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Colfax farmer Tom Kammerzell, 51, was sworn in by port attorney Bruce Ensley as the 13th commissioner of the Port of Whitman County last Thursday, Dec. 15. “I’m really looking forward to this challenge,” he said. “This is going to be a very interesting adventure.” Voters selected Kammerzell over Al Sorensen of Pullman in November’s general election. Kammerzell takes the seat currently held by Don Cox of Colfax, who was appointed last year to fill the post after the death of Bob Gronholz. Gronholz was elected to a six-year term in 2009. Kamme...
The History Channel • On Jan. 5, 1643, in the first record of a legal divorce in the American colonies, Anne Clarke of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a divorce from her absent and adulterous husband, Denis Clarke, by the Quarter Court of Boston. • On Jan. 7, 1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon, making the first crossing of the English Channel by air. After almost crashing, the two men were forced to throw nearly everything out of the bal...
Vivian M. Strachan, 35, Colton, was transported by ambulance to Whitman Hospital Thursday, Dec. 15, after sustaining possible shoulder injury in a two-car accident south of Steptoe. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Strachan had parked a 2004 Hyundai Accent on the shoulder of the highway at 8:25 a.m. The Hyundai was struck by a 1997 Subaru Impressa which was being driven southbound by Paul B. Golter, 37, Rosalia. Road conditions were described as snow and slush. Heather Buckles, 20, Mount Vernon, was unhurt when she lost control...
Tyler Markwart, former WSU student who was found guilty Dec. 13 of charges of selling and growing marijuana in Pullman, was taken into custody after the jury delivered its verdict on all five counts. Markwart has been scheduled for sentencing Jan. 13. The court appointed Steve Martonick, county defense attorney, to be on standby in the event Markwart fails to hire an attorney to represent him at sentencing. Markwart’s sentence on the five felony convictions will include a determination under the state’s standard range provisions with a max...
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. **************** TOY BOX RESTOCKS AFTER FIRST DAY After being swamped on the first day of operation Monday, the Firemen’s Toy box needed to restock. City Administrator Carl Thompson reported to council members that the inventory ran low in two or three different departments and organizers made a trip to restock the shelves. Another $500 in t...
There is a brighter side to Christmas this year, despite the weak economy and lawmakers bickering over how to patch the $2 billion hole in the state’s budget. The good news comes from Boeing. Boeing and its machinists recently ratified a new four-year contract which averts a strike through 2016. Even though the plum in the pudding was the accompanying announcement that Boeing would produce its new 737 MAX at its Renton plant, the agreement has much broader significance. Early ratification of a labor agreement is hugely important to Boeing, i... Full story
Less than a week before Christmas, Whitman County commissioners decided Monday to allow churches to be built in the Pullman-Moscow Corridor. Real Life Christian Ministries petitioned the county to change its zoning code to allow churches in the corridor. The church wants to build a new building at the current site of Crossroads Nursery, which is located at the intersection of the Pullman-Moscow Highway and Pullman Airport Road. Because churches are not included in the list of developments that can be built in the corridor zone, the church was... Full story
Rosalia The Rosalia Chamber of Commerce announced the 2011 Christmas Lighting Contest winners this week. Grand prize winners are: Leland Root, Tree Theme; Glenn LaMoureaux, Use of Media; Jim Stenhouse, Best Display, and Joe Griffin, Use of Color. Finalists were as follows: Tree Theme: First - Jose Castanon, Second - John Hochney, Third - Ken Hames. Use of Media: First - Phil Albert, Second - Dan Brown. Best Display: First - Arlin Paulson, Second - Angie Trevino, Third - Chris Brown. Use of... Full story
WHEN I READ and saw the news stories about the Dec. 7 death of Harry Morgan, best known in his longtime acting career as Col. Sherman T. Potter in the TV show “M*A*S*H,” I searched through them for any mention of his connection to Washington State. I found none, although I remembered that years ago, I had read in my local newspaper, the Bremerton Sun, that he was in trouble with the police for abusing his wife. I remembered that Port Orchard was mentioned in the story although not why. He did not, and I checked into it, reside there at the tim... Full story
Over a hundred years ago, a young girl named Virginia wanted to know if Santa really existed. Her friends were telling her not to believe. So, she wrote to her newspaper to get the truth. This is the famous reply from the editor, Francis Church. Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been afflicted by skepticism in a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In this gre...
Washington State University last Tuesday announced plans for a six-day closure of buildings and non-essential operations for the week after Christmas. The move was suggested by WSU employees in response to a call for cost saving ideas for the university which has sustained budget cutbacks. Three of the days will be paid holidays for Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Day. On the other two days, employees will take leave. Campus human resources office has prepared a web site to address questions about leave, access and essential/non e...
Reardan’s undefeated girls dropped the Colfax Bulldogs 56-42 at Colfax Tuesday night to end the Bulldogs’ three-game league stint. The Indians, now 7-0, pegged at 40-25 lead at the half. Reardan shot over 58 percent from the field in the first half. In the second quarter the moved out to a 19-point lead. Kelsey Moos topped the visitors scoring with 14, and Ali Lillengreen finished with 13. Colfax came within eight points of the league leaders at the top of the last quarter when Amelie Bruya dropped in a three-pointer to narrow the game to 37-...
W. BRUCE CAMERON My insurance company loves to stick little informational pamphlets in with its bill so I won’t notice that I’m writing them a check. The topics usually boil down to how to avoid doing something that might cause you to file a claim which we would then reject because you’re supposed to be paying us money not the other way around. The most recent mailing was a little flier cheerfully entitled “How to Keep Your Dinner Guests from Suing You!” Apparently my insurance company has heard about my cooking. At any rate, the advice was bro...
A nail-biting finish and a milestone moment helped Rosalia’s girls continue their hot early season play over the weekend. Close Spartan wins over Tekoa/Oakesdale Friday on the Rosalia board and over St. John/Endicott Saturday at St. John left the Spartans 4-0 in the league race and tied with Colton on top of the pack before the Christmas break. Friday night, the Spartans almost squandered a big fourth quarter lead, but hung on just enough to down Tekoa/Oakesdale 58-54 at home. Both teams went into the game with 2-0 league marks. “They’re a hec...
Colfax boys wrapped up a pre-Christmas run with a 6-0 mark Tuesday after out-lasting tough Reardan team for a 61-53 win on the home court. The Bulldogs took the Reardan win after pegging a 47-41 win over the LRS Broncos at Lind Saturday night and a 62-47 crunch of Kettle Falls at Colfax last Friday. The Colfax gym will now be quiet until after the Christmas break when Northwest Christian will bring their undefeated team into town for a showdown of the league leaders. Colfax next Thursday will return to Yakima for the SunDome shootout. Tuesday... Full story
Iris Mayes of Moscow will be featured with her hand-crafted jewelry at the first Meet the Artist session of 2012 next Thursday, Jan. 5, at the library in Colfax at 7 p.m. An employee of the Whitman County Public Works planning department, Mayes has had an eclectic background in the arts, trying everything from making paper to designing and sewing costumes to the performing arts and painting. She was even art director for a couple of local movies. Iris earned a degree in English and public affairs at the University of Oregon in Eugene where she... Full story
Riding an oppressive defense, the boy cagers from St. John and Endicott grabbed a share of the top of the SE standings with a pair of big league wins over the weekend. “We’ve got a really close group of kids that really gets along,” said Coach Scott Hollingsworth. “That really shows up in our defense.” Saturday, the Eagles came out on top in a battle of league undefeateds, riding the 22 points of center Evan Jones to down host Rosalia 55-50. SJE came out quick off the tip, forcing Rosalia into 15 first half turnovers and booking a 33-21 halftim...
Colfax senior lineman Brent Conrad was named to the AP all-state which was announced Friday. Conrad was named for an offensive line position in the 2B division. Brent Stromberger of the LRS Broncos was named all-state defensive lineman and punter. Colton players named to the all-state team were Josh Straughan, quarterback; Jake Straughan, receiver, and Jake Reidner, Colton, both lines....
For the second-consecutive year, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has seen a rise in attendance for state competition in fall spafts. The WIAA events are sponsored byDairy Farmers of Washington and Les Schwab Tires. The WIAA ended the fall season with 71,152 total spectators attending the five different sports, an increase of 1,585 from the 2010 fall season. The largest attended sport was football (semifinals and finals) with 40,196 fans, an increase of 671 from the previous year. The highest change was State Volleyball,...
Daython Maltone picked up two pins in the heavyweight class Tuesday at Pomeroy and Justin King booked a strong performance in defeat against Tory Knebel of Pomeroy. King and Knebel battled through a close match for all three rounds with Knebel, a dominator in the 170 class, taking a 2-1 win. King also pinned Dalton LaRue of Waitsburg/Prescott in the third round. Maltone pinned Gabe Miller of Reardan in the second round and Jacob Schmauch of Liberty in the first round. In the 152 class Brandon Arneson defeated Sal Huitron of LRS 13-2 and was... Full story
1. In 2009, Philadelphia’s Chase Utley became the second player to hit five home runs in a World Series. Who was the first? 2. Who was the oldest player to steal a base in the major leagues? 3. Name the first college football Division I player to have 1,500 yards rushing and 1,500 yards passing in the same season. 4. In the 2009-10 season, Sacramento guard Tyreke Evans became the fourth rookie in NBA history to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game. Name two of the first three to do it. 5. Entering the 2011-12 s...
Whitman County commissioners will vote on the wind-aided budget for 2012 next Monday. A second public hearing on the $57 million spending plan garnered neither support nor opposition Monday morning. The budget is balanced by anticipated revenues from the Palouse Wind wind farm under construction on Naff Ridge between Oakesdale and Rosalia. “What really made the difference of our whole budget was windmills,” said Commissioner Greg Partch. Construction sales taxes from the wind farm chopped $500,000 off the initial $1.5 million deficit. Departmen...
Public Hearing Ruckelshaus Legislation and Voluntary Stewardship Program The Whitman County Board of County Commissioners are holding a public hearing on the Ruckelshaus Legislation to consider whether to opt-in to the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) addressing enhancement and protection of critical areas on lands used for agriculture. The legislation requires that the commissioners make a decision to either opt-in to the VSP or not by January 22, 2012. The public hearing is set for January 3, 2012 at 6.30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the...
A superior court jury of nine women and three men Tuesday convicted Michael Thompson, Lewiston, of pulling Larry D. Hood out of his pickup in the early morning hours of April 22, 2010, and robbing him of more the $2,500. The jury returned the verdict on charges of robbery and second-degree theft less than an hour after getting the case for deliberation. Thompson, now 21, was remanded to custody of the jail and Judge David Frazier set his sentencing date for Jan. 13. Deliberation began at 10:07 a.m. Tuesday. Hood was the last witness to testify...
THURSDAY “Whatever” was deemed the most irritating word for the third year in a row in Marist College’s annual survey of Americans, with four in ten adults calling it the most annoying verbal conversation filler. One in five had similar disdain for “like” and ‘you know.” Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found by the U.S. Justice Department to have violated U.S. civil rights laws by engaging in racial profiling of Latinos and making unlawful arrests in illegal immigrant crackdowns. Mark Meckler, 49, co-founder of the conservative...
