Articles from the August 11, 2011 edition
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Triple Grand “Wakes Up” Waitsburg
WAITSBURG - Hundreds of Touchet Valley residents and visitors descended on Waitsburg for its annual Classic Auto Show and its opening of three new food & drink establishments this weekend. All new...
THANK YOU
We would like to express our appreciation to all that made our 50th wedding anniversary so special. The cards, phone calls, and those that attended the reception are treasured. A special thanks to our six wonderful kids, spouses and families for...
POLICE NOTES
8-2 Neighborhood Disturbance. A Citizen dispute reported on S 3rd Street in Dayton. Animal Problem. Barking dog complaint on E. Dayton Avenue in Dayton. Juvenile Runaway. Runaway reported on South 4th Street in Dayton. Malicious Misconduct....
Hays Family Holds Reunion
WAITSBURG - The third reunion of the Joseph and Ebby Breeze Hays family was held July 8-10 in Waitsburg and Walla Walla. In 1899, the family migrated west when Joseph and Ebby Hays brought three of...
Power Play
WALLA WALLA - Before William Shakespeare became a wellknown playwright, he was an actor with Pembroke's Men about a decade before the end of the 16th century. Perhaps more than anyone, the English...
Cadillac Cruisin ,
WAITSBURG - We'd almost forgotten about the Classic Car Show Cruise when we heard the car horns down on Main Street. We were having a barbeque on the patio behind the house. My friend Michael Bryant... Full story
BIRTHDAYS
August 11: Alfred Peters, John Wood, Gary Pierson, Kim Townsend, Dorothy Anderson, Bradley Grende. August 12: Seth Deal, Gordon Gilmore, Abby Hyder Barrantes, Darleen Dozier, Shawn Smith, Suzanne Schulke, Mia Becker, Bess Herndon, Patsy Fouste,...
Wine & Country Living
Greetings from California! Last night, a couple of friends and I met and dined at Henry's HI-Life in downtown San Jose. Henry's is an institution in Silicon Valley, known for its open pit grilled meats, friendly ambiance and the Italianate Board...
Classics Pack Preston Park
WAITSBURG - Standing over the engine of a 2012 Mustang with his young son Race, Reece Hubbard was melancholy for the car he was recently forced to sell. "It was a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, celebrating...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago August 16, 2001 Pat McConnell displays the artifact he found in a newly graded field near Bolles Junction when he was a young boy. Consulting a military historian, Pat discovers the good-sized piece of metal he assumed was a belt... Full story
Mace Meadworks Opens Aug. 19
DAYTON - Mead is wine made from honey instead of grapes. A new winery featuring the buzzing bee's nectar in its wine is opening on Main Street in Dayton soon, almost a year after it was first... Full story
BRIEFS
NEW LIBRARY MANAGER WAITSBURG - Longtime Waitsburg resident Rosie Warehime has been hired by the City of Waitsburg to be the new manager of the Weller Public Library. Warehime, who succeeds Su Alexander after her departure in June, was selected from...
What About Parking?
The well-publicized triple grand opening and Classic Auto Show weekend added up to a festive event for Waitsburg. Not since the Days Of Real Sport has the downtown area seen so much traffic. Some visitors came for the car show itself, bringing their...
Overlooking The Valley
DAYTON - The Green Giant has a hole, a giant hole. It's squarely in the center of his tunic, which the jolly big guy dons with wreath and leafy boots on the steep hill overlooking the edge of Dayton...
A Man And An Act That Changed Our Lives
WAITSBURG - She worked all day every day. Chop the wood, haul it into the woodshed, split the rounds into useable chunks, haul it into the house, feed the stove for cooking or warmth, clean out the...
In Pursuit Of The Pursued
DAYTON - Kevin Carson must have been about 12 when his parents introduced him to books about Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. He devoured the l ike s of "Hear Me My Chiefs" by Lucullus Mc- Whorter and...
Dayton, Waitsburg In Line For Broadband
DAYTON - Imagine downloading a music album in five seconds or a one-hour TV show in half a minute at home or the library. Or picture going to Dayton General Hospital and having your doctor share your X-rays with another medical expert in Walla Walla... Full story
