Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Narum Concrete and Construction of Walla Walla set to work to excavate and replace the deteriorating foundation of the Wilson-Phillips House Museum last month. Several community members have stepped forward with donations to cover the cost of the project, but more are needed. The WP House Museum has been closed since last spring when inspectors informed the Waitsburg Historical Society that the home had structural damage and the foundation, which was causing the house to list to o...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Christian Church pastor Matt Wyatt regularly goes live on Facebook each day at noon when he gives a “Lunch Break” talk. Last Thursday, Wyatt announced that Lunch Break would be delayed while he dealt with some issues. He later went live to share that the church had been broken into the night before. Wyatt said he left the church at 9:30 Wed. night, following the Celebrate Recovery program. When he arrived back at the office late Thursday morning, Wyatt said he went strai...
Secondary Principal’s Report: -Teachers Garrett Leahy and Liv Leid shared about the new grade 7-8 Smarter Balance Assessment Class (SBAC) which was instituted to help students with scores on the Smarter Balance test. -Teacher Roseann Groom presented the new Attendance Matters program, organized to help prevent student absences and tardies. -A culture and climate survey will be posted on the district website for parents of high school parents to fill out to help with the school’s engagement review (formerly the accreditation review). -The six...
5 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon. 10:30 a.m. The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Bayne (Fiction) - From the author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man’s life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland. Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do, if eccentric, Dublin couple, Cyril is adrift in the world. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to kn...
More than 700 people filled the Don Thomas Community Building for the ever-popular Waitsburg Lions Club annual salmon barbeque. "It takes hundreds of volunteer man hours from Lions members, spouses, and others to make this happen," said club treasurer Kevin House. House said the event should net about $10,000 which will return to Waitsburg to support the community. Donations to individuals, group, clubs and support for the pool, schools, and athletic facilities are just a few of the causes the...
WAITSBURG – At a Sept. 6 special session Waitsburg’s city council gave City Manager Randy Hinchliffe the go-ahead to seek a $750,000 loan through Community Bank to be used for infrastructure repairs and updates. At their Sept. 20 meeting, the request was modified, directing Hinchliffe to seek a line of credit rather than a loan. The catalyst for the request is the need to re-line a leaking sewer siphon near the Touchet River Bridge. City Manager Randy Hinchliffe explained to the council that all the sewage from the east end of Waitsburg comes t...
Sept. 24 A man and woman on Academy St. were both arrested for willfully violating reciprocal orders for protection. Suspicious person reported on Morrow St. Possible order for protection violation. Sept. 13 Deputies responded to the 700 block of W 2nd Street in Waitsburg for a report of a burglary and theft....
PUYALLUP – Three members of the Waitsburg Home Grown Go Wild 4-H Club competed at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup last weekend after qualifying at local competitions. Timothy Daves, Sarah Daves, and William Hong all brought home state awards. Timothy Daves received first place awards in Public Speaking, Top Chef – Food for All Occasions, Top Chef – Formal Table Setting, Educational Poster, Environmental Stewardship, Color Photography and Black and White Photography. Sara Daves recei...
WAITSBURG – A childhood struggle with her weight and a family history of diabetes ignited a passion in Melissa Lambert to become an advocate for health and wellness. After being displaced from her position as the cardiac rehab lead at Walla Walla General Hospital when the hospital closed its doors, Lambert is looking to strike out on her own and will offer her services in Waitsburg and Dayton. Lambert’s passion for health and wellness grew from her personal experience, as did her belief in the i...
WAITSBURG – At last week's regular meeting, Waitsburg's city council not only made it perfectly clear where U-turns are and are not allowed in the city, but they imposed penalties for breaking the law. After a brief but lively discussion, council members commented that some general public education regarding U-turns and double lines would be beneficial. Unfortunately, that is easier said than done because some rules are more clear than others. U-turns Here is what drivers can count on, f...
-Passed traffic code and animal control updates. See story at left. -Adopted the updated Capital Facilities Plan -Approved city manager to seek a $750,000 line of credit for infrastructure financing. See story on Page 1. -Approved payment #4 on Main Street Bridge project. -Approved payment #1 on sidewalk project. Sidewalk project is estimated to be just over half completed. -Agreed to organize a grandstands task force and allow them three months to report on a repair/demolition plan and another...
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In spite of a nasty weather forecast, skies were sunny and the weather mild at Waitsburg's 45th Annual Pioneer Fall Festival on Sunday afternoon. Locals and visitors filled the Bruce House lawn, enjoying music, food, museum tours, a vintage fashion show, carriage rides, old-time skills demonstrations and more....
WAITSBURG – The wait is over for Waitsburg children eager to participate in the Walla Walla Community College preschool program held at the Waitsburg Elementary School. With nine children on the 2017-18 program wait list, Waitsburg School Board members unanimously approved the addition of an afternoon preschool session at their Sept. 14 board meeting. The cost of the additional session is approximately $28,000 and WWCC Early Childhood & Parent Education Director Samantha Bowen has submitted a grant to the Blue Mountain Foundation to cover $...
WAITSBURG – Do we see the fairgrounds as a historical site that we would like to maintain for the future or do we see it as an event and athletic site, but not necessarily historically important? That was the question posed by Fairgrounds Committee Chair Lane Hill at the opening of the committee's Sept. 12 meeting, which focused on whether the fairgrounds grandstands should be preserved or demolished. After hearing a presentation from Rick Nicely of Pillars of Society Woodworks, LLC, who said h...
Sept. 17 A male subject was arrested on Powell St. in Waitsburg on a Walla Walla County warrant. Deputies arrested a subject on a warrant and had additional charges on E. Fourth St. in Prescott. Sept. 16 Dispatched advised county units of a single-vehicle, non-injury collision in the 5000 block of Middle Waitsburg Road. Upon investigation the male driver was arrested for DUI. Sept. 15 A caller advised dispatch of a visibly intoxicated male and female arguing outside the Tuxedo Bar and Grill in Prescott. Sheriff’s deputies observed the s...
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WAITSBURG – Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner provided a quarterly service update to council members at their Aug. 16 council meeting. Statistics for the first six months of the year show 356 calls for service for the first six months of 2017, which is a higher mid-year number than previous years, Turner said. In 2016, total calls for service for the entire year were 532, which was up significantly from 247 in 2015, 352 in 2014, and 502 in 2013. A call for service is any call in to the department and they can run the gamut from welfare c...
WAITSBURG – Renowned “apple detective” David Benscoter will be in Waitsburg on Sept. 30 to visit with locals at a dinner fundraiser and to give a lecture about his lost apple discoveries. Waitsburg Tree Committee and city council member, Kate Hockersmith, read an article about Benscoter, who has discovered several varieties of lost apples, mostly in the Steptoe Butte area, and approached him about visiting Waitsburg. It turns out, Benscoter already had interest in coming to the area and jumped at the opportunity. Hockersmith was pleased to di...
10 WHS graduate, Jared Farley, received a pleasant surprise last week when he learned he had been awarded a $10,000 Milotte Foundation Scholarship. The award is funded by photographers and filmmakers, Alfred and Elma Milotte whose goal is to "perpetuate a passion for the natural wonders of our world." Walt Disney discovered the couple's work and commissioned them to film Seal Island and the Alaskan Eskimo, two films that launched Disney's True Life Adventure and People and Place series. The...
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Annual community event takes a step back in time WAITSBURG – On the third Sunday of each September, Waitsburg takes a step back in time to celebrate history with its one-of-a-kind Pioneer Fall Festival. This year's 45th annual celebration, to take place on Sun., Sept. 17, is shaping up nicely. The festival will begin at 11 a.m. with the traditional non-denominational church service held on the Bruce House Museum lawn. Waitsburg Christian Church pastor Matt Wyatt will officiate. Pioneers of t...
Sept. 10 At 1:10 a.m., deputies cited and released a male on Coppei Ave. and Preston Ave. for driving while license suspended....
Dixie farmer Bob Brock garnered some attention when he stationed himself holding a flag, alongside his Patriot Jeep, just outside Dixie on Monday, Sept. 11, in honor of Patriot's Day. Several people posted on Facebook asking who he was and we even received a call at The Times office, inquiring about him. Brock drove his jeep across the country to ride in the Washington D.C. Memorial Day parade earlier this year and has continued to honor veterans at parades and events since. He records many of...
New fall banners grace Waitsburg's Main Street, courtesy of the Waitsburg Historical Society. The banners welcome fall on one side and advertise the annual Pioneer Fall Festival on the other. The Waitsburg Celebration Days committee is planning to purchase winter banners, displaying a cardinal on a snowy branch, as well....
