Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sorted by date Results 1391 - 1415 of 1805
WAITSBURG - To the average person, the spinning wheel is an obscure relic, relegated to glass-fronted museum cabinets and renditions of "Sleeping Beauty". To Waitsburg native Ronda Bell, however, it's much more than that. Bell has been spinning wool for nearly 18 years now. "Until you do it, you don't understand," she said as she described the "peaceful feeling" of pressing a spinning wheels treadle and listening to the mechanism make a gentle thunk noise as the wooden wheel rotates. Her first...
WAITSBURG - Picture a tent city of 10,000 inhabitants. People from all walks of life set up camp en masse, eating and showering in hastily erected temporary facilities, crowding into huge evening concerts that shake the ground long into the night. This isn't Woodstock. This is the Creation Festival. And eight young members of Waitsburg's Christian Youth Group were there. The event, which took place at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Kennewick, began July 30 and ended August 2. "Creation...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Arts Commission heard presentations from four artists last week, each of whom shared his vision for one of two public art pieces the city is commissioning for downtown. The projects are being funded by a $125,000 grant the city received from the Sherwood Trust, in Walla Walla. The presentations, on August 13, were made at jimgermanbar. Jeffrey Hill and Squire Broel, both well-known Walla Walla artists, presented their concepts for a piece honoring three of Waitsburg's...
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...
WAITSBURG - A mandatory sports meeting will take place for all fall athletes and their parents at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 11 at the Waitsburg High School auditorium. Athletes and parents will meet with fall coaching staff, receive practice and event schedules and go over required paperwork. A training meeting for all high school and junior high coaches (head, assistant and volunteer) will take place at 8 p.m. at the Waitsburg High School auditorium. Coach- es will to go over first aid/CPR requirements, review coaches handbooks and discuss any...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board unanimously approved Resolution 073014 to accept a $4.37 million budget for the 2014- 15 school year at a July 30 special budgeting meeting. The budget was approved as follows: General Fund $3,780,540 ASB Fund $94,200 Debt Service Fund $316,323 Capital Projects $35,000 Transportation Vehicle Fund $140,000 The difference between anticipated revenue and expenditures shows the budget $114,644 in the red, which would be taken from the Reserve Fund balance, if necessary. The budget was based on an enrollment of...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg fifth grade students will be seeing more of a familiar face than usual this year. Long-time substitute Wenda Parr has been hired as the full-time fifth grade teacher for the 2014-15 school year. Parr replaces Jennifer Fischer, who has taken a special education position in College Place, closer to her home. Parr, who is no stranger to challenges, looks forward to tackling this new chapter in her life. Parr grew up in LaGrande, Ore., then lived with her husband in California...
WAITSBURG - They say "what goes around comes around," and in the case of Gabe Kiefel's association with Waitsburg schools that sentiment certainly rings true. This year, Kiefel will begin the first job of his teaching career in not only the same building, but the very same classroom where he attended preschool as a four-year-old. Kiefel has been hired to fill the part-time sixth grade language arts and math position at Preston Hall. Kiefel moved to Waitsburg when his dad, Michael, accepted a...
Public Comment -Keith Parkins, owner of the former Waitsbur Inn, requested a utility rate cap on his property, which has been converted to apartments. Council will hear proposal discussion next meeting. -Cindy Hofer approached the Council about revising a recently amended ordinance stating that only licensed monument companies may lay markers in City cemeteries. Hofer would like individuals to be able to hire licensed and bonded workers to place monuments. New Business -The Waitsburg Art Commission chose four semi-finalists to submit proposals...
WAITSBURG -- The Waitsburg School District is making several changes this year, largely in response to parent and teacher input received at a number of work sessions held by the school board during the past school year. A new ¾-time teacher was added to the staff, which will allow the district to do away with split classrooms this year. Instead, there will be one class per grade level in grades kindergarten through sixth grade. Additionally, the sixth grade will move from the grade school building, to Preston Hall Middle School. Gabe Kiefel...
Football: Aug 20 - 21, 4-8p.m.; Aug. 22 - 23, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-4, 3:30-5:30. Cheerleading: Aug 20 - 21, 4-8p.m.; Aug. 22 - 23, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-4, 3:30-5:30. Cross-Country: August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-5, 3:30-5:30. Soccer: August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-5, 3:30-5:30. Volleyball: August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30,...
WAITSBURG - A mandatory sports meeting will take place for all WP fall athletes and their parents at 7 p.m. at the Waitsburg High School auditorium. A meeting for all high school and junior high coaches (head, assistant and volunteer) will take place at 8 p.m. at the Waitsburg High School auditorium....
WAITSBURG - Keith Parkins, owner of the apartments located at 731 Preston Avenue, approached the City Council at the July meeting regarding their prior decision not to renegotiate utility rates for his building. "I can't afford to pay over 25% of my gross for water/sewer/ garbage," he said. "Especially when I'm not using it." Parkins sold and then repossessed the property that he described as a "real dump" prior to taking back what was previously the Waitsburg Inn. He made extensive...
WAITSBURG - At 8:55 last Tuesday morning, the mercury was already pushing 80. Twenty local students clustered in the cool shade of Waitsburg's First Christian Church, happily chattering as they waited to be signed in to the Waitsburg Resource Center's "Knock Out Boredom" program. According to Pam Conover, the program's director, that's a small crowd. "We've been having 40 kids come in," she said. Emily Wilson, a recent Prescott High School graduate, comes in on the Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and...
WALLA WALLA COUNTY - The cities of Prescott, Waitsburg and Walla Walla are required to update their Shoreline Master Program regulations by June of 2016. As part of this process, community visioning meetings will be held over the next two years. These meetings are an opportunity for citizens to discuss and express their preferences for shoreline uses. The next local visioning meeting will take place at Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. in the Waitsburg Lions Club Memorial Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. A drop-in informational open house will...
NOTICE: Waitsburg City Hall will be closed July 24 - July 28. In case of emergency, please call Columbia County Dispatch or the oncall public works employee at 382-2518....
WAITSBURG - Wouldn't it be fun to relax with library namesake Fanny Weller over a game of checkers or to stand alongside Waitsburg founding fathers, William Preston, Sylvester Wait and William Bruce as they peruse the town? Soon, you will be able to do just that. Waitsburg's Main Street Art Project, which will commemorate these historical figures, is finally underway. The city first approached Sherwood Trust for public art funds last year, but withdrew the application when they realized they...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's Weight Loss Support group began last month with just RN Karla Scott and ARNP Kortney Killgore-Smith staying after work on Wednesday nights to encourage one another in their quest for good health. "It slowly grew to 3, 4, 5 . . . now we're up to about 7 people and we'd love to have more!" said Killgore-Smith. The group, led by Scott and Killgore-Smith, meets every Wednesday from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in the clinic lobby and is open to both males and females. Members may use the...
WAITSBURG - "I'm so great at swim lessons!" announced Alyssa Araya as she exited the dressing room following her Level 3 swim class at the Waitsburg City Pool on Tuesday morning. That statement - along with the fact that 60 children participated in lessons this year -- is a testament to the success of Waitsburg's swim program. This year Waitsburg offered one two-week session of swim lessons, from beginners at Level 1, to the more advanced Level 4 swimmers. Lessons are taught by guards Zac...
