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ITEM — Governor-elect Jay lnslee says he will obey the directive of the constitution that the paramount duty of the state is to improve education, and promote the creating of jobs in new businesses built around renewable energy supplies, such as solar and wind power. COMMENT-I don’t expect much in education considering all the recent Democratic governors have kowtowed to what the teachers’ unions want, which is more money and bigger benefits for them. As for energy, I also don’t count on the popularity of solar power in a state nationa... Full story
These reports are from the previous two 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. Eddy’s restoration job begins A crew from Joe Rake Masonry in Lewiston Tuesday began work on restoring the lower walls on the front and north sides of Eddy’s Restaurant. The work was the start of an overall repair project for the restaurant which was damaged when it was struck by a truck and car that were involved in a Main Street accident Nov...
Holiday open house at Dahmen barn The first holiday open house at Dahmen Barn in Uniontown will be Dec. 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cookies and coffee will be served throughout the day. Resident artists will be at work in their studios. The barn is open every day of the week through Dec. 23, and the exhibit runs through Dec. 30. More than 120 artists and craftspeople are represented at the shop at the Barn. A hands-on clay workshop is being offered from 10 a.m. to noon, and a workshop on corn husk doll making is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m.... Full story
Sweat forming on his upper lip, Cedric Cook dug his fork back into the heaping plate of meat on his way to a win in an epic eat-off of “The Beast,” the new monster burger cooked by Top Notch owner Pete Koerner. Cedric Cook, left, and Andrew Poleon, both of Seattle, face each other as they struggle to finish their Beast burgers at the Top Notch. Cook stood in the Washington State University corner of the “Battle of the Beast” staged Saturday afternoon. In the University of Washington corner was Andrew Poleon. As happened in the previous day’s Ap... Full story
Financial assistance now is available for organic farmers and those transitioning to be organic through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Organic Initiative. Application deadline is Dec. 21. If more money becomes available, a second signup period may be held with the cut-off of Feb. 15, 2013. Conservation practices offer environmental benefits important to organic growers. For example, those practices include planting cover crops, establishing pest management plans, constructing seasonal high tunnels or managing nutrients con...
Seniors Tyler Mundt and Madalynne St. John topped the honor roll at Rosalia High School for the first term with grade averages 3.5 to 4.0. Earning merit roll honors (3.0 to 3.49 grade point average) were seniors Dalton Jacobs, Mel Miller, Heather Wilson, Haley Lindgren, Josh Roe, Zane Brown, Bree Fulton, Dylan Garrison, Mercedes Binder and Helene Gatzkiewizc. Junior honor roll: Shannon Carrothers, Ryan Maley, Stacey Carrothers, Craig Nelson, Alexandra Naught, Steven Maley and JR Bunker. Meri roll: Mackenzie Reddish. Sophomores honor roll:...
Kathleen James Vogeler, 52, died unexpectedly Nov. 18, 2012, at home in Palouse. A celebration of life remembrance will be today, Nov. 29, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., in the WSU Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 518A. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 18, 1959, to Lester and Virginia James, she moved with her family to Seattle in 1960. She graduated from Interlake High School and moved to the Palouse region in 1979. She worked at Washington State University for 28 years after joining Information Services as a telecommunications technician... Full story
NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Whitman County Commissioners has completed and will place on file at the Office of the Whitman County Commissioners, Whitman County Courthouse, the Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2013. The total amount of the budget for 2013 is approximately $55,000,000.00. The budget will be available November 26, 2012 and may be reviewed by any citizen who contacts the Clerk of the Board in the Commissioners' Office or by calling 397-5240. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a public hearing for the... Full story
Colfax football marked the end of the season Monday night with a dessert banquet which honored seven departing seniors. Coaches presented letter awards and individual honors which were decided on team votes. Bulldog varsity players named for individual awards Monday night were, in back from the left, Levi Hardy, most valuable; Brady Ellis, inspirational; Arron Arneson and John Mellor, co winners of the coaches’ award. In front are Mark Webber, left, most improved, and Cody Gronning, co-winner of the scholastic award with Mellor. Seven s... Full story
The wrestling population on the Colfax mats exceeded 20 at the start of the season with a larger turnout of Bulldogs and five commuters from two other county programs. Now starting his third season, Bulldog Coach Denis Gransbery has 16 Bulldogs on the mats during pre-season practice sessions with six freshmen joining the ranks. Also working out at Colfax are Thomas Newton and Gabe Davis from St. John/Endicott and Kevin Knauff, Trapper Askins, and Josh Miller from Garfield/Palouse. “We just decided to merge the three programs to save some of t... Full story
The boys cagers from Garfield/Palouse ripped through a pair of Idaho foes to crack open the area basketball season. The Viking girls dropped both tilts against their spud-loving opponents. Freshman point guard Matt Holbrook splits Troy defenders on his way to the cup in GP’s season-opening win Monday night. Tyler Thurman’s last second free throws gave the boys squad a 47-45 season-opening win over Troy at Garfield Monday night. Thurman hit all four of his foul shots in the closing minute of the game to provide the final margin as the Vikes hel...
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc,. announced the company’s new 98,000-square-foot building in Pullman, which is expected to be completed by May, has been named after SEL Distinguished Engineer Stanley E. Zocholl, who died in August at age 83. He held 26 U.S. patents, seven with SEL, and 46 international patents. He joined SEL in 1991 and was widely respected in the industry. Walls for the concrete tilt-up building hit the skyline Monday when a 250-ton crane lifted the first of 34 concrete panels weighing between 160,000 and 230,000 p...
Without the boost of a federal telecommunications grant, the Port of Whitman County’s budget will fall back to just over $4 million in 2013. Port commissioners unanimously approved the budget earlier this month. The 2013 budget is a steep drop from the $11.4 million budget for 2012. The current year’s spending plan was boosted by revenue from the federal government, which repaid the port for laying 170 miles of high speed fiber optic cables in Whitman County. That project is all but finished, and the port has signed three companies to lea...
Will it end $11,000 in the red or $7,000 in the black? That was the question Tuesday night at the Palouse City meeting when council members approved the budget plan for 2013. The answer will emerge depending on how projections and estimations pan out for the coming year. Council members approved the budget with the intention of making amendments, if needed, as 2013 figures play out. After the vote, Councilman Cecil Floyd made a motion for “budget process education and potential solutions” to...
Pullman Civic Theatre’s winter production of “The Homecoming “ will open Thursday, Dec. 6. This performance is directed by Gary Thoren and is based on the original novel by Earl Hamner, best known for writing television episodes of The Waltons. Performances: Dec. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 9 and Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Nye Street Theatre. Admission: Evenings $12 advance, $15 at the door; matinees $10 advance, $12 at the door. Tickets are at Neill’s Flowers and Gifts, Wild Ivy and Dissmore’s IGA... Full story
8 years ago Dec. 2, 1887 At Endicott, Nov. 26, 1887, by Rev. Geo. E. Wilcox, C.E. Walmer and Miss Mary Irwin, both of this county, were married. The bride is the daughter of Edward Irwin, one of Whitman County’s representatives in the territorial legislature, and both of the contracting parties are well known in this vicinity. The ceremony occurred in the school house, after a concert, followed by a bountiful repast. In the Hooper news: This corner of the county does not seem to be very well represented in the county papers. We do not make an... Full story
Saturday, Dec. 1, Palouse Cares volunteers will gather food for community food banks. Volunteers in Colfax will meet at Rosauers at 9 a.m. ready to go door-to-door. Food and cash donations will be accepted. Kiyomi Van Tyne places a bid at the Palouse Cares auction table at Rosauers in Colfax Tuesday. In Colfax, the goal this year is to raise $2,000 in cash donations and 2,000 pounds of food for the food bank with the help of 50 volunteers. A silent auction table installed at Rosauers will close Saturday at 11 a.m. All donations in Colfax will... Full story
In a work session Monday night, the Colfax School District board discussed its task of setting goals for next year, and following years, which will be affected by the coming change to national Common Core standards. Another recent change, one in effect now, is the Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA) standards which direct boards to adopt specific goals. It’s all part of the Colfax board going through a strategic planning process, as required by WSSDA. “It’s certainly not our f...
Thursday, Nov. 29 Colfax, LaCrosse & Tekoa – Storytime – Fun stories, finger plays, rhymes, songs and crafts every Thursday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Malden – 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.- GED Prep Class – Individual and class help for those studying for GED from a qualified instructor. Friday, Nov. 30 Endicott, Palouse, St. John & Uniontown – Storytime – Fun stories, crafts, activities and finger plays every Friday. Check the calendar for times and themes. Saturday, Dec. 1 St. John – Winterfest – The library will be open from 10 a.... Full story
Sophomore Sarah Bailey of Garfield/Palouse High School will be featured for “Meet the Artist” at Palouse Library tonight, Thursday, Nov. 29. This will be the first public showing of her photographs. The event will be an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bailey’s inclination toward filming and photography took hold during family walks in the woods when she was nine years old. At age 10, she made videos of herself and her friends experimenting as actors. She has continued to take pictures and create films of nature, friends and famil... Full story
Samantha Zuger, daughter of Bob and Kathy Zuger, former Endicott area residents now of Walla Walla, sang with a group of 87 others in the FFA national chorus while attending FFA’s 85th national convention and expo in Indianapolis. She is now a senior at Walla Walla High school where she is president of the FFA chapter. She was the lone FFA member selected from Washington in a process that involved submitting a tape recording of her singing required materials. Samantha also enjoys cooking and riding her horse. She was 2011-2012 Valley Chapel 4...
Raffle tickets are still available for the “Autumn Harvest” quilt made by members of the Whitman Sampler Quilt Guild of Colfax for the 2012 Hullabaloo. The raffle proceeds will go to local charities. Tickets will be sold until Dec. 6 at the Colfax Library and from Whitman Sampler Quilt Guild members. The drawing for the winner will be during the night of the Christmas Parade....
Crystal Mitchell, daughter of Dr. Christine Mitchell of Pendleton, Ore., and granddaughter of Mary Ann Mitchell and the late David Mitchell of Steptoe, represented Oregon at the national 4H Horse Roundup public speaking contest Nov. 2-4 in Louisville, Ky. Crystal won the national competition in public speaking with her speech titled “A New Generation” which discusses the thought and ethics behind cloning equines. Crystal was presented a $500 college scholarship and a trophy, sponsored by the American Quarterhorse Association. This was a onc...
Art Swannack and Dean Kinzer will officially be Whitman County’s new commissioners next January, after the Nov. 8 general election count was certified Tuesday. Final count gave Swannack, a Republican farmer and rancher from the Lamont area, 6,922 votes, or 54 percent to the 5,493 votes cast for Rosalia Fire Chief Bill Tensfeld, also a Republican, which was 43 percent. Kinzer, a GOP farmer from the Ewartzville area, received 9,106 votes, or 59 percent, to top incumbent Pat O’Neill, a Democrat from Johnson, who received 6,175 votes, or 40 per... Full story
St. John Ol’ Kris Kringle figures to be a busy, busy man this weekend, as the jolly old elf is slated to make appearances in Colfax, Endicott, Garfield, Pine City, Pullman, Rosalia and St. John. After posing for pictures from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday in the St. John library, Saint Nick will be the featured guest during the holiday parade which takes off from Primeland at 1 p.m. Events and prizes will take place throughout town throughout the day. Bingo will be played at the Denton Building from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. with prizes ranging from a n...
