Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Fifteen Years Ago September 22, 2011 [Photo Caption] Suzanne Fletcher (right), director of the newly formed Washington Tourism Alliance, walks through Waitsburg with Karen Stanon Gregutt of Waitsburg Cottages and Joy Smith of Hugs, Gifts & Collectables and Town Hall. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 20, 2001 Waitsburg Mayor Wayne Peterson and other guests cut the ribbon at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, September 13 on the newly improved East 8th Street Project in Waitsburg. The project repaves and widens...
Fifteen Years Ago September 15, 2011 Waitsburg resident Jane Butler, age 90, has deep roots in the Touchet Valley through her husband Bob. Butler has lived in town about 50 years, non-consecutively, and is being honored for her family history with the Pioneer of the Year award from the Waitsburg Historical Society. "I feel honored," Butler said of the award. She learned she was to be the honoree at the upcoming Pioneer Fall Festival on Sept. 18 through a letter from Bettie Chase, a member of...
Fifteen Years Ago September 8, 2011 The new face behind the counter at the Weller Public Library is likely one you have seen before. Rosie Warehime, the new library manager, has lived in Waitsburg for 44 years. Her husband Walt found his first teaching job in Waitsburg. "We planned to stay 2 years and we never left," she said. Warehime hadn't ever worked at a library before, but she had been employed at the Cenex station and at local grain growers, making her a recognizable face in the...
Fifteen Years Ago September 1, 2011 The WP Lady Cardinals Volleyball Team are licking some bruises and soaking sore muscles after a very long and hot first week of practice. Angie Potts begins her first season as head coach for the Cardinals and Wendy Richards will assist. The Lady Cards lost four 2010 seniors, including league standout Genesis Pearson who now plays for Blue Mountain Community College. Seven seniors return to Kison court to put in their bid for the district title. Leading the...
Fifteen Years Ago August 25, 2011 It was never Wyatt Withers' sole inspiration for going in the Navy, but once he had decided to join it certainly helped having a grandfather who had served in the same branch many decades ago. Choosing to be "seasick over digging a fox hole," longtime local farmer Jack McCaw went to amphibian training school in preparation of the Allied invasion of Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Withers' mission will be much different. He...
Fifteen Years Ago August 18, 2011 [Photo Caption] Proudly flying the Stars & Stripes, 4MC combine drivers Guy McCaw, John McCaw, Billy Groom and Byron Seney cut the fields above the Waitsburg water tower on Tuesday. Harvesting the 18,000 acres in 4MC's care takes more than six weeks and covers 70 miles from Touchet to Waitsburg. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 16, 2001 Tom and Anita Baker will observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, at an old-fashioned picnic at the...
Fifteen Years Ago August 11, 2011 Standing over the engine of a 2012 Mustang with his young son Race, Reece Hubbard was melancholy for the car he was recently forced to sell. "It was a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the '68 version," he said, recalling the movie "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen, who helped make the model famous. "They only made 5,800 and my mine was #5,780." With his wife out of work for a year following an injury, he had no other choice, but he still...
Fifteen Years Ago August 4, 2011 When the students of Dayton Elementary School achieved their reading goal, Principal Kaite Leid spent the day on the roof. "The kids brought me lunch up there," she says. "It was so much fun." Fun is part of Leid's agenda at Dayton Elementary, and also as President of the Elementary School Principals Association of Washington (ESPAW). Leid's yearlong term as president began in April. She will preside over four board meetings throughout Washington State. During...
Fifteen Years Ago July 28, 2011 For T.J. Hersey, running her father's grocery store in Dayton is a way for him to live on. Hersey is now a third-generation grocer in the town. Her grandfather, H.W. Stephenson, came to Dayton in 1938 from Portland, Ore., and he opened up a grocery in 1944. Hersey's father, Gail Bennett, took over in 1961 and ran the neighborhood grocery on Fourth Street until he passed away last year. "He was a grocery man all his life in Dayton," Hersey said of her father....
Fifteen Years Ago July 21, 2011 [Photo Caption] Cole Smith from Northstar Construction takes off the old framing around the windows of the historic Mock building, constructed in 1902 and once a pool hall. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 19, 2001 Volunteering on a medical mission to the African country of Kenya this summer gave a 20-year-old Waitsburg college student valuable experience treating the sick and injured, but Elizabeth Abbey will tell you she came home most impressed by the trust the...
Fifteen Years Ago July 14, 2011 The Bulldogs may have won the first Touchet Valley Ryder Cup, but the stage is set for a new tradition in a longstanding rivalry with the ball in the court of Waitsburg and Prescott. Dayton beat the "WP" contingent of community golfers 27.5 to 23.5 after three days of golf one player said "made for a very interesting format." The event featured players from Waitsburg/Walla Walla County against Dayton/Columbia County in a European-style men's golf tournament....
Recently, a family friend presented us with a box overloaded with lovely, plump apricots from his yard. As they are one of my favorite fruits, and one that we don't have growing in our own yard, I was thrilled. After several jars worth of jam making, we still had some of these sweet stone fruits to experiment with in the kitchen. In my quest for effortless recipes for showcasing seasonal fruits, I had recently bookmarked a Julia Child master recipe for clafoutis, a classic dessert from the...
Fifteen Years Ago June 30, 2011 Waitsburg-Prescott graduate Kris Cady got the opportunity of a lifetime when he played in the Washington State Football Coaches Association East-West all star game in Yakima this weekend. The West won the game 23-14. The Earl Barden Classic was played at Zaepfel Stadium and consisted of some of the best football players in the 1A, 1B and 2A divisions in the State of Washington. The players were selected by the coaches association. Farmers in the Touchet Valley...
Fifteen Years Ago June 23, 2011 Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson, local volunteer liaison to the Carson & Barnes Circus expected here June 30, dons his new nose after being made Honorary Clown by the real professional jester Lisa Babcock, or Penelope the Clown. Nate Wolbert, 22, is on the construction crew of Living Space and helps renovate two buildings on Waitsburg's Main Street. His parents bring back coffee beans from Ethiopia for their humanitarian work there. Touchet Valley Repair...
Fifteen Years Ago June 9, 2011 Seventy-one Seniors Graduate from Waitsburg and Dayton. Prescott High Graduation Friday, June 10. 7 p.m. Lifeguards Cheyenne, Josh Baumgarner, Maya Rapp, and pool manager Sara Tomalinson prepare the apron at the Prescott swimming pool for the upcoming season starting this weekend. Festival founder Tim Christie, flutist Sarah Brady and harpist Amy Ley performed an open rehearsal at Sky Book & Brew in Dayton. They will perform several times in Waitsburg and Dayton th...
Fifteen Years Ago June 2, 2011 Mandy Kiefel places flowers by the grave of Raymond Leroue, a Vietnam War Veteran who passed away this past year. Leroue was a first cousin of Kiefel's mother, Linda Zavala, here with her nieces, Marisa and Mikele Zavala and Kiefel's daughter Olivia in the stroller. Scholarship recipient David Brock, a Prescott High School senior, helps out at the Christian Aid Center in Walla Wala with fellow Cardinals Joe Purdin and T. J. Hofer. Vietnam Veteran Doug Kennedy from...
Fifteen Years Ago May 26, 2011 Riding shotgun in a World War II jeep, Veteran Jim Hansen greets other Veterans before the start of the parade, which honored them and coincided with Armed Forces Day. DHS junior Caitlin Riley takes on her padded principal, Andy Maheras, in a session designed to teach girls the basics of self-defense. Sophomore Chandra Richardson, WYCA's Ann Passmore and Deputy Columbia County Prosecutor June Riley look on. April Students of the Month for Waitsburg Elementary are...
Fifteen Years Ago May 19, 2011 Valley Farmers Race Against Rust. Once was not enough: Growers face second, even third applications. Waitsburg High School music teacher Brad Green leads members of the school band in a practice for Saturday's parade. Davy Phillips and fellow senior Molly Payne won this year's PEO Citizenship Award. Cake was on hand to help mark the awards ceremony at the Delaney Building in Dayton. Former San Francisco Giant Marvin Benard speaks at WWVYBSA Event Saturday, May...
Fifteen Years Ago May 12, 2011 A member of the Atomic Bombshells Burlesque dance group from Seattle entertains wine enthusiasts during Charles Smith's Spring Release party on Saturday. A boater leaves the docks at Lyons Ferry Marina on the Snake River. Despite the poor weather, recreational boating is underway. Val Woodworth and fellow Lions Club members prepare ribs for the annual Rib Feed at the Don Thomas Pavillion on the edge of the Fairgrounds Saturday. The event drew a crowd of 700 this...
The days are finally warming up, waking up our vegetable patch with a fresh batch of delicate sprouts and young shoots. A lovely sight as we anticipate the delicious harvests to come. My kitchen herb garden, planted close to the house for quick plucking, has been looking particularly vibrant and lush these past few days. This silky quiche, full of fresh herbs and tender chard, comes alive with verdant spring flavor. Ingredients: 1 flakey crust, unbaked (recipe below) 2 spring Walla Walla...
Fifteen Years Ago May 5, 2011 At 2:00 a.m. in Joan Helm's home, the Waitsburg's Royal 'night-owls' gather around the television to watch the Royal Wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Waitsburg PE teacher Jeff Bartlow shows his ninth-grade students how to practice their bicycle skills on the tennis court as part of a bike safety unit. The school recently received a grant to purchase 30 bicycles for safety instruction to grades 5-8 this fall. Tiger Tucket Alleman positions his...
Fifteen Years Ago April 28, 2011 The largest circus to come to Dayton in more than a decade, the Carson & Barnes Circus has the second-largest herd of elephants in the country. Local residents will have free access to the circus grounds to witness the care and feeding of these and many other animals on the morning of Thursday, June 30. Lewis and Clark 6th Annual Community Walk, May 5th, Thursday at 5:30 p.m., beginning at Dayton's Historic Depot and will end at the Lewis and Clark exhibit on...
Fifteen Years Ago April 21, 2011 Nearly 600 riders paid a visit to Waitsburg and its surrounding countryside this past weekend during the 15th annual Tour of Walla Walla. This 3-day, 4-stage cycling race brought bicyclists from all over to Waitsburg's downtown. Fletcher Baker will be sworn in as the first-ever student representative on the Waitsburg City Council on Wednesday. Port of Columbia Manager Jennie Dickinson poses with Port Commissioners Dale McKinley, Lawrence Turner, and Gene Warren...
Fifteen Years Ago April 14, 2011 Bill Clemens presents the grant award check from the Pacific Power Foundation to Jessica Atwood, co-chair of the Downtown Dayton Playground Committee, as they stand at the site of the future playground. The recent wresting Little Guys wrestling tournament at Waitsburg's Kison Court helped raise interest in the sport among middle and high school students in the area. In action here is Austin Kimmon, a Dayton member of the Waitsburg Matbirds. Prescott seniors David...
Fifteen Years Ago March 24, 2011 4-Paws Dog Obedience Class (a 4-H club) will be holding their first organizational meeting of the year on Monday, March 26 at 4 p.m. at the Hockersmith home in Waitsburg. [Photo Caption] Tell-tale signs of spring include this year's bumper crop of kids at the Monteillet Fromagerie just west of Dayton. Joan and Pierre-Louis Monteillet reported the birth of 60 goats and 45 sheep this year with another 10 and 25 of each on the way respectively. The farm is among...
