Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Joseph Rhymes is running as a write-in candidate for Waitsburg School Board Position 4. Why are you running? Simply, we need change. The majority of our current board is neglecting their duties to our kids and families and have become apathetic to the concerns of parents, students, and even the staff of our school. What issues do you believe our district needs to address? We need to return to the basics of education. There is something to be said about the old adage "reading, writing, and...
Planting winter wheat on Middle Waitsburg Road. October 14, 2021. And then it rained!...
Candidate for Waitsburg's city council, Jim Romine currently serves on the council and is running unopposed for position 2. Unfortunately, he had not received our request and was not included in last week's article. The Times apologizes to the candidate and are happy to publish his responses to our questions this week. Why have I decided to run for a position on the Waitsburg City Council? During my four years on the Waitsburg City Council I have tried to learn all I can about how the city...
The Boudrieau family from Waitsburg, traveled to Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma last week. Brandon, a 2018 WHS graduate, and in his senior year at WSU, completed the Army’s basic training program and is now in his Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, VA. He will finish his Criminal Justice degree, apply for Warrant Officer School, then Flight School. Levi and Colt were there in support of big brother....
October 12 Accident, non-injury. Highway 12 Sex offense at Dayton High School. 3rd Street Trespass at Shangri La RV Park. Rose Gulch October 13 Unwanted person reported. Klingenstein Street Civil problem at Minnie Moe House. 6th Street Unwanted person reported at Country Village October 14 Suspicious activity at Ameristar. Main Street Civil problem. 1st Street October 15 Man with gun at Dayton Elementary School. 2nd Street Sex offense reported at Teamcum Timers LDS Church. Touchet Street Welfare check. Highway 12 October 16 Attempt to locate....
October 2 DUI collision. Middle Waitsburg Road, Walla Walla County October 3 A license plate was stolen in Burbank. Dodd Road, Burbank October 12 Identity theft/fraud. Bryant Avenue, Walla Walla County October 15 A report of attempted ID theft occurred in the county. Lawson Lane, Walla Walla County Suspicious activity at a residence. W Fifth Street, Waitsburg Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance. Stovall Road, Walla Walla County...
Folks from Dayton and surrounding communities came together on Wednesday, October 13 for the final Yes! Touchet Valley Trail support walk before elections....
WAITSBURG-Whether you want to sip, sing, appreciate art, or just enjoy a relaxing evening in Waitsburg, the Royal Block is the place for you. The historic building celebrated the opening of its newest business on October 14 after years of being an empty storefront. Over the last year, owners Tiina Jaatinen and Joseph Roberts have poured heart and soul into their building, incorporating its nearly 140 years of history into their current day. The building's original floors, walked on by the...
Although Daniel and I enjoy many of the same things, we also have major differences in our personalities and ideas. For example, before he even starts boiling water for his morning tea, he gets dressed. I, on the other hand, can hang out in my PJs for hours. In fact, I’ve become an expert at fitting “sweats” over my PJs when necessary. Daniel considers the back of our dining room chair to be his closet. He neatly stacks his clothes at night in the order he will need them in the morning. On th...
The Litte Paris Bookshop by Nina George, translated by Simon Pare Reviewed by Todd Vandenbark, MLS. Library Director, Columbia County Rural Library District, Dayton, WA Floating on the banks of the Seine River in France is a barge where Monsieur Perdue has a bookshop. He considers himself as a "literary apothecary" and uses his intuitive sense of what a person needs to "prescribe" novels about the hardships of life. Perdue's gift has helped to mend broken hearts and wounded souls for his custome...
Ten Years Ago October 20, 2011 The Henze hunting party got its first deer of the season Monday morning. The five men from Waitsburg and Aberdeen flushed out the 4-point white tail buck by spreading out around the brush on privately owned wheat lands north of town after walking the fields for more than a mile from the nearest road. It was a cool dewy morning, the sun barely up to illuminate the gently sloping landscape around them. It didn’t take long to spot the buck, to make sure it was l...
To say that Texans love their food is an understatement. As a kid, most of my summers were spent visiting my beloved grandparents and extended family in the great Lone Star State. Born and raised on the west coast, these trips never lacked in uniquely Texan culinary discoveries. Whether at a favorite restaurant, a smokey barbeque joint, or sitting around the table at a cousin's house, every family gathering was centered around sharing good food, and lots of it. It was at such an event that I...
Lisa Morrow Waitsburg School Board, District 4 Unopposed Why are you running for the Board of Education? If elected, what will be your priorities? I am running for re-election. My priorities are the kids in our school and community. We have an amazing school and I want to help it stay that way. What issues do you believe your district needs to address in its academic program and offerings? What changes would you recommend? We are always struggling to offer more options for the students. I think...
Carol was born on April 28, 1928, in Yakima, WA. to Verna and Jesse Comer. She attended schools in the Yakima Valley and graduated from Naches High School in 1946. She attended Whitman College and graduated in 1950. Like her mother, Carol became a schoolteacher, first in Chelan, WA. and then Toppenish, WA, before moving to Waitsburg, WA. to teach there in 1953. She married Robert (Bob) Weir in June of 1955. They farmed in Prescott, WA, and in Waitsburg until Bob’s retirement in 1992. Carol started an antique cut glass business in 1972, s...
Celebration of Life. Please join friends and family at the Waitsburg Town Hall on Main Street. Sunday, October 24, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served....
WAITSBURG-Candidates Kate Hockersmith and Marty Dunn were asked what they saw as challenges to the city in the next four years and how they would address those concerns. Kate Hockersmith What challenges do you see for the city in the next four years? Infrastructure issues have been on my mind since I first ran for City Council in 2016. Many of Waitsburg's assets and much of the essential infrastructure is either beyond its expected lifespan or it hasn't been routinely maintained. The City...
DAYTON-Several candidates are running for a position on the Dayton City Council, including one write-in candidate. Laura Aukerman and Boe Stevenson will face off for Position 1, a four-year term on the Dayton City Council. Aukerman calls herself a critical thinker. With a thirty-year career in the nuclear industry under her belt, she says she knows how government processes work, and how and when they don't. She thinks it is very important to look at issues, utilize all the facts and data, gather...
DAYTON-This election year, there are some hotly contested races for Port commission offices. In District 1, Seth Bryan is running for a four-year term against the incumbent Shawn Brown. Bryan said his top priority if elected, will be improving the local economy by working to provide a solid foundation on which to grow. He said the most pressing concern for the Port is recovery from damage caused by the COVID-19 situation including overreaching regulations imposed by the government. "Up to this p...
November 2 is Election Day, and candidates vying for seats on the Waitsburg City Council and Mayor positions are participating in the city's first county-run election. Ballots were mailed out on October 13. This year, citizens interested in serving on the city council had to specify which seat they were running for when they declared candidacy. In the past, the city's elections were held annually and the top five vote earning candidates were elected to the city council. This year's election...
Ten Years Ago October 13, 2011 It has been 25 years since Markeeta Little Wolf has belted out songs with her powerful voice to an audience. Little Wolf performed on TV, in club acts and even on the theater stage in musicals from age 12 to 28, when she gave it all up to sell real estate and have a different kind of life. Little Wolf realized about one yar ago that she still has one more show in her, she said. And she's been working since on songs, lighting, and costumes to give her friends in...
Autumn, with its crisp sunny days and frosty nights, such as we have had this past week, is my favorite time of year. Watching the leaves change color, donning cozy sweaters, and tending bubbling pots of soup, are how I celebrate this season. Of all the ingredients used in the fall kitchen, winter squash is probably the most versatile. Sweet or savory, there are countless ways to enjoy the many shapes and colors of the squash family. Here the squash is roasted before being pureed into a silky...
The early golden hour bathed the landscape in a peachy hue as the setters and I stood by the truck. It was somewhere around day number 200 that I had set foot on the grasslands between Waitsburg and Minnesota since 2011. This day, we would embark on the Sheyenne National Grasslands in North Dakota. Sharp-tailed grouse were beginning to stir somewhere in the expanse before us. We were north of the Sheyenne River in an area where it was safe to hunt sharp-tails. Endangered Species Act-protected...
Patricia Diane Leid, lifelong Dayton area resident, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021 at the Booker Rest Home in Dayton, where she had made her home for the last ten years. A graveside service for family and friends will be in the Waitsburg Cemetery on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 1:00 PM. Pastor Greg Brownell will officiate. Pat was born September 23, 1932 in Dayton, Washington to Roy and Mattie Sanders Woodworth; the youngest of three in the family. She had two older brothers, Clyde and Wallace. Pat graduated from Dayton High School in...
And the seasons all have their beginnings and endings. The season for driving through the Walla Walla Valley with my top down, the wind blowing in my face, is ending. According to my weather app, it looks like tomorrow will be the end of convertible weather, which coincides with my final push for tomatoes ripening on the vine. Sadly, I am watching my plants shrivel and wither away, as the days grow colder and shorter. I am glad that we at least did have a successful crop of cucumbers, peppers an...
