Articles from the May 30, 2013 edition
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Dayton Retirees Look Ahead
DAYTON - The Day- ton school district will say farewell to three very spe- cial ladies at the close of this school year. Elemen- tary school principal Katie Leid, first grade teacher Julie Howard,... Full story
Wind Farm Goes Ahead
DAYTON - Portland General Electric Company announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase development rights for a portion of Phase II of the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project in Columbia County...
JUNE CALENDAR
1 Community Yard Sale Waitsburg (all day) Community-wide yardsale. Find a map of sale locations in The Times. Dayton Farmers Market(every Saturday) Dayton Historic DepotCourtyard 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lots of vendors, live music, hot food and I...
2B Track and Field State Tournament - Cheney - May 24 & 25
Team Results - 2B Boys 1. Asotin 64 2. La Conner 58 3. Waitsburg-Prescott 57 4. Raymond 46 5. Kittitas 38 6. Onalaska 34 7. Bear Creek 30 8. Willapa Valley 24 8. Riverside Christian 24 10. Morton...
WP In Top 12 At State
YAKIMA - There are two ways to look at the outcome of the state softball tournament for the WP Tigers: they went further than last year and ended up in the top 12, but they also traveled all the... Full story
Bulldogs Finish in State’s Top Eight
YAKIMA - It wasn't a championship game, but it felt like one. Up against the team that ended up winning the 2B title, the Dayton softball team's tenacity pushed the Saturday evening game against...
Andrews Fifth in Javelin
CHENEY - Dayton sophomore Kaitlyn Andrews was the only local girl competing at the state track meet in Cheney last week. Andrews placed fifth in the javelin, with a throw of 118 feet, 5 inches. H...
Cardinal Boys 3rd at State
CHENEY - Eight members of the WP boys track team traveled to the state 2B track meet here Friday and Saturday. They left with the third-place trophy, coming in a point shy of second place La... Full story
Records Broken at “Barrel Daze”
The Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association com- petes and promotes barrel racing in the Walla Walla area. Recently the group put on the 35th annual "Bar- rel Daze," held April 12-14 at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. Nearly 1,300 contestants...
Waitsburg City Hall Notes
City Hall will be closed Friday, May 31 for records management activities. They will resume business as usual on Monday, June 3rd. The next work phase of the W. 7th Street Project started Tuesday with the contractors doing demolition work on the...
Waitsburg High Reunion Draws a Crowd
WAITSBURG - The 110th Waitsburg High School Alumni Banquet and Reunion was held Saturday, May 25, with R. Wesley Leid, Class of 1963, presid- ing. Dr. Carol Clarke gave the welcome to the 160 alumni...
Dayton Middle School Students of the Month
Dayton Middle School is proud to present Students of the Month for April and May, 2013. Samantha Sweetwood, 8th Grade and Melody Reeves & Kylee Harris, 7th Grade have received the honor for April. Sidney Andrews & Jenna Phillips 8th Grade and... Full story
Benefit Dinner Planned for Deb Hays
DAYTON - "I do have an unwanted visitor that we're hoping to get rid of shortly," is Deb Hays' stan- dard response to the many concerned citizens who visit Dayton's City Hall, where Hays works as...
BIRTHDAYS
May 30: Preston Hinchliffe, Melissa Huwe and Amy Thomas. May 31: Kathleen Smith, Valerie Coe and Sharon Miller. June 1: Sean Baker, Virginia Beckel, Gary Peters, Jimmy Fisher and Jon Bickelhaupt. June 2: Jared Farley, Mitch Adams, Matthew Leid,...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago May 29, 2003 Two Waitsburg Cardinals are headed to the Class B state track meet and several others came agonizingly close - with- in inches or tenths of a second of making the trip. Sophomore high jumper Matt Baker cleared 5-10 without...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
My backyard habitat is packet with nectar-rich flow- ering plants inviting butterflies of all kinds. This small lush space has inspired my community to join in on the fun of catering to wildlife. Take my neighbor, who appears to be Neanderthal but wh...
CROPS
A s trade decision-makers, human beings are not gener- ally wired to be patient when a market (or anything else) takes longer than 60 to 90 days to move. The Chicago wheat July (new crop) futures contract has not trend- ed out of an 82-cent band... Full story
Tucannon River Steelhead Management Discussion
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) fish managers will present information and take public input on proposed Tucannon River steelhead management changes at a meeting in Dayton on May 29. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the... Full story
Columbia County Rural Library District Awarded Libri Foundation Grant
The Columbia County Rural Library District has been awarded a "Books for Children" grant from The Libri Foundation for the Dayton Memorial Library. The Library has received $1050 worth of children's books, which amounts to 59 titles. The Friends o...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 5-24 Burglary reported on Preston Avenue; locks were cut fromstorage unit. 5-25 Malicious mischief report of a door kicked in, damaginglock on W. 2nd Street. 5-26 Deputy found open door on vacant residence on W. 1stStreet. Dayton 5-21...
Me & My Garden
A while ago, I wrote a column about the gardens that my brother, cousin, and I were trying to grow. Now, I figure it's high time for an update. I started all of my seedlings a good distance from Waits...
Eco Food Movement Unstoppable
Every spring, the Touchet River Valley awakens. What lies dormant for months in winter, suddenly explodes with green life fed by rains and the welcome sun in skies blue to heaven. Everything stirs and...
Congratulations to Athletes- In All Kinds of Sports
I n the fall of 2011, teams from Waitsburg-Prescott brought home two state championships - in soccer and football. While that success in team sports wasn't repeated dur- ing this school year, student-athletes from WP and Day- ton turned in many...
