Articles from the May 14, 2015 edition
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Jack and Nancy Otterson Are Parade Marshals
WAITSBURG – A visit from their neighbors, Mayor Walt Gobel and his wife Gwen, threw a happy kink into Jack and Nancy Otterson's Waitsburg Celebration Days plans this year. When the Ottersons told t...
Karen Mohney Recognized for Lifetime of Service
WAITSBURG – A horse with an empty saddle will walk in Saturday's Waitsburg Celebration Days parade in honor of Karen (Huwe) Mohney, who has been selected as parade co-marshal, posthumously. Mohney, a...
Getting Ready for Celebration Days
Light dances off Jeffrey Hill's "Founding Fathers" sculpture . . ....
Pulp Mill Granted Permits
STARBUCK – Columbia Pulp, the 449-acre wheat straw refuse recovery and paper pulp manufacturing facility to be located on Highway 261 near Starbuck, has now been issued its six required building p...
Dayton Levy Vote Certified
DAYTON – A final count of votes on Tuesday confirmed the failure of Dayton School District’s $800,000 capital-improvement levy. It was a close vote, but just 48.9 percent of residents voted to app...
Old-School Gamers
Top: Winners for the Waitsburg Elementary School 2014-15 Chess and Checkers Tournament . . ....
WHS Alumni News
WAITSBURG - The annual Waitsburg High School alumni banquet will be held on May 23, 2015 at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room. A meet-and-greet will take place at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. A social gathering will follow at the Wait...
Pioneer Portraits - May 14, 2015
Ten Year Ago May 19, 2005 Marco Jo Lanning and Richard Pounds, members of the junior class at Waitsburg High School, were the recipients of the Outstanding Junior Girl and Outstanding Junior Boy awards at a recognition program at the Dayton Masonic...
Police Notes - May 14, 2015
Waitsburg May 5 Theft of bicycle from Kinnear Street. Malicious mischief 3rd to property on Maple Street. May 9 Subject arrested on a warrant on Preston Avenue. May 10 Civil problem on Preston Avenue. Dayton May 3 Non-injury collision on Eckler...
Birthdays - Week of May 14
May 15: Pete Rohde, Charlie McCown, Tiffney Hawks, Bryce Scott and Ron Standring. May 16: Gladys Cadruvi, Helen Hall, Bobbie Jean Thomas, Sherrie Land, Genny Menino. May 17: William Keith, Sally Geiger, Kurt Wittman, Elizabeth Mech, Eric Keith, Drew...
Waitsburg School Breakfast/Lunch
6: French Toast; PB&J Uncrustable, Sunchips 18: Breakfast Sandwich; Chicken Patty on a Bun, JoJos 19: Biscuit & Gravy; Teriyaki Chicken, Rice 20: Cinnamon Roll, Chicken Pot Pie, Roll 21: Egg, Sausage, Hash Brown; Crispitos, Refried...
SPECIAL FEATURE
[Editors Note: The following history (we’ve edited it slightly) originally appeared in the September 30, 1965 edition of The Times. We bring it back for your enjoyment. Unfortunately, this paper will cost you more than a dime.] 1881 – Washington flo...
Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
I’m getting to be a “short-timer” – At least that’s what my grandmother says. That means, were I to use both my hands and my toes, I could count the school days I have left. That number’s 19 as of Mo...
GUEST COMMENT
Those of us lucky enough to call Southeast Washington home know what a special place it is. The verdant Palouse hills producing abundant crops of wheat and peas to feed a hungry world take one’s breath away with their May beauty. The Blue M...
WHS in Top 5 Percent in State
Dear Editor, On the front page of the April 20, 2015 edition of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, the headline read “4 Area High School Reap Awards.” It stated that Waitsburg High School received the Overall Excellence award from the Washington Sta...
Community Club Breakfasts
PRESCOTT – The Community Club of Prescott will take over the third weekend breakfasts from May through September, before returning the project to the Prescott Lions Club. The Community Club serves the “regular breakfast” with something special each...
Court News
Columbia County Superior Court May 6, 2015 Sentencing: Leonard L. Lytle, 24, Dayton; sentenced to six months in county jail following guilty plea on one count of 2nd degree theft of an access device (debit card), one count of 2nd degree identity...
CCHS Releases Stroudwater Report
DAYTON – Directors of the Columbia County Health System are wrestling with a tough decision: What will the community need from its hospital in the next five to 10 years? "With legislative changes t...
Citizenship Awards Received
Dayton seniors Matthew Warren and Sarah Phillips are recipients of this year's P.E.O. Citizenship Award for possessing good qualities of character (honesty, courtesy, amiability, morality and...
Students Clean Up Dayton
Dayton High School students, including many in the Students Helping Each Other (SHEO) club, helped clean the alleys and other out-of-the-way places near Steve's Grocery, around the high school and...
Senior Center Repairs Underway
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners are moving forward with repairs to the Columbia County Senior Center on E. Washington in Dayton. "This is a good, functional and well-used building," said C...
Waitsburg Celebration Days 2015 Schedule
Friday, May 15 6:30 p.m. Antique Auto Cruise Cruise begins at Preston Park. Saturday, May 16 6:30 – 10:30 a.m. American Legion Breakfast Waitsburg Town Hall All-you-can-eat pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and juice for $5. Proceeds support A...
Mill Model is Labor of Love
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Kevin Blair and longtime friend Paul Baumgart, of Hayden, Ida., have spent the last seven months working on a detailed replica of Wait's Mill. The partially completed m...
A Time-Honored Tradition
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Post Office will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 16 to cancel stamped envelopes with a commemorative Waitsburg Celebration Days stamp. Stamped envelopes c...
Celebration Days Camping Available
WAITSBURG – Campsites will be available at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday nights during Waitsburg Celebration Days weekend, May 15 and 16. Camping is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Bring an ATV and spend the night o...
