Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG- For the second year in a row, the WP Cardinals subdued their arch rivals DeSales Thursday night, beating the Irish 27-14. The Cardinals are still undefeated at 6-0 and have passed one of the biggest hurdles of the season in their league line-up. "It was a great football game," head coach Jeff Bartlow said. "It was very sweet." Although it wasn't last year's edge-of-your-seat nailbiting victory that ended nine years of defeats against the Walla Walla team, Thursday's win did not come easy. Yet the Cardinals dominated for most of the g...
WAITSBURG - If there's one gal in Waitsburg everybody knows and loves, it's Jane Butler. Though she isn't a Waitsburg native, she has become as much a part of this community as any member of its original pioneer families. "I know everybody who knows her just loves her," said longtime friend B.A. Keve. "She's just a darling, and she continues to amaze me. I don't think there's anything she can't do and do well. So many people appreciate her." Next weekend Butler's friends and family will hav...
WAITSBURG - Those who were there last year will never forget the scene. When the final whistle blew, sealing WP's 35-28 victory over DeSales, the home crowd in the bleachers and on the sideline swarmed the field in jubilation. It was the first time in nine years that the Cardinals had beat the Irish, and it seemed to matter more than the outcome of any other game that season except for the playoffs. The two teams are gearing up for another showdown Thursday at 7 p.m. in Waitsburg. Both c...
DAYTON - Already known on the West Coast for All Wheels, there is a good chance that by next year Dayton will become known far and wide for a brand new summer event: Mule Mania. Get ready for mule barrel racing, mule wagon pulling, mule pole bending, mule team penning, mule team roping, "Pony Express" relays and perhaps even some serious chuck wagon cook offs. Dayton will be "All Mules" on the weekend of July 15 - 17, 2011. The Chamber of Commerce and the Columbia County Fairgrounds are n...
PASCO - After being behind at halftime, the WP Cardinals rallied for a 24-point second half and beat Chiawana 30-7 last night to go 4-0 for the season so far. quot;We came out in the second half played with a lot of heart,quot; head coach Jeff Bartlow said after the game. quot;We picked it up and took care of business.quot; The Cardinals played the much-bigger high school's JV team, which was endowed with plenty of talented players and put WP to the test, particularly in the first half. WP was the first to score with Zach Bartlow running for a...
STARBUCK - Starting at dawn on Tuesday, three teams from Idaho Mountain Search Rescue made one final attempt to find Bob Bulota, the 64-year-old Starbuck resident who has been missing from his home since March. Using three cadaver dogs specially trained to pick up the scent of humans, dead or alive, the teams of two volunteer rescuers each fanned out along the bushy Tucannon River west of Starbuck with one team starting at Bulota's cabin on First Street. Columbia County Sheriff's officials, who...
DAYTON - Trees in this part of the state are a precious commodity, so when they start looking sick and dying, property owners want answers. If they're smart, they start asking questions, and if they're lucky, they get the Forest Tour. U.S. Forest Service entomologist Lia Spiegel and pathologist Craig Schmitt, both from La Grande, joined forest insect specialist Mike Johnson with the Eastern Washington Department of Natural Resources earlier this month in Columbia County at the request of local...
WAITSBURG - Shortly after Cycle Oregon organizer Tara Corbin arrived in Waitsburg ahead of the 2,250 cyclists coming here for their midweek stay last week, Mayor Walt Gobel took her to see the city's "Hollywood" sign on the hill: a giant bicycle ploughed into the field south of town to greet the far-flung visitors. "That almost brought tears to my eyes," Corbin said about the iconic welcome initiated by local hospitality coordinator Deanne Johnson. "It was one of those standout moments for me...
WAITSBURG - Twenty-three-year old Waitsburg man Keith Eugene Adams was arrested early Friday morning at his Preston Avenue home after allegedly holding a 21-year-old woman and her two infant children at gun point. Witness information conveyed that Adams was "extremely agitated and intoxicated," the Walla Walla County Sheriff's office reported. Deputies learned that Adams and the victim had a previous relationship and appear to have a child together. The Walla Walla Emergency Response Unit responded to the location at about 1 a.m. to contain...
WAITSBURG - Ring the bells, toot the horns, strike up the band - the cyclists are here ! Waitsburgers went all out to greet the more than 2,000 Cycle Oregon participants Tuesday as they pedaled into town after a nearly three-hour ride from Starbuck. Members of the local Special Olympics skiing team, the Bluewood Bombers, erected an archway and decorated the finish line near the fairgrounds on Caroline Street. Local school children, Waitsburg-Prescott cheerleaders and the high school band waited...
WAITSBURG - Ye Towne Hall in downtown Waitsburg was built by local American Legionnaires in 1928. Next week, a new generation of Waitsburgers will rededicate the historic building, officially reopening the renovated structure for another 100 years or so of civic service. The town will celebrate this reopening on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. in a program honoring the history of the old building following the regular dinner meeting of the Waitsburg Commercial Club at 6:30. Those who would like to...
DAYTON - City officials Monday night voted down the much-debated ordinance proposed in July to legalize the operation of off-road vehicles on some of Dayton's streets. It was a tough decision for city councilors; that was obvious to all at the council meeting. Some prefaced their choice with an explanation while others remained silent, but the vote itself made clear the division of opinion on this hot topic. It was a tie. Councilors Terry Herrin, Jim Cooper and Charlie Button voted to approve the first reading of the new ordinance. All three co...
WAITSBURG - Some years back, the Waitsburg Masonic Lodge No. 16 had a dilemma. Its members were getting older, and the only way some of them could make it up to the temple on the second floor above the grocery store was with the help of an elevator. There was only one small problem. The stairs were steep and had two landings. An installation would have to be so sophisticated, it would cost more than $15,000. So, the Lodge turned to one of its members, Bill Zuger, for a solution. Known for his...
WAITSBURG - If you've ever watched the Tour de France, you know race supporters and local residents can be stretched out for miles along the route to cheer on the riders. No need to do so for the two-wheeled visitors from Cycle Oregon next week. Their "cowbell" moment through town will come between 1 - 2 p.m. on Tuesday when they pass through town coming in from Starbuck on Bolles Road south down Main Street to 8th and east down 8th to Caroline. Local Cycle Oregon organizers hope Waitsburgers will turn out to ring in the visitors, if nothing...
DAYTON - The top-ofthe hill Main Street building that was once home of Patit Creek Cellars will be entirely devoted to wine again this fall, giving Dayton two winetasting venues by the end of the year. Owners Paul and Marcene Hendrickson have leased the 1,100-square-foot building at 507 E. Main to Abacus Wine Llc of Pasco, which will operate the location as "Dayton Wine Works" and targets casual wine drinkers and travelers. In May, Dayton resident and former winemaker Reggie Mace announced he...
DAYTON - Expect the unexpected this year at the Columbia County Fair. That's the advice fair manager Shane Laib has for the roughly 5,000 people he predicts will attend this year's 120th anniversary event. "Assume nothing," Laib said Monday, as he and dozens of others began work to prepare the fairgrounds for opening this Friday. "Some c omp o - nent of virtually every part of the fair will be different this year." This is Laib's first year as fair manager, but he's been busy. Together with a...
WAITSBURG - Few Waitsburgers will forget how on Sunday, Sept. 6 last year, the town sirens wailed in the predawn hours and the sky north of Main Street was lit up with the orange glow of a huge fire. Many gathered on the bridge to see how the town's largest historic structure and once its economic heartbeat, the abandoned Wait's four mill, was engulfed in flames so big firefighters could only contain the blaze and watch its stories collapse one by one. Within hours, the 145-year-old building...
WAITSBURG - In their first home game of the season, the Cardinals beat the Pilot Rock Rockets 34 - 14 Friday night. WP is now 2-0 after having won against the Kamiah Kubs in a tough defensive away game last week. Although there were still plenty of missed and dropped passes on the part of the Cardinals, the evening showed a team getting more comfortable in its skin, particularly on defense. "We struggled connecting the dots," head coach Jeff Bartlow said about the offense after the game. "But we've made a lot of improvements. I'm proud of...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs lost their season opener against Stanfield tonight 7 - 48, but the home team knew they had a tough opponent in a team that's destined to top their league this fall. Despite a game-opening running touchdown by Josh Frame in the first quarter, the Stanfield Tigers drilled through the Bulldogs' defense for much of the game until the Dayton boys finally caught the spirit and stopped them in their tracks. By then, however, the Tigers had scored seven touchdowns due in part to an uncomfortable Bulldogs defense and a...
KAMIAH - Senior T.J. Hofer made and saved the day for the Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals in their 6-0 victory over the Kamiah Kubs tonight. In an intensily defensive game on both sides, Hofer scored the game's only touchdown during the third quarter, then made a game-winning interception during the Kubs' last drive of the fourth quarter that could have resulted in an equalizer and extra-point victory for the home team. Cardinals Zach Bartlow and Kris Cady each had impressive runs in a game in which both teams struggled to make yardage. More...
WALLA WALLA - A Walla Walla man who took up residence in Waitsburg this summer was charged today with first-degree rape, sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree possession of images depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. If convicted of the charges, 31-year-old Carl Grayson Bell Jr. could reportedly be sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. The maximum sentence for first-degree rape of a child is life in prison. Bell was charged with three counts of first-degree rape of a child, two counts of sexual exploitation of...
DAYTON - Ski Bluewood, whose current owners said earlier this year they would need to shut the resort down unless they could hand it over before the upcoming season, has a prospective buyer. "We're negotiating," said Stan Goodell, who owns Ski Bluewood with his wife Nancy. Goodell declined to share the name of the possible buyer for fear it might upset the talks. Neither would he speculate whether a deal could be reached before the beginning of the 2010 - 2011 season. But he indicated that talks between the two parties are going well and...
DAYTON - In what could be seen as a breakthrough on the part of the Columbia County Public Hospital Board of Commissioners, member Ted Paterson acknowledged last week that the board "may have become complacent" in the face of recent management practices, staff decisions and unsatisfactory work environment within the system. "Maybe we didn't ask the right questions," he told the audience at the Catholic Church in Dayton on Thursday. "Maybe we were just looking at the dollar signs and seeing, 'it's black, it's black, it's black.'" Paterson spoke...
