Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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There are many fitness opportunities for mature exercisers in the Touchet Valley. A low-impact exercise class for seniors is going strong at Waitsburg Town Hall. The sessions are on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and include aerobic, weightlifting, and core workouts. Come join the group from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. If the Town Hall is unavailable, the group enjoys exercising by playing pickleball at Preston Park or riding bicycles from Waitsburg to Huntsville. The Prescott pool opened its summer...
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg Commercial Club is hosting two meetings on Thursday, June 26. At noon, the club will hold its monthly meeting at Ten Ton Studios, 216 Main St. in Waitsburg. The meeting will include a public information presentation regarding the August 5, 2025, ballot measure proposing a two-tenths of 1% sales tax to support critical public safety services in the county. The open session will offer the public an opportunity to learn about how the tax revenue would fund the modernization and sustainability of WW County’s emergency ser...
DAYTON – The Dayton School Board held its June 18, 2025, meeting at the high school library at 6:30 p.m. Superintendent Jeremy Wheatley, Board Chair Jeffrey McCowen, directors Grant Griffin and Ryan Paulson were present in the library. Aneesha Dieu joined the meeting on Zoom, and Pat Davidson did not attend. The board approved the consent agenda, which included hiring Jamie Trump as the high school assistant volleyball coach, Cody Chapman as the high school head football coach, Joe Howard as the middle school girls’ basketball head coach, and...
WAITSBURG - On July 4th, the Waitsburg Historical Society will dedicate a new flag at the Bruce Museum and invites the public to join the celebration. The free event will follow Waitsburg's Patriots Parade starting in front of Banner Bank and ending at the museum's lawn. The Patriots Parade started in 2011, when Laurette McCaw challenged her husband Jack McCaw and the late Tom Baker to carry a United States flag down Main Street on the 4th of July, wearing shorts. John and Marilyn Stellwagen...
DAYTON — From Director Wes Anderson, “The Phoenician Scheme” tells the story of a family and their business. Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda names his only daughter, a nun, as the sole heir to his fortune. As Korda starts a new venture, they quickly become targets of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and relentless assassins. The cast features Michael Cera, Benicio Del Toro, Tom Hanks, Hope Davis, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Wright, Rupert Friend, Benedict Cumberbatch, Riz Ahmed, Richard Ayoade, and Mia T...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council met on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at City Hall. Mayor Marty Dunn, council members Jillian Henze, Jim Romine, Kevin House, Court Ruppenthal, Jennifer Bishop, and City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe were present. In public comment, the board heard from Joy Smith, who shared news that Sherwood Trust had provided $173,000 for Common Roots Housing to purchase two Waitsburg parcels. Waitsburg Parks and Recreation Commissioner Wendy Carter informed the board that...
On June 10, 2025, we lost a dear friend, Bill Rodgers, who passed away at his home in Waitsburg. Bill was a photographic artist, scientist, brother, and an active community member who will be missed by many. A memorial for Bill will be announced at a later date....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School football coaches, Gabe and Dane Kiefel, took seventeen players to an 8-man football camp in Elgin, Oregon. The Eastern Oregon University camp took place from June 15 to June 18. The Cardinals had both a varsity and a junior varsity squad competing in 5-on-5 scrimmages, a passing league where players wear helmets but no pads. They also had 8-on-8 scrimmages with full pads. Coach Gabe Kiefel said the teams did well throwing and catching the ball, running routes,...
Parents Ben and Samantha Shafer (WHS graduates) of Walla Walla, announce the birth of their son, Theodore Edward Shafer. "Theo" was born at Kadlec Regional Medical Center on Saturday, May 31, weighing 7lbs 5oz. He has been welcomed by his big brother Thomas, grandparents Neil and Linda Henze of Waitsburg, and Ed and Stasia Shafer of Walla Walla. Great-grandparents are Donnarae Smith of Waitsburg, Susan and Monte Price of Walla Walla, and Steve Shafer of College Place....
Bill Hinchliffe was born on May 25, 1926, to William and Olive Hinchliffe on the family ranch in Kahlotus, Washington. He grew up helping his family farm 1,800 acres of dry wheat land alongside his parents and his five older sisters. Bill attended elementary school in Kahlotus in the close-knit community that molded his early years. During his 7th-grade year, Bill's family faced a significant change when his mother passed away, and they sold their cherished farm. He then moved with his father...
Fifteen Years Ago June 15, 2010 [Photo caption] Whoop Em Up co-owner Leroy Cunningham with the tomato plants he and members of the nonprofit Rural Green Youth Enterprises planted on land owned by Maria and Roger Garcia for a natural vegetable garden recently. Fifty Years Ago June 26, 1975 Jimmy Young, Donny Abbey, Steve Sickles, Timmy Hulce, Brad Patton, and Lenny Lytle travelled to Cheney for the Inland Empire AAU track and field meet. The following week, Joanie Neal, Karen Huwe, Mary Hansen,...
