Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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OLYMPIA— A $456,000 allocation to the Taggart Road Waterline Project and an $80,000 allocation to The Club after-school-program in Dayton were among projects approved for the 16th Legislative District in the capital budget passed by Washington lawmakers Sunday. Other projects include $1.75 million to the Blue Mountain Action Council, $122,000 for the restoration of the Columbia County Courthouse, $2.1 million towards Touchet River restoration and $1.5 million for floodplain restoration in the Wooten Wildlife Area. Rep. Skyler Rude (R-Walla W...
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg School Board announced the selection of Garrison Middle Assistant School Principal Mark Pickel as the new District superintendent and elementary school principal on May 1. Pickel has accepted the position and will assume duties July 1, pending successful contract negotiations. The District held preliminary interviews with four applicants and narrowed the field to two finalist, Pickel and Guy Strot of Kalama, Wash. Each candidate spent a day in the District, meeting with...
The Waitsburg Lions Club pulled off another successful rib feed last weekend. Approximately 800 tickets were sold and 1100 pounds of ribs were grilled and served. All funds are returned to the Waitsburg community....
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg Celebration Days Committee has been working for months to organize the city’s annual Celebration Days festivities, which run May 17-19. The three-day event, held the third weekend in May, was organized as a placeholder for the former popular Days of Real Sport which featured horse racing at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. State spending cuts took horses off track, but Waitsburg Celebration Days brings another kind of rider to town. Participants come from near and far to participate in Karen’s Ride, the popular mountain trail...
Former Waitsburg resident Sally Baker (daughter of Berger and Bettie Chase and wife of Glenn Baker) sent in a helpful response to the Welding Works photo that ran in the April 18 edition of The Times. The Times received the photo from Pam Goucher of College Place, thought it would be fun to share with our readers. Sally was able to identify several of the men pictured. "I was surprised to see the picture of the Waitsburg Welding Works on page 2 of the April 18 edition. My dad worked there for...
May 4 Theft: A man was arrested for theft in the 500 block of Taggart Road in Waitsburg. May 3 Warrant Service: Subject was arrested on a DOC warrant in the 100 block of Coppei Ave. in Waitsburg. May 1 Theft: Deputies investigated a reported theft in the 200 block of B Street in Prescott. April 26 Theft: victim reported two kid-sized motorcycles stolen from property on Biscuit Ridge Road....
POMEROY—The next Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon will be held at the Pataha Flour Mill, located on 50 Hutchens Hill Rd. in Pataha, Wash., on May 15 at 11:30 a.m. Mountain climber and world traveler Shirley Mozena, from Vancouver, Wash., will share secrets of love, both lost and found. Alice Gwinn from Pomeroy will share about Quilts of Valor, a group that presents quilts to veterans and the Van Vogts will provide entertainment. Contact Judy Jackson at 509-399-2005 by Fri., May 10 for reservations....
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg residents Nancy and Jack Otterson will celebrate their 60th anniversary on May 9. The couple will honor the milestone with a family celebration in Depoe Bay, Ore. in July. Both Jack and Nancy moved to Waitsburg in the third grade and went through school together. Jack graduated from Waitsburg High School with the Class of '56 and Nancy with the Class of '57. The high school sweethearts began dating when Nancy was a freshman. The couple was married at the First Methodist...
WAITSBURG-Erin (Mahre) Elsey and Jeremy Elsey were married at the Waitsburg Christian Church on April 18, 2019 in front of immediate family and close friends. A reception is planned for later date....
WAITSBURG—On Thurs., May 02, 2019 Lexus Benson, a senior at Waitsburg High School, received the $1,000 Rotary Club of Walla Walla High School Scholarship. Lexus was chosen by the staff of Waitsburg High School as the recipient of this scholarship because of the great academic and personal growth she has shown over her high school career and the adversities throughout her life that she has overcome. Lexus will complete a CNA program this summer and will attend Walla Walla Community College in t...
April middle school students of the month....
Discovery Kids - 10:00am to 11:00am - Every Wednesday A new, revamped and improved interactive story time for those in the toddler years! Come sing, dance, play and learn with our Flash the Sloth. Open VR - 10:15am to 4:45pm - Every Friday By partnering with Oculus and the Washington State Library, we are bringing the future of virtual reality to our rural community! Drop in on Fridays and play try out our state of the art “Rift” and “Go” systems. Book Chat - 6:00ish to 8:00ish - May 18th From your favorite genre to your favorite author,...
COLUMBIA COUNTY-With all the media attention surrounding the innovative Columbia Pulp mill, which is preparing to open near Starbuck at Lyons Ferry this spring, it would be challenging to find a local citizen unaware of its existence. As the first tree-free market pulp mill in North America, which has brought dozens of jobs to the area already, the facility is a regular topic of conversation both near and far. But some folks are unaware of, or confused about, the other straw-related businesses...
Waitsburg School District staff celebrated the retirement of teachers Nancy Bickelhaupt, Jim Leid and Maddie Martin at a celebration in Bickelhaupt's classroom last Friday. Bickelhaupt was interviewed in the May 2 issue of The Times and an interview with Leid will run next week. Martin insists she wants to "leave quietly." All will be greatly missed. Above: Waitsburg School Board Chair Ross Hamman presents plaques to Leid and Bickelhaupt....
Waitsburg 4-H clubs joined together and spent Monday evening traversing Waitsburg to gather food for the Waitsburg Resource Center. 4-H members gathered 488 pounds of food in just one hour....
DAYTON-In his report to the Hospital Board of Commissioners on April 23, CEO Shane McGuire talked about how a recent legislative ruling limiting nurses to eight hour shifts in a twenty-four-hour day, and providing for mandatory breaks and meal times, could impact patient care as well as the Hospital District's finances. McGuire told the commissioners, "Nurses work 12 hour shifts by design. That's what they want. They want to work three days and have four days off." He said nurses are saying...
WASHINGTON STATE—With the recent legislative discussion surrounding nurses work hours and conditions in Washington State, nursing has become a hot topic. Opponents of an amendment limiting nurses to working eight-hour shifts said the law would make it more difficult for Washington to recruit nurses who consider 12-hour-shifts a job perk. Wallethub.com recently performed a study on the best places to work as a nurse and ranked Oregon first and Washington third in the U.S. It is unlikely the new legislation was factored into the results, and unkn...
The Waitsburg Lions Club (with help from their ladies) wrapped up another successful rib feed Saturday evening. "All the tickets were sold, which I think approaches 800. The weather was perfect and I think everybody had a great time and I expect our accounting will show that we again this year had a very successful event that is that makes a major contribution to what the Lions Club is able to do in our community. Lions Club crews were busy at all the various tasks, but everything went smoothly...
WALLA WALLA-If life is an art, Ikune Sawada is a master. Sawada is a painter and collector of fine ceramics. For many years he has also practiced bonsai tree gardening. Through the gate and down a path flanked by lamprocapnos spectabilis, also known as bleeding hearts for their flower petals' shape, the garden unfolds. Sawada and his partner, Neil Meitzler, before his passing in 2009, created the garden from scratch. Meitzler was a landscape painter of the Northwest School and curator at the...
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says 2019-20 salmon fisheries have been set and anglers can expect a “mixed bag.” The Department expects a robust coho return on the Columbia River but expects depleted chinook and steelhead runs. This year’s fisheries were designed to take advantage of a higher number of coho salmon forecast to return to Washington’s waters as compared to recent years, according to Kyle Adicks, salmon policy lead for the WDFW. On the Columbia River, summer salmon fishery will be closed to summer chinook (includ...
WASHINGTON-The 2019 Statewide Trout Fishing Derby started April 27 and is open to anyone with a valid 2019 fishing license and more than 1,000 prizes are available. Fish with a WDFW tag near their dorsal fin could make any size fish a catch-of-the-day. No entrance fee or registration is required to participate. Simply visit a participating lake and catch a tagged trout rainbow trout in one of over 100 stocked lakes between April 28 and Oct. 31. Winning derby trout will have a blue tag attached...
PENDLETON, Ore.— Personal-use firewood permits for the Umatilla National Forest are available from, May 1 through Nov. 30 at Forest Service offices and several local vendors. Permits can be purchased for $5 per cord with a minimum purchase of four cords for $20. The maximum limit is 12 cords total of personal firewood cutting per household during the calendar year. Permits may be purchased locally at the Dayton General Store, Pomeroy Foods, P.F. Express (Pomeroy), the Last Resort and the Walla Walla CHS Farmer’s Co-op. A complete list of vendor...
OLYMPIA – Kelly Susewind,, director of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), will host a virtual open house on Mon., May 13 to give the public a chance to ask about the department’s policies and direction. “I want to share some updates on the agency, but the main purpose is to have a two-way conversations with those who aren’t always able to attend our in-person events,” said Susewind. “People care deeply about the work we do and we want to make it easier for them to tell us what’s on their mind and what’s important to th...
Waitsburg's Home and School Association hosted its annual school carnival to raise funds to provide school supplies for all Waitsburg students, last Friday evening....
WAITSBURG (AN TIR)-The Society for Creative Anachronism met once more at Preston Park for their annual Newcomer's Encampment. The setup of pavilions, tents and flags began Friday afternoon. Festivities kicked off at the Bardic Circle that evening. Bards and minstrels of the SCA performed a variety of music from the Middle Ages, from sprightly Renaissance dancing tunes to beautiful, medieval choral works. No Bardic Circle is complete without poems and storytelling around an open fire. The...
