Articles from the September 1, 2011 edition
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Thew Is WP’s New Athletic Director
WAITSBURG - It may be another week or so before the Waitsburg-Prescott sports community will see him on the sidelines, but the two school districts have made their choice for their new joint athletics director. JP Thew, a former assistant coach for... Full story
Lady Bulldogs Want To Top 2010
DAYTON - The Dayton girls' volleyball team has set the bar high this season after winning the title of district champions in the league and competing at the state level last year. Coach Shannon... Full story
WP Looking Up At 2011
WAITSBURG-The WP Lady Cardinals Volleyball Team are licking some bruises and soaking sore muscles after a very long and hot first week of practice . Angie Potts begins her first season as head coach...
More Stunts In Store At WP
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott cheer squad will soar to new heights this football season because of a larger squad and lots of returning veterans. "We have a lot of athletic girls and a lot of exp...
Back In The Running
DAYTON - This summer, it was uncertain whether Dayton High School would have a cross country team this fall. But, Coach Dan Nechodom and the district found ways to save money and found six students who were interested in running as fast as they can...
WP: This Year It’s Quality Over Quantity
WAITSBURG - The Cardinals' cross-country running team may be down in the numbers this year, but when it comes to distance competition it's more about "quality than quantity," head coach Joanna...
Smaller WP Team Off To A Late Start
PRESCOTT - Times reporter/ photographer Tracy Daniel ventured to the practice field in Prescott to catch up on the 2011 Tigers soccer team and quickly discovered that the players have gotten a late start in preparing for their season. After becoming... Full story
2011 Bulldogs: Bigger And Better Team
DAYTON - This season, Dayton soccer coach D.J. Frame wants the league to know the members of his team are ready to step up their game and compete against the best. "We're not just the new guys,"...
Bulldogs Display New-found Confidence
DAYTON - Just two years ago, the Bulldogs wouldn't have made it among any of the teams in the league to beat in the esteem of other coaches. But one year after Dean Bickelhaupt took over as head... Full story
Cards Foster ‘Culture Of Winning’
WAI T SBURG - On the one hand, head Cardinals football coach Jeff Bartlow argues that it's good to come from a historic season that sent the team to the state playoffs. "The culture of winning is... Full story
SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
1 Touchet Valley Call toPrayer 7 p.m. at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Dayton. 1-4 Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days Gates open at 8 a. m., Walla Walla Fairgrounds. There will be exhibits, livestock... Full story
Wine & Country Living
The small family farmers of our region are making way into Indian summer, preparing themselves for a good hefty second crop of corn, lettuces, early kale, pumpkins, beets and carrots. I was standing in the middle of Wild Bill's Patit Street Organic...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg/Walla Walla County & Dayton/Columbia County 8-23 Bicycle theft reported. Residential burglary reported on Washington Avenue. Yard ornaments stolen. Traffic hazard. Attempted telephone fraud reported. Medical call. 8-24 Assault reported....
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago September 6, 2001 Fifty local kids showed their best animals, including goats, swine, sheep, beef and steers at the Walla Walla Fair. Walla Walla Fair Queen Angela Smith, daughter of Glen and Adelle Smith, and her court were recognized...
A Ladies-Only Invitational
DAYTON - Las t Wedne sday, 64 ladies f rom the Touchet Valley and as far as La Grande and Sunnyside donned pastel golf shirts and hauled their clubs to the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton for an...
BRIEFS
7TH STREET PROJECT STARTS WAITSBURG - Starting Thursday, Sept. 1, the city of Waitsburg will be grinding asphalt so the city can replace the water line on W. 7th St. The work will take 20 days and will take place on W. 7th street from Orchard to...
From Heart To Heart
WALLA WALLA - When it comes to people getting infections such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C, Waitsburg's Sharon Clinton believes it's the luck of the draw. With blood transfusions and contamination...
Right Choice For Tigers?
Prescott High School Principal and acting WP combine AD Jody Thew anticipates that this soccer season will be another successful one for the Tigers, who had a magical first year as a WP combine program in 2010. We hope she turns out to be right. But... Full story
Sudden Storm Hits Valley
WAITSBURG - Just as some residents in the Touchet Valley were watching the news about Hurricane Irene making landfall on the East Coast on Sunday, they were suddenly taken aback by a local weather...
Keeping It Safe
WAITSBURG - After recent bicyclist-vehicle collisions that resulted in death and injuries in 2011, local authorities are urging vehicles to be on the lookout for bicyclists and they're telling...
