Articles from the March 17, 2011 edition
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Introducing “Fridays At The Park”
WAITSBURG - Remember what Preston Park looked like during Cycle Oregon? There were vendors selling everything from veggies to T-shirts. There was a beer garden and live music. There were cyclers getting their picture taken with Izzy the camel. It was...
2011 WP Track & Field
WAITSBURG - Track and field may not be a team sport, but the Waitsburg Prescott Cardinals do have a team goal for the season: hang on to their status as district champions, which they've held six of t...
Dayton, WP Join For State-Caliber Golfing
DAYTON - Golf is a whole different ball game for fall and winter sports players like Dayton senior Dain Henderson and freshman Kale Sunderland, both fresh off the basketball court. ""It's a chance to work on my own," Henderson said. "Whatever I put...
Lady Tigers On The Prowl
PRESCOTT - Spring is creeping up and the WP Lady Tigers are on the prowl for a return trip to the 2B softball state tournament. The Tigers finished second in district rankings in 2010, suffering...
Lady Bulldogs Focus On Mental Game
DAYTON - With a core group of veteran athletes, the Lady Bulldogs softball team is concentrating this year on their mental game. "We're doing new things this year like focusing on base running, signs, and knowing where to throw the ball," said...
Bulldogs: Young But Tough
DAYTON - The Bulldogs baseball team may be small, but they mean to make some big noise this spring. Having lost just one senior and gained one newbie, junior Garett Turner, the boys are a tight-knit...
Tigers Ready To Pounce, Go Back To State
PRESCOTT - The snow has melted, grass is growing, and it's time to play ball. Veteran head coach Dustin Snedigar begins his third season with the WP Tigers, bringing with him 12 years of coaching...
Force Of Nature
WAITS- BURG - Bette Burgoyne's idea of doing a drawing 11 inches wide and 10 feet long had several sources of inspiration. There was M.C. Escher's "Metamorphosis," the mindbending left-to-right journe...
Susan Dickinson
Longtime Dayton resident Susan Dickinson, 85, died March 11, 2011, at Booker Rest Home. A memorial service will be held at the Dayton First Congregational Church at 2 p.m. Friday, March 18, followed by a reception. Susan Emily Harris Dickinson was...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago March 22, 2001 Waitsburg Commercial Club honored two special Waitsburg residents as co-recipients of the 200 Commercial Club Community Service Award, surprising Mabel Wood and Terry Jacoy at the club's Annual Banquet Tuesday night....
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Wine Guy and I have been discussing real estate lately. It seems housing in the bay area has met an all-time low, and if funds provide, the time to buy is now. I asked a realtor girlfriend what's happening in Columbia and Walla Walla counties, and sh...
POLICE NOTES
3-14: Theft. Theft of fence panels reported on Highway 261 near Dayton. Threats. Phone threats reported on E. Spring Street, Dayton. 3-13: Criminal Trespass. A suspect reportedly jumped a fence on N. B Street in Prescott clearly marked "No...
BRIEFS
LIBRARY SEEKS BOARD MEMBER WAITSBURG - The Weller Public Library Board of Directors has an opening for a board member. This is a governing board and applicants must be able to attend board meetings the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the...
McVey Runs For Council
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg voters have another choice for city council. Grocery clerk and volunteer fire fighter Greg McVey put his name on the ballot for a seat on the five-member body, saying he wants...
Daniel Joins Times
The Times is pleased to announced that longtime photographer, sports enthusiast and local resident Tracy Daniel has joined the newspaper as its first dedicated sports writer and photographer....
Meditation On A Wave
The water crests and curls before it pounds the beach. Its foam spreads across the sand before the effervescent edge of the Pacifi c, rolls back by a few feet and another wave roughly takes its...
Something’s In The Air
There's something in the air in the Touchet Valley and it's not just spring. It's an awakening to the importance and potential of tourism as a catalyst for growth. Consider the following: At least a dozen businesses have embraced the newly formed Tou...
Main Street’s New “Anchor”
WAITSBURG - Charles Smith's idea for the former American Legion hall on Waitsburg's Main Street is simple: turn it back into the kind of bar the town needs. Expected to be called the "Anchor," the...
Bluegrass For The Birds
WAITSBURG - What began with instruments, plenty of talent and a dream has developed into so much more for six Waitsburg kids. "We wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Troublemakers," said...
