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Ten Years Ago

February 8, 2007

W.H.S. Senior Jeremy Nichols presented a $500 check to the Waitsburg A.S.B. Football Fund and Football Coach Jeff Bartlow this week. Nichols participated in the 2006 Qwest Leadership Challenge and performed 40 hours of community service. At a Seahawks football game last October, Nichols and a group of students from the region were honored on the field at Qwest Field. Though Nichols did not receive one of four $5,000 scholarships, he did bring home this $500 contribution from Qwest.

On February 1, the fifth grade class went to their last ski lesson. The whole day was ski, eat, bathroom, ski, ski, and leave. Man it was great! It snowed all day. All of the kids were going on chairs after one run on the bunny hill. Jessie Hopkins’ mom, Tanya, hopped on some skis for the first time in a long time, along with Maria Garcia and Becky Pearson. Everyone knew where Mrs. Conover was in her bright orange coat. Before we left we had a group picture, which Ben Moser skied right out of. But we all, including Ben, had a good laugh. . . Brittany Lute, Kendra Roberts, Fifth Grade Class Reporters

Twenty-Five Years Ago

February 6, 1992

Micki McCoy was installed Sunday afternoon for a second term as worthy advisor of the Waitsburg Rainbow Assembly.

Part of the proceeds of the sale of special lollipops to be found at Bank of the West and the Pine Cupboard, will go to the Inland Northwest Special Olympics. Billy Robinson, son of Polly Richardson, was a participant in the 1991 Olympics. His team won first place at state.

The Roland Baker home on Coppei Avenue was sold this week to Dan and Vicki Frame, lately of Hawaii. The Frames are both Dayton High School graduates.

Photo caption: Members of the Waitsburg Lions put siding on a new shed at the race track Saturday. The $1,600 shed will house lawn maintenance equipment. The equipment had been stored in the cookshack.

Fifty Years Ago

February 2, 1967

A brand new movie on the work going on at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla will be the program feature for Commercial Club on Tuesday, February 7. President-Elect Cliff Griffin requested suggestions be submitted to him in writing concerning projects that the Commercial Club could undertake.

The first semester honor roll for the Waitsburg High School was announced this week by Principal Dick Kinart. Earning 4.0 averages were Lana Henze, senior; Mike Beechinor, Bill Bloor, and Gwyn Ferguson, juniors; Claudia Hevel and J. E. McCaw, freshmen.

The Waitsburg Field House Board met on Jan. 27 with Don Thomas being re-elected president of the group. Albert Land will serve as vice president, and Herman Gohlman as secretary-treasurer. The other two members of the board are Bill Payne and Vaughn Hubbard.

The Happy Blue Birds had treats brought by Kathie Gordon. After roll call we hiked down to The Times office for a tour. Mr. Baker set each girl’s name in type and gave it to them. Shelly Coufal, scribe.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

February 6, 1942

Waitsburg motorists have been warned to guard their cars against tire theft. Several car owners have reported tires stolen, and not only city officials but county officials are on the alert.

The daylight saving law recently passed by Congress and signed by the President becomes effective in Waitsburg at 2 p.m. on the morning of February 9th, according to E.J. Call, Mayor.

Tons of paper will be baled for defence here Saturday. Boy Scouts are to gather the paper. The event will be sponsored by the K of P Lodge.

One Hundred Years Ago

February 9, 1917

J. M. Stewart and F. T. Keiser, two of our well-known grain raisers, have at last received their parchment Diplomas of Award and their gold medals, which were awarded them some months ago at the Panama – Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, for their exhibit of brewing barley.

In a conversation with District Manager Matt of the Pacific Power and Light Co., he called attention to the fact that this company has not increased their rates although everything else seems to be advancing in price.

Hon. Gustav Vollmer and wife and daughters Minnie and Zelma expect to leave Saturday for a visit to Olympia and Seattle. Gus will look after some road matters while he is at Olympia.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

February 12, 1892

Scoop Lloyd arrived home on Monday after an absence of several months in Missouri, Texas and Virginia.

F. Dawson, the wagon maker, left last Saturday for Butte, Montana, to be absent perhaps three months. He will return and again occupy his shop in this city about the first of May.

Wm. Mitchum was in the city on Wednesday. He says deer are so plentiful in his neighborhood that boys kill them with rocks. Where are all our sports that they allow such a state of affairs within six miles of the city?