Articles from the January 11, 2024 edition
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Middle School girls basketball ready to play
Ten Waitsburg Middle School girls are getting ready, under the coaching of Karen Huwe, for their first game on Thursday, January18 at Touchet. The team is made up of three seveth graders and seven...
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Waitsburg city contract to be submitted to Snake River Little League Board
WAITSBURG & DAYTON — On December 27, Abby Grende, an advocate for Waitsburg Little League parents, met with Snake River Little League (SRLL) President Jessica Ruffcorn and Little League District R...
Dayton Board discuss graduation path and drug testing changes
DAYTON — The Dayton School Board met in the high school library at 6:31 p.m. on January 3, 2024. School Board Chair Jeffrey McCowen and members Zac Fabian, Aneesha Dieu, and Grant Griffin were in attendance. Interim Superintendent Rich Stewart was a...
Nominate Booster of the Year
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg Booster Club is seeking nominations for the 2023 Booster of the Year. Now is the time to acknowledge a booster club member who goes above and beyond to support Waitsburg youth and their extracurricular activities. N...
At the Liberty:"The Boys in the Boat"
DAYTON — ”The Boys in the Boat” is a sports drama about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. It is based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel by Daniel James Brown...
Waitsburg Parks & Rec District receives boost from Valley Giving Guide
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg Parks and Recreation District Commissioners met at Ten Ton Coffee on January 4 for its first regular meeting of the new year. The newly installed commissioners Curtis Lysher a...
Call for middle school essayists
WALLA WALLA — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has extended the essay submission deadline for the local competition of the National Civics Bee. Essays must be submitted by Monday, January 22. The National Civics Bee is an annual competition t...
Rite Aid leaves Walla Walla
Walla Walla — Rite Aid is closing the Walla Walla location at 2028 E. Isaacs Ave. on Thursday, Jan. 18. A spokesperson for the company said the local pharmacy will transfer customer prescriptions to the Albertsons pharmacy at 450 N. Wilbur Ave. A...
Arvid Lessley Aronson
Arvid (Ardie) Lessley Aronson, 70, Waitsburg, passed away on December 16, 2023, at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Washington, after suffering a stroke. Ardie was born on April 28, 1954,...
Barbara "Lassie" Wittman
Lassie Smith Wittman, 89, passed away from cancer on December 26, 2023. Lassie was born in 1934 in Walla Walla, WA to Jake Lee and Frances Elizabeth Smith. She graduated from Waitsburg HS in 1952....
Scholarships available this year for WWCC students
Some funds designated specifically for Dayton and Waitsburg WWCC students WALLA WALLA — The Walla Walla Community College Foundation is currently accepting scholarship applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. The WWCC Foundation awards over 5...
Less is more...depending
Coco Chanel advised women to “Always remove one accessory before you leave the house.” Less is more, and you achieve a more pronounced statement. My mother also had some stringent rules about wha...
Varsity Boys Beat Patriots
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg Cardinals varsity boys basketball team took a 12-4 first-quarter lead over Liberty Christian and held on to win 44-38 on January 6 in Waitsburg. In the fourth quarter, clutch...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago January 9, 2014 The WP Cardinal boys lost a high-scoring game Saturday to Tri-Cities Prep, falling 54-51. Devin Acevedo led his team with 12 points. Owen Lanning had 10 and Chance...
Chicken Braised with Kale and White Beans
After an abnormally mild start to winter, frigid and snowy weather is finally on its way. In preparation I have been stocking up the pantry and pulling out my coziest recipes. This lovely one-pot...
Prescott Joint Parks &Recreation District Earns Risk Management Award
PRESCOTT—At its 2023 Annual Meeting, the Association of Washington Cities Risk Management Service Agency (RMSA) recognized the risk management efforts of members who improved their liability claims experience over the past year. The awards a...
