Articles from the April 14, 2011 edition
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POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg/Walla Walla County & Dayton/Columbia County 4-11: Animal Mistreat. Possible animal neglect reported on S. Touchet Road, Dayton. Traffic Problem. Kids reported on go-cart in alley and on the street near E. Dayton Ave., Dayton. 4-10:...
By Bulldogs Take Home Two League Wins Against TCP
PASCO - The Bulldogs were thrilled Tuesday night after winning their first league games of the season during a double-header against Tri-Cities Prep. Cold and rainy conditions have postponed many games for Dayton this spring. Tuesday's games in...
WP Double-header Saturday Ends In Split
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott Tigers and Columbia-Burbank Coyotes exchanged scores of 6-3 to split last Saturday's nonleague double-header. Zach Bartlow took the mound for the opener, striking...
WP Expected To Move Ahead With Wrestling
WAITSBURG - After several months of surveys and discussions, the future of high school wrestling in the Touchet Valley looks mixed. On Wednesday, April 13, the Waitsburg School Board is scheduled to v...
Golfers Swing Into More Action
WALLA WALLA - Dayton and Waitsburg golfers tried their luck Tuesday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Golf Course in Walla Walla. The boys played 18 holes on this par 72 course. Dayton placed...
Bash Ends New Owners’ First Season
DAYTON - At some point early in the season, Mike and Kelly Stephenson stopped comparing this year's Ski Bluewood attendance numbers to last year's. It's not that they were bad. To the contrary. Even...
Chess & Checkers Aces Win Big
WAITSBURG - Nine years ago the teachers at Waitsburg Elementary were faced with a dilemma. What could they do with the children who wanted to play games indoors instead of going outside for recess in...
BRIEFS
LOCAL FAMILIES NEEDED ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls. These students are 15 to 18 years of age and are coming to this area for the upcoming high school year or...
Wine & Country Living
Once again the wineries of our region are preparing for May 6, spring release weekend. To ready myself for this year's downtown party, I went to the wineries a little early to quench my fascination for food-friendly red wine, and ended up at Walla...
Fred Little 1913-2011
Fred Little of Dayton died on April 5, 2011. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dayton followed with burial in the family plot in the Waitsburg City Cemetery. Fred was born on...
Travis Weedman 1968-2011
Travis Weedman, 42, of Waitsburg died on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Travis will be remembered as an outspoken, strong seeker of truth, a wealth of information about garlic farming and a loyal friend....
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago April 19, 2001 The area gets a new locally owned Internet Service Provider (ISP). Touchet Valley Communications is gearing up to provide dial-up service to users on May 1. Firefighters and ambulance personnel completed the Emergency...
BIRTHDAYS
April 7: J. W. Clayton, Carla Gritman and Jo Polumsky. April 8: Rita Green, Harlan Hulce, Lori Holmes, Carol Groom, Kris Griffin, Kassi Nix and Alan Kysar. April 9: Harold A. Oliver, Becky Huwe, Josh Stewart, Amanda Crawford and Wesley Hilton. April...
Grant Boosts Playground Project
DAYTON - The Downtown Dayton Playground Project received a boon this past week in the form of a $3,500 grant from the Pacific Power Foundation. Grant funds will be used to help purchase a...
BRIEFS
PRESCOTT STUDENTS HONORED PRESCOTT - Prescott High School students Angelica Bedolla, Olivia Ortega, Marlene Martinez and Cynthia Zuniga Rubio were recently named by advisor Maryann Newell to the National Honor Society at a new-member induction in...
Moments & Memories
I was the first in our household to wake up that morning last week. I had left my cell phone on a charger in the kitchen, and when I got down there to feed the dog, there was a text message from a fri...
We’re On The Map
I nserted in this week's edition of the Times, you will find something new and special. It's a tabloid newspaper that looks a bit like the Blue Mountain News. The cover shows Dayton's Stationmaster statue and the clock on Waitsburg's Main Street with...
Field Gets Tougher For Tour
SEATTLE - There's little question in Daniel Farinha's mind that the Tour of Walla Walla, which could arguably be called the Tour of Waitsburg for the bulk of the races held here, is gaining in stature...
Two Big Benefits In Town Friday
WAITSBURG - If you've ever wanted to spend a week in Provence, France, or to go white water rafting on the Salmon River, don't miss two special fundraising events in Waitsburg on Friday, April 15. Both events support worthy causes. One benefits...
Waitsburg To Get ‘50s Diner
WAITSBURG - Give Bart Baxter and Tiffany Laposi a few months to work on the Whetstone Pub building and you'll be able to dine with James Dean. By summer, he may well be giving you his cool gaze from t...
Hermanns Charged
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns, who was arrested on April 5 after a three-hour hunt for him in the Walla Walla area, was formally charged with three felonies in Walla Walla County Superior Court last Wednesday. Hermanns was charged wi...
