Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Columbia County Sheriff Walt Hessler told county commissioners last week that he will retire, effective June 30. Also an- nouncing her retirement in June is Carole Sleeman, who is administrative assistant and chief civil deputy in the Sheriff's Office. Hessler is currently serving his second term, which ends in 2014. He was origi- nally elected sheriff as a write-in candidate in 2006. He was re-elected in 2010. Hessler declined an interview request from The Times. In a written...
When you have a moment check out our new Touchet River Valley Visitor's Guide website. You can find the full guide online at TRV Visitor's Guide...
Ephrata Tournament January 19, 2013 Team participat- ing: Waitsburg/Prescott, Wenatchee, Eastmont, Eph- rata, Pasco, Prosser, Selah, Quincy, Othello, Chiawana, Royal City, Kamiakin, West Valley (Yakima), Warden and Kiona Benton. 132 lbs. Brandon Aceves (W/P) vs. Riley Harris (Se- lah) - Aceves lost by major decision 11-2 Brandon Aceves (W/P) vs. Cesar Mondragon (Othello) Aceves lost by decision 16-9 138 lbs. James Thomp- kins (W/P) vs. Spencer Elmore (Quincy), Thompkins lost by pin in the 3rd ro... Full story
Here are the clues: Across: 1. A member of the WPteam. 3. What I wish the weath- er would do. Down: 1. Topic of my columnlast week. 2. A member of the Day- ton team (slang). 4. Initials of the 31st president of the United States. (No, I'm not that old - I had to look it up too.) Special thanks go out to the Book and Game Company in Walla Walla who agreed to be the weekly sponsor for the new weekly crossword puzzle feature in The Times. Enjoy.... Full story
After the decision was already made to begin including a crossword puzzle in each issue of The Times (the first one appears this week on page 10), I did a little research and discovered that we’ve just begun the centennial anniversary year of the crossword puzzle. The first word puzzle in the form we know today as a crossword appeared in the New York World newspaper on December 21, 1913. So it’s about time we got on board. Believe it or not, crossword puzzles have endured their share of con...
DAYTON - The Dayton boys basketball team opened with a fight against Asotin Saturday night and kept the game close but ultimately couldn't stop the Panthers, falling 45-39. The Bulldogs opened strong, with Wyatt Frame posting the first points of the game. The Panthers couldn't find many openings and struggled to match Dayton's scores. The Bulldogs forced Asotin into a shot clock violation with 1:01 left in the first period. Both teams posted shots but the Bulldogs were able to slow the Panthers... Full story
PASCO - Waitsburg- Prescott nearly overcame a 16-point third quarter deficit to pull off a road win against league foe Tri-Cities Prep here Saturday. Sadly, the Cardinals run ran out of gas late, and the Jaguars escaped with a 60-50 victory. The two sides appeared evenly matched through the first four minutes. Owen Lanning's basket-and-free- throw at 4:02 gave the Cards the lead 8-6. It was the last lead the Cardinals would hold. Tri-Cities Prep reeled off 20 of the game's next 25 points to... Full story
PASCO - Waitsburg- Prescott's girls dominated the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars in nearly all aspects of their game Saturday in Pasco-steals, rebounds, field goal attempts, and free throw tries. The one place it didn't-made free throws- proved costly, and proved the margin of defeat in the Cardinals 51-47 loss. In all, WP shot an astounding 41 times from the charity stripe, connecting on just 12. "Twenty-nine percent from the free throw line- that's just ridiculous," said a wryly amused WP coach J...
Last week I wrote about how Dayton’s kids— especially boys— aren’t turning out in numbers for sports compared to years past. I also noted that the lack of turnout had nothing to do with school size, which has remained fairly consistent over the years. Today I stop reminiscing and kvetching and get down to the big question: ‘Why?’ As I put together my original article on Dayton’s school board voting to let eighth- graders play up on the high school team four weeks ago, I asked several int...
DAYTON - The Dayton girls' basketball team wavered on tired legs briefly on Saturday, but got the adrenaline coursing to seal Asotin's fate, taking the Panthers down 60-56 in overtime. The first period was slow, with foul calls increasing to the point of seeming constant and interrupting the flow of the game. The lady Bulldogs moved slower than normal, tired from playing two nights in a row. But they didn't let it keep them from shooting. The Bulldogs and Panthers kept the score close and en... Full story
Columbia County Board of Commissioners When: January 16 10:01 Columbia County Public Works Authorized New Projects Engineer Technician 4 Job Opening-proposed the promotion of Seth Walker to Tech 4 job position.-Authorized Title 6 Non-Discrimination Agreement-Approved 2012 Bridge Report Adopt Employee Hand- book-updates to Employ- ee handbook Resolution 2013-07-Adopted Courthouse Motor Pool Ve- hicle- Road Levy Certification for 2013-Authorized to sign for 2013 Executive Session - RCW 42.30.140(4)- 10 min. no actions were taken Miscellaneous-...
Nunsense II, the second coming, opened last weekend at the Liberty Theater in Dayton. This rollicking musical comedy is the sequel to the original Nunsense, that played at the theater last year. Nunsense II continues this weekend with perfor- mances Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Written by Dan Goggin, the Nunsense musicals tell the story of the Little Sisters of Hoboken, who, in the original musical, put on a stage performance to raise money for the burial of four deceased...
DAYTON - The thought of walking through a hospi- tal may not inspire thoughts of happy staff members and warm greetings. But for Dayton resident Evelyn Himmelberger, visits to the Columbia County Health System are all smiles. Himmelberger has been through a lot in the last few years but inspires an affectionate reception from everyone who came out to greet her during a walk through the hospital hallways on Friday, Jan. 17. Himmelberger was al- ready more familiar with the hospital than most,...
WAITSBURG CITY COUNCIL When: Wednesday, Janu- ary 16, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Where: Lions Club Com- munity Building-Fairground Facility APPROVAL OF MIN- UTES- December 19, 2012: Approved PUBLIC COMMENT- None NEW BUSINESS: 1) Public Hearing -CDBG (Community Development Block grant) grant application - Discussed. 2) Water and Sewer utility rate review - tabled for later review. 3) Payment Request Columbia Pumping & Construction Inc. - Approved. 4) Public Hearing-Moratorium Confir- mation - Discussed. 5) Resolution 2013-609 Moratorium confirmation -...
Friends of the Library - Donations: Chapter BE P.E.O. - Memorial : In Memory of Rod Lawrence From James W. Will...
Valentine's Day Movie Night for Grown-Ups ROXANNE Steve Martin, Daryl Han- nah, Rick Bossovich, Fred Willard Columbia Pictures; Di- rected by Fred Schepisi Rated PG; 107 minutes; 1982 C.D. Bales is the charm- ing, beloved fire chief of a small northwestern town who falls head-over-heels for Roxanne Kowalski. Only Roxanne has fallen for some- one else and enlists C.D. to help her woo him; no sooner does she realize that it is C.D. that has captured her heart. A charming modernization of Edmond Rostand's famous play "Cyrano De Bergerac" penned...
I have a cousin who lives in a big city. There, she tells me, finals are heavily- standardized tests that take place outside the classroom and are so brain-draining that days are given off from school for the purpose of the post-finals mental recupera- tion of the student body. Here in Waitsburg of course, finals are simply unusually long tests given on the last two days of each semester. (A few super-orga- nized teachers do a quarterly final as well.) And far from being stan- dardized exams, Wa...
WAITSBURG - For Waitsburg High School senior Seth Deal, shoes are essential; so hearing that a billion children live in poverty and many don't have shoes was a shock. Deal is a runner, and his passion for running drove him to focus on running shoes for the research portion of his senior project. When he thought about a charity to work with for his project, he thought a shoe drive would be a good cause to dedicate his time to. Deal said when he learned about Soles4Souls, it seemed like a perfect...
Ten Years Ago January 23, 2003 Guy and Lynn McCaw will receive their new Stratford system built home January 24. The building will be delivered from Stratford's production warehouse in Rathdrum, Idaho and "Set" on its foundation, at the building site just off Bolles Road by an assembly crew beginning at about 8 a.m. Mountain Lakes construction of Post Falls will be setting the home on its foundation, with the finishing work to be completed by Dan Cole of Cole Construction. The home site overlooks the Touchet Valley near the Junction of B... Full story
It is with deep sorrow we announce that Darrold A. Williams, 39, passed away Jan. 11 at Dayton General Hospital. He was born on March 23, 1973 in Boise, Ida. He was the son of the late Dwight "Bud" Lloyd and the late Howard Williams and mother, Suzyann (McCustion) Lloyd. Darrold graduated from Dayton High School in 1992. After high school he attended Walla Walla Community College where he received his degree in culinary arts. He then went on to work at the Red Lion Inn in Boise as a chef. Da...
Lifetime area resident, Daniel E. Wood, 78, passed away December 22, 2012, at Regency at The Park, 420 SE Myra Road, College Place, Washington. Dan was born November 7, 1934, in Walla Walla, to Francis and Mabel Horney Wood. Although he lived in Walla Walla all his adult life, he grew up in Waitsburg and graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1952. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1954 and served until 1957. In 1958, he married Mary Ann Moro in Walla Walla. They later divorced. He worked for...
The great sages tell us that all things seek balance. "Seeking balance" implies at least some swinging back and forth across some "perfect" point, tracing a sinuous line as momentum rises and falls. With a little contemplation, the natural movement of the market becomes "intuitively obvious", as Professor Pyle, my old statistics instructor often said. It sure is easy to see a trend when one is looking backward in time. Thus a problem is created for us human beings, as we are all hard-wired to quickly identify patterns in things. The end...
Driving along Old County Highway, Walla Walla, you'll enter the community of "Frenchtown," where several original wineries reside that helped catapult Washington State's wine movement, including Cougar Crest Estate Winery. A well-received winery of the Inland Northwest, Cougar Crest's Frenchtown tasting room sits off the highway, up against a stunning backdrop of the rocky red cliffs prominent to this appellation. Cougar Crest owner/operators, David and Deborah Han- sen came to Walla Walla in 1995, first raising grapes and eventually taking on...
Waitsburg 1-17 A one vehicle rollover accident was reported on McKayAlto Road. Dayton 1-16 Harassment was reported on River Ranch Lane. A barkingdog was reported on Second Street. Suspicious persons werereported on Fifth Street. 1-17 Suspicious circumstances were reported on Main Street. Children playing on the ice were reported on Touchet RiverDike Path. A car stuck on a field road was reported on High- way 12. Harassment was reported on Fifth Street. A civildispute was reported on Dayton Avenue.1-21 Slick road conditions were reported on...
