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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson I think it should be a “must-read” for everyone to help understand that the justice system is not equal for everyone and circumstances are different in different parts of the U.S.A. It’s the true story of a lawyer who works for a social justice type institute that takes on cases of people on death roll who were wrongly convicted, children, sentenced to life in maximum security prisons without possibilities of parole, and other...
I hate to be cliché, but, Wow! Time does fly. And, sticking with clichés, it seems like yesterday that I wrote my first article for The Waitsburg Times. It’s been a very full year, and I can now say I’ve experienced all four seasons here. My first winter was brutal. Everyone was apologetic because we were experiencing the most snow and the coldest winter in 15 years. Lucky me, what an introduction to my new home. Good heaters, gloves, great new friends, and a little scotch, I survived. That firs...
It isn’t surprising in the least that Adobe has chosen to forgo its annual Adobe MAX event in person and take the whole experience online. The novel coronavirus has made virtually everything...virtual to round out 2020. What’s exciting and surprising is the fact that they’ve made the entire event free for all. (A full conference pass was $1,295 in 2019, not including travel and hotel accommodations.) MAX is Adobe’s showcase of talent and technology, including keynote sessions, labs, musical perf...
One of my favorite comics features a genial mutt named Satchel. A recurring theme involves his housemate and nemesis, an arrogant siamese cat named Bucky, who encourages Satchel to eat (or at least swallow) anything conveniently at hand, from roadkill to small electronic appliances. The joke is that Satchel, and by extension all dogs, will give it a try, whatever the consequences. As is often the case with Cookie, her dietary choices are much more sophisticated than that. There are only a few...
Ten Years Ago September 30, 2010 [Photo caption] Daytonite Doug Krueger at his ranch with his mules Kate and Belle. The mule enthusiast has participated in team roping contests at the Hell’s Canyon Mule Days in Enterprise, Ore., and was instrumental in introducing the owners of Coyote Mule Company Dayton’s attribute as an event venue. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 5, 1995 The Columbia County Regional Health Foundations, a non-profit charitable corporation based in Dayton, recently announced a $...
I didn't make this and I'm not sure I will because I'd probably eat the whole thing. Or I might make it and put it in baggies to give away, if there is enough left over to do so. I think one could use apple pie spice mix as well. I'm thinking most anything could be added or subtracted. The Harvest Mix Candy is the candy corn, pumpkin candies that are so sweet, but taste good about this time of year. INGREDIENTS: 4 c. Rice Chex cereal 3 c. mini pretzel twists 3 c. Bugles 1 c. dry roasted peanuts ½ Reese's candies ½ c. M & M c...
September 12 Unknown subject(s) broke a flagpole and stole a Donald Trump flag from residential driveway. Walla Walla Co. September 13 Deputies were dispatched to Piper Rd in Burbank for a domestic issue between mother, daughter. Daughter was taken to hospital for mental health evaluation. Burbank September 16 Unknown subject(s) pushed open a gate to gain access inside the storage yard at A&J Storage. Personal lock was pried off a unit and items were stolen. Burbank Adult female reported she found a previously stolen firearm. Waitsburg...
Books are magical treasure troves of knowledge and art. Academics love books. It makes sense that places of study such as colleges and universities would house libraries of rare collections. The University of Washington's Bhutan book, for example, is a massive seven-foot by five-foot behemoth. This thing weighs 133 pounds and took an entire 24 hours to print. As a former Guinness Book of World's Records holder, Bhutan, at its mammoth scale, offers landscapes as big as windows and life-size...
I am not, nor have I ever been accused of being a “romantic.” Even as a young girl, I didn’t fantasize about wearing a big white poufy wedding dress, or a white knight charming and romancing me. It had nothing to do with being levelheaded; I was just more enthralled with action, adventure, and getting dirty. My sister, brother, and I have all been married twice, and none of us opted for big parties or over-the-top events. We had small weddings at home, except my last one to Daniel; we elope...
Woke, Project Power, and Dora the Explorer: Lost City of Gold Woke [TVMA] Hulu Keef is an African-American cartoonist on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life. The more Keef confronts his revelations, the more he puts his career’s success in jeopardy. Keef, the cartoonist, and his pen draw more than conclusions. Episodes are about a half-hour in length and meet at the intersection of social awareness and comedy. Dora the Explorer & the Lost City of Gold [PG...
I am not a big fan of nature documentaries. Being an animal lover, I cringe at the depiction of the food chain in cinematic realness. Like the unnamed Star Trek crewmembers chosen to beam to a planet, my favorite characters are always first to be killed off. It takes a lot for me to make an exception. Based on the recommendation of my brother-in-law, an avid snorkeler, I gave this movie a chance. I am so glad I did. Not that it doesn’t have sharks and all that that implies. There is a real t...
Ten Years Ago September 23, 2010 [Photo caption] Dog handler Ann Moser from Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue and her Giant Schnauzer Watson examine Bob Bulota's cabin in Starbuck for scents. [Photo caption] Cycle Oregon brought 2,250 cyclists to Waitsburg last week. Most of them camped, dined, showered, and nurtured their equipment at the city's fairgrounds. Resembling a modern version of a Roman encampment, the gathering was by far one of the largest in the town's history, easily tripling the...
Don’t be turned off by the list of ingredients. This goes together quickly. It had a five-star rating and we really liked it. Since rice takes 20 minutes, get that started first. I got the ingredients for the sauce ready to go. Once the garlic is sautéed, the rest of the ingredients are added and it quickly thickens, in about four minutes. The frying of the chicken is a little more time consuming but the wider the pan, the more you can fry at one time. Add it to the sauce and serve with the ri...
Before the smoke settled last Friday, Waitsburg-resident Jule Keller headed out to mow her lawn, but stopped when she heard 'Amazing Grace' being performed by Wyatt Bohlman on his trumpet. The song was a nod to those lost in the attacks on 9/11/2001. Keller writes: 'At around 11 a.m. this morning I was going to mow my lawn but stopped because I heard my neighbor's son playing Amazing Grace on his trumpet to honor those lost on this day in 2001. I did not start my lawnmower and just stood to...
September 10 Weapons violations, suspect placed traps in residence temporarily vacated, E. Hwy 12., Waitsburg. September 11 Theft, report of stolen credit card and attempted usage, Power Line Rd, Walla Walla Co. Theft, leaf blower stolen, Coppei/Preston Ave., Waitsburg September 12 Burglary, tools stolen from a business shop on Campbell Rd., Walla Walla...
Jeromy Phinney, Chief of Columbia County Fire District 3, is a good man to have a conversation with right now. He's cool as a cucumber, with a large framed photo of John Wayne on the wall beside his desk. He has the confidence you want in a fire chief while wildfires rage around the Pacific Northwest. "Everything's dry, and dry conditions happen every year. It's nothing new," he said. "But yeah, this summer has been tough." Twenty-one years ago, Jeromy Phinney was a kid fresh out of college. He'...
WORLD WIDE WEB-By now, you might've seen a certain viral video floating around the web. Or perhaps not, it's a big internet world out there. The Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company posted a video to their Instagram feed of grilled sunflowers. By the end of this quick tutorial style video, the sunflower is taken in hand and eaten like corn on the cob. Sunflower seeds are a popular snack, sure, but this isn't that. The edible part is the head. It broke my brain a little. The video says to pick a...
As you all probably know, I’m a city girl. Born In New York (Brooklyn), we then moved to Queens, and eventually to the suburbs of Long Island. We grew nothing in New York, except for one crab apple tree and a pear tree, that never bore fruit. Our vegetables didn’t come from the ground; they lived in little white boxes in the freezer. My mother would boil salted water, drop in the frozen vegetables, then cook the life out of them. We eventually moved to Tucson, Arizona, because my father’s arthr...
The River Cottage Preserves Handbook, by Pam Corbin, (Ten Speed Press, 2010). The British have a knack for preserving, and author Pam Corbin has created easy steps with gorgeous images in this book. There is nothing more rewarding than preserving fruits and vegetables from the garden, so get out the kettle and grandma’s canning jars! My favorite recipe from the book is Bachelor’s Jam; a recipe with fruit, sugar and rum, brandy, or gin. You can sign up for the River Cottage Newsletter or che...
There is one thing that gets Cookie-otherwise, the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time)-repeatedly into big trouble. We call it the Walkabout. The word has fallen into general usage but initially referred to a ritual journey by Aboriginal Australians. During these solo pilgrimages, the individual would head off into the Outback, often as a rite of passage into adulthood. The Walkabout was a break from the modern world and a spiritual practice as well, forging connections to traditional lands and...
Ten Years Ago September 16, 2010 [Photo caption] Bill and Jan Zuger at one of the historic buildings on his grandfather’s homestead off Highway 124 near Bolles Road. The land is now farmed by Bill’s son, Greg. [Photo caption] Pacific Power Regional Community Manager Bill Clemens hands over a check for $1,000 to Loyal Baker, president of the Ye Towne Hall board in Waitsburg. The grant will allow the board to buy custom-made, insulated, and updated doors for the 1928 building in downtown Waitsburg. You’re invited to the rededication cerem...
I put this into the recipe column probably last fall or so. Believe it or not, fall is almost here and this recipe is very fall-ish. Acorn squash and apples. Speaking of apples, it’s time to starting checking out apple recipes. I made blueberry zucchini bread today, during my self-induced isolation from the smoke, and realized it is almost impossible to use up all the zucchini in baking. We did add it to our chicken vegetable soup and that helped reduce the inventory a bit. I’ve made this and it is very good. I believe turkey sausage could be...
While confirming addresses for the 2020 Census, Joe Huether took a picture of this combine accident on Hatley Gulch Road. "I have no info on the accident, but the tire tracks tell the story all too clearly," said Huether....
When I’m not in the mood to watch one of the binge-worthy shows on Netflix or Prime, I turn to TCM and watch old movies, some of which are art to me. Recently, I watched a movie that I hadn’t seen in years, called The Egg and I with Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert. The movie is very old, in fact, it was released before I was born. It’s the story of newlyweds; Fred MacMurray (the groom), has just announced that he has purchased a ramshackle old farm, and they are going into the busin...
WORLD WIDE WEB—It’s not nearly as fun as getting out the rod and heading down to the lake, returning hours later with a cooler full of fresh fish. It’s quite the opposite. Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. To appear legitimate, scammers will add counterfit logos to the top of their emails sent from similar-sounding, but not-q...
