Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago-January 1, 2009 Waitsburg Commercial Club, lthe City of Waitsburg and other community groups who regularly meet in Ye Towne Hall are either canceling or relocating their meetings following discovery this week of roof damage blamed on heavy snow. Photo caption: If you didn’t pick up a free calendar from Waitsburg Grocery, Inc, last month the “America the Beautiful” version, you will have missed this striking photo for January. It’s non other than Huntsville’s Dick Ferguson, wearing his “going to town” straw cowboy hat. Each month c...
Ten Years Ago-December 25 2008 Heavy snow deposited by several consecutive weather systems that have marched across Washington State in the past week and a half caused the collapse of the Thomas Building at the corner of Coppei and Preston avenues at about 6 pm last Sunday evening. The structure, originally the location of a Potlatch Lumber Co, lumber and coal yard, was Scott Lumber Yard for years in the 1950’s, 1960’s and early 1970’s, then was home to a succession of auto parts stores and other enterprises. It appears that at that the east...
Ten Years Ago-December 18, 2008 The recently renovated vaulted ceiling in the First Christian Church of Waitsburg was exposed or the first time in some 70 years last Saturday when congregation volunteers labored to dismantle scaffolding that permitted restoration work on the ceiling over the past six weeks. An appreciative crowd crunched through packed snow and couldn’t have agreed more with the Waitsburg School bands and choirs that, “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” The Waitsburg Schools’ Christmas...
Ten Years Ago-December 11, 2008 Photo caption: Waitsburg Prescott Alumni Women who took on the WP Cardinals last Friday included Kristy Scott, Tracy Daniels, Sharon Cunz, Kitzi Hazelbaker Brannock, Debra Wilbur Doering, Renee Scott. Standing: Leanne Peterson Branson, Ann Bickelhaupt, Wendy Davis Richards, Becky Daniels Harshman, Sandra Conover Farley, Jamie Williams, Kelly McCaw Steinhoff, Jessie Meier, Not pictured: Chelsea Spies. Coaches were Neil Henze and Todd Beckman. Photo caption: A copy...
Ten Years Ago-December 4, 2008 During the winter sports season, the Waitsburg-Prescott Athletic Combine may be referred to as Waitsburg-Prescott, W-P or the W-P Cardinals, according to superintendents Carol Clarke of Waitsburg and Carolyn Marsh of Prescott. While the W-P Combine will continue to keep community tradition and history alive through dual mascots, it has been determined that media reporting would be easier if the teams could identify a single mascot, the superintendents announced....
Ten Years Ago-November 27, 2008 Photo Caption: "Fiddler on the Roof" is in performances at the Liberty Theater in Dayton-and all shows are sold out. The rural village of Annatevka, home to Tevre (Steve Edwards) and his wife Golde (Sheri Huwe), comes alive on stage as Tevye, the father of five daughters attempts to maintain his family and religious traditions while outside influences encroach. The milkshakes in America are yummier, but exchange student Madina Marstovna Musina misses "naan", the...
Ten Years Ago-November 20, 2008 Dust off that top hat and magic wand or better yet, haul the accordion out of the deep recesses of the closet and polish up on your polka playing for the (first in a very long time) Winter Talent Show. The show hosted by the Waitsburg High School Associated Student Body Officers, will be at 6:30 p.m. December 7, 2008, following the Hometown Christmas Activities in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. Master of Ceremonies will be Fred Hamann and three "celebrity"...
Ten Years Ago-November 13, 2008 Wait's Mill was the first commercial building in Waitsburg and was the original reason for the town's existence. The mill was built in 1865 and operated continuously until 1957. It is listed as one of Washington's Most Endangered Historical Properties by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. A $30,000 grant has been awarded by the Kinsman Foundation of Milwaukie, Ore, to the Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D) for the...
Ten Years Ago-November 6, 2008 Photo caption: Waitsburg-Prescott Volleyball players recognized their parents at Senior Night last Thursday. From left: Angelica Hernandez (15) and Angelina Magalian (Guillermo Hernandez, not pictured); Javin Angela and Laura Berg; Richard Lybecker, Ashley Cola, Gloria Lybecker, Danielle Coila; Vicki, Val and Ross Hamann; Diana, Haily and Troy Larsen: Caris, Elizabeth and Ken Cole Fr.; Linda, Alisha and Gary Marshall; Todd, Morgan, Tami and Jordan Beckman. The...
Ten Years Ago-October 30, 2008 Waitsburg Commercial Club opted to purchase lighted garland from a local business after hearing a proposal from a Tri-Cities company regarding Christmas decorations for downtown business. At a board meeting Oct 23, the Senske bid was considered and it exceeded C-Club's budget. The Board opted to buy about $1800 worth of lights and garlands from Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile. Waitsburg native Beth Abbey finished the Nike Women's San Francisco Marathon first in...
Ten Years Ago-October 23, 2008 The 50 string Salt & Light Music Ministry comprised of young people from Waitsburg, Dayton and the surrounding area, will be giving a concert in Dayton Sunday. The group which rehearses inspirational music and tours in June with its inspirational message will present its musical offerings at 6pm, Sunday, Oct 26, at the Harvest Christian Center in Dayton. Walla Walla Sasayama Sister City Committee has returned from Sasyama Hyogo Prefecture Japan after an 11-day...
Ten Years Ago-October 16, 2008 The biggest who of the year (in actual numbers)----High School MASS Band and Chorus-is coming to the Waitsburg High School gym on Wednesday, October 22. Around 300 high school band and choral students from al over the area will descend on WHS Wednesday afternoon. They have been preparing certain pieces of music at their home schools from Touchet to Rosalia for the last month. On Wednesday they will all rehearse together for the first in time with expert...
Ten Years Ago-October 9. 2008 Photo caption: Something strange-Halloween-like-is going on at Bill Fisher's place at 416 Willard. Fisher and his daughter, Nikki, have a "papple" tree growing. It's a special kind of tree that grows both apples and pumpkins, as well, is just one of those "Waitsburg. One of a Kind" kind of things. The second annual "Holy Bucket Retreat" is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 25 at the First Presbyterian Church of Waitsburg. People from all over the valley are welcomed,...
Ten Years Ago-October 2, 2008 Tomfoolery by Tom Baker: News of the week that kept the talking heads on TV buzzing was the possible melt-down of the economy. With the stock market taking a couple of "down" days in the 500-point range, and a 777-point plunge on the day that Congress was meeting to solve the problems of the economy, it had some of the historians comparing it to the 1929 market crash. You will find about as many folks willing to discuss the roots of the "adjustment" as there are com...
Ten Years Ago-September 25, 2008 Pending finalization of a contract and the inclusion of the former Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. structure on the City's insurance policy, emergency roof repair work was approved unanimously by the Waitsburg City Council last week. Funding would come from a $30,000 grant made to the Wait's Mill Project through the Blue Mountain Resource and Conservation District (RC&D) by the Kinsman Foundation of Milwaukee, Ore. Of the funds granted, $27000 is available to the...
Ten Years Ago-September 18, 2008 It is the quintessential American story, told and retold in thousands of towns and villages across the country of covered wagons, sturdy pioneers, immigrants from over the sea, financial hardships, moving, settling down, raising families. Yet with each retelling with different faces and facts, locations and circumstances, and points –in- time, come, like an heirloom family quilt, new textures to the fabric of the American Saga. Jack and Laurette McCaw are the m...
Ten Years Ago-September11, 2018 Why a person would undertake the training, discipline, and dedication to enter a race which will take over 16 hours to complete and involving a 2.4 mile swim, bicycling 112 miles, and running a full marathon of 26.2 miles, is a question Waitsburg High grad Tammy (Otterson) Wood and her husband, Scott, get asked regularly. Scott and Tammy have been doing triathlons about 10 years. Among triathletes, the ultimate is to do an ironman, she said. “It’s a goal that takes a few years to arrive at." Over 45,000 mar...
Ten Years Ago-September 4, 2008 Progress on the “Paint the Town” Project has built some momentum with pledges of paint, discounts and cash. Project volunteers met with building owners to make color decisions this week, so painting can begin in earnest this weekend. Buildings that are planned for painting this weekend are the EZ Way, Farmers Café’, and the Weller Library. Prep work will be done on the Whoopem Up Hollow Café, jimgermanbar, AMO Art and the Cenex Station over the next week so they will be ready for painting the following weekend...
Ten Years Ago-August 28, 2008 Organizers of the first Huntsville School Reunion held last weekend at Lewis & Clark State Park were ecstatic with the response to and attendance at the event. Photo caption: Front row: Kay Huwe Baker, Peggy Fisk Lightfoot, Carol Coy Dill, Seated: Larry Huwe, Hazel Allmon Brown, Carolyn Shanander Spalinger, Jo Mays Polumsky, Zeller Fuller Powers. Front standing row: Jeannie Huwe Fuhr, Betsy Hunt Samson, Carol Nick Sexton, Mary Liebermann Phillips, Virginia hunt Travers, Marion Allmon Anderson, Mona Groom Waliser,...
Ten Years Ago-August 21, 2008 Waitsburg native Joan (Land) Miller, M. D. of Columbia Falls, Mont was recognized with the 2008 Spirit of Planetree Caregiver Award by North Valley Hospital in Columbia Falls. Dr. Miller, a 1966 graduate of Waitsburg High School, received the honor May at an award banquet sponsored by North Valley Hospital A sentimental journey into the genuine American village of Huntsville is set for this Saturday, August 23, at Lewis and Clark Trail State Park. Exhibits of Huntsville mementoes and artifacts will be open to the p...
Ten Years Ago-August 14, 2008 Huntsville Memories from the late Margaret Ganguet: “I remember all our walks to Huntsville school (about 1923). I started there in the Fourth Grade after Pendleton and Walla Walla boarding schools. Now the kids wouldn’t think of walking two miles to school. We used to get disgusted when a car passed by and didn’t offer us a ride! Nowadays we wouldn’t dare get in a car if we didn’t know the people. In winter when we had snow, my father hitched up the team and took us to school in the sled.” Originally called the Wa...
Ten Years Ago-August 7, 2008 Nearly 30 volunteers gathered at Ye Town Hall to talk plans to “Paint the Town” and more volunteers will be needed, say project directors Leroy Cunningham and Jim German. The project entails giving every building in the business core of Waitsburg a fresh paint, Cunningham said. The informal organization has already procured a donation of paint from Columbia Paint in Walla Walla, he told the group. Lydia Roberts, a member of the Waitsburg International Order of the Rainbow for Girs, journeyed to Chicago in July to...
Ten Years Ago-July 24, 2008 Buyers of U. S. wheat have helped made 2007-2008 a most remarkable marketing year, reports the U. S. Wheat Associates in its July 10 newsletter. In the end, sales of all U. S. wheat classes exceeded 2006-2007 by 43% Deere & Company will invest approximately $35 million to increase manufacturing capacity by 30% for combine harvesting systems produced at the John Deere Harvester Works in East Moline, Illinois, the company announced in late May. Washington State University has released four new wheat varieties for...
Ten Years Ago-July 24, 2008 No history of Columbia County could be told without including the Broughton family, now known for their large, well-managed parcels of land, but in the beginning the story was much smaller, focused upon one young man who left his home in Maryland in 1872 at the age of 17 to travel west. Charles J. Broughton, who was born in Somerset County, Maryland in 1854 accompanied his Uncle Buck Broughton West. Working for his uncle’s packing company, riding the bell mare and cooking for the packers on the trail between M...
Ten Years Ago- July 17, 2008 A few local wheat producers have dipped their toes into the 2008 harvest this week, and harvest start-ups within the next week or so are likely to be delayed by the effects of the cool spring the region experienced. Start ups will likely be “a little later due to the cool spring” says J. E. McCaw, manager of the local branch of Northwest Grain Growers. Mc Caw expects “full swing” to be going late next week. “It’s about a week behind normal”, he said. Grain harvest in the Whetstone area started Monday with Jack Mille...
