Articles from the December 8, 2011 edition
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Cardinals Win It!
TACOMA -- The WP Cardinals claimed the 2B 11-man football state title with a 33-7 victory over the Morton/White Pass Timberwolves last Saturday night in the Tacoma Dome. The undefeated Cardinals...
White Stallion Up For Sale
WAITSBURG - A community staple that has played host to the daily "coffee club" for years is up for sale. The White Stallion Restaurant on Preston Avenue was put on the market by the Blanc Family on Nov. 24, said Tarah McCaw with Williams Team Homes....
WALTER E. SINKBEIL
Walter E. Sinkbeil was born on February 5, 1912 in Zeeland, North Dakota, to Adolf and Pauline Sinkbeil, the eldest of 12 children. Walt passed away peacefully at age 99 at the Booker Rest Home in...
WP Cardinal Boys Lose At Buzzer
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinal basketball team lost their season opener against the Pilot Rock Rockets last Tuesday night, 46-43. It was a fast-paced game with a lot of intensity as the Cardinals...
WP Honors Fall Athletes Dayton Girls Get Slow Start
WAITSBURG -- WP's new athletics director JP Thew introduced the Cardinal and Tiger sports award evening as a moment to "celebrate the greatest fall sports season" the combine has ever had. And with...
WP Kicks Off Season With Home Victory
WAITSBURG - The WP Lady Cardinals began the 2011-12 season with a 53-39 victory over the Pilot Rock Rockets on Tuesday night. The Rockets were first to score, but the Cardinals' Krystal Harris was on...
Dayton Boys On 3-Game Winning Streak
DAYTON -- So far so good for the Bulldogs this season. "Roy's boys" won their first three games, going 3-0 after beating the Riverview Panthers, 49-33, at their home court on Tuesday night. " The...
Volunteer John Watts Earns Top Dog Award
DAYTON - Firefighter John Watts, with Columbia County Fire District 2 and the City of Waitsburg's department, is living a dream. "Deep down, everybody wants to be a firefighter," Watts said. Watts,...
Dayton Gets Grant
DAYTON - The City of Dayton has received a grant to chip seal a few city streets to maintain road conditions for years to come. Trina Cole, the city's clerk/ treasurer, said the city will receive $69,621 to chip seal five different streets. The city...
Waitsburg Looks At M&O Levy
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg school board will consider at its next meeting how much to ask the local taxpayers for to keep the district up and running in 2013 and 2014. The district has a current maintenance and operations levy that fund basic...
Commercial Project Gets $10,000
DAYTON - The Dayton Development Task Force will get $10,000 from the City of Dayton to begin work on a plan to revitalize the Commercial Avenue Historic Corridor in 2012. Monday night at the Dayton City Council meeting, Bill Clemens, a member of the...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 11-22 Unlawful discharge of fireworks and drug paraphernalia at Waitsburg High School. 11-24 Driving while suspended in the third degree on West First Jay Street. 11-28 Malicious mischief reported at WHS, broken window on third floor of...
Wine & Country Living
San Francisco musicians of the1960s, gathered together over the weekend at Benny Franklin's home in Pacific Heights, for our five-year reunion. Here we gather and talk, share photos, listen to old takes, play and sing for each before moving the...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago December 12, 2001 The Community Cantata "The Winter Rose," accompanied by Randy Pearson and directed by Melissa Ferrians, is sure to be an enlightening event this Sunday. Genny Menino, one of the 10 members of Waitsburg's FFA Trap Team...
Prescott Store Closes Dec. 24
PRESCOTT - After operating a convenience store in Prescott for eight years, the Walla Walla Farmers Co-op said it will close the retail operation just before Christmas, leaving only one grocery store...
BRIEFS
CELEBRATING WP'S FOOTBALL TEAM WAITSBURG -- The Lions Club and Commercial Club will be sponsoring a community-wide celebration for the WP football team on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Ye Town Hall. A hot dog supper will be provided and all are...
BIRTHDAYS
December 10: Grant Woodworth, Bess Ammerman, Ron Thompson, Diane Fry, Sara Lytle, Lydia Fancuillo. December 11: Wilma Thomas, Carl Baker, Robert Ezell, Tim Mayberry, Niko Matthee. December 12: Ernest Brunson, John Archer, Allen Huwe, Chad Fry, Dawn...
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor: As a member of the group of Waitsburg residents who take advantage of the delivery of drugs to the Waitsburg Clinic, I want to thank the Waitsburg business owners and individuals who have given so generously to see this service...
Heart BEAT
Man's Best Friend T he winter sun had already gone down on the western horizon, but it was still quite light in the hills east of Waitsburg when Dizzy and I went for our run late one afternoon last...
Cardinal Voice
TACOMA - At Saturday's state championship game, the Cardinals' home crowd didn't have a live mascot like Blitz, the big bird of the Seahawks, or the Mariners' Moose, to fire up the crowd. They didn't...
Ski Area Opens
DAYTON -- In previous years, Ski Bluewood may have waited to open with a minimal snow base of 20 inches. But this year, the new owners were prepared with the right equipment to pack a solid foundation for the rest of the ski season. Ski Bluewood...
