Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – For Bill Fether of SteelFeather Auto, located at 615 Preston Ave., Christmas dreams came true a bit early this year. Fether is excited to announce that he has expanded his former one-bay shop to three bays, and he plans to install a lift within the next six months. Fether opened his shop just over a year ago, but said his business was relatively unnoticed until The Times ran a story on him last July. Fether said that once word got out, business started pouring in and hasn't stopped....
Saturday, Dec. 3 Waitsburg Town Hall 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Shop with local vendors 9 -11:30 a.m. Breakfast by Chef Jeff 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Lunch by Chef Jeff, Hot Cocoa, Coffee, Cookies 11 a.m. – Noon Cookie exchange 1-2 p.m. Children’s Cookie Decorating 1-2 p.m. Children’s Ornament Decorating 2-4 p.m. Framing Fables Acoustic Concert Waitsburg Elementary School 4 p.m. Turkey Bingo (Doors open at 3 p.m.) Main Street 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Vance Price Art Show - 10 Ton Press, 216 Main Sunday, Dec. 4 Waitsburg Town Hall 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Shop with local ve...
The WHS Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) wrapped up a sock drive last month and delivered 249 pairs of new socks to the Waitsburg Resource Center to be distributed locally. The students decided to become sole warmers when they learned that socks are one of the least donated items to shelters said advisor, Nancy Bickelhaupt. The next project on the FCCLA agenda is selling Waitsburg Cardinal Christmas ornaments....
WAITSBURG – The Greg Blake Trio, featuring Blake, Isaac Callender and Ellie Hakanson, will perform at Dynamite Coffee + Art (119 Main Street) on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project and Rural Youth Enrichment Services. Blake has been nominated twice for traditional vocalist of the year by the SPBGMA (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America), and is a five-time winner of the SPBGMA’s guitarist of the year. He is known as one of the true Appalachian stars of mod...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Christian Church will once again host a living nativity on the grounds of the Bruce Museum on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The nativity is an opportunity for the community to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Participants will provide a "living portrait" of the first Christmas. They will not act out the parts but will remain in a posture of reverence while clothed as those present at Christ's birth. There will be a few animals on the set to give an...
Council members KC Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karen Gregutt, Karl Newell, Kate Hockersmith and Mayor Marty Dunn were all present. -Unanimously opted to forego the one-percent property tax increase allowed by law. The increase would have added approximately $1,500 to the city’s coffers. -Unanimously approved a preliminary 2017 budget in the amount of $3,311,150. There are no major projects planned aside from the Main Street Bridge replacement and sidewalk repairs and additions. -Terry Hofer presented an update on the Fairgrounds RV park o...
WAITSBURG – The 2017 Waitsburg Celebration Days Queen has been selected and will make her official debut at the Hometown Christmas Parade on Sunday. Incoming queen Cheyanne Shoun will lead off the parade, riding alongside reigning WCD queen Emily Adams. Earlier this year, the WCD committee decided to move from an entire court to just a queen, due to cost, flexibility and lack of applicants. Cheyanne applied for the position, was recommended by WCD court advisor Ann Adams, and made a presentation...
WAITSBURG – Three Waitsburg High School musicians will play with the Walla Walla Symphony Youth Orchestra at their Winter Concert on Dec. 14. Tuba players Jacob Elder and Scott Leamy, and clarinetist Leena Baker, are looking forward to their first symphony performance. "I am delighted! What a special bunch of students," said WHS band director Brad Green, who plans to show support by taking a van-load of WHS band students to attend the concert. Seventeen-year-old Jacob Elder was the first to j...
The former Times publisher's family recalls his humility and devotion to his community WAITSBURG – It wasn't unexpected, but the void is large. Waitsburg is mourning the loss of former Times publisher and longtime civil servant Tom Baker, who passed away after an extended illness on Nov. 14. Tom not only spent 27 years writing about life in Waitsburg, but he gave wholeheartedly to the town and its folk, becoming a local institution, and leaving behind a lasting legacy. Tom grew up in Colorado a...
Commission vote is split 3-2 WAITSBURG – Following a Nov. 17 public hearing, the Waitsburg Planning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend rezoning property located at 503 W. 2nd, just off Highway 12, from residential to CR4 residential-commercial mixed-use. They plan to submit their recommendation, along with conditional use permit recommendations for the landowner, at the Dec. 21 city council meeting. The rezone was the result of an application submitted last spring, by property owner Marvin A...
8th Grade 3.25 & above Koby Harris Riley Hubbard Teagen Larsen Annaka Moreland 7th Grade 4.0 Megan Forney 3.25 & above Caleb Barron Kiley Curran Brayden Mohney Mya Wood 6th Grade 3.25 & above Hendrix Groom Blake Jones Sarabeth McGowen Monte Pettichord-Mathews Seazyn Russell Natalie Teal Zachariah Wood...
WAITSBURG – Each year, on the first weekend in December, Waitsburg families flock to Main Street to enjoy Waitsburg’s annual Christmas celebration. This will be Waitsburg’s 31st Hometown Christmas. Main Street will be decked out with a large community Christmas tree, decorated by Waitsburg students, in front of the Plaza Theater. Garlands and wreaths will hang festively from the light poles. Smaller themed trees, from the FFA’s Festival of Trees, will line the sidewalks. Saturday, December 3 On...
WAITSBURG – Local 4-H members were recognized in a Walla Walla County 4-H Achievement Night Award Ceremony at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds Community Building on Sun., Nov. 12. The Home Grown Go Wild group walked away with the Best Window Display award for their impressive display in the Ten Ton Press building window on Waitsburg’s Main Street. Timothy Daves received the Wayne Stambuagh Memorial Award, with Emily Adams receiving Honorable Mention. The award is given to members enrolled in a plant...
WAITSBURG - Former Times Publisher Tom Baker, passed away at Booker Rest Home Monday afternoon. He was 86. Baker co-owned The Times with his wife, Anita, from 1964 to 1991 and served as the paper’s editor and publisher during those years. Civic-minded Baker also served as the town’s mayor and actively participated in Commercial Club, Lions Club, and the Presbyterian Church, among others. For years, he wrote a personal column titled “TOMfoolery.” He bids his Waitsburg friends and family a personal good-bye in his final “TOMfoolery” column on P...
WAITSBURG – Final counts are in, and voters approved a $3.8 million bond to improve and upgrade Waitsburg school facilities with a 62.99% approval vote. The funds will be used to upgrade the HVAC system in all three schools, including adding air conditioning to the elementary school, renovating the school kitchen, and constructing a field house at the athletic field. The bond will also allow the district to access $40,000 in funds given by an anonymous donor for the construction of the field h...
WAITSBURG – "The last time I spoke before this student body was in 1967, when I had to give the valedictorian speech. I'm about as nervous now as I was then," said Dr. Lewis Neace as he addressed students and community members during a Veteran's Day program in the Waitsburg High School gymnasium last Thursday. The statement is surprising coming from a man who spent a good portion of his career parachuting behind enemy lines to rescue military personnel as commander of the 920th USAF p...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Leos and Lions Clubs joined together to collect 868 pounds of food for the Waitsburg Resource Center last week. The Resource Center donates approximately 7,000 lbs. of food to families in need each year. The food drive was organized as a competition between high school classes, with the seniors taking home the win by collecting 347 lbs. of non-perishables. The junior class came in second with 267 lbs. followed by the sophomores with 134 lbs. and freshmen with 130 lbs. S...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School seniorTimber Frohreich will be sworn in as Waitsburg City Council's student representative at the regular Nov. 16 council meeting. Frohreich said she applied for the position to take advantage of the opportunity to better learn how the community operates and runs. "Many of our students are deeply involved in our small town's life, and I'd like to become even more involved by joining the city council's team. I feel I am well prepared for this position from my e...
WAITSBURG – Visitors to Dynamite Art + Coffee, located on the north end of Waitsburg's Main Street, will be able to enjoy the art of Walla Walla artist Leiv Fagereng, whose works will be on display through Nov. 27. Fagereng's large, richly colored oil paintings are a feast for the eyes that provide food for thought. "I like to have more questions than answers in my artwork, which is why I give it a surrealistic twist. I appreciate hearing what viewers think of my work, more than what I have to s...
WAITSBURG – The doors to Hubbard Law Office remain open, but second-generation Waitsburg Attorney Michael V. Hubbard may be a little harder to find these days. He’s not retiring, but Hubbard said he is no longer keeping office hours. He is available by appointment, and will accept work on a case-by-case basis. Hubbard said the law office has been operated by a succession of attorneys since territorial days, according to late Waitsburg historian Bettie Chase. Hubbard will continue to meet wit...
If Waitsburg City Council member Karl Newell tells you a fish story, it just may be true! His son Eric submitted this photo of (l to r) Eric Newell, David Johnson, Karl Newell, and his friend Costas from Cyprus after a recent successful day fishing on the Clearwater River....
Waitsburg car collector, Herb Mettler, is a 2017 car calendar favorite WAITSBURG – It's a rare event for one collector to have three separate vehicles showcased in three different Hemmings Motors calendars in the same year. In fact, according to a Hemmings representative, this may be the first time in history that it has ever happened. The honor goes to Waitsburg vintage car collector Herb Mettler whose has a bright red '52 Ford pickup in the 2017 Vintage Pickups Calendar, a 1950 Buick S...
Darcy Weisner, Superintendent of ESD 123, presented a banner and a certificate to the staff and students of Waitsburg Elementary School to recognize the school as a School of Distinction on Oct. 18. Now in its 9th year, the School of Distinction awards were created to recognize the highest improving schools in Washington State. Above: The kindergarten class poses for a photo with the banner and cake....
WAITSBURG – When asked to pick one word to describe their experience attending last month's National FFA Convention, all four WHS attendees agreed that "breathtaking" best described the experience. "It was just amazing to see that huge sea of blue and gold jackets and to be reminded that we're a part of something bigger than what we're used to. And to know that, as members, we're contributing something to society through FFA," said Chapter FFA President Emily Adams. On Oct. 17 Adams, Loren N...
Board members Ross Hamann, Russ Knopp, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson and Christy House were all present. -Approved a $500 stipend for Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) advisor Nancy Bickelhaupt. The club is new to WHS as of 2015. -Approved a letter to the state stating that the school board believed superintendent Carol Clarke is qualified to lead the elementary school in its improvement efforts as part of the Priority Schools program. -Approved an athletic combine with Dayton for high school varsity and JV baseball. The...
