Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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United States wheat prices, on a big run, are showing no sign of exhaustion, even after a move up of $1.90 per bushel in just 12 trading days in Chicago, reaching $8 for September futures on Tues- day morning. Portland white wheat has captured well over $1 per bushel for new crop in the same period, reaching $7.80 Tuesday morning. Virtu- ally all of this price enthu- siasm has been generated by drought conditions in the Eastern corn belt (Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee), but the heat has now begun to stress the entire Midwestern row- crop area. A...
Summer Food Program Feeds Students For Free DAYTON -- For many students the end of the school year means no more homework or tests, but for some, it also means the end of accessible breakfast and lunches. The Dayton School District summer food program was created with the aim to help these students. It provides free breakfasts and lunches to anyone younger than 19 years old and they don't even have to be enrolled in any pro- grams. This year, the pro- gram started on Monday, June 18 and serves...
I n the span of little more than a month and a half, the emergency room in Dayton General Hospital is expected to be completely remodeled bringing a new, improved, and most importantly, up-to-code facility. The remodel should be completely finished by July 23, according to Shane McGuire, the Columbia County Health System director of operations. The remodel will have more than aesthetic benefits. One late-project alteration included updating the nurse call system from a single-level of alert to the state mandated multi-code alert system. McGuire...
In the last week, the market has added $14 million or more in value to this summer's Walla Walla County wheat crop. White wheat for delivery to Port- land, Ore., at harvest was worth $6.65 to $6.85 just more than a week ago on June 15. As of Tuesday morning June 26, bids for the same wheat were between $7.45 and $7.50. Who to thank? The hot weather in the Midwest that is stressing the corn crop. Weather models con- tinue to forecast hot and dry weather for much of the Midwest. Parts of the Eastern corn belt -- Illinois, Indiana, and Ten-...
Huxoll's Service Won't Stop After High School Editor's Note: This is the third of a three-part series of profiles on the winners of this year's Times $500 com- munity service scholarships given to Waitsburg, Prescott and Dayton students. These three seniors were chosen for our scholarship based on community service, grades, need and their bright futures. Kayla Huxoll is the scholar- ship winner from Waitsburg High School. W AITSBURG - For Waitsburg High School graduate and class of 2012...
In the past, we've lamented the fact that parents' control over their children's choices in life seems to be dwindling. As parents, we are confronted every day with the power of marketing, the appeal of visual electronics (read: video games and television) and a legal system that leaves us with fewer and fewer means to resist the poor choices our kids make. But at least in our Touchet Valley communities, children, parents and educators seem to be making choices that are paying off for stu- dents, for the reputations of our school districts and...
There are a couple of noticeable influences in the wheat and other market atmo- spheres this week. Grain prices are being driven upward by - surprise! - hot and dry summer weather. Crop size forecasts that had been consistently ratcheting higher week-to-week through May are now giv- ing back. The swift plant- ing progress for corn and soybeans in the Midwest earlier this year set up high expectations, but now the plants are in a relatively advanced stage of develop- ment that calls for more moisture even as the sum- mer furnace goes...
I have been fortunate to work with Chris Blackman for the past four years at Wa-Hi. I am also the parent of a student with Autism who currently attends Wa-Hi and has been attending Walla Walla Public Schools since kindergarten. Over the years, I have met no teacher or person quite like Chris. She is consistent in her philosophy on how important services are to all children and passionate about ensuring ev- ery child has an opportunity to succeed. Additionally, Chris is an excellent communicator, sets high expectations for her students, and...
Turner Dreams Of Writing For The New York Times Editor's Note: This is the second of a three-part series of profiles on the winners of this year's Times $500 com- munity service scholarships given to Waitsburg, Prescott and Dayton students. These three seniors were chosen for our scholarship based on community service, grades, need and their bright futures. Garett Turner is the scholar- ship winner from Dayton High School. D AYTON - Garett Turner has big dreams, a lot of determination and a jack...
Here at the Times we've been in the community service spirit. We give out three scholarships each year to deserving stu- dents who not only show a financial need, a bright future and high GPAs, but they're students who have passion for serving the community. It was hard to select our chosen three because those who applied had done great things: Ran sports camps for local youth, picked up trash, took the Draw the Line campaign to Olympia, helped out in elementary school classrooms, par- ticipated and helped organize blood drives and food...
In a story titled "Brown Runs Again For County Seat" in the June 7 edition of the Times, the number of candidates in the District 2 county commissioner race who have been employees of the county was misstated. Frank Brown was employed by the county as deputy coroner and coroner. Perry Dozier has also been an employee of the county because he is the current county commissioner....
At the end of May, 84 percent of Washington winter wheat was reported by USDA in good-to-excellent condition. Oregon was listed at 76 percent and Idaho at 91 percent. Spring-planted wheat in the Pacific Northwest is looking great, even though it was late getting into the ground due to excessive moisture. Canadian spring wheat planting has been delayed because of that moisture, so intended planting totals given a few weeks ago will likely show to have been a bit optimistic. As of Monday, June 11, the entire U.S. winter wheat crop is reported at...
Dear Editor: I am responding to the Waitsburg City Council's doubt about the "political correctness" of praying for guidance to govern. Perhaps I shouldn't mention God in fear of making some city councilmen or citizens in our community uneasy. However, it is the whole point of my concern for hope that Waitsburg will survive. Have we forgotten the flood of 1996? Did Waitsburg survive by man's wisdom or was it by that ever present Power of a merciful God of Grace? (He is a personal God you know!) There were many of us praying for His mercy...
Mendoza's Community Pride Shines In Prescott Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part series of profiles on the winners of this year's Times $500 community service scholarships given to Waitsburg, Prescott and Dayton students. These three seniors were chosen for our scholarship based on community service, grades, need and their bright futures. Pedro Mendoza is the scholarship winner from Prescott High School. P RESCOTT - Pedro Mendoza, a graduating senior at Prescott High School, spent...
Readers who have visited the Times office in recent weeks may have noticed: it's a busy place these days! The newspaper's Dayton office next to the courthouse has also come back to life now that Reporter Morgan Smith is there during the latter days of the week. The little newsroom on Main Street in Waitsburg is a veritable beehive and not just on Mondays and Tuesday when we get ready for production. During the other days of the week, except Fridays, a new team is getting ready for something special. For the first time in its 135-year history,...
I read with real interest the guest editorial written by Sheriff John Turner (that ran in the Walla Walla Union- Bulletin). Although the article left me with more questions that I had previously, I was intrigued to learn the miscommunication between Sheriff Turner and the county commissioners. It is without integrity for a county commissioner to serve as a liaison for a department, discuss ideas for securing sorely needed equipment for the deputies, take credit for appearing as if he is on their side, and then later conveniently fail to recall...
Pioneer Portraits used to be interesting news of yesteryear, not just morbid rehashings picked up from the police blotter. Maybe this negative fixation is necessary to market newspapers today, and, too, it's bound to be grander entertainment for those of us who've led spotless lives; who have never done anything for which we've needed to be forgiven, anything we've had to pay society our dues for, to atone for, to regret, and finally, for those with the strength to work our way back into that society as useful and reliable and respected...
Correctional Industries (C.I) provides jobs and skill training for inmates at the correctional facilities administered by the Department of Corrections. These jobs provide employment and a modest income for the inmates, a skill that is transferable when seeking employment once released, and provides a savings to the taxpayers in the products they produce. I served as the General Manager for C.I. at the WSP until budget cuts resulted in the loss of my job back in 2010, so I am familiar with the local operations. I question then, why C.I. is...
There are many ways I'm patriotic. I can let people know how I support and respect our country. I can celebrate holidays that show patriotism. I can always support the flag. Those are the three ways I will give in detail on how you and I can show patriotism. It is easy to let someone know you are patriotic because there are many ways. One way is to tell someone that you're glad to live in America. Or you could say that you believe America is a great country. Lastly, you could say that you prefer America over other countries. Those are three...
Two weeks ago, the Times ran its weekly Pioneer Portraits column as it has for many years. For the second time since the newspaper changed hands in late 2009, it prompted a letter to the editor, which we have published on this page. The letter from Kate Reeve objects to rehashing local residents' past offenses, particularly for those who have since bettered their lives and become contributors to the community. She also asks for the same exception for those who have since passed away. Before we get into our response to the letter, it's worth...
In the May 24 issue of the Times, a story titled "A Church 'Welcome To All'" we misspelled the last name of the pastor Marj Johnston....
