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Colfax boys and girls teams each booked a third-place finish Tuesday in a NE league meet hosted by Davenport at the Harrington Golf Course. Asotin runners again booked another power show with wins on both sides of the action. Asotin boys booked a 21 score with Thomas Weaklund finishing 46 seconds ahead of the field with a 15:53 clocking. Jacob Clark of Wilbur/Creston was second at 16:39. The Wildcats were second in team scores with a 65, and Colfax was third with an 84. Evelin Lopez of Soap Lake led the girls race with a 19:50 time, more than... Full story
Colton quarterback Brady Chadwick looks downfield on homecoming Oct. 6 as the Eagles’ Bailey Hartman chases. Colton's Cameron Bean caught the ball, sidestepped a tackler and bolted for the endzone. St. John/Endicott/ LaCrosse's No. 10, Terrell Webb, ran at him with the angle inside the five-yard-line. Colton's Grant Kinzer arrived, dropped his shoulder and bam! No. 10 went sliding eight yards past the sideline. Laid on his back, he looked up at the sky. Bean, in the endzone, flipped the ball t... Full story
Liberty's volleyball team will visit Colfax tonight for the second Bulldogs' homecoming match. The Lancers played the Bulldogs tough on their home court two weeks ago and are the lone league team to peg a game win over Colfax. Except for that Liberty dent, all Colfax league wins have been sweeps. Also, Colfax will host a third straight home league match Saturday when Reardan arrives for another league round. The Bulldogs this week added two more three-game league wins. They stopped Asotin Thursday at Asotin and then dropped Tekoa/Rosalia in...
Apparently, Colfax's Unified Executive Director Valoree Gregory does not mind going without sleep. Gregory has been conducting tours of the St. Ignatius Hospital building for the “Haunted Hospital,” and despite having more than 30 tours booked already, she has added 14 more. “I just keep adding tours. I just want to add as many as I can,” Gregory told the Gazette last week prior to adding the additional times. One of the tour times Gregory added – a three-hour tour on Friday, Oct. 28 – sold out quickly after the new times were posted, and...
The Pullman Chamber of Commerce is again teaming up with the Ports of Whitman, Clarkston and Lewiston for its annual Port tour. The tour will begin in Pullman at 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 4, with coffee and pastries at the Pullman Chamber of Commerce office. The bus will depart from the chamber office at 7:30 a.m., and it will return around 7:30 p.m. that same day. The Port tour will head to a variety of locations in Pullman and in the Lewiston-Clarkston areas. The Pullman stops include the WSU wheat research facility at the College of Agricultural,...
These life-size portraits depicting the fallen Lima Company 3/25 will be on display Nov. 7-11 at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston. The portraits were completed by Ohio artist Anita Miller. A traveling veteran's memorial will be on display at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston the second week in November. The “Eyes of Freedom” memorial, presented by the Lewis Clark Quilts of Valor Foundation, depicts life-size portraits of the fallen Lima Company 3/25, one of the hardest hit units in Operation Ira...
The Colfax School Board met Monday night. Topics discussed included approval of two Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA) policy updates, Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) testing, the upcoming WSSDA conference in Spokane, a report from a regional meeting in LaCrosse and an athletic complex update. The meeting opened with Jerry Pugh, superintendent, reporting on homecoming week activities and the start of contract negotiations with classified workers. “We had a great s...
The fire restrictions at Kamiak Butte, Wawawai and Klemgard County Parks were lifted starting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11. In addition, the campground at Kamiak Butte was reopened at that time. Tim Myers, Director of the Whitman County Parks and Recreation Department, indicated recent rains and cooler temperatures allow for the lifting of the fire restriction and opening of the Kamiak Butte campground. Visitors are reminded to be attentive to their campfires and to never leave a campire unattended.... Full story
Negotiations between Colfax School District administration and the classified employee's union began Wednesday, Oct. 5. School Supt. Jerry Pugh and Business Manager Reece Jenkin met with union representatives Rhonda Pittman and Sandy Heilsberg in an effort to negotiate a new contract. Last spring, as the current three-year contract had expired, the two sides agreed to extend the contract until a new deal could be negotiated this fall. “It'll be retroactive, probably,” Pugh commented. Bus dri...
The Pullman Police Department last week responded to “direct and indirect threats made via social media” against some individuals and entities within the Pullman community, according to a department press release. The department on Friday, Oct. 7, released a statement about the threats, but declined to comment on the nature of the threats other than to say they were against the Community Action Center and Gladish Community and Cultural Center. Extra patrol was provided to those places to ensure public safety. Later in the day, a subject was...
Apples lie at the foot of a lone tree on Steptoe Butte land sold last week to two couples intending to preserve it. In the background are more apple trees once tended by descendants of James Cashup Davis. The apple land has sold. Kent and Elaine Bassett of Bellevue bought the 437-plus acre Steptoe Butte parcel at auction in St. John Oct. 5, with partners Ray and Joan Folwell of Pullman. The price was $638,000, including a 10 percent buyer's fee. Kent, an ophthalmologist, graduated from Pullman...
The LaCrosse Café officially opened its doors last week on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Approximately 100 customers came through the doors each day last week. Proprietors are Darlene Kates, Julie Roberts and Soni Broeckel. The café will have special hours this weekend to mark the opening of deer hunting season. It has been 11 years since Darlene Kates and Julie Roberts have been in the café business, but it did not take the mother-daughter duo – this time with Roberts' daughter Soni Broeckel in on the acti...
A federal judge's ruling has re-opened the question of environmental impact of Columbia and Snake River dams. As a result, a series of meetings will be conducted around the northwest this fall to gather public input on the matter. Judge Michael Simon, United States District Judge for Oregon, ruled in May that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation had violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 “by failing to prepare an environmental impact statement in c...
Attendees line up outside the Tekoa Empire Theater in this 2011 photo for a jazz concert. Theater board members are seeking memorial donations to re-upholster seats, install a dance floor at the base of the stage and to replace windows above the Empire marquee. Tekoa Empire Theater's 2017 membership drive will include more rewards for donors, including mailings for free popcorn and movie showings. Organizers will offer three memorial donations. First will be continuing to re-upholster the seats... Full story
