Articles from the January 9, 2014 edition
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How Much Did You Make at Your First Job?
Minimum wage workers in Washington State got a pay raise on New Year's Day when the state's minimum wage minimum wage increased from $9.19 to $9.32/hr. It appears that thirteen other states r...
WP Wrestlers at Pomeroy
POMEROY - WP wrestlers made a good showing at the December 28 Pomeroy Invite with three wrestlers placing in the top five. Tristan Newman took 2nd place, TJ Morrison took 4th and David Just to...
Lady Cards Give it Up to Jags
WAITSBURG - The Lady Cards gave up a promising first-quarter lead against Tri-Cities Prep in home-court league play Saturday afternoon, ultimately dropping the game to the Jags, 41-34. The Cards took...
Asotin Overwhelms Bulldogs
DAYTON - Asotin lit up the Dayton gym with 10 three-pointers Saturday night, as they rolled to a 64-34 league win against the outmatched Bulldogs. After breaking out to a 11-6 first-quarter lead, the...
Schools Reach Out to Voters
WAITSBURG - Bal- lots to approve or deny a two-year, $1.08 million Waitsburg School District maintenance and operations levy will be arriving in the mailboxes of registered vot- ers sometime around...
Cardinal Boys Come Up Short
WAITSBURG - The WP Cardinal boys lost a high- scoring game Saturday to Tri-Cities Prep, falling 54- 51. Devin Acevedo led his team with 12 points. Owen Lanning had 10 and Chance Leroue followed with...
Dayton Girls Defeat Asotin
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs played just one game last week, but it was a feather in their cap as things turned out. The Lady 'Dogs defeated the Asotin Panthers 46-35 on Saturday. "I was proud of the...
Top 5 Sports Stories of 2013
1. WP Boys Track Team 3rd at State, Thompkins Sweeps Sprints 2. WP Soccer Takes 4th at State Tournament 3. Dayton Softball Team Makes Top 8 4. Cards Win League, Two Make All-State 5. Newman Wrestles...
Gun Range Needs Committed Users
DAYTON - Small communities often have a big population of gun enthusiasts, and the Touchet Valley is no exception. Access to good places to shoot is important for these folks. But throughout the count...
LEO’s Penny Drive Will Help Local Charities
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg LEO's club has been sponsoring a competitive penny drive between classes at the High School. The total collected was $210.44 with the freshmen winning by a good margin. Freshman: $120.70 mi- nus $18 (paper money) = $102.70...
Christmas Tree Pick-Up
WAITSBURG - The City Crew will pick up Christmas trees next week. Place your trees along the curb and the crew will come by and get them....
Community Council Study to Tackle Food Insecurity
WALLA WALLA - Community Council, a local organi- zation that brings people together to address regional issues, enters 2014 with a new study topic, and an invitation to area citizens to participate. The study's focus is on improving ac- cess to...
City Seeking Residents to Partner with for Sidewalk Repairs
WAITSBURG -- The City of Waitsburg is still look- ing for citizens who would like to take advantage of the sidewalk repair program. The program is the result of a policy that allows the city to partner with homeown- ers in sharing the cost of...
Grant Will Provide New Sidewalks
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg's city council approved a grant agreement with the Transportation Improvement Board at their December 16 meeting. The $188,385 grant will provide for sidewalk replacement on both sides of Main Street from Third through Eighth...
Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon
The January Christian Women's Connection lun- cheon will take place on January 15th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center (104 Green Giant Camp Road) in Dayton. Cathy MacRoberts will cater the luncheon and the cost is $10. Betsy...
Winter Co-Op Market at Blue Mountain Station
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-Op Market (700 Artisan Way, Dayton) will hold their first Winter Farm- er's Market on February 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The winter market will feature locally produced foods, crafts, music, and more. Biker B's...
Baby Mateo is Doing Well
The New Year has meant great strides for Baby Mateo, son of Waitsburg graduate Taryn (Thomas) Aguiar and her husband Jose. In the November 28 issue of The Times, we shared their story. In June of...
BIRTHDAYS
January 10: Caden McCaw, Todd Harris, Cynthia Gra- ham, Roddy Krause, Andy Hermanns, Kimberly Neal, Melissa Harting, Kyle Huwe, Amanda and Ashley Danforth, Kelly Zuger and Denise Winnett. January 11: Krista McKinley, Bettina Anderson, Ray- mond Reed... Full story
WEEKLY CALENDAR
8 Dayton School Board Meeting 609 S. Second Street 6:30 p.m. Meeting will be a work session to work on the Su- perintendent evaluation. 9 Columbia County Planning Commission Columbia County Planning Office, 114 S. 2nd, Dayton 7 p.m. Prescott Joint...
Teaching Award Should Be #1
Dear Editor, I am curious as to where our priorities lie, when a teacher in Waitsburg winning a National Teaching award is only ranked #10 by The Times instead of #1? She should be the #1 story in my way of thinking. We have great teachers here,... Full story
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 12-30 Theft of hay reported on E. 10th Street. Theft of gas andfirearm from two separate vehicles on Orchard Street. 1-4 Vehicle stolen from residence on W. 7th Street. 1-7 Two vehicle collision on Main Street. A semi turning fromW. 2nd ont...