Articles from the January 1, 2015 edition
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Bluewood in Full Swing
DAYTON – Patience paid off for local skiers, who enjoyed an awesome opening day at Ski Bluewood on December 26. A pre-Christmas storm dumped nearly two feet of snow at the ski area 20 miles south o...
Waitsburg Man Arrested Following Burglaries
WAITSBURG – A Waitsburg man was arrested Sunday afternoon and is being held in Walla Walla on suspicion of committing a string of recent, local burglaries. Mason James Bates, 31, was charged in a p...
Jim Lynch Moves Up
WAITSBURG – Losing a public works director with 40 years on-the-job experience is bound to be a big blow to a city, but that hit is softened significantly when the incoming director has 20 years e...
Wenaha Gallery Hosts Food Drive
DAYTON – Dayton’s Wenaha Gallery is gearing up for its sixth annual food drive to raise nonperishables for the Dayton Community Food Bank. This year’s month-long drive will from Jan. 3-31. During the drive, the Wenaha Gallery will offer a $2 disco...
Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago January 6, 2005 Western and wildlife artist Jackie Penner has been featured in the Wheat Life Magazine December 2004 issue. The article titled “On the Penner wheat farm, a crop of Western art,” highlights how farm life and artistic tal...
Police Notes - 1/1
Waitsburg Nothing reported. Dayton Dec. 22 Assault reported between residents at Booker Rest Home; case referred to Adult Protective Services. Fraud reported after victim received a consumer line of credit he had not applied for from Boeing Credit...
Waitsburg Christmas Tree Pick-Up
The Waitsburg city crew will begin picking up Christmas trees the week of January 5. Trees may be placed in front of homes, near the roadway, similar to where garbage cans are placed. Trees must not be flocked and should be free of all...
Birthdays - w/o 1/1
January 2: Joy Hill. January 3: Mary Olona, Guy Antonius. January 4: Meagan Zajac, Loegan Harshman, Andrea Payne, Ben Kiefel, Carol Clarke. January 5: Fred Rankin, Barb Colby, Willard Cameron, Terry John, Aaron Jones and Ted Seaton. January 6:...
Christian Women's Connection
DAYTON – The next Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon will take place January 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center (104 Green Giant Camp Road, Dayton). The cost is $10 and the meal will be catered by Louann Truesdale. Cat...
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This issue of The Times marks, for me, the completion of two years as the paper’s editor and one year as its owner and publisher. For once, the new year brings no big change in my role here. It has b...
EMMA PHILBROOK: STUDENT LIFE
I sat in the living room thumbing through a seed catalog. I contemplated ripping out the order form and sending for a few choice varieties of tomato when I remembered that I would be heading off for...
Letter: Pot in Walla Walla
Dear Editor, I’m in full agreement with Joyce Anderson’s letter (“Stricter requirements needed for pot processing” / Union-Bulletin / December 26, 2014). In addition to the 1965 Walla Walla Avenue location (mentioned in her letter), here are two mor...
2014 - Year in Review
DAYTON - As 2014 winds to a close, we look back on a year that brought increased economic strength to the Touchet Valley, and some momentous voting results at the ballot box. Dayton and Columbia...
Waitsburg City Council Update
WAITSBURG - Council members include: K.C. Kuykendall, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, Debra Callahan, Mayor Walt Gobel. Karl Newell was absent. Delores Nettles expressed concern about the tipping Christmas trees along Main Street during public comment....
Lady 'Dogs fall to Colfax
DAYTON – On Dec. 23, the Dayton girls' basketball team hosted defending state champion Colfax, and suffered a 39-28 loss. It was the second straight loss for the previously undefeated Lady 'Dogs. T...
A Look Back at 2014
WAITSBURG/PRESCOTT – Twenty-fourteen has been a year of change, from the transfer in ownership of The Times at the beginning of the year, to the pending dissolution of the WP sports combine a...
