Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
In Memory of Duane Remus From: Patsy Mercer, Janet Hewitt, Norma Zier, Patricia Slark, L & G Ranch Supply, Leota Lightfoot In Memory of James "Jim" Burres From: Roger & Laura Jean Hevel, Amy & William Fenley, Sally Chase Baker, Erma Lee Smith In Memory of Robert "Bob" Hulce From: Glenn & Sally Baker, Mary Phillips, Floyd & Sylvia Fouss, Roger & Laura Jean Hevel, Mr. & Mrs. Howard P. Smith, Sr. In Memory of Richard Donnelly From: Rose & Sam Worth In Memory of Betty and Albert Land From: John & Elaine Reese In Memory of James "Jim" Wood From:...
A benefit concert for the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project will take place at the Plaza Theater (208 Main Street) in Waitsburg on Sunday, January 5 at 3 p.m. The concert will feature The Barnstormers and Kate & The Bluegrass Gentle- men. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Waitsburg Hardware and Coppei Cof- fee. Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project (TVAMP) is a traditional music program and part of the Rural Yuth Enrichment Services (RYES) - 501c3 Non-profit....
DAYTON -- Columbia County Health Systems is holding Certified Nursing Assistant Classes from January 6 to January 24. Appli- cations are being accepted through December 31. Inter- ested persons should contact Stephanie Carpenter at 509- 382-3212....
WAITSBURG -- In this holiday season, typically abounding in sweet confections like no other, Waits- burg High School senior Heidi Miller is taking a serious look at how those treats can significantly af- fect the lives of individuals that struggle with diabetes. Miller, whose senior project centers on learning more about the disease, has orga- nized a night of live music at the Coppei Café on January 3, with hopes of raising money for diabetes research and sharing some of her new-found...
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...
WALLA WALLA - The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (VAWW) in Walla Walla is offering free credit monitoring for up to 1,519 Veterans whose personal information, including social security numbers, was inadvertently emailed to an external education partner on November 1st. "VA places the highest priority on safeguarding the personal information of our Veterans," said Medical Center Director, Brian Westfield. "When an incident such as this is discovered, we will immediately take prompt remedial action such as notification to t...
Another Hometown Christmas has come and gone. And if the smiles on the faces of those visiting with friends, enjoying the entertainment, sampling cookies and checking out the wares at Town Hall were any indication, it was a success. Last week I spoke with Commercial Club President Joy Smith to prepare a schedule of events for the paper. In the course of that discussion Smith commented that Hometown Christmas was the "easiest project I've ever been in charge of." Smith recently took over org...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg Commercial Club will meet on Tuesday, December 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Waitsburg's Town Hall. This will be a traditional holiday meal and the Presbyterian Church Choir will entertain with Christmas music. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501c6 Chamber of Commerce representing the business community of Waitsburg. See us on Facebook or at www.cityofwaitsburg.com. The Commercial Club meets first and third Tuesdays of each month from September to May. Cost to join Commercial Club is $25.00 per year for a business and $10.00...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg's City Council meeting date for December has been changed from Wednesday, Dec. 18 to Monday, Dec. 16. This meeting will include a public forum to hear concerns or suggestions regarding a proposed water rate increase and the 2014 budget. The original date of the forum meeting had been set for November but was postponed so that all council members could be present. City Council meetings take place at the Lion's Club building at the fairgrounds....
WAITSBURG - In 1973 the Waitsburg Ambulance Service formed a subscrip- tion program for ambulance services. In 2009, the State determined that the term "subscriber" was inappro- priate and the program was renamed the Waitsburg Am- bulance Service Membership Program. For a donation of $35 per year, a member and anyone living in their household, will not be required to pay any out-of-pocket expenses in relation to their care, treat- ment and transportation to a medical facility. This service applies only to the Waitsburg Ambulance Service and...
WAITSBURG - The north end of Waitsburg's Main Street will become home to a new business just in time for the Christmas shopping season. Waitsburg couple Ray and Deb Fosnot have rented the former Delta Connection building across from the Grain Growers and will open the doors as R&D Creations on Thurs- day morning. Ray is "working on retir- ing" and hopes the new shop will provide an outlet for him to continue doing what he loves - making creations from wood. His wife Deb enjoys turning trash to...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg Celebration Days coordinators will offer a local Tack Swap at Town Hall during the Annual Hometown Christmas celebration on Sunday, December 8 at Town Hall, from noon to 3 p.m. The Tack Swap provides the opportunity to buy, sell and swap new and used tack. Local ranch and feed stores are stepping up to offer surplus and donated items. Those who wish to trade, sell and swap tack pay $10.00 per person. Tack includes clothing; boots, hats, belts, saddles, reins and similar items. Participants will check in at 11:45 a....
