Articles from the January 14, 2016 edition
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Picture Perfect Skier
WAITSBURG – Sixteen-year-old Waitsburg High junior Jared Farley remembers crashing on a trail at Ski Bluewood when he was six or seven years old, and wanting to walk rather than ski back down. Just th...
Legislature to Tackle Education Funding . . . Again
DAYTON – The Washington State Legislature opened its 60-day 2016 session on Monday, and once again, education funding is the number one issue legislators will face. In a phone interview with The T...
Raceway Hits Possible Roadblock
WAITSBURG – More than 35 people attended a Jan. 6 community forum to learn more about the Waitsburg Raceway proposed by Walla Walla resident Brandon Kelly. Kelly hopes to convert the horse race t...
Pioneer Portraits - January 14, 2016
Ten Years Ago January 19, 2006 Commercial Club has a new fund raiser – selling a book of Ed Lawrence’s most memorable columns that were published in The Times between 1946 and 1960. Lawrence, a long-time resident of this vicinity, authored a weekly c...
Exchange Club Youth of the Month
WALLA WALLA – Waitsburg High School seniors Caitlyn Jones and Zion Branson received the Exchange Club of Walla Walla Youth of the Month Awards for December. DeSales students Cara Hall and Jacob E...
DGH Welcomes New Lab Manager
DAYTON - With many steps in between, Monte Fulbright has come full circle, from his student days here to signing on as Dayton General Hospital's new Laboratory Department Manager. After graduating...
County Seizes Drug Dealer's Home
DAYTON – Columbia County is the new owner of the home at 721 S. Third St. in Dayton after a criminal forfeiture process was completed last week. The home, which is located across the street from D...
Historical Society Plans Musical Traditions Display
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Historical Society member Mary Phillips gives Bill Zuger credit for the musical traditions display that will debut at the Wilson-Phillips House Museum during Waitsburg C...
Cardinal Grapplers Rack up Ritzville and Kennewick Wins
RITZVILLE – The Waitsburg Cardinals hit the mats in Ritzville for a Jan. 7 league meet. Carlos Norris (113) won his match against Garrett Phillips (Colfax) with a technical fall in 1:54. "Carlos is l...
Basketball Roundup: Touchet Valley Teams Enter League Play
Asotin Too Much for Cardinals ASOTIN – The Waitsburg boys traveled to Asotin on Saturday, but came up short against a tough Panther team, 67-57. After falling behind at the half, 35-15, the Cardinals outscored Asotin 24-15 in the third quarter, b...
Zion Branson Makes All-State Team
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg senior Zion Branson was chosen as one of five Class 2B All-State First Team Offensive Linemen for 2015. The 2015 Associated Press Washington all-state football team is voted o...
Country Cupboard Sale in Works
DAYTON – The Times has learned that buyers have entered into an agreement to purchase Dayton’s Country Cupboard restaurant and bakery. According to good sources, paperwork was signed on Saturday for the purchase of the building and business from own...
Dr. Clarke to Speak at Commercial Club Lunch
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Commercial Club will meet Thursday at the Q on Main Street at noon. Lunch is $12, inclusive. The menu is soup, salad, sandwich, dessert, and coffee or tea. There is no charge for attending the meeting only. Dr. Carol Clarke...
Dayton, Waitsburg Take 2nd, 3rd, at KB Meet
DAYTON – The DHS knowledge bowl team came in three points shy of first place, just behind DeSales, to take second in a meet hosted here on Jan. 7. Twelve teams from Clarkston, Dayton, DeSales, Pomeroy, Prescott, and Waitsburg participated in the c...
Waitsburg School Breakfast/Lunch
6: Pancakes; Corndog, Sunchips 18: NO SCHOOL 19: Continental Breakfast; Orange Chicken, Rice, Cucumbers 20: Longjohn; Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup, Broccoli 21: Muffins; Pork Tacos, Corn Tortillas, Pico de Gallo 22: Pancake on a Stick; Tuna Melt, 3...
Birthdays - Week of January 15
January 15: Kayla Turner, Allene Severtsen, Glenn Baker, Wade Done, Melinda Lambert, Justin Kirk, Jesse Archer and Jack Sherlock. January 16: Colleen McCoy, Patty White and Rueben Stokes. January 17: Anna and Anthony Reese, Bret and Bethany Moser,...
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
As most of you did, I’m sure, I bought some Powerball tickets this week. Three, to be exact. I picked the numbers myself. For those of you living in a cave, the jackpot prize for the Powerball lottery drawing to be held Wednesday evening has grown t...
The Complicated History of Who Really 'Owns' the Occupied Land in Oregon
The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, a 187,757-acre haven for greater sandhill cranes and other native birds in eastern Oregon, is usually a pretty peaceful place. But its calm was shattered Jan. 2 when Ammon Bundy and a group of armed men broke...
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, The registered voters of Columbia County will be receiving a ballot in the mail soon. The Dayton School District has two issues on the ballot- a replacement Maintenance and Operations Levy and a Capital Projects Levy (which replaces the...
McMorris Rodgers to Hold Waitsburg Forum
WAITSBURG – Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers will host a ‘Conversation with Cathy’ town hall event in Waitsburg next week. The forum will be held Jan. 21, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at The Q Wood Fired Grill at 137 Main St. Community membe...
Prescott Lions HOST FUNDRAISER Breakfasts
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Lions Club hosts a fundraising, all-you-can-eat breakfast, the third weekend of each month. Breakfast is served from 8 -11 a.m. at the Prescott Lions Hall (Hwy 124 and ‘D’ St.) and costs $8. This Sunday only, Jan. 17, break...
JANUARY Bluegrass Jams
Area musicians and music lovers are invited to participate in, or just enjoy listening to, Friday night Bluegrass jams throughout the month of January. Jams will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the following venues: January 15 – Duke & Remington Open S...
CYF to hold strategic planning day
DAYTON—In lieu of their regular monthly meeting in January, the Coalition for Youth and Families is having a day-long strategic planning session on Jan. 21 at the Best Western Plus Hotel Conference Room here from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The purpose o...