Articles from the June 28, 2012 edition
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Is Neighborhood Watch The Answer?
PRESCOTT - Amid con- cerns that the city of Waitsburg may be further reducing its public safety coverage from the Walla Walla Sheriff's Office under a new contract, some resi- dents say they are...
Dayton Girl Dies After Falling Out Of Tree
DAYTON -- The Touchet Valley community is in mourning after a Dayton family lost its oldest daughter following an accident at home Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon, seven-year-old Hosanna Lorang fell about 20 feet from a tree and was rushed to a...
Reggae Band Fishbowl Brings Its Dub-Funk Fusion
WAITSBURG - If you like con- temporary reggae music or simply can't keep your body from moving to a good beat, you don't have to wait for Ziggy Marley's Wild & Free tour to come to Walla Walla next...
Waitsburg Holds July 4 Parade
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg is cel- ebrating July 4, rain or shine, by having a parade at noon that day beginning at the fire station. In addition to the lovely flags that are now on display at our Waitsburg Hardware Store, everyone is welcome to bring...
More Jr. Livestock Show
GOAT SHOWMANSHIP Junior 4-H Champion, MakenzieFrost Junior 4-H Reserve Champion,Devon Harshman Intermediate 4-H Champion, Michael Johnson Intermediate 4-H Reserve Champion, Erin Chapin Senior 4-H Champion, HeatherMcCoon FFA Champion, Loegan H...
Blue Mt. News Publisher Won’t Maintain An Online Presence
DAYTON - After half a decade of being a colorful literary presence on news- stands and in mail boxes around the Touchet Valley, the monthly Blue Mountain News has ceased to exist, the publisher of...
Annual Valley Junior Golf Program Growing
DAYTON -- A burst of rain dampened day two of the ju- nior golf lessons hosted by the Dayton Ladies group last Tues- day, but coordinator Evelyn Himmelberger and instructor Max Reinland won't let the...
Coach’s Corner
Acevedo, Leroue Injured At Summer Camp, WP Goes 3-1-1 In Competitions WAITSBURG - The WP football team attended Central Washington University Football Camp June 16 and 17 in Cheney. Football Camp was a shorter affair this year because the coaching...
Waitsburg’s Decades-Old Produce Stand
WAITSBURG - One of Waits- burg's best-kept secrets is on Arnold Lane, tucked back behind sweet, country houses. For the past four years, those who have driven down Arnold Lane have noticed or even...
Leaders Honored For Helping Students
DAYTON -- Four represen- tatives accepted Community Leadership Awards in honor of the Dayton Parent Teacher Stu- dent Organization and Winder- mere Realty on Thursday, June 14 in Dayton. The annually...
Commemoration Ideas Emerge
WAITSBURG - It has been nearly three full years since Wait's Mill burned to the ground and city staff members and the Waitsburg Historical Society are thinking it may be time to add something small...
JULY CALENDAR
1 Blue Mountain Lavender Daze The Blue Mountain Lavender Farm July 1-15 345 Short Road, Lowden Enjoy a U-pick, farm boutique, classes and plants. U-pick and classes depend on availability of lavender...
BIRTHDAYS
June 28: Kendra Rob- erts, Terry Dunn, Kathleen Walborn, Heather Ferguson, Jordyn Prince. June 29: Wanda Mattice, Linda Herbert, Gina Fluharty. June 30: Jeff Bartlow, Pete Kinder, Ralph Jones and Erin Mellish. July 1: Gary Hofer, Ellen Atteberry,...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 06-19 The theft of a chair from a pickup last month and the theft of gas cans two days ago was reported on East Camp Street. Theft in the form of a contractor failing to complete a construction job after being paid was reported on Coppei...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
American Indians apply a growing technique to their vegetable gardens, a technique today's organic growers call "permaculture." Permaculture is a gardening tech- nique based on following the natural ecological design nature intended for the space...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago June 27, 2002 The Waitsburg City Council voted unanimously to priva- tize garbage collection, and will begin negotiations with Basin Disposal, Inc. (BDI) of Pasco, to collect garbage within the city limits. BDI was chosen due to being...
Combo Classes Not New For Waitsburg
WAITSBURG - Change is never easy and some parents in the community are having difficulty wrapping their minds around the fact that the Waitsburg fourth, fifth and sixth graders will be in intermediate, mixed-grade level classes next year. However,...
BRIEFS
FOURTH OF JULY PARADE WAITSBURG - Waitsburg is celebrating July 4, RAIN OR SHINE, by having a parade at noon that day beginning at the fire station. In addition to the lovely flags that are now on display at our Waitsburg Hardware Store, everyone is...
CROPS
In the last week, the market has added $14 million or more in value to this summer's Walla Walla County wheat crop. White wheat for delivery to Port- land, Ore., at harvest was worth $6.65 to $6.85 just more than a week ago on June 15. As of Tuesday...
Heart BEAT
Huxoll's Service Won't Stop After High School Editor's Note: This is the third of a three-part series of profiles on the winners of this year's Times $500 com- munity service scholarships given to...
Way To Go, PHS & WHS!
In the past, we've lamented the fact that parents' control over their children's choices in life seems to be dwindling. As parents, we are confronted every day with the power of marketing, the appeal of visual electronics (read: video games and...
Working, Learning In Vista Hermosa
VISTA HERMOSA - Forty Prescott students who live in Vista Hermosa take part in an opportunity of six weeks of extra schooling over the summer to help them remember and even improve their skills before the next school year begins. Scott Branson has...
