Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago October 5, 2006 Photo caption: Bettie Chase was honored by the Organization of Eastern Star with her 50-year-pin, presented by Worthy Matron Nancy Otterson as Tom Baker, Worthy Patron, looks on. Chase was initiated in 1956 and was a regular member just one year. The next 49 years, she served in elective office, including 43 years as secretary. Other offices Chase has held include Associate Conductress, Associate Matron and Worthy Matron. Odako Club met Thursday, September 28 at the home of Deanne Johnson. Arrah Lee Wilson was the...
Ten Years Ago September 28, 2006 Yellow shirts, green pants and red fire trucks have all but disappeared from around Waitsburg, Dayton and the Blue Mountains as the 109,402-acre Columbia Complex fire shifted from a Type II incident to Type III earlier this week. Personnel on the fire, at one time numbering about 1,700, dropped from 559 on Saturday to 67 as of deadline Tuesday. Sophomore quarterback Jeff Hofer can now be dubbed “The Heart Attack Kid” as he held coaches, fellow players and fans in disbelief for 59 seconds, before coming back wit...
Ten Years Ago September 21, 2006 Finding answers to important questions and making resulting decisions are in the Waitsburg City Council’s future in the aftermath of the portion of the Columbia Complex Fire that swept through the City watershed in the North Coppei Creek canyon in August. Questions revolve around water quality, reforestation and potential for flooding, according to Dan Katsel, Public Works Director for the City. The only cloud that cast a shadow on the Pioneer Fall Festival last Sunday was that its 2006 Pioneer of the year, t...
Ten Years Ago Sept. 14, 2006 Anyone fortunate enough to have known Roberta Stonecipher Broom Adams – and there were many – can imagine her take on being named Pioneer of the Year at the 34th Annual Pioneer Fall Festival, which will take place this coming Sunday in Waitsburg. She’d laugh and exclaim “Really?! Me?! Ya shouldn’t have!” Roberta was one of Waitsburg’s citizens known for the many firsts in her life. She was the first female Student Body President At Waitsburg High School, and the first Queen of the Days of Real Sport. And fittingly...
Ten Years Ago September 7, 2006 Yesterday, Elzy Conover marketed his half crop, about five months earlier and 200 pounds lighter than typical, forced out of Blue Mountain pasture by the Columbia Complex fire. “It took a big bite,” said Larry Conover, Elzy’s son, of the economic impact the fire will have on the ranch. Last year the Waitsburg Commercial Cub worried that traffic restrictions because of bridge construction would deter salmon lovers from making the jaunt to Waitsburg for the annual Salmon Barbecue. This year the bridge is compl...
Ten Years Ago August 31, 2006 It seems that the citizens of Waitsburg and Columbia County are a pretty generous and caring bunch. Several fire officials have remarked that people have been uncommonly helpful to firefighters and other support personnel during this siege. With over 1,200 workers having poured into the area, supplies have often been a bit short. One supply clerk remarked, “Here, people bend over backward to help you out. At other fires I’ve been on, you couldn’t even get anyone to look at you much less help you out.” A recent...
Ten Years Ago August 24, 2006 The Waitsburg Cardinal Football Program began workouts last week in preparation for the Sept. 1 opener against Enterprise (Ore.) in Waitsburg. These returning lettermen will lead the team in the 2006 campaign. Jeff Hofer, John Gertsch, Tyson Cole, Aaron Leal, Dakota Hopkins, Austin Dabulskis, Adam Fitzhugh, Morgan Baker, Fred Cunz, Josh Wilson, Cole Janovich, Nick Cloin, Jeremy Nichols, Kellen Gerke. At least one home has been lost and Dayton and Columbia County has been enveloped in a smoky curtain as dry...
Ten Years Ago August 17, 2006 A Waitsburg teen has returned from a summertime trip to the British Isles as part of the 50th People to People Ambassador Program. Jessica Mason, 16-year-old daughter of Gerald and Kathy Mason of Waitsburg, was one of seven young people from the area to participate in the program, first founded in 1956 by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Waitsburg School District approved its 2006-2007 budget at its July 26 meeting, adopting a budget that conservatively projects student enrollment, said Carol Clarke,...
Ten Years Ago August 10, 2006 John and Marilyn Stellwagen, owners of Waitsburg Hardware and Mercantile, have started the process of fixing up the exterior of the 1882 building originally built by L.L. Powell. The process involves scraping and repainting the exterior brick, and removing some of the façade applied to the building decades ago to “modernize” its appearance. Prescott Party Line: The fire district made one medical run and a fire run which was located on the McCaw farm east of Prescott. The blaze was in standing grain and stub...
Ten Years Ago August 3, 2006 Jeff broom of Waitsburg was elected to serve as Allocations Chair for the Walla Walla United Way Board of Directors at the annual meeting on July 18. The United Way and Combined Federal Campaign jointly raised over $435,000. Community members like Carol Guay of Waitsburg spent a relaxing afternoon in the front yard of the Bruce Memorial Museum painting 4” X 4” tiles that will be placed on one of three “Unity Walls” in Waitsburg, Dayton and Prescott, part of the Sherwood Trust-sponsored Community Leadership Program....
Ten Years Ago July 27, 2006 The “Unity Wall,” a project of the Touchet Valley Leadership Program (TVLP), will be sited in Preston Park the Waitsburg City Council approved at its meeting July 19. The wall, an iron framework set into a base of custom pavers embossed with names and-or messages by donors, will be comprised of about 300 four inch square ceramic tiles, each painted by a member of one of the three Touchet Valley communities: Waitsburg, Dayton and Prescott. It was called Headquarters Tavern in 1982 when Bob Doré purchased the business...
Ten Years Ago July 20, 2006 Wheat harvest in the Touchet Valley area has started. “It’s just getting going but the pace is going to pick up here rapidly,” J.E. McCaw, local manager of the NGG branch, said Tuesday afternoon. Grain is coming into Northwest Grain Grower’s elevators in Waitsburg, Prescott and Coppei beginning sometime last weekend, said McCaw. Jackie Miller was the first to get started north of Waitsburg, with the Brown & Ford, and Sam and Bill Grant operations in the Prescott area cutting as of deadline Tuesday. Perry Dozier...
Ten Years Ago July 13, 2006 Located on Smith Hollow road, the Smith Hollow one-room school house, established in 1910 has been recently gifted by Van and Debra Seney of Waitsburg to the Blue Mountain Heritage Society. Touchet Valley Leadership Council and Waitsburg’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) teamed up to paint Unity Wall tiles recently, and another painting session will be held on Wednesday, July 19, at 1 p.m. in the Elementary Multi-purpose room. Over 50 participants designed and hand painted 4” x 4” ceramic tiles for u...
Ten Years Ago July 6, 2006 Laht Neppur Brewing Co., Waitsburg’s new brewery owned by Court and Katie Ruppenthal, is aiming high, trying to produce a malted beverage a cut above the average. And the results are good enough to give plenty of folks a reason to come down and sample the product. John Hockersmith of Waitsburg, a member of Boy Scout Troop 30 from Walla Walla was one of five Scouts who completed a 400-mile bike ride from June 16-24. He is the son of Eric and Kate Hockersmith of Waitsburg. Waitsburg High School announced its Honor R...
Ten Years Ago June 29, 2016 The Waitsburg Lions Club honored members at its recent year-ending gathering at the DRS grounds, with spouses as special guests. Outgoing president Marty Dunn presented Bill Thompson, with a Rubber Chicken Award, “for doing nothing;” John Payne was named Lion of the Year and Glynn Davis received the Melvin Jones Fellow; Dunn received a Past President’s plaque. Bertha Joann Poirier, a 2004 graduate of Waitsburg High School, was recently honored by the WSU Department of Political Science. The daughter of Roy and Abelin...
Ten Years Ago June 22, 2006 Waitsburg businesswoman Kathy Patton of Delta Connection is the first director of the Commerce Committee, selected by the group on June 12. The action came following an hour-plus luncheon meeting in which the latest developments on the Waitsburg Downtown Streetscape Project were presented, along with short descriptions of local businesses’ promotions and other information. Waitsburg High School recently completed its spring practices and a spring football amp, and Coach Jeff Bartlow and his staff are encouraged w...
Ten Years Ago June 15, 2006 The Waitsburg Lions Club held its season-end meeting at the Lions Cookshack Tuesday, June 13. Glynn Davis was named recipient of the Melvin Jones Award, the highest honor bestowed in Lionism. John Payne was honored as Lion of the Year. J.W. “Bill” Thompson was awarded a rubber chicken by outgoing President Marty Dunn. Top honors in the track program went to Aaron Leal and Natasha Montgomery, the male and female Most Valuable Player choices, based on total points. Tyson Cole was named Most Improved and Marci Jo Lannin...
Ten Years Ago Thursday, June 8, 2006 Charles Smith bought the Bullseye Tavern with plans for a “ruffsawn wood bar saloon.” He didn’t ever imagine that he’d have this much fun with its renovation, especially since the discovery of comic books, magazines and newspapers in the ceiling above the false ceiling of the former bar and grill. The Walla Walla Elk’s Lodge honored these Preston Hall Middle School Students of the Year at a banquet in May. The students are chosen by their teachers based on academics, citizenship and progress, and each rece...
Ten Years Ago June 1, 2006 Kami Stringham, valedictorian of the Waitsburg High School Class of 2006, will speak at Commencement Exercises at 8 p.m., Friday, June 9 on Kison Court, culminating a week of activities. Stringham will be joined by Salutatorian Emily Hogan and honor speakers Marci Jo Lanning and Travis Williams. Waitsburg High School seniors Natasha Montgomery and Travis Williams have something to remember their final high school athletic appearances with medals from the State B Track & Field Meet. Montgomery, appearing in her third...
Ten Years Ago May 25, 2006 Though it didn’t rain on the parade, Mother Nature foiled a beautiful Saturday at the Days of Real Sport as a nine-race card was canceled after one actual race and the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. A smaller crowd and 11 races on Sunday did not make up for the missed races. “t was rough because we had such a huge crowd out here,” said Dan McKinley, president of the DRS, Saturday. Waitsburg High School track standout Matt Baker, one of four finalists from dozens of nominees for Male Athlete of the Year for the 30th...
Ten Years Ago May 18, 2006 Matt Baker, a four-year track stand-out for Waitsburg High school and now a member of the Whitworth College Track Team, is one of four finalists for the Blue Mountain Sports Awards Male Athlete of the Year. For now, Waitsburg is spit-shined and all dressed up for the weekend when Waitsburg plays host to hundreds of its neighhh-h-h-h-bors who come to visit and play the ponies at one of the finest race tracks west of the Mississippi. On the card will be two days of pair-mutuel horse racing that includes Quarterhorse,...
Ten Years Ago May 11, 2006 The 2006 Days of Real Sport marks the return to a tradition of court candidates competing for the right to wear the queen’s crown. The practice hasn’t been part of the queen and court selection process for quite some time and will add excitement and suspense to the days leading up to the races, May 20 and 21. Seeking the crown are Jamie Thomas, daughter of Joe Thomas of Prescott and Jill Thomas of Walla Walla; Megan Mooso, daughter of Bryand and Paula Mooso, College Place; and Holly LeFore, daughter of Cindy LeFore-Mi...
Ten Years Ago May 4, 2006 Waitsburg Days of Real Sport Royalty Megan Mooso, Holly LeFore and Jamie Thomas are in the running for Queen of the 2006 edition of Waitsburg’s annual horse race weekend, and the Queen’s Coronation event will have a different spin this year as the former receptions shifts to a social hour and silent auction, catered dinner and live-music dance. The overland trail from Wallula to Clarkston that Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery took will be the subject of a multi-media program by Gary Lentz, Ranger, Lewis and...
Ten Years Ago April 27, 2006 Bill Warren, manager of Warren Orchards and co-owner of Warren Farms, was selected from a nationwide field of applicants at the recipient of the 2006 Eisenhower Agricultural Fellowship. Without a program, you don’t know the players. Tom Baker, a long-time volunteer for the Days of Real Sport and the man that runs the press that prints the race programs, will be the 2006 DRS Parade Marshal. A new addition to Waitsburg’s Main Street scene this week is a metal silhouette representation of the well-known Lewis and Clark...
Ten Years Ago April 13, 2006 Commercial Club met April 4, 2006 and President Vance Price opened the meeting at 7:15 p.m. There were 44 present for dinner. Members of the 55 Plus will gather at Ye Towne Hall on Friday, April 14th at noon for potluck. Pat Largent and Iris Stearns will hostess. The Easter Bunny with plenty of chocolate and extra eggs, will be there. Numerous eggs have been specially marked and finders of those eggs will receive a plush toy. Children age 10 and under are invited to the hunt. Separate areas are roped off according...
