to lead Stillman College, an NCAA Division II school. Starting at quarterback as a true freshman, Straughan has directed Stillman to a 4-2 record with three consecutive league wins. Stillman has defeated Central State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College and Benedict College. Straughan came in the first game of the season during the fourth quarter with Stillman trailing Central State 7-20. He threw two touchdowns and led Stillman to a 28-27 win. He was named Most Valuable Player...
Asotin’s Panthers ran back the opening kick-off 86 yards for a touchdown against Tekoa/Oakesdale/ Rosalia Friday night, keying up a dominant retaliatory attack from the Nighthawks. “I was not very happy,” Coach Kaleb Madison said of the opening score. The Nighthawks responded to the opening Panther score by holding the Asotin attack to 75 total yards of offense in a 22-6 rout in the SE2B league match-up on the Panther’s home field. Madison credited his defensive line for again turning in a stellar game in shutting down the typically potent...
Nighthawk runners placed sixth in the Bullpup invitational Saturday on the NWC course at Colbert. The ‘hawks booked a team score of 208 behind the 33 point win posted by Lakeside runners in the team scoring. Scott Kopczynski of East Valley led a field of 56 runners in the boys varsity race with a 17:41. Finishing for the Nighthawks were Drew Howard, 30th at 20:59; Dillon Jacobs, 43rd at 22:48; Tanner Dingman, 45th at 23:11; Brent Curtis, 49th at 23:36; Dalton Jacobs, 50th at 23:38; Gage Merritt, 51st at 23:45, and Parker Perry, 52nd at 2...
1. Name the last time teams with the best-regular season records in each league met in the World Series. 2. When Al Lopez was manager of the White Sox between 1957 and 1965, how many seasons did Chicago win at least 90 games? 3. In 2010, Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson set the record for rushing yards for a quarterback (1,702). Who had held the mark? 4. Name the last NBA rookie before John Wall in 2010 to have at least seven assists in each of his first five games. 5. In 2012, the Los Angeles Kings set a record with 10 consecutive road... Full story
Reardan’s Indians came out of an NE battle with Colfax Friday with the right numbers in the right places to peg a 19-14 win over Colfax and advance to the top side of the still-new NE Big B football race. The Indians are now tied with Lind/Ritzville/Sprague with 2-0 marks in the NE with Colfax and Springdale, Friday’s guests at Schmuck Park, in the middle ranks at 1-1. Reardan’s win Friday marked the end of a Colfax league win string which had extended into its fifth season this year. “It think we played a great game, and they played a great g... Full story
LaCross/Washtucna Tigercasts and the Touchet Indians, two teams that have returned to form with wins in the SE Eights will collide Friday on the Washtucna field to determine slots at the top of the league race. The Tigercats are now tied with the Liberty Christian with 3-0 marks on top of the league. The Patriots, who are undefeated, are booked to play LW in two more weeks. Touchet will arrive at ‘tucna after a 56-20 win last Friday against a banged up Colton team. LACROSSE/ WASHTUCNA Friday pegged a 66-36 win at Pomeroy in a rugged battle. The... Full story
Colfax volleyball players pegged two more league wins and placed 12th in the Spokane Crossover classic tournament Saturday. The league wins put the Bulldogs up 5-0 in the race with two rounds left. Genesee’s Bulldogs will be here tonight for a non-leaguer, and the Bulldogs will travel to Davenport Saturday. They will be at St. George’s next Tuesday to wrap up the league campaign. Saturday in the big tournament at Spokane, Colfax ran three quick pool wins to land in the platinum bracket of the afternoon playoffs. The bracket for the top 16 tea...
Tekoa/Oakesdale and Colton remained at the head of the pack in the SE volleyball league race after the Tuesday round. The Nighthawks kept their string rolling top 5-0 with big wins at Palouse and Pomeroy in the last two rounds. Colton dropped the SJE Eagles Tuesday in three straight to remain in the hunt at 4-0. The loss was the first for the Eagles. Today, the `hawks will play at Rosalia, and Colton will make the long trip to Touchet. The two league leaders are booked to collide in their league match in the Tuesday round at Oakesdale. TEKOA/...
Tekoa’s extensive water project has been named “Best Drinking Water Project” in the state of Washington by the Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Council (IACC). “For good use of a variety of funding sources to solve a variety of problems,” said Jim Wilson, Regional Manager of the Rural Communities Assistance Corporation, and one of two main reviewers for the award. “For a town of their size, it’s a darn big project.” The award was given Oct. 3 in Wenatchee at the IACC annual conference. Tekoa Mayor John Jaeger and City Clerk Kynda Bro...
THURSDAY QVC guest host Cassie Slane grabbed her chest and fainted while plugging an Android tablet for kids. The camera cut away after she fell into co-host Dan Wheeler’s arms. Wheeler, like a pro, kept listing the benefits of the Android tablet while the camera cut to a close-up of the device. A new dinosaur named Pegomastax africanus, which is the size of a house cat and described as a cross between “a bird, a vampire and a porcupine,” was identified in a piece of rock from South Africa by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Seren... Full story
He left his place in Farmington to go get a permit at the county courthouse in Colfax. “What kind of farm equipment shed do you want to build?” they asked. It wasn’t a farm equipment shed he wanted to build. “What kind of farm building is it?” He explained it wasn’t a farm building. “What kind of farming do you do?” He wasn’t a farmer, he said. “So what do you do?” He ran an audio component business, he said. “She was looking at me like a cow looking at a new gate,” said Mark Hellinger, the man...
The Palouse city council began a 2013 budget review in a meeting Sept. 25. Mayor Echanove told the council they need to cut about $25,000 from the budget, noting that he hopes to restore pay levels to where they were a year ago before the city enacted a three percent pay cut because of a budget bind. “We’ve been fine,” Echanove told council. “Well, fine’s about to go away. Let me report to you, though, the sky is not falling.” He then proceeded to take the council through the city’s current spending status. Echanove resumed where he left off a...
Colfax Airport Road will be closed to thru traffic for three weeks starting Monday to let construction crews replace two 15-foot culverts as part of Whitman County’s rebuild of the road. Traffic through the weekend will still be limited to a construction zone speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Public Works Director Mark Storey said the county is closing the road to allow workers from M.A. DeAtley of Clarkston, contractor on the rebuild, to replace a twin-culvert bridge that spans Rebel Flat Creek just east of the Duncan Springs Road i...
Martin Hall, the juvenile detention facility in Medical Lake to which Whitman County sends its underage offenders, will stay open for at least another year. Commissioner Pat O’Neill reported Oct. 1 the board of directors of the nine-county consortium that oversees Martin Hall’s operations voted Sept. 27, to keep it open for one more year. The directors considered closing the facility because the number of youths being housed there has not been enough to cover operating costs. O’Neill, who sits on the Martin Hall board as Whitman Count...
A public hearing on the future of the Community Education and Training Center building in Colfax will take place before Whitman County commissioners Oct. 29. Commissioners Monday received an appraisal of the building’s value in an executive session Monday before deciding to set the hearing. “Let’s get this process started and see what we come up with,” said Commissioner Pat O’Neill. The county took possession of the building, the former Colfax Elks Club, from the Port of Whitman County. Its roof collapsed under a heavy snow load in January 2009...
Greens fees are undetermined and there are no tee times. The first pin is a long dogleg right from Albion, down a ravine off of Armstrong Road. The second is at the other end of the same fairway from the first. “The Link at River Farm” is a creation of John Anderson, who began the two-hole golf course on his property three years ago. “I’ve always been an avid golfer and just decided that building a two-hole golf course is a good idea,” Anderson said, while watering young trees along the fairw...
Growers in the two-year-old Kentucky Bluegrass seeds suit have negotiated a settlement with the Scotts Co., but a month-long trial in the suit remains on the court docket with a start set for Monday. Scotts Co. and Seeds, Inc., Tekoa, two of the defendants listed in the original suit, are expected to continue their dispute in the giant civil suit which to date has involved two partial summary judgments totaling in the $10 million range. Most of the court sessions to date have involved disputes between Scotts and Seeds, Inc., which signed...
Riley Westney, 13, of Colfax conducts the Hullabaloo train Saturday afternoon on its Main Street sidewalk route. Hundreds of festivants hit the streets of Colfax for the annual Autumn celebration Saturday. More pictures from the events of the Hullabaloo are featured on page 9....
