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WAITSBURG - Volleyball coaches Jessie and Katie Buehler said they felt exonerated Tuesday night after the Waitsburg School District took the formal step of "vacating" their suspensions at a special meeting of its board. "The Board has determined that, in the best interest of all parties concerned, the coaches and, particularly, the student athletes and their families, the suspension be vacated," according to a statement prepared by the district. "The Waitsburg School Board believes that this result puts this matter to rest." The board members a...
January 20: Joan Leid, Wilma Johnson, Judy Jackson, Justin Hill, Jack and Jill Largent, Becky Pearson, Ken Jantz, Tricia White, Ryan Abbey. January 21: Paige Wood, Haily Larsen, Vicki Christensen, Tony Scott, Amanda James, Joe Gagnon, Rick Davis, Bob Hillis, Geoffrey Kellman, Julio Mercado. January 22: Betty Bruce, Laverne Mayberry, Tammie Huwe. January 23: Eden White, Evelyn Munden, Kurt Baker, Brittany Zuger, Daniel Moser. January 24: John Liebermann, Lloyd Rainwater, Faith Mayberry, Barbara Huff, Darryl McCauley, Bill Davis, Treavor Zuger,...
The family of Stanley Pearson, Jr. would like to express our sincere thanks to all who reached out to support us during our recent loss. Our burden has been eased by your unselfish gifts, including kind words, food, flowers, donations of time and charity, and many other blessings bestowed upon our family. This is truly a wonderful place to live, thanks to our many friends and loved ones. Sincerely, The family of Stan Pearson, Jr....
Marci Jo Lanning and Jorge Martinez were married Oct. 2, 2010, on a beautiful day at Lewis and Clark State Park in Dayton. The daughter of Mark and Joanna Lanning of Dayton, Marci Jo graduated from Waitsburg High School and is completing her studies in Water Resource Technology at WWCC. The groom graduated from Touchet High School and currently manages The Personal Touch Carpet Cleaning in Walla Walla. He is the son of Jose and Carmen Martinez of Touchet. The wedding was officiated by Judge...
Beatrice June Wisdom Smith, 95, died on January 11, 2011. A private Memorial Service will be held at Church of the Apostles in Oro Valley, Arizona. Bea- trice's ashes will be buried in Waitsburg in the Wisdom plot by her parents in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Beatrice was born on June 24, 1915, in Prescott, Washington. She grew up on her parent's (Aubert & Constance Wisdom) wheat ranch near Waitsburg, Washington. Beatrice graduated from Dixie High School, where she was a local girls' basketball...
School districts in the state are taking a hard look at their policies prohibiting bullying and harassment. New state rules will make it mandatory for school boards to adopt revisions to current policies by August of this year. New requirements will mean tougher rules on reporting instances of harassment and bullying, a community outreach component, changes in the definition of bullying and harassment, and more specific requirements for prevention and intervention . Andy Maheras, the "new guy on the block," as he puts it, hopes to get a jump...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburgers experienced a real, live car chase in town Monday. It began as a routine patrol late in the morning as Walla Walla County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Bush made his rounds. On Murphy Street Bush noticed a white Honda Civic parked in front of a home where residents have given deputies trouble in the past. "This residence has had known gang members in residence and suspected drug activity," according to Bush's report. The deputy ran the plates on the Honda and got a hit. The car had been reported as stolen in Walla Walla. Bush...
SANDPOINT, ID - Hosted by Schweitzer Mountain Resort , the Chad Engstrom Memorial Race is traditionally the first race of the season for the Emerald Empire Youth Ski League (EEYSL). The Bluewood Alpine Race Team (BART) is one of seven EEYSL member teams and fielded 12 athletes at this year's event, which featured Giant Slalom races both Saturday, January 8, and Sunday, January 9. Despite being a small part of the total of 152 rac- ers competing, BART skiers finished well enough to set the team solidly in the middle of the team standings. The...
WALLA WALLA - The Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals and DeSales went head to head in a tough league game Saturday in Walla Walla. When it was all said and done, the Cardinals came out on top with a close win of 62-51. WP now stands 4-0 in 2B League boys' basketball action. "In the first half of the game we were a little stagnant on the offensive side, but we played a very solid first half defensively," said head coach T.J. Scott. The Cards were able to create an eight-point lead by disrupting the...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs took DeSales into overtime on Saturday and then slammed home a victory, beating this tough team 52-44 in the last four minutes of the game. DeSales, a league team who beat Dayton twice last year, gave the Bulldogs a run for their money. Dayton's free throws weren't getting in the basket, and DeSales advanced on the Bulldogs in the third quarter, gaining a seven-point lead. Dayton struggled to get back in the game. With just 20 seconds left on the clock, junior...
WALLA WALLA - The Lady Cardinals walked on to the Irish courts tied with the rival team 3-0 in the league Friday night. When WP walked away, they left with their heads held high as they took the lead 45-34 and now stand 4-0 in the league. "Any time you come down to DeSales and win a game, it is a big accomplishment," head coach Jerry Baker said. "Any time you play DeSales it is always going to be a battle." Baker knew what he was talking about after the game Friday night. "DeSales gave us the...
DAYTON - After 37 years with Columbia Rural Electric Association, Glenn Hagfeldt will retired on January 31. He started with the rural energy cooperative on February 1, 1974. "I'm an engineer and I like book ends - nice even starts and stops," Hagfeldt said in explaining the precise date of retirement. And as he will be 63 this year, he'd like to get busy with projects and traveling plans. "I restore cars," he said. "It keeps me busy and broke. I must be the only guy from Montana who doesn't...
1-17: Drugs. Marijuana pipe found in car and possession of marijuana less than 40 grams on U.S. Highway 12 near Dayton. 1-16: Suspicious. Suspicious vehicle reportedly parked across from a cabin on Maloney Mountain Road, offloaded four-wheelers, took off riding and it's very muddy, could be damaging the terrain. Disturbance. Possible gun shots heard from S. 2nd Street, deputy searched area and was unable to locate anyone. 1-15: Recovered Vehicle. Vehicle abandoned in roadway on Patrick Trail, Dayton, under suspicious circumstances. Later found...
This morning I watched a gaggle of snow geese honk their way over the house, flying north. I looked up between their feathered underbellies, little orange legs tucked tightly under their bodies, and caught a glimpse of the lavender sky, dappled in violet hues against a backdrop of waving silvertip spruce and 40-foot dancing pines. It just took my breath away. It's this kind of subtle beauty that reminds us why we live here in Touchet Valley. By late afternoon, I'd baked an old-fashioned gingerbread, a request granted to my Wine Guy. The house s...
Ten Years Ago February 1, 2001 Recycling is catching on-use of recycling facilities in Waitsburg increased 62 percent in 2000. Some 35,320 lbs. of newsprint, 5, 180 lbs. of clear glass, 2,700 lbs. of aluminum, 4, 920 lbs. of brown glass and 10,720 lbs. of mixed paper, were recycled in 2000. City council members are investigating an RV park near the old mill for the upcoming Lewis & Clark tourism boom in three years. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 30, 1986 Waitsburg Lions voted to make vests available to new members and decided to smoke some...
DAYTON - When a building grows to be as old as the First Christian Church in Dayton, it collects stories. The 125-year-old structure has stood on the corner of Third and Park streets in Dayton overlooking the schoolyard across the street for so long, it has seen generations of Columbia County residents come forth into the world, mature into adulthood and sometimes move on. Nadine Warren, at age 84, is one who hasn't moved on. " I was raised in this church, I consider it my church, and I just don...
BMX ON THE AGENDA WAITSBURG - During the Waitsburg City Council meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Lions Club Community Building, city leaders will discuss the BMX track site location. They will also take their annual look at utility rates to determine whether an increase is indicated. The city will discuss adoption of the Walla Walla County Hazard Mitigation Plan. This emergency management plan, which has not been updated in several years, pertains to Waitsburg primarily on flooding issues. City councilors will also discuss payment for Alpine...
I was reading about life "being simple" in Dayton in 1902 from a booklet printed in 2002 celebrating Grace Episcopal Church's centennial. "Only 14 percent of the homes in the entire country had a bathtub," it read. I noticed there was no mention of pianos in the homes, but that's what was on my mind. I took piano lessons in the '20s and '30s. It occurred to me that many of my friends or acquaintances did have pianos as well as my family. That was during the Depression. I have felt blessed that my parents kept paying for my lessons, and I...
Editor's Note: This is the fifth and last installment about the work of Clear Path International. Imbert Matthee is one of the organization's co-founders. Its mission is to offer medical and socio-economic aid to survivors of land mine accidents. T he twenty men at the Care Villa may no longer be able to walk, see or eat their food without help. But they still have their voices and they are always eager to sing for any visitors to the Mae La refugee camp on the border between Thailand and...
A few weeks ago, Dayton High School senior Davy Philips was sitting behind a table in the entrance to the gym during one of the Bulldogs' evening basketball games. He had a number of silent auction items laid out for patrons to bid on, including a generously donated season's pass to Ski Bluewood. Philips' goal was to raise funds for Dayton's fifthgrade ski program run by teacher John Lindsey. And he succeeded, bringing in about $1,000 that, if all goes as planned, may be matched by the Pepsi Co. Last fall, a Waitsburg High School senior, Megan...
WAI T SBURG - The conversation didn't last long. Ross Hamann recalls how he was helping a Cycle Oregon official in the food line under one of the giant tents set up near the Cardinals football field when some 2,500 cyclists and support staff passed through town late last summer. The president of the WP booster club was passing out plates and silverware when the Cycle Oregon official pointed to the sports storage shack right outside the tent and asked what it was. It's worth describing the shack...