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St. John/Endicott stacked a 16-point lead in the first half and then traded scores with the Colton Wildcats Friday to book a 44-32 win on their home field and wrap up the top slot in the SE-Eight grid race. SE EIGHTS SJE 5-0 7-1 378 222 GP 3-2 4-4 254 196 Colt. 3-2 4-5 393 274 Touch. 3-3 5-3 259 238 Pom. 2-3 3-6 410 316 LW 2-3 3-6 254 382 Sy. Chris. 0-5 1-6 144 345 The Eagles will try to finish out their league string tonight when they host Pomeroy in the last round before they look for the first round collision from the NE qualifier. Colton...
Half of Whitman County’s newly-constituted finance department was solidified Monday when commissioners announced the hiring of their new administrative director. The commissioners hired Gary Petrovich, CPA and former chief financial officer and vice president for King Distributors in Spokane, to oversee the county’s finances under their direction. Commissioners made a point of announcing the Petrovich hire during their regular meeting Monday. Commissioner Pat O’Neill said he looks forward to having Petrovich on board to help the county “get...
A cold fog flows around the ancient barn, highlighted by the virgin green of spring wheat shoots. The March photo is one of 12 depictions of Whitman County barns included in a 2011 calendar now being sold in the county. The photo calendar was put together by WSU extension crop specialist Steve Van Vleet who takes pictures of barns as he drives the farm-barn-dotted expanse of the Palouse while making his rounds. Proceeds from the calendar will be given to the county library. Van Vleet said taking pictures of the region’s barns has become an o...
Palouse Grain Growers is seeking to enlarge its elevator facility to keep up with the times. Co-op directors want to add a 100-foot-long new scale to the elevator, possibly build three more storage bins and change the surrounding roads to better direct traffic in and out. Today’s heavier, longer grain trucks make the existing 24-foot grain scale on the elevator obsolete. Also, farmers using semi-trucks can’t use the scale because the trucks are too long to make the sharper turn to get onto the scale. “It’s confining,” said co-op manager B...
THURSDAY The National Oil Spill Commission released findings that said Halliburton Co. used flawed cement in BP Plc’s doomed Gulf of Mexico well, which could have killed 11 workers and contributed to the blowout that sparked the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. Verizon Wireless agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $25 million on top of more than $52 million in refunds to consumers for overcharging them. FRIDAY Nepali telecom company Ncell took high speed Internet to the top of the world when it launched Nepal’s first 3G services at the base...
Two months after news broke over their finances and handling of children, Colfax’s Little Angels day care at the Methodist Church in Colfax has made sweeping changes to correct their situation. In August, Little Angels fired its director for mismanaged finances and days later was notified by the state it was in violation of 25 state guidelines for child care. Violations included infants left unattended while staff were in other rooms, bottles going unsanitized between uses, food served without the use of gloves or tongs, too many children w...
A Dec. 13 trial was scheduled for Gregory C. Early, 51, Deer Park, who pleaded not guilty Friday morning in superior court to charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of hydromorphone with intent to deliver and felony harassment. Early remains in jail in lieu of posting $100,000 bond after he was arrested Oct. 25 at Palouse. Early was arrested in a car in an alley at Palouse where he was reportedly sleeping. A 30-year-old girlfriend was also reported to be in the car, according to the probable cause report...
WalMart opened the doors on its 154,000-square foot supercenter in Pullman last Wednesday, Oct. 27, with a flurry of local citizens passing smiling greeters at the 8 a.m. grand opening. “It was a great turn-out, that was exciting,” said Store Manager Kelly Allen. “We’re very excited to be a part of Pullman and of Whitman County.” The rush of customers through the door last week marked the culmination of a tumultuous six-year development process. Opening of the WalMart was appealed nearly to the top of the state’s court system by the Pullman...
Details surrounding the death of Dylan Mahan-Treese of Palouse have triggered questions about drug activity in Palouse and a scheduled visit from the county prosecutor to the next council meeting. A Palouse home believed by the Palouse Police Department to be the site of drug activity has been linked to Mahan-Treese. Mahan-Treese was found dead Oct. 23 under a bridge in Palouse, an alleged 13 days after his death. A coroner’s finding on the cause of Mahan-Treese’s death is still pending, but authorities believe his death was most likely a sui...
Colton/Uniontown voters Tuesday struck down the $5.l6 million bond proposal for remodeling the school. Preliminary results from Tuesday night’s returns showed 197 yes votes for a 52.12 percent approval rate, almost eight percent short of the 60 percent needed for approval. “We’re disappointed - that’s for sure. There still are some votes out so I guess we still have a little bit of a chance,” said Colton Superintendent Nate Smith. The school would have to receive 69 percent approval from the 339 ballots not included in Tuesday’s count. That...
(SEE FULL ELECTION GRID ON PAGE A3 IN THE WEEKLY PAPER SECTION) Whitman County Auditor Eunice Coker won a third term in office while Dino Rossi topped incumbent Patty Murray in local results for the U.S. Senate after the first count of Tuesday’s general election. Tuesday night’s count in Whitman County included 7,953 of the 19,128 ballots sent out to active voters, good for a 43 percent turnout. Ballots received on election day and ballots mailed on election day have yet to be counted. Coker booked an overwhelming 75 percent of the first cou...
Though she set out with all the energy of a bear finding a honey pot, the grind of a trick or treating session at Oakesdale businesses proved to be too much for two-year-old Patricia Burnham, decked out in her authentic Winnie the Pooh costume. Children lined the sidewalks of Oakesdale Friday afternoon to fill their treat bags with goodies passed out by the town’s businesses in advance of Sunday’s haunting good time....
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Whitman County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in their Chambers, Whitman County Courthouse, Colfax, Washington. The purpose of the hearing is to review community development and housing needs, inform citizens of the availability of funds and eligible uses of the state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and to receive comments on proposed activities, particularly from low and moderate income persons and persons residing in the Whitman County area....
Response In response to Tracy Milano’s letter, I would like to state the following points: 1. I don’t agree with many of Mr. Farr’s “actions”. 2. Is this what we want to teach our children? If you “dislike” someone, just publish your top 10 reasons why. With today’s access to social networking sites, this could have a devastating affect on our children who may be targeted by hateful attacks such as yours. 3. Do we also want to teach our children that they are not responsible for their actions? When they are disciplined by a parent, teacher...
If you thought the election year rancor and political mudslinging was over, think again. Late last month, Congress slipped out of DC without passing a budget, guaranteeing the House and Senate will be back in session after Nov. 2. The problem is, despite the election results, newly elected House and Senate members won’t be seated until January. However, legislators turned out of office by the voters Nov. 2 remain in power until then. They are free to raise taxes and vote for unpopular programs such as cap-and-trade and card check — and they hav...
BUSINESS LEADERS who gathered in Bremerton to hear one of the sharpest financial analysts around give them the lowdown on the state of their state, found no reason to cheer by the time he got through. This was just prior to the election which is also when this was written, so by now things could be worse, depending on how it came out. It’s bad enough as it is. The speaker was Bob Williams of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, a conservative think tank that keeps an eye on who’s doing what in government to make sure it’s according to law. I met...
* It was British playwright Tom Stoppard who made the following observation: “Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” * You’ve probably had some experience with hail at some point in your life, but probably not with hail like this: The heaviest recorded hailstone in the world fell in Bangladesh in 1986; it weighed a whopping 2.25 pounds. The largest hailstone, which fell earlier this year in South Dakota, measured 8 inche...
1. TELEVISION: What was the first name of Mr. Spock’s mother in “Star Trek”? 2. U.S. STATES: What is Florida’s official state flower? 3. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else”? 4. ARCHITECTURE: Which architect’s winter residence was called Taliesin West? 5. MATH: How many sides does an octagon have? 6. HUMAN ANATOMY: Where is the humerus bone located? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is a “one-armed bandit”? 8. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin prefix “lacto” mean? 9. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Whi...
It is National Hospice Month, and the county’s own hospice advocacy group is celebrating. Friends of Hospice is a non-profit advocacy group in Whitman County with 12 board members. It supplements the professional services of Family Home Care and Hospice based out of Spokane. Family Home Care offers professional, for-profit hospice care to Whitman County and Latah County clients. In addition to their staff, they have 36 volunteers. Hospice serves those who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and have had a doctor certify that they likely...
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. Bickle admits burglaries Paul Bickle, 34, suspect in a series of burglaries and thefts last summer, entered guilty pleas Friday in Whitman County Superior Court. Bickle admitted charges listed in a plea bargain agreement which had been offered Aug. 26 by Prosecutor Denis Tracy. Bickle was arrested Aug. 9 at LaCrosse where Pullman police and...
Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia will end their football season at Kettle Falls Friday in a crossover game between the bottom teams of the SE and NE leagues. The Nighthawks had two shots at advancing to the state playoff brackets last week, but fell just short in both matches. TOR fell 9-15 to Dayton in double overtime in the three-team SE playoff Tuesday night at Pomeroy. The Nighthawks, Dayton and Tri-Cities Prep rolled to Pomeroy for their showdown after each posted one win in the SE big B league. After bumping TOR, Dayton, whose only win of the regu...
All six SE volleyball qualifiers will be back at Colfax Saturday after playing the first qualification rounds at Colfax Wednesday, too late for press time this week. Top qualifiers will play for the first two SE state tickets Saturday at 1 p.m. The last state ticket is slated to be decided at 2:30. First games Wednesday matched SJE and Garfield/Palouse and Colton and LaCrosse/Washtucna. Tekoa/Oakesdale, as number one, in league standings, and Pomeroy, number two, had byes, and faced winners of the first round matches in semi-final matches...
Cougar Athletics and the Pullamn Boy Scouts will team up Saturday, Nov. 6, for the annual Scouting for food drive. Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, the scouts will be outside the WSU Ticket Office next to the Cougar on Stadium Way to receive bags of non-perishable food. Food donors will receive two end zone tickets to the WSU-California football game which will begin at 1 p.m The actual Scouting for Food drive in Pullman will be the following Saturday, Nov. 13....
Terry Eng will return to the CHS softball coaching job next spring. Eng, who stepped aside last year while James Bledsoe of Pullman coached the club, was approved for the job at the last school board session. Eng stepped down last year after one year as head coach. For seven years he was a volunteer assistant to Keith Becker. “I missed it,” Eng answered when asked about his decision to return. Eng’s daughter, Rachel Eng, pitched during her senior year at CHS while her dad was head coach. She is now a sophomore at Big Bend Community Colle...
