Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Preston Hall Board Room, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Board members: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger Heard reports from: Elementary Principal, Secondary Principal, Athletic Director, Transportation/ Maintenance/Facilities Supervisor and Superintendent. Passed second reading of Policy/Procedures 5011: Sexual Harassment. Passed Policy/Procedures 4130: Title 1 Parent Involvement revisions....
WAITSBURG -- The next meeting of the Waitsburg Commercial Club is Tuesday, February 18, at 6:30 p.m. at Waitsburg Town Hall. Preceding the program, the American Legion will have a send off, aka a "muster", for Jared Brown, son of April and Frank Gould, as he leaves to start his enlistment with the US Army. All community members are encouraged to attend and offer support. The program will feature Jim German, Waitsburg Mixologist and owner of jimgermanbar with his wife, Claire Johnston. Jim will share his business experience from the past...
WAITSBURG - A handful of Waitsburg residents spend a portion of each Thursday morning in "Heaven," intently focusing on every movement of their body as Patti Jo Amerein gently adjusts and repositions them. "The Heaven Space" is what Claire Johnston and Jim German have dubbed the long, narrow room connecting jimgermanbar and the AMO Gallery -- the space where Amerien, a former professional dancer, instructs the group in the practice of Pilates. Amerein danced professionally in Las Vega...
7th Grade 4.0 Leena Baker Devon Harshman Brayden Miller 3.25 or better Kelsey Alleman Carson Alelssio Drew Farley MacKenzie Forney Scott Leamy Riley Witt 8th Grade 4.0 Leighton Dorman Chloe Pearson 3.25 or better Clarissa Espana Thomas House Tayler Jones Kyle Martin Karlie Mathews Samuel McGowen Anna Nerf Gillian Pope Iris Turnipseed Robert Walsh Deja Williams Tyler Wood...
Class of 2014 4.0 Meara Baker Nathan Bartlow Heidi Miller Nicholas Pearson 3.25 or better Kimberly Hamann Kyle Dozier Ketelynn Martin Garrison Martin Enedina Fuentes Trenton Kitselman Class of 2015 4.0 Hannah Grant Talen Larsen Emma Philbrook Tyler Shafer 3.25 or better Luke Gales-Alexenko Sofia Mercado Michael Grant Devin Acevedo Chance Leroue Paige Wood Owen Lanning Class of 2016 3.25 or better Stuart Walsh Alexandra Hallee Class of 2017 4.0 Jacob Dunn Skylar Wood 3.25 or better Taylor Hays Taylor Spoonemore Selina Mercado Julia Taylor Jared...
We had a weekend guest recently. This particular guest was loud, demanding and wreaked havoc on our weekend plans. Everything revolved around him. I'd been in favor of him staying with us but, frankly, I wasn't sad to see him go. Yes, we just finished up our weekend hosting "Baby Think It Over." One might consider it more accurate to say that my son finished up his weekend with the baby, but the babe affected us all. Babies are like that. "Baby Think It Over" is an infant simulator aimed at...
WAITSBURG - Pam Alexenko was more than frustrated when she found paw prints through the caramel candy she'd made for a fundraiser and left cooling on the porch. That frustration quickly turned to concern when her son, Zac, spotted a half-starved kitten hiding in some foam. "Its feet were frostbitten and swollen to about three times their normal size," said Pam. "It still makes me angry." The Alexenkos warmed the friendly feline, fed her and took her to Black Dog Rescue at the hardware store. "She spent a few days at the vet and she's bounced...
WAITSBURG - In a Community Conversation Phone Conference with area voters on Monday night, Rep. Maureen Walsh and Rep. Terry Nealey polled listeners on several issues. Question 1: The State Supreme Court recently directed the legislature to put more dollars into teacher pay and education right away. Should the court be telling the legislature how to do its job? Response 1: 82% of those polled felt the court should not be directing the legislature in regards to policy. Question 2: The House of Representatives and the Governor want to raise...
WAITSBURG - Collective Gardens, for the purpose of producing, processing, transporting and delivering cannabis for medical use, located in the City of Waitsburg, must register with City Hall by February 28. This requirement is pursuant to City Ordinance 2013-1015 related to regulations governing all uses of medical and recreational marijuana in the City of Waitsburg. Failure to register will be considered a violation of the City Municipal Code and subject to summary abatement, which can include the disconnection of the utilities. Cont...
WAITSBURG - Members of the Walla Walla Columbia School Retirees Association (WWCSRA) would love to meet you for tea. The 8th Annual Teddy Bear Tea - the group's primary fundraiser - is just around the corner and organizers are hoping attendance continues to rise as it has in past years. This year's event takes place Saturday, February 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Francis Social Hall (722 W. Alder St., Walla Walla). In its first year, the group sold 125 tickets and made roughly $1,500 in...
Lion's Club Building January 15, 2014, 7 p.m. Board Members: Kevin House, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, K.C. Kuykendall, Karl Newell and Debra Callahan. Kuykendall was absent at the Jan. 15 meeting. Student Representative: Meara Baker. Mayor:Walt Gobel. Mayor Walt Gobel returned early from his planned three-month absence. UTILITIES: Approved Ordinance 2014-1019 which raises water and sewer rates by 3%, effective with the February bill, which covers the month of January. SPENDING POLICY: Approved Ordinance 2013- 621; a financial policy update th...
Preston Hall Board Room January 15, 2014 7 p.m. Board members present: Ross Hamann Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger. RECOGNITION: Board members were recognized as part of School Board Recognition Month. TRANSPORTATION: The new District school bus has arrived and had made two runs as of Jan. 15. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dayton High School is moving to 8-man football for the upcoming school year and their head coach is retiring. LEVY: Superintendent Clarke has presented information on the M & O levy to Commercial Club and...
HUNTSVILLE - Local dancer Morgan Breland and her mother, Cara Watts, celebrated New Year's Day in London this year. Breland - a 15 year-old- sophomore at Walla Walla High School - auditioned at a Universal Dance Association camp last August to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Instead, she was invited to travel to London to perform in front of more than 200 million television viewers and a half million people lining the streets in London's New Year's Day Parade. Watts and B...
WAITSBURG - If you've been curious about the new storefront on Waitsburg's Main Street, wonder no more. Treasure: An Artist Cooperative - located on Main right next door to The Times -- will open its doors to the public on Friday. The store is a joint effort between three local artists: Leroy Cunningham, Jamile Scherief and Mickey Richards. Richards creates antler art and folk-style furniture and accessories. Jamile Scherief is a potter who adds a bit of "bling" to each of his pieces. C...
WAITSBURG -- Dr. Carol Clarke, Superintendent of Waitsburg School District, will be the featured speaker at the next Waitsburg Commercial Club meeting to take place January 21, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held at Waitsburg Town Hall, 121 Main Street and are open to the public and Commercial Club Members. The cost for dinner is $12.00 per person and there is no charge for program only attendance. Please RSVP your reservations to ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net or 509 337-6546. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501C6 Chamber of C...
DAYTON - Small communities often have a big population of gun enthusiasts, and the Touchet Valley is no exception. Access to good places to shoot is important for these folks. But throughout the country, small gun ranges are fighting to stay open. A 2012 article in Outdoor Life maga- zine stated that public and private shooting ranges face many challenges these days - though interest in the sport is not the problem. Among more than 500 ranges interviewed in 2011, 42.4 percent said the volume of...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg LEO's club has been sponsoring a competitive penny drive between classes at the High School. The total collected was $210.44 with the freshmen winning by a good margin. Freshman: $120.70 mi- nus $18 (paper money) = $102.70 Sophomores: $32.32 minus $1 (paper money) = $31.32 Juniors: $7.91 minus $7 (paper money) = $0.91 Seniors: $16.51 minus $9.51 (paper money) = $9.51 The LEO's Club will be deciding this week where the funds will be donated. Possibilities include supporting the hardware store in their work sheltering...
WAITSBURG - From "kind of" teaching herself guitar as a child to organiz- ing and directing the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Proj- ect, Kate Hockersmith is one of those people who sets out to meet a need when she sees it. Hockersmith had set her childhood guitar aside until about five years ago, when she picked it up again to support her son's musi- cal interests by providing him guitar backup at area Bluegrass Jams. But Hock- ersmith hasn't limited her support to her own children; she is curre...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg Commercial Club will meet on Tuesday, January 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Waits- burg Town Hall (121 Main Street, Waitsburg). Keri Isaacson, Executive Direc- tor of the Blue Mountain Foundation will be the fea- tured speaker. Please RSVP dinner reservations to ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net or 509-337- 6546. Dinner is $12.00 per person and there is no charge to attend the program only, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501c6 Chamber of Commerce representing the business interests of the...
WAITSBURG - City res- idents will see an increase in their water/sewer statements come January - but only about half of what was origi- nally proposed. At Monday night's City Council meeting the board approved a water/ sewer increase of 3% to begin with the January 2014 statement. City Administrator Ran- dy Hinchliffe proposed an increase of $4.90, either to be initiated with the January bill or phased in over time. The amount was arrived at by evaluating the rate of inflation over the last 10 years and determining what a rate increase would...
WAITSBURG - Dayton and Waitsburg students col- lected 1,093 pounds of food and nearly $600 in cash donations for local food banks this past weekend, during a new, joint-community event coined "The Battle Against Hunger." The two school districts were looking for an extra, non-league basketball game and hit upon the idea of a Cardinals-versus-Bulldogs match (boys and girls) and involving both communi- ties, according to Stephanie Wooderchak, Waitsburg High School athletic director and secondary...
WAITSBURG - Out of 15 area schools - large and small alike - Waitsburg's Knowledge Bowl team currently ranks third, only one point shy of second place. "I'm impressed," said Knowledge Bowl Coach Brad Green. "We held our own even against the mighty Hanford High School." Waitsburg took first place in their first two meets of the year - the first with a score of 88 and the second with a score of 100. The next meet will take place in Dayton against an unlimited number of teams. In February teams...
