Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Four flood reduction risk measures on Coppei Creek ranging in cost from $725,000 to about $4 million were up for discussion at a public interest meeting hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Monday night at the fairgrounds. About 10 area residents, including Waitsburg City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe, turned out for the meeting, which was co-hosted by the City Council. The Corps of Engineers is offering to pay 65 percent of the project. That would leave the city on the hook for about two million dollars if the decision is made to...
WAI T SBURG - Jean Bruno Beaufume' s mission is simple: combine the best characteristics of French and British wheat seeds with those of the Pacific Northwest and come up with superior varieties that farmers in this region will buy. The French-born breeder who will take up his new station in Waitsburg in late July said the mission here for the giant French cooperative Group Limagrain is much more challenging than it sounds. But it's a challenge he is looking forward to. "I'm very excited to...
WAITSBURG - The City of Waitsburg will hold a special meeting to hear a presentation from the U.S. Corps Of Engineers about its proposed Coppei Creek Risk Reduction Project that would protect the city against a 100- year flood. The public meeting is scheduled for 5 pm on Monday, June 20, at the Lions Club Building on the Fairgrounds. In other news, the city council at its regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, is scheduled to discuss in more depth the proposed new 10-year contract for waste collection with Basin Disposal Inc. of the...
Let's talk about Washington state's wine industry and it's playing a significant role in rural economic diversification efforts. I find this to be invaluable information today because we still have people who are misinformed about the value of our regional wineries in providing alternatives to traditional agricultural crop production. The Washington state wine grape growers and producers are governed by a board of directors. The commission provides a marketing platform for the Washington wine industry and raises awareness of its wines so that...
Ten Years Ago June 14, 2001 After 50 years of serving the heating oil, fuel and petroleum product needs of Touchet Valley, the Roy Leid family announced the merging of Leid-Ford Distributing Co. with R.E. Powell Distributing of Grandview. The first Lavender Fair in the Waitsburg valley is this weekend, June 16-17 at The Cottage, 864 Preston Ave. This event has been five years in the making-because the flood of 1996 ran rampant through the area that is now festooned with lavender and killdeer. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 12, 1986 Denise Winnett...
WHS WAITSBURG - It may seem ironic that Waitsburg Valedictorian Austin Beasley chose a quote from a famous high school dropout to inspire his fellow high school graduates. But the saying from Mc- Donalds fast food chain founder Ray Kroc was on message when it comes to being successful in life. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement, Beasley quoted Kroc as saying. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. The Valedictorian's theme was clear. Taking...
HUNTSVILLE-Spring has finally arrived and along with it, are gardens that need weeding, flower beds that need mulching, ponds that need cleaning and flowers that need planting. Just off Highway 12 in Huntsville is a gardener's new little helper. No, we're not talking about "Buddy,"the black lab who meets you at the gate. Rather, it's what's behind the gate that makes you want to grab a wagon and stuff it full of all the color spread over half an acre south of the highway. John Palmer of Ace...
DAYTON - An equine virus cut the number of entries in the Dayton Days parade by more than half, but the community showed up for the annual pageant nonetheless and spirits were high, organizers said about Saturday's sunny event. "The community support was great," said Claudia Nysoe, director of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the parade. "It was a small parade but big in spirit." Parade coordinator Darby Yates said the average of 80 entries was down to 32 this year, but many...
WAITSBURG - The company that picks up garbage for households in Waitsburg has proposed a new exclusive 10-year agreement with the city that raises the net waste collection portion of families' utility bill by 50 percent. The net rate for garbage pickup for a 64-gallon or 96-gallon can (the size most households have) would rise to $15.76 from the current $10.55, an increase of $5.21 or 49.3 percent. The fees are part of the water, sewer and garbage services residents pay in one bill to the city every month. The city, which has to pay excise tax...
DAYTON - Amidst concerns over the spread of a highly contagious equine virus in the region, Dayton Days organizers Tuesday night decided to cancel two days of Pro West rodeo this coming weekend. But the Dayton Days Parade, though horseless, will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, as will the Queen's Coronation dinner on Friday and the Queen's luncheon after the parade. "Although it's terrible to do it at this late a date, I feel it's the right decision," Dayton Days Treasurer Melissa Hansen after her board's long deliberations over the matter on...
The Times is putting together its list/map for the Saturday, June 4, Community-wide Yard Sale. Entry is $1. The map/list will be distributed to the grocery store, hardware store and Jackpot. Please stop by the Times or call 337-6631....
WAITSBURG - Cardinals and Bulldogs from throughout the Touchet Valley made it into the state playoffs for softball, track and field, and golf this week. By deadline on Tuesday night, Cardinal Dakota Baker and Bulldog Dain Henderson made the next round in the golf tournament at the Meadow Park Golf Course in Tacoma, tying one another for 10th with a score of 84, 12 above par. That means the two valley players are among the last remaining 40 high school students who were expected to advance to Wednesday's final round. "I'm excited knowing he's...
WAITSBURG - "Thank you to all our Veterans for keeping us safe and free." Those were the words of parade co-announcer Fred Hamann Saturday morning moments after Perry Dozier flew his twin-engine Cessna Golden Eagle low over Main Street in a salute to Waitsburg and those who served their country in conflicts since World War II. With the Color Guard of American Legion Post 42 members in Dayton and flag carrier Emily Adams leading the way, the Waitsburg Parade was in progress, basking in late May...
DAYTON - The last time Jay Penner saw the potential for stripe rust to cut yields at his farm in half was 50 years ago . That was right around the time of his high school graduation, when his family grew the club variety of a wheat called Omar on the household's farm northwest of Dayton. "The red (from the rust fungus) was so bad you couldn't tell the combine from the field," Penner recalled. Penner and many other farmers in the Touchet Valley are working hard to avoid such catastrophic losses this year, but they're on edge because weather...
WAITSBURG - Proudly bearing the Stars & Stripes behind the Veterans' Color Guard this coming Saturday morning, 12-year-old Emily Adams will do more than spearhead Waitsburg's annual parade. She will help kick off events season in the Touchet Valley. Waitsburg's nonagenarians Bettie Chase and Jane Butler will not be far behind as the parade's Marshalls this year. Saturday's Waitsburg Parade day, which will keep visitors busy from breakfast through dinner, will be followed Memorial Day weekend by...
WAITSBURG - The way Stanley Heller describes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposed new flood control project for Coppei Creek certainly sounds enticing: protection against a 100-year flood, a possible reduction in home owner's insurance rates and requirements, and possible implementation before the area sees too many more cold wet winters with high snow packs and lots of rain. "It's hard to know when that big (flood) event is going to happen," said Heller, the Corps' project manager based in Walla Walla. "This is a good year to consider...
WAITSBURG - City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe has the approvals in place and now it's up to the City Council to decide at their regular monthly meeting Wednesday night whether to allow Fire District No. 2 to use the old apple warehouse or "bunk house" east of the McGregor plant to for a training exercise - a firefighting training exercise. That would mean the 90-year-old building, which was deemed by a Portlandbased engineer several years ago to have good "bones," to be burned to the ground, its...
DAYTON - The City of Dayton's Board of Parks Commissioners Monday night floated the idea of raising entry fees for the city's popular swimming pool by a third, an initiative that failed last year. Concerned about the cost of maintenance, wages and repairs, Parks Board Chair Christine Broughton asked the Dayton City Council to consider raising general admission to $2 from the current $1.50, while the season's pass would go up to $62 from $50 for individuals and to $100 from $85 for a family of up to five. Those hikes would represent a 33...
WAITSBURG - In a complex as old as the store front bays that now make up the former American Legion building, you'd expect to find some treasures. Nat Farnam and the crew from his Living Space construction company were delighted to come across old newspapers, 1940s copies of the Saturday Evening Post, vintage cartoons, liquor bottles from days gone by and coins from decades ago. But it wasn't until Farnam explored the space between original 14-foot ceiling and 8-foot dropped ceiling that he...
WAITSBURG - Another 675,000 magazine subscribers have a chance to read about Waitsburg and Dayton this month. The May issue of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel publication has a three-page story that features attractions in Walla Walla and the Touchet Valley, including the jimgermanbar in Waitsburg, the Monteillet Fromagerie and McCann Manor in Dayton. It also carries a picture of the Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile store. Headlined "Beyond the Vines," the article by author Beth Collins proclaims: "These days, it's not the wine causing all the...
PRESCOTT - No one in the Prescott School District is in denial. Times are tough. Earlier this year, the Junior Senior High School was listed as one of 50 schools in the state with academic performance problems. The district has a year to fix it. Meanwhile, Prescott has lost 11 students, or 5 percent of its student body, so far in 2010 - 2011. And late last month, district officials announced they'll need to cut two teaching staff positions and eight hours of non-teaching staff time due to lower...
