Articles from the August 16, 2012 edition
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New School Buses For Prescott
Buses On The Way To Haul Students To And From School PRESCOTT – The Prescott School District will get two much-needed pur- chases this year – two new school buses. Prescott’s Business Man- ager AJ Jacobson said two of the school buses owned by the d... Full story
Helen Maxine Smith
Helen Maxine Smith, 74, passed away peacefully August 3, 2012, at Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Wal- la, Washington. Mrs. Smith was born June 14, 1938, in Hood River, Oregon, to Chester and Win- nie Slaughter. She attended school in Oklahoma....
FOOD
Ways To Be Merry In The Touchet Valley This Month: *Children are the stars in the Missoula Children's Theater production of Cin- derella. The week-long pro- gram will prepare a group of up to 55...
FOOD
Because we've discussed pork here, one of my favorite pairings for everything except the hams and BBQ'd pork dishes is pi- not noir. This beautiful and aromatic red wine pairs well with the subtle flavors and textures of pork tenderloins, chops and...
FOOD
Welcome to my food column where anything goes. Here we'll explore the history of how we arrived where we are today through food and the ingredients that we commonly use and take for granted all the time. To understand where your food came from is...
Mayor McCaw To Resign
PRESCOTT - Prescott Mayor Libby McCaw is step- ping down from her post after more than six years and the council members will miss her. "She's been excellent and I'm really going to miss her," said... Full story
Coach’s Corner
WAITSBURG -- The 2012 schedule is arguably the hardest schedule we have had in recent years. Our senior football players total 15 guys, maybe more, and we will need all of those seniors if we expect to make another run deep into the playoffs. We... Full story
Cheer Camp!
WP cheerleaders Heidi Miller, Chelsea Brannock, Margaret Potolicchio, Yajaira Barragau, Blanca Quiroz, Kendra Roberts, Bailey Edwards, Samantha Moss, Katy Hofer, Maddy Witt and coach Vicki Hamann...
Hauck Is New Full-Time Coach
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Prescott Athletic combine still has coaching positions open for the 2012-13 school year and one position has already been filled with a three- year volunteer. Stephanie W...
She's Crafting Up A Storm For Fair Ribbons
DAYTON – Angie Dedloff has been crafting for as long as she can remember. An avid 4-H member since she was in fourth grade, 14-year-old Dedloff makes crafts and enters them into the Columbia County F... Full story
AGENDAS
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners When: Tuesday 14,2012 Meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday 9: 00 County Commissioners -Chairman Tompkins Roll call and establish a quorum, Pledge of Al- legiance 9:05 County Sheriff - John Turner Presentation...
COMING EVENTS
'CINDERELLA' DAYTON -- The Missoula Children's Theater production of "Cinderella" will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug 17, and Saturday, Aug 18 at the Liberty Theater. ANNIVERSARY PARTY DAYTON -- Mace Mead Works will have its first anniversary par- ty...
Mead Works Toasts One Year
DAYTON - Mace Mead Works is preparing for its one year anniversary on Saturday, Aug 18, with a ceremony fit for a wine lover of religious proportions and tentative plans to move to the Blue Mountain...
Preston Hall School Supply List
*Planner - supplied by the school, should you lose it, you will be required to purchase a new one *Three-ring notebook - D-ring is preferred *College ruled notebookpaper *Notebook dividers *Pencils *Pencil pouch that fitsinto the 3-ring notebook... Full story
Citizens Report Security Scam
DAYTON - Monday night the Dayton City Council field- ed complaints from concerned citizens and voted to uphold the revocation of the solicitor's license for Stryke Alarm Inc. The alarm company's so-...
Who Let The Hogs Out?
WAITSBURG - Raising swine for the fair can be a good investment financially and for the experience. But for Waitsburg FFA member Luke Alexenko, raising pigs is more than just money -- it's fun. It's... Full story
Board Approves New Sound System
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg football field gets all new lighting and press box and a new sound system is on the way as well. School Board Chairman Ross Hamann said at the school board meeting last Wednesday that last foot- ball season the 50-year-old... Full story
Summer Reading Volunteers Shine
WAITSBURG - Rosie Ware- hime, the manager of the Weller Public Library, said local kids had a ball during the summer reading program thanks to local volunteers who lead activities, hula hooped to the... Full story
MINUTES
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners Monday, Aug. 13 *Roll call and establish a quorum - All present *Declarations re: conflict of interest *Allen Kopf, 1221 Yellow- hawk Place, Library Users Coalition, brought a letter and formal complaint....
AGENDAS
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Tuesday 14, 2012Meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday 9:00 County Commissioners -Chairman Tompkins Roll call and establish a quorum, Pledge of Alle- giance 9:05 County Sheriff -JohnTurner Presentation re:...
COMING EVENTS
PRESTON HALL ORIENTATION WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg Middle School is having an open house and ice cream social at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27. The event will be held at Preston Hall and will include a short meeting with ice cream.... Full story
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Weather Report: a day of heat and evening deliciously cool; in the summer this is what we live by on the high desert. The weather played beautifully during the annual Paws and Claws Summer Barbecue...
BIRTHDAYS
August 16: Roberta Long, Jerry Hall, Tammy Pauley, Patty Froke, Maita Hagedorn. August 17: Addisen Ford, Pau- line Stanton, Kenneth Leaverton, Casey Davison, Lance Munden, Larry Williams. August 18: Kay Pettichord, Wiley Miller, Angela Hopkins,...
