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Palouse Empire Fair Foundation’s annual dinner and auction Dec. 5 raised more than $25,000 for fair improvement projects. Brian Jacobs of Colfax, coordinator of the dinner, said near 240 people dined on barbecued baron of beef prepared by Jenny Meyer of Endicott. Attendees bid on a number of items during the annual auction, which was conducted by Butch Booker of Colfax. Most competitive auction item was a set of four tires donated by Les Schwab. Jacobs said a number of people bid on the tires, which finally sold for $1,000. Money from the a...
Experts say that in order to get a true picture of your body weight, you shouldn’t weigh yourself every day, which is why I step on the scales only after I’ve had food poisoning. Also, this is the time of year when you should set the starting weight on the scales back 10 pounds — “fall back.” “Dad, you’re gaining weight,” my daughter tells me one day. My daughter loves me and would say something like this only if she were mistaken. “Shut up,” I say gratefully. She is a serious cyclist who rides things like The Triple Bypass, which is a...
Deputy’s response This letter is being written in response to last week’s article in the Whitman County Gazette headlined “Partch’s budget cuts too deep.” In 2008 the Whitman County Deputy Sheriffs Association agreed to a four year contract with the Whitman County Commissioners that covered several areas including wages and health insurance. You can view the current Whitman County Deputy Sheriffs Association contract at www.whitmancounty.org under the Human Resources tab. In the article Commissioner Partch is quoted as saying “We’ve as...
As part of its health-reform package, the U.S. Senate wants to expand access to the nearly bankrupt Medicare program. Currently limited to seniors over 65, the proposal would allow people 55-64 to purchase Medicare coverage. That’s like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. In fact, the Senate is actively encouraging more passengers to get onboard the sinking ship that is Medicare. Without a huge infusion of cash from our government (us), Medicare goes down like a big rock in a pond. That’s unfortunate, especially when there are affordabl...
SO BAGGIE is gone. Pneumonia claimed former House Speaker John Angelo Bagnariol of Renton on Dec. 6 at the age of 77, these days way too young to die. A reluctant letter writer, I received two missives from him during the 40 or so years I knew him. The first was when I wrote of complaints from readers that he and fellow Gamscam defendants Gordon Walgren and Pat Gallagher were getting special treatment in the prison they’d been sent to for two years on federal racketeering charges. I’m not going to go into the history and details of Gam...
++++ To the nice man who brought all library staff, freezing in their new bank location, espressos to help warm up....
Whitman County is considering buying another building. This one would be for the health department’s Pullman office. Currently, the space for the office is rented from the Pullman Hospital Foundation. The foundation does not want to continue being in the landlord business. Options for the county are to close its Pullman office, relocate to another site or buy the space, which is located in a complex of medical condominiums. Discussions over the future of the office started with the option of simply closing the Pullman office and c...
MARRIAGE LICENSES David Hamilton Bross, 22, Charleston, W.V. and Yasaman Ghadarghadrjahrdmi, 28, Shiraz, Iran, Dec. 3 Mathew Douglas Welborn, 21, Arlington, and Tanya Rochell Moman, 20, Arlington, Dec. 10 Zachary Owen Rebro, 24, San Diego, California and Lindy Analene Paulson, 24, Pullman, Dec. 14 COLFAX BUILDING PERMITS Busch Distributors, repair roof at Corner Chevron, 125 Walla Walla Highway, $8,000, Dec. 14 REAL ESTATE SALES Itani Quality Homes, Inc., Pullman, to Stephen Krigbaum, Pullman, house on SW Finch Way, $359,000, June 30. Erwin...
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. Toybox start serves 137 kids Families with a count of 137 youngsters have been served by the Fireman’s Toybox program as of 10 a.m. Monday morning. Families are provided with an invitation through DSHS to participate in the program. Jane Roberts, coordinator of the project, noted the Toybox is marking its 25th year of operation. She said the p...
The History Channel • On Dec. 28, 1869, the Knights of Labor, a labor union of tailors in Philadelphia, hold the first Labor Day ceremonies in American history. The Knights of Labor was established as a secret society of Pennsylvanian tailors earlier in the year. • On Dec. 29, 1878, the first game is played between two teams of the first professional baseball league in Cuba. Baseball had first been introduced in Cuba around 1864, when some students returned home from studying in the United States and introduced their fellow islanders to the...
Correction: Nighthawk champs includes Rosalians Last week’s team caption for the Nighthawk football team which received the academic championship trophy at the Tacoma Dome Dec. 5 unintentionally omitted Rosalia from the team name. The team campaigned in the SE 2B football league as Tekoa/Oakesdale/Rosalia. We apologize. Bulldog boys finish strong Drake Hinkins put up 34 points for host Tekoa/Oakesdale Tuesday night, but the Colfax Bulldogs booked a strong second half on their way to a 68-49 win in their late debut for the season. The hosts p...
SJE wrestlers booked mixed results Tuesday at the Colfax meet which drew grapplers from five teams. Senior Jesse Nichols led the Eagles with a 2-1 mark while Thomas Newton and Gus Bailey booked 1-2 marks. Last Tuesday at Ritzville, Bailey booked two pins to lead the Eagles and Nichols booked a split. RESULTS AT COLFAX 112-Thomas Newton pinned by Joel Anderson-Ck, lst’ to Todd Marshall-Pt, 6-10; pinned Andrew Richards-Pt, 3rd. 135-Gus Bailey pinned Braiden Peirson-Ck, lst; pinned by Austin Green-Ck. 3rd; to Tiger Person-Ck, 2-17. 132-Jesse N...
SJE senior Jesse Nichols tries take down Daniel Kuhlmann of Colfax in a matchup Tuesday night on the Colfax mats. Colfax wrestlers, who hosted four teams Tuesday night, will host a mat tournament Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. Coach Jeremy Lanthorn said five teams to date have booked wrestlers for the event. Guests will be St. John/Endicott, Moscow, Pullman, Riverside and Liberty. Saturday, the Bulldogs traveled to a tourney at Potlatch and placed fourth with a few gaps in their normal lineup. The Bulldogs booked 56 points behind McCall’s 131, P...
Gavin Burt of the Nighthawks reaches for the handle on a rebound in front of Nighthawk Joey Hooper Friday in the matchup between SE-North 2B foes in the Oakesdale gym. Viking Lee Roach is in front. Jim Maley picked up 21 points and 14 rebounds to power a fourth-quarter Rosalia charge Tuesday night that sank Garfield/Palouse 55-35. The win kept Rosalia’s perfect record intact at 6-0. Up by five points at the end of the third quarter, the Spartans big front line, led by Maley and Junior Nathan Richards, held the Vikings to just three points w...
Alexandra Overton of the Nighthawks pulls down a rebound between Madisyn Woltering of the Vikings and Cheriese Neill of the `hawks in the league battle Friday night at Oakesdale. Colton, St. John/Endicott, Asotin and Tekoa/Oakesdale booked big wins Friday in SE-North for a full round of league action. Rosalia’s girls bowed to Asotin in the Friday league round, but came back for big wins Saturday and Tuesday. Colton Coach Clark Vining’s defending 1B champs hammered LaCrosse/Washtucna 85-21 in the Friday round with Kelsey Moser hitting 20 and...
Special varsity awards at the football banquet went to, from the left, Tuffy Hickman, Ryan Conrad, Alex Teade, Sam Mellor and Tyler Morse. Seven seniors who led Colfax to this year’s championship game in Tacoma and were part of a drive to the semi-final game at the end of the `08 season were honored last Thursday at the Bulldog football banquet. Seated at the head table were Tyler Morse, Will Hatley, Sam Mellor, Ryan Conrad, Patrick Benson, Stetson Steiger and David Moore. Conrad, who played in the state title game after being injured the p...
Daylan Scott Nekula, 23, a soldier at Fort Lewis, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and placed on 12 months of community supervision after pleading guilty Dec. 4 in superior court to an amended charge of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. The conviction dates back to October of 2008 when deputies investigated a report that a mother had discovered her nine-year-old daughter had been sending nude photos of herself via cell phone to the suspect. Nekula was originally charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. He was also ordered to...
A legal defense in a criminal case in Whitman County Superior Court has turned a spotlight on caffeine. Moscow Attorney Mark Moorer claims his client Daniel Noble, who is facing seven felony charges for a hit-and-run of two WSU students last week, was possibly under a caffeine-induced psychosis during the incident. Noble allegedly hit two WSU students with his car last week in Pullman. According to the police report, Noble hit one of the students in a crosswalk and later drove his car onto a sidewalk along Stadium Way to hit the other student....
Evan Henning serves as the music holer Friday in the Oakesdale gym so the Nighthawk brass can play in support of the hoop team during halftime. Trumpet players from the left are Parker Perry, Dustin Warwick, and Emily Paddock....
Barreling down the Nebraska highway in a 38-foot red fire truck, the three men from Tekoa were on a mission - get this newly purchased truck back to Tekoa by Dec. 8. The conversation was lively and Donavan Chase, Lee Zimmerman and Duane Groom already had a pocket of amusing adventures under their belt since they hit the road Dec. 3. Then the brand new $260,000 truck began to slow down on the highway, losing power, until they were stopped on the side of the road. The unforgiving Nebraska cold had frozen their fuel lines. They were stranded....
THURSDAY President Barack Obama defended the right of the United States to wage “just wars” in his speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. His speech comes just nine days after he ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in a major expansion of the eight-year-old war. The Centers for Disease Control announces the swine flu has killed nearly 10,000 Americans, including 1,100 children and 7,500 younger adults, and infected one in six people in the United States since arriving last April. The world’s first water-powered touring boat begin...
Colfax Golf Club members have arranged to finance installation of a new modular home at the golf course, city administrator Carl Thompson informed the city council Monday. The city earlier this year approved a plan to purchase a modular home and rent it to the golf club. The real estate at the golf course is owned by the city and leased to the golf club. The actual buildings and club facilities are owned by the golf club. Thompson said the golfers decided to finance the purchase of the new house so it will also be owned by the club. The golfers...
Information from a pre-Thanksgiving shutdown of Palouse groundwater pumps could begin rolling in as soon as next week. Colfax, Moscow, Palouse, Pullman, the University of Idaho and Washington State University all shut down water pumps to begin a year-long study by the Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee. The test is intended to get a clearer picture of the connectedness of groundwater supplies on the Palouse. With that information, officials hope to better target conservation efforts. The shutdown drew reservoirs for each entity to approximately...
After seven years in Colfax and almost a life-time on the job, Whitman hospital administrator Jon Davis will finish his last day at the office Friday, Dec. 18. “It’s the right time. And I’m going to miss a lot of the people,” Davis said. His public retirement party will be Friday, Dec. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m., in the administration annex at the hospital. Davis worked previously as a CEO at a hospital in Odessa. He has worked in administration in the medical field for most of his life- his longest stint for 14 years at a Catholic medical center...
—Colfax PD photo Officers inspect the scene of a collision between a semi-truck and Daniel Larson’s 2008 Ford Taurus on North Main Street in Colfax, just south of Subway, Saturday afternoon. Colfax Officer Robert Wride said Larson, 55, Endicott, was forced off Main Street at the Y intersection by a semi truck driven by James Decker, 44, Desert Hot Springs, Calif. Larson’s Taurus struck a concrete-filled sign base at the parking lot of the former NAPA store lot. Carol Larson, also of Endicott, who was a passenger in the Taurus, was taken by am...
