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  • MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Oct 25, 2012

    Waitsburg Commercial Club Ye Towne Hall, Waitsburg (509)337-6533 1st and 3rd Tuesday At 6:30 p.m. Waitsburg Historical Society Call Anita Baker for More information: (509) 337-6157 Waitsburg Legion and Auxiliary For location information Call Ike and B.A Keve At (509) 337-6546 First Monday at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Lions Club Lions Memorial Building Scott Branson, President (509)337-8895 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Rainbow Girls Waitsburg Lodge #16 2nd St, Waitsburg Contact: Karen Mohney at (509) 337-8201 1st and 3rd Wednesday at...

  • AGENDAS

    Oct 25, 2012

    PRESCOTT SCHOOLBOARD When: October 25, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Where: 207 South AStreet Prescott Wa. Meeting to begin imme- diately following ES Additional items may be added to the agenda by the Principal and/or Superintendent Approval of September27, 2012 regular MeetingMinutes Report of the Association Report of the K-12 Prin- cipal and the Superintendent Business Items Info/Report Items Enrollment WP Combine Report Legislative report Student demographics - October 2012 Info/Discussion Items Review of Policy 4130 -Title I Parent Involvement MAP...

  • Proposal Cuts Coverage By 38%

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Oct 25, 2012

    WAITSBURG - The most recent contract proposal the Waitsburg City Council took a look at last Wednesday reduces the amount the city is paying the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office cur- rently by 36 percent and reduces services by 38 percent. Councilman KC Kuyken- dall told Sheriff John Turner last Wednesday that if the city of Waitsburg is already being patrolled in the deputies' daily beat, "I can't figure out for the life of me why we couldn't cut the contract." Kuykendall said for $125,000 a...

  • Homecoming Hoopla!

    Oct 18, 2012

  • MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Oct 18, 2012

    Waitsburg Commercial Club Ye Towne Hall, Waitsburg (509)337-6533 1st and 3rd Tuesday At 6:30 p.m. Waitsburg Historical Society Call Anita Baker for More information: (509) 337-6157 Waitsburg Legion and Auxiliary For location information Call Ike and B.A Keve At (509) 337-6546 First Monday at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Lions Club Lions Memorial Building Scott Branson, President (509)337-8895 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Rainbow Girls Waitsburg Lodge #16 2nd St, Waitsburg Contact: Karen Mohney at (509) 337-8201 1st and 3rd Wednesday at...

  • MARRIAGES

    Oct 18, 2012

    Bryan Petty to Mindy Morris on 9/03/2012 Tyson Kaup to Jocqueline Cheever on 9/01/2012 Virgen Diaz to Maribella Vargas-En- riquez on 9/07/2012 Ari Lopez-Munoz to Amber Webb on 9/01/2012 Luis Meza-Perez to Laura Rodriguez Perez on 9/01/2012 John Lamb to Helen Freer on 9/08/2012 Dustin Chantel to Maria Hellwig on9/09/2012 Scott Potter to Maria Melgoza on9/08/2012 Vecente Romero Villapondo to Wendy Castillo Perez on 9/09/2012 Abel Ureno to Ana Garcia Villagomez on 9/08/2012 Douglas Berry to Laura Prince on9/08/2012 Ricky Huxoll to Patricia Lopez...

  • MINUTES

    Oct 18, 2012

    Walla Walla JointCommunity DevelopmentAgency Board Meeting When: Wednesday,October 17, 2012 Meeting starts at 4:00 p.m. Where: County Public Health and Legislative Building Call to Order by Chair Clemens and roll call Public Comment Approval of minutes from Sep- tember 4, 2012 Approval of Agenda Action Items Old Business -MPO Update Establish WWJCDA as leadplanning agency for MPO (notjust interim) Review sample WSDOT- MPO agreement -TRAKiT Update New Business -Review 3rd quarter revenuereport -Review of August financialreport -Approval of...

  • Food Bank Needs Donations

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Oct 18, 2012

    WAITSBURG - As cold weather sets in, more fami- lies struggle to make ends meet and more families are turning up needing extra food at the Waitsburg Resource Center. Pastor Bret Moser of the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church said the center is now helping 10 more fami- lies than it did at this time in 2011. Bethany Moser, the chairwoman of the board for the center, said as of Septem- ber, the center is providing food and household necessities to 65 families in the Waitsburg area, or a total of 157...

  • New Fire Engine

    Oct 11, 2012

  • AGENDAS

    Oct 11, 2012

    Dixie School District No.101 When: Monday Octo- ber 8, 2012 6:30 p.m. Special Meeting Agenda I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Guests IV. Adopt Agenda V. Executive Session:REF: 42.30.110 Action/ Discussion Personnel Waitsburg SchoolDistrict No. 401-100 When: WednesdaySeptember 12, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. New Business CONSENT AGENDA:1) Minutes for September 12th Board Meeting 2) Accounts Payable 3)Payroll 4) Budget Statusreports REPORTS: 1) Elemen- tary Principal's Report 2)Secondary Principles Report 3) Athletic Director'sReport 4)...

  • Decorating Contest Kicks Off WP Homecoming Week

    Oct 11, 2012

  • MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Oct 4, 2012

    Waitsburg Commercial Club Ye Towne Hall, Waitsburg (509)337-6533 1st and 3rd Tuesday At 6:30 p.m. Waitsburg Historical Society Call Anita Baker for More information: (509) 337-6157 Waitsburg Legion and Auxiliary For location information Call Ike and B.A Keve At (509) 337-6546 First Monday at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Lions Club Lions Memorial Building Scott Branson, President (509)337-8895 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Rainbow Girls Waitsburg Lodge #16 2nd St, Waitsburg Contact: Karen Mohney at (509) 337-8201 1st and 3rd Wednesday at...

  • MINUTES

    Oct 4, 2012

    Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Monday October 1, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENTS -Allen Kopf, spoke on behalf of the library users Coalition, in response to the Commissioners' let- ter regarding removal of the Rural Library District Board of Trustees. He read the letter into record. -Caryl Clifton, Informa- tion re Carmella Addition and what she felt was a scam against Walla Walla County by developer Doug Majerus and tyler Morris. INTRODUCTION TO NEW EMPLOYEES: Vicki Davis, Health De- partment, introduced Janene Michaels and...

  • COMING EVENTS

    Oct 4, 2012

    WP Homecoming Week, Oct. 8-13 Monday: Toga Dress-Up Day, Pet Rock Judging Tuesday: Career Day Dress-Up, 12:10 p.m. as- sembly at the high school Wednesday: Athlete Day Dress-Up, 12:10 p.m. Assembly at the high school, Field Night for students and staff from 5:30 to 7 p.m., community is welcome Thursday: Musician Day Dress-Up, 12:10 assembly at the high school Friday: Spirit Day, 2:15 p.m. Assembly in the high school gym, community is welcome, Foot- ball Game versus Mabton at 7 p.m. Saturday: Homecoming Dane, 9 p.m. to midnight, pictures begin...

  • Witt Honored For 40 Years

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Oct 4, 2012

    WAITSBURG - After 40 years of working at the Waitsburg Grocery Store on Main Street, Beryl Witt is retiring. Witt, 74, also known lov- ingly in the store as "Berylie Buns" and " Beryl- ie Bird" was showered with hugs, praise and memories last Friday at the store. Grocery store patrons enjoyed cake and told Witt the store would be a different place without her. "The Waitsburg Grocery is not going to be the same," co-owner Trina Cole said. Witt said she moved to Waitsburg in 1948. She held down...

  • MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Sep 27, 2012

    Waitsburg Commercial Club Ye Towne Hall, Waitsburg (509)337-6533 1st and 3rd Tuesday At 6:30 p.m. Waitsburg Historical Society Call Anita Baker for More information: (509) 337-6157 Waitsburg Legion and Auxiliary For location information Call Ike and B.A Keve At (509) 337-6546 First Monday at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Lions Club Lions Memorial Building Scott Branson, President (509)337-8895 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. Waitsburg Rainbow Girls Waitsburg Lodge #16 2nd St, Waitsburg Contact: Karen Mohney at (509) 337-8201 1st and 3rd Wednesday at...

  • Waitsburg Kids Earn Ribbons At Puyallup Fair

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Sep 27, 2012

    WAITSBURG - Five Waitsburg students pre- sented demonstrations and illustrated talks at the biggest fair in the state the past two weekends. The students, Seamus House, Tom House, Drew Farley, Amy Farley and Jared Farley prepared their presentations and stood up and spoke in front of audiences the weekends of Sept. 15 and 16 and Sept. 22 and 23. And the kids performed well. For their presentations, Drew Farley earned a blue ribbon, Amy Farley earned a Special Merit ribbon, and Jared Farley...

  • AGENDAS

    Sep 27, 2012

    Port of Walla Walla Economic Development Advisory Committee Meeting When: Tuesday, Sep- tember 25, 2012; 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 2012 Economic Devel- opment Plan Small Business Devel- opment - Walla Walla Small Business Development Center Activity -Small Business Devel- opment Center - New Office Space Economic Profiling -Economic Monthly Indicators Existing Business Retention/ Expansion -Presentation - Railex - Jim Kleist, Senior Vice President of West Coast Operations -Update on Alaska Air -Small Community Air Service Development Grant Busine...

  • Christy Poirier To Earn Top FFA Award

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Sep 27, 2012

    WAITSBURG - Af- ter four years as an FFA rock star at Waitsburg High School and touring the country as an agricultural representative for one year, Christy Poirier is now earning the highest honor in FFA - the American Degree. "I promised myself I would get an American degree," Po- irier said. And she sure did. Poirier is off in late October to the National FFA Conven- tion in Indiana to receive her award. According to the FFA web- site, "The American FFA Degree is awarded to FFA members who...

  • Board Says No To Library Annexation

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Sep 27, 2012

    WAITSBURG - The Weller Public Library won't be annexed into the Walla Walla County Rural Library District anytime soon. Waitsburg City Adminis- trator Randy Hinchliffe said last Wednesday he received a letter from the library board of the Weller Public Library saying the board is not interested in annexing the city into the rural library district. The Times asked for a copy of the letter and Hinchliffe responded the correspondence "it is more or less just a handwritten note indicating the Library's Board desire not to join the Rural Library...

  • Pastor’s Airplane Dreams Come True

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Sep 20, 2012

    WAITSBURG - For one Waitsburg pas- tor, building an air- plane is a once-in-a-lifetime dream. Pastor Bret Moser of the First Presbyterian Church will be spending the next year of his life building an engine and putting the fin- ishing touches on a replica of the World War II Trainer Tiger Moth tandem airplane. Moser said this kind of plane was the first airplane that ca- dets in Canada and England trained in for battle. His plane is about 80 percent the size of the original. Moser doesn't plan...

  • Secretary Of State Visits Waitsburg

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 20, 2012

    WAITSBURG - After more than 40 years work- ing in Washington State government, 23 of which as an elected official, Sec- retary of State Sam Reed is ready to retire. But before his replacement is sworn in on Jan. 16 next year, Reed took one last tour of the state he spent his career serving. Reed toured the Bruce Mansion Wednesday, Sept. 12, during his visit to Waitsburg and said small towns are often underap- preciated. Reed said his experi- ence in the political system gave him an appreciation...

  • MINUTES

    Sep 20, 2012

    Waitsburg School Board Sept. 12, 2012 Board Members Present: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Greg Zuger I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Consent Agenda: Ap­proved IV. Reports Elementary Principal's Re­port: Dr. Carol Clarke *The elementary school had a meet and greet with parents *The Intermediate Classes are helping children learn to keep schedules and organize themselves, kids say the day goes by more quickly *The sixth grade class is heading to Camp Wooten later this month Secondary Principal's Re­port: St...

  • History Shines In Waitsburg’s Pioneer Fall Festival

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 20, 2012

    WAITSBURG - Locals and tourists flocked to the Bruce House Museum Sunday to im­merse themselves in Waitsburg history at the Pioneer Fall Festival. Sales and events up and down Main Street brought locals and people from out of town out to see the fare. The Bruce House and the Wilson-Phillips House run by the Waitsburg Historical Society was open for most of the day for festival-goers to tour. In the lawn around the museum, pioneer-themed vendors and ex­hibitions kept the audience mov­ing while lo...

  • Board Says No To M&O Levy For Staff

    Jillian Beaudry, The Times|Sep 20, 2012

    WAITSBURG - The Waits­burg School Board decided last Wednesday night it would not be running a maintenance and operations levy this school year to maintain current staffing lev­els, as was suggested. Each school year, the school board adopts a list of goals it would like to carry out. Su­perintendent Dr. Carol Clarke said she shared the board's draft goals with the district staff members and it was suggested that the school board ask the taxpayers this school year to pay an extra tax to keep the cur­rent staff members employed at the dis...

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