Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago March 24, 2005 Harold Mitchell, long-time Waitsburg area resident, celebrated his 90th birthday with a party at Ye Towne Hall on February 6. Over 60 well-wishers attended the party and enjoyed two kinds of birthday cake with Harold. An ordinance approving one-way traffic on Academy Street was passed unanimously by the Waitsburg City Council, for a 90-day trial period. Photo caption: Jeff Presler’s Black Angus/White Face Hereford cross calves, pastured at the south edge of Waitsburg, are some picturesque livestock, especially when...
Ten Years Ago March 17, 2005 Commercial Club’s Community Service Award recipients for 2004 have books, education and a love for the community of Waitsburg in common. Two deserving recipients were honored by Commercial Club and they are Weller Public Library librarian Jan Cronkhite and retired teacher, newspaper co-publisher and volunteer Anita Baker. Incumbent Mayor Marty Dunn will face a challenger in the City of Waitsburg’s City Elections on April 4, and a contest is brewing for the five council seats. Vance Price was nominated at a sec...
Ten Years Ago March 10, 2005 Members of the Waitsburg City Council got a lesson in how congested Academy Street becomes during pick-up and drop off times at the Waitsburg School District. Transportation Supervisor Ken Colby, armed with video images of the bus loading area, gave graphic proof that parents delivering students to school perform some fairly outlandish maneuvers in doing so. Ed and Lena Fern Tusty’s family gathered recently to celebrate the couple’s 60th Wedding Anniversary. The Tustys are the parents of Pam Conover of Wai...
Ten Years Ago March 3, 2005 Waitsburg High School sophomore Courtney Gritman was crowned princess of the 2005 Pioneer Posse Court Sunday Evening. Nathan Hamann, son of Fred Hamann and grandson of Jan Chronkhite, both of Waitsburg, was recently presented with the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pin while serving aboard the U.S.S. Camden, a fast battle support ship providing fuel, ammunition and other stores. Nate is on his way to the Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago to start medical tech school. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 1, 1990 A ne...
Ten Years Ago February 24, 2005 In order to recognize Port of Walla Walla Commissioner Ken Jantz’s 24 years of service as port commissioner, a road in the Burbank Industrial Park Phase II Project will be named in his honor. Jantz Boulevard will serve as a main access point for students attending Columbia School District which is also filling, considering Commissioner Jantz’s longstanding interest in public education. He served 16 years on the Waitsburg School Board. Debbie Hunter, daughter of Ellsworth “Elzy” and Sherrill Conover of Waitsburg,...
Ten Years Ago February 17, 2005 The home of Robert and Terrie Abernathy was destroyed by fire which frustrated local firefighters at every turn last weekend. Crews battled the stubborn fire from about 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. when they shifted to defensive positions due to a number of factors including the presence of propane tanks. Waitsburg needed three pointers in its game against Liberty Christian, and it got them from Chris Dessert. The 6-4 Cardinal guard hit five of them in Waitsburg’s 61-53 win in Blue Mountain League tournament play T...
Ten Years Ago February 10, 2005 The Waitsburg Lions Club wants to build a 40-foot by 60-foot building that will serve as both a clubhouse and community building at the Days of Real Sport grounds. A letter of intent was presented by Lions Club President Robbie Johnson, who also serves on the City Council, at a special meeting of the City Council held Monday, Feb. 7. Jaimee Hulce, daughter of Tim and Tonya Hulce, was installed as Worthy Advisor of Waitsburg Assembly NO. 68, Rainbow Girls, Sunday afternoon, January 9, 2005. Twenty-Five Years Ago F...
Ten Years Ago February 3, 2005 A garage with a bit of history for Bolles Junction-area folks was lost to fire last Friday. The structure was formerly the Bolles Junction School District’s one-room schoolhouse. Firefighters from Joint Fire District Nos. 2 and 7, and a pumper from the City of Waitsburg, responded to the 7:31 a.m. call to 13366 E. SR 124. The fire progressed into the attic, resulting in nearly total destruction to the structure. Firefighters were able to protect the adjacent residence. They were at the scene approximately four hou...
Ten Years Ago January 27, 2005 For future generations of students, sports fans and visitors to Waitsburg High School, the name “Kison Court” and the reason Waitsburg’s gymnasium is so named will no longer be a point of local knowledge only, nor will it fade with the passing of the generation who remember the late Ernest and Dorothy Kison. Adda Roberts celebrated her 98th birthday on Monday, January 24 with family members including daughter and son-in-law, Jan and Bill Zuger, great grandson, Danny Dunn and great-great grandchildren, McKen...
Ten Years Ago January 20, 2005 In 2004 she was first runner up and named “Miss Photogenic.” So she tried again and last October, Sade’ Aiyeku, a 1998 graduate of Prescott High School, was crowned Miss Idaho USA 2005 at the pageant held in Nampa, Id. She is the daughter of Joni (Jackson) Aiyeku of Prescott and Iyola Aiyeku of New York City, and granddaughter of Jack and Yvonne Jackson of Prescott. Odako met at the home of Velma Sickles on Thursday, January 13. Ivadell Nordheim was co-hostess. Donna Keeney won the door prize. The group’s charter...
Ten Years Ago January 13, 2005 A plaque commemorating Waitsburg High School’s Kison Court will be dedicated in ceremonies during halftime of the Waitsburg-DeSales boys basketball game Friday, January 21. The local gymnasium was formally named Kison Court when it was renovated during the high school overhaul a few years ago, in honor of the late Ernest J. and Dorothy N. Kison, long-time score board and clock officials for Waitsburg High School. Darleen Dozier of Waitsburg earned the title of overall barrel racing champion during the 43rd season...
Ten Years Ago January 6, 2005 Western and wildlife artist Jackie Penner has been featured in the Wheat Life Magazine December 2004 issue. The article titled “On the Penner wheat farm, a crop of Western art,” highlights how farm life and artistic talent are woven together to make a complimentary lifestyle. Local customers of AmericanWest Bank in Waitsburg and Dayton have been seeing a new face in the loan officer’s office. Waitsburg native Todd Wood has been serving as commercial loan officer for the two branches of the eastern Washi...
