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WALLA WALLA – Walla Walla County Commissioner Perry Dozier was appointed to serve as interim manager of the Walla Walla Fairgrounds at the commissioner’s regular meeting on Dec. 5. Dozier, who did not run for re-election, will end his term as county commissioner on Dec. 31 and assume fairground duties on Jan. 1. A prepared statement from the Board of Commissioners said it is expected that Dozier will serve as interim manager for approximately three months while the search for a new manager takes place. The position has been vacant since mid...
Local photographer's love of the outdoors is evident in his work WAITSBURG – Having spent more than 50 years working as a professional photographer, Waitsburg native Vance Price is at the point in life where he can focus on doing only what he enjoys most – shooting the great outdoors. "I've never once had a tree complain," said Price, who spent many years working with people, as a portrait and wedding photographer. Many of Price's photos are now lining the walls of the 10 Ton Press building at...
WAITSBURG – One, two, cha-cha-cha... one, two, cha-cha-cha. Chant that phrase to a Preston Hall middle school student and they will probably grin as they showed you just how it's done. Waitsburg middle school students spent mornings last week learning the popular Latin dance, the Cha Cha, as part of a holiday homeroom activity geared toward teaching social skills. This year, middle school students spend the first 20 minutes of each day engaged in a homeroom activity, according to junior high s...
WAITSBURG - Neither sleet nor rain could keep Waitsburg townfolk from enjoying the city's annual Hometown Christmas celebration last weekend. Visitors filled Town Hall to listen to local musicians, enjoy a meal or Christmas cookie, and browse the many tables of wares for sale. About 60 children (and an adult or two) found their way to Santa's lap where they shared their Christmas wish list, got their picture taken, and received a goodie bag, courtesy of the Waitsburg Commercial Club. Children...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room was hopping before school last Friday, as students and families flocked in to enjoy cocoa, a photo, and a chat with Waitsburg's resident Santa. For the last three years, the Waitsburg lunch ladies have taken it upon themselves to transform the lunchroom into a winter wonderland. "We do this every year with a different theme," said food services manager Susan Wildey. "We usually start preparing and planning a year in advance. We l...
WAITSBURG – For many Christians, pulling the nativity set out of storage and placing it prominently on display signifies the start of the Christmas season. That's one task that Ginny and Joe Just don't have to worry about. Theirs are on display 365 days a year. Over 300 of them, as a matter of fact! The Justs began collecting nativity sets about 16 years ago, and haven't stopped yet, though they say they have gotten significantly more picky over the years. The collection fills a b...
WAITSBURG – For Bill Fether of SteelFeather Auto, located at 615 Preston Ave., Christmas dreams came true a bit early this year. Fether is excited to announce that he has expanded his former one-bay shop to three bays, and he plans to install a lift within the next six months. Fether opened his shop just over a year ago, but said his business was relatively unnoticed until The Times ran a story on him last July. Fether said that once word got out, business started pouring in and hasn't stopped....
Saturday, Dec. 3 Waitsburg Town Hall 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Shop with local vendors 9 -11:30 a.m. Breakfast by Chef Jeff 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Lunch by Chef Jeff, Hot Cocoa, Coffee, Cookies 11 a.m. – Noon Cookie exchange 1-2 p.m. Children’s Cookie Decorating 1-2 p.m. Children’s Ornament Decorating 2-4 p.m. Framing Fables Acoustic Concert Waitsburg Elementary School 4 p.m. Turkey Bingo (Doors open at 3 p.m.) Main Street 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Vance Price Art Show - 10 Ton Press, 216 Main Sunday, Dec. 4 Waitsburg Town Hall 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Shop with local ve...
The WHS Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) wrapped up a sock drive last month and delivered 249 pairs of new socks to the Waitsburg Resource Center to be distributed locally. The students decided to become sole warmers when they learned that socks are one of the least donated items to shelters said advisor, Nancy Bickelhaupt. The next project on the FCCLA agenda is selling Waitsburg Cardinal Christmas ornaments....
WAITSBURG – The Greg Blake Trio, featuring Blake, Isaac Callender and Ellie Hakanson, will perform at Dynamite Coffee + Art (119 Main Street) on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project and Rural Youth Enrichment Services. Blake has been nominated twice for traditional vocalist of the year by the SPBGMA (Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America), and is a five-time winner of the SPBGMA’s guitarist of the year. He is known as one of the true Appalachian stars of mod...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Christian Church will once again host a living nativity on the grounds of the Bruce Museum on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The nativity is an opportunity for the community to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Participants will provide a "living portrait" of the first Christmas. They will not act out the parts but will remain in a posture of reverence while clothed as those present at Christ's birth. There will be a few animals on the set to give an...
Council members KC Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karen Gregutt, Karl Newell, Kate Hockersmith and Mayor Marty Dunn were all present. -Unanimously opted to forego the one-percent property tax increase allowed by law. The increase would have added approximately $1,500 to the city’s coffers. -Unanimously approved a preliminary 2017 budget in the amount of $3,311,150. There are no major projects planned aside from the Main Street Bridge replacement and sidewalk repairs and additions. -Terry Hofer presented an update on the Fairgrounds RV park o...
WAITSBURG – The 2017 Waitsburg Celebration Days Queen has been selected and will make her official debut at the Hometown Christmas Parade on Sunday. Incoming queen Cheyanne Shoun will lead off the parade, riding alongside reigning WCD queen Emily Adams. Earlier this year, the WCD committee decided to move from an entire court to just a queen, due to cost, flexibility and lack of applicants. Cheyanne applied for the position, was recommended by WCD court advisor Ann Adams, and made a presentation...
WAITSBURG – Three Waitsburg High School musicians will play with the Walla Walla Symphony Youth Orchestra at their Winter Concert on Dec. 14. Tuba players Jacob Elder and Scott Leamy, and clarinetist Leena Baker, are looking forward to their first symphony performance. "I am delighted! What a special bunch of students," said WHS band director Brad Green, who plans to show support by taking a van-load of WHS band students to attend the concert. Seventeen-year-old Jacob Elder was the first to j...
The former Times publisher's family recalls his humility and devotion to his community WAITSBURG – It wasn't unexpected, but the void is large. Waitsburg is mourning the loss of former Times publisher and longtime civil servant Tom Baker, who passed away after an extended illness on Nov. 14. Tom not only spent 27 years writing about life in Waitsburg, but he gave wholeheartedly to the town and its folk, becoming a local institution, and leaving behind a lasting legacy. Tom grew up in Colorado a...
Commission vote is split 3-2 WAITSBURG – Following a Nov. 17 public hearing, the Waitsburg Planning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend rezoning property located at 503 W. 2nd, just off Highway 12, from residential to CR4 residential-commercial mixed-use. They plan to submit their recommendation, along with conditional use permit recommendations for the landowner, at the Dec. 21 city council meeting. The rezone was the result of an application submitted last spring, by property owner Marvin A...
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WAITSBURG – Each year, on the first weekend in December, Waitsburg families flock to Main Street to enjoy Waitsburg’s annual Christmas celebration. This will be Waitsburg’s 31st Hometown Christmas. Main Street will be decked out with a large community Christmas tree, decorated by Waitsburg students, in front of the Plaza Theater. Garlands and wreaths will hang festively from the light poles. Smaller themed trees, from the FFA’s Festival of Trees, will line the sidewalks. Saturday, December 3 On...
WAITSBURG – Local 4-H members were recognized in a Walla Walla County 4-H Achievement Night Award Ceremony at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds Community Building on Sun., Nov. 12. The Home Grown Go Wild group walked away with the Best Window Display award for their impressive display in the Ten Ton Press building window on Waitsburg’s Main Street. Timothy Daves received the Wayne Stambuagh Memorial Award, with Emily Adams receiving Honorable Mention. The award is given to members enrolled in a plant...
WAITSBURG - Former Times Publisher Tom Baker, passed away at Booker Rest Home Monday afternoon. He was 86. Baker co-owned The Times with his wife, Anita, from 1964 to 1991 and served as the paper’s editor and publisher during those years. Civic-minded Baker also served as the town’s mayor and actively participated in Commercial Club, Lions Club, and the Presbyterian Church, among others. For years, he wrote a personal column titled “TOMfoolery.” He bids his Waitsburg friends and family a personal good-bye in his final “TOMfoolery” column on P...
WAITSBURG – Final counts are in, and voters approved a $3.8 million bond to improve and upgrade Waitsburg school facilities with a 62.99% approval vote. The funds will be used to upgrade the HVAC system in all three schools, including adding air conditioning to the elementary school, renovating the school kitchen, and constructing a field house at the athletic field. The bond will also allow the district to access $40,000 in funds given by an anonymous donor for the construction of the field h...
WAITSBURG – "The last time I spoke before this student body was in 1967, when I had to give the valedictorian speech. I'm about as nervous now as I was then," said Dr. Lewis Neace as he addressed students and community members during a Veteran's Day program in the Waitsburg High School gymnasium last Thursday. The statement is surprising coming from a man who spent a good portion of his career parachuting behind enemy lines to rescue military personnel as commander of the 920th USAF p...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Leos and Lions Clubs joined together to collect 868 pounds of food for the Waitsburg Resource Center last week. The Resource Center donates approximately 7,000 lbs. of food to families in need each year. The food drive was organized as a competition between high school classes, with the seniors taking home the win by collecting 347 lbs. of non-perishables. The junior class came in second with 267 lbs. followed by the sophomores with 134 lbs. and freshmen with 130 lbs. S...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School seniorTimber Frohreich will be sworn in as Waitsburg City Council's student representative at the regular Nov. 16 council meeting. Frohreich said she applied for the position to take advantage of the opportunity to better learn how the community operates and runs. "Many of our students are deeply involved in our small town's life, and I'd like to become even more involved by joining the city council's team. I feel I am well prepared for this position from my e...
WAITSBURG – Visitors to Dynamite Art + Coffee, located on the north end of Waitsburg's Main Street, will be able to enjoy the art of Walla Walla artist Leiv Fagereng, whose works will be on display through Nov. 27. Fagereng's large, richly colored oil paintings are a feast for the eyes that provide food for thought. "I like to have more questions than answers in my artwork, which is why I give it a surrealistic twist. I appreciate hearing what viewers think of my work, more than what I have to s...
