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February 21, 2008 Front Page |
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Joseph Girls And Imbler Boys Win District 7 1-A Basketball Titles
By Brian Addison
The Joseph Eagles girls basketball team was hitting on all cylinders in their opening game against the Powder Valley Badgers at the 1-A District Basketball Tournament Friday afternoon, winning by a final 77-22 margin.
Joseph’s offense was prolific, to say the least, putting up almost twice as many shots as their opponents in one of the most impressive team performances in tournament memory. What makes Joseph’s performance especially impressive is that the victory was over a pretty decent, albeit young team of Badgers who were coming off a closely fought 36-33 win over the girls from Wallowa. After the victory over Wallowa on Thursday, Badger coach Brent Gyllenberg commented looking forward to Joseph, “We’ll have to have the perfect game defensively to have a chance.”
Local Accountant Asks School Board To Clarify District’s Credit Card Use
By Brian Addison
Local accountant Scott Martin appeared at the 5J School Board meeting Tuesday evening in an attempt to clarify his confusion pertaining to mistakes made by the school district use of credit cards.
Martin’s main point of confusion dealt with the information in local newspaper reports that differed from information contained within school district audit Managerial Comments. Martin said to the school board that the public perception is that the credit card errors were “noticed the same day and that you began working to fix it. The public’s reality is that it was taken care of immediately.”
Meteor Lights Up Sky In Baker Valley Early Tuesday
A bright flash of light illuminated the Baker Valley at about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday morning. Regional news reports indicated it was a meteor that streaked through the Pacific Northwest before possibly landing in eastern Washington.
Numerous witnesses from Seattle to Portland and Boise reported seeing the light and some say it was accompanied by sonic booms. A number of pilots also reported seeing the meteor as it sped through the sky.
As of press time there were no reports of damage or injury, and no reports of any meteorite landing in the area, about 175 miles east-southeast of Seattle and 90 miles southwest of Spokane, Wash., where it is believed to have ended its descent to earth.
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