Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg 7-8th grade band traveled to Asotin on March 21 where they earned a Superior (I) rating in the Mass Band Festival. The band performed three songs: "It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got that Swing," "Tunbridge Overture," and "Forge of Vulcan." All 38 band members were in attendance. "The judges and the audience really liked them. They were outstanding!" said Band Director Brad Green. "We'll perform those songs at our Spring Concert in May so the community can hear them, too."...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg's Home and School Association will be hosting their annual carnival and silent auction to raise funds for elementary programs on March 21 at from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Waitsburg Elementary School Multi- purpose room. The carnival will include a silent auction as well as games such as Plinko, a basketball shoot, bean bag toss, "fishing," a cake walk and more. Face painting and Bingo will also be available. Game, cakewalk and face painting tickets will be 5/$1. Assorted food items such as hotdogs and elephant ears will a...
WAITSBURG - Young Life and Wyldlife youth will be holding their second annual Camp Fundraising Dinner Sunday, March 23. The spaghetti dinner will take place at the Waitsburg Elementary multipurpose room. Available seating times are 5 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Please call Lori Bartlow at 337-8079 to reserve a seating time or email lbartlow@waitsburgsd.org. All donations will go to the Wyldlife and Young Live Camp Scholarship Funds....
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg's Home and School Association will be hosting their annual carnival and silent auction to raise funds for elementary programs on March 21 at from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Waitsburg Elementary School Multi- purpose room. The carnival will include a silent auction as well as games such as Plinko, a basketball shoot, bean bag toss, "fishing," a cake walk and more. Face painting and Bingo will also be available. Game, cakewalk and face painting tickets will be 5/$1. Assorted food items such as hotdogs and elephant ears will...
WAITSBURG - Frank Reser taught in Prescott for "many years" before retiring in Waitsburg where he spends his days driving bus, playing local handyman and, most recently, creating unique wine barrel furniture. Reser is donating a barrel stool and table set to the silent auction that will take place during the upcoming Waitsburg Elementary Home and School carnival fundraiser. A commitment to children and community runs in the family. Sons Clint and Kurtis are both teachers, as is his da...
Are all of you aware that spring has sprung? Well, maybe not weather-wise; I am referring to the time of year when we all 'spring ahead'. Did you remember to set your clocks ahead and also change the battery in your smoke alarm? It's not too late to do so now. It has been a busy time at Columbia County Senior Center. We had two speakers last week. Diane Ver Valen, who is with Columbia County Emergency Management, explained (or at least tried) the importance of registering our telephone numbers for the CodeRed program. Colleen Sproul,...
WALLA WALLA - The National Weather Service is seeking volunteers to participate in upcoming weather spotter training on April 1 in Dayton and April 9 in Walla Walla. Weather spotters trained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service assist meteorologists by providing up-to-date information about storm activity. The Skywarn Weather Spotter training is free. Dayton's training will be held at Fire District 3 (206 W. Main) at 6:30 p.m. on April 1. The Walla Walla training will take place at 10 a...
DAYTON -- The Dayton General Hospital Auxiliary will be holding their Easter Bake Sale fundraiser on Friday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to noon in the hospital lobby. Purchase baked goods for Easter dinner and support the hospital while doing so. Donations are welcome. Please have baked goods donations delivered to the hospital between 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on April 11....
DAYTON - Senior round table lunches take place every Tuesday and Thursday at noon at the Senior Center at 403 E. Patit Street. Meals are $4 for those over 60 and $7 for those under 60. There are no income criteria or membership fees. Enjoy a hot meal in a social setting. Play pool, cards or spend time visiting. Please call 382-2836 to RSVP by the day prior....
DAYTON - From Beach Blanket Bingo to the Summer of Love, the decade all of us old folks can't forget will come to life again next weekend in TVAC Production's Spring Variety Show. "The Groovy 60s" will be presented March 21-23 at the Liberty Theater in Dayton. The show will feature music, dance and skits from movies, TV shows and all those hit singles we can't get enough of. "I'm surprised how much the younger cast members have connected to these songs," said Variety Show Director Bev S...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's Walla Walla Community College Parent Cooperative Preschool will be hosting an open house on March 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Preston Hall preschool room. The parent cooperative preschool is open to families of children ages three to five years old and is $75/mo. Classes meet on Tuesday, Wed. and Thurs. from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., beginning in September. Parents participate in the classroom three times per month and attend a required monthly parent education meeting in the evening, which qualifies for col...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's City Council will meet Monday, March 17, rather than the regular third Wednesday meeting date of March 19, this month....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg residents still have time to file a Declaration of Candidacy to run for the position of mayor or council member for the City election to be held on April 7. Declarations will be accepted by City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe through 4 p.m. on Friday, March 14....
WAITSBURG - Local veterans, family and friends gathered to honor Jared Brown in a muster ceremony at the Feb. 18 Commercial Club meeting. Brown is a 2013 Waitsburg graduate and son to April and Frank Gould. The send-off was a departure celebration for the Army enlistee who is leaving for Boot Camp Feb. 24. Brown will be training for Wheeled Vehicle Training with the US Army Airborne in Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. After nine weeks of Basic training Brown will transfer to Ft. Lee in Virginia...
DAYTON - The Relay For Life of the Blue Mountains Kickoff Rally will be held on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:45 p.m. in the Tucannon River Room at the Best Western Inn and Suites. The public is welcome to attend and hear about the new ideas and innovations planned for this year. The Rally will also be an opportunity for participants to register their teams and team members without paying the $10.00 registration donation. There will also be an opportunity for participants to sign up to serve as Relay volunteers. Refreshments and prizes will be o...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Brix & Brew Festival and Benefit Auction on March 14. The dinner and auction will be held at Running T Ranch, eight miles south of Dayton on North Touchet Road. The beer, wine and hors d'oeuvres social, along with silent auction, begins at 5:30 p.m. The live auction gets underway at 7. This is the Chamber's biggest fundraiser of the year. Auction items include a 3 day, 2 night trip to San Francisco, jewelry, original artwork, magnums of special wine and much more. A live auction p...
WAITSBURG - It seems there's no shortage of talent - or civic mindedness, for that matter - in the family of Doris Huffman (Ruff), of Waitsburg. Huffman recently used her artistic talents to create a painting for Waitsburg's Town Hall. Daughter Deanna Tipton - an accomplished singer and actress who was recently an extra on the remake of Dallas - performed at the Plaza Theater in 2012. Her stand-up comedy/music routine raised $1,600 for Town Hall maintenance. And most recently, Huff...
DAYTON - Dayton High's Future Business Leaders of America club sent 26 students to the Southeast Regional Winter Business Conference in Kennewick on February 12. They were one of the two largest groups at the conference, and all 26 qualified to move on to the state competition in Seattle in April. The Kennewick conference included schools of all sizes from Southeast Washington, and it included competition in a wide variety of business-related categories. More than 100 competitive even...
DAYTON - Things seem to be going fairly well at Columbia County Senior Center. We were certainly surprised last week when we came for lunch to find there was a power outage. It didn't take too long to discover that some of us 'do not' cope when there is no coffee available! This didn't deter the guys playing pool. Any miscues (pardon the pun) were blamed on not seeing correctly. We had a good time reminiscing about yesteryear when we had no electricity, used kerosene lanterns, warmed up to a pot- bellied stove and the hand cranked wringer...
DAYTON - The next Christian Women's Connection Luncheon will take place at the Grain House Grill (232 S. Main Street, Dayton) on March 12 from 11:30 to 1:30. Janice Van Deist from Quincy, Wash. will share about organization, both daily and spiritually. Janice lives on a farm where she and her husband raise hay and grain. Special feature is Ruth Brush who grew up during the depression era and uses recycled materials to create beautiful things. Singer Maxine Larson from Lewiston, Idaho will entertain with song. The cost is $10. Call Judy Ja...
WAITSBURG - I have no delusions of being 'Smarter than a Fifth Grader.' In fact, if you read the Feb. 13 issue of The Times, you're probably aware that even a third grade assessment posed somewhat of a challenge. Be that as it may, I was in no way deterred from spending Monday morning in the company of some of the brightest teens around. The Regional Knowledge Bowl meet was taking place at Waitsburg High School and I wanted to find out firsthand if Waitsburg would be attending State for the f...
The WallaWalla-Sasayama Sister City Affiliation Committee coordinates two week student home stays for Sasayama, Japan students in Walla Walla in March/April and facilitates two-week trips for area students to visit Japan in October. Their goal is to support high school exchange students, both inbound and outbound, and to support and promote cultural exchange events through art, music and dance. Preparations for each exchange begin several months prior. Parties interested in becoming a host family or participating in a two-week exch...
Qualified high school students are offered the opportunity to spend four or six weeks during the summer holiday in Europe, Asia, South America or Australie. Language knowledge is very helpful but not required to qualify. Programs are available for students ages 15 to 18. Apply with ASSE Student Exchange Programs at asse.com. Host families to host a foreign exchange student are needed as well. To learn more contact Veryl Anderson at the regional office at 1-800-733-2773 or email at veryl@asse.comveryl@asse.com....
AFS Intercultural Programs, a student exchange program, is accepting host family applications in the Walla Walla Valley region for the 2014-15 school year. High School slots are available for AFS students in Walla Walla, Waitsburg and Dayton. Participants are carefully matched and volunteers are always on hand to make sure that students have the support and tools needed for a positive experience. Although students do not arrive before August, families interested in hosting can begin the application process now. Thousands of young peo...
