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Waitsburg's summer reading program wrapped up with stories, prizes, and a pizza party in the Weller Public Library on Monday....
July 31 Simple assault on Lyons Ferry and Pickard roads. Reporting party was heading to Columbia County and was contacted by CCSO for statement and pictures. July 29 Vehicle prowl on E. Seventh St. Two victim’s vehicles were entered. One victim reported various items were stolen from their vehicle. July 21 Received a call reporting a lost wallet on Coppei Ave....
Forty-four people participated in Sunday's Race For Grace 5K sponsored by the Waitsburg Christian Church to raise funds for a May 2018 service trip to help Embracing Orphans in Jamaica. Two participants were "virtual racers;" Carol Clarke and Diane Fortune participated from Cuidad de Saber in Panama. Participants ranged in age from 7 to 78 and raised approximately $500 toward the trip. The event was coordinated by Sandra Farley, and many volunteers manned the route and helped set up road...
WAITSBURG – The replacement of Waitsburg's Main Street Bridge hit another glitch this month, but the Port of Walla Walla stepped in to meet the resulting financial shortfall, for the second time. At the July 19 city council meeting, City Manager Randy Hinchliffe gave a bridge update and informed council members that the contractors had run into an issue the day prior. Hinchliffe said there have been at least four bridges that existed prior to the recently demolished bridge. While digging to r...
WAITSBURG – At their July 19 regular meeting, the Waitsburg city council unanimously approved the city’s updated 6-year transportation plan. The plan must be updated annually, and includes a list of transportation projects that could reasonably be accomplished over a six year period, though most sit on the list longer than that, according to City Manager Randy Hinchliffe. The only change between this year and last is the addition of an item to consider widening the south end of east 7th Str...
WAITSBURG – After investing more than a year and spending thousands of dollars for engineering reports, drawings, and structural assessments to determine if renovating the Waitsburg fairgrounds grandstands is feasible, the outlook is bleak. City Manager Randy Hinchliffe reported to council members that two engineers and a risk control representative have examined the grandstands and all three agree that the building is unsafe and that demolition may be the best option. Engineer John Raby was h...
July 10: Reporting party listed an item on Craigslist, received a check for the item, and cashed the check. The bank later advised that the check was not good and requested the money back. July 12: Report of burglary at Waitsburg Mini Storage (765 Preston Ave.)...
WAITSBURG – When Jason Kaehler hit on an idea he felt would teach his daughters responsibility, help the community, and bring in some extra money all at the same time, he knew he'd found a winner. Kaehler and Daughters Mobile Oil Change opened for business last week and is welcoming new customers. Kaehler said he decided to start a business because he felt it was important to do something with his daughters that would teach them responsibility and life skills. Madison, age 10, and Peyton, age 6...
WAITSBURG – In a workshop prior to their regular July 12 meeting, the Waitsburg School Board, along with other administrators, staff, and community members, met with architects to go over preliminary plans for a new field house at the WHS football field. The work session included a review of preliminary design elements, as well as discussion on the placement of the new facility at the complex, according to Board Chairman Ross Hamann. “We spent several hours in the work session and reviewed multiple potential elements that will go into the des...
WAITSBURG – They drifted in slowly, in singles and pairs, but by the end of the night it was ten guys and a gal performing at Friday night's Mythical Movable Bluegrass Jam held at Suze Wood's Open Studio in Waitsburg. Another half-dozen folks, from a toddler to retirees, provided the audience, nodding and singing along with the tunes. "Jams are the epitome of live music. If you're not there at that moment, you'll never hear the same thing again. It's always different people playing different son...
WAITSBURG – Contractors wasted no time getting down to business on the demolition of Waitsburg's Main Street Bridge. The bridge was closed, as scheduled, on July 5. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife workers performed in-stream work while contractor, Harry Johnson Excavation and Plumbing began tearing up the Bolles Road side of the bridge access. WDFW workers placed nets across the Touchet River, both upstream and downstream from the bridge. They then used electrofishing equipment to c...
WAITSBURG – The July 6 Waitsburg Tree Committee meeting was short and sweet. Committee chair Kevin House, andmembers Ethan Carpenter and Kate Hockersmith briefly discussed current and upcoming tree-related projects and agreed to meet again in October. The committee was pleased to receive confirmation from Hockersmith that the Rural Youth Enrichment Services nonprofit organization voted "yes" to adding the Urban Forestry Project to their umbrella of enriching youth activities. Currently, RYES is...
Who hasn't at least wondered what it would be like to be a rock musician? Each year since 2009, 50 Walla Walla area teens get to find out firsthand what it's like to prepare and produce a Rock 'n' Roll concert by attending Walla Walla Rock Camp. The week-long intensive music experience is a joint venture of the Walla Walla Symphony, Walla Walla Public Schools, and the Walla Walla Blues Society, and is directed by Waitsburg's own Roger Garcia. The camp concludes with a free public concert on...
Waitsburg patriots, were greeted by a red-white-and blue clad crowd as they celebrated the 4th of July with the town's traditional Patriot's Parade. The procession was followed by a short gathering at the hardware store and a community potluck at Preston Park. Leading the parade were veterans....
It wasn't quite the 4th of July, but June 27 was a true Independence Day for the brood of birds that began their life just outside the door of The Times. Mama Bird made her nest in the light fixture above our front door, just as she had the year before. But this year tragedy struck. Teeny (McMunn) came to work on June 22 to find the nest had fallen behind the newspaper box. She texted me, saying the birds were still alive but "I'm sure I should call Hospice." Two birds were still inside the grou...
In the summer months, there tends to be less 'hard' news and sports, which leaves room for columns and features, which I think are a lot more fun. In May, The Times received a head's up from 1964 Prescott High School grad, Phil Stevens, that former Waitsburg general store owner, Edward L. Powell, was the subject of a "Then and Now" feature in the Spokesman Review. I marked the email to take a look at later. When I finally got around to researching the story last week I was fascinated, not just...
Over 100 people attended Waitsburg's first Free Family Swim Day on Saturday. Free swimming and lunch were provided by the Waitsburg Resource Center. The Friends of the Waitsburg Pool will sponsor a Free Family Swim Day on July 22 and the Waitsburg Lions will sponsor another on August 19....
WAITSBURG – Following nearly two years of planning and preparation, Waitsburg’s Main Street Bridge will finally close on July 5. Demolition and replacement will follow, with the expectation that a new bridge will be ready for use this fall, City Manager Randy Hinchliffe told city council members at their June 21 meeting. Environmental regulations require that work in the river takes place during the low fish window which, unfortunately, coincides with harvest. Hinchliffe said that in-stream wor...
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WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Christian Church pastor Matthew Wyatt is excited to finally be planning a long-anticipated service trip with Carl Robanske, founder of Embracing Orphans. The Waitsburg Christian Church will host a Race for Grace 5K run/walk on Sunday, July 30, to raise funds for the trip, which will take place during spring break in 2018. "The idea of this mission trip is a culmination of many years of friendship," Wyatt said. Robanske graduated from high school in Dayton in 1997 while Wyat...
WAITSBURG – There's rarely a day goes by that at least one passerby doesn't stop in front of The Times to have a photo taken with Jeffrey Hill's Founding Fathers sculpture. Now, that sculpture, along with Wayne Chabre's interactive Fanny Weller bronze and Squire Broel's The Waitsburg Monument obelisk, are receiving statewide recognition as subjects of a feature story in the May/June 2017 Cityvision Magazine. The Association for Washington Cities, publisher of Cityvision Magazine, got the h...
WAITSBURG – Earlier this month, the Dayton School District approved a full athletic combine with Waitsburg, for both middle and high school. With recent survey results showing approximately 80% of respondents in favor of the combine, it was generally expected that Waitsburg would do the same at their June 14 school board meeting. That was not the case, though the board was ultimately given little choice in the matter. WIAA District 9 Director, Bob Kirk, opened the discussion by passing out a l...
June 13 Deputies responded to a report of a recovered stolen vehicle. Deputies located the vehicle and, after a brief pursuit with the vehicle, the subject fled on foot into a farm facility and stole another vehicle. Pursuit of this vehicle ended in Columbia County with the subject fleeing on foot. The subject was later involved in another pursuit that started in Columbia County and ended in Walla Walla County with the suspected arrested on multiple charges....
Board members present: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Randy Pearson, Marilyn Johnson, Russ Knopp. Facilities/Maintenance/Transportation Report: -Supervisor Colter Mohney said he had made a clerical error in figures given for the Preston Hall lighting upgrade. He said the total error was $3,200, but $1,000 of that included a buffer. The total cost to the district will be $5364 rather than $3164. It is anticipated that the upgrade will save the district $4250, annually. The board directed Mohney to...
WAITSBURG – Bob Brock met his goal of driving his Patriot Jeep in the Washington D.C. Memorial Day Parade, but says "the journey is not over." Brock, who recently returned from his cross-country quest, gave a presentation in Preston Park on Saturday and shared about his experience. He said he and the Jeep, which he has come to regard as having a voice of its own, made it through many adventures and terrains. They survived a tornado in Indiana, crossed the desolate Dakota badlands, gave three l...
