Articles from the January 23, 2014 edition
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Where Will You Be on Super Bowl Sunday?
Log onto our Facebook page ("Waitsburg Times") and tell us your plans. Will you be enjoying the game at home with friends, or at the local watering hole? Or will you be somewhere far away from the television, trying to ignore the game? Go to... Full story
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Teatime Anyone?
WAITSBURG - Members of the Walla Walla Columbia School Retirees Association (WWCSRA) would love to meet you for tea. The 8th Annual Teddy Bear Tea - the group's primary fundraiser - is just a... Full story
CLERGY CORNER
Have you ever stopped to think about how we gather together in the Touchet Valley? How we meet one another and work together? How we build relationships? How we find friendship and support? Let me list the ways: Parks and resorts. Shops and... Full story
Waitsburg City Council Minutes
Lion's Club Building January 15, 2014, 7 p.m. Board Members: Kevin House, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, K.C. Kuykendall, Karl Newell and Debra Callahan. Kuykendall was absent at the Jan. 15 meeting. Student Representative: Meara Baker. Mayor:Walt...
Waitsburg School Board Meeting Minutes
Preston Hall Board Room January 15, 2014 7 p.m. Board members present: Ross Hamann Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger. RECOGNITION: Board members were recognized as part of School Board Recognition Month. TRANSPORTATION: T... Full story
Commercial Club Gets Celebration Days Grant
WAITSBURG - Walla Walla County Commissioners approved a grant recommendation from the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee to award a $3,000 grant to Waitsburg Celebration Days at their January 13 Board Meeting. The grant uses lodging tax proceeds to...
First Thursday Concert
WALLA WALLA - The First Thursday concert on February 6 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (323 Catherine Street) will feature Amy Dodds, violin, Phill Thompson, cello and Kristin Vining, piano. They will be performing works for piano trio by Clara...
Daughters of the Pioneers Scholarship
WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla Chapter of the Daughters of the Pioneers Chapter No. 12 is looking for high school graduates interested in applying for a $750.00 scholarship. The deadline for applications is May 1. In order to qualify the applicant... Full story
Medical Field Scholarship Opportunities
WALLA WALLA - Providence St. Mary Medical Center Service League is offering $2,000 scholarships for three graduating high school Seniors and one adult seeking higher education in the medical or healthcare professions. All applicants must be entering... Full story
WP Girls fall to Mac-Hi
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls traveled to Mac Hi's Gym January 14, but lost to the Pioneers 40-31. The Lady Cards kept the game close in the first half, trailing by three at intermission. But the Mac-Hi girls outscored them 13-7 in...
Cards Can’t Handle Asotin
ASOTIN - The Waitsburg Prescott boys struggled in the first quarter against a tough Asotin team, but came roaring in the second before finally falling 59-41. After trailing 15-5 after a quarter, the Cardinals briefly regained the lead in the...
WP Wrestlers Face Strong Competition
COLFAX - The WP wresting team faced some tough competition in Colfax on Thursday, January 16, competing against Colfax, Garfield-Palouse, Liberty, Reardan, Davenport and Wilbur-Creston-Keller. Only... Full story
Dayton to Play 8-Man Football
DAYTON - The Dayton School Board recently approved a resolution allowing Dayton's football team to play 8-man football in the fall of 2014. The team will play members of the Southeast Washington 1...
Dayton Girls Lose Two
DAYTON - The Dayton Lady Bulldogs had a tough weekend on the basketball court after several weeks of success. The girls lost Friday to Tri-Cities Prep 46-45 in overtime and then struggled against D... Full story
Bulldogs Lose Heartbreaker to Irish
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs jumped to an early 8-0 lead and led most of the first three quarters before succumbing to a tenacious DeSales team in the fourth quarter here Saturday. The score was...
Waitsburgers Take the Plunge for Special Olympics
KENNEWICK - A group of Waitsburg residents joined Joanna Lanning in her fourth Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge at Columbia Park in Kennewick on Saturday. Emma and Cindy Philbrook, Melissa Ha... Full story
Video Contest for Teens
Dayton students in grades six through 12 can win $200 by creating a video for Columbia County Health System's anti-smoking campaign. The top ten videos will be posted on the Health System's Facebook page and the video with the most likes will win....
Community Wellness Projectproblems
DAYTON - The folks who work in the healthcare field in Columbia County know that having a well-run hospital and clinic here is an important part of keeping our community healthy. But access to health...
New Grief Support Group Starting
DAYTON - A new grief support group will begin January 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m at the First Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd Street, Dayton). The group will work through the book Understanding Your Grief and follow the format used by Hospice...
All Eyes on Morgan
HUNTSVILLE - Local dancer Morgan Breland and her mother, Cara Watts, celebrated New Year's Day in London this year. Breland - a 15 year-old- sophomore at Walla Walla High School - auditioned at a... Full story
BIRTHDAYS
January 24: John Liebermann, Faith Mayberry, Barbara Huff, Darryl McCauley, Bill Davis, Treavor Zuger, Barbara Brown, Rita Donnelly and Kynde Kiefel. January 25: Bob Miller, Matt Schiermeister, Markeeta Little Wolf, Lula Mae Cameron, Nick Baumann,...
DEATH NOTICE
Mariah Jean Persis Hofer December 18, 1993 - January 14, 2014 Rosary is being held at St. Mark Catholic Church (405 W. 5th) in Waitsburg on Friday, January 24 at 6 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday at 11 a.m....
