Articles from the December 23, 2010 edition
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POLICE NOTES
3-20: Malicious Mischief. An unknown suspect over the weekend smeared feces and threw eggs on the east doors of the Waitsburg High School hallway between the school and the gym. Suspicious. Vehicle tracks on Touchet Valley Golf Course, Pine Street,...
Hospital System In Cash Crunch
DAYTON - The Columbia County Health System is more than $800,000 behind in its accounts receivable as a result of its recent switch to a voter-approved electronic health records system - a situation that has created a serious cash crunch, hospital...
BIRTHDAYS
December 23: Tyler Hofer, Joyce Beckley, Claire Raven, Alta Daniel, Larry Bickelhaupt, Lorene Brown, Kim Douglas, Carl Smith, Richard Bessey, Karen Lambert. D ecember 24: Shirley Kitterman, Carolyn O'Brien, Ed Lawrence, Shane Hilton, Mary Conner,...
Weather
Fo rec ast for e Washington: - National Weather Service Wednesday: Rain and snow likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less...
Wine & Country Living
I am a pear lover! That's right. I love a good winter pear, and what constitutes a good pear is simple: ripeness without bruising. I was in Andy's earlier today, and the produce clerk came around the corner with a box of beautiful Washington State Or...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago January 4, 2001 While the Booster Club is asking for the community's contributions of pictures and stories in their process of publishing a book on the last 100 years of football at Waitsburg High School, a Walla Walla man, Earl...
Dayton Considers Security Cameras
DAYTON - Though the old story that teachers have eyes in the back of their heads turns out to be untrue, school officials in Dayton hope to keep a watchful "eye" on certain high-risk areas on school grounds with a new security camera system. "I hate...
BRIEFS
DISTRICT NEEDS DRIVERS WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School District is looking for substitute drivers. It has at least two positions open for candidates who are interested in driving school bus for as many as 20 hours per week depending on the...
Box Scores
DAYTON BOYS Dayton vs. Asotin (Dec. 18) Dayton 11 12 13 15 51 Asotin 18 16 19 14 67 Dayton (51) Wyatt Frame 4, Jason Norris 8, Colton Bickelhaupt 8, Hayden Fullerton 7, Garett Turner 23, Kroft Sunderland 1. DAYTON GIRLS Dayton vs. Asotin (Dec. 18)...
Box Scores
WP BOYS WP vs. Dayton (Dec. 17) WP 10 7 10 9 36 Dayton 7 12 9 6 34 WP (36) Hofer 4, Cady 5, Zuger 3, Hernandez 2, Bartlow 8, Wooderchak 4, Hamilton 10. Dayton (34) Frame 2, Norris 2, Bickelhaupt 2, Schlachter 2, Henderson 2, Fullerton 2, Turner 17,...
Boys Suffer Narrow Losses
ASOTIN - Dayton boys struggled to retain a winning edge in their last two away games against Waitsburg and Asotin over the weekend. Their heartbreaking twopoint 36-34 loss to the Cardinals Friday came with less than a minute before the end of the...
Bulldogs Struggle
ASOTIN - Saturday night's game against the Lady Panthers was another loss for the Lady Bulldogs with a final score of 59-46, but it was an improvement over their defeat against WP Friday. Against...
Cardinals Undefeated, Need “Greater Challenge”
MILTON-FREEWATER - The lady Cardinals go undefeated after their first four games of the season, adding another win with their 55-21 defeat of the Mac-Hi Pioneers on Tuesday. Even though the girls played well, head coach Jerry Baker said he has a few...
Cardinals Pick Up Head Of Steam
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Cardinals are on a roll, winning their third matchup in a row Tuesday against the Mac-Hi Pioneers in a nonleague game that ended with a score of 59-23. WP only lost their first...
With Liberty And Theater For All
Lois Mettler invited me to go with Russ and Barb Knopp to The Music Man, produced by the Touchet Valley Arts Council Productions Group. Lois bought the tickets. We were seated in the front row of the Liberty Theater in Dayton. Lois apologized for...
Aid Can Be Sustainable
Editor's Note: This is thesecond in an ocassional seriesabout the work of ClearPath International. KarenMatthee is the organization'scommunications director. In a country like Afghani stan, where...
Stop The Grinch
In the recently released movie, "The Next Three Days," actor Russell Crowe plays a school teacher whose wife is falsely accused of murder, serves time in a Pittsburg jail and faces the prospect of many more years locked away from him and their young...
Terry Jay Brown
Dayton resident Terry Jay Brown, 61, died at Providence St. Mary in Walla Walla, Wash., on December 18, 2010, after losing his battle with cancer. A memorial dinner will be served at 2 p.m. on...