Ten Years Ago

May 18, 2006

Matt Baker, a four-year track stand-out for Waitsburg High school and now a member of the Whitworth College Track Team, is one of four finalists for the Blue Mountain Sports Awards Male Athlete of the Year.

For now, Waitsburg is spit-shined and all dressed up for the weekend when Waitsburg plays host to hundreds of its neighhh-h-h-h-bors who come to visit and play the ponies at one of the finest race tracks west of the Mississippi. On the card will be two days of pair-mutuel horse racing that includes Quarterhorse, and Thoroughbred horses at the Days of Real Sport gr...