Articles from the February 10, 2011 edition
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WW Farmers Co-op Opens Dayton Office
DAYTON - Dayton farmers now have more options for their agronomy needs. The Walla Walla Farmers Co-Op has opened an office at 509 Cameron Street, right next door to Columbia County Transportation, on Port of Columbia property. It is its third...
No Races For Waitsburg, Dayton and Walla Walla
WAITSBURG - There will be no pari mutual horseracing this year in Waitsburg, Dayton and Walla Walla. The Washington State Horseracing Commission decided Thursday to give only six days of racing to the Class C "Bush" circuit and they all went to Sun...
Council Approves CREA’s Permit
DAYTON - Dayton City Council approved Columbia REA's application for rightof way use during its regular meeting Monday night. The meeting was moved up a week to accommodate councilors who will be absent for the usual second Monday of the month...
Poirier In National FFA Magazine
WAITSBURG - The National FFA Organization's motto is: Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. This is also a motto practiced by Christy Poirier. Poirier is currently the Wait...
Two New Offices At Title Building
DAYTON - Passersby in downtown Dayton may notice a new set of occupants on the corner of Main and Second streets across from the Bank of America. Christy's Realty, a longtime Dayton real estate agency, has moved to the building where Columbia County...
Mixed Results: Bulldogs Square Off Against Patriots
DAYTON - The Bulldogs were victorious against the bigger Liberty Christian Patriots on Friday night in Dayton, defeating the visiting men's team 50-47. The Lady Bul ldogs fought hard but lost to...
Bartlow Is WP’s Head Track Coach
WAITSBURG - Head football coach Jeff Bartlow is now also WP's head track and field coach. Bartlow, who has been on the track and field staff as an assistant coach for a decade, was hired at the last m...
Fast Blast For 12 Bluewood Racers
CHEWELA, WA - The Fast Blast at 49 Degrees North is always a special event for skiers in the Emerald Empire Youth Ski League as it is the only speed event of the season, offering athletes 11 years...
Cardinals Are League Champions
WAITSBURG - Until Cardinals announcer Fred Hamann spoke the words, it hadn't quite sunk in for the players and hometown crowd on Kison Court after the final buzzer sounded. With their wins over the Ir...
BIRTHDAYS
February 10: Pat Zuger, Susan Kenney, Betty Harpe and Sara Wilson. February 11: Erika Heilbrun, Jeff Christensen, Jill Bickelhaupt, Micki Payne and Jean McCown. February 12: Ken Cole, Jr., Benjamin Moser, Landis Potts and Lindsey Richardson....
Norma Louise Kucera Evers
Norma Louise Kucera Evers (87) passed away on February 1, 2011, in Pullman, WA, from causes related to osteoporosis. A memorial service was held at the First Congregational Church of Dayton on...
Wine & Country Living
I found it very comforting to be home this weekend to answer letters from you, readers, to re-pot house plants and do a little cooking of all things. Last week, I had such an incredible wine tasting while visiting Livermore, California, wine...
POLICE NOTES
2-6: Vandalism. Vandalism to mail box reported on W. Clay Street, Dayton. 2-5: Burglary/Theft. Tools reported stolen from a vacant apartment on Coppei Road, Waitsburg. Vandalism. Vandalism, headlights and turn light broken out on non-running vehicle...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago February 22, 2001 The largest change order in the high school renovation project came to light this week, inadequate footing of soil and wood in the basement. This situation was remedied by additional contractors working at an...
The Last Stand Revisited
DAYTON - The following, stuff-of-legends account, which has intrigued history buffs for almost 100 years, ran in a local newspaper in 1920: Dayton, April 8. - Frank Finkel, a pioneer resident of Colum...
BRIEFS
MAYOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY DAYTON - Starbuck Mayor Darcy Linklater pleaded not guilty in Columbia County District Court last week to DUI charges filed against him after his Jan. 25 arrest on McKay-Alto Road. Columbia County Sheriff's records indicate...
Starbuck Sewer Rate Policy Needs To Be Enforced
This is in response to Verna Foley's recent letter to the editor. I have been on city council for the town of Starbuck since 1996. I am also the certifi ed wastewater operator for the town. I do this voluntarily. Foley's letter to the editor was...
1,311 Stairs, 69 Floors
A firefighter's full bunker gear (the boots, pants, coat and helmet), mask and selfcontained breathing apparatus weigh close to 75 pounds. The boots are big, heavy and tough, making you feel as...
Is Crackdown Fair?
Far be it for us to suggest how local authorities should enforce the law. But we've had a chance to observe some patterns and activities in Columbia County, intentional or unintentional, which raise questions about fairness. Let's begin with Ski Blue...
Best Fest
WAITSBURG - Or should the dateline be "PALM SPRINGS?" Let's go there for a minute in the very recent memory of Waitsburg's very own filmmaker Karen Stanton Gregutt. January. Eighty degrees and lush....
To Race Or Not To Race
DAYTON - Lee Ann Literal has been a racehorse owner and trainer for almost a quarter of a century. The stables on her 500- acre ranch on Smith Hollow Road are a living testament to that long "track" record. She owns 29 horses, including five that...
The Champs From The Boys Ranch
Editor's Note: The last names of students from Jubilee Youth Ranch were omitted at the request of Jubilee staff in order to comply with the school's policy of confidentiality. P RESCOTT - This is the...
