Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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More than 300 dancers and 25 drum teams will celebrate their heritage at the 20th Annual Pow Wow to take place at Wildhorse Casino July 4 - 6. Dancers will perform traditional dances Friday, July 4 from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 5 from 1 p.m. to midnight and Sunday, July 6 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Vendors will offer native arts and crafts, apparel and food. The event is free and open to the public....
WAITSBURG - When Imbert Mathee, former publisher of The Times, interviewed artist Gail Gwinn last August, Gwinn wasn't yet ready to display her art publicly. The move from Whidbey Island to Waitsburg, followed by home renovations and the building a studio left her needing time to ease back into her art. Time must have done its restorative work because Gwinn's works are now on display at both the Coppei Café and Treasure Artists Cooperative next door. Gwinn once painted photorealistic...
WAITSBURG - Well-wishers bid a fond farewell to Coppei Café owner Allison Bond, while serving up a warm welcome to new operators Emry and Sandy Kleck, at Sunday night's welcome/ farewell party. The café was filled with patrons who mingled, visited and laughed as they enjoyed good drinks and tasty tri-tip. "It was a great party! We even had people stop in who had never been down before," said Bond. Emry Kleck prepared specially seasoned tritip steak on his custom grill before a rotating a...
WAITSURG - Coach Jeff Bartlow wrapped up his 15th Kids Football Camp last week, and deemed it a "huge success." Thirty-five athletes participated in what Bartlow describes as "a rich tradition and one that the kids love to be a part of." Players work on basic skills as well as teamwork and sportsmanship. The camp was split into two sessions. Mornings were dedicated to offense (catching, throwing, running and blocking) and special teams (kicking, punting and snapping). Athletes then play two 7x7...
STARBUCK - The July Christian Women's Connection meeting will take place from 10 a.m. to noon at Judy Jackson's Yard at 825 Jackson Lane in Starbuck, Wash. Lunch is $10 and will be catered by the CWC Committee. Nancy Soltz of University Place, Wash. will be speaking. Sotlz is a former corporate secretary and travel agency owner who will speak on learning how to cope with the unexpected happenings of life. She will share about discovering, at age 15, that she was adopted and later finding her birth mother. She talks about being a wideow and how...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Resource Center will be hosting a Knock Out Boredom! (KOB) program with free summer fun activites, through the month of July. Activities will take place in the Waitsburg church basement and side yard on 6th and Main Street and are open to school age children in grades K - 12. The programs will run from 10 - 11:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week. Those who choose, may go straight from the program to the elementary school sponsored free lunch at the school cafeteria that runs from 11:30 a.m. to noon each...
WAITSBURG - Emma Philbrook - like most students - is quite familiar with the phrase, "Be all you can be." But her experience at Girls State last week left her walking away with the realization that she could be even more than she thought she could be - or at least something different. That and the state level Samsung American Legion Scholarship. Philbrook left for Evergreen Girls State, held at the Central Washington University campus in Bellingham, Wash., on Sunday, June 15 and returned home...
June 11, 2014 Meeting Council members Marty Dunn, Kevin House, Karl Newell and Deb Callahan and Mayor Walt Gobel were present with councilman K.C. Kuykendall absent. New Business: -Awarded Main Street ADA Retrofit project to Moreno & Nelson Construction for the lowest responsible bid of $152,360 with add alternate school district parking lot driveway bid of $4822. - Approved six- year transportation plan. Focus is on sidewalks and general street maintenance and possible bridge replacements. Heard visibility concerns regarding trees blocking...
BEEF Drew Farley: Reserve Champion Intermediate Showman, Reserve Grand Champion Showman Jared Farley: Champion Senior Showman Bonnie Laib: Champion FFA Showman, FFA Champion Junior Market Steer Sadie Seney: Reserve Champion Junior Market Steer Tayven Seney: Champion Intermediate Showman, Grand Champion Showman, Champion Junior Market Steer SHEEP Codi Armstrong: 4-H Champion Junior Market Sheep Kimmie Hamann: FFA Champion Junior Market Sheep, Champion FFA Showman Ashleigh Hubbard: Reserve Grand Champion 4-H Showman, Reserve Champion...
DAYTON - It's that time of year again, when the gentlemen of the Touchet Valley lay down their daily tools and pick up their clubs to defend the honor of their respective communities. The fourth annual Touchet Valley Rider Cup kicks off at the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton on June 27. The winning team at the end of the three-day, four-round tournament will bring the cup home for another year. Dayton has won the Ryder Cup each of the three years it's been held. Dayton captain Kim Lyonnais...
WAITSBURG - A good many local dads spent this Father's Day weekend lending a hand to the exhibitors and organizers of the Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair that took place at the Waitsburg fairgrounds on June 14 and 15. Fair President Sandra Farley estimates that approximately 70 exhibitors participated in the event. This longstanding Waitsburg tradition -- originally known as the Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show - formally changed its name to the Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair several years...
Dakota Baker: Waitsburg Teachers Organization $500. Attends WWCC. Zach Bartlow: Charlotte Mikkelson Memorial Scholarship $750. Attends Eastern Oregon University. Christy Piorier: Joe Mc- Coqn/Wait-Hi Scholarship $1,000, William & Delora Harpe Scholarship $500. Attends WSU. Allie Wooderchak: Patricia K. Hubbard Memorial Scholarship $1,000, Odako Club Scholarship $750. Attends Boise State University. Blue Mountain Community Foundation Alumni Scholarships: Fletcher Baker: Earl & Lucille Blake Scholarship $1.500 Zacharie Brown: Earl & Lucille...
Class of 2014 4.0 GPA Rebekah Adams Meara Baker Nathan Bartlow Chelsey Brannock Heidi Miller Nicholas Pearson 3.25 and above GPA Kyle Dozier Enedina Fuentes Kimberly Hamann Trenton Kitselman Garrison Martin Katelynn Martin Class of 2015 4.0 GPA Hannah Grant Talen Larsen Emma Philbrook Tyler Shafer 3.25 and above GPA Devin Acevedo Luke Gales-Alexenko Michael Grant Chance Leroue Sofia Mercado Paige Wood Class of 2016 3.25 and above GPA Stuart Walsh Alexandra Hallee Class of 2017 4.0 GPA Jacob Dunn Skylar Wood 3.25 and above GPA Emily Adams Jared...
I 've only called Waitsburg home for twenty-odd years - a newcomer by old timer standards. But I married into my husband's family where roots on both sides of the ancestral tree - Woods and Smiths - run deep in Waitsburg's soil. As these early families expanded in size, remaining in the area to marry into other local families who were likewise enamored by Waitsburg's call to "home," those roots sent out shoots and vines, intertwining and connecting one person to another through family,...
6th Grade English: Kylee Laughlin, Joslin Haggins 6th Grade Math: Tayven Seney, Kira Boggs 6th Grade Science:Tayven Seeney, Kylee Laughlin 6th Grade Social Studies: Tayven Seney, Kylee Laughlin, Alex Jenkins 7th Grade Math/Pre-Algebra: Kailey Newhouse, Jacob Breaux, Rebecca Smith, Tatumn Laughery, Jalen Sturgill, Neylan Bryan 7th Science- Jacob Breaux, Tatum Laughery, Kailey Newhouse 7th Grade PE: Paige Aukerman, Jaclyn Carey, Kailey Newhouse, David Sandoval 7th Grade English: Jaclyn Carey, Logan Crawford, Shaelyn Fortier, Tatum Laughery,...
English: Taylor Hays (9), Stuart Walsh (10), Hannah Grant (11), Heidi Miller (12) Social Studies: Lexi Brannock (9), Alex Hallee (10), Luke Alexenko and Emma Philbrook (11), Heidi Miller (12) Math: Skylar Wood, Jacob Dunn, and Taylor Hays (9), Stuart Walsh (10), Emma Philbrook (11), Nick Pearson (12) Ag Education: Jacob Dunn (9), Alex Hallee (10), Devin Acevedo (11), Nate Bartlow and Kavan Kuykendall (12) Family and Consumer Science: Selina Mercado (9), Stuart Walsh (10), Hannah Grant (11), Kyle Dozier (12) Science: Jacob Dunn (9), Stuart...
-Rebekah Adams: Walla Walla Community Foundation Farrier Science Scholarship $1,200, Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Royalty Scholarship $1,000. Will attend WWCC. -Nathan Bartlow: WWCC Foundation's Board of Governor's Award of Diligence Scholarship $3,000. Will attend WWCC. -Kimberly Hamann: Waitsburg Booster Club $500, Waitsburg Fireman's Association Scholarship $500, Ernest Rohde Scholarship $1,000. WWCC Rasty & Nona F. Ketcherside Foundation Scholarship $1,500. William & Delor Harpe...
WAITSBURG - American Legion Post #35 will dispose of any flags that are worn out and need to be retired. Contact Ron Standring at (509) 520-9350....
WAITSBURG - The Board of Directors of the Waitsburg School District will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, prior to the regularly scheduled Board Meeting at 7 p.m. The purpose of the work session is to review and discuss the alternate bid for the City of Waitsburg's Main Street Sidewalk Project. The Board will then take action on the bid during its regular meeting....
WAITSBURG - This Saturday there will be a yard sale to benefit middle school students wanting to attend Wyldlife Camp. Wyldlife provides young people the opportunity to discover their purpose in life through developing relationships with caring, supportive adults who share the love of Christ. The yard sale will be held at 325 Main Street in Waitsburg from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. "Come find something to repurpose so that our young people can find their purpose in life."...
WAITSBURG - "Blast- Off! Launching Kids on a Mission of God's Love" is the theme for this year's joint Christian Church and Presbyterian Church VBS which will take place June 20 - June 22, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The program is open to all children ages three through fifth grade. Pre-register by calling Bethany Moser at (509) 337-6385....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Elementary School students wrapped up the school year by raising over $500 in their second annual Walk for Water fundraiser. Kindergarten teacher Pam Nolan-Beasley started the fundraiser last year, when the school earned $555 that went to fund a rainwater catchment and storage system for a school of 398 students in Kenya. The school worked with Water Charity (www.watercharity.org) and solicited donations from friends and family to raise funds. During last year's successful...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's City Council meeting took place at 7 p.m. on May 29 with Kevin House, Karl Newell, Debra Callahan and Mayor Walt Gobel in attendance. K.C. Kuykendall and Marty Dunn were absent. New Business: - Dan Katsel was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington State Office of Drinking Water, with a brief adjournment for a cake reception. - Council approved a resolution authorizing the City to apply for a Community Development Block Grant to get funds to make necessary upgrades to the Wastewater Treatment...
