Articles from the April 25, 2013 edition
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Cox to Lead Prescott Schools
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District has selected a new superinten- dent. After a process that began with five candidates, background checks, and site visits, Brett Cox of Walla Walla was invited...
Having a Party? Better Call City Hall
A re you planning a little get-together with friends sometime this spring? If you live in Dayton, you may need to get permission from the city first. City Council member Dain Nysoe is spearheading an...
MAY CALENDAR
2 Storytime (every Thurs- day) Weller Public Library 10 to 11:15 a.m. Weekly storytime gearedto preschoolers. 3 Rock & Blues Jam Coppei Café, Waitsburg 6:30 p.m. All ages welcome. 4 Lion's Club All-You- Can-Eat Rib Feed $25 per person Join local...
WP Sweeps Two From Bulldogs Tuesday
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs scored three runs in the second inning of game one to take a 3-2 lead, but struggled the rest of the afternoon Tuesday against an overpowering WP Tiger baseball team....
Dayton Ready For Home Meet
DAYTON - The Bulldogs track and field team is ready to show off its growing talent at the first home meet of the season co-hosted with Waitsburg Prescott this week, head coach Dan Nechodom said. The meet, which will draw league teams from Asotin,...
WP In Top 10 At Prosser Invitational
PROSSER - The Cardinals placed 10th in the tough Prosser Rotary Invitational Saturday thanks to the lofty performances from runner Seth Deal and thrower Ben Shafer. "Seth and Ben both stood out... Full story
WP Girls Take Two From Dayton
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers made a huge comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning during the first game of a double- header against the Lady Bulldogs, scoring five runs to take a 9-8 walk-off... Full story
BRIEFS
Grant Supports Quilt and Blanket Giveaway The Pacific Power Foun- dation awarded a $1500 grant to the Walla Walla chapter of Project Linus to help support the purchase of materi- als used to make quilts and blankets. Project Linus is a nonprofit...
How a Town Was Reborn
DAYTON - In March, 1983, about 300 Dayton residents attended a town meeting at the multipurpose room of Dayton Elementary School. The meeting was called by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, whose board...
HONOR ROLL
Waitsburg Middle School Honor Roll 8th grade: 4.0 Jacob Dunn Taylor Hays 3.25 or better Emily Adams Jade Alleman Lexi Brannock Landon Callas Jared Farley Jasmine Foxe Morgan Forney Timber Frohreich Kyle Gradwohl Nicolas Kitselman Selina Mercado... Full story
City Ponders Ways to Reduce Drug Use
WAITSBURG - Deter- mining the best proactive response to the local drug problem received significant attention at last week's City Council Meeting in Waits- burg. Discussion revolved around two main o...
BIRTHDAYS
April 26: Charlie Baker, Ernest Hermanns, Delores Net- tles, Dain Henderson, Rich Lee, Gregory Kalahele-Stearns,Bryan Thomas, Patsy Donavon, Dawn Keith, Anna Newburyand George Porter. April 27: Kathy Harshman and Tom Morrison. April 28: Garry...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago April 24, 2003 Instead of announcing the 2003 Days of Real Sport parade, David McConnell, the "Voice of Waitsburg," and his wife Jill, will be its Parade Marshals, giving this year's parade one of those unique Waitsburg twists. It... Full story
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
You've heard the term GMO in relation to seed and our immediate food chain, but what does GMO stand for? "Genetically Modified Organisms, whose ge- netic material has been altered." I recently attended an agricultural symposium covering a ten year...
CROPS
I n the 17 trading sessions since the USDA's last Quarterly Stocks Report on March 28, after which wheat prices in Chicago dropped 45 cents like a stone, the price of wheat has tried very hard to rally. Every day the market has searched for scraps... Full story
Bettie Lloyd Chase
Bettie Lloyd Chase passed away on April 20, 2013 at the Book- er Rest Home. She was born March 20, 1920 in Waits- burg, WA to Ralph G. Lloyd and Jessie Conrad Lloyd. Bettie lived her entire life in... Full story
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 4-18-13 Malicious mischief to pop machine on Main Street. 4-19-13 Deputy assisted CRT with transporting suicidal subjectfrom Wheatland Drive to Walla Walla. 4-20-13 Deputy assisted WWPD by locating a suspect vehicle thatwas used in a theft... Full story
Parade Marshal Needed
Dear Editor, There are a bunch of peo- ple involved and working hard to bring our annual celebration to our wonderful little city. The event is called Waitsburg Celebration Days and it is being planned for the weekend of May 17, 18th and 19th. So... Full story
Emma Philbrook: Student Life
A s the crowd began to filter into the pa- vilion at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, I straightened my back a notch and affixed a smile to my face. "What are we supposed to do?" asked Heidi Miller, who is my fellow Columbia County Fair Hostess this... Full story
Raise the Bar, it’s the Season
I n this issue of the Times, we have included our twice-annual Touchet River Valley Visitor's Guide for spring and summer. Copies are also available at the Times office and the Chamber of Commerce in...
Thank You, Bettie
Shortly after we posted the sad news that Bettie Chase left us, the comments poured in to our Facebook page from everywhere. "She was a grand lady," one reader wrote. "A true icon to our community," said another. "She was a kind, delightful woman...
Dayton to Go It Alone on Planning
DAYTON - The Dayton City Council voted Monday evening to hire a new city planner who will report only to city officials, and work in- dependently of the Columbia County planning director. The motion... Full story
