Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG -- Pam Conover and Joan Helm, representatives of the Walla Walla Columbia School Retirees, visited the Waitsburg Elementary staff meeting on Tuesday, March 18 to award two $100.00 mini-grants. Pam Nolan Beasley received a grant to purchase materials for early literacy and kindergarten readiness. Carol Clarke plans to share her mini grant with staff members by providing materials they would find useful in their classrooms. Twelve mini grants have been awarded this school year. Members employed at school districts in Walla Walla an...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg Elementary will hold kindergarten registration for the fall of 2014 during the week of March 31 - April 3. Registration will be in the Elementary office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. All children who turn five, on or before August 31 are eligible to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2014. A current immunization record and an official State birth certificate will be needed to register. Official Washington State birth certificates can be obtained at yo...
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 - The American Legion Post #35 Spring Conference will take place Sunday, April 6 at Town Hall. An RSVP lunch will be served at 1 p.m. Lunch is $12 and will include Pulled Pork and BBQ chicken, Boston Baked Beans, assorted salads and desserts. The Barnstormers will provide lunchtime entertainment. A memorial service will be held after lunch, followed by a meeting of the American Legion District 12 and a Meeting of the ladies Auxiliary. Legion Post #35 will have American flags (100% made in the USA) available for sale for a cost of $...
WAITSBURG - City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe congratulated Waitsburg's City Council and mayor at Monday night's City Council meeting, letting them know that no one had filed Declarations of Candidacy to run against them in this year's election. Ballots have been mailed out and will be tallied on April 7. Hinchliffe said a typical voter turnout in unopposed elections is about 20%....
BELLEVUE - Waitsburg's Barnstormers - Chris and Emma Philbrook, Robert Walsh and Sam McGowen -- joined over 30 bands and 200 musicians at Wintergrass - the "biggest and best" bluegrass festival in the country earlier this month. The Hyatt Regency Bellevue was home base for the four-day festival that draws Grammy and award winning artists as well as emerging artists and fans. Headliners included Tim O'Brien & Darrel Scott, the Cleverlys, Matuto and many more. "It's an amazing learning exp...
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 - The Waitsburg High School National Honor Society is hosting a Red Cross Blood drive at the Waitsburg High School gymnasium (420 Coppei Ave.) on Wednesday, March 19 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Call NHS Advisor Liv Leid at (509) 337-6351 to schedule an appointment....
WAITSBURG - The annual Commerical Club (Chamber of Commerce) meeting will be held March 18, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at Waitsburg Town Hall. At this annual meeting, next year's officers will be elected and the recipient of the Commercial Club Community Service Award will be announced. Mr. Jeff Broom received the award in 2013. Cheryl Skiffington, Columbia County Hospital Clinic Manager, will give an update on the Waitsburg Clinic. Meetings are open to the public and Commercial Club Members. The cost for dinner is $12.00 per person and there is...
Students have two weeks left to enter into Doodle 4 Google 2014. The winning artwork will be showcased on Google's homepage logo for millions to see and the artist will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and a $50,000 technology grant for their school. The contest is open until March 20th. Washington state students from K-12 are invited to enter doodles inspired by the theme: "If I could invent one thing to make the world a better placehellip;." More information, including all contest rules, are available at www.google.co...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WAITSBURG - It is not unusual for Waitsburg high schoolers to study alongside a student from a foreign country - learning about the exchange student's way of life while introducing them to American ways and local traditions. This year, for the first time in several years, Waitsburg is not host to an exchange student. With area exchange programs actively soliciting both host families and students interested in intercultural learning experiences, The Times decided to check in with last ye...
