Articles from the September 22, 2011 edition
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Feds Seek To Indict First Pot Suspect
DAYTON - Federal authorities have asked a grand jury to indict the first of three suspected marijuana growers arrested earlier this summer in the Umatilla National Forest, according to the Columbia...
Waitsburg School District To Restrict Cell Phone Use
WAITSBURG - Sometime during the past school year, a student approached Dr. Carol Clarke about an offensive text message the girl received on her cell phone. Clarke asked if the student recognized the number. She did not, so Clarke asked her...
Lyons Ferry To Host First Walleye Tourney
STARBUCK - Lyons Ferry Marina will host the first annual Snake River Walleye Classic, a new catch-and-release contest put by two walleye fishing clubs in Walla Walla and the Tri Cities the first weekend of October. The two-day event will bring a... Full story
Lady Cards Fall To Asotin
ASOTIN -- The WP Lady Cardinals lost a league match in three games to the towering Asotin Panthers last Thursday night. The Cardinals started off on the right foot scoring first but the Panthers 5'11" senior JaLisa Jose answered with a screaming...
Cardinals Dominate Huskies In 50-28 Win
ELGIN -- It took a while for the WP Cardinals to shake off that mountain breeze and warm up last Friday night, but they pulled it together and took home another "W" against the Elgin Huskies to improve their record to 3-0 with a 50-28 victory.... Full story
Fullerton Won’t Play Vs. TCP
DAYTON - Conventional wisdom holds that nonleague football games don't matter. But they do matter when an official penalizes a key starter so he has to sit out the next game, and that next game is a... Full story
Dayton Spikes Patriots
DAYTON-The Dayton Lady Bulldogs improved its league record to 3-1 Tuesday night with a victory over the Liberty Christian Patriots. The Bulldogs cruised to a 25-9 victory over the Patriots in game one...
Hard Act To Follow
DAYTON -- It was a historic week for the two Touchet Valley high school soccer teams. WP had its first tie against a league team since becoming an official program last year. St. George tied the Tiger...
What A Deal: WP’s Season Off To Solid Start
WAITSBURG - The first few weeks of WP's cross country running season have gone well for the Cardinals, particularly for Waitsburg High School junior Seth Deal. Deal won the Seaport Invite hosted by Cl...
New Pet Shine Has Its Work Cut Out
DAYTON - Erin Gibson got her start as a pet groomer when she worked as a receptionist at a veterinarian clinic in a suburb of Portland. She'd always been an animal lover, growing up in a household...
Moving And Crossing Mountains
WAITSBURG - Getting tourists and travelers to the state, then across the mountains to eastern Washington will be one of the main goals for the state's new privatesector tourism alliance, its newly...
Health District Conducts Survey
DAYTON - The Columbia County Health System is asking residents, employees and patients for feedback so it can better serve the community, said Charlie Button, the district's CEO. "We really want to know what they're thinking," Button said. "We want... Full story
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 9-14: Driving while license suspended on Preston Ave. 9-17: DUI, non-injury, driver hit a power pole on Main Street and Bolles Road. 9-18: Suspicious circumstance on Murphy Street. Dixie 9-19: Theft of firearms reported on Cemetery Road. Da...
Wine & Country Living
Arriving home from a weekend away isn't always so happy. I found my neighbor had lost her beloved "Pearl," The Coon Cat. As the week progressed, I'd hear Sally outside calling randomly for her kitty, her best friend, and it became unnerving,...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago September 27, 2001 A mushroom city sprouted up in the Days of Real Sport track infield with the arrival of 550 DNR firefighters. The firefighters came to fight a fire that blackened 4,800 acres on the ridge tops and canyons of the Blue...
Local Fair Results for 2011
4 Columbia County Fair winners 4-H dog fitting and showing: Caleb Breaux, Payton Dowdy, Dayton 4-H goat fitting and showing: Devon Harshman, Graze Coulston. Waitsburg 4-H market goat champion:...
BRIEFS
FROG HOLLOW BENEFIT CONCERT WAITSBURG -- On Sept. 24, the Frog Hollow Band will play a benefit concert at the Ye Old Town Hall in Waitsburg to benefit Dennis Nostrant, a long-time area resident. This event is scheduled to start at 9 p.m., after the... Full story
DEATH NOTICE
John William Thompson, known as Bill Thompson, was born on May 23, 1930. He died Sept. 17, 2011 in Waitsburg. He was 81 years old. A funeral will be held Monday at the First Christian Church at 11 a.m. with burial to follow here in Waitsburg....
For Life And Hope
Heart BEAT About Needs & Good Deeds DAYTON - On Saturday at the high school track in Dayton, men and women and boys and girls, pitched tents, laughed with their friends and prepared to spend the...
We’ll Miss You, Bill
Here are just some of the many stories Waitsburgers shared with us about Bill Thompson: He and my husband were very good friends. He and his first wife moved to town and lived across the street from me. We got very well acquainted. Bill has been part... Full story
Waitsburg Not The Same Without “Buffalo” Bill
Bill Thompson was a good friend. I share that distinction with scores of folks in this community and extending the population to the Palouse. "BillyT" was his vanity plate, but his formal moniker was...
Rain Stays Away From Fall Fest
WAITSBURG - It was a day of Victorian fashion, museum tours, buffalo, corn on the cob and Butlers at Waitsburg's Fall Festival on Sunday. The attendance was anything but sparse. The community filled... Full story
