Articles from the December 22, 2011 edition
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Grant Money To Help Local Salmon
WAITSBURG - Salmon in Walla Walla and Columbia counties will be very happy to know some local conservation groups have received millions in funding to improve fish passage and fish habitat. On Dec. 12, the Washington State Recreation and...
Students Of The Month
Silas McClurg, a second grade student, is the Starbuck School District Elementary Student of the Month for November 2011. Silas is in his first year at Starbuck, and he is a superstar! He is...
Dayton Girls Turn Up Heat Against Asotin
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs lost to Asotin, 61-52, Saturday but there was much to be optimistic about for Dayton players and coaches. Despite the points on the scoreboard, Dayton had by far its best...
Dogs Remain Undefeated After Beating Asotin
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs went 6-0 after beating Asotin, 56-41, Saturday in a game that quickly turned into a route for the Panthers. "We definitely felt we had control of the game," Bulldog Joey...
Football Team Awarded At Banquet
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals aren't just the toast of Waitsburg, which honored the team with a special dinner sponsored by the Commercial Club at the Town Hall last Thursday -- the 2011 2B state football champions are the toast of the entire state....
Cards Defense Too Much For Dogs
DAYTON -- The WP Lady Cardinals opened league play with a 38-23 victory over their rival team, the Dayton Bulldogs. The Bulldogs outscored the Cardinals, 12-11, in the second half, but it wasn't... Full story
Dayton Burglar Still At Large
DAYTON - On the eve of the year-end holiday season, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office is warning homeowners that an elusive burglar is still at large in the Dayton area. The sheriff has also released a general description of the man, who has been...
Dogs Bite Cards By 3
DAYTON -- The WP Cardinals and Dayton Bulldogs duked it out once again last Friday night, battling point-forpoint in an old-fashioned rival basketball game. The Cardinals hit nine threepoint buckets...
LaRue Pins In Pomeroy
POMEROY - Dalton LaRue pinned for the second time this season, beating Gabe Davis of Gar Pal in the second round of his first match at the WP wrestling team's first big meet in Pomeroy on Tuesday....
CROPS
The general trend in wheat prices, even with $2 per bushel swings, has been negative for nine months since February 2011, from highs at or above $8.67 per bushel. High points in the pattern have been lower than previous highs, and each low has been...
Price Of Farm Land On The Rise
DAYTON - Barely three months ago, Dayton-based real estate broker Blaine Bickelhaupt sold a 1,700-acre farm in Whitman County for about $1,600 an acre. If he sold the same property today, he could...
New Pizza Biz Hopes To Draw Families, Fun
DAYTON - A new business in Dayton is offering up casual, family-style pizza to fill residents' tummies. Time Out Pizza, at 134 East Main Street, opened very quietly on Oct. 27, said co-owner Phillip...
BIRTHDAYS
December 23: Tyler Hofer, Joyce Beckley, Claire Raven, Alta Daniel, Larry Bickelhaupt, Lorene Brown, Kim Douglas, Carl Smith, Richard Bessey, Karen Lambert. December 24: Shirley Kitterman, Carolyn O'Brien, Ed Lawrence, Shane Hilton, Mary Conner, Barb...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 12-13 Vehicle prowl reported on unspecified city street. 12-16 Informational report, possible narcotics violation at Waitsburg High School. Malicious mischief, writing on a desk at Preston Hall. 12-17 Child custody dispute on Arnold... Full story
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Thanks to its tumultuous history and unique geography, America's culinary fabric is dense with an overwhelming variety of cultural threads. Today, we are both an indigenous population and waves of immigrants, each group with its own cooking... Full story
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago December 27, 2001 From the renovation of Waitsburg High School to Sept. 11, The Times cites the many changes that marked 2001. Pat Mohney's being in the right place at the right time to rescue Alexis Nordman from a pair of attacking...
BRIEFS
DISTRICT LEVY TO GO ON BALLOT WAITSBURG - Last Wednesday night, the Waitsburg School Board approved a maintenance and operations levy resolution. The levy will be before voters on the ballot for the Feb. 14 Special Election. If approved by voters,...
Letter to the Editor
To the Editor, The Walla Walla Port Commissioners acted wisely to eliminate Director Jim Kuntz's $25,000 deferred compensation package. In my opinion, the additional compensation beyond his base salary was both deceptive and excessive. Clearly, the...
Heart BEAT
Nostrant Gets New Liver S EATTLE -- When Dennis Nostrant received an urgent call on his dedicated "transplant" cell phone at 2 a.m. on Dec. 4, he learned he had six hours to make it from his home in...
2012: End Is Nye?
The hills around Waitsburg were socked in Monday. Fog as thick as split pea soup obscured everything but a dozen feet in front. It was a reminder that it's sometimes hard to know or see what lies ahead. According to some students of history and proph...
Commercial Plan Now In Hands Of Task Force
DAYTON - Last Wednesday evening, community members gathered in the library's Delany building to see the final suggestions from an architect company as to what the city's Historic Commercial Avenue...
Waitsburg May Conduct A Recount
WAITSBURG - Citizens of Waitsburg should be ready to be recounted. City Manager Randy Hinchliffe said the recent federal census count was lower than the city believes it is, at 1,217 people. With a lower count, the city will receive less money from...
