Articles from the August 4, 2011 edition
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Hermanns Sentenced To 13.5 Years
WALLA WALLA - Former Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns, who pleaded guilty earlier this week to armed robbery and residential burglary, was sentenced to 13 ½ years in prison, the maximum term...
BIRTHDAYS
August 4: Rebecca Vaughn, Alex King, Benjamin Bloor. August 5: Dale "Skip" Buroker, Jonathan Schuler, Jo Ann Hansler, Bill Clayton, Dianna Riggs, Debra Davison, Michael Collie, David Murphy, Melanie Hevel. August 6: Seth Reese, Adelle Smith, Rita... Full story
WP’s Goenen A Powerhouse At Fast Pitch
CENTRALIA-Waitsburg senior softball standout Hailey Goenen participated in a three-day invitational softball tournament beginning last Monday July 25. Sponsored by Fast Pitch Northwest, the...
Taking The Leid
DAYTON-When the students of Dayton Elementary School achieved their reading goal, Principal Katie Leid spent the day on the roof. "The kids brought me lunch up there," she says. "It was so much fun."...
Show Time
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg "One-of-A- Kind" Auto Show & Swap Meet is quickly approaching, scheduled for Friday night, Aug.5 and Sat., Aug. 6.. The Friday night cruise from Preston Park to Prescott and...
AUGUST CALENDAR
3-7 Macbeth opens the Shakespeare Walla Walla Summer Festival playing August 3rd though August 7th. Thrill in the journey of a good man seduced by witchcraft, vaulting ambition, and a persuasive wife. Returning from battle, heroic Macbeth is met...
Wine & Country Living
One of the perks of living with a wine professional is to visit my wine-loving vagabond on the road in California wine country. This week, I joined Wine Guy in Silicon Valley and we had lunch at one of his away-from-home haunts; the Los Gatos...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg/Walla Walla County & Dayton/Columbia County 7-26 Report of Injured Blue Heron on Green Giant Labor Camp Road. Report of Dangerous animal on South 5th Street, Dayton. Threats. Report of threats on South Willow, Dayton. 7-27 Property found on...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago August 9, 2001 Was Robin Hood here? The discovery of an arrow in the Bull's Eye Tavern's sign on Main Street is the talk around town. The consensus is Robin Hood would've hit the bull's eye-not the second ring. The Walla Walla County...
BRIEFS
NEW WINE WORKS FORMAT DAYTON - Dayton Wine Works wants to try something new: the wine potluck. Manager Carl Cramer said he'll open the tasting room for guests who want to order or bring their food in from outside, listen to good music and drink his... Full story
What’s For Breakfast?
WAITSBURG - By the time this edition of the newspaper comes out, Coppei Coffee will be open or be just about to have its soft opening. Our grand opening, as we reported last week, is scheduled to coin... Full story
No Offense Intended
A n interesting discussion ensued after we ran the story about the marijuana growing operation in the upper Tucannon watershed the week before last. It was actually more about the headline than the story. It read "Mexican Jailed In Mountain Pot Raid.... Full story
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: This letter will serve as a strong endorsement of Mr. Jack Otterson and Mr. Blaine Bickelhaupt for election to the Columbia County Hospital District board. Both of these people are life-long members of the Dayton and Waitsburg...
Prescott’s Smiley Goes To Dayton
DAYTON - Harvest is barely underway and it's still a month before the new school year starts, but in the Touchet Valley it's never too early to start talking about upcoming high school sports. The...
Beaudry Is Times’ New Managing Editor
WAITSBURG - Jillian Beaudry, an editor and reporter for the Daily World in Aberdeen, Wash., will become the new managing editor for the Times based in Waitsburg, the newspa - per's publisher... Full story
Post Office In Starbuck May Close
STARBUCK - The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is losing money and looking for ways to save. It recently announced that it may close about 3,700 of its 32,000 offices around the country, including the one...