Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Twenty-three-year old Waitsburg man Keith Eugene Adams was arrested early Friday morning at his Preston Avenue home after allegedly holding a 21-year-old woman and her two infant children at gun point. Witness information conveyed that Adams was "extremely agitated and intoxicated," the Walla Walla County Sheriff's office reported. Deputies learned that Adams and the victim had a previous relationship and appear to have a child together. The Walla Walla Emergency Response Unit responded to the location at about 1 a.m. to contain...
DAYTON - Members of the Columbia County Public Hospital Board of Commissioners have lifted the health district's firing freeze placed in May following the firing of former Rural Clinics Director Julia Mead and the subsequent resignations of several medical staff, physicians and the director of nursing services. After a special executive session Thursday night at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church Fellowship Hall in Dayton, the board voted unanimously to reinstate CEO Charlie Button's full responsibilities as head of the health district. "I th... Full story
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Lance Corporal Morgan T. Baker, U.S. Marine Corps, was recently promoted from Private First Class. Baker, the son of Loyal Baker of Waitsburg and Kathy Berry of College Place, and a 2009 graduate of Waitsburg High School, is currently assigned to the 1st Marines, 7th Battalion, Twentynine Palms, Calif. He is deployed overseas on the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Baker is the grandson Tom and Anita Baker of Waitsburg and Joan and Larry Summers of Walla Walla, and the late Ted Berry....
Sept. 16: Lois Mettler, Kevin Steffanson, Bruce Harris, Jerry Mock, Pam Davis, Dan Bickelhaupt. Sept. 17: Gustavo Reese, Tom Duckworth, Elizabeth Alleman, Mindy Eaton, Nathan Hansen, Nathan Hamann. Sept. 18: Ashley Wilson, Jeff Pietila, Rob McKinney, Naomi Davis, Eric Laughery, Clinton Davidson, Annika Garbe. Sept. 19: Teighan AnPOLICE Tom Wagner, Kelly Price, Robbie Ezell, Marina Huff, Paul Hall. Sept. 20: Owen Senter, Rhonda Newbury, Monte Duncan. Sept. 21: Bob Rabern, Kenneth Crawford, Fred R. Gritman, Diana Larsen. Sept. 22: Marty Dun...
What do MFK Fisher, Angelo Pellegrini and Alice Waters all have in common? Answer: They are 20th century food writers who have contributed to the way we think about and eat food today.Recently I was invited to speak on behalf of the Okanogan Valley Wine Alliance in British Columbia, where the majority of the beautiful wines of Western Canada are produced. The attendees were wine producers from Canada and around the world, and food and wine writers from the U.S. were in attendance. After my dissertation, I spent the remaining afternoon...
Ten Years Ago September 2, 2000 Corrie Gagnon, the 18-year-old daughter of Joe and JoAnn Gagnon of Waitsburg, received word that the "Western Duster" she stitched won her first prize in the "Everyone Loves Sulky" Challenge 2000 contest. A new sewing machine and about $1,000 in merchandise were among the prizes Corrie received for her creation. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 12, 1985 The Pioneer Fall Festival will be held on the 15th of Sept. with a beef barbecue instead of the popular buffalo. Cost of buffalo is up this year. Free liver and...
When Waitsburg's Jim Hansen returned to Spokane from three extraordinary days in the nation's capital this weekend, he and about 90 other World War II veterans were greeted by a crowd so large and festive, he thought "there was another war we just won." The 89-year-old, who was the second Waitsburg veteran to go on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., recently, said the hundreds of people and musical bands at the airport "were so great to us because of what we had done. It was unbelievable."... Full story
WALLA WALLA - Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center accountant J.R. Lieuallen portrays Lowden area pioneer A.P. Woodward in a Living History performance on Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. in Fort Walla Walla Museum's pioneer settlement. Enjoy 19th century popular music with the Oregon Trail Band at 1:30 p.m. Then on Sept. 26 Diane Kaye portrays Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence in a Living History performance at 2 p.m. in Fort Walla Walla Museum's pioneer settlement (indoors in the Grand Hall in the event of inclement weather). The museum is located o...
WAITSBURG - Ring the bells, toot the horns, strike up the band - the cyclists are here ! Waitsburgers went all out to greet the more than 2,000 Cycle Oregon participants Tuesday as they pedaled into town after a nearly three-hour ride from Starbuck. Members of the local Special Olympics skiing team, the Bluewood Bombers, erected an archway and decorated the finish line near the fairgrounds on Caroline Street. Local school children, Waitsburg-Prescott cheerleaders and the high school band waited...
WALLA WALLA - The 2010-11 season of the Walla Walla Symphony, the oldest continuously operating symphony west of the Mississippi, features nationally known guest artists Nathanial Rosen, cellist, and Lindsay Deutsch, violinist, as well as the Nutcracker, and The Celtic Tenors. Season tickets and single concert tickets are on sale now and are available by going online at www.wwsymphony.org, by calling the Symphony office at 509-529-8020, or visiting the Symphony office in the Barrett Building at 13-1/2 E. Main Suite 201 in Walla Walla....
WALLA WALLA - Bridie Monahan Hood, candidate for Walla Walla County District Court Judge (P/T), will be at the Walla Walla Farmer's Market this Saturday to meet the community and answer questions. Monahan Hood, a 1988 graduate of Walla Walla High School, has been practicing law in Walla Walla since 1996. Bridie recently partnered with her father forming Monahan-Hood Attorneys at Law in Walla Walla and has been in a solo practice for the past year. Her appearance Saturday will be between 9 a.m. and 1 pm. The market is located in downtown Walla... Full story
DAYTON - Veterans of Columbia County will have a Flag Disposal Ceremony at 507 E Main Street (old Patit Creek Cellars) on Sept. 18 at 1 p.m....
DAYTON - Monday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m., a group of administrators, coaches, parents and students will meet in the district boardroom to review and discuss potential changes to the Dayton School District's activity code. The code contains guidelines for student participation in athletics and co-curricular activities such as FBLA and FFA. The committee will provide a recommendation to the Board of Directors sometime later this fall or winter regarding changes to the code. Then on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 3:10 p.m. administrators, teachers, p...
WALLA WALLA - Carl G. Bell Jr., the 31-year-old Walla Walla man who took up residence at 519 Coppei Ave., in Waitsburg, this summer, pleaded innocent in Walla Walla County Superior Court to 15 felony charges earlier this week. Bell is scheduled for trial Nov. 3 and 4 on three counts of first-degree rape of a child, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, and 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Walla Walla police have accused Bell of taking inappropriate pictures of a 1...
Waitsburg Corral Wranglers 4-H Club Goats: Maranda Callahan - Grand Champion 4-H Market Goat Grand Champion Overall Market Goat Grand Champion 4-H Intermediate Showman Grand Champion Overall Showman Loegan Harshman - Blue in market Reserve Champion 4-H Intermediate Showman Devon Harshman - Blue in market Grand Champion 4-H Junior Showman Reserve Champion Overall Showman Stacia Deal - Red in market Blue in showmanship Blue in nonmarket goat Heather McCoon - Red in market Blue in sh...
WAITSBURG - When Swissair Flight 111 went down off the coast near St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1998, a newspaper account of the crash described the nighttime waters at the site as "inky." Canadian artist Michelle Forsyth took that description to set the context for a sculpture she dedicated to the air disaster that killed all 229 aboard. Her piece, "For September Second," is now on display at AMO Art Gallery on Main Street, open by appointment. She worked the nighttime darkness into he...
YAKIMA - The new Waitsburg-Prescott soccer team beat the socks off much more veteran players over the weekend, taking opponents by surprise and thrilling head coach Rick Hamilton. "I'm very pleased so far," he said. "I think the kids are starting to gel, starting to play together and have an idea of I'm wanting." The Tigers squashed Walla Walla Valley Academy in an away game Thursday. The final score was 8-2. "I played a lot of my JV even against WWVA," Hamilton said. "We made two little mistakes, giving them the penalty on one shot and o...
HERMISTON -- Athletes on both Waitsburg-Prescott and Dayton cross country teams raced hard at their first meets of the season on Saturday and Tuesday. WP runners exceeded coach Joanna Lanning's expectations Saturday at the Brooks Runner's Soul XC Fest in Hermiston, the athletes' first meet of the season. This was a huge meet, with more than 200 runners representing over 15 schools, Lanning said. Athletes were from all classes of schools including an Oregon 6A school all the way down to W... Full story
ENTERPRISE - In their first away game of the season, the Bulldogs fell to the Enterprise Outlaws 34 - 0 last Thursday. Dayton came close to the end zone several times, thanks to big individual plays by such veterans as Colton Bickelhaupt and Dain Henderson, but each time a fumble or an interception cost them the opportunity to score. "We just need to learn how to finish," head coach Dean Bickelhaupt said. The long bus ride, Bickelhaupt said, also played a role in wearing down the team b...
WAITSBURG - After last Wednesday's loss against Dayton, fortunes and abilities began to turn around for the Cardinals volleyball team after WP beat visiting team Pilot Rock in fivegames Friday and won Saturday's WP Invitational in Walla Walla. But a game against Walla Walla Valley Academy Monday turned the tide back again - the Knights won three of five matches against WP. In their Friday evening game against Pilot Rock, the Cardinals lost the first two games (20 - 25 and 20 - 25), then won the third (25 -21). In the fourth, Genesis Pe...
WAITSBURG - After 5' 8" middle blocker Sarah Mascall went out with a tweaked ankle during the first volleyball game against Waitsburg-Prescott, the young Bulldogs looked like the underdogs as they found themselves up against the much taller Cardinals. But in the end, Dayton won the two teams' first league match last Wednesday night, beating WP in four games. The Bulldogs won three of the games 25 - 23, 25 - 16 and 25 - 12. WP won one 25 - 17. "It was a good win," said Dayton head coach Shannon...
WAITSBURG - In their first home game of the season, the Cardinals beat the Pilot Rock Rockets 34 - 14 in a Friday night football game that excited the home crowd and bode well for the season. WP is now 2-0 after having won against the Kamiah Kubs in a tough defensive away game last week. "It was a nice thing to see us improve and move forward," head coach Jeff Bartlow said. The Cardinals rushed or passed for an impressive total of 380 yards with 156 on the ground and 224 yards in the air, a...
9-13: Burglary. Burglary reported at Fiesta En Jalisco, in Dayton. Burglary. A broken window at a home on Tremont Street, in Dayton, alerted deputies to a possible residential burglary. 9-9: Injured Animal. Deer reported caught in fence with a broken leg on N. Touchet Rd., Dayton. A deputy was sent to dispatch the animal. 9-8: Criminal Trespass. Trespass into a home for sale on Coppei Ave., Waitsburg, Nothing appeared to be missing. Criminal Mischief. Resident on Maple Street, Waitsburg, reported someone put dirt in their gas tank. Bur... Full story
Dear Editor: I was surprised to see the results of the Columbia County primary election, which showed Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell trailing her opponent. It appears that many voters may have voted along party lines instead of voting for the better candidate. As a rural county prosecutor, I understand the demands of the job, which include a lot more than prosecuting criminal cases. While the challenger claims experience, I question whether it's the right experience to be as successful a county prosecutor. You, the voter, should be as...
