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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Fifteen Years Ago November 17, 2011 Last Wednesday night, a room in Preston Hall packed with school district employees and community members honored the closure of Terry Jacoy's 23 years on the Waitsburg School Board. Jacoy has served on the board since 1988. School board Chairman ross Hamann said that in the time that Jacoy has been on the board, 590 kids have received their diplomas. "When you do something like this, you don't do it with the ideas of being remunerated," Jacoy said. Jacoy said...
Fifteen Years Ago November 10, 2011 Dayton's Betty Ann Fletcher and Elaine Huson were nearly speechless last Thursday night when they were announced as the 2011 Citizens of the Year by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. The women could barely squeak out that they were honored after being hugged and cheered on by their family and friends in the community who had attended the chamber's 65th banquet at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Roslyn Edwards, whose husband Steve won the award last year,...
Fifteen Years Ago November 3, 2011 [Photo Caption] Skeleton Hannah Peralez, hobbit JJ Gleason, ninja Hayden Peralez and Gandalf Jayce Gleason take a ride with miniature horses and Grandma Pat down Main Street for trick-or-treating on Monday. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 1, 2001 A Waitsburg volleyball loss back in September to Liberty Christian turned out to be a critical match by the end of the season. Waitsburg lost a chance for further post-season play after finishing the season 5-9, tied...
Fifteen Years Ago October 27, 2011 The Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals dominated the Asotin Panthers last Friday night for a 48-20 Homecoming victory securing the League Championship for the third consecutive year. The Panthers took first possession of the game, only to punt the ball away after just one first down and a WP Greg Stearns sack. The Cardinals opening drive began on its own 26-yard line with a carry from running back Billy Brown. Brown was stopped after just a two yard gain but WP...
Fifteen Years Ago October 20, 2011 [Photo Caption] WP's middle school runner Emily Adams, no. 1442, gives a tough finishing kick recently at an invitational in Richland. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 18, 2001 Probably 99% of Waitsburg residents never met Dave Hansen. He was 63 when he died in his sleep on September 17, a retiree from the feed and seed business in the Mt. Vernon – Burlington area. Two years ago, Hansen was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)...
Fifteen 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 year 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...
We've hit that time of year when crisp fall mornings creep in. The warmth and weight of the covers make it hard to slip out of slumber. The aroma of hot, fresh coffee creeps to the forefront of our dreams, tantalizing our nostrils before we turn on the burner. Clarity and solace fill the early golden hour as the pink hues of dawn blaze through the clouds like fire. Ochre and auburn tones glow among senesced foliage as it clatters to the ground in the autumn breeze. Mountain tops and the long...
Fifteen Years Ago October 6, 2011 Dayton had its moment in the sun on Saturday as it displayed the best it has to offer including historic homes, flourishing businesses and plenty of local art for its event Dayton On Tour. Visitors had a chance to pick up a guidebook and walk into historical homes in town that had recently been renovated. Jennie Dickinson, a volunteer for the Dayton Historic Depot, said the home tours are her favorite part of Dayton on Tour, especially the Broughton Mansion...
Fifteen Years Ago September 29, 2011 The WP "Boys of Fall" were dressed to kill in their new black home jerseys last Friday night as they robbed the Riverside Pirates blind of their loot, taking no prisoners and winning the game, 49-14. The Pirates started things off with possession, but after three plays, including a Danny Stansell quarterback sack, the Pirates were forced to punt. Beginning their opening drive on their own 49-yard line, the Cardinals wasted no time lighting up the board....
Fifteen Years Ago September 22, 2011 [Photo Caption] Suzanne Fletcher (right), director of the newly formed Washington Tourism Alliance, walks through Waitsburg with Karen Stanon Gregutt of Waitsburg Cottages and Joy Smith of Hugs, Gifts & Collectables and Town Hall. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 20, 2001 Waitsburg Mayor Wayne Peterson and other guests cut the ribbon at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, September 13 on the newly improved East 8th Street Project in Waitsburg. The project repaves and widens...
Fifteen Years Ago September 15, 2011 Waitsburg resident Jane Butler, age 90, has deep roots in the Touchet Valley through her husband Bob. Butler has lived in town about 50 years, non-consecutively, and is being honored for her family history with the Pioneer of the Year award from the Waitsburg Historical Society. "I feel honored," Butler said of the award. She learned she was to be the honoree at the upcoming Pioneer Fall Festival on Sept. 18 through a letter from Bettie Chase, a member of...
Fifteen Years Ago September 8, 2011 The new face behind the counter at the Weller Public Library is likely one you have seen before. Rosie Warehime, the new library manager, has lived in Waitsburg for 44 years. Her husband Walt found his first teaching job in Waitsburg. "We planned to stay 2 years and we never left," she said. Warehime hadn't ever worked at a library before, but she had been employed at the Cenex station and at local grain growers, making her a recognizable face in the...
Fifteen Years Ago September 1, 2011 The WP Lady Cardinals Volleyball Team are licking some bruises and soaking sore muscles after a very long and hot first week of practice. Angie Potts begins her first season as head coach for the Cardinals and Wendy Richards will assist. The Lady Cards lost four 2010 seniors, including league standout Genesis Pearson who now plays for Blue Mountain Community College. Seven seniors return to Kison court to put in their bid for the district title. Leading the...
Fifteen Years Ago August 25, 2011 It was never Wyatt Withers' sole inspiration for going in the Navy, but once he had decided to join it certainly helped having a grandfather who had served in the same branch many decades ago. Choosing to be "seasick over digging a fox hole," longtime local farmer Jack McCaw went to amphibian training school in preparation of the Allied invasion of Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Withers' mission will be much different. He...
Fifteen Years Ago August 18, 2011 [Photo Caption] Proudly flying the Stars & Stripes, 4MC combine drivers Guy McCaw, John McCaw, Billy Groom and Byron Seney cut the fields above the Waitsburg water tower on Tuesday. Harvesting the 18,000 acres in 4MC's care takes more than six weeks and covers 70 miles from Touchet to Waitsburg. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 16, 2001 Tom and Anita Baker will observe their fiftieth wedding anniversary Saturday afternoon, Aug. 18, at an old-fashioned picnic at the...
Fifteen Years Ago August 11, 2011 Standing over the engine of a 2012 Mustang with his young son Race, Reece Hubbard was melancholy for the car he was recently forced to sell. "It was a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the '68 version," he said, recalling the movie "Bullitt" with Steve McQueen, who helped make the model famous. "They only made 5,800 and my mine was #5,780." With his wife out of work for a year following an injury, he had no other choice, but he still...
Fifteen Years Ago August 4, 2011 When the students of Dayton Elementary School achieved their reading goal, Principal Kaite Leid spent the day on the roof. "The kids brought me lunch up there," she says. "It was so much fun." Fun is part of Leid's agenda at Dayton Elementary, and also as President of the Elementary School Principals Association of Washington (ESPAW). Leid's yearlong term as president began in April. She will preside over four board meetings throughout Washington State. During...
Fifteen Years Ago July 28, 2011 For T.J. Hersey, running her father's grocery store in Dayton is a way for him to live on. Hersey is now a third-generation grocer in the town. Her grandfather, H.W. Stephenson, came to Dayton in 1938 from Portland, Ore., and he opened up a grocery in 1944. Hersey's father, Gail Bennett, took over in 1961 and ran the neighborhood grocery on Fourth Street until he passed away last year. "He was a grocery man all his life in Dayton," Hersey said of her father....
Fifteen Years Ago July 21, 2011 [Photo Caption] Cole Smith from Northstar Construction takes off the old framing around the windows of the historic Mock building, constructed in 1902 and once a pool hall. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 19, 2001 Volunteering on a medical mission to the African country of Kenya this summer gave a 20-year-old Waitsburg college student valuable experience treating the sick and injured, but Elizabeth Abbey will tell you she came home most impressed by the trust the...
Fifteen Years Ago July 14, 2011 The Bulldogs may have won the first Touchet Valley Ryder Cup, but the stage is set for a new tradition in a longstanding rivalry with the ball in the court of Waitsburg and Prescott. Dayton beat the "WP" contingent of community golfers 27.5 to 23.5 after three days of golf one player said "made for a very interesting format." The event featured players from Waitsburg/Walla Walla County against Dayton/Columbia County in a European-style men's golf tournament....
Recently, a family friend presented us with a box overloaded with lovely, plump apricots from his yard. As they are one of my favorite fruits, and one that we don't have growing in our own yard, I was thrilled. After several jars worth of jam making, we still had some of these sweet stone fruits to experiment with in the kitchen. In my quest for effortless recipes for showcasing seasonal fruits, I had recently bookmarked a Julia Child master recipe for clafoutis, a classic dessert from the...
Fifteen Years Ago June 30, 2011 Waitsburg-Prescott graduate Kris Cady got the opportunity of a lifetime when he played in the Washington State Football Coaches Association East-West all star game in Yakima this weekend. The West won the game 23-14. The Earl Barden Classic was played at Zaepfel Stadium and consisted of some of the best football players in the 1A, 1B and 2A divisions in the State of Washington. The players were selected by the coaches association. Farmers in the Touchet Valley...
Fifteen Years Ago June 23, 2011 Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson, local volunteer liaison to the Carson & Barnes Circus expected here June 30, dons his new nose after being made Honorary Clown by the real professional jester Lisa Babcock, or Penelope the Clown. Nate Wolbert, 22, is on the construction crew of Living Space and helps renovate two buildings on Waitsburg's Main Street. His parents bring back coffee beans from Ethiopia for their humanitarian work there. Touchet Valley Repair...
Fifteen Years Ago June 9, 2011 Seventy-one Seniors Graduate from Waitsburg and Dayton. Prescott High Graduation Friday, June 10. 7 p.m. Lifeguards Cheyenne, Josh Baumgarner, Maya Rapp, and pool manager Sara Tomalinson prepare the apron at the Prescott swimming pool for the upcoming season starting this weekend. Festival founder Tim Christie, flutist Sarah Brady and harpist Amy Ley performed an open rehearsal at Sky Book & Brew in Dayton. They will perform several times in Waitsburg and Dayton th...
Fifteen Years Ago June 2, 2011 Mandy Kiefel places flowers by the grave of Raymond Leroue, a Vietnam War Veteran who passed away this past year. Leroue was a first cousin of Kiefel's mother, Linda Zavala, here with her nieces, Marisa and Mikele Zavala and Kiefel's daughter Olivia in the stroller. Scholarship recipient David Brock, a Prescott High School senior, helps out at the Christian Aid Center in Walla Wala with fellow Cardinals Joe Purdin and T. J. Hofer. Vietnam Veteran Doug Kennedy from...
