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Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2010. I was fascinated to listen to a report on how to make one’s brain more effective, although my brain wasn’t all that interested. Apparently, there are three levels of brain activity. Level 1 is the lowest level — the amount of concentration required to, say, delete e-mails or serve in Congress. As human beings, we spend a lot of time in Level 1, including all of our teenage years. Level 2 is mild engagement, like listening to an in-law. Our brains are burning glucose and bec...
Fabric Recently there was a two page story in the Spokesman Review regarding the winning record of Sue Doering and her magnificent volleyball success. Glad to see that it centered upon how through the years Sue and her many helpful assistants, usually her former players, had also helped. Sue has worked hard and, indeed, built from the ground up. By being in control from the beginning it makes a world of difference and she rightly credited the great support that she has received from the parents who have entrusted their daughters to her. She... Full story
Jared Evans of Elmer Construction works on a handicapped-access remodeling of the District Court window Nov. 3 at Whitman County Courthouse. The workers have been improving handicapped access at the building since September.... Full story
When the Supreme Court rejected a petition to stop a Texas voter-ID law from going into effect for the midterms, the left commenced its wailing and gnashing of teeth. In her dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the law “purposely discriminatory,” and everyone piled in behind her with denunciations of the Lone Star State’s blatant racism. For the left, voter ID is tantamount to a poll tax. If so, the nation is awash in neo-segregationist election rules. According to a recent Government Accountability Office report on voter-ID laws, 33 st... Full story
In my opinion, far too many of those who live with me in Washington are jerks — duplicitous, self-important jerks. This does not include everybody; far from it. But the town is crawling with viciously ambitious sycophantic young people cozying up to the more-established officeholders, lobbyists, consultants and, yes, us media types, who hold on to their lives of unprincipled entitlement. Frankly, I think their pervasiveness has a lot to do with the disintegration of politics and government because they control the agenda. But here’s som...
Tuesday was election day. You might have missed it. Election day in Washington is not what it used to be. Not so long ago, voters went to their precinct polling places. There they ran through a gauntlet of precinct workers. Then it was off to the voting booth. A variety of contraptions was used, but invariably they offered absolute privacy. The last job was to personally put the marked ballot in a locked box. “I Voted” stickers were available. The precinct workers would then make sure the executed ballots, still in locked boxes, safely rea...
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. VOTE RETURN AT 39.2 PERCENT Tally of returned ballots for the general election was at 7,849 as of Monday night for a tally of 39.28 percent return. An estimated 900 to 1,000 more ballots arrived at the elections office Tuesday morning. As of the Monday count, 12,139 ballots were still out, according to Election Supervisor Debbie Hooper. COLFAX... Full story
Colfax football season will go into a win or shut down mode Friday when the Bulldogs travel to Reardan for a rematch in the NE-SE crossover round. The Bulldogs will make the trip back to Reardan where three weeks ago they sustained a 8-34 loss to the Indians. Reardan in last week’s final league round nailed down a number two finish in the league with a 39-12 win over the Davenport Gorillas. The last round game matched the two 7-1 teams in the league race to decide the number two slot and n...
Colfax volleyball players stretched their NE string into the postseason by taking the district tournament at St. George’s Saturday with a nine-game run, three wins against each of three foes. The Bulldogs again posted some target serving to stack aces and defeat Tekoa/Rosalia in the opener, Reardan in the semifinal and Northwest Christian in the championship match. The finish sends the Bulldogs to Cheney for the NE-SE regional round of the state elimination rounds where they will face the LRS B...
The playoff picture is nearly set for Southeast 1B league football. Garfield-Palouse clinched third place with a 46-30 win over Sunnyside Christian Nov. 1 and will play their first-round game against the loser of Odessa-Harrington vs. Republic, who face each other Friday night. Pomeroy has the fourth-place spot from the Southeast league, and will play the winner of Odessa-Harrington and Republic. At the top of the Southeast 1B league, Liberty Christian meets Touchet this week for the teams’ f... Full story
St. John-Endicott runners Shania Bailey, Zoe Robertson and Kaleb Kolb Saturday qualified for the state B championship race which will be on the Sun Willows Golf course in Pasco Saturday. Bailey, a senior, placed 10th in the regional run at Big Cross last Saturday with a 20:19 time, and Robertson, a sophomore who attends school at Oakesdale but competes with the Eagles, placed 12th with a time of 20:45. The two finishes were behind the winning time posted by Tracy Melville of... Full story
Tekoa-Rosalia’s Eli Richardson scored on an 80-yard kickoff return and another 75-yard run as his team finished their season 0-9 on Oct. 31. Liberty’s Jake Kasinger ran for three touchdowns as the Lancers built their record to 5-4 overall (5-4 in league). Josh Larsen-Nowland had 171 yards rushing and two touchdowns for Liberty, which had a 27-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. They now advance to meet Waitsburg-Prescott in a play-in game this week. Tekoa-Rosalia was scheduled to play Kettle Falls in a crossover game this week but the tea...
Two tickets to the state 1B tournament volleyball tournament will be on the line Saturday when six SE league teams land at Colfax. Action for the playoff was slated to start Wednesday night with Pomeroy and Oakesdale each hosting two matches. Pomeroy tops the entry with just one defeat in the league race and Oakesdale holds the number two card. The action will move to Colfax Saturday with the first losers elimination game at 10 a.m The first state entry will be on the line with Wednesday’s second round winner colliding at 1:30. The loser of t... Full story
Oakesdale Nighthawk volleyball team has won the state 1B academic championship. The Nighthawks won the high honor the past two years while in their previous Tekoa/Oakesdale combo, but in this the first year of Oakesdale, they won the award as a one-school team. The team's grade average is 3.899. The team is comprised of eight players who have finished second in the SE league run. Members from left are Assistant Coach Joey Reed, Madison Shrope, Anne Hockett, Jacey Johnson, Corynn Anderson, Kaela...
Tekoa/Rosalia Timberwolves wrapped up their net season with two matches at the NE District tourney in the St. George’s gym Saturday. The T-wolves qualified as the number-eight team in the league and faced top-rated Colfax in the first round. Colfax took the opener in three games with TR improving as the match advanced. Score was 25-6 25-7 25-17. Olivia Pakootas, Sara Frost and Hannah Beach each had a kill in the opener. The first-round loss put TR up against the LRS Broncos who lost to Reardan in the opener. Tekoa/Oakesdale begged a 25-23 w... Full story
Craig Gronning of Colfax has signed as the new manager Colfax Golf Club. Gronning started in the new job Saturday. He will take over management of the club following the departure of Trent Goetze who combined the managers job at Colfax with his driving range and mini-golf course on the Moscow-Pullman Airport Road. Gronning managed the Colfax club from 1997 until 2004. For the last 10 years he has been employed by Steve Warwick at Sport Town....
Palouse Direct Seeders will meet at the Colfax Methodist Church social room at S. 109 Mill Street Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 a.m. Featured speakers will be discussing their direct seed systems, and Dr. Drew Lyon, WSU weed management specialist, will discuss management of rat tail fescue and other subjects of interest. A hosted breakfast sponsored by ATI of Colfax well be served by the Top Notch Cafe. The meeting will adjourn at 9 a.m. Certified Crop Advisor credits have been applied for and anyone is invited to attend. For more information,...
“You better stick close to me,” said a man in a flannel shirt in the dark entrance to Roy M. Chatters Printing Museum in Palouse. Then he was distracted by a spider in a high corner of the tight foyer. It sucked him up through a hole in the ceiling. At that point, visitors to the 13th annual Haunted Palouse were on their own. Up on Shady Lane, farm trailers rolled into the darkness above the river. “I like the smell of exhaust,” someone said entering the trees. “That’s bad,” said another. “I k... Full story
An outbreak of Blue Tongue disease is taking a toll on deer in the Whitman County area. According to Washing-ton Department of Fish and Wildlife officer, Doug King, the disease is transmitted by a type of gnat which lives in puddles. When deer walk across these puddles to get to drinking water, the gnats fly up from the puddle and bite the deer, transmitting the virus. King has heard reports that indicate the disease has taken a larger than normal toll on deer before the start of hunting season. The dry fall weather could be one of the factors... Full story
County Assessor Joe Reynolds 2,755 52.4% Jim Hawkes 2,503 47.6% County Sheriff Brett Myers 4,820 82.32% Adam Assenberg 1,035 17.68% County Auditor Eunice Coker 4,175 County Clerk Jill Whelchel Wahl 4,260 County Commissioner, Dist. 3 Michael Largent 4,334 County Coroner Pete Martin 4,487 County Prosecuting Attorney Denis P. Tracy 4,358 County Treasurer Mark R. Clinton 4,189 District Court Judge Position 1 Douglas B. Robinson 4,270 U.S. Representative District 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) 3,705 57.85% Joseph Pakootas (D) 2,699 42.15% State... Full story
The town of Oakesdale has begun the process to improve a floodwater situation on Steptoe Street and other outlying areas. At a preliminary meeting Oct. 8 at city hall Mayor Dennis Palmer, Public Works Director Bob Hooper and City Councilman Tom Crooks met with Stillman Norton, a Project Manager/Engineer with Keller Associates, one of two engineering firms on the town’s roster. The main flooding areas are off of Oakesdale Road – at which point water runs over private property – and at Secon... Full story
After hearing public input at an Oct. 28 city council meeting, Palouse town representatives will look to update the code for nuisance animals this month. At last week’s meeting, the council continued work on the task of consolidating the town’s animal codes into Section 6 of Title 17 of the Comprehensive Plan. Some of it had not been updated since the 1920s. The matter came up after the city heard concerns and complaints about chickens over the past year. An effort by the city council to revise...
Whitman County Assessor Joe Reynolds posted a narrow lead over challenger Jim Hawkes Tuesday night in the first count of election returns. Reynolds, who is seeking a sixth term in office, has 2,755 votes, 52.4 percent, and Hawkes came in with 2,503 votes, 47.6 percent. Hawkes, chief appraiser in the assessor’s office, believed during his entire campaign that Reynolds was going to retire after two more years in office. At a debate in Colfax, however, Reynolds reassured Hawkes that he is going to stay in office four more years, taking the wind o... Full story
The Whitman County commissioners on Monday approved publishing a notice for the surplus sale of seven light vehicles, including mid-1990s 3/4-ton Ford and Chevrolet pickups which were used for the county road department, a 2005 Chevy Suburban and two Ford Crown Victorias....
Fifteen Colfax businesses today will participate in the Colfax Chamber of Commerce Customer Appreciation Day. The businesses will offer discounts and refreshments and will remain open until 7 p.m. The Chamber has also arranged to provide free child care from 4 to 7 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church. Those participating include Zip’s, Fonk’s, Folsom Ace Hardware, Nostalgia, Tick Klock, Hen House Chicks, Main Street Books, Colfax Eagles, Events on Main, Hyde Out, Thrifty Grandmothers, Palouse River Quilts, Eddy’s Restaurant, Flowers and More and A...
