Old Bookie at WSU bites the dust 4/25/2016

Whitman County auditor Eunice Coker says plan to retire at end of 2018 not related to a run of findings on mistakes by the elections office for the past three elections

From Bulletin column of Whitman County (Colfax) Gazette of 4/21/2016 

COKER PLANS 2018 EXIT

County Auditor Eunice Coker has announced she plans to conclude her public service career when she completes her present term of office at the end of 2018. Coker was elected to a fourth four-year term in the fall of 2014.

She said she announced her plan to retire at the county’s GOP convention in March and had made it known to others before that time.

Coker noted 2018 will mark more than 34 years in public service, and she and her spouse, Jerry, have planned her retirement to start at that time. She added the decision is not related to a run of findings on mistakes by the elections office for the past three elections.

Coker began employment with the county in February of 1984 when she was hired as a deputy in the treasurer’s office. She was appointed to the auditor’s post in August of 2003 after David Repp left the job earlier that year. Coker and Kirk Suess of Steptoe at that time were in an election race for the auditor’s job, and county commissions opted to appoint her to the position after she edged Suess in the primary election returns that year. She and Suess subsequently tallied a close finish in the 2003 general election, and she eventually was pronounced winner with a one-vote edge after a hand count of the ballots.

Coker, who was raised in Colfax and graduated from high school here, returned to Colfax after she served three years in the U.S. Army military police.

Pullman's Angel Nkwonta will attend UW, compete in track & field

In April 2016, Angel Nkwonta, Pullman High School track & field senior sprinter/shot putter, signs LOI to attend UW and complete in track & field. With her in the photo are Mike Hinz and Kristen Walker, Pullman High head and assistant track & field coaches. Go, Hounds! Go, Angel! See link below to story from KLEW-TV (Lewiston, Idaho)

http://klewtv.com/news/local/angel-nkwonta-will-be-attending-university-of-wash-on-a-scholarship-for-track-and-field