Articles from the January 19, 2012 edition
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Snow Hits Valley
WAITSBURG - Snow hit the Touchet Valley Monday morning and was expected to last through Wednesday evening worrying commuters and giving hope to kids that school will be delayed or canceled....
School Districts Offer Online Learning
WAITSBURG - Last week, the Waitsburg School Board voted unanimously to approve a new alternative learning program that will allow students to complete their education from the comfort of their home computers. Waitsburg Superintendent Dr. Carol...
CROPS
The overall wheat market is in a follower mode right now. Corn was the primary driver of last Thursday's 37-cent collapse in Chicago. The USDA statisticians found 166 million bushels more corn than the average grain analyst had expected. When corn...
Vicki Lynn Cox
Vicki Lynn Cox passed away Dec. 31. Vicki was born on January 5, 1943 to Otto and Bessie Fletcher Winnett in Grand Coulee, WA. Vicki attended Prescott High School for three years where she was a cheerleader and a member of the flag twirlers. She was...
Cards Fizzle Out In Irish Matchup
WAITSBURG -- Early turnovers and a scoreless second quarter was the beginning of the end for the WP Lady Cardinals as they fell to the DeSales Fighting Irish, 30-41, last Friday night on Kison Court.... Full story
Bartlow Runs Youth Basketball Camp
WAITSBURG -- It was Friday night and Zach Bartlow was having trouble sleeping. He wasn't reflecting on that night's WP basketball game, he was thinking about how he was going to pull off Saturday morning's youth basketball camp. "I was a little...
Irish Defense Too Much For Dogs
WALLA WALLA - Dayton's Lady Bulldogs' winning streak has come to end. It was a fast-and-physical matchup against the DeSales Fighting Irish that left the Lady Dogs fighting with all they had during... Full story
Cardinals Stomp Irish
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals had seven players land buckets for a total of 31 second-quarter points en route to a 80-40 stomping of the DeSales Fighting Irish last Friday night on Kison Court. The...
Two Tigers Medal In Royal City Meet
ROYAL CITY -- The WP Tigers wrestling team brought home two fourth-place medals from a big regional meet in Royal City on Saturday after reeling in two pins at a smaller meet in Ritzville on...
Dayton Remains Top Dog In League
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Bulldogs kept their perfect season alive with a 60-36 victory over the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. The Irish took the tipoff, but missed three-consecutive... Full story
Prescott Puts M&O Levy On Ballot
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District is asking for $585,000 each year in 2013 and 2014 in a maintenance and operations levy to keep the district's buildings and programs up and running. The school...
Prayer Event Inspires Unity
WAITSBURG - Despite the long-standing sports rivalries in the Touchet Valley that provide competition and fun between our small towns, the local clergy are hoping to blur the lines and bring together...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Today I drove out to Basel Cellars Estate Winery, Walla Walla. I was playing Private Chef to a customer who I prepare weekday dinners for and I wanted a good Claret red wine to pair with one of their weekly dinner choices. I know Basel Cellars has... Full story
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 1-16 Unwanted phone calls reported on Jay Street. Prescott 1-12 Domestic problem between boyfriend and girlfriend on East Third Street. Dayton 1-10 Found property on South Fourth Street. Civil issue on Baileysburg Road. Domestic violence... Full story
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago January 24, 2002 Waitsburg Elementary School received a $500 grant from ExxonMobil Educational Alliance to support technology program. Susan L. Mays of the Waitsburg Exxon station worked with Margie Douglas, fourth grade and technology...
Terry Could Face 7 Years If Convicted
DAYTON - A Dayton man faces more than seven years in prison if convicted of charges relating to theft of a motor vehicle, trespass and resisting arrest last spring. The charges are from Columbia County and the defendant, Edward W. Terry, 26, is... Full story
BRIEFS
WP GETS ANOTHER WRESTLING COACH WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board unanimously approved Jan. 11 the hiring of a new assistant wrestling coach, Jason Just. The WP wrestling program is in its first year and it has two female participants, Superinte...
THANK YOU
The Prescott Christmas Group passed out boxes. We the group are rewarded many times over. One is by thanking the donors Tom Archer's Farm, Tuxedo bar & Grill, Pat Hermann's Welding and Machine, Broetje's Orchard, Milan Linkletter, Sally Eggers,...
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: As the Administrator for the City of Waitsburg, I would like to address Mr. Ming's letter about the city. First, the city has not yet implemented either a car tab or sales tax increase. If implemented, however, the city would only be ask...
The BURG
Below is an excerpt from"Chief Joseph Country, Land of the Nez Perce" by Bill Gulick, 1985. "Inside the Lewis and Clark State Park, there is a plaque that states: In early May of 1806, Lewis and Clark passed through here on their return from the...
Should 16-Year-Olds Vote?
OLYMPIA -- They may not qualify to attend an R-rated movie, but soon 16-year-olds in Washington State could register to vote. Register? Yes. Actually vote? No. That civic privilege starts at age 18....
Calling All Grads
The year has barely begun, but many families in the Touchet Valley are already planning ahead to a special moment in their kids' lives this June: graduation. Dozens of seniors from Prescott, Waitsburg and Dayton high schools will don their cap and...
NBA Star Set Visits Bluewood
DAYTON -- One year after Shawn Kemp became the first former NBA star to visit Ski Bluewood, another basketball celebrity is destined for the mountain this season. A.C. Green, who started his career at... Full story
