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WHITMAN COUNTY ELECTIONS NOTICE OF VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES For the February 14, 2017 Special Election NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, in order to vote in the February 14, 2017 Special Election, a person who is already registered to vote in Washington may update their registration no later than January 16, 2017. A registered voter who fails to transfer their residential address by this deadline may vote according to their previous registration address. If a person is not registered to vote in Washington they must submit a registration... Full story
The Bill of Rights and You, an exhibit spotlighting the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, is now on display at area branch libraries. Climate change program set at The Center "Wicked Solutions for a Wicked Problem" is the title of a free presentation by Dr. Peter Haug from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in The Center at Colfax Library. Attendees are encouraged to bring a sack lunch or just come to learn. During this 30-minute presentation, Dr. Haug will discuss the clear trends...
STEVEN D. CLARK The funeral for Steven D. Clark, 67, lifetime Whitman County resident, was Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m. at Kramer Funeral Home in Palouse. Burial followed at the Viola Cemetery with an United States Army Honor Guard and the Potlatch V.F.W. Post participating. Mr. Clark died at his home outside of Palouse Dec. 23, 2016. Born April 29, 1949, in Colfax, to Jack and Lois (Cane) Clark, he attended schools in Pullman and graduated from Pullman High School in 1967. He joined the... Full story
Endicott Dad’s Night In Pinochle Club met at the home of Anne and Willy Lowe Dec. 18 for their Christmas party. Co-hosts were Bertie and Floyd Honn. They started the evening with an appetizer and dessert dinner, then played pinochle. Members and husbands attending were Marcia and Bruce Honn, Benge; Jenny and Larry Meyer, Judy Cook, Sue Bafus, Lorena and Leroy Mattly, Endicott; Kathy and Daryl Storment, Shirley and Bob Morasch, Casey Shiprek and Dan Holbrook, and Kathy and John Schlomer, Winona. Christmas visitors at the home of Willy and A...
Garfield/Palouse National Honor Society, in conjunction with the Shriners, will sell district basketball tournament boosters' sponsorships. Names of those who purchase booster listing will appear in the Shriners Southeast 1B district basketball program. They sold boosters at Friday's game and will offer them again at Jan. 6 home games. Half of all proceeds will benefit the Shriner's Hospitals, while the other half will go to the Garfield/Palouse NHS chapter. Those who cannot attend a basketball game but still want to be a booster can contact...
Dusty Di and Larry Brink picked up son Tom Phillips, Las Vegas, on Wednesday, Dec. 21. They were joined Dec. 24 by John, Brandi, Myla and Alexis Brink, Colfax; Kevin, Amber, Kloey, Ellie and Nick Brink, Kennewick, and Mike Stine, LaCrosse. Christmas day, Tom Phillips, Mike Stine and Larry and Di Brink went to the home of Lucky and Joan Myrick for lunch. Monday, Dec. 26, Larry and Di and Tom and Mike Stine joined Carol and Don Keeney, LaCrosse, for supper. Phillips will return to his home on Dec. 31. Gathering at the homes of Bryan Jones and...
Pullman could soon have some new parking and apartment options downtown, as well as added commercial space. Fields Holdings LLC of Los Angeles has proposed a mixed-use facility at the current site of Washington Federal Bank on Pullman's Main Street. “College communities are attractive to a lot of real estate developers,” said Pete Dickinson, Pullman's planning director. “This group has also built or proposed other similar developments in other college towns.” The proposed 42,000-square foot facility would house 8,500 square feet of commerc...
Tekoa's annual tree of sharing project gathered more than 250 gifts to distribute to children in Tekoa area. The tree is sponsored by Banner Bank, Healthy Tekoa Coalition, Tekoa Chamber of Commerce and many residents who fill tags and wrap the gifts. Left to right are Fran Martin, Gail Gumm and Robin Harp.... Full story
The Garfield/Palouse Middle School Choir brings Christmas cheer to residents of The Ladow Court in Garfield.... Full story
8 years ago The Commoner Dec. 25, 1891 Freight No. 42 met with an accident at Garfield Monday last. There was something wrong with the throwing of the switch and the engine left the track followed by three cars. The engine went off between the main and side tracks and ploughed into the mud. The down passenger from Spokane met the obstacle and was delayed two hours. The engine of the express train was not sufficient for the task of getting the derailed engine and cars back on the track and an engine was dispatched from this city for that...
The Herblock Traveling exhibit is now on display at the Tekoa Library. This exhibit features the School Bell panel displaying reproductions of the work of legendary Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert L. Block, famously known as “Herblock.” Produced by The Herb Block Foundation and crafted by Curator Harry Katz, the exhibit presents Herblock’s effort to defend the rights and freedoms of Americans through his political cartoons. Born on Oct. 13, 1909, Herb Block, a native Chica...
The Palouse Knowledge Corridor announced last week that applications will soon be out for the 2017 edition of the Be The Entrepreneur Bootcamp. The bootcamp is a five-day workshop that includes networking, pitch refining and business goal development. Attendees should plan to be present at the entire workshop. The application will be available starting Jan. 1 on the Be the Entrepreneur website. The workshop is planned for May 21-25, 2017, and it will be at various locations including Banyans on the Ridge in Pullman, the University of Idaho in...
Zach Watson, left, collects water samples with children in the south Sudan. Watson lived in the south Sudan while doing humanitarian work. This tent and tukul served as an office and home for Watson’s work in the south Sudan. Watson, center, assists with a well drill project in Uganda. Zach Watson has spent much of the last six years abroad. He has found himself in South Sudan, Pakistan and Iraq, working in humanitarian work, striving to make a difference for the people there. Now, Watson is b...
Colfax Chamber of Commerce has changed its membership offerings, creating four membership levels with different incentives. Previously, the Chamber had different levels based on how many employees a business had. “Everyone was kind of getting the same benefits for different costs,” said Valoree Gregory, Colfax unified executive director. “Now we can show what you're getting from your membership.” The basic membership package, at a cost of $85, has four incentives. Those incentives are included in all membership levels and include a membership d... Full story
Sand Road is open again to the public after being closed for five weeks. A four-mile road closure near Pullman was part of a $1.8 million project to improve safety. The guardrail is now complete, leaving another week or two of crushing road material before the project is done. The crusher, located beside the roadway, is awaiting parts for repair. On a stretch of S-curves two miles south of Highway 270, contractor M.A DeAtley Constuction of Clarkston has blasted through a basalt rock bluff in order to extend curves. The work widened the... Full story
MARRIAGE LICENSES Jay Michael Lewis, 46, and Michelle Denise Henley, 49, both Moscow, Dec. 14. Christopher Kent Thurman, 27, and Hillary Beatrice-Joy Mellish, 25, both Pullman, Dec. 21. REAL ESTATE SALES Ian and Janette Huskie, Snohomish, to Kyle Lafferty, house on NW Valhalla Drive, Pullman, $213,000, Nov. 16. Christopher and Brandi Davis, Spokane, to Michelle and Robert Cook, house on E. Fairview, Colfax, $164,200, Nov. 16. Margaret Hokenson, Tekoa, to Debra Gatherer, Tekoa, house on W. Poplar, Tekoa, $69,000, Nov. 17. Community Action...
As 2017 approaches, it is fascinating to look back at the vast changes in our lives over the last century and then imagine where we may be headed in the next 25 years. It is hard to picture that in the year 1900, more than 100,000 horses were in New York City. However, in 1917 the final horse-drawn carts, cabs and carriages left the city to be replaced by trucks, cars and buses. Henry Ford had perfected the “horseless carriage.” The Economist, a London-based magazine, highlighted the transformation in special report on the future of oil. Whi... Full story
In 2012 when Washington state was hotly debating legalizing recreational marijuana, I kept my thoughts to myself. I had never used pot in any form but realized that our national drug policies were not working. There was widespread disregard for the laws. Even Hollywood seemed to condone non-compliance. TV detective shows routinely had police officers tell suspects, “I’m not concerned about the drugs, I’m after something bigger.” We had to do something different. So, in the end, I reluctantly supported I-502, believing that it would spur th...
The Democrats have a simple explanation for Hillary Clinton's loss -- the Russians did it. The party that has had a decades-long soft spot toward Moscow and been reluctant to believe that the Kremlin might have aggressive intentions or, say, cheat on an arms-control agreement is in a frenzy over Russian hacking that supposedly denied Hillary the victory that was rightfully hers. John Podesta, the chairman of a Hillary campaign that considered accepting the results of an election part of American writ as of about two months ago, refused several...
The Arthur and Amelia Broeckel farm is shown circa 1984 in this fly over photo. The farm last week was officially listed as a Whitman County Century Farm. Photos courtesy of Karen Broeckel. This barn sits on the Arthur and Amelia Broeckel farm in the Dusty area. Though it is unknown exactly how old the barn is, it was already on the property when Philip Broeckel purchased it in 1914. The barn is on the Washington state historic barn registry. Arthur and Amelia Broeckel (front) are shown with... Full story
There is a really good reason to support Senate confirmation of Rex Tillerson to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state: Tony Perkins opposes him. Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council, otherwise known as the Bedroom Busybodies. He blasted out a statement condemning ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson as a person who "not only led the charge to open the Boy Scouts to gay troop leaders but whose company directly gives to Planned Parenthood." Tillerson was, in fact, active in the Boy Scouts and did lead the effort to open...
The Gazette has been around for a long time. It was first published the year after General Armstrong Custer was defeated at the Little Big Horn and the United States celebrated its centennial. In 1877, the founding year of the Gazette, the Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph tried to escape Idaho for Canada, being stopped in Montana in the dead of winter. That is when Joseph famously proclaimed to “fight no more forever.” The Gazette was well established when the Gunfight at the OK Corral took place and later when Geronimo surrendered. Uly...
These reports are from the previous three 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. FOUR HURT IN 195 COLLISION Four people were injured Saturday in a collision on Highway 195 near the Rosalia rest stop. According to the Washington State Patrol report, Mshari Al Dossary, Spokane, was driving a 2003 Infinity northbound on Highway 195 at 1:35 p.m. when he lost control on the slush-covered highway and slid into the southbound...
Christine Denny of Liberty drives against Parker Warwick of Colfax on the way to a 28-point game. Carmen Gfeller of Colfax looks for a shot against freshman Maisie Burnham of Liberty. Liberty's girls came out with a strong third quarter and held off Colfax in the final minute to take a 52-49 win and the league lead after the first round of NE action for the south side. The Lancers came away from Colfax with a 7-0 overall record and 5-0 league record after the hard-fought win at Colfax. After... Full story
Jaydon Soncarty of Colfax goes up against Isaak Ottmar for two points as the Bulldogs scramble in an overtime comeback win over Liberty. Carson Cloaninger of Colfax drives against Patrick Paredes of Liberty during the Colfax charge. Colfax came to life in the last quarter to catch a hard-charging Liberty team and then ripped past them in overtime for a 59-54 win Wednesday, Dec. 21. The comeback win left the Bulldogs at 4-1 on the first lap of NE league play. Asotin, which topped Colfax in the... Full story
