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Waitsburg Scholarship Awards
JACOB DUNN Exchange Club Youth of the Year $1,000 Exchange Club Youth fo the Year for the Northwest District $1,500 Council 2 Union Scholarship $5,000 Washington State University $3,000 Waitsburg Lion’s Club Scholarship in Memory of Tom Baker $...
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Jacob Dunn is WHS Valedictorian, Taylor Hays is Salutatorian
WAITSBURG – Thirty-three seniors will end their high school careers with a walk down Kison Court during Waitsburg High School's 121st commencement ceremony on Friday. Baccalaureate will be held at t...
2017 WHS Alumni Reunion & Banquet
WAITSBURG - More than 130 alumni, friends, and family members attended the 113th annual Waitsburg Alumni Reunion and Banquet held at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room on Sat., May 27....
Veterans are Remembered
WAITSBURG – This year's annual American Legion/Auxiliary Memorial Day Service included the addition of two names, Mel R. OpBroek and John A. Lanning, to the memorial wall, and included a muster for g...
Jacob Dunn in Running for National Exchange Club Youth of the Year
WAITSBURG – WHS senior Jacob Dunn was named 2016-17 Walla Walla Exchange Club Youth of the Year male recipient, receiving $1,000 towards his higher education. He also won the Exchange Club N...
Waitsburg City Council Update
Council members KC Kuykendall, Terry Jacoy, Kevin House, Jim Romine, Kate Hockersmith, and Mayor Marty Dunn were all present -Kevin House was unanimously voted to retain his role as Mayor Pro Tem. -Unanimously approved a pay increase for pool...
Celebration Days Parade
Sunny skies and warm temperatures made for an enjoyable and well-attended Waitsburg Celebration Days weekend. Residents and visitors enjoyed live music, a festive parade, Classic Auto Show, Historic...
Jim Davison is 2017 Community Service Recipient
WAITSBURG – The late Tom Baker has held the honor of awarding the Waitsburg Commercial Club's Community Service Award for many years. While he wasn't present in body this year, he was very much p...
College Signing Day
Prescott High School held their first-ever college signing ceremony during a pep assembly on May 19. JP Thew opened the assembly by saying that Prescott has the highest number of students showing...
Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office Daily Press Board
May 17: Civil issue over property line fence and strawberry plants on West St. May 20: A female called to report her brother had pushed her before he left her house, on Orchard St. Deputies responded to a call on Buttercup Lane for a possible...
Mel McWhorter Retires after 30 Years at WHS
WAITSBURG – After 30 years teaching in Waitsburg, Mel McWhorter will be the third long-time staffer to retire from the Waitsburg School District this summer. Mc Whorter, a favorite among students, w...
Waitsburg Celebration Days 2017 Parade Winners
Royalty 1st – Columbia County Fair Court – Barn in the USA 2nd – Milton-Freewater Pioneer Court 3rd – Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days Court Riding – Youth Group 1st – Walla Walla Wagonettes Riding Group – Adult 1st – Blue Mountain Riders 2nd – Be...
Waitsburg Classic Auto Show 2017 Winners
Best of Show – 1946 Chevy Coupe with Teardrop Camper/Dan & Brenda Reisch Pre ’48 Stock Car – 1928 Ford Model A/JT Carlyle Pre ’48 Custom Car – 1947 Ford Coupe/Bill Stark Post ’48 Stock Car – 1958 Yoeman Station Wagon/Bob Daschofsky Post ’48 Cust...
Howard and Dona Jean Smith are 2017 WCD Parade Marshals
The Smith family has farmed in Waitsburg since 1919 WAITSBURG – Because she has never driven a truck, and has sat in the saddle only one time (and immediately wanted off!) Dona Jean Smith said she was...
Structural Damage Closes W-P House
WAITSBURG – Members of the Waitsburg Historical Society received some unwelcome news while trying to be proactive about maintaining the Bruce Museum Complex properties. Inspectors discovered s...
Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office Press Board
May 3: At approx. 1900 hours, a victim was bit by an unknown dog at his residence on Kinnear St. in Waitsburg, sustaining injury. May 6: Dispatched to a physical domestic on Shelton Dr. in Prescott. Victim stated his wife became jealous after...
Patriotic Send-Off
Community members gathered outside Waitsburg Town Hall on Saturday morning, May 13, to celebrate with Dixie resident Bob Brock as he kicked off his cross-country Patriotic Jeep Tour. Brock will end...
Carol Clarke Retires after 13 Years in Waitsburg
WAITSBURG – Carol Clarke has faced and overcome many challenges in her life, but when it comes to retiring she's already chalked it up as a "fail." The school district superintendent and elementary sc...
Waitsburg Alumni Banquet is May 27
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Alumni Association will host its 113th annual reunion and banquet on May 27 at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room. A meet-and-greet will take place from 5-6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. The dinner is o...
Lions Ladies
Behind every bunch of good men, you're sure to find a bunch of good women! At right are some of the ladies that pitched in to help make a successful Waitsburg's Annual Lions Club Rib Feed held last...
Celebration Days is May 19-21
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Celebration Days, held the third weekend each May, is just around the corner. The weekend, May 19-21, promises fun for everyone, with a parade, car show, brewfest, bonfire, ATV e...
Sprucing Up Main Street
Members of the Waitsburg Garden Club were busy planting the Main Street planters this year. Members welcome passers-by to keep the planters looking lovely by deadheading plants as they walk by and...
4-H Food Gatherers
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg 4-H Corral Wranglers and the 4-H Penpals recently held a friendly but competitive food drive last week, bringing in a total of 815 pounds of non-perishables to the W...
