Articles from the May 2, 2013 edition
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Port to Issue Bonds for BMS
DAYTON - In a special meeting last week, the Port of Columbia commissioners agreed to issue bonds through Banner Bank of up to $300,000 to complete construction of the first building at Blue Mountain...
MOVIES
May promises to be filled with action at the Liberty Theater. The month starts off with a showing of the sci-fi adventure,"Oblivion", followed by the uplifting biographical sports drama," 42"....
software
While I'd wager that most everyone has at least heard of Youtube.com, I wonder how many realize just how useful a tool it can be. Once known mainly as a means of promoting the latest viral...
bOOKS
David Finch is an intelligent, hardworking, engineer with a thriving career. He is a self-confessed nerd and the father of two young children. He likes to watch television and hang out in coffee shops. He loves music, reality TV and his wife,... Full story
bOOKS
I find memoirs boring and I'm not particularly interested in the Kennedy family, so I don't know why I plucked Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir off the library shelf. Perhaps it was the cover...
League Track Meet at Dayton - April 24 - Complete Results
WP Boys Results 100 Meters - Varsity - Finals 3. Alex Dill 11.78 9. Luke Alexenko 12.19 11. Kobie Brown 12.28 11. Kevin Aquino 12.28 27. Brandon Penner 13.68 200 Meters - Varsity - Finals 10. Brendan... Full story
Tigers Struggle Against Tough DeSales Teams
Softball: DeSales over WP 8-1 / 8-0 PRESCOTT - DeSales knocked the WP softball team out of first place in league standings Tuesday, with an 8-1 victory over the Tigers in the first game of a...
Dayton Boys Still Alive
ROSALIA - The Dayton Bulldogs baseball team may have played its last two games of the season Tuesday night, but they're still in the running for the playoffs. They will likely end up in sixth. The young Dogs lost both games in their doubleheader...
Lady Bulldogs Headed For Third
TEKOA - The Lady Bulldogs seemed headed for third in league after sweeping Tekoa-Oakesdale-Rosario in their last doubleheader of the regular season Tuesday. "The girls did well today," assistant... Full story
Local Athletes Shine at Dayton Meet
DAYTON - Asotin High School's powerful track and field teams won both the boys' and girls' team competitions last week at the District 9 meet held last week at the Dayton High School Track. On the... Full story
Dayton FFA Plant Sale
The Dayton High School FFA Plant Sale is May 3rd and 4th in the greenhouse next to the high school gym on Third Street. Friday the sale is open 3-6 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A variety of flowering annuals will be for sale as well as... Full story
Monte Stiles: Discovering Joy, Igniting Change
Liberty Theater, May 9, 7:00 p.m. A unique and powerful message of hope, adventure, inspiration and discovery. Monte Stiles combines his experience as a federal drug prosecutor with a passion for wildlife and outdoor photography. Monte provides... Full story
Blue Mountain Christian School Open House
Blue Mountain Christian School will have an Open House, Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00 p.m. This will be a registration and general in- formation might. We will be accepting students, grades preschool through second grade, for the coming year. The school...
Local Thespian Makes Good
WALLA WALLA - Like most graduating seniors, Cougar Henderson is look- ing forward to starting a new chapter in his life. But not just yet...Henderson's last weeks of high school will certainly stand...
Waitsburg & Prescott 2013 National Honor Society Inductees
Prescott: Aldair Esalante Blanca Quiroz Jada Nelson Daniel Stanell Alesandra Diaz Waitsburg: Hanna Grant Emma Philbrook Stacia Deal Talen Larsen Tyler Shafer Ben Shafer Devin Acevedo Luke Gales-Alexanko Paige Wood Sofia Mercado Owen Lanning Chance... Full story
EVENTS
Waitsburg's Friends of the Library will be hosting local authors and teachers who will share about the creative writing process. Introduction to Creative Writing discus- sions will take place at the Weller Public Library with dates, times and... Full story
Just Say ‘No’ to Texting and Driving
WAITSBURG - "Just Say 'No' to Texting and Driving." That's the name of the campaign Waitsburg High School senior Logan Dozier has created. And he hopes it will have lasting impact on not only Waits-...
BIRTHDAYS
May 3: Alexander Reese, Hanna Becker, Dorothy Wolfe and Andrew Peterson. May 4: Liya Senter, Tom Land, Anna Ray and Ashley Janovich. May 5: Jim Tuttle, Dian McQuade, Pamela Parsons, Todd Wood, Rhiannon Chapman, Kin Hofer, Kelly Thomas Ward, Jim...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago May 1, 2003 It's hard to miss the yellow ribbons tied to telephone, street signs and just about any other stationary object along Main Street. Yes, they do represent soldiers in the Middle East. More specifically, they represent the...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
This weekend is Spring Release. Get out and sample the newest wines offered by our local winemakers during this international event. You might even be surprised to find a celebrity elbow to elbow in the tasting rooms. One spring release I had...
CROPS
A s the old screen door slaps shut and the grain markets step off the porch ready to go to work, the jacket collar is turned up against the chilly wet wind. Snow is in the forecast for some plains states and rain is slowing down the corn planters...
Robert Eugene Hulce
Waitsburg, Wash- ington resident, Robert Eugene Hulce, 85, passed away April 22, 2013, at Dayton General Hospital, Dayton, Washington. Bob was born October 12, 1927, in Burbank, California, to Albert... Full story
Barbara Jo Fry
Barbara Jo Fry, age 63years, died April 25, 2013 at the St. Mary Center. Private fam- ily graveside services will be 2 P.M., Friday May 3, 2013 at the family plot in the Dayton City Cemetery. Arrangements are through Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home 111 S....
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 4-23 Subject arrested on warrant out of Columbia County onW. 8th Street. Vehicle prowl reported on Harmon Street. 4-24 Assault reported on Preston Avenue. Theft reported onPreston Avenue. 4-25 Theft of firearm reported on Hulce Lane. 4-26... Full story
