Articles from the March 22, 2012 edition
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Burglaries Plague Columbia Co.
STARBUCK - Recent burglaries in Starbuck and Dayton are creating a feeling of insecurity in Columbia County. According to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, it has taken 13 reports of residential burglary and 13 reports of commercial burglary in...
Health District Search Begins For New CEO
DAYTON - Columbia County Health Systems Chair Ted Paterson fully expected the hospital board's retreat this Thursday to be about budgets, the recent rural hospital conference in Spokane and .CEO Charlie Button's contract renewal. But Paterson and...
Time Capsule Items Sought
DAYTON -- The Boldman House Museum of Dayton is collecting items to assemble a time capsule to capture a snapshot of life in 2012 to preserve for 50 years. The Dayton Historical Depot Society is taking in any items community members are willing to... Full story
Racers Finish Season Strong
MEAD, WA - Mt. Spokane hosted two EEYSL events this season. The second, March 10 and 11, was the final event of the EEYSL points season. The standard format event included a Giant Slalom race on Saturday and a Slalom race on March 11. BART finishes w... Full story
WP Boys Recognized
WAITSBURG - Last week, the families and players on the 2011-12 WP boys basketball team gathered to share awards and honor the Cardinals' hard work. The boys basketball team had a great season, handing Dayton its only loss in regular season and playin...
Athletes Honored At Banquet
DAYTON - Successful basketball and cheerleading winter sports seasons were highlighted last Monday at Dayton High School's awards banquet. Head boys basketball coach Roy Ramirez was choked up with...
Cardinals Shine At First Track Meet Of Year
WALLA WALLA - The Waitsburg Track and Field Team competed in its first meet of the season last Thursday against some big, competitive teams, but the Cardinals came out to shine even if the sun did... Full story
Middle School Team Tops Tri-State Tourney
WAITSBURG - A Waitsburg Prescottt middle school level basketball team competed against some of the best from Oregon, Idaho and Washington last weekend and came out on top. Head Coa ch Travi s... Full story
WP Kicks Off Season With Win
PRESCOTT-The WP Tigers kicked off their 2012 season with a 5-4 victory over the Pilot Rock Rockets last Saturday afternoon. The Rockets wasted no time putting runs on the board capitalizing on a...
Dayton Has Booming Training Business
DAYTON - For Jill Andrews, it has always been her calling to train horses and riders. "I used to sit in class as a kid and all I would think about was training techniques," she said with a laugh. "I...
BIRTHDAYS
March 22: Garrett Buffington, Kenneth Lewis, Mary Hamblen, Gia Fluharty, Amy Morrow and Cole Janovich. March 23: Jayce Bayer, Sally Baker, Mary Hunziker, Beryl Witt, Ron Bishop, Seth Straayer, Jennifer Pierson, Sandy Baker. March 24: Michael Smith,... Full story
Local Mom Re-Launches Her Mary Kay Business
WAITSBURG - Ladies, get ready to be pampered! Belinda Cook has planned an evening of pampering from 5 to 7 p.m. on March 24 at Town Hall. Cook, who is re-launching her Mary Kay retail business, is...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
The 2012 Spring Release Weekend is planned for May 4 through May 6. Everyone in the wine business is currently maneuvering barrels, hiring musicians and ordering food to be offered to winery club members as well as the general public, invited to... Full story
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 3-14 Juvenile student arrested for possession of marijuana at school on Main Street. Subject in violation of a protection order was arrest for the violation on Warren Street, subject was also arrested for resisting arrest after trying to...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago March 28, 2002 City awaiting Gov. Locke's signature on bill for I-696 backfill funds. A bill, if signed would help the City of Waitsburg with its budget woes to the tune of $35,000. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 2, 1987 Jenni Magill to...
BRIEFS
SALES TAX FORUM WAITSBURG - The City of Waitsburg will hold a forum at 7 p.m. on March 29 at the Lions Club building to discuss the proposed 1/10 percent sales tax increase that is going to be on the upcoming special election ballot. The forum will... Full story
MEMORIAL
Waitsburg Memorial Scholarship Fund In memory of: Andrew Groom, Luanna Kalahele, Neil Witt and Sara Leid Heggen From: Bill & Roseann Groom...
The BURG
In the Times edition on May 13, 2010, I wrote about my experience playing the piano for patients at Booker Annex, many of whom are dementia patients. A March 9, 2012, edition of the Union-Bulletin featured a story on its health and fitness page that...
From The Legislature
After a Friday night of happy hour and late-night drinking, many fail to consider the repercussions of driving while impaired, but legislators have. Various changes to the driving- under- theinfl... Full story
The Search Is On
With the imminent departure of Charlie Button, CEO of Columbia County Health System, the hospital district that serves Dayton and Waitsburg is at a crossroads. For a number of reasons, staff, patients and the community that supports the small rural... Full story
Karaoke Queens Host At Coppei
PRESCOTT -- Deb Tiedemann was so young at the time, she doesn't even remember exactly when she first started singing songs. The household she grew up in Livingston, Mont., in the late 1960s was...
