Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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PRESCOTT-Fifteen seniors made their final walk as Prescott High School students at commencement exercises in the Steuckle Gymnasium on Sat., June 8. Superintendent Brett Cox welcomed family and friends following the flag salute led by ASB President Yovany Rosalez Romero. The class motto, which graced the commencement program, was penned by class member and ASB Sentinel Damien Caro. "Our Goals and Dreams are Beyond Compare, Coming against a class like us is super rare, Our thoughts and ideas may...
Waitsburg FFA members gathered in the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room for the Chapter's annual award ceremony on June 5. WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg FFA Chapter held its annual banquet in the Waitsburg Elementary School Multipurpose on Wed., June 5. Below are the awards, degrees and past and future officers. 2018-2019 Chapter Officers President: Devon Harshman Vice President: Drew Farley Secretary: Seamus House Treasurer: Cason Nichols Reporter: Marley Ahler Sentinel: Anna Miller 2...
Dayton Scholarship Awards Aliyah Picarella Grace Scribner $500.00 Dayton Hospital Auxiliary $500.00 Homestead $1,500.00 Washington State Opportunity $22,500.00 Over 4 Years Ben & Sue Dickinson Memorial $750.00 Columbia County Fund $2,000.00 Guy & Nyda Prater $500.00 Ashton Loper Dayton Hospital Auxiliary $500.00 Homestead $750.00 Dayton High School Booster Club $350.00 Whetstone $1,000.00 Brandon Barton Memorial $300.00 John Israel $500.00 Columbia County Fund $1,000.00 Gailord & Jean Nelson $1,000.00 Elk Drug $500.00 BW Cassedy/Dayton...
Last Saturday's Spark in the Park event in Prescott was a hit. By all appearances the Sherwood Trust Community Leadership Program event met its goal of strengthening community connections and building positive relationships among Touchet River Valley residents. Field View Park was host to free swimming, food, vendors, information booths, art games in the afternoon and live entertainment took to the Prescott Park stage later in the day. Clockwise from top left: The Chiquillas Ballet made a...
WAITSBURG-Seventeen members of the Class of 2019 made the traditional march down Kison Court to receive their diplo- mas at Waitsburg High School's 123rd commencement ceremony on Fri., May 30. Friends and family celebrate with the exiting seniors who spoke about shared experi- ences and future dreams as they proudly joined the ranks of WHS alumni. Strains of "Pomp and Circum- stance" filled the gymnasium as graduate siblings Megan Forney and Kirsten Miller served as flag marshals. Associated...
DAYTON-For most people, the dream of achiev- ing Best in World status in their art is simply that – a dream. But for Tom Schirm, of Dayton, that dream is well within reach. In fact, Schirm currently holds third place Best in World Overall honors for his realis- tic fish carvings. In early May, Schirm traveled to Springfield, Mis- souri where the competed in the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships. Schirm entered his 13-inch, westslope cutthroat trout carving in the T...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg City Council invites the public, and especially landowners, to attend a free Firewise meeting at the Lions Club Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds on Tues., June 25 at 7 p.m. Speakers from the Department of Natural Resourc- es, the Walla Walla County Conservation District, Fire Districts No. 2 and No. 3, emergency management and more will provide information on how commu- nities can work together to take action to prevent fu- ture losses. The Walla Walla County EMD will present a give a Power Point presentation p...
ost of the time, it's not par- ticularly pleasant being bitten by a bug. Ticks, mos- quitoes, bees, killer ants, and large, ag- gressive, unidentifiable buzzing things with wings tend to provoke adverse emotional and physical reactions in hu- man beings. But there is one bug that artist Sum- mer Barcenas welcomes being attacked, and bitten, by: "I was bitten by the travel bug years ago, and continuous travel is my medi- cine," the Walla Walla painter says. "The main theme of my art is wan-...
ROUTE BUS DRIVER Minimum qualifications: Class B CDL, air brake restriction lifted, student endorsement, passenger endorsement. Training may be available. For additional information please contact: Colter Mohney at (509) 337-6301 ext. 3400 cmohney@ waitsburgsd.org Positions are open until filled. Waitsburg School District has immediate openings for substitute school bus drivers, substitute teachers, substitute classroom para-educators, substitute custodians, and substitute food service assistants. Application materials are available online @...
June 1 Warrant Service: Warrant service in the 300 block of W. Fourth Street in Prescott. Theft From Motor Vehicle: Yard equipment was stolen from the bed of a pickup overnight on Coppei Ave./Preston Ave. May 30 A bicycle was found in the 300 block of Cemetery Road in Dixie. May 28 Non Criminal: Expired medications were found on Seaman Road, Waitsburg May 27 Burglary: An unknown suspect(s) damaged the victim’s locks and locking mechanisms on a garage door in the 700 block of Maple Street in Waitsburg. The victim stated it appears the s...
Discovery Kids - 10:00a.m. to 11:00a.m. - Every Wednesday A new, revamped and improved interactive story time for those in the toddler years! Come sing, dance, play and learn with Flash the Sloth. Family Story Time - 6:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. - June 6th Story time with the whole family! Take the stories home along with a support item and stay afterwards for dinner! Chamber Music Festival - 3:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. - June 7th Join us in the Delany room and listen to some of Walla Walla’s finest musi- cians. Refreshments will be available at the event. Ki...
Waitsburg High School inducted three new members into National Honor Society in the WHS auditorium on Mon, June 4. High School Principal Stephanie Wooderchak and Guest Speaker Gabe Kiefel welcomed the new members....
WAITSBURG-The Touchet River is a 55-mile tributary of the Walla Walla River and in its valley sprawls endless hills and fields of wheat end-capped by barns and mills. Our local landscape boasts breath- taking views that draw tourists and gasps, but is also seemingly difficult to capture in photograph. Especially when taking pictures as passengers from the highway at speed rendering every shot at least a little blurry. Without specialist equipment such as a drone, one might think it is...
DAYTON-Dayton High School 2019 graduates will receive their diplo- mas in a commencement ceremony on Sat., June 8 at 1 p.m. in the Dayton High School gymnasium. Neylan Bryan The Dayton High School Class of 2019 Valedictorian Neylan Bryan said she plans on studying wildlife biology at Montana State University in the fall. Following that, Bryan would like to at- tend Stanford University, where she would pursue a Master's in Wildlife Bi- ology, specifically in Mammology. "I've always been really...
As longtime volunteer firefighters are retiring, the local volunteer pool continues to dwindle. With less than 20 active volunteer firefighters and four EMTs, Columbia-Walla Walla Fire No. 2 is actively recruiting new volunteers. On June 8, the department will be on hand to answer questions about the department and volunteering at Spark in the Park in Prescott. The department, along with LifeFlight, will be in the Prescott Park from 1-4 p.m. Volunteers will also man a booth at Pomegranate Park...
Kahla Harrington and Maura Train- er are both local skilled massage thera- pists unaffiliated with Dayton General Hospital. They are, however, very much a part of integrative care. Many use massage therapy to improve their lives and help with their overall health. Both Trainer and Harrington offer relaxation massages which are indeed stress relieving, but it is the Swedish Deep tissue massages that many cli- ents find the most beneficial for loos- ening tight muscles to allow for greater...
DAYTON-Integrated Healthcare or Coordinated Care may not be a term widely known to patients, but within the healthcare community these are powerful words attached to positive actions. Integrative healthcare is the combining of modalities or methods of treatment that address the overall health needs of patients. The definition of the word integrate explains it well; combine (one thing) with an- other so that they become a whole. Dayton General Hospital (DGH) is an integrated healthcare provider....
Prescott Touchet Valley kids won’t have to wait to go swimming once school is out. The Prescott Pool is set to open at 1 p.m. on Tues., June 11. The pool will operate daily throughout the summer. Hours of operation are 1 p.m.- 7 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. and Noon-7 p.m. on Fri., Sat. and Sun. Pool Administrative Assistant Yvonne Jackson said some evening swims are in the plans as well with the first night swim taking place on Sat., June 22 from 7-9 p.m. Prices remain the same as last year. Family and grandparent passes are $130 and include two adults a...
DAYTON—The Liberty Theater’s three-part Summer Cultural Enrichment Program (SCEP), aimed at children ages 6 through 6th grade, kicks off this month with free dollar movies, followed with a visit by Chris Fascione in July, and a Missou- la Children’s Theater (MCT) production in August. The goal of the SCEP is to provide arts and culture opportunities for youth and families. Movies Friday, June 21 will kick off six weeks of PG-rated kids’ movies on Friday and Tuesday afternoons at 12:30 p.m. Support from funding partners and individual donors...
A column by Liberty Theater Manager Mike Ferrians In a February edition of the Times, the Americanism of the week was a quote from Annie Proulx, author of The Shipping News: “One of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.” Without music, there is no life. For decades, music has been an “elective” in the public school sys- tem, taking a backseat to classical educational elements deemed primary. But the Performing Arts are not electives in life. They are mandato...
Walla Walla—The Walla Walla Symphony will present the 11th annual free Rock Camp, June 24-28, 2019. Rock Camp is designed to give area teens the full experience of preparing and producing a Rock n Roll concert. Participation in the camp is completely free and includes lunch provided by the Walla Walla Parks and Recreation Department. Camp activities run from 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m. daily, with a final, free concert for the commu- nity held at Washington Park on Fri., June 28 at 5:30p.m. Rock Camp is open to students going into grades 7– 2 and pro...
WAITSBURG-Students from Mrs. Stephanie Hinchliffe's first grade class released salmon into the Touchet River on May 22, concluding this season of the Salmon in Schools project. Waitsburg, Dixie and Touchet elementary schools are among the newest participating schools, bringing the program's total roster to twelve. Waitsburg first graders are pioneers and, indeed, prototypes for the potential success of this program among younger students. The journey to the release began on Oct. 17 when Andrew...
Views from Starbuck Cemetery's Memorial Day festivities....
WAITSBURG-Three senior-level members of Home Grown Go Wild 4-H competed at the 2019 Washington State 4-H Shooting Sports Championships in Eatonville, Wash. on May 17-19, earning the right to represent the Walla Walla Valley and Washington State as delegates at the at 4-H Shooting Sports Nationals next summer. Waitsburg High School junior Timothy Daves, Walla Walla High School freshman Nathanael Bennett, and WWCC Running Start senior Quinn Perry will make up three-fourths of the Washington State...
WAITSBURG—At the May 16 Waitsburg School Board meeting, Superintendent Jon Mishra updated board members on the outcome of the legislative session which closed April 28. While some outcomes are positive, Mishra suggested caution in moving forward. Graduation Pathways One welcome change is the addition of House Bill 1599 which delinks graduation from standardized tests and allows students multiple pathways to demonstrate readiness to graduate. Once students have completed a High School and B...
