Articles from the August 25, 2011 edition
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“It Kept Going And Going And Going”
DAYTON - It was a bright day in early August. The National Guard helicopter hovered several hundred feet above the canyons in the Eckler Mountain area of the Umatilla National Forest when the spotter... Full story
Beefing Up For County Fairs
WAITSBURGThe lure of cotton candy and corn dogs will soon be in the air as local kids gear up for the Walla Walla County Fair & Frontier Days and the Columbia County Fair in early September. Waitsburg...
Julie’s Junior Miss Legacy
COLLEGE PLACE - It has been 43 years since 17-year-old Julie Stonecipher, a farmer's daughter from Waitsburg, won the Washington State American Junior Miss competition and was runner-up at the...
Dayton’s New Mother-Daughter Healing Team
DAYTON - A mother-daughter duo in Dayton specializing in acupuncture and massage therapy is offering services at a variety of prices to make sure low-income members of the community can obtain the...
La Monarca’s First Restaurant In Waitsburg
WAITSBURG - Any Mexican food lover in the Walla Walla area knows the food the Reyes family puts out: authentic yet innovative Mexican fare. They may have never heard of Jose Reyes or his wife, Maria... Full story
BIRTHDAYS
August 25: Michaela Nordheim, Marion Spear, Roland LeVasseur, Alan Stephens, Anne Hubbard, Bryan St. Clair. August 26: Ann Barr, Betty Mason, Beverly Harper, Jackie Savage, Darin Mayer, Jeff Katsel, Steven Lybecker. August 27: Brian Richards, Bonnie...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg/ Walla Walla County 8-19:Vehicle prowl. Dayton/Columbia County 8-18:Verbal warning for speed. 911 hangup. Traffic stop, verbal warning for erratic driving. Infraction speed, warning for trailer plate. Prisoner transport canceled. Reckless...
Wine & Country Living
This past Saturday, I attended the opening of the long awaited Mace Mead Works in downtown Dayton. Upon entering the facility, you'll pass the glassed-in cellar room, racked in oak wine barrels. At first, I thought this was mead wine, but later...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago August 30, 2001 The Times are changing - After years of reading a 13"x22.75" papers, readers are getting their news in a paper measuring 12"x22.75". Students and community members descended on the new Waitsburg High School last...
BRIEFS
STATE FUNDING DROPS DAYTON - Columbia County and the city of Dayton will not receive as much money through the state's local government financial assistance program as initially indicated. The state is not providing as much money as in past years to... Full story
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: I have been a subscriber to the Times since we bought our house in Walla Walla over a year ago. We love your town; it just didn't work for our situation to live there instead of here. However, I greatly admire the advances you have made...
Wowed By Waitsburg
Heart BEAT WAITSBURG - The first thing you see is a pan of the wheat fields, followed by a drive through town: the stately early-century homes, campus-like sidewalks and the downtown Main Street... Full story
Curtain? What Curtain?
Last week, we carried a story about the KUOW series on the "Cascade Curtain," the idea that the state and its residents are somehow culturally divided by the mountain range that separates them geographically. We found it interesting how the story...
Dayton Man Charged In Bicycle Fatality
WALLA WALLA - Dayton resident Melvin Bohleen, 73, is scheduled to appear in Walla Walla Superior Court Sept. 12 for charges relating to a vehicle-and-bicycle collision that killed a Seattle woman on May 21 on Middle Waitsburg Road. Bohleen was...
Withers Aces Navy School
WAITSBURG - It was never Wyatt Withers' sole inspiration for going in the Navy, but once he had decided to join it certainly helped having a grandfather who had served in the same branch many decades...
