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  • First Woman Custodian to Retire

    May 2, 2013

  • Just Say ‘No’ to Texting and Driving

    Dena Wood, The Times|May 2, 2013

    WAITSBURG - "Just Say 'No' to Texting and Driving." That's the name of the campaign Waitsburg High School senior Logan Dozier has created. And he hopes it will have lasting impact on not only Waits- burg teens, but on the larger communities of Waitsburg, Dayton and Prescott as well. Dozier was motivated to create the program because the dangers of distracted driving recently "hit home." While developing the pro- gram has been "a LOT of work" and doesn't count toward any type of school credit or...

  • HONOR ROLL

    Apr 25, 2013

    Waitsburg Middle School Honor Roll 8th grade: 4.0 Jacob Dunn Taylor Hays 3.25 or better Emily Adams Jade Alleman Lexi Brannock Landon Callas Jared Farley Jasmine Foxe Morgan Forney Timber Frohreich Kyle Gradwohl Nicolas Kitselman Selina Mercado Stephenie Nerf Aislynne Pope Taylor Spoonemore Julia Taylor Cameron Terry 7th grade: 4.0 Leighton Dorman 3.25 or better Cade Branson Clarissa Espana Thomas House Tayler Jones Joseph LaRue Kyle Martin Samuel McGowen Anna Nerf Chloe Pearson Christopher Philbrook Gillian Pope Iris Turnipseed Robert Walsh...

  • Celebration Days Court

    Apr 25, 2013

  • City Ponders Ways to Reduce Drug Use

    Dena Wood, The Times|Apr 25, 2013

    WAITSBURG - Deter- mining the best proactive response to the local drug problem received significant attention at last week's City Council Meeting in Waits- burg. Discussion revolved around two main options: instituting a neighborhood watch program and/or re- taining a full-time school resource officer, to be shared between Prescott and Waits- burg. Council member K.C. Kuykendall requested a slot on the council agenda to address the situation fac- ing Waitsburg. "We have a greater than average d...

  • 7th Street Repair

    Apr 18, 2013

    The W. 7th Street project is getting ready to start up with the tree removal and utility relocation. Tree re- moval is slated to start on Monday, April 22. Utility work is expected to start a week later on April 29th. This work could possibly cause some traffic delays and road closures along W. 7th Street during this work. Anyone with questions can contact City Hall....

  • The Right Side of “The Tracks”

    Dena Wood, The Times|Apr 18, 2013

    WAITSBURG - "Little did I realize, 20 years ago, when I walked through an area known as 'The Tracks' in Guatemala City, that I would return some day," said Donnie Henderson, who recently led a team of local women on a ministry mission in Guatemala City. Henderson, Pam Conover, and Debbie Seney, of Waits- burg; Sue Bell of Dayton; and Sherri Sumstine of California visited Guatemala City last month, presenting a women's conference and teaching poverty-stricken women, sewing skills. Henderson and...

  • MINUTES

    Apr 11, 2013

    April 2, 2013 - Waitsburg Celebration Days will include a pancake breakfast, parade, car show, museum dis- plays and various exhibi- tions and/or invitational races. Vendors will sell wares at Town Hall and P.E.O. will sponsor a hamburger dinner at the Lion's Club Building. Dinner tickets will in- clude admission to the Don Thomas Building where the Frog Hollow Band will play and the Lion's Club will serve beverages. - Fundraising: The April 27 silent auction has been cancelled. The first of three fundraisers to be chaired by Marilyn Johnson...

  • Dog Licensing & Recycling

    Apr 11, 2013

    WAITSBURG - The City of Waitsburg would like to remind the Citizens that dog licenses are required for all dogs aged 4 months and up. The license is due annually by June 1 and the cost is $10 for altered and $30 for unaltered. Licenses can be purchased at City Hall, 147 Main Street, during regular business hours. Also, the City has been successful in getting a grant to cover the majority of the cost of a new cardboard baler in order to expand our cardboard recycling efforts. The new baler is expected to be delivered next month and will be...

  • Of Fish, Food And More Food!

    Imbert Matthee, The Times|Apr 11, 2013

    WAITSBURG - Imagine a raised vegetable bed the size of a dinner table. Now picture growing enough greens in this 5' x 5' space to feed a family of four year round. Impossible? Not according to Waitsburg's Mickey and Tawnya Rich- ards. With their partners Ray and Debi Fosnot they have worked since December building their new business, "Lettuce Eat Fish". As long as you have the right ingredients - fish, fish feed, rocks, water, light and heat - you should be able to meet your leafy needs around...

  • Agenda

    Apr 4, 2013

    Prescott Joint Parks & Recreation District Agenda 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 PJPRD Activity Center, 101 S. D St. # A; Prescott, WA 99348 - Review of finance reports: WW County Treasurer and PJPRD Budget Status reports. - Updates on: Sherwood Trust purchase and instal- lation and ADA Kiddie Pool access. - Finalize Calendar of Special Events for 2013 - Implementation of recommendations from AWAC Risk Mgt. visit - Reports on lifeguard train- ing, website progress, 2010-2011 audit from State of WA, BARS work- shop, facility improve- ments...

  • Citizen Class Steps Up

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Apr 4, 2013

    WAITSBURG -- Stu- dents at Waitsburg Middle School are baring their talents on the stage to raise money to help a local family after they lost their home in a fire. Students in Maddy Martin's citizenship class stepped up to support the Brooks family with two fun- draisers, after the family lost their home. Students Timber Froh- reich and Zach Hebbard said they started with "hats for home," a fundraiser the class did before, which allowed students to pay $1 to wear a baseball-style hat at school. The last time students did the fundraiser, it...

  • SEVENTH STREET BID AWARD

    Mar 28, 2013

    WAITSBURG - At the top of the Waitsburg City Council's agenda this Thurs- day night, 7 p.m., March 28, is the award of the bid for the Seventh Street project. Preparations for the streetwidening and improvement effort are expected to begin at the end of April and heavy excavation work will follow around Memorial Day. Four older trees - two large pines, one large oak and a smaller oak - have been marked for removal, though adjacent homeowners can re- quest replacement trees from the city, City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said. The city has...

  • Minutes

    Mar 28, 2013

    Waitsburg Commercial Club March 19, 2013 Minutes of the Annual Meeting and Election of Executive Officers and Board of Directors 36 attendees Waitsburg Court will be elected in April with a queen and princess serving as ambassadors for the City of Waitsburg for one year. The Waitsburg Commer- cial Club will hold a fundraising auction on April 27. Duck race tickets to ben- efit Waitsburg Celebration Days (May 17, 18 and 19), will be available soon. New members given cer- tificates and membership cards include: Fred Gonzales of Star Fitness;...

  • Waitsburg Voices On High

    Mar 28, 2013

  • Knowledge Bowlers Take On State

    Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 28, 2013

    WAITSBURG - "What highly visible U.S. solar panel corporation that re- ceived a half-billion dollar loan guarantee in the stimulus package went bankrupt in 2011?" " These words were probably derived from what ancient language? Mahatama, stupe, chakra, avatar, kar- ma, banyan, sutra, mantra, musk, nir- vana." Such were the questions faced by six members of the Waitsburg High School Knowledge Bowl team. The team placed ninth in the Washington State Knowledge Bowl Tournament at Ar- lington High Sch...

  • Kindergarten Sign Up Opens

    Mar 21, 2013

    WAITSBURG - Waits- burg Elementary will hold kindergarten registration for the fall of 2013 during the week of March 25-28. Regis- tration will be in the elementary office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tues- day, March 25-26, and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednes- day and Thursday, March 27-28. All children who turn five on or before August 31 are eligible to enter kinder- garten in the fall of 2013. A current immunization record and an official state birth certificate will be needed to register. Official Washington State birth...

  • Waitsburg’s School Of Rock

    Dena Wood, The Times|Mar 21, 2013

    WAITSBURG - In the band room at Waits- burg High, students pick songs, suggest changes and work together or with music teacher Brad Green to master or adapt the music. In the urban dance ballad Titanium by David Guetta, senior Cheyenne Frohreich works on her Travis picking while senior Matt Hoilman takes a try at bass. In Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men, Green per- forms an accordion solo on an instrument recently donated by Kate Hockersmith, as Alex Leathers plays "the egg." Green pulls up...

  • HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING

    Mar 21, 2013

    WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at the Wilson-Phillips house just west of the historic Bruce Mansion on W. 4th. Election of officers and annual reports will be featured....

  • YOUNG LIFE FUNDRAISER

    Mar 21, 2013

    WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg chapter of Young Life/ Wyldlife is holding a fundraiser for its summer camp pro- gram on Sunday, March 24 at the Waitsburg Elementary School. The Italian dinner dubbed "Italian Nights" will have seating at 5 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted to help send Waitsburg-area kids to summer camp. For more information, call Lori Bartlow at 509-337-8079....

  • PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCY

    Mar 21, 2013

    WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to fill one position on the Walla Walla County Planning Commission. For bal- anced representation purposes and in compliance with state statute, applicants from within the boundaries of the District 3 County Commissioner area (generally the western end of Walla Walla county) are sought. Duties consist primarily of conducting public hearings and formulating recommendations to the County Commissioners on a variety of land use policy issues and development codes. A...

  • EASTER EGG HUNT SATURDAY

    Mar 21, 2013

    WAITSBURG - Kids up to 10 years old and their parents are invited to the annual Easter Egg Hunt co-sponsored by the Waitsburg Commercial Club and the Waitsburg Grange. The hunt starts at 10 a.m. at Preston Park on Saturday, March 30. There will be prizes, chocolate Easter bunnies and, of course, eggs to uncover in the grass, bushes and trees in the park. Skip and Sandy Carpenter, and the Rick Ferguson family help each year with preparations....

  • WAITSBURG MAKES STATE BOWL

    Mar 21, 2013

    WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Knowledge Bowl team will be competing at the state tournament in Arlington this. Captain EJ Meserve and Team 1 members Emma Philbrook, Maera Baker, Hannah Grant, Alex Leath- ers, Thibault Martinelle (Belgium) and alternate Cherry Dai (China) will be up against the best KB teams from around the state on Saturday, March 23....

  • Teaching Kids and Parents

    Ken Graham, The Times|Mar 14, 2013

    WAITSBURG - A room full of more than a dozen three-to-five-year-olds can be daunting, even when you don't have a camera. Last week when a photographer showed up, almost all of the kids at the Waitsburg Parent Cooperative preschool let it be known that they were thrilled to have their pic- tures taken. When teacher Cara Watts suggested they break out the blocks, the exuberant tower builders got busy, and then stood proudly next to their works of art. "My kids aren't shy," she said. The preschool...

  • MINUTES

    Mar 7, 2013

    Prescott Joint Parks & Recreation District Agenda March 13, 2013, 7 p.m. PJPRD Activity Center, 101 S. D St. #A; Prescott -Updates on Sherwood Trust purchases, delivery and installation. -Updates on Strategic Planning Meetings -Discussion regarding federally mandated ADA pool lift, kiddie pool and costs. - Swim hours, dates and pass costs to be set. -New state minimum wage, lifeguard pay sched- ules and employee con- tracts will be reviewed. -Policy revisions for the 2013 season to be considered. -A facility improve- ments wish list will be...

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