Articles from the May 5, 2011 edition
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Prescott’s Jordan: Grace Under Pressure
PRESCOTT - No one in the Prescott School District is in denial. Times are tough. Earlier this year, the Junior Senior High School was listed as one of 50 schools in the state with academic...
MEMORIAL
Shelly Sue Jones A celebration of life for Shelly Sue Jones will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 8, 2011 at the Lion's Club building located at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds.... Full story
BIRTHDAYS
May 4: Liya Senter, Tom Land, Harry Thompson, Anna Ray and Ashley Janovich. May 5: Jim Tuttle, Dian Mc- Quade, Pamela Parsons, Todd Wood, Rhiannon Chapman, Kin Hofer, Kelly Thomas Ward, Jim Crawford and Kathryn Fry. May 6: Scott and Ellie Johnson,... Full story
County Has Interrim Emergency Director
WALLA WALLA - Walla Walla County Commissioners have appointed Dr. Harvey Crowder, Public Health Administrator for the county, to serve as the interim Walla Walla County Emergency Management Director to oversee the operations of the department. The... Full story
Cardinals Place First In Colfax
COLFAX-The WP track teams competed in a District 7 track meet last Tuesday in Colfax. The men added another first place victory to their season with a total score of 108 points. The women finished second behind the dominating Colfax team. Ronnie...
Baker Leads Valley Teams
RICHLAND - - Ba d weather has dampened the spirits of Touchet Valley high school golfers in the last few weeks. " It has been difficult for us to get any consistent practice," said Dayton/WP head... Full story
DeSales Sweeps WP
DAYTON-The WP Tigers swept the Dayton Bulldogs in a league double-header last Saturday in Dayton. But they weren't as effective against arch rival DeSales on Tuesday, losing 3-4 and 8-2 in their...
Lady Cards Split Doubleheader Against DeSales
DAYTON- T h e Lady Tigers Tuesday spl i t their doubleheader against the Irish following a similar result against the Bulldogs this weekend. Those scores mean WP is now tied with Dayton for first in...
MAY CALENDAR
5 May 5 - 14 Fiddler on the Roof- Walla Walla High School The Wal la Wal la High School's Performing Arts Auditorium has been transformed into a small village in Russia as the WA-Hi Drama department presents Fiddler on the Roof, whose cast includes D...
Wanda Mae Young
Wanda Mae Young, 1211 S. Second, Dayton, Washington passed away April 26, 2011 at the Dayton General Hospital at the age of 94 years. At her request there will be no funeral service. Private inurnment in the Mountain View Cemetery in Walla Walla,...
Charity Maxine (Conover) Mercer
Charity Maxine ( Conover) Mercer, age 93, passed away on April 26, 2011 at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center in Walla Walla. Maxine was born in Waitsburg on September 7, 1917 to Forrest and Carrie (Clark) Conover. She attended Waitsburg High School,... Full story
Wine & Country Living
A nyone who knows me knows I am a yoga freak, on my mat practicing each morning before coffee or hello. Yoga and stretching keeps me vital, limber and most at peace with everyone and everything around me. I have practiced this method of living for...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago May 10, 2001 Glynn Davis was honored for his service to the Blue Mountain SnoMo Club at the club's annual meeting. Davis has served for two years as club president and worked with the U.S. Forest Service on many local issues. Howard...
New Alliance To Pursue Wind Jobs
WALLA WALLA - When Duane Wollmuth travels to Anaheim, Calif., later this month, it won't be to get a break from Southeast Washington's cold and rainy spring. Wollmuth and two other members of a new...
BRIEFS
COUNTY HIRES HEALTH DIRECTOR DAYTON - Martha Lanman of Lewiston is Columbia County's new public health administrator. Lanham, originally from Garfield County, began her job last month, following the firing of her predecessor, David Riggs, last fall....
Pros & Cons Of Proposed New Medical Marijuna Law
Washington easi ly adopted medical marijuana by initiative in 1998, with 59 percent of the vote. That strong public support remains today. A recent poll found that 84 percent of Washington voters... Full story
Pros & Cons Of Proposed New Medical Marijuna Law
A n Associated Press story recently reported how the federal government would respond if Washington expands medical marijuana dispensaries: "The U.S. attorney for Eastern Washington has warned landlor...
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: I am prompted to write because of the Opinion column in the April 14 edition. It mentioned happening upon a bench in the park with a memorial inscription. Deana Land Anderson was my wife until October 11, 1991 when an auto accident in...
Death Of Extremism?
I n the two decades we lived in the Seattle area, we made a lot friends. Some of them were Asian immigrants and one of those was Sary Math. Sary was born and raised in Cambodia, but he isn't ethnic Khmer like most Cambodians. He belongs a to fairly... Full story
Waitsburg’s Royal Nightowls
WAITSBURG - It isn't every night that the lights are on at two in the morning in Joan Helm's home on Fourth Street. Or that her table is laden with four different kinds of scones, eggs dishes and...
From Foodbank To Help Hub
WAITSBURG - Three months after the old food bank operation moved from a cramped basement into a street-level store front, community members in need are finding a lot more than nutrition at the new Waitsburg Resource Center. "We're bigger than the...
