Articles from the January 15, 2015 edition
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City, Port of WW Disagree on Utility Ownership
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Planning Commission met with a full quorum Monday to receive public comment and discuss the proposed Whoopemup Meadows housing development in northeast Waitsburg. Tones were...
New DD Program Makes Positive Changes
DAYTON – Although developmental disability services for eligible Columbia County residents are no longer administered locally, Walla Walla County coordinators were "delighted" to share with county l...
Guilty Plea in Sex Photo Case
DAYTON – A Dayton man will serve up to 41 months in prison after agreeing to a plea deal on charges relating to sexual photos he took of an underage girl in 2013. Robert Bridwell, 65, pleaded g...
Virginia Neace
Virginia Neace was born in Waitsburg, Washington on July 22, 1921 to Loette McKinney Rinehart and John Prizer Rinehart. She passed away on December22, 2014 in Portland, Oregon where she had lived for the past several years. Her father died at a...
New Town Hall Board
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Town Hall Board held its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 8 and elected a new slate of officers: President, Karen Mohney; Vice President, Ron Standring; Treasurer, Larry Johnson; Secretary, Jim Davison. Other board m...
Hofer Pleads Innocent
WAITSBURG – Gabriel Hofer, of Waitsburg, pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault in a Walla Walla County Superior Court arraignment hearing on Dec. 22. Hofer is accused of hitting Richard W. Perez, whom he discovered unconscious, next to his s...
Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago January 20, 2005 In 2004 she was first runner up and named “Miss Photogenic.” So she tried again and last October, Sade’ Aiyeku, a 1998 graduate of Prescott High School, was crowned Miss Idaho USA 2005 at the pageant held in Nampa...
Police Notes - Week of January 15
Waitsburg Jan. 6 Window on school bus shot with a B.B. gun over Christmas break. Jan. 9 Student arrested for Minor in Possession of alcohol (MIP) and Possession of Marijuana on Coppei Avenue. Jan. 12 Chainsaw taken from unlocked garage on Walnut...
Birthdays - Week of January 15
January 16: Colleen McCoy, Patty White and Rueben Stokes. January 17: Anna and Anthony Reese, Bret and Bethany Moser, Kimmie Hamann, Zane Johnson, Dan Beckley, John Janovich, Tyler Woodworth, Eric Rich, Sheena Henze, Jeff Schulke, Jim Davison, and...
Lawmakers Launch Unusual Proposals
OLYMPIA - Would your legislator ever consider decriminalizing heroin possession? Or maybe turning the Supreme Court justices’ elections partisan? What about allowing teenagers to taste alcohol? The 2015 legislative session is just getting started, b...
How Not to Pay for College
Every once in a while some adult in my family will tell a hilarious joke about my being able to pay my way through college. I laugh. They look confused. And I find out that it wasn’t supposed to be a...
Another shot at pot: Lawmakers prepare marijuana follow-up bills
OLYMPIA--Two years after Washington voters ended pot prohibition lawmakers are wading through a thicket of proposed reforms that aim to stabilize an industry struggling to get off the ground. “Right now I call it the wild, wild west,” Senate Dem...
School Bus Safety
Dear Editor, A few drivers are putting themselves and our school bus riders at risk by choosing to violate laws. School busses are required to stop at railroad crossings and yes, they accelerate slower than your car which may inconvenience you. That...
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Matthew Warren: Future Washington Ag Ambassador to China?
DAYTON – Matthew Warren is an 18-year-old with a goal, one he has worked hard to realize and is on the brink of reaching. This Dayton High senior hopes to work someday as an agricultural commodities t...
'Keep Kate' Group Appeals to School Board
DAYTON – More than two dozen Dayton residents have banded together to support the permanent hiring of Dayton Middle and Senior High School Principal Kate Wenzl. They call themselves "Keep Kate," a...
Dayton Considers Date for School Levy Vote
DAYTON – The Dayton School Board will likely decide at their regular meeting on Wednesday whether to put its proposed capital levy before voters in April or wait until the November general election. The board plans to have an unrelated executive s...
Open House to Discuss Sales Tax Increase
DAYTON – The city of Dayton will present three open house events from 6-8 p.m. on Jan. 20, 22 and 28 at City Hall to discuss and provide details on the proposed increase on sales and use tax. Members of the Dayton Transportation Benefit District a...
Waitsburg Ambulance Service to the Rescue
WAITSBURG – “I didn’t know what a heart attack was supposed to feel like,” said Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Reverend Bret Moser, who now knows all too well what to expect. Following his own recent...
May 16: Save the Date to Celebrate!
WAITSBURG - Members of the Waitsburg Celebration Days Committee have been working hard the last several months to make sure this May’s celebration - honoring Waitsburg’s 150th anniversary - is a truly...
Despite Losses, Bulldog Boys are Getting Better
DAYTON - In a season that has seen more lows than highs, the Dayton Bulldog boys' basketball team continues to play hard and get better as a team. Still, last weekend saw Dayton lose two road games:...
Dayton Girls Pick Up Three Wins
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team continued their dominant play last week, beating Pomeroy Tuesday, Asotin Friday and Walla Walla Valley Academy, all on the road and all by more than 10 p...
Lalka, Newman Get Big Wrestling Wins
PRESCOTT - WP wrestlers had two meets last week where grapplers Tristan Newman and Dejay Lalka celebrated personal successes. The team traveled to Springdale on Saturday, where Newman beat long-time...
