Articles from the December 13, 2012 edition
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BE MERRY
The winter holidays are upon us. And while I love visiting family and drinking questionable eggnog, this winter I'm already looking forward to escaping the days of red and green crinkling paper and going directly to champagne toasts at midnight on...
DRINK
Sometimes stereotypes and traditions bear an axiom that is undeniably perfect. Sparkling wines, including champagne, are one of those timeless classics ingrained in popular culture, synonymous with good times and holiday cheer. There are few...
EAT
Hamming it up for Christmas Yes - it is time to drag out the family cookbooks and start preparing for the descending hoards of family and friends. The tree and lights are up, some of the shopping is done but what to do about Christmas dinner? I'm...
Correction
In a story about Hometown Christmas on Dec. 6, the Times mischaracterized $1,000 as income from the event for the Commercial Club. In fact, the club is a net sponsor of the event in that amount....
Pool Gets $54,000 Gift From Sherwood Trust
PRESCOTT - The public swimming pool in Prescott got a huge lift from a recent $54,000 grant earmarked by the Sherwood Trust for capital improvements to the facility. The grant, the largest ever received by the Prescott Joint Park and Recreation...
Bluewood’s New Managers Boost Mountain’s Schedule
DAYTON - On the eve of Ski Bluewood's 2012 open- ing, the resort's owners have hired new managers to run the mountain and get it better known in the region. With more snow in the forecast this week...
Tall Pirate Ships Overshadow Bulldogs
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldog boys found themselves lost in a forest of 6-foot 6-inch black-andorange trees Saturday night. Despite a furious third quarter rally, the Bulldogs could not overcome the...
Lady Cardinals Struggle Against Tigerscots
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls bas- ketball team finished the four games in six days of the first week of the season one-up and three-down. But Mon- day's game at home against the...
Lady Bulldogs Roll On, Dump Pirates
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldog girls overcame an early five point deficit in the second quarter to topple a tall but young Pomeroy Pirate basketball team 53-37 Saturday. After garnering an initial 6-2...
Cardinals Beat Tigerscots For First Win
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott boys basketball team capped off a busy opening week of contests with a hard-fought 59- 55 win against the Weston- McEwen TigerScots after three straight losses to...
Where There’s Smoke...
WALLA WAL- LA - More than once dur- ing her three months at the Walla Walla Regional Fire Academy this fall, Dayton's Heather Truitt's experience was a bit like trying to drink from a fire hydrant....
THANKS
The Stanfill family would like to thank all of our friends, neighbors and community for all their thoughts, prayers and concerns. We treasure you all. A special thanks to the Waitsburg ambulance for going above and beyond and being there for us at...
AGENDAS
Port of Columbia When: Regular MonthlyMeeting - 10:00am - December 12th, 2012 Public Comment: 3 min maximum per person Administrative Items: Approve Minutes Review Monthly BudgetReport Employment SecurityDept. Review Inquiry Summary Lease Renewals...
MINUTES
Dayton City Council Monday, December 3, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. CONSENT AGENDA - Action, 1) Approval of Council Minutes for Novem- ber 13, 2012 and November 26, 2012, Approved. 2) Approval of Claims Vouch- ers as audited by Finance Committee, Approved. 3)...
COMING EVENTS
Ski Bluewood Opens Friday, Dec. 14, 10 am This weekend marks the 34th opening of Ski Bluewood. Regular season opening hours will be Thursday - Sun- day, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The mountain now offers 24 trails, three terrain parks, tree skiing and the...
Dayton Students Call In Reindeer
DAYTON - As the winter semester draws to a close for Dayton students, Associ- ated Student Body (ASB) representatives are taking action to help reignite school spirit, Bulldog pride and keep students from getting too overwhelmed with their final...
Teenage Musings
Basketball season has begun at WHS. The season itself started last Tuesday, but this Saturday was our first home game, which means it was the first game the pep band got to play at. Being both in t...
Kids Ring In Christmas With Music
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Auditorium stage will be filled with bugs, pirates and elves Dec. 13. The Waitsburg Elementary School students will put on two Christmas concerts that night b...
AGENDA
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners When: Monday, Decem- ber 10, 2012 and Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Monday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday's work- shop begins at 1:30 p.m. Wher...
COMING EVENTS
Christmas Concert Dec. 13 - WHS Auditorium Waitsburg Elemetary willput on two Christmas con- certs, starting at 6:30 pm Christmas Cantata Dec. 16 - First Presbyterian The First Presbyterian Church in Waitsburg willhave a community choircantata...
Hardware Store Packs ‘Em In For Party
WAITSBURG - A standing room crowd packed the aisles of Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile to listen to cowboy and western music, chat with neighbors and celebrate the Christmas season. The annual...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Maple leaves crunch under my feet as I walk to the car. In my mind, I know driving into Walla Walla will be a challenge at Lewis Peak. At this time of year, the peak's nature is to spray frozen rain on the window shield giving each car its own...
BIRTHDAYS
December 13: Patsy Weber, Marilyn Wilson, Elena Perry, Richard Done, Donald Thiery, Helen Duckworth. December 14: Shirley Wilson, Joy Leisure, Susan Herion, Heather Harris, Jay Lewis, Sasha Sickles, Willie Hobson, Imbert Matthee. December 15:...
