Articles from the November 1, 2012 edition
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Annual Dayton Chamber Banquet Highlights Best
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce's 66th annual Chamber Awards Ban- quet will honor a local business, employee, citizen and youth from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Running T Ranch. The banquet will feature an address by George...
Prescott Gets Grant Money For Early Readers
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District is one of four that will receive grant money through a Ken- newick reading foundation. The Prescott School Board learned it obtained grant money from Superin- tendent Dr. Bill Jordan last Thursday. The...
Prescott School Bus Is Study Hall On Wheels
PRESCOTT - One of Prescott's school buses is about to be set up with Inter- net access as part of a pilot project to make it a study hall on wheels. Last Thursday at the Prescott School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Bill Jordan said one of the...
Matley A Victim Of Ballot Error
PRESCOTT - Susan Matley, also known as Cimarron Sue in the community, says her "voting rights were compromised" when an error made at the Walla Walla County Au- ditor's Office meant she didn't receive a ballot for the upcoming election. "It was a...
Dayton Soccer Season Ends In Spokane
SPOKANE - The Dayton Bulldog soccer team fell in the first playoff game against St. George, 9-0, in Spokane last Tuesday. The loss comes after the triumphant extra overtime win against Valley...
Tigers Advance In Playoffs
SPOKANE - The Tigers handily won their first loser- out playoff game last Tuesday against Northport in Spokane, 7-0. The Tigers advance in playoffs and will compete at 2 p.m. Friday in Prescott against the winner of the Glenwood/Trout Lake and...
WP Men’s Varsity Team Is Off To State
CLARKSTON - WP's varsity men's team is off to state! Coach Joanna Lanning said she was thrilled all seven of her varsity men competed together for the first time at the 1B/2B District 7/9 Cross...
Levee Far From Acceptable
WAITSBURG - The pub- lic works crew for the City of Waitsburg is almost done with a two-year project to remove vegetation from the city's Touchet River levee that would hold back high water and hopefu...
WP Clinches Conference Title Vs. TCP
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Prescott's seniors refused to end their high school football careers as anything less than league champions for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year. Dalton Estes' 251 all-...
Dogs Shutout Mabton For First Win
MABTON - Dayton head football coach Dean Bickelhaupt told his team they had to open big against the Mabton Vikings to gain enough momentum to score their first win of the season. And the team t...
CLUB NEWS
The Touchet Valley Women's Golf Club The months of July, Au- gust and September brought much sunshine and excel- lent golfing conditions. The ladies of the Touchet club finished the season with a brunch on Oct. 10 at the Sandtrap Restaurant....
MINUTES
Columbia County Health System Board 10-25 meeting minutes *The meeting was called to order. *All were present except Lisa Naylor. *Minutes from Septem- ber were reviewed and ap- proved. *The board reviewed up- coming events. The hospital auxiliary...
Auxiliary Works To Fulfill Wish Lists
DAYTON - Dayton's First Congregational Church bubbled with activity last Friday as com- munity members and volunteers filed in for the annual Dayton General Hospital Auxiliary Luncheon. The dining...
Budget Proposal Includes Tax Hike
DAYTON – The Dayton City Council for the first time in three years is considering a 1 percent increase in property tax in its 2013 budget. “We are looking to (in- crease the property tax) for the first time in three budget cycles,” Mayor Craig Georg...
Waitsburg Kids Raise Money For D.C. Trip
WAITSBURG - Cans for a penny drive and other fundraisers are popping up around Waitsburg for the Preston Hall students who are trying to pay their way to Washington, D.C. Teacher Maddie Martin said right now she has three kids and three adults who...
AGENDA
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Monday October 29, 2012 and Tuesday October 30, 2012. Monday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Wa...
COMING EVENTS
WINTER SPORTS MEETING WAITSBURG -- A Winter Sport Meeting for WP parents and athletes will be Nov. 5 at the WHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. All athletes who plan to go out for girls and boys basketball or wrestling are encouraged to attend. Come meet the...
Death On The Vine
SEATTLE – Normally, it would be the kind of notoriety a small town wants to avoid: A murderer rents a home on a quiet leafy street as his base of operation to knock off a former lover and pin the bla...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
The importance of being local rings in my ears as wine lovers ready for the regional 2012 Fall Release Wine Tasting events of Nov. 2, 3 and 4. Before I join in the celebrations, I'll cater a spread of whole fine foods for Three Rivers Winery, served...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago October 31, 2002 Voters will go to the polls on Nov. 5 to decide a number of state measures, pick a congressman, select a state representative and settle races for county commis- sioners and district court judge. Waitsburg and Prescott...
BIRTHDAYS
November 1: Connor Tal- bott, Phyllis Eaton, Courtney Mock, Curtis Johnson, Jack Osburn. November 2: Dean Her- manns, Richard Webber, Shane DuPree, Sondra Keith. November 3: Lori Bart- low, Barbara Erwin, Marga- ret Rohde, Geoff Baker, Don Abbey....
CROPS
The biggest news this week for the wheat market was not about the wheat market. Hurricane Sandy shut down New York markets for a couple of days, squeezing the damper down on every other market. Money decision-makers don't like to take significant...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 10-27 A residential burglary was reported on WhetstoneRoad. Dayton 10-23 The theft of gas from a vehicle was reported on MainStreet. An accident without injuries was reported on ThirdStreet; a truck struck a light pole. Threats were...
BRIEFS
COMMERCIAL CLUB WAITSBURG -- Joe Jacobs of the Small Business Administration will be the speaker at the Nov. 6 meeting of Waitsburg Commercial Club. He will advise the com- munity on programs and assistance available to businesses through the Small B...
CORRECTION
In a story titled "Council Raises Tax To Benefit Pool" in the Oct. 25 edition, the calculations for how much tax would have to be paid on a $100,000 property were incorrect. One-quarter of 1 percent would be $250 on a 100,000 home. With the recent...
