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PRESCOTT - Prescott High School Class of 2016 Valedictorian Jaqueline Velazco and Salutatorian Salomon Martinez earned their titles by being the top scholars in their class. But their gratitude, humility, and desire to give back to the community speaks volumes about their character as well. Valedictorian Jaqueline Velazco, daughter of Jaqueline and Jaime Velazco, ends her high school career with a GPA of 3.85. During high school she was a National Honor Society member, class secretary all four...
WAITSBURG – Area exhibitors showed their talents at the 62nd annual Waitsburg Livestock Show & Fair at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds last weekend, June 11 and 12. Organizer Sandra Farley said the fair received approximately 145 applied arts entries from both youth and adults, up significantly from past years. The State Fair Judge awarded the Goat department the "Black and White" ribbon, the highest award possible at a fair, Farley said. 2016 Waitsburg Livestock Show Champions List Goats S...
Elementary school students from Waitsburg and Prescott wrapped up their school year with a visit to the Bruce House Museum for Pioneer Day. Students learned history from Gary Lentz, sewed on buttons, played old-time games, sang songs accompanied by Krista McKinley on piano, and listed to the Bluegrass band, Switchgrass, in the museum's parlor. This is the first year that Prescott students have participated in the program....
WAITSBURG – Twenty graduating WHS seniors made the traditional walk down Kison Court to receive their diplomas at Waitsburg High School's 120th commencement ceremony on Friday, June 3. "If we can't find the road to success, we will make one," was the motto chosen by the class that proudly proclaimed and celebrated its uniqueness as the doors closed on high school and its members looked expectantly to the future. Honor Speaker Caitlyn Jones, with a GPA of 3.26, is the daughter of Collette Jones a...
WAITSBURG – Making preschool available to all students, at no charge, has been a top priority for Waitsburg School Board member Marilyn Johnson, since she was elected in Sept. of 2009. That goal was met on May 11 when the board unanimously approved partnering with the Walla Walla Community College preschool program to provide free preschool to all students. “I’m really excited that we’ll be able to give early education access to all kids. Part of the recent levy dollars were allocated for presch...
The Waitsburg High School band took a field trip to check out the new Musical History of Waitsburg exhibit at the Wilson-Phillips House last week....
WALLA WALLA - The 17th annual two-day Fort Walla Walla Days event will take place June 11 and 12. The family festival celebrates Walla Walla Valley regional heritage with historic reenactors, live demonstrations, music, dancing, children’s pioneer games, and more. Historic reenactors, encluding fur traders, Civil War soldiers, Old West cowboys, Lewis and Clark era explorers, Texas Rangers and WWI soldiers will occupy encampments on the museum’s 17-acre campus. A 19th century chuckwagon will be on display and Buffalo Soldier reenactors will be...
WAITSBURG – Several Waitsburg teachers had so much fun attending painting classes at Brushes 'n Brix that they decided to bring share the experience with their students. The elementary school teachers used ASB funds to bring art instructor Barb Newby to Waitsburg to spend two days creating works of art with Kindergarten through fifth grade students. Newby said several of the Waitsburg teachers had painted at her studio, located at the Walla Walla Regional Airport, and had even brought in t...
Waitsburg Elementary students, many dressed in red and black, lined the school halls Thursday afternoon eagerly anticiating the arrival of WHS soon-to-be grads in Waitsburg's first Senior Walk Through. Grade schoolers offered handshakes and high-fives to the Class of 2016 graduating seniors. It was an opportunity for seniors to be honored and younger students to be inspired....
When I think of Waitsburg High School's Class of 2016, I think of a truly rare group of classmates. Nothing can ever compare to this group of unique individuals. There have been many ups and downs, but we never gave up on each other. We know one another's weaknesses and build up each other's strengths. Our class has always done things differently and I can assure you this was frustrating at times for the teachers. How they were willing to put up with us, I could honestly not tell you. Their...
As we sit before you today, soon to be graduates, I can assure you each of us are thinking one thing, this is the start of our futures, the next chapter in our lives, but what will I make of myself?Everything we have done up to this point in our lives, with the help of our teachers and families, has been preparing us for our futures "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." I believe nothing to be truer than how our education we were...
Well, this sure came quick. It seems like just weeks ago we were all walking into Waitsburg High School without the slightest clue of how to navigate hallways and seemingly endless stairs to our classes. I'm sure I can speak for most of the class saying: I can vividly remember racing up, down, and through the halls in a frantic search for the correct classroom and even barging into the wrong one. But Hey, look at us now, we lived through it. We know this school like the back of our hands as well...
The streets of Waitsburg were busy with traffic on Saturday for the city's annual Community Yard Sale. These youngsters from the Kuykendall and Pitcher families took advantage of the situation and set up an old-school "food truck," hawking refreshing treats to tired and thirsty shoppers....
WAITSURG – This year's annual American Legion Memorial Day Service at the Waitsburg Cemetery included the addition of four names to the memorial wall and a muster for two high school students, Caitlyn Jones and Trey Potts, who have enlisted with the military. Legion Commander Ron Standring and Auxiliary President Rose Engelbrite opened the ceremony, which began with the flag-lowering by Wilson Hollow Wranglers 4-H group members Jared, Drew, and Amy Farley. Waitsburg City Council Student R...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Melissa Hansen, running as a Republican, is one of six candidates in a race for the District 2 seat on the Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners. That seat, which covers the eastern half of the county, including Waitsburg and Prescott, will be vacated by Waitsburg resident Perry Dozier, who is not seeking re-election. Also running for the position are Republicans Don Gibbard, Todd Kimball, and Jacob Radke, and Democrats Randal Son and Michael Bates. Hansen s...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School freshman Loren Negron has every right to be proud of herself for winning first place in the creed speaking competition at the 86th Washington State FFA Convention over the weekend of May 12-14. But for the Philippine native, the experience became much more than just meeting a goal. It taught her to believe in herself, to be an inspiration to others, and showed her much it means to have the strong support of friends and family. Negron moved to the United S...
Mayor Walt Gobel and council members KC Kuykendall, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, Karl Newell, Kate Hockersmith, and student representative Stuart Walsh were in attendance. -Approved reimbursement to resident Joe Ryhmes for a $365 plumbing bill that resulted from a sewer backup that was caused from a problem with the main line, rather than the resident's line. -Representatives from the Society for Creative Anachronism (dressed in full Renaissance garb) requested to use Preston Park, and allow...
WAITSBURG – After weighing input from a handful of citizens who spoke at the May 18 Waitsburg City Council meeting, the council voted unanimously to move forward with the planned removal of five large trees on W. 6th Street. The council also agreed to consider amending the current tree ordinance at an upcoming council meeting. The trees were to be removed earlier this month, because they had caused extensive heaving to the existing sidewalk. Local homeowners have agreed to replace that sidewalk...
WAITSBURG - Melissa Hansen, a participant in Leadership Class 37 of the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Education Foundation Leadership Program (AgForestry), received the Jack Felgenhauer Leadership Fellowship during the class' graduation in Pasco on May 6, 2016. The fellowship was established in recognition of the late Jack Felgenhauer's forward-thinking leadership for the wheat industry; his dedicated and tireless promotion to build a successful link between rural and urban communities;...
Waitsburg National Honor Society members served dinner at the Christian Aid Center in Walla Walla on Monday night. The club also hosts an annual Red Cross blood drive and raises funds for Black Dog Rescue and the Waitsburg Resource Center. Advisor Liv Leid said it was a neat experience to reach outside of Waitsburg....
AUTO 1ST: Bojack Farms 2ND: WWCC Truck 3RD: McKinney Farms (Combine with parade marshals) BUGGY & HITCH: 1ST: Dixie Aichele Others in division, placement not identified: Pat Gleason, Jill Perrine, Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days Parade Marshal YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS: 1ST: Waitsburg Rainbow Girls 2ND Touchet Valley Little League 3RD: Waitsburg/Dayton Girl Scouts ADULT ORGANIZATIONS: 1ST: American Legion 2ND: Waitsburg PEO Chapter 3RD: Columbia Basin Shrine Club ROYALTY: 1ST: Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days 2ND: Pendleton Round-Up 3RD:...
WAITSBURG – Outgoing FFA President Tristan Newman gave a touching farewell speech, crediting his "five-foot firecracker" FFA Advisor Nicole Abel, and his father, Travis Newman, as major influences in his life, at the Waitsburg FFA Awards Ceremony on May 17. Bill Stonecipher, who was recognized for more than 40 years of service as an FFA board member, left a few more teary eyes as he referred to the "four or five generations of students I've watched grow up" as his "kids," and made it clear h...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Historical Society debuted the latest of its rotating Wilson Phillips House displays, the Waitsburg Musical History Exhibit, during Celebration Days weekend. The display will also be open to the public during Alumni Weekend on May 28 from 2-4 p.m. Historical Society member and display organizer Mary Phillips encourages all alumni to reminisce and check out the display. "They may even find a picture of themselves," Phillips said. Nancy Otterson will man the museum f...
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WAITSBURG – Larry and Pam Conover are honored to be selected as the 2016 Waitsburg Celebration Days parade marshals. That said, Larry admitted his first thought was, "I didn't think we were old enough! Couldn't they find anybody older? We're officially old now!" That type of self-deprecating humor, along with a big dose of humility, is typical of the third-generation Waitsburg farmer who makes light of his contributions to the community he proudly calls home. "I wouldn't live anyplace else!" L...
