Articles from the June 6, 2013 edition
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New Wind Project Slated
DAYTON - Portland General Electric Company announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase development rights for a por- tion of Phase II of the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project in Columbia...
SOFTWARE
Have you ever browsed the web and come across a great DIY project, vacation rental or recipe that you’d like to access later? Sure, you could bookmark the site, but what if that one idea is all yo...
BOOKS
Magazines and online book clubs and book sellers are already touting their summer reading lists, but I’m not very inspired by reviews that use words like “riveting”, “shattering”, “challengin... Full story
Prescott Community Library Presents Summer Reading Program 2013
It is time to "Dig into Reading" with the Sum- mer Reading Program at Prescott Library. Registra- tion begins Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Prescott Library during open hours. Participants receive a reading log and events schedule at registration...
Prescott Pool Opens June 17
PRESCOTT - Those in search of a way to cool off are bound to find it in Prescott's very own oasis. The Prescott swimming pool will open for the 2013 season on Monday, June 17th. A great source of prid...
Elite Makes Semis
OKANAGAN - The Waitsburg Elite seeded second going into the playoffs after beating the Okanagan Commandos 27-6 in their last game of the regular season Saturday. They ended their first Washington Football League season with Waitsburg as their ho...
2013 WHS Scholarship Awards
Dakota Baker $1,500 Rasty andNona Ketcherside$2,100 Earl andLucille Blake ScholarshipDakota will attend Walla WallaCommunity College Zac Brown $500 WaitsburgMemorial Scholarship $575 Williamand Delora Harpe Scholarship $2,200 Earl andLucille Blake... Full story
Dayton Spring Sports Awards
DAYTON - The Dayton Spring Sports Awards Banquet took place in the Dayton Elementary multi-purpose room the evening of June 30. Head softball coach Terry Robins, accompanied by assistant coach D...
Chamber Festival Returns to Valley
WALLA WALLA - Beethoven's "Harp" is a feast for the ears and the eyes that elementary school kids in Dayton will soak up at the Columbia County Rural Library Friday as the annual Walla Walla Chamber... Full story
City of Dayton Spring Cleanup
The city of Dayton alley cleanup will happen June 10 and starts on the north end of town, working south. All materials picked up must be compostable: Gar- den waste, vines, shrubs and tree trimmings, tree and shrub trimmings must not be larger than...
Dance, Dance, Dance!
DAYTON - Parents, grand- parents, friends and relatives filled the seats and lined the outside isles of the Liberty Theater Saturday afternoon to watch about 30 young dancers perform. The 25-minute...
Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair
The Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show and Fair will take place on June 8th and 9th at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. On Saturday, June 8th, judging contests will take place in the morning, followed by showmanship and confirma- tion for swine, sheep, beef,...
Lions Celebrate 50 Years of Service
WAITSBURG - If you've been a spectator at a local football or softball game, taken a swim in the City Pool, or have children who use Waitsburg's track or playground equipment, you've benefitted from...
BIRTHDAYS
June 7: Judy Adkins, Laurette McCaw and Dana Maki. June 8: Jamie Gritman, Patty Hendrickson, Sarah Price, Gary Cox and Kevin Erickson. June 9: Kay Heady, Jack Roberts, Barbara McCauley, Ed- ward Fisher, Ed Sickles, Jenny Rencken, Marnie Henderson,...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago June 5, 2003 Corinne McKinley may have been bucked off in life once or twice along the way, but the local 18-year-old rode all the way on this one. Last weekend McKinley, the daughter of Dan and Krista McKinley of Waitsburg, was... Full story
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
I feel great venerability talking about the American food chain. While Americans figure out how to slow down their lives and curb spending, the average household is becoming revolutionary in regaining its own self-reliance. However, it does put a...
CROPS
Market disruption? The overseas buyers of Pacific Northwest origin white wheat – Japan in particular – have suspended procurement. This interruption in market flow is due to the discovery of a patch of wheat in Oregon apparently linked to Mon... Full story
James D. Wood
Jim (Pepe) was the sixth of seven children born to Francis and Mabel Wood. The family in descending order was Dan, Frank, George, John, Kaye, Jim and Jerry. Their mother, when provoked, worked t... Full story
Barbara J. Bruce
Barbara J. Bruce, 65, died May 26, 2013 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. from complications of pneumonia. A simple service was held there May 28th. Barbara was born March 24, 1948 in Enterprise, OR to Willard and Bonnie Wilson. She graduated in 1966 fr...
ENGAGEMENT
John and Sharon Richter of Dayton, WA, announce the engagement of their daughter, Gretchen Dianne Richter to Matt David Payne, son of Nancy and the late David Payne, also of Dayton, WA. The future... Full story
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 5-28 Theft of motorcycle on Stonecipher Road. Report of telephone harassment on Dewitt road. 6-1 Theft of laptop during yard sale. Prescott 6-1 Hit and run on 2nd and "F" Streets; dump truck struck aparked vehicle and left the area.... Full story
A Visit From Leslie
The school year is near- ly over. I won't bore you with the details of the sketchy grades I am desperately trying to rectify before the grading period ends. And I recall spotting a Times reporter at... Full story
Correction
In a photograph on Page 6 of last week's Times, one of the service members standing in a group was misidentified. The man on the right is SGT Matthew Rupp. In the photo cap- tion, that person was identified as 1LT Michael Zaharevich. Zaharevich is...
50 Years of Great Work
In the spring of 1963, when John Kennedy was president and gas was 30 cents a gallon, a group of 15 Waitsburg men formed a new Lions Club and set out to help out their com- munity. And oh how they've done it. As reporter Dena Wood reports in these...
Congratulations Grads
I'd like to thank the internet, Google, Wikipedia, Microsoft Word, and Copy & Paste.... -- Anonymous graduation speech T hirty members of the Waitsburg community reached a milestone in their lives on Friday. After 12 years of studying together and...
