Articles from the May 25, 2017 edition
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Celebration Days Parade
Sunny skies and warm temperatures made for an enjoyable and well-attended Waitsburg Celebration Days weekend. Residents and visitors enjoyed live music, a festive parade, Classic Auto Show, Historic...
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Jim Davison is 2017 Community Service Recipient
WAITSBURG – The late Tom Baker has held the honor of awarding the Waitsburg Commercial Club's Community Service Award for many years. While he wasn't present in body this year, he was very much p...
Railroad to Resume Late Spring, Operator Says
DAYTON-Paul Didelius, owner and commercial director of Frontier Rail, LLC, operator of the short line railroad between Dayton and Walla Walla, spoke about work progress and outreach to potential...
College Signing Day
Prescott High School held their first-ever college signing ceremony during a pep assembly on May 19. JP Thew opened the assembly by saying that Prescott has the highest number of students showing...
Pioneer Portraits - May 25, 2017
Ten Years Ago May 31, 2007 Twenty three members of the Waitsburg High School Class of 2007 are set to participate in commencement exercises on June 8. Valedictorian of the class is Danielle Coila, daughter of Gloria and Richard Lybecker, Waitsburg,...
Touchet River Run
DAYTON – The 35th Annual Touchet River Run will take place on Memorial Day, Mon., May 29th at the Dayton High School Gymnasium. Short course participants will leave at 9:30 a.m. and standard course participants will leave at 10 a.m. Registration b...
Dayton Businesses Attend WW Business Forum
DAYTON – Brad McMasters, the Port of Columbia’s Economic Development Coordinator attended the fifth-annual Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Summit on May 12 at the Marcus Whitman Hotel, along with two local business owners, Jon...
Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office Daily Press Board
May 17: Civil issue over property line fence and strawberry plants on West St. May 20: A female called to report her brother had pushed her before he left her house, on Orchard St. Deputies responded to a call on Buttercup Lane for a possible...
Birthdays - Week of May 25
May 26: Hannah Perry, Pam Hermanns, Rob John and Pamela Gluck. May 27: Betty Maxwell, Sherrie Erikson, Michelle Anderson, Floyd Strohmaier, Mathew Conrath, Allen Robertson and Laisha Archer. May 28: Roy Phillips, Mike Snyder, Jo Wolfe, James Wright,...
Here Comes the GOP Blood Bath
Republicans like to point out how disastrous President Barack Obama’s tenure was for the Democratic Party. During his presidency, Democrats reached new lows in state legislative, gubernatorial and congressional seats. More than 1,000 state and f...
'Baumol's disease' explains flagging productivity
Although William J. Baumol, who recently died at 95, was not widely known beyond the ranks of economists, all Americans are living with, and policymakers are struggling with, “Baumol’s disease.” It is one reason brisk economic growth is becom...
Republicans should be relieved Mueller will be special prosecutor
As the Trump presidency enters its fourth month, conservatives are eager for more legislative successes, more nominations and confirmations of judges, the rapid confirmation of a new FBI director and other achievements. Given the charges of...
CANDIDATE FILINGS FOR 2017 ELECTIONS
COLUMBIA CO PORT DISTRICT COMMISSIONER #2 6-year term EARLE MARVIN PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT COMMISSIONER #1 2-year unexpired term BOB HUTCHENS COMMISSIONER #2 6-year term COLLEEN SPROUL COMMISSIONER #5 6-year term JACK KARL OTTERSON CITY OF DAYTON...
Waitsburg Commercial Club Community Service Award History
18 Ernest Kison 1963 Miles Brunton 1964 Albert Land 1965 Larry Broom 1966 Frank Bramlet 1968 Roy Leid 1969 Ernest Mikkelsen 1970 Bill Payne 1971 Julia Davis, Herman Gohlman 1972 Kenneth Gohlman 1973 Ralph Rankin 1974 King Witt 1975 Orin Walker...
New Local Distillery to Host Tours on Saturday
DAYTON – Dayton's new XO Alambic distillery will be offering tours of their shop during Saturday's Blue Mountain Station Co-op Market, coinciding Mule Mania Weekend. The spirits distillery, which i...
School Board Considers Math Curriculum
Construction and maintenance projects are also on tap for this summer DAYTON – Eighth-grade math teacher Kristen Frankie gave a presentation at last week’s meeting of the Dayton School Board abo...
Columbia County Department Heads Look at Tax Increases
DAYTON — At last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Commissioners, county department heads were asked by the commissioners to provide input into the discussion of raising revenue to pay for essenti...
Here's what's happening at Dayton Memorial Library in June
On June 2, the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival will provide a free concert for people of all ages at 3:30 pm, in the Delany Room. On June 8, the Summer Reading Program kick-off event for all ages, featuring Blue Mountain Wildlife and their rescue...
Mel McWhorter Retires after 30 Years at WHS
WAITSBURG – After 30 years teaching in Waitsburg, Mel McWhorter will be the third long-time staffer to retire from the Waitsburg School District this summer. Mc Whorter, a favorite among students, w...
Adams Wins Four Events at Regionals
SPOKANE VALLEY – Waitsburg senior Emily Adams won all four of her events at the regional track and field championships here last weekend and moves on to the State 1B tournament in Cheney beginning F...
Dayton Wins 2 of 3 at Regionals
EPHRATA, Wash. – On Saturday, the Dayton softball team traveled to Ephrata to battle in the D5/D6 Regional Tournament. The Dawgs beat Liberty Bell and DeSales to put them in the championship game, where they were defeated by Brewster for the n...
Martin, Wooldridge Move On to State
QUINCY - Cal Martin and Hayden Wooldridge will be moving on to the State 2B tournament this weekend in Cheney, after competing in the regional district 5/6 championships. Wooldridge qualified with a...
Dunn to Play in Earl Barden Classic
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High Senior Jacob Dunn has been chosen to play in the Earl Barden Classic 2017 East-West 2A/1A/B All-Star Football Game, which will be held at East Valley High School in Moxee, Wash. on June 24 at 1 p.m. Tickets are available...
Gradwohl is EWAC Player of the Year
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s Kyle Gradwohl was selected as the player of the year for baseball in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference. Teammate Jacob Dunn was also selected as a first-team all-star for the EWAC. The first team is a han...
