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For anyone familiar with geocaching, the May 5 lifting of the ban on outdoor recreation is like a late anniversary gift as it was May 3, 2000, when the original geocache was placed in Beavercreek, Ore. Now this union of treasure hunt and great outdoors has grown to include more than one million caches worldwide – some even in the towns and country roads of Whitman County. With the right devise and coordinates, anyone can turn a walk into a treasure hunt, whether they are hiking Kamiak Butte o...
America’s unemployment rate is suddenly approaching historic levels. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began almost two months ago, roughly 30.3 million people have filed for jobless benefits. “That is more people than live in the New York and Chicago metropolitan areas combined, and it’s by far the worst string of layoffs on record. It adds up to more than one-in-six American workers,” Associated Press writer Christopher Rugaber reported at the end of April. However, the Economic Policy Institute (EP...
Pet Peeves People who talk all the time and don’t listen. People that talk ALL the time and do not do their work. Talk less...work more... QUIT TALKING!!! LISTEN FOR ONCE!! The new publishing of the district court filings. When strangers throw residential garbage in other’s commercial bins....
Chopsticks make great eating utensils. If you know how to use them. Same with roundabouts. Pullman is looking at putting in its first roundabout. Installation of roundabouts have been breached in Colfax as a possible solution to traffic concerns on both ends of town. There are strong opinions for and against. Often cited is the effectiveness of roundabouts in Europe and other places. On a trip to Germany there are some driving points you pick up quickly: 1) Every road leads to Ausfahrt. Instead...
I am a numbers guy – always have been. In my early childhood, I dreamed of either being a famous singer or a writer, but my voice changed from an alto to bull frog baritone about the same time as I realized I had no spelling gene. My sisters had it, but to my dismay, I inherited my Grandfather’s inability to spell. To offset my spelling deficiency, Dad enrolled me in all the math courses our school offered. I continued to explore the quantitative sciences through graduate school. Even with an adequate academic background, I find it imp...
I am writing to express my disappointment with Rep. Mark Schoesler’s April 16 editorial. As a leader he should spend less time criticizing Governor Inslee and more time working on bipartisan measures to develop safe and effective guidelines on how to restart Washington’s economy. Other than “faith," he offers no clear suggestions on how employers can keep workers and customers safe. He correctly mentions that early action by state government has protected public health in this pandemic. Thanks to the swift actions of Gov. Inslee and other...
Pet Peeves People who do not keep their dogs in their yards and under control. OkeyDokes The city and friends that gave a littel girl a special 5th birthday drive by. Way to make a special day...
Gov. Jay Inslee had to know a showdown was coming with Eastern Washington. State law allocated him 30 days in which to operate under emergency authority, unless the Legislature convenes and passes a concurrent resolution. That didn't happen. And with his initial stay-home quarantine issued Feb. 29 due to the coronavirus outbreak, many east of the Cascades have been anxiously awaiting the governor's nod to return to work, to recreate and to shop. Without even a cautious nod, the tension has been...
Jerry Jones was a good guy and we will miss him so much. I really appreciate all the work he did for the Colfax Gazette. He did a lot of walking and did a good job taking pictures. He would come up to Rosalia for Battle Days, sports and other event to take pictures and cover the news. I really appreciate Jerry and all the people who worked with him; they did a good job. Jerry, we are going to miss you so much. Mike Day, Rosalia...
Since college days, I have always been in touch with the immigrant community in the United States, starting with my position as Major Chairman of International Forums at the University of Illinois. So, it has been a great surprise and revelation to me, and maybe to most of the readers, that we have so many articulate doctors – both Medical and Academic – from the immigrant community who are living and working in the United States. Either they themselves were born in other countries, or they are children of immigrants, as usually identified by...
As we get deeper into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are finding more Americans to thank. Until recently, truckers have been behind the scenes just doing their jobs, but as shoppers learn how groceries and necessities reappeared on shelves, they join the list of unsung heroes. Business Insider (BI) reported truckers are the reason America's grocery stores, online retailers, hospitals, gas stations, and even ATMs have remained stocked. They number 1.9 million. It’s estimated that grocery stores w...
One of the positives to come out of the current crisis is that people are realizing what the most important things are. When you only have resources for the top priorities, those priorities have to be more clearly defined. As the model for schooling has drastically changed, the curriculum has been stripped bare, reminding us of the true purpose of schools and what their function is meant to be. Parents have been thrust to the front-line of eduction for their children. While it has been a shock,...
After over 30 years of buying, subscribing and reading the Whitman County Gazette, I am through. The editorial in the April 2 edition is just too much for me. The transfer of reason from Mr. Fogerty to Mr. Harnack is a deal breaker. To make it perfectly clear, this is my opinion on the few issues that had any substance in his editorial. Mr. Harnack calls COVID-19 the Wuhan Flu. Little could be more racist and non-news worthy. He derides Political Correctness. PC is the name given to the muzzle that closes the mouths of racists, bigots and...
Dr. Anthony Fauci warns us we need to fear the virus will return when cooler weather comes back in the fall and winter. Now is the perfect time to stop all the “global warming epidemic nonsense”. Use the “so called” warmer temperature in addition to medicine to stop the coronavirus and save lives! Carolyn Imeson, Colfax...
I solemnly express my vote of solidarity with you the American people during this inordinate storm of CORONAVIRUS whose negative ramifications have reverberated across the breadth and length of the globe and history bears footprints of the fundamental disruptions that plagues since time immemorial have visited upon humanity. Grant me indulgence to address you on my utmost appreciation to you and your government for the pragmatic and effective measures and interventions that you instituted to combat the silent enemy of Corona and even more...
Gov. Jay Inslee’s house-arrest order for the populace, Proclamation 20-25, is in conflict with the Bill of Rights. Our rights of the free exercise of religion, of the people to peaceably assemble, of due process of law, as well as our Ninth Amendment rights to pursue happiness by earning a living and to travel freely outside of our homes are sacred. These individual rights are enshrined in the Constitution of the United States. Under the Supremacy Clause, the Constitution pre-empts conflicting state laws. Inslee’s order “prohibiting all peopl...
I continue to adhere to the stay-at-home order. I have been following orders all my life, although I find them to be easier to follow when they make sense. Much of the Governor’s restrictions are common logic; others, however, are hard to understand. Most of our shops are closed, and we are prohibited from going to church, but marijuana is considered essential to the functioning of our community. We are encouraged to bring our reusable shopping bags to be filled by grocery clerks, but we are prohibited from checking out books from the l...
Even in the most difficult of challenges we can find our pot of gold. I have spent most of my life chasing the infamous “pot of gold” at the end of the rainbow, only to find the rainbow now on another horizon in the distance and no pot of gold. Even as a young child my family vacations for me were not about the road trip but rather getting to the destination. Not about the hike, the challenge or the scenery, but more about getting to the campsite so I could finally “be there.” Not that goals of this sort shouldn’t be made or sought after, in...
More than 230,000 small businesses across our state have been shut down since March 25 by order of Gov. Inslee. While the executive branch does not view these employers as being essential, I and my Senate Republican colleagues recognize the value of these businesses to the families they support, the communities they serve and the economic activity they generate. We recognize how these employers have already suffered from being forcibly closed and how offers of government assistance are no...
Moderation in all things is a pretty good code to live by–even in politics. Or maybe it should be especially in politics. Citizens should constantly be checking themselves and their elected officials, regularly questioning actions and asking, "Is this going too far?" Some cases are blatantly obvious. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban received authority to rule by decree indefinitely and without any parliamentary oversight to handle the COVID-19 crisis last week. It may be the s...
Roger Harnack's April 2nd editorial quotes Benjamin Franklin about giving "up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety...," which was not written at the time of a pandemic, even though Roger wrote that our nation's forefathers were not unaware of them. Thanks to science, we now know much more about how viruses spread. I am glad we are giving up the right to assemble, as directed by Governor Inslee, for as long as necessary to stop this scourge. I happen to believe scientists more than I believe politicians. Medical and health...
