Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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PRESCOTT-Prescott Pool Manager Kyra Hartley is a highly experienced lifeguard and swimming instructor and she recently stepped into the role of Pool Manager at the Prescott Pool. A double major in business administration and psychology at the University of Puget Sound, she may need skills in both areas to manage the changeable situation for outdoor recreation this summer. Hartley took steps this spring to get her lifeguards Red Cross re-certified by working with Walla Walla YMCA's Director of...
PRESCOTT-The Prescott Joint Park and Recreation District has maintained a park and pool that is well known around our valley for being clean, family friendly, and just plain fun. After more than a decade of volunteering as a commissioner for the district, Patsy Welch Adams Warnock is hanging up her sunhat and retiring from the job. A former school teacher, Patsy has a deep love for helping others. Her family has been in the area for more than a decade where she says volunteering has become a...
Karen Tonne is a 10-year veteran of the Prescott School Board. She sees the biggest challenge facing the distict as "funding all programs for all students. We need to consistently send information to state legislators to remind them of the deficits we face daily." When asked how she will maintain standards in an era of declining enrollment she noted that, "the district has been very astute in saving monies through the years to help in times of student declining numbers. We set our budget with...
PRESCOTT—As the only area pool open last week, aside from Walla Walla, a flex pipe leak was the last thing the Prescott pool needed. Nonetheless, quick thinking by pool staff and help from Dunning Irrigation made for a quick repair and only two-day downtime. Prescott Joint Park and Recreation District Manager Yvonne Jackson said she was notified of the initial leak on the evening of June 11. She made a quick stop at Home Depot and picked up four boxes of Flex Tape which they used to wrap the pipe, which held for six days. In the meantime, J...
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...
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...
