Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG-The Barony of Wastekeep set up camp at Preston Park over the weekend. Blackwork embroidery classes, duels, and archery shoots were just a couple of the events enjoyed by those who reside under the watch of Baron Thorkell Palsson and Baronness Guðrun Sæbjarnarsdottir. Barony of Wastekeep is its own world within the Kingdom of An Tir. This gathering was small, with 45 members braving the chilly wind and rain. The group will return, once again, in August, and they anticipate a much l...
Open this week's PDF to get a clear version of the yard sale map....
The City of Waitsburg was ready to bring back the festivities of Celebration Days starting with the parade. Some new and some familiar entries made their way down Main Street and through town. And in Waitsburg tradition, the parade came back the way it came. So good we got to see it twice!...
Coach Gabe Kiefel giving sage advice to the budding athletes....
The Dayton Elementary PTSO hosted a Mom and Son Dodgeball Event for the Dayton and Waitsburg school districts. Four brackets, K-2nd, 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, and 9th-12th and a bonus "Staff Off" kept the referees busy. Walla Walla DJ kept the energy up and the tunes playing....
Open Mic at the Royal Block every first Thursday of the Month. This month, Kate Hockersmith and Carrie Hendrix played guitars, banjos, and sang beautiful duets....
Tom Bennett allowed The Times in to see the new pizza oven fire up for the first time. To season the oven before opening day on May 7, Bennett will stay into the morning hours tending the flame. It has been months working on the former Anchor Bar building, developing a menu, specialty cocktails, and finding just the right items to make the space American 35....
The Waitsburg Commercial Club held its annual Awards Night Dinner and annual meeting on April 12 at the new American 35. Close to one hundred guests attended, supporting the club and recognizing Waitsburg citizens who were awarded for their work this year as well as the last two years. The event was dedicated to the late Waitsburg Mayor Walt Gobel and included a special circumstance award to Matt and Krystal Wyatt for their work during the 2020 flood recovery. Waitsburg Commercial Club Awards...
Two big changes can be seen on Main Street in Waitsburg. Earlier this week, the city removed the Waitsburg City Hall sign from the recently surplused building. On April 5th, building owners Tom and Judy Bennett watched as painters applied the primer covering the black and white flag leftover from the Anchor Bar. Charles Smith painted the conceptual art piece on the building in 2009. The painted black and white flag was a controversial topic in town. However, it had a following online and even...
Last year was a can of Silly String for each student who raised $60; this year, it was a pie for every student who raised $100. Judging by the condition of Mr. Pickel, the students were quite successful!...
Fresh fruit, rice, pet food, milk, and mirepoix veggies were just a few of the items that were given away during the second Mobile Market in Dayton last week. The Market will be in Dayton again on April 6, May 4, and June 1....
Students at Waitsburg High School attended a Career and Job Fair on Tuesday, March 8. Students met with various presenters, including Walla Walla Community College, Washington State University College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, Eastern Washington University, US Army, Walla Walla Electric, Walla Walla Fire Department, and the Columbia County Health System. Surrounding schools, including Dayton, Prescott, and Touchet, were invited to attend the fair....
Last weekend, Terry Lawhead and I ventured down to Halfway, Oregon to gather winter photographs and impressions of the area for Volume 6 of "The Blues". This will be the latest in the series of books published by the Blue Mountain Land Trust. Taking the long way, through Tollgate, Imbler, Cove, Medical Springs, Keating, and Richland, Oregon, we were amazed at the substantial difference in snow depths along the way, which increased at lower elevations. My best guess is that the difference in...
Pullman FFA hosted the first trap shoot of the season on Saturday, January 22 in Colton. Six Waitsburg FFA students participated and finished third out of six teams. FFA instructor, Nicole Abel, stated "It was a really good shoot to start with as we have a lot of novice shooters on the team. They were able to see how the trap shoot works and not to be in a hurry or overwhelmed." Pullman FFA Alumni donated items, including beanies, shotgun shells, hats and other items and each shooter's name was...
