Articles from the October 10, 2013 edition
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Dayton Bond Levy Decision Soon
DAYTON - A committee of school staff and interested citizens has been meeting for more than a year to consider potential renovation and changes to Dayton's School facilities. On October 2, the group...
Prescott School District Notice of Special Meeting
PRESCOTT - Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Prescott School District No. 402-37, will hold a Special Meeting on October 10, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room at the Prescott School District. The meeting is being called in...
Glory Days
While I'm not one to pay homage to the oft-revered "high school experience", I have to admit that I do have some fond memories of what, I hope, were not my "Glory Days." That particular Springsteen...
Novello or Nouveau
In keeping with this month's autumn theme, this time of year has me looking forward to the release of one of the great relatively new trends of the wine world. In France the production of Beaujolais Nouveau (made exclusively from the Gamay Noir...
Lentilles du Puy – Huh?
Leaves are changing colors and fluttering down off the trees; the smell of wood smoke is in the air, sweaters and boots are being pulled out of storage at record pace. These first cold snaps of autumn make me yearn for comfort food; longings for the...
Bulldogs Runners Push Limits
DAYTON -Coach Dan Nechedom says he tends to avoid setting early expectations for his Bulldog cross- country team since his is such a small and ever-changing team. Unsure of just who was going to...
WP X-C Looks to Dist. and State
WAITSBURG - Coach Joanna Lanning admits that her initial expectations for the WP boys' cross-country team where relatively low, especially as compared to last years' successful season. Of the five...
Bulldogs Take Lumps From St. Johns
SPOKANE - Dayton came up against a state- championship quality team in St. George in Spokane Saturday. The bulldogs put up a good fight, but fell 9-0. "St. George jumped out to a couple of early scores but our team settled in and played much...
Tigers Improve v. Boardman
BOARDMAN - Sometimes, a loss can be the next best thing to a win, particularly if it's a better loss than the last time. The WP Tigers could not prevail in their second matchup against Riverside in Boardman, but they performed much better than earli...
Lady Cards Fall to DeSales in Five Sets
WAITSBURG - The abundance of school spirit on display at Thursday night's volleyball match at home against DeSales wasn't quite enough to push the Lady Cards on to a win, though they came close. WP...
Lady Bulldogs on a Roll
DAYTON - It was a good week for the Dayton Bulldogs volleyball team. The girls beat Walla Walla Valley Academy on Thursday, after cruising to victory over the DeSales Irish last Tuesday. "Everyone...
Cardinals Rock DeSales
WALLA WALLA - The Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals invaded Irish country Friday night and racked up six touchdowns on the way to a 42-20 victory over DeSales. Three rushing TDs by Chance Leroue, two k...
Prescription Take-Back Event
The Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office has sched- uled a Prescription Drug Take-Back Event for October 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Waitsburg Fire Station on Main Street. This is an op- portunity for citizens to bring in old and unwanted pre-...
City Council Meeting Date Changed
WAITSBURG - The date of Waitsburg's October City Council meeting has been changed from Wednesday, Oct. 16 to Monday, Oct. 14 to accommodate board member scheduling conflicts. City Council meetings begin at 7 p.m. and are held at the Lion's Club...
Who Let the Dogs Out!?
WAITSBURG - If you ask a first grader what dogs eat, you'd expect the answer to be "dogfood". However, if you posed that question to the students in Dinah Lindsey's first grade class at Waitsburg...
Funding for Tourism Related Projects
The Walla Walla County Lodging Tax Advisory Com- mittee has announced the availability of funds for the purpose of supporting tour- ism promotion-related events or projects in the county. $35,000.00 will be available for grants for 2014. Applica- tio...
BIRTHDAYS
October 11: Val Woodworth, Betty Branson, Mi- chael Flannigan, Tracy Fine, Melody Harris, John Doty, Kim Porter. October 12: Logan Dozier, Brian Krause, Pat Abel, Theo Byergo, Kelly Piersol, Michele Robert, Terry Hofer, Dodie Perry. October 13: Joan...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago October 16, 2003 Kellyo and Rosie Gallaher of Huntsville were top in their divisions as the Northwest 2003 Old-timers Rodeo series galloped to a stop. Rosie Gallaher became the 2003 ladies barrel racing champion in the 50-59 age categor...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
The regional harvest is coming to a close for 2013, which got me thinking: other than wheat and grapes, what other massively produced foods are harvested here on the eastern side of the state? This week I was invited out to the Ferrell Seed Farm,...
CROPS
The existence and validity of any actively traded market depends on the flow of decisions and actions of a very large number of people. Without this minute-by-minute flow of activity from thousands of speculators, hedgers, end- users, governments...
Aid for Veterans at Annual Standdown
WALLA WALLA - The Blue Mountain Veteran's Coalition & Echo Company 181 BSB will be sponsoring the Veteran's Standdown on Wednesday, October 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds Community Center at 363...
