The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Ten Years Ago August 29, 2009 Wheat harvest should be done by early next week. Several farmers around Waitsburg reported some fields yielding 100-plus bushels per acre, McCaw added. Yield and quality...

Francis (Frank) Eugene Wood was born April 4th, 1936, and has gone to be with our Lord on August 2nd, 2019. He passed peacefully at home in Blue Ridge, Texas, with his wife Cheryl McBeth Wood. A...

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I tasted these at our church potluck and asked for the recipes. I received them last Sunday, handwritten on a bright yellow sheet of paper, without a lot of detailed directions, as you find in today...

Ten Years Ago August 13, 2009 Kurtis Reser, son of Frank and Judy Reser of Waitsburg graduated Magna Cum Laude from Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE) in English...

Removal of debris from a January house fire on 4th Street in Dayton was a community project coordinated by the Dayton Lions Club. The project depended on several partners who made donations and/or...

Gardening and technology are two words that might not seem to go together, but green thumbs and screen thumbs are not so disparate. There's a tool for every job, whether you're growing on an acre or...

Our dearest Dot passed away on August 1, 2019, at the ripe old age of 96 years. Born in Walla Walla on January 13, 1923, to Hugh “Pink” and Edith O’Neil, she shared her birthday with her...

Edna Mae Baxter “Bitzi”, age 74, of Waitsburg, died peacefully Wednesday, July 31st surrounded by family and friends. Bitzi was born to the late I. Georgie and Eleanor Fenter, July 2, 1945, in...

Wayne L. Pelley, 80, of Walla Walla passed away at Park Manor Rehabilitation Center on July 21, 2019. The oldest of three boys he was born in Waterloo, Iowa to Lawerance & Lydia Pelley on August 23,...

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I’m sure I have shared this before, but I didn’t see it in my recipe file. A while ago, I accidently deleted my file, then deleted the trash file. Joe was able to retrieve most, but I think some...

I have long thought about fly fishing on the Wenaha River but hadn't had the opportunity until last week when my husband and I camped at Fields Spring State Park for a few days. Fields Spring State...

Ten Years Ago August 6, 2009 Photo caption: Wait ancestors were given a tour of the interior of Wait’s Mill, and included: Laurie Smith, Janice Babula, Javon Monahan, Jim Matzger, Brian Madison,...

On June 29th, Sarah Zuger was married to Jess Douglas in Bridgeport California, on a ranch near the Saw Tooth Mountains in the Eastern Sierras. Sarah is the daughter of Marcus and Caron Zuger,...

Cheers! to the young man who almost cut me off while riding his skateboard, but quickly stopped and apologized....

Time for fun....

I debated about whether or not to rerun the recipe for the Lemon Refrigerator Cake, which is light and served chilled and always a hit, but this recipe showed up in my feed. Joe will tell you I...

Just before 5:30 on the evening of July 5, 2019, our beloved Joe won his race. His legs were restored and his stride was strong, his lungs were renewed and his breaths were full. The wind was at his f...

Ten Years Ago July 30, 2009 Farmers in the Touchet Valley and surrounding environs have all gotten their harvest operations underway and in "full swing." Low protein is a desirable trait in soft...

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