Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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May 16, 2018 Members: KC Kuykendall, Terry Jacoy, Kevin House, Jim Romine, Kate Hockersmith and Mayor Marty Dunn were all present. Public Comment: - Danielle Carpenter let the council know that she was willing to serve on a Parks and Recreation board if the board was resurrected. - Jim Davison said that it is time for a deadline to be set for making a decision regarding the fate of the fairgrounds grandstands. -Waitsburg Commercial Club President Joy Smith gave an update on the upcoming Waitsburg Celebration Days. Unfinished Business: -The...
WAITSBURG – The 'Burg will be hopping this weekend as folks come from far and near to participate in Waitsburg Celebration Days. The three-day event, held the third weekend in May, was organized as a placeholder for the former popular Days of Real Sport which featured horse racing at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. State spending cuts forced horse racing to fall by the wayside for smaller venues, but WCD organizers jumped in to offer another kind of ride. Karen's Ride, a poker run named in honor o...
WAITSBURG – The Bruce House Museum and adjoining Wilson-Phillips House, which features revolving displays, will be open to the public following the Waitsburg Celebration Days parade on Sat. May 19. Waitsburg Historical Society member, Mary Phillips, has been hard at work organizing a new display in the Wilson-Phillips House, featuring the history of the towns of Prescott and Lamar. Prescott native Mary Grant Tompkins, who donated several items in the display, will be on site at the museum to sha...
WAITSBURG – Luke Chavez and John Avery are hoping to celebrate in a big way over Waitsburg Celebration Days weekend: with the opening of their brand-new coffee shop. Ten Ton Coffee, located in the Ten Ton Press building on Waitsburg's Main Street, is slated to open this weekend. Renovating the building has involved a lot of blood and sweat (if not tears), and has been a true family endeavor. Chavez' mother, Lane Hill, allowed the partners to transform half of her building's first level into a w...
WAITSBURG – Jill Wood couldn't hold back the tears when she learned that she and her husband John had been selected the 2018 Waitsburg Celebration Days parade marshals. "It means a lot because of the history. We lived Days of Real Sport from the time the girls were selected to court in the spring until the end of September. Days of Real Sport was a huge part of our lives," said Jill, who spent 20 years chaperoning DRS courts with John by her side. John and Jill have strong community roots. T...
WAITSBURG – It takes a lot to keep a schoolkid's attention on a sunny Friday, but Allison Bond managed that minor miracle last week at Waitsburg Elementary. In the school cafeteria, 150 five-inch saplings sat in boxes on the tiled floor as Bond showed them off to an awestruck crowd of students. They'd each get to take one home, she explained, and plant it in celebration of Arbor Day. Soon, the tiny trees would grow as tall as the one by the school's front door. They'd clean the air and p...
WAITSBURG – In spite of a strong public response in favor of tearing down the Waitsburg Fairgrounds grandstands on an advisory ballot item vote last month, the Waitsburg City Council is still torn on how to move forward. The recurring action item was once again tabled on the April 18 council agenda in order to take a closer look at the possibility of reinstituting a Parks & Recreation District to raise funds for the fairgrounds. Of the 211 citizens voting on the April advisory ballot item, posed to gauge community opinion on whether to demolish...
Council members: KC Kuykendall, Terry Jacoy, Kevin House, Jim Romine, Kate Hockersmith; Mayor Marty Dunn; Student Representative Leena Baker were all present. New Business: -WWCSO Update: Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner presented statistics for 2017 calls for service and crime reports. A total of 576 calls for service (a call generated by dispatch and responded to by deputies) were placed in 2017 in Waitsburg. A total of 119 crime reports were submitted. The highest number of reported inc...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Commercial Club presented B.A. Keve with its 2018 Citizen of the Year service award on April 18, during the annual meeting and awards presentation at Waitsburg Town Hall. Emcee Larry Johnson described Keve as a "Waitsburg promoter" who is "passionate about our community." She is "extremely easy to like," and "would never intentionally offend anyone," he added. Keve was nominated by Cindy Standring, who described Keve as "the 'communicator' of Waitsburg." In her nominati...
WAITSBURG – “I love the idea of kids starting the day well-fed, and I love the idea of older students eating alongside younger students. The more I think about this, the more excited I get!” Those were the words of Waitsburg junior high and high school principal Stephanie Wooderchak during a discussion on food service at the April 19 school board meeting. Food Services Manager Susan Wildey approached school board members at their March 15 meeting requesting that they consider participating in the Provision 2 food program. The program provi...
Board members present: Christy House, Russ Knopp, Ross Hamann. Marilyn Johnson and Randy Pearson were absent. Secondary Principal’s Report: -Prom will be held April 28 at the Preston Hall gym. Dayton and Waitsburg will hold a joint prom. The prom will be held in Waitsburg with the theme “A Night in Paris,” chosen by Dayton. -The junior high band traveled to Dayton for a junior high mass band on April 19. -WHS students participated in the “Every 15 Minutes” program April 19-20. -Youth and Government students will travel to Olympia for the YMCA...
WAITSBURG – Two years ago, Waitsburg School District staff, administration and community members participated in a visioning process coordinated by Educational Service District 123, which oversees schools in southeast Washington. A top priority identified through that process, was that the Waitsburg district should not only educate and engage students, but also the community at large. In recent months, the district has made great strides in meeting that goal. In his first year as Waitsburg School District superintendent, Dr. Jon Mishra has o...
