Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
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...
WALLA WALLA - Cuffed and shackled in front of Walla Walla Superior Court Judge Donald Schacht on Monday, Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns pleaded not guilty to five counts of criminal charges and now faces trial in early June. Hermanns, who had a short beard and short hair, seemed calm as the judge read his charges and audibly entered his plea without hesitation with his court-appointed defense attorney standing alongside him. An omnibus hearing on Hermanns' case, which may be combined with that of fellow suspect Antonio Contreras of Walla...
WAITSBURG - It isn't every night that the lights are on at two in the morning in Joan Helm's home on Fourth Street. Or that her table is laden with four different kinds of scones, eggs dishes and tea. Or that champagne (well, actually, sparkling cider) is chilling in the fridge for a special toast. But it isn't every night that Helm invites her friends to get up and join her to watch a special event half way around the world: the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Early Friday...
WAITSBURG - Three months after the old food bank operation moved from a cramped basement into a street-level store front, community members in need are finding a lot more than nutrition at the new Waitsburg Resource Center. "We're bigger than the food bank," said Rev. Mike Ferrians of the Waitsburg Christian Church who serves as the center's treasurer. "It's everything we envisioned it to be." The center, with its cleaner, more accessible and more central location in the America West Bank building on Preston Ave., is more hospitable for...
DAYTON - The rumors you've heard around town this spring are true. The circus is coming to Dayton! Carson & Barnes Circus, a family-owned and operated enterprise started in 1937, will pitch its 144-by-180 foot tent on the future site of the Blue Mountain Station, at the corner of Highway 12 and Wagon Road, on June 30 for one day - and one day only - of circus fun in the Touchet Valley. Tickets for the two performances planned for that Thursday will go on sale through the Dayton Chamber of Commer...
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns could face many years in prison based on new and existing charges brought against the 23-year-old man in Walla Walla County this month. Hermanns, who was charged mid-April with three felonies that allegedly took place in January, was implicated late last week in five additional felony cases reported just this spring in College Place. The new charges brought against Hermanns and alleged accomplice Antonia Contreras, 24, of Walla Walla, include robbery and burglary, both first-degree, class A...
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 - Dayton business owners Jim and Connie Westergreen have big news for small ranchers in Columbia and Walla Walla counties. The couple will soon expand their meat processing operations to include a USDAinspected butchering facility in Dayton and a second retail shop in Walla Walla. The owners of Dayton Cut & Wrap, on Main Street, are working with the Port of Columbia to build a small slaughterhouse on Cameron Street in the empty, Portowned lot already zoned for industrial uses between...
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...
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident and fugitive Adam Hermanns and his mother Pam Hermanns are both in Walla Walla County jail following their arrest on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Walla Walla County Sheriff 's Department. They were expected to appear in a Walla Walla court some time on Wednesday morning. Adam Hermanns, 23, who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, was located in College Place late Monday night after citizen tips sparked an hours-long search for him in the Walla...
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...
