Articles from the September 16, 2010 edition
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Local Man Arrested
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...
By Hospital Board Lifts Firing Restrictionspectations
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...
AUDITOR’S FILINGS
8/02/10 State of WA DSHS against Landeros Aaron Villanueva, Villanueva Aaron Landeros lien $ 1,738.00 State of WA DSHS against Dunleavy Jerry T lien $ 4,138.00 State of WA DSHS against Croson Douglas R lien $ 9,760.00 UPF Washington Inc to Koonz...
SERVICEMANof
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...
BIRTHDAYSderson,
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 Mc...
Wine & Country Living
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...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
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...
Gossip In The Grain
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...
LIVING HISTORY ACT PLANNED
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...
World’s Wheels Go ‘Round In Waitsburg
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...
WW SYMPHONY IN 104TH SEASON
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...
JUDGE HOPEFUL AT MARKET
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...
FLAG DISPOSAL CEREMONY
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....
CITIZENS TO ADVISE SCHOOL BOARD
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...
TRIAL SET IN SEX ABUSE CASE
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...
COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR
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 Sh...
Forsyth: From Catastrophe To Grace
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."...
WP Tigers Maul Oppositionwhat
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...
Local Runners Dust Their Competition
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...
Bulldogs “Outlawed” In Enterprise Game
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...
WP Cardinals’ Up And Down Week
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. B...
Dayton Takes WP In 4, Loses To Asotin In 5
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...
Cardinals Beat Rockets In First Home Game
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...
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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 b...
Letter to the Editor
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 b...
