Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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I found the following "World Today" article listed on eBay, and I thought it was especially remarkable because Karen and I have talked about how interesting it would be if someone created a line of Waitsburgdesignated wheat products. Much as the best wines are often bottled under the specific name of the vineyard, we envision a similar use for this area's excellent wheat. A made-and-grown-in- Waitsburg concept for flour from different types of local wheat, for example. So when I saw this story,...
DAYTON - Managing a small, nonprofit theater is not an everyday kind of job. One of Reid Helford's fondest, early memories when he first started as manager of the Liberty Theater in downtown Dayton more than three years ago was of building - and wearing - a foil-wrapped, cardboard robot costume for the theater's opening night of "Wall-E." " I knew from the beginning that I wanted to give away prizes and dress up," Helford said. "I knew I looked ridiculous. I looked like an idiot. But people...
WAITSBURG - Members of the Waitsburg community want their city government to be more connected to its youth. In fact, former city councilor Bart Baxter made youth and community his platform during mayoral elections this month. His bid for top seat in city government was not successful against incumbent Walt Gobel, but his ideas were sound. This Wednesday, as Waitsburg's re-elected mayor and city councilors are sworn in during the regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Lions Club Community Buil...
I was the first in our household to wake up that morning last week. I had left my cell phone on a charger in the kitchen, and when I got down there to feed the dog, there was a text message from a friend. The news was sad but not unexpected. A longtime Waitsburg resident had passed away during the night. His last months had been a struggle. But even when you know it's coming, the end isn't something you can ever prepare for. It was early, before seven. The morning was chilly but consolingly beau...
SEATTLE - There's little question in Daniel Farinha's mind that the Tour of Walla Walla, which could arguably be called the Tour of Waitsburg for the bulk of the races held here, is gaining in stature across the country. "I had heard about it before," said the 18-year-old racer, whose own reputation as a national competitor is growing. "I think there are some pretty good riders coming up. I'm looking forward to the race." The tour is returning to Waitsburg this weekend,and residents should expec...
WAITSBURG - If you've ever wanted to spend a week in Provence, France, or to go white water rafting on the Salmon River, don't miss two special fundraising events in Waitsburg on Friday, April 15. Both events support worthy causes. One benefits survivors of land-mine accidents in Asia, while the other helps raise funds for the new press box and equipment storage facility at Cardinal Field. The fundraiser for Clear Path International, hosted by that organization's communications director, Karen Matthee, with Jim German and Claire Johnston,...
WAITSBURG - Give Bart Baxter and Tiffany Laposi a few months to work on the Whetstone Pub building and you'll be able to dine with James Dean. By summer, he may well be giving you his cool gaze from the wall of the couple's planned new 1950s style restaurant that will be called "Betty's Diner." Baxter, a local contractor and soccer coach, and Laposi, a real estate appraiser for Walla Walla County, signed a three-year lease this weekend for the building on Preston Avenue that has been quiet since...
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns, who was arrested on April 5 after a three-hour hunt for him in the Walla Walla area, was formally charged with three felonies in Walla Walla County Superior Court last Wednesday. Hermanns was charged with theft in the second degree, a Class C felony, for allegedly stealing a tire and wheels at a residence in Waitsburg on January 21, according to Walla Walla County Prosecutor Jim Nagle . The 23-year-old was also charged with first-degree burglary, a Class A felony, and theft of a firearm, a Class B...
DAYTON - Dayton's Seth Jackson won the men's 3200-meter distance event during last Wednesday's Dayton Invite, a meet of six teams that also saw excellent performances from Courtney Fuller, Josh Frame, Briana Fulbright and the women's relay team. " Overall, it was real good," Dayton head track and field coach Shannon Turner said. "It's was only the second time for the girls' relay time to compete and I think they were pleased with their time." That team, which included runners Fulbright, Fuller,...
WAITSBURG - There may not be any state-sanctioned horse racing in the Touchet Valley this year, but keep the last two weekends in May clear on your calendar to be in Waitsburg and Dayton because lots of events are in store for those dates. On the traditional Days of Real Sport weekend of May 21, Waitsburg will host its Saturday Main Street parade, have a farmers market at Preston Park throughout most of the day, stage afternoon activities around town and close the day with a livemusic street dance at the end of Main Street. Meanwhile, Dayton Da...
WAITSBURG - Preliminary election results for Waitsburg's city government show incumbent Mayor Walt Gobel and the current five city council membe rs re- turned to office by a landslide. With 357 votes cast, Gobel obtained 276 votes compared to challenger Bart Baxter's 64 votes. Among the candidates for council, Kevin House got the largest number of votes with 293, followed by Orville Branson with 283, Karl Newell with 279, Marty Dunn with 272 and Scott Nettles with 250. City council candidate...
MILTON-FREEWATER - Not to put too fine a point on the problem, but when it comes to throwing the javelin, Washington and Oregon have different safety rules. In Washington, javelins are blunted and equipped with a rubber tip. In Oregon, athletes are still allowed to use the solid steel-tipped spears that have been banned in Washington since 1989. WP athlete Kayla Huxoll found this out the hard way during the Carnival of Speed at Mac- Hi on Friday in a rare accident that has infuriated her...
WAITSBURG - After struggling to control rust in their wheat fields last spring, Touchet Valley farmers aren't taking any chances this year. Most, if not all, wheat growers in Prescott, Waitsburg and Dayton are mixing a fungicide like TILT or QUILT in with the herbicide they normally spray mostly through ground applications. "I don't know of anyone who isn't," said Matt Weber, a certified crop advisor with the McGregor Company in Waitsburg. "After the horror stories last year, they're not taking any chances." Last year, farmers in the Touchet...
DAYTON - While the wind and early spring rains still descend on the Touchet Valley more than the rays of the sun, Erin Horan is already busy planting this year's garden at the Monteillet dairy farm. The heartier items - peas, radishes, Lima beans, fava beans, spinach and potatoes - are in the ground, with beats and carrots soon to follow. It's one of the lessons the manager of the Monteillet farm's CSA (communitysupported agriculture) has learned from last year, when she first planted the...
DAYTON - When Washington state instituted a fee several years ago for documents filed at the county auditor's office to help offset the cost of fight homelessness, Columbia County Commissioners were sure it would take a long time to raise enough money to address the issue here. Although the state-mandated fees were set up to help counties build a reserve of cash intended to help the homeless, the roughly $12,000 per year leaders expected to raise wouldn't amount to much for years to come - or so they assumed. But in just a few years, that fund...
DAYTON - Amidst the excitement of announcing the court and program for the Columbia County Fair this weekend was the anxiety country fairs across the state share these days: funding from Olympia. With horse racing already nixed this year for Dayton Days, fair organizers fear another blow to a local cultural tradition if lawmakers cut $2 million in state subsidies for fairs across Washington and, of this, $31,000, or almost half the budget, for the Columbia County Fair. "With the loss of the fund...
DAYTON - During the past several years, all has been relatively quiet on the meth front. But in recent months, it appears that local production and consumption of the drug are back on the rise, according to law enforcement officials in Walla Walla and Columbia counties. "It's coming back," said Columbia County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Jenkins, who functions as narcotics specialist for the county and is part of a task force for Columbia, Walla Walla and Garfield counties. "We're all concerned about...
WAITSBURG - A Walla Walla judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of Adam Hermanns, who is charged with the theft of automotive components and a fire arm. "We are actively seeking Mr. Hermanns," said Eddie Freyer, Undersheriff for Walla Walla County. "Any calls and tips related to his whereabouts will be pursued vigorously." In addition, the sheriff's office is interested in talking to Hermanns about the Jan. 25, 2011, garage fire at the residence of his parents, Pam and Andy Hermanns. That...
POMEROY - It was like a scene from Sherwood Forest. Men, women and children tromped through the woods carrying bows and quivers filled with arrows. But this wasn't Robin Hood and his band, nor was it Merry Auld England in the 12th century. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, hundreds of modernday archers, with compound bows priced between $15- $1,200, wearing synthetic, camouflage fleece and hiking boots, swarmed the forested hills at Tucannon Campground. "It's is a great way to get the family...
WAITSBURG - Remember what Preston Park looked like during Cycle Oregon? There were vendors selling everything from veggies to T-shirts. There was a beer garden and live music. There were cyclers getting their picture taken with Izzy the camel. It was a fun, festive sight that made you want to stop and pull over on your way through town on Highway 12 or 124. Now a small group of local organizers wants to create such an attraction at the park every Friday evening and may get some help from the city for its goal to create a permanent seasonal farm...
WAITSBURG - Charles Smith's idea for the former American Legion hall on Waitsburg's Main Street is simple: turn it back into the kind of bar the town needs. Expected to be called the "Anchor," the planned new drinking establishment in the building just south of the Whoop Em Up Hollow Cafe will serve light beer, "comfort" snacks, standard cocktails, have a big-screen TV, a country music jukebox, and feature games like pinball and fuss ball. In other words, it will be everything the jimgermanbar...
WAITSBURG - What began with instruments, plenty of talent and a dream has developed into so much more for six Waitsburg kids. "We wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Troublemakers," said 12-year-old Emily Adams of Waitsburg. And without hesitation, that's what they are doing. The Blue Mountain Troublemakers started in January 2003 with a group of Waitsburg Elementary kids who wanted to play bluegrass like they'd seen in the hit movie, "O, Brother Where Art Thou?" These young musicians...
WAITSBURG - For the second year in a row, Waitsburg residents will have a choice of mayoral candidates in their annual elections for city government next month. Waitsburg carpenter, soccer coach and former council member Bart Baxter told the Times earlier this week he is running for the position now held by first-term Mayor Walt Gobel. During a caucus meeting at Deanne and Larry Johnson's house on Monday night, Gobel and all current city council members were nominated again as "Truth & Trust"...
SPOKANE - The Cardinals lost narrowly against the Bear Creek Grizzlies Thursday afternoon, pushing the game into overtime before being edged out by the Redmond team. The Cardinals lost 58-49 after leading by four points before the buzzer saw the game tied at 47-47. The Team plays Lake Roosevelt Friday at 10:30 am....
