Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - In an- other sign Waitsburg's Main Street is struggling, the own- ers of Betty's Diner have decided to close temporarily and "regroup" this month. It's unclear what its schedule will look like when the res- taurant reopens, probably in February, they said. The development follows last year's closure of La Monarca Mexican restaurant and comes amidst reports of slowing revenues for other establishments. After almost four years, Etcetera's is also wrapping up its business in the Plaza...
Basketball season has begun at WHS. The season itself started last Tuesday, but this Saturday was our first home game, which means it was the first game the pep band got to play at. Being both in the pep band and out of the sports loop, it was the first game that hit my radar. I ran in with my flute a few minutes late, bracing myself for a scolding. Fortunately for me, the boy's junior varsity game was running about fifteen minutes behind schedule, and the band doesn't play until the beg...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Auditorium stage will be filled with bugs, pirates and elves Dec. 13. The Waitsburg Elementary School students will put on two Christmas concerts that night beginning at 6:30. The first show, which will last about 30 minutes, is "A Bugz Christmas" and will be performed by the kindergarten, first and second grade classes. The second show, expected to last about 45 minutes, is "A Pirate Christmas," and will be performed by the third, fourth and fifth g...
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners When: Monday, Decem- ber 10, 2012 and Tuesday, December 11, 2012. Monday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday's work- shop begins at 1:30 p.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Monday PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1) to consider adoption of the 2013 Walla Walla County property tax levies. 2) To consider adoption of the 2013 Walla Walla County Budget. ACTION AGENDA: 1) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action For...
Christmas Concert Dec. 13 - WHS Auditorium Waitsburg Elemetary willput on two Christmas con- certs, starting at 6:30 pm Christmas Cantata Dec. 16 - First Presbyterian The First Presbyterian Church in Waitsburg willhave a community choircantata entitled Night ofMiracles by John Peterson at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16. Caroling Party Dec. 17 - Coppei Coffee If you want to be part ofthe singing, there will be a caroling party from 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 17, atCoppei Coffee School Concert Dec. 17 -WHS Auditorium Middle school and high school...
WAITSBURG - A standing room crowd packed the aisles of Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile to listen to cowboy and western music, chat with neighbors and celebrate the Christmas season. The annual potluck and party put on by owners John and Marilyn Stelwagon drew around 200 community members this year between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Saturday. It all started five years ago when customers asked the Stelwagons if they were going to have a Christmas party. "What started out with just...
He stares at me from a distance, assessing my description of himself. He's tall, I guess, much tall- er than I would have expected, but shorter than me. His nose flares with the tiniest smidge of sass, and a line of brilliant white teeth parade beneath it. There's a black spot square in the center of his forehead. In fact, he's covered with black spots. And he's blue. Very blue. He is a wooden giraffe, hand-carved and hand-painted in Zimbabwe. For the purpose of clarity, I will call him Blue....
WAITSBURG - A true piece of Waitsburg history, the recently retired 1962 Ford Westland fire engine, will stay in the Waitsburg area. Waitsburg farmer Jerry Baker, age 58, purchased the old engine from the city recently for $500. The en- gine was made surplus and put up for sale by the City of Waitsburg after it purchased a newer 1986 Pierce fire engine for the department. For Baker, who farms wheat, peas and has cattle on his Wilson Hollow property, this is not his first fire engine - it's his...
WAITSBURG - Because of a lack of information and clarity in parent access laws at the state level, the Waitsburg School Board will wait until its next board meeting Dec. 12 to address the issue again. This school year, the stu- dents and staff members at the high school had come up with six new dance rules aimed to prevent inappropriate dancing at school-sponsored events. The final rule limited parent access at school dances to 10 minutes before and after any coronation that may occur at the dance. This rule was added by the students, ASB...
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners When: Monday, Decem- ber 3, 2012 and Tuesday, December 6, 2012. Monday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday's work- shop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla Coun- ty Public Health and Legis- lative Building, 314 Main St. Monday PUBLIC HEARINGS: 1) To consider adoption of the 2013 Walla Walla County property tax levies. 2) To consider adoption of the 2013 Walla Walla County Budget. ACTION AGENDA : 1) Resolution -2013 Property Tax Levy (curre...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg's Main Street came alive this weekend with Christmas carols in the air, children running about with bags of candy and happy parade goers enjoying light- ed floats. The fun started on Saturday at Turkey Bingo, hosted by the American Le- gion Auxiliary. On Sunday, Town Hall opened at noon with a variety of vendors. Merchants sold holiday décor, jewelry, scarves, make- up and skin care products, dolls, products to make the home smell delicious, pocket knives, caramel corn,...
WAITSBURG -- Last Saturday, Daytonites ushered in the holiday season with the Christmas Kickoff. This weekend, Waitsburgers will do the same with the celebration of Hometown Christmas. Wherever you live, this means it's about time to start planning your family's Christmas celebration, stringing the lights, and buying gifts. I'm no better at baking a ham than you are, and my lighthanging skills leave a lot to be desired. But I'm happy to offer these tips for selecting, purchasing and giving that...
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners Monday, Nov. 26, agenda *9:30 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Chairman Tompkins a) Roll call and establish a quorum b) Declarations re: confl ict of interest c) Pledge of Allegiance d) Public comment period (time limitations may be imposed) e) Action Agenda Items: 1) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms f) Consent Agenda Items: 1) Resolution __________ - Minutes of County Commissioners' sessions of November 19 and 20, 2012 2) Approving County warrants as follows: 4135037 through 4135270 totaling...
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Monday November 19, 2012. Tuesday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday's workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Monday .ACTION AGENDA : 1) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms. 2) Resolution - Declaring certain equipment as surplus. .ACTIVE AGENDA: 1) possible discussion/ decision re: any pending claims against the County .CONSENT AGENDA: 1) Resoluti...
PRESTON HALL HONOR ROLL BASED ON TERM 1 GPA 8th Grade 4.0 Jacob Dunn Taylor Hays 3.25 or Above Analisea Araya Aisy Pope Jade Alleman Emily Adams Selina Mercado Jasmine Foxe Lexi Brannock Taylor Spoonemoore Nathan aronson Morgan Forney Dylan Knowles Landon Callas Collette Ray Kyle Gradwohl Nick Kitselman Joe Leamy Julia Taylor Cameron Terry 7th Grade 4.0 Leighton Dorman Chloe Pearson 3.25 or Above Clarissa Espana Korben Duffy Tyler Wood Iris Turnipseed Taylor Jones Tom House Robert Walsh Sam McGowen Gilian Pope Anna Nerf Brandon Boudrieau Cade...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg FFA has come up with a new way to spread Christmas cheer through the town. Students and FFA members Heidi Miller and Kim Hamann asked the Waitsburg City Council last Thursday whether it would a Festival of Trees event to run from Dec. 2, to coincide with Hometown Christmas, and to end Dec. 31. "It's something bright and special," Miller said. FFA Adviser Nicole Abel said the topic of the Festival of Trees came up at a meeting and all of the students liked the idea and voted to try to make it happen this year to gi...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council last Thursday took a look at a proposed budget for 2013 that doesn't include property tax or utility hikes and provides dedicated raises for city employees for the first time in four years. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said last Thursday night the draft budget includes work to Seventh Street in 2013, the proposed amount for the new contract with the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office and small additions like new turnouts for the fire department. The city will also continue to fund work on th...
WAITSBURG COMMERCIAL CLUB Regular Meeting Minutes November 6, 2012 The flag salute and prayer preceded the lasagna dinner and apple pie and ice cream dessert. 22 people were served. Laurette McCaw's name was drawn for the quarter pot for $13.00. She was present. The business meet- ing was convened at 7:05 p.m. by President Joy Smith. She introduced Rose Engelbrite of the American Legion Auxiliary who conducted a muster for Ty Savelesky who will be joining the Navy later this month. He intro- duced his grandparents Laura and George Tolman and...
WAITSBURG - For 66 years, Waits- burg's Ivan Keve, now 91, has been trekking into the local hills with family mem- bers and friends on elk hunting trips filled with brotherhood and fun. Keve's family has deep roots in the Touchet Valley. His great uncle Jacob Keve left Germany in 1864 and came to the United States. In 1889, he brought his brother, sister- in-law and two children out to what would become the Keve homestead on Jasper Mountain, southeast of Waitsburg, in 1889. When Ivan Keve was...
WAITSBURG - When Allison Bond and Bruce Donohue lit up Waitsburg's Main Street with paper bag luminaries last November, they didn't know their act of thanks for their new community would turn into an annual event. But, the lighting of the luminaries on Main Street will take place again this year on Nov. 19. The display reaches back to the ancient Hispanic tradition of luminaria as a gesture of reciprocal kindness to the entire community. "We're just pleased that everybody enjoyed," Bond said of last year's display. This year, Bond and Do...
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Tuesday November 13, 2012. Tuesday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday's workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Monday .ACTION AGENDA : 1) Resolution - Request by Walla Walla County Fire District No. 4 to annex certain property. 2) Review submitted Employee Payroll Action Forms. 3) .ACTIVE AGENDA: 1) Possible discussion/ decision re: any pending claims agains...
