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It’s October and that means that brown, red, orange and yellow are working overtime to show their colors and announcing the unmistakable arrival of fall in our magnificent Whitman County. If you have checked your fall calendar, you will see that it’s also time for Haunted Palouse! Brave adventurous souls age 12 and up can enjoy this October evening tradition which will be held from 7-10 p.m. over the next two weekends, on Fridays and Saturdays, October 18 and 19 and 25 and 26. Remember to dress warmly, wear close-toed shoes, and bring a friend!...
STEPTOE - Gathering once again for its 33rd year of celebrating old time farming, the Morgan Plowing Bee is preparing ground for another year of growth. The event will take place this weekend starting at 8 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 19, at the intersection of Klaveano and Bartlett Road. Organizer John Morgan, 87, of Colfax, said people will start gathering around 8 a.m. to unhitch and prepare to plow the ground that was harvested. "It's essential what we're doing and we look forward to having...
COLTON -- Forty members of the Lewis-Clark Antique Power Club met on Saturday, October 12, at the Colton Gun Club for their fall meeting. Several members enjoyed trap shooting before the potluck lunch and meeting. Those in attendance introduced themselves and highlighted their antique iron collections and projects they are currently working on. Shop and garage tours were requested. Several members enjoyed participating in the Antique Tractor Plowing Bee hosted by Colby Dugger on Saturday,...
LACROSSE - Four men reunited at Selbu Lutheran Church on Sunday, Oct. 13, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an extraordinary bicycle journey that transformed their lives and solidified their bond of brotherhood. Embarking on a 10-month trek from Detroit, Mich., to La Paz, Bolivia, in 1974 - a time before cell phones, the internet or GPS, John Cross, of Lacrosse, Peter Crane, of Ojai, Cali., Jim Oines, of Thousand Oakes, Cali., and Jeff Stoops, of Cascade, Mont., bid farewell to friends and...
COLFAX — The Athenaeum Club held its Homecoming tea Friday, Oct. 4, planning for several upcoming events. Nancy Rothwell announced the Vintage Holiday event to be held at the Perkins House Saturday, Dec. 7. The public is invited to attend. The yearbook committee chaired by Mary Ann Wigen and members Jill Gfeller, Jane Aune, Cathy Landers and Kristin Salmond explained the year’s program theme, “U.S. First ladies.” The next meeting will be hosted by Marilyn Harder on Fri. Oct. 18....
Motorists in Washington state are sometimes handing over hundreds of dollars for licensing of their vehicle, but only receiving paper plates in return. According to an Aug. 28 legislative report, the state is had a backlog of at least 230,000 standard license plate orders, 10,000 specialty orders and 5,000 personal vanity orders. More than 20 counties (30 counties now) statewide are out of or nearly out of license plates. Still, the state is collecting money for plates it cannot provide as of...
PULLMAN - Zeppoz in Pullman was host to the Special Olympics bowling Southeast sub-regional event on Saturday, Oct. 12. There were about 120 participants bowling from the Whitman County Cougars team from Pullman and the Twin Rivers team from Clarkston, according to Special Olympics East Region Senior Manager Grant Opland. Gold medalists from the event will now advance to the regional competition at Spare Time Lanes in Tri Cities on Nov. 3. Opland said there are approximately 3,000 bowlers in...
COLFAX - With both teams clad in pink for cancer awareness, the Lind-Ritzville-Sprague (LRS) Broncos defeated the Colfax Bulldogs, 3-2, in a heated Northeast 2B League volleyball match Thursday, Oct. 10. Set scores for the match were 25-22, 23-25, 15-25, 25-18 and 15-10. The Broncos moved to 11-1 on the season and Colfax fell to 4-7. "It's been really exciting to plan all of this," said Colfax senior Ava Swan. "The posters on the wall, the auction, getting ready for it with the anticipation and...
COLFAX - Never back a dog into a corner. The Colfax Bulldogs came back from 22 points down at halftime to secure a 30-28 win in overtime against the Liberty (Spangle) Lancers on Friday, Oct. 11. A 2-point conversion after a touchdown in overtime was the deciding factor. "I thought our ability to bounce back from adversity was impressive," Colfax coach Dave Cofer said. "We have focused on that all year, going through adversity with no loss of enthusiasm." Early in the first quarter, Liberty...
ST. JOHN - Hitting the road all of last week, the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles split a pair of away matches on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Thursday, Oct. 10. The Eagles fell to the Garfield-Palouse Vikings, 3-0, on Tuesday and defeated the Waitsburg Cardinals, 3-0, on Thursday. Against the Vikings, SJEL junior setter Sophie Anderson opened the match with an ace. Gar-Pal swiftly recovered and tied set one at 2-2 with kills by junior Clare Bowechop and junior Elena Flansburg. While the hits...
COLTON — On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Pomeroy Pirates defeated the Colton Wildcats, 3-0, in a Southeast 1B League matchup. The Wildcats licked their wounds and defeated the Prescott Tigers, 3-1, on Saturday, Oct. 12. Against Pomeroy, the Pirates won by set scores of 25-9, 25-9, 25-15. Senior Clair Moehrle and sophomore Mere Bell led the Wildcats with two aces each. Moehrle and eighth grader Adara Ligouri each led with two assists apiece. Bell had one block and three kills in the match and junior Kiya Soza had a team-high seven digs. In a close m...
POMEROY — The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves lost a football game to the still-undefeated Pomeroy Pirates on Friday, Oct. 11. The score line read 68-0 in favor of Pomeroy. The Pirates scored 22 points in the first quarter, 30 in the second and eight points in each of the third and fourth quarters. The Timberwolves fall to 2-3 on the season. Their next matchup is against the Dayton Bulldogs in Tekoa at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. They will close out the regular season with an away match against the Garfield-Palouse Vikings on Friday, Oct. 2...
TEKOA - The Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves had a rough one last week as they dropped three matches to the Dayton Bulldogs, Oakesdale Nighthawks and Colton Wildcats. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Bulldogs defeated the Timberwolves, 3-1. Set scores were 18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24. Against Oakesdale on Thursday, Oct. 10, the Nighthawks defeated the Timberwolves, 3-0. Set scores were 25-7, 25-7, 25-8. On Monday, Oct. 14, the Wildcats defeated the Timberwolves in a five-set heater, 3-2. Full set scores were...
COLFAX - College rodeo teams from across the region competed in various events, with Blue Mountain Community College dominating both the men's and women's teams at the Northwest Region Rodeo at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 12. Blue Mountain Community College took first place in the men's team competition, scoring 699 points, followed by Walla Walla Community College with 461 points. Lassen College placed third with 409 points, while Treasure Valley Community College came in...
PULLMAN — The Pullman Greyhounds took an early lead but ultimately fell short, falling to the Rogers Pirates of Spokane on Friday, Oct. 11. Early in the first quarter, Pullman opened the scoring on a 6-yard touchdown pass that clipped the corner pylon. The point-after-touchdown (PAT) kick was good and the Greyhounds had a 7-0 lead. Rogers answered late in the second quarter on an 8-yard touchdown pass to the left corner. The PAT kick was blocked by the Pullman defense and the Greyhounds held their lead. With 1:15 to go in the first half, Pullma...
PULLMAN — The Pullman Greyhounds won both their home matches and lost an away match in volleyball action last week. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Pullman fell to the West Valley (Spokane) Eagles, 3-1, before defeating the Deer Park Stags, 3-0, on Thursday, Oct. 10. The Greyhounds defeated the Moscow Bears, 3-2, in a heated matchup on Monday, Oct. 14. Against West Valley, the Greyhounds lost the first set, 25-20, before taking set two, 25-22. The Eagles won sets three and four, both with set scores of 25-16. West Valley remains undefeated on the s...
PULLMAN - After falling to West Valley of Spokane, 8-0, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Pullman Greyhounds girls soccer team returned to form and defeated the Deer Park Stags, 2-1, on Thursday, Oct. 10. The win against Deer Park came from the shooting prowess of junior Sydney Johnson as she scored both goals for the Greyhounds. Johnson scored a goal in the sixth minute to put Pullman on the board and just three minutes later scored again. Deer Park stifled the Greyhound shutout by scoring a goal in the...
OAKESDALE - The Oakesdale Nighthawks volleyball team continued its reign of terror on the court with 3-0 wins against the Colton Wildcats on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and the Tekoa-Rosalia Timberwolves on Thursday, Oct. 10. The only team to take just one set from Oakesdale in regular-season play was a 3-1 decision against Wilbur-Creston-Keller on Saturday, Sept. 21. Against Colton, the Nighthawks won by set scores of 5-14, 25-15 and 25-12. Junior Bradyn Henley led the Nighthawks with five aces and two bl...
PALOUSE - Celebrating its Homecoming volleyball victory against the St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse (SJEL) Eagles on Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings continue to dominate the court. Gar-Pal defeated the Eagles, 3-0, with set scores of 25-9, 27-25, 25-20. The Vikings haven't lost a set since a hard-fought 3-2 win against the Pomeroy Pirates on Thursday, Sept. 26. "It's the hard work these girls are putting in and their drive to win," said Gar-Pal coach Genna Bessey. "They want i...
PALOUSE - Winning a Homecoming football game always feels more important. For the Garfield-Palouse (Gar-Pal) Vikings, it was a necessity. After falling to powerhouse teams Liberty Christian (6-0), Almira-Coulee-Hartline (5-1), Wilbur-Creston-Keller (6-0) and Pomeroy (6-0), the Vikings got their first win of the season, 50-16, for their Homecoming game against the Waitsburg Cardinals. "It was major," said Gar-Pal coach Willy Woltering. "Going 0-4 is never fun. We were playing really good...
PULLMAN—School board members met at Franklin Elementary School to discuss a new sensory space showcase that will support an environment which fosters learning during transitional periods. The meeting began at 4:30 p.m. and included the attendance of all board members and district administrators. The session kicked off with a showcase of the newly established Sensory Space at Franklin Elementary. Principal Kathi Keefer introduced Tarrin Weber, the school’s counselor, and Katelyn Classen, an occupational therapist for the Pullman School Dis...
MOSCOW — The Palouse Habitat for Humanity was awarded $15,000 in funds to build a home in Palouse. The grant awarded through Wells Fargo Foundation will go towards building the Jones family home and is designed to fit the family of seven comfortably and affordably. Wells Fargo volunteers from the Lewiston and Moscow offices joined Habitat for Humanity volunteers on Thursday, Oct. 10, to prepare for pouring the foundation of the home. “We appreciate Wells Fargo’s partnership, supporting affordable home building with both funds and helping hands...
COLFAX — During the Whitman County Commissioners workshop Monday, Oct. 15, officials addressed moving forward on awarding funds to the Tekoa Runway project. An early press release from the City of Tekoa, on Tuesday, Oct. 8, stated the City of Tekoa was awarded $20,000 in Economic Development Funds for its airport runway project. “According to the request it is going to be $20,000,” said Swannack, stating that commissioners would make a formal action on Monday, Oct. 21. The funds are from requests for funding proposals from the Whitman Count...
Roger Sandberg Biography Age: 44 Hometown: Pullman Experience: 17 years in private legal practice in Whitman County; 14 years as District Court Judge Pro Tem; Current Superior Court Commissioner Education: Whitworth College, Bachelor's Degree in Economics; University of Washington Law School Family: Married, with three children, ages 16, 14, and 11. Candidates have been given a 100 words to answer each question and answers have not been edited. Question 1: What is your philosophy on balancing punishment with rehabilitation, particularly for...
COLFAX — A man facing multiple charges of assault of law enforcement officers pled guilty. Darien Leaf Armstrong, 26, jury trial was stricken after he entered a plea of guilty to charges. According to past reports, the case began when officer Holden Humphrey was initially dispatched with other officers at 4:22 p.m. June 27 to 845 S.E. Spring St., for a report of an assault. Armstrong was arrested for threatening and hitting a man later identified as Christopher Hundahusen, Humphrey reported. Armstrong is reported to have assaulted officers w...
