Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Local families came together at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room on Saturday morning to prepare and deliver Thanksgiving dinner boxes as part of the third annual Kids’ Big Give. The group provided turkey dinners for 25 families this year....
WAITSBURG – Bev Rising addressed the Waitsburg Commercial Club last week to discuss Banner Bank and the conversion of Waitsburg's AmericanWest Bank to Banner Bank. Bev is the Dayton Banner Bank branch manager and was a teller for 23 years. Rising said that Banner Bank merged with AmericanWest Bank on Oct. 2 but the final conversion will not take place until February of next year. She said that federal regulations prevented Banner from taking over over the Dayton AmericanWest Branch because B...
8th grade High honors: 3.6 & above Logan Baker Grace Coulston Kirsten Miller Cason Nichols Kailyn VanPlake Honor roll: 3:25 & above Wyatt Bohlman Seamus House Braden Kitselman Kevin Murphy Bradley Sandau 7th grade High honors: 3.6 & above Koby Harris Riley Hubbard Teagen Larsen Annaka Moreland Karsyn Russell Hannah Sullivan Honor roll: 3:25 & above Zach Bly 6th grade 4.0 Kiley Curran Megan Forney High Honors: 3.6 & above Caleb Barron Charlie Judy McKenzie Lewis Braden Mohney Mya Wood Honor roll: 3.25 & above Theo Anderson Jessie Atteberry Alex...
WAITSBURG – At October’s city council meeting City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe was given the go-ahead to prepare the city’s 2016 preliminary budget to include adjustments to compensation and longevity benefits. Those adjustments are now up for discussion at a workshop scheduled for Mon., Nov. 30. With council members Marty Dunn and K.C. Kuykendall absent from the October meeting, the proposed changes were to be reviewed again this month. The preliminary budget came before the council, along with resulting proposed updates to the city...
WAITSBURG – Whether you want to give or receive, the due date to participate in Waitsburg’s annual Christmas basket program is quickly approaching. The deadline for filling out a donor or recipient card is Monday, Nov. 30. Families, groups, individuals, or businesses who wish to provide a Christmas basket to a Waitsburg family must fill out a donor card. Those wishing to receive a basket, or are aware of a family in need, should fill out a recipient card. The cards are available at the Waitsburg Presbyterian, Christian and Catholic chu...
Council members K.C. Kuykendall, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, Karl Newell, and Debra Callahan, and Mayor Walt Gobel were in attendance. Brandon Kelly presented a proposal to modify the fairgrounds horse track to host monthly car racing events. See story on Page 1. Held a public hearing on property taxes. Hinchliffe said there is basically no change to property taxes, based on current projected value assessments. Approved 2015-653 property tax resolution. Held a public hearing on 2016 preliminary budget. Next year will be a planning year with few...
Board members are: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, and Greg Zuger. All were present. First grade teacher Dinah Lindsey and kindergarten teacher Pam Beasley reported on their experience at the K-1 Literacy Retreat in Vancouver B. C. Both were enthusiastic and said that even after as many years as they have taught, they found changes they could make. They anticipate being able to have 90% of their students reading at grade level by second grade. Board approved an out-of-endorsement assignment for Gabe Keifel,...
Karl and Marianne Newell's grandchildren had plenty of laughs while jumping in the leaves during a visit with grandpa and grandma on Saturday....
PRESCOTT – The Prescott School District is actively seeking grants and donations to fund the renovation of the dilapidated and underused tennis and basketball courts located at the primary building playground, just across Highway 124 from the pool. The current facilities would be replaced with a middle school soccer field and a multi-sport court. "This project would provide much-needed space for our middle school soccer program and create a multi-sport playing surface that can be enjoyed by t...
WAITSBURG – At their October meeting, the Waitsburg City Council approved a design and engineering contract with the engineering firm Anderson-Perry for work on the city's Main Street Bridge. Anderson-Perry Technical Manager Howard Boggs discussed the beginning stages of the process ahead and explained the City will have decisions to make in the future. In June, the state legislature appropriated $1.7 million to replace the 90-year-old bridge that is a flood hazard for the city. Unfortunately, t...
WAITSBURG – "Richard Irvine from Hill Campbell married Eliza Hay from Horn Head." This one short line, in a tome of family history, was the lone clue that led Waitsburg resident Susan Donegan on a recent quest to Ireland in search of details to her maternal ancestry. After countless hours of research, Susan traveled to Ireland last month to see what she could learn firsthand. Within hours of arriving on the peninsula of Horn Head, through the kindnesses of a series of strangers, Susan had v...
The WHS Knowledge Bowl Team accepted an invitation from Lady Katherine of Akornebir, Baroness of Wastekeep (aka Kathy Carpenter), to serve during the Canton of Akernbir's yearly feast held at Waitsburg Town Hall on Nov. 14. The event included arts and skills championships, a rapier championship, and a tavern brawl for the honor of skullduggery. Knowledge Bowl members served a six-course meal including fried cheese curds, fruits, bear meat, chicken pottage, spinach pie, and cheesecake. The...
WAITSBURG – Jim Romine was added as a board member of the Waitsburg Town Hall Association at the association’s annual meeting on Thur., Nov. 12. New officer positions will be decided at the board’s Dec. 10 meeting. The board has been short one member since 2015 President Karen Mohney passed away last spring. Since then, Vice-president Ron Standring has served in her place. Both Rose Englebrite and Jim Romine put their names in the running for the empty volunteer board position. “As so often happens, the new guy won out over the one who has ser...
WALLA WALLA – Fourteen teams from six schools faced off their first Knowledge Bowl meet of the year at St. Patrick’s Church in Walla Walla on Tues., Oct. 20. Dayton placed second, just two points behind DeSales, who won the match. Waitsburg, Dayton, and Prescott KB teams were joined by DeSales, Clarkston, and Pomeroy at Tuesday’s match. DeSales 1 placed first with 80 points. Dayton1 and Waitsburg 1 were right behind with 78 and 76 points, respectively. The remaining teams placed as follows: Dayt...
WALLA WALLA – On Nov. 1, Robert Jackson was appointed Associate Superintendent of the West Complex of the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Jackson is a 1988 Prescott High School graduate and son of Jack and Yvonne Jackson of Prescott. Jackson, who is a member of the Department's Incident Management Team began his career at the WSP in 1991 as an intern with the Mental Health Program. He worked as a mental health counselor, then supervisor until 2003 when he was promoted to C...
WAITSBURG - Thousands of Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoeboxes packed with gifts and school supplies for children in Third World countries will be collected Nov. 16-23 at church relay centers across the country. In 2014, a total of 16,814 shoebox gifts were given by local donors, including 152 from the Dayton-Waitsburg area. The operation began 23 years ago by Samaritan's Purse, a Christian relief agency founded by Franklin Graham. Over 100 million shoebox gifts have been given to needy...
The Waitsburg Alumni Association is raffling a 7ft. double-fleece blanket, in Cardinal colors, with the proceeds going to benefit Coats for Kids. Raffle tickets are $1 each or 6/$5 and may be purchased from alumni association board members, at the alumni table during Hometown Christmas, or by calling Marge Benson at (509) 629-2988. A drawing will be held during Hometown Christmas on Dec. 6 and the winner need not be present to win....
The city crew will have the flowers out of the way just in time to start preparing for Hometown Christmas, which is the first Sunday in December each year....
WAITSBURG – With its cheery red, white, and green checked floors and the reflected light of stained glass bouncing off the soft green walls, it's no wonder Leslie Nichols has dubbed her stained glass studio her "happy place." The small getaway, carved out of a corner of the family shop, serves as an artistic sanctuary for the Waitsburg mom of four. Nichols said she has always been artistic but felt a particular draw to stained glass as a medium. "I just love all the colors and textures, and t...
WAITSBURG – The Q Wood-Fired Grill will be hosting a monthly Supper Club with the theme, "Around the World on Fire," featuring world cuisines that are cooked over an open flame. The first Supper Club event will be Nov. 21, featuring Argentine cuisine. The Q co-owner Sandy Kleck said the Supper Club meals will be more informal than the Winemaker Dinners currently hosted by The Q. "Each month we'll feature a meal from a country that cooks over an open flame such as Spain, Portugal, Korea, and B...
Pacific Power Regional Manager Bill Clemens (r) presented a check from $2,000 to Waitsburg City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe last week. The funds will be used toward the development of the new sports complex - including four Little League fields and a soccer field - at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. Development of the first Little League field should begin this year, with the remaining fields, including backstops and dugouts, added in 2016....
WAITSBURG - Many Waitsburg groups are offering families a helping hand this holiday season. Several are listed below for those in need or those willing to donate or lend a helping had. Waitsburg Resource Center: The Resource Center provides food and resource referrals to members of the Waitsburg and Prescott school districts. Families may visit once-a-month to receive non-perishable food, meat, potatoes, and eggs. The center accepts both food and monetary donations. Christmas Basket Donor Program: Families, groups, individuals or businesses...
Jan Cronkhite's home is a favorite stop for Waitsburg trick-or-treaters who can always count on a performance by her skeleton marionette, Aloysius (pronounced al-u-wish-es). The 81-year-old former Waitsburg librarian has been entertaining with marionettes since she before she was a teen. She began her role as puppet master when her mother gifted her with a pair of boy and girl marionettes when she was twelve. Cronkhite would perform, joined on stage by her cat, before the 500 members of the...
Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Reverand Bret Moser was recently honored with a free flight in a WII trainer plane for his service to our country. The flight was provided through Amvets of Walla Walla. The pilot, local farmer Mark Small, owns the plane and has recently given rides to Waitsburg residents Jack McCaw and Dave Morbach, as well. Small’s plane, a 1942 PT17 Stearman, is dedicated to his father, who was a pilot in WWII....
WAITSBURG – As cooler temperatures settle in and the holidays draw near, the Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) board is sending out a reminder that donations are always welcome. Recent emergencies have dramatically impacted national food assistance resources, which affects us locally and makes community support increasingly important. In a TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) email update titled "pretty slim pickins," Blue Mountain Action Council (BMAC) Food Bank Director Jeff Mathias e...
