Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Sorted by date Results 26 - 50 of 58
Disappointed I was extremely disappointed with the actions taken by the Colfax School Board last week when they prohibited the high school football team their traditional Thanksgiving Day practice. My disappointment that this practice was prohibited is minuscule compared to my disappointment in how it was prohibited. As I understand the situation, last year a few parents contacted board members regarding this traditional practice expressing their disapproval. The board then directed the superintendent to contact the high school coaches and...
As the debate rages over the causes and consequences of global warming, one impact is certain: Global warming is about to create an avalanche of lawsuits against the federal government and private industry. In October, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled that residents and landowners along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi could sue 33 energy companies and utilities for damages they suffered from Hurricane Katrina. The plaintiffs claim the companies emitted greenhouse gases (GHG) that contributed to global warming, raised sea levels and...
ITEM—Specially trained Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions will help guard Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor starting next year, the Navy announced. Their job will be to stop swimmers or divers from infiltrating the Trident submarine base. The dolphins, accompanied by handlers in small power boats, will work at night. If they find an intruder, they’ll swim back to the boat and alert a handler who will place a strobe light on their noses which the critters will dislodge on the intruder to mark the spot. Sea lions will carry in the...
Here Comes Santa! When I was younger, I used to love sitting in Santa’s lap at the shopping mall — and was sad when I finally outgrew it at age 30. Last year, I was at a charity holiday theme party where Santa was scheduled to appear, only, as it turned out, the theme was “Santa Won’t Be Here Because His Car Was Repossessed.” This is hard to explain to a room full of first-graders who are already grumpy because they’ve spent the afternoon helping to wrap presents for other “less fortunate” children. (How can they be “less fortunate” when t...
!#@%#! The Whitman County sign crew who replaced the Stop sign at the corner of Ladow Butte and Trapper Road and cut the phone line! Have you not heard of “Call before you dig?” ++++ Colfax administration and school board for putting family over football and honoring our national day of Thanksgiving! Blessings! !#@%#! The obession with high school sports instead of high school education....
The U.S. will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama made the announcement Tuesday. Calling the country and its neighbor Pakistan the epicenter of Islamic extremism and a legitimate threat to the security of the United States, Obama outlined the “surge” of American troops to the area. The influx of troops will take place over the coming months and is expected to be completed by the summer of 2010. Then, according to the plan, troops will begin coming home in 2011, roughly ten years after they first arrived there. For...
The History Channel • On Dec. 16, 1773, in Boston Harbor, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded three British ships — the Dartmouth, the Eleanor and the Beaver — and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor in a raid known as the “Boston Tea Party.” The value of the tea was $18,000. • On Dec. 14, 1799, George Washington, the American revolutionary leader and first president of the United States, dies of acute laryngitis at his estate in Mount Vernon, Va. He was 67 years old. • On Dec. 18, 1916, Betty G...
Front row, left to right- Mrs. O. F. Mathiesen, Katherine McCroskey, Patty Chase, Olive Lee Stokes, and Mrs. Eldon Maurer. At the rear, lleft to right, Bobby Preucel, Mrs. Guy W. Streamer and Joan Tretner. They present a Christmas play by Edith Coulter. 125 years ago, Dec. 6, 1884 B.B. Day, of Pomeroy, was fired upon by a party of drunken Indians last Thursday week while taking his children home from school. His residence is two and one half miles from town, the attack being made when nearly there. He stood them off until the sheriff and posse... Full story
The Whitman Hospital Auxiliary Memorial Tree was decorated Monday in the Whitman Hospital waiting room next to the auxiliary’s Blue Bird Shoppe. Residents can make donations in memory of a loved one or in honor of family and friends. Donations can be left at the auxiliary’s Blue Bird Shoppe in the hospital or mailed to Alice Mackleit, LaCrosse....
Marshall area resident Nancy Czech takes a break after riding to the top end of the paved portion of Spokane’s Fish Lake Trail. Opening of another segment of paved trail at Spokane last month means bicycle riders and hikers in this area can make a downhill run all the way to the downtown area of Spokane. The Spokane Fish Lake trail addition can be linked with the Columbia Plateau Trail which runs mostly in Adams County on the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad line. Mile marker 365 at the Fish Lake trailhead marks the end of the s...
Colfax wrestlers have a home show booked next Tuesday, Dec. 8, with Wilbur-Creston-Keller on the home mats. The matchup will be one of four home mat appearances set for the team during the season. Colfax wrestlers will open their season tonight, Thursday, at the Lakeside tournament and are scheduled to compete at the Davenport tournament Saturday. Colfax basketball marked an official launch Monday when Colton and Lakeside girls teams arrived for a pre-season jamboree session. The teams matched up in jayvee and varsity rounds which went for 10...
Coming off a second-place state finish last year, St. John/Endicott girls Tuesday rolled over host Sprague/ Harrington 52-30 to start the new season. Led by Kelly Van Lith’s 13 first quarter points, the Eagles jumped out to a quick 15-5 lead and rolled after that. Van Lith finished the game with 19 points, and gunner Alli Winters downed five shots from behind the arc on her way to 17. Monday, St. John/Endicott used a balanced scoring attack to pick apart St. Michael’s of Spokane 63-15. Winters hit 14, and Errin Schuster added 10. SJE held St.... Full story
Shaking off the rust for a new season, Whitman County boys’ teams opened play Tuesday night with a trio of intense fourth quarters. Rosalia topped visiting Wellpinit 61-58 when Junior post Nathan Richards drained a 30-footer at the buzzer. “It was very exciting way to start the year,” said Coach Rob Hudkins. “It was a fun game to get to coach.” The two teams exchanged leads with Rosalia closing a nine-point fourth quarter deficit to go ahead by two with 20 seconds remaining. Wellpinit sank two free throws to tie it, and the Spartans ran down... Full story
Special award winners at Tuesday night's volleyball banquet, from the left, were Brooke Waldo, Kayla Johnson, Rachel Johnson, and Shaina Simonson. Wrapping up their sixth straight title year, the Colfax Bulldogs Tuesday bid a banquet adieu to six seniors who played a big part in powering the team through a 12-game sweep of the state tournament three weeks ago in Yakima. Coach Sue Doering noted the Colfax net run to the title this year was an “amazing season and an amazing finish.” Doering admitted at the start of the season she wasn’t sure...
Colfax Bulldogs will roll to Tacoma Friday for the school’s fourth appearance in the state football championship round. The Bulldogs qualified for the state trip after shutting out DeSales 19-0 in a defensive battle last Saturday in the semi-final round at Lampson Field in Kennewick. Damon Buck collects a pass along the Bulldog sideline in the second quarter of the semi-final. Colfax will play Adna Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Tacoma Dome. Both entrants are undefeated. Adna last week stopped Tacoma Baptist 25-11 in the west side semi-final at t...
Covey, Beckett Cooper, born Nov. 18, 2009, at seven pounds, 13 ounces, to Michelle Cavier and Nathan Covey of Ephrata. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Patti Covey, Moses Lake. Maternal grandparents are Dan and Sandy Lewis, Ephrata. The baby joins sisters, Bailey, 10, Emmalee, 2, Gracie, 3 and brothers, Colton, 7 and River, 7 months. Donahoe, Samantha Marie, born Nov. 19, 2009, at six pounds, 15 ounces, to Wesley and Jamie Donahoe of Clarkston. Paternal grandparents are Bruce and Susan Smith, Clarkston. Maternal grandfather is David Donahoe, S...
Whitman County passed out over half a million dollars through the Women Infants and Children program in 2008, according to a recent county report. About 1,360 clients use the WIC voucher coupons in the county, with most clients living in Pullman. Most clients use their vouchers at grocery stores in Pullman, Colfax and Tekoa. Roughly 43 percent of the infants born in Whitman County are fed on WIC supplies, said Fran Martin, director of the county’s public health department. WIC is a federal USDA program that gives out food vouchers to l...
He was haunted for years by the case which never went to court. But finally, for Monty Spears, former Lewiston police officer, the 1950s case of Jean Johnson’s murder has finally been put to rest. Spears has just published From the Hands of Vernon, a first-person memoir of his 1970s investigation of Vernon Choate, the man suspected of raping Johnson and strangling her to death in Lewiston, 1956. Choate, who was never formally charged in the Johnson case, met an untimely death in 1986. Spears will be present for a book-signing at Main Street B... Full story
Avista crews erected nine new light poles at the McDonald Park ballfields Wednesday morning. The long-awaited lights were funded through a $126,000 capital appropriation from the state Legislature and a $74,000 grant from the state parks and recreation department. The poles have been stored at the park for over a year, while the school waited for the state funding to come through.... Full story
THURSDAY Running an end around the Secret Service, Virginia couple Tareq and Michaele Salahi crash the White House to attend President Barack Obama’s state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The White House officials have asked the Secret Service for a full review of what happened. The couple posted pictures on Facebook showing them with distinguished dinner guests. Swiss ‘jetman’ Yves Rossy landed in the Strait of Gibraltar after ditching his bid to make aviation history by flying from Africa to Europe using a jet-p... Full story
The drive for the Firemen’s Christmas Toybox has started in Colfax. Residents can donate new toys or funds for the project. Needy families will be able to pick up toys at the fire station Dec. 14 and 15. Notices to eligible families, which are designated by DSHS, have been mailed out....
A recent award of federal stimulus money could put Pullman and Albion on the path to better energy efficiency. A group of energy companies, including Avista, is planning to move ahead on a $38 million “smart grid” energy project in Pullman and Albion, after the U.S. Department of Energy last week announced funding for the project. The project is part of a $178 million five-state project by 12 energy companies that is being spearheaded by Battelle, the company that operates the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories in Richland. “I think this...
Giving Trees are now placed at the Whitman County Courthouse and Public Service Building, with gift requests for developmentally disabled adults in Colfax and Pullman. People are encouraged to take one of the gift request tags, purchase a gift and wrap it. Whitman County Parks and Developmental Services Department conduct the project along with DreamWorks Inc., LMK Inc., Palouse Industries, and Paul’s Place. For additional information, contact the Whitman County Parks and Developmental Services office....
People had varied reactions to the Colfax school board’s Nov. 23 decision to continue to prohibit football practices on Thanksgiving and Christmas. “They [the board] had a knee jerk reaction. They are micromanaging,” said Steve Teade, parent of quarterback Alex Teade. Teade criticized the board for not discussing why they made their decision during the meeting. A 26-strong crowd showed up at the board meeting to protest the cancellation of practice on Thanksgiving, claiming it is a tradition in Colfax that should be preserved. Alumni traditiona...
Two of the five people running for a Palouse council seat this November were unsatisfied with the way the council is operating, but just one of the challengers, Randy Zehm, was elected. Dixie Reiber, the other challenger, lost to incumbent Darcie Bagott. Palouse city government has slowly been tightening its rules on public speech at city council meetings, in light of repeated, and occasionally heated, inquiries from citizens during meetings. Citizens Steve McGehee and Jim Farr have also filed extensive public records requests with the city, pr...
