Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Council members are: Marty Dun, K.C. Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karl Newell and Debra Callahan. Dunn and Newell were absent. Mayor: Walt Gobel. *Council rejected allocating city funds to kick off work on a third public art piece but approved the city administrator to continue fundraising efforts. (See more details at left.) *Approved legal services contract to retain Virtual In-House Counsel as the city's legal firm. Current city attorney Kris Hedine, will hand over city duties to his partner, Jared Hawkins, prior to taking his new position as...
WAITSBURG - At last week's City Council meeting city administrator Randy Hinchliffe requested the council award artist Jeffrey Hill $20,000 - an amount he anticipates will repaid through grants and community donations -- to allow Hill to start on his "Founding Fathers" sculpture. That motion was made, but died after failing to receive a second. Instead, council passed and approved a motion to support fundraising efforts to secure the piece contingent upon cash payments being paid from...
WAITSBURG -- ASB officers chose an unusual way to welcome fellow students to the new school year. At a morning assembly on the first day of classes, the song "Be True to Your School" blasted over the auditorium's loudspeakers. ASB President Owen Lanning busted moves in a vintage letterman's jacket, and the vice-president, secretary, and treasurer performed a synchronized backup routine with pom-poms. The students in the audience laughed, perhaps caught off guard by the occasionally silly moves t...
WAITSBURG -The WP Cardinals volleyball team hopes to be "in the pink" (literally!) at their Oct. 23 home game against Dayton. The team has traditionally dressed the part for at least one game during Breast Cancer Awareness month but has decided to raise more than just awareness this year - they are working to raise funds for a local family struggling to beat the disease. Varsity team co-captains Samantha Fedderson, Paige Wood and Caitlyn Jones spoke with The Times about the motivation behind the...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Commercial Club will meet at Waitsburg Town Hall (121 Main Street) on October 7 at 6:30 p.m. Sheriff John Turner will give an annual report on issues concerning Waitsburg and Walla Walla County. Dinner is $12 per person and there is no charge for attending the meeting only. Please RSVP for dinner to BA Keve at ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net or 509-337-6546. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501C6 Chamber of Commerce representing the business interests of the Waitsburg Community. Incorporated in 1903, dues are...
WAITSBURG - After eight long years in the making, Sandra Torres' "baby" will make its debut at this year's Pioneer Fall Festival, where Torres will be signing and selling copies of her recently published book, The Waitsburg Family 1858 - 1900: The Beginning. The book focuses on the individuals -- and their connections to one another -- that made up Waitsburg (or more accurately, Waitsburgh, with an "h") in the town's earliest days. Torres moved to Waitsburg with her husband Lupe eleven years...
WAITSBURG - "There were men from sixty different countries. They were all in business suits, and I'm just walking around in my boots, and I'm like, 'I don't belong here.'" In some ways, Waitsburg High School senior Mikala DeRuwe had a good reason to feel out of context. She, WHS graduate Kimmie Hamann, and WHS FFA advisor Nicole Abel were about to give a presentation before global leaders in the agriculture industry. The venue would be the sumptuous Grand Ballroom at San Francisco's Westin St....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School will host Mr. Robert Vaughn of Prevention Solutions (Red Cross) in a 2.5 hour First Aid/CPR Class on September 29 at 6 p.m. The training and/or refresher course is available to anyone interested. The cost is $31.50 and interested parties should contact Stephanie Wooderchak by email at swooderchak@waitsburgsd.orgswooderchak@waitsburgsd.org or by phone at 509-337-6351 to RSVP to ensure there are enough books for everyone....
WAITSBURG - The after school Kids' Bluegrass Club will begin meeting at 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17 in the high school band room. Kids from 4th grade through high school are welcome to join. The group will meet Wednesday afternoons in September and October. Bluegrass music is traditionally played on guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass and fiddle. Most of the bluegrass kids own their own instruments but TVAMP has a few instruments available for loan. The Kids' Bluegrass Club is free and more info is available from Kate Hockersmith at...
WAITSBURG - For the first time in five years, representatives from Waitsburg's Rainbow Chapter have been appointed to state level Grand Offices. Current Worthy Advisor Kendra Roberts and Past Worthy Advisor Jessie Hopkins were appointed to Grand Offices earlier this summer and will represent Washington and Idaho at state assemblies. Roberts' sister Lydia, who held the positions of Grand Love, Grand Faith and Grand Camps, was the last Waitsburg Rainbow member to hold a Grand Office. Both Hopkins...
WAITSBURG – A handful of individuals in every community make their mark by fulfilling the call to civic responsibility by working with clubs and organizations and/or holding public office in order to serve the needs of society. These people deserve our gratitude, appreciation and honor. Even less common than the handful is the singleton who forgoes public and organized service in favor of making a conscious effort to touch lives and show love to all who crossed his path. Such is the case with W...
WAITSBURG - The passion artist Jeffrey Hill holds for Waitsburg's Main Street Art project was evident as he shared his vision for "The Founding Fathers" sculpture with the Waitsburg Arts Commission and interested citizens at an artist's presentation last month. That passion is apparently still alive in spite of the fact that Squire Broel's competing piece, an obelisk shaped monument, received the Arts Commission's recommendation and final City Council approval. City Administrator Randy Hinchliff...
PRESCOTT - The public is invited to celebrate Prescott's new gathering spot, "The Prescott Plaza, with an evening of live music on Friday, September 12 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The plaza is located next to the Tuxedo Bar & Grill on "D" Street in Prescott. There is no charge for the event, which will feature a variety of live music, an open mic and The Frog Hollow Band. The Prescott Lions club is furnishing free popcorn ad $2 root beer floats. Seating is limited, and bringing a lawn chair is suggested....
WAITSBURG - The first membership meeting of the 2014-15 year will take place Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m. and Waitsburg Town Hall. Shane McGuire, COO of the Columbia County Health Systems will speak on the upcoming hospital levy. Dinner is $12 and there is no charge to attend only the meeting. Please RSVP dinner attendance to B.A. Keve at ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net or call at (509) 337-6546. Meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays each month, Sept. through May. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501C6 Chamber of Commerce...
WAITSBURG - This weekend will mark the end of the well-received "Tying the Knot: 120 Years of Walla Walla Weddings" exhibit at Walla Walla's Kirkman House Museum. The exhibit features 12 decades of bridal gowns, artifacts and the stories of Walla Walla Valley residents - including several items from Waitsburg resident Joan Helm, a distant relative of Isabella and William Kirkman. Helm (whose maiden name is Potts, which is where the Kirkman connection comes in) grew up on her family's farm near L...
WAITSBURG - Gayle Broom's Growing Giant Pumpkins group blew the competition out of the water at this year's Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days. Weighing in at a whopping 211 pounds, the creamy white gourd was more than double the weight of its nearest competition, which was only 91 pounds. Broom grew her first giant pumpkin last year, in hopes that local children would join her in the endeavor. "I wanted to teach kids to garden and grow their own organic produce. I thought pumpkins would be a...
WAITSBURG - Samuel W. Suthward American Legion Post #35 will meet on Monday, September 8 at 7 p.m. at Waitsburg's Town Hall on Main Street. Under discussion: drill team and color guard training dates and sign-up, officer nominations, Boys and Girls State and Memorial Weekend chairman positions, public relations with school and newspaper, and veterans outreach coordination with the Waitsburg Rescource Center. Memberships for 2015 are due now. A list of duties for each positions is available. Newcomers are encouraged to attend...
WAITSBURG - With Councilman K.C. Kuykendall in lone opposition, Waitsburg's City Council agreed to retain the City's current billing arrangement for multi-dwelling utility rates. The decision was in response to previous appeals by Keith Parkins who has converted the Preston Avenue inn into individual apartments and requested a rate break for multiple units sharing one meter. Currently, individual consumers, including occupants of apartments, duplexes and trailers, pay a separate base rate for...
WAITSBURG - Discussion at the August 20 City Council meeting resulted in a decision to modify the municipal code update approved in May that allowed only licensed monument companies to set headstones in City cemeteries. In July, Cindy Hofer appealed to the Council to reconsider the updated code and shared that the cost of hiring a monument company to set a stone was prohibitively high if the stone was not purchased from that company. Hofer said she received an estimate of $30-$50 to set a stone purchased from a local company, but the fee was...
WAITSBURG - The Washington State Penitentiary Employee Association has announced its 2014-15 scholarship winners. Applicants were ranked on goals, achievements, com- munity involvement, recommendation, leadership, financial statements and neatness. Kimmie Hamann, daughter of Ross and Vickie Hamann, received a $1000 scholarship. Hamann will major in Elementary Education at WWCC. Beka Adams, daughter of Ann and Lanny Adams, Chelsey Brannock, daughter of Tad and Kitzi Brannock, and Tre Brannock, son of Tad and Kitzi Brannock, all received $500...
WAITSBURG - Jack McCaw let The Times know of a rather rare event last week - there are currently four generations of McCaws working the harvest. Jack said he's worked his way down to low man on the totem pole and spends his days running parts for the seven combines and associated vehicles in this year's operation. When The Times spoke to Jack around noon on Aug. 6, he said he'd been home all morning but that he had put 120 miles on his truck the day before. Son Guy, grandsons Jesse and John and great grandson Caden round out the other three...
Last week, as I prepared to make dinner, I handed my daughter a five dollar bill and had her run down the street for some candy sweet, freshpicked corn from Ed and Cathy Lambert's garden. As she left, I reflected on just how good we have it. Small town living at its finest! What's a normal part of everyday life to us would be seen as an exciting novelty to many. Believe it or not, we used to have it even better. In years past, the young Lambert boys would drive right to our door, pulling a...
