Week of October 2, 2025
Week of October 2, 2025
WAITSBURG - Safety Always Matters is a fire and life safety program developed by the City of Walla Walla Fire Department to teach elementary school students how to respond to emergencies. Presentations are in collaboration with local fire departments and school districts. On September 23, members of the College Place and Walla Walla Fire Departments, and Walla Walla Fire District #4 presented the S.A.M. program to the Waitsburg Elementary School. "Not only do the kids love interacting with the...
DAYTON-The Port of Columbia and the Sesquicentennial Committee will unveil a legacy mural commissioned for the 150th Celebration on October 4, 2025. The mural, located at the Palus Museum on Main Street, has been one of the city's best-kept secrets. A local farmer lent one of his trucks to park in front of the mural as it was being painted. The completed painting has been under wraps, creating curiosity leading up to its unveiling. The port and committee selected the design submitted by Emily...
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District, working with the Office of the Superintendent and the Financial Oversight Committee, has been addressing financial shortfalls that threaten its future. As the school board works to save the district from dissolution, Prescott and neighboring communities have stepped up to save the Prescott School District. Here are some of the ways individuals or businesses can immediately help: Donate items for the Prescott Education Association's silent auction that...
WALLA WALLA - The Kirkman House Museum's annual Sheep to Shawl and open house is this Saturday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The unique learning event is free for all ages. Kids will love visiting sheep to learn where wool's journey begins, and the demonstrations take visitors through the processes that end in beautiful knits. Experts will demonstrate wool carding, dyeing, spinning, and weaving. There will be lace making and knitting on a vintage sock machine. Local artisans will have a...
DAYTON — “The Senior,” directed by Rod Lurie (“The Outpost,” “The Contender”), is based on the autobiography, “The Senior: My Amazing Year as a 59-Year-Old College Football Linebacker” by Mike Flynt and Don Yaeger. In 1971, Flynt was expelled from Sul Ross State University’s football team, losing his senior season, something he regretted for decades. In 2007, at age 59, he discovered he still had eligibility left, and rejoined the team. He became the oldest contributing player in NCAA history, inspiring many with his story...
Naked blackberry brambles nagged at faded green double-front Carhartt pants as I crashed through the tangle. Invasive vines cloaked a downed Russian olive in striated hummocks and grabbed at my boots. English hawthorn spikes stung my cheeks. "The things I do to push birds to friends," I mumbled. Finn stood stone-still at the far edge of the tangle, awaiting the flush. She had pegged the covey where the Russian olive poked into the edge of the field and held tight for several minutes. Cole stood...
Fifteen Years Ago September 30, 2010 [Photo Caption] Get Ready for.....MULE MANIA: Daytonite Doug Krueger at his ranch with his mules Kate and Belle. The mule enthusiast has participated in team roping contests at the Hells Canyon Mule Days in Enterprise, OR, and was instrumental in introducing the owners of Coyote Mule Company to Dayton's attributes as an event venue. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 28, 2000 Corrie Gagnon, the 18-year-old daughter of Joe and JoAnn Gagnon of Waitsburg, recently...
Sebastian Louis Giannini, a devout Christian, an Engineer of great knowledge, and a cherished Veteran of the Army, hath passed from this mortal coil on the 11th of September in the year of our Lord 2025. Born on the 20th of April in 1945 in the verdant valleys of San Jose, California, Sebastian's soul took flight from the earthly confines of Walla Walla, Washington, after a valiant struggle with end-stage COPD. We commend our beloved Sebastian to the Almighty, trusting that in His presence,...
