Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG -- Last Saturday, Daytonites ushered in the holiday season with the Christmas Kickoff. This weekend, Waitsburgers will do the same with the celebration of Hometown Christmas. Wherever you live, this means it's about time to start planning your family's Christmas celebration, stringing the lights, and buying gifts. I'm no better at baking a ham than you are, and my lighthanging skills leave a lot to be desired. But I'm happy to offer these tips for selecting, purchasing and giving that...
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners Monday, Nov. 26, agenda *9:30 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Chairman Tompkins a) Roll call and establish a quorum b) Declarations re: confl ict of interest c) Pledge of Allegiance d) Public comment period (time limitations may be imposed) e) Action Agenda Items: 1) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms f) Consent Agenda Items: 1) Resolution __________ - Minutes of County Commissioners' sessions of November 19 and 20, 2012 2) Approving County warrants as follows: 4135037 through 4135270 totaling...
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Monday November 19, 2012. Tuesday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday's workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Monday .ACTION AGENDA : 1) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms. 2) Resolution - Declaring certain equipment as surplus. .ACTIVE AGENDA: 1) possible discussion/ decision re: any pending claims against the County .CONSENT AGENDA: 1) Resoluti...
PRESTON HALL HONOR ROLL BASED ON TERM 1 GPA 8th Grade 4.0 Jacob Dunn Taylor Hays 3.25 or Above Analisea Araya Aisy Pope Jade Alleman Emily Adams Selina Mercado Jasmine Foxe Lexi Brannock Taylor Spoonemoore Nathan aronson Morgan Forney Dylan Knowles Landon Callas Collette Ray Kyle Gradwohl Nick Kitselman Joe Leamy Julia Taylor Cameron Terry 7th Grade 4.0 Leighton Dorman Chloe Pearson 3.25 or Above Clarissa Espana Korben Duffy Tyler Wood Iris Turnipseed Taylor Jones Tom House Robert Walsh Sam McGowen Gilian Pope Anna Nerf Brandon Boudrieau Cade...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg FFA has come up with a new way to spread Christmas cheer through the town. Students and FFA members Heidi Miller and Kim Hamann asked the Waitsburg City Council last Thursday whether it would a Festival of Trees event to run from Dec. 2, to coincide with Hometown Christmas, and to end Dec. 31. "It's something bright and special," Miller said. FFA Adviser Nicole Abel said the topic of the Festival of Trees came up at a meeting and all of the students liked the idea and voted to try to make it happen this year to gi...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council last Thursday took a look at a proposed budget for 2013 that doesn't include property tax or utility hikes and provides dedicated raises for city employees for the first time in four years. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said last Thursday night the draft budget includes work to Seventh Street in 2013, the proposed amount for the new contract with the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office and small additions like new turnouts for the fire department. The city will also continue to fund work on th...
WAITSBURG COMMERCIAL CLUB Regular Meeting Minutes November 6, 2012 The flag salute and prayer preceded the lasagna dinner and apple pie and ice cream dessert. 22 people were served. Laurette McCaw's name was drawn for the quarter pot for $13.00. She was present. The business meet- ing was convened at 7:05 p.m. by President Joy Smith. She introduced Rose Engelbrite of the American Legion Auxiliary who conducted a muster for Ty Savelesky who will be joining the Navy later this month. He intro- duced his grandparents Laura and George Tolman and...
WAITSBURG - For 66 years, Waits- burg's Ivan Keve, now 91, has been trekking into the local hills with family mem- bers and friends on elk hunting trips filled with brotherhood and fun. Keve's family has deep roots in the Touchet Valley. His great uncle Jacob Keve left Germany in 1864 and came to the United States. In 1889, he brought his brother, sister- in-law and two children out to what would become the Keve homestead on Jasper Mountain, southeast of Waitsburg, in 1889. When Ivan Keve was...
WAITSBURG - When Allison Bond and Bruce Donohue lit up Waitsburg's Main Street with paper bag luminaries last November, they didn't know their act of thanks for their new community would turn into an annual event. But, the lighting of the luminaries on Main Street will take place again this year on Nov. 19. The display reaches back to the ancient Hispanic tradition of luminaria as a gesture of reciprocal kindness to the entire community. "We're just pleased that everybody enjoyed," Bond said of last year's display. This year, Bond and Do...
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Tuesday November 13, 2012. Tuesday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday's workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Monday .ACTION AGENDA : 1) Resolution - Request by Walla Walla County Fire District No. 4 to annex certain property. 2) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms. 3) .ACTIVE AGENDA: 1) Possible discussion/ decision re: any pending claims agains...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School and Preston Hall students honored local veterans, past and present, in an intimate celebration in the school auditorium last Friday. As guests entered the auditorium, the students were quiet and respectful. Teacher Roseann Groom had collected photos of local veterans and those photos were on display in a slideshow on a large television on the stage. Band Director Brad Green motioned to the photos and told the students "These people flashing on the screen...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg's Michaela Nordheim came away from the Make It With Wool competition in Yakima Oct. 27 with a new sewing machine. Nordheim was the senior alternate winner and she tailored a plum jacket and skirt. The competition was held in conjunction with the annual convention of the Washing- ton State Sheep Producers Association. The contest and fashion show involved 16 contestants who modeled garments they had sewn with fabric that was at least 60 percent wool. The Washington Make...
WAITSBURG -- Boy Scout Troop 305 of Walla Walla will hold an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Alex Leathers on Saturday Nov.10 at 2 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Christ Lutheran Church, 1420 S. 2nd in Walla Walla. This high- est award in scouting is achieved through merit badge and rank advance- ment, training in leadership, citizenship, camping and survival skills, community service hours and an Eagle Service Project. Leathers' project involved the building and installation of fishing line...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical So- ciety recently received a $1,000 grant to make some major headway on a new exhibit at the Wilson- Phillips House. Jeff Broom, the presi- dent of the group, said the Blue Mountain Community Foundation gave the money to the society to help it complete an ex- hibit in the Wilson-Phillips House garage on Waits Mill, the town's namesake. The society applied for the grant last spring, Broom said, and now the group will focus on getting some work done on the ex- hibit this winter. "We'll do it as we find the...
Prescott Joint Park and Recreation Dis- trict Board Commissioners Meeting When: Monday, No- vember 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Where: PJPRD Activ- ity Center, 101 S. D St. Suite A; Prescott WA Mission Statement: The mission of PJPRD is to provide recre- ational and educational activities for persons living within the boundaries of the Prescott School District and nearby/adja- cent communities. Approval of Agenda- November 2012 Regu- lar Meeting Approval of Minutes- October 2012 meeting Introduction of guest present Public Comments- (Limited to 3...
WAITSBURG - The Leos Club at Waitsburg High School is hoping you'll clean out your cup- boards, do an extra grocery run or write a check to help meet its goal of collecting 500 pounds of food on Thursday, Nov. 8. Leos Club President Emma Philbrook said the club will split the community into four equal parts and each part will be assigned a class at the high school and the food drive will be turned into a class competition. "The class with the most - wins," Philbrook said. Each group of students...
WAITSBURG - Cans for a penny drive and other fundraisers are popping up around Waitsburg for the Preston Hall students who are trying to pay their way to Washington, D.C. Teacher Maddie Martin said right now she has three kids and three adults who have signed up to raise $2,000 a piece to travel to the East Coast to learn more about the country's history next spring. The group will leave on the trip June 18-22. The $2,000 covers airfare, room and board and the tours the group will take part of. The tour group will spend two days in...
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Monday October 29, 2012 and Tuesday October 30, 2012. Monday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Monday .ACTION AGENDA 1) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms. 2) Resolution - Application of Bergevin Williams/Old Lowden Ditch Company for a franchise to construct, operate, and continue to maintain an irriga...
WINTER SPORTS MEETING WAITSBURG -- A Winter Sport Meeting for WP parents and athletes will be Nov. 5 at the WHS Auditorium at 7 p.m. All athletes who plan to go out for girls and boys basketball or wrestling are encouraged to attend. Come meet the coaches, go over game and practice schedules and make sure all athlete paperwork is complete so athletes can begin practice November 13....
SEATTLE – Normally, it would be the kind of notoriety a small town wants to avoid: A murderer rents a home on a quiet leafy street as his base of operation to knock off a former lover and pin the blame on her ex- husband. But that’s only if the story were true. In the case of “Killer Cuvee,” a new book by Steven Wells, it’s harmless fiction and Waitsburg is merely an edge-of-the-wine country backdrop to a larger plot that unfolds thrillingly in Walla Walla, Seattle and London. Wells, who lives...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council last Wednesday night voted to raise a tax levied when property in the city is sold to raise about $10,000 to help operate the city pool. A public hearing was held last Wednesday be- fore the vote, but no citi- zens commented on the tax. The tax is real estate excise tax that is typically paid by the seller when property in Waitsburg is sold. The rate of the tax was previously a quarter of one percent, or $2,500 on a $100,000 home and is paid with the...
