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Tekoa/Oakesdale and Pomeroy wrapped up the SE campaign with wins Tuesday to bag the top two slots in the district playoff which will crank up next Wednesday in the Colfax gym. The two leaders get a bye in the first round while the next four finishers pair off in the first round. SE NET STANDINGS Tekoa/Oakesdale 14-1 Pomeroy 12-2 Colton 10-4 St. John/Endicott 8-6 Garfield Palouse 6-8 LaCrosse Washtucna 3-11 Rosalia 3-11 Touchet 1-13 Winners in the first round will go up against the two leaders in the second round Wednesday. First round matches...
THURSDAY NASA officials reported a find of several hundred pounds of water, silver, mercury and other chemicals from a rocket crash into the permanently shadowed crater Cabeus last October. Suffolk County, New York, created the nation’s first animal abuser registry. Similar to a sex offender registriy, the list names adults who have been convicted of high-level crimes against animals. FRIDAY Astronomers reported a smudge seen by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope has been confirmed as the oldest galaxy ever seen. By measuring the intensity of... Full story
Ronald T. Skavaril, 48, Issaquah, was unhurt Sunday morning when the 1999 Ford pickup he was driving struck a deer on Highway 195 about a mile south of Colfax. He was driving northbound at 7 a.m. when the deer jumped in front of the truck....
A rural district fire crew was called out by report of a fire along the Airport Road south of Colfax Friday at 6:56 p.m. The fire turned out to be a small debris fire near the east end of the runway. A shovel was used to extinguish the fire.... Full story
A three-year-old damage suit against the town of Endicott was ordered dismissed without costs last Wednesday in Whitman County Superior Court. Jimmie and Patricia Britton, who had filed the damage suit, appeared in court for trial Oct. 11 and told the judge they did not have an attorney and didn't plan to present witnesses or evidence. Filed Oct. 7, 2007, by the late Ronald B. Webster of Colfax, the suit sought damages alleged sustained by Jimmie Britton while crossing Machin Street in Endicott in August of 2004. Britton alleged a faulty cover... Full story
Skyrocketing costs of health insurance are diminishing Whitman County’s public agencies’ abilties to perform their services. Cities, counties, schools and hospitals are seeing greater percentages of their budgets go toward making sure their employees have medical insurance. Perhaps the most significant impact of insurance costs falls on the area’s school districts. Schools are bound by state standards to contribute $768 per month to the health insurance plans of their employees. For the 69 full-time employees at the Colfax School Distr...
Colfax Parks Superintendent Steve Larkin dampens one of the autumn joys of the youth of Colfax as he uses his lawn tractor to mow up a mass of crunchy autumn leaves from the Hamilton Park lawn. Rest assured, young Colfax, despite Mr. Larkin’s efforts, there are more trees, and there will be more leaves to pile up....
The pause button has been hit on the Port of Whitman County’s $12 million project to build an information pipeline connecting the Palouse with Spokane. The port has still not signed a contract to receive grant funds, reported Joe Poire, port executive director, and Bruce Ensley, the port’s attorney, to port commissioners at their meeting Monday morning. The port in March was awarded $10 million in federal stimulus money as part of an overarching statewide project to bring broadband internet to rural Washington. Northwest Open Access Net...
The body of 16-year-old Dylan Mahan-Treese was found under a bridge in Palouse last Saturday, Oct. 23, 13 days after he is presumed to have died. Palouse Police Chief Jerry Neumann said the father of the 16-year-old had reported him as a runaway Oct. 11. That is believed to be the day the he died. Mahan-Treese was found under the end of the Church Street bridge over the former Great Northern railroad approach into Palouse. Whitman County Coroner Pete Martin is awaiting results of a toxicology test that will rule out or confirm an accidental...
Under public pressure to resign, Colfax School Superintendent Michael Morgan told the Gazette Tuesday that decision is now in the hands of the school board. “It is the board’s responsibility to choose who they want. If they are interested in me continuing, then it’s back in my ball park for me to decide,” Supt. Morgan said. A faction of the school district called for the resignation of the superintendent next June at a 59-strong meeting Monday night, coupled with another’s groups equally passionate call for him to stay. Board chairman...
(SEE ELECTION LEGAL IN WEEKLY PAPER TAB, PAGE B9) NOTICE OF SEPA MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (M-DNS) Whitman County Planning issued a Mitgated Determination of Nonsignificance (M-DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (Chapter 197-11 WAC) for the following project: Palouse Grain Growers has applied for a conditional use permit to add three grain elevators, replace the existing dump shed with a larger dump shed, and expand the scale in length and capacity. The Whitman County Planning Office issued a SEPA Mitigated... Full story
The question Washington voters should ask themselves before voting on a state income tax this fall is, “Will we be better off with an income tax?”Judging from experience, the answer is, “No.” Initiative 1098 would impose a 5 percent income tax on individual income over $200,000 and $400,000 for a couple. In addition, the measure would reduce some business-and-occupation taxes for small businesses and reduce property taxes by about 4 percent. That might sound reasonable to some, but experience tells us that a state income tax is a bad idea. F...
WHEN I READ what the police found when they investigated a house where a party had been going on and found a bunch of Central Washington University female students sick and vomit all over the place, I thought it was the result of the girls watching election ads on TV. I know every time perky Patty Murray comes on saying “I sponsored this ad,” I want to throw up. How someone can portray such a picture of innocence and take credit for such nasty ads is beyond me. Dino Rossi is not on our side. Dino Rossi is not one of us. Dino Rossi did a rea... Full story
#!*! Hunters who have no respect for private property. Several Pet Peeves received recently were attacks on individuals. Such expressions should be submitted as signed letters to the editor....
It is a tough time in Colfax. The school district is wracked with dissension. The city is in a mess over the Thompson/Walter controversy. And, in its most recent brouhaha, the county courthouse is trying to find hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost money and come up with a way to keep track of it in the future. All this could be depressing. Thank goodness for the Thrifty Grandmothers. These dedicated women just keep plugging away. They continue to fund community needs with their donations. The Grandmothers Club is not a checkbook...
1. MOVIES: In what Disney movie was Earth referred to as “Section 17, Area 51”? 2. MUSIC: What does the musical direction “subito” mean? 3. ACRONYMS: What does B.P.O.E. stand for? 4. SCIENCE: What term describes a plant’s involuntary tendency to grow toward light? 5. TELEVISION: What popular 1970s TV show featured a news writer named Murray Slaughter? 6. COMMUNICATION: What is the code word for the letter “V” in international radio alphabet? 7. COMICS: Who was The Green Hornet’s sidekick? 8. U.S. STATES: Which of the United States has the... Full story
* It was American author, producer, screenwriter and director Michael Crichton who made the following sage observation: “Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had.” * Statistics show that more babies are born in September than in any other month of the year. * Talk about bad luck: In May of 2009, two thieves broke into a jewelry store in Milwaukee, bagged up their loot and tried to make their getaway. On the way out of the looted store, they were confronted by tw...
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. Ballot return tops 4,000 Return of Whitman County ballots was expected to top the 4,000 mark Tuesday. Elections office staffers Monday processed almost 1,000 ballots received after the weekend. Total ballots logged returned as of Tuesday morning was 3,856, or about 20 percent of the 19,002 ballots which were mailed out to voters Oct. 15....
Poor Superman, he would never have a chance today. A world in which every man, woman and child has a cell phone attached to their hip or slung in their pocket leaves no place for the man of steel. The pervasiveness of cell phones has rendered coin phone booths relics. That leaves Krypton’s favorite son stuck when latter-day Lex Luthors take their toll on poor civilians. The privacy of four green glass walls once provided the Man of Steel the perfect forum for discreetly metamorphosing from Clark Kent’s suit and tie to Superman’s tights and c...
Colfax runners will head for Plante’s Ferry Park in the Spokane Valley Friday in search of tickets to the state run Nov. 6 at Pasco. Bulldog junior Morgan Willson tops the ranking on the girls side of the NE and should lead the qualifiers Friday. The regional qualifier is expected to bring in runners from as many as 12 NE schools. The girls can qualify two teams and the top 10 individual runners, and the boys can qualify four teams and 20 individuals. Willson ‘s best time for a 5K course is 18:14 pegged last week at the league meet in Davenport...
Colfax football coach Mike Morgan was co-winner of the Seattle Seahawks Coach of the Week award for week six of the season. Morgan and Ferris Coach Jim Sharkey were named for the honor Oct. 20. Morgan’s award cited the 27-0 shutout the Bulldogs posted over Lakeside two weeks ago. The Seahawks honor includes a $500 award to the football program. Sterling Savings participates by awarding a $225 Sports Authority gift cards and a custom replica jersey. Morgan said his coaching staff and the hard working members of the team deserve credit for the S...
The History Channel * On Nov. 1, 1512, the ceiling of Rome’s Sistine Chapel, one of Italian artist Michelangelo’s finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time. The most famous panel is The Creation of Adam, a painting in which the arms of God and Adam are stretching toward each other. * On Nov. 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The most splendid architectural find was a stone sarcophagus containing three nes...
Coach Sue Doering and the Colfax volleyball crew will host Davenport and St. George’s in a double home meet Saturday. Now 6-0 in the league run, the Bulldogs will aim at wrapping up a NE string before the league starts state qualification rounds next week. Northwest Christian ranks number two in the NE with just one loss, to the Bulldogs. Reardan is currently in the third place with two losses. Saturday’s program will start with jayvee and C squad action at 10. The Bulldog varsity will face Davenport at about 11:30 and then end the day against...
St. John/Endicott Eagles, who posted a strong win last Friday at LaCrosse, will face a tough challenge Friday when they host second-place Colton in the SE Eights. The Wildcats will arrive with a 3-1 league mark after posting an aerial show for a big win against Sunnyside Christian last week at Granger. SE EIGHTS St. John/End. 4-0 6-1 334-190 Colton 3-1 4-4 361-230 Garfield/Pal. 2-2 3-4 202-190 Pomeroy 2-2 3-5 382-282 Touchet 2-3 4-3 225-210 LaX /Wa. 2-3 3-5 254-334 Sun. Christian 0-4 1-5 138-293 A win by SJE over the Wildcats Friday would give...
Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia gridders have one last, long shot at extending their season as they face SE 2B leader Waitsburg/Prescott Friday night at Oakesdale. “We’ve just put ourselves in a pretty big hole,” said TOR Coach Ken Lindgren. “And it’s going to be tough to dig out of against those guys. That’s a hard-hitting football team.” The Nighthawks last week missed their shot at wrapping up a spot in the SE-NE crossover round when they fell 28-37 to Tri-Cities Prep last Friday at Pasco. The Jaguars, who had not won in their first season of 2B... Full story
