Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Instructor Melissa Lambert teaches three one-hour fitness classes on non-consecutive days to folks in Waitsburg who are 60 years old and older. A low-cost, evidence-based group exercise and falls prevention program, the class helps older adults at all levels of fitness become more active, energized, and empowered to sustain independent lives. Each class focuses on dynamic cardiovascular exercise, strength training, balance, and flexibility - everything older adults need to maintain health and...
Waitsburg emergency medical services volunteers needed The need for emergency medical services (EMS) volunteers is reaching a high-point, and rural communities are feeling the effects. If you're interested in becoming a volunteer Emergency medical technician (EMT), there are training options in the area. I did a lot while I lived in Alaska. Plenty of hiking and fishing, and other outdoorsy sorts of things, but my favorite was the time I spent as an EMT with the Sitka Fire Department....
Visitors to the annual Pioneer Fall Festival were able to stroll through the Wilson-Phillips House Museum to view the new “Waitsburg Under Water” display. A quote in an April 1996 Spokesman Review newspaper article by Kim Barker was the inspiration for the display said co-organizer Kate Hockersmith. The display will remain at the Wilson-Phillips House and can be viewed by appointment. “Weeks after the Touchet River missed the turn and nearly washed a chunk of this tiny town off the map, the plac...
Walla Walla Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a Fall Cemetery Tour on Saturday, October 5 at 10 a.m. Attendees can enjoy the fall foliage at Mountain View Cemetery and learn more about the fascinating and colorful citizens of Walla Walla who helped shape the community. The 80-acre stately cemetery is located at 2120 S. Second and is one of the oldest municipally-operated in the state, is the final resting place for over 40,000 souls with many headstones dating back to the 1800s. Approximately 3,000 veterans have been laid to rest at th...
Staffing a small-town pool has proven to be a difficult task for the City in recent years. According to Deputy City Clerk Kelly Steinhoff, the issues of training and retaining the part-time pool lifeguards and managers has been a challenge to safe operations. The part-time workers at the pool typically clock 25-30 hours a week with a pay range of $12.50-$13.50 hourly. "Many teens find that they can earn more money with an agricultural job, or one with longer hours," she said, which makes...
The best part about getting ready for the Lion's Club Salmon Feed BBQ according to volunteer Dan McKinley? "All the great camaraderie between the Lion's Club members and the community," he said. "We have a lot of fun together." The most challenging aspect of preparing for an event that ultimately fed 750 people? "Making sure it's all set up – we've got a lot of ingredients to get ready, it can be quite the scramble," McKinley continued. "But we're getting better and better at it." A visit b...
"Our goal was to welcome people to a beautiful location, where they can listen to great music and experience a sense of community, " said Cheryl Hansen, owner of Stella's Homestead, the site of last weekend's Huichica festival. That goal was reached this past Friday and Saturday with the launch of this small scale family friendly festival. A dozen indie rock and folk acts performed, appearing on two stages. The scenic location along S. Fork Coppei Road is now an event space on what was the...
WAITSBURG-Artist Rachel Maxi is relaxing after a busy Labor Day weekend. Her latest work, Continuing Explorations, opened to a warm reception over the weekend at Art X Agent. The show, consisting of abstract paintings and sculptures, is a departure from her previous work yet maintains the same themes: landscape and architecture. Maxi has been pushing paint across canvas for over twenty years. She moved to Seattle in 1990 where, working as an art handler for Seattle Art Museum, her work grew...
WAITSBURG-If an artist is one who creates a composition with paint, photography or what have you, then a curator is an artist who paints with art. In a museum or gallery setting it is the curator's job to combine different works into a cohesive to-do. Waitsburg artist, printmaker Gail Gwinn has taken curatorial control over the gallery space at Ten Ton. "It's interesting to be on the other side of the wall," says Gwinn. Having had the experience of being an artist lends Gwinn insight into the...
