Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago March 2, 2006 Members of the Waitsburg High school FFA Chapter served a free community breakfast and its trap team competed in meets as it celebrated National FFA Week during the week of February 18-25, 2006. “Living to Serve” is the theme and the focus of National FFA Week is to tell America about the great opportunities available for all youth, according to Micah Winnett, FFA Reporter. A 15-year-old student from Waitsburg High School served as a Washington State Senate page in Olympia the week of February 13-17, 2006. Mor...
Ten Years Ago February 23, 2006 Spacious high ceilings, Transom windows with original hardware, etched with beautiful designs. Authentic period skylights. Original woodwork. Red fir floors. Sound elegant? It is. Visitors to Waitsburg and environs might choose to spend the night in the recently renovated rooms offered by Nothing New Antiques owners Lupe and Sandra Torres’ Nothing New Lodging. A Waitsburg teen hopes to travel to the British Isles this summer as part of the 50th People to People Ambassador program. Jessi Mason, 16-year-old d...
Ten Years Ago February 16, 2005. Odako Club met Thursday , February 9, at the home of Joan Helm with sixteen members present. Preparations were made for the Annual Spring Luncheon to be held April 2, 2006. The theme will be “Spring is in the Air.” A Valentine’s party was held with games being played and prizes given. Each member received a Valentine. A great time was had by all! Dona Jean Smith served a delicious salad with the idea of the salad being offered on the menu at the sprint luncheon. Walla Walla Troop 305 ‘s Sam Wright, Alex Leather...
Ten Years Ago February 9, 2006 Fifty-Five Plus Club will meet for a noon potluck this Friday, February 10 at Ye Towne Hall. Hostesses are Kay Pettichord and Janice Wills. [Photo caption] Waitsburg Hardware and Mercantile co-owner John Stellwagen tends to business with the help of “Cougar,” a tawny feline who has become a mascot at the establishment. Stellwagen and his wife Marilyn took in the cat, who love attention and is vociferous if none is received. Regulars around the pot-bellied stove at the long-time store also take their turns giv...
Ten Years Ago February 2, 2006 The Waitsburg High School FFA Trap Team traveled to Colton, Wash., Saturday, January 21. The two teams placed fifth and eighth out of 20 teams. Connor Talbot, Jacob Bly, Tysen Beckner and Patrick Bly placed in the top 50 shooters. A graduation ceremony for participants in the Sherwood Trust Touchet Valley Community Leadership Program was held at the Delaney Building in Dayton on Saturday, January 21. Awarding certificates was Jock Edwards, Sherwood Trust president, and leaders were Maura Schwartz and Mary Nixon....
Ten Years Ago January 26, 2006 Plaster busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were presented to the Waitsburg School District by the Waitsburg Alumni Association last week. The likenesses of these two prominent U.S. presidents will be placed in the porticoes on either side of the stage in the Waitsburg High School auditorium. The Alumni Association obtained the busts to cap the renovation of the auditorium similar statuettes gazed down upon uncounted events for decades from the porticoes but were lost somewhere along the line and the...
Ten Years Ago January 19, 2006 Commercial Club has a new fund raiser – selling a book of Ed Lawrence’s most memorable columns that were published in The Times between 1946 and 1960. Lawrence, a long-time resident of this vicinity, authored a weekly column in those years following World War II, then pared back his efforts to covering the editor’s chair when then-publishers Carl and Virginia Dilts were on vacation. Lawrence commissioned a compilation of some of his “This ‘N That” columns in 2005, with a first printing of about 200 copies. He dona...
Ten Years Ago January 12, 2005 Members of 55 Plus will hold its first potluck of 2006 at Ye Towne Hall on Friday, January 13 at noon. Lillian Judd and Jo Polumsky will hostess. United States Representative Cathy Morris (R) will visit her Waitsburg constituents for an informal coffee hour at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, January 12. The event will be at Delta Connection, 101 Main Street, Waitsburg, and is open to the public. Students of the Month for December include Dakota Baker, Kristina Savelesky, Sarah Lindt, and Emily Wilson. Photo caption: The...
Ten Years Ago January 5, 2006 The Waitsburg Community Portrait was deemed a success by photographer Jean Sherrard. Some 110 folks turned out on New Year’s Eve and posed on Main Street in a location that mimics historical pictures taken around 100 years ago. Seven people rode their horses and the local emergency services and Sheriff’s Deputy were present. The photo will appear in a Paul Dorpat book, “Washington: Then and Now,” which is expected to be printed this year. November 9, 2005 was the end of a long, long time for a tusk believed to have...
Ten Years Ago December 29, 2005 While Waitsburg may not appear to change significantly from year to year, 2005 will go down as a landmark year for the city and environs. Chief among the outward changes is the new bridge over Coppei Creek on the Preston Avenue/Highway 12 entrance. Fire made its changes to the Blue Mountains as the School Fire drastically altered the landscape there, and the homes of Mike and Markeeta Hubbard, and Robert and Terri Abernathy were lost to flames. The old Bolles School was also damaged by fire. On the brighter...
Ten Years Ago December 22, 2015 Friends and family are invited to share in celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Carl and Ardath (Ardie) Henze from 2 to 4 p.m. on December 31, 2005, in the Dorcas Room of the First Christian Church of Waitsburg. The couple met in Ontario, California, in 1942 where Carl was stationed with the Army Air Force, and Ardie was cashier for J.J. Newberry Co. Special Christmas Edition Letter from seventh-grader, Taelor Carter: Dear Santa: For Christmas I would like to have a fun Christmas with snow, and my family...
Ten Years Ago December 15, 2005 Retiring Port of Walla Walla Commissioner Ken Jantz was honored as a Life Member of the Washington Public Ports Association during its 2005 annual meeting in Tacoma recently. Jantz, of Waitsburg, has served on the commission for 24 years. “The Sound of Music” was received by an appreciative Waitsburg audience at the Waitsburg High school Auditorium last weekend. Mike Ferrians played stern Capt. Von Trapp who falls for his childrens’ governess, Maria, played by Shelly Franklin. Support for many worthwhile commu...
Ten Years Ago December 8, 2005 The first time Waitsburg Councilwoman Bettie Chase crossed the Coppei Bridge was by a Model T driven by her father, “who drove cars by saying ‘giddy up and whoa.’” Now that the new 2005 bridge is complete, Chase, 85, has outlived the old Coppei bridge that was built the year she was born, 1920. Three Waitsburg Elementary School vocalists will have an incredible musical experience next February that may lead them on a successful career in music. Samantha Henze, Katy Hofer, and Maddy Witt are three Waitsbu...
Ten Years Ago December 1, 2005 A once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunity turned out well for Larry Olson of Walla Walla when he bagged a trophy elk on November 5. Olson is the son of Bonnie Olson of Waitsburg and the late Jim Olson. Olson was the lucky recipient of a special tag to hunt the Blue Creek Unit which ranges from roughly the Oregon border to near the recreational vehicle park on the former site of the Dayton Drive In. He hunted 13 days straight, logging over 1,000 miles on his pickup, and received help from Waitsburg “dogs” Glynn Davi...
Ten Years Ago Nov. 24, 2005 When your get up and go has got up and went, Bob and Kathy Patton hope you’ll come to the drive-up window of their soon-to-be-opened business, Delta Connection, 101 Main, and get more go in the form of an espresso drink. The Touchet Valley Arts Council musical “The Sound of Music” is being staged at Dayton’s Liberty Theater, and is scheduled for performances this weekend and next. Headlining the community production is Waitsburg’s Michael Ferrians as Capt. Georg von Trapp and Dayton’s Shelly Franklin as Maria, the...
Ten Years Ago November 17, 2005 John Raver received Cardinal of the Year honors, and Co-Most Valuable Players of the Volleyball squad were Brittany Zuger and Natasha Montgomery. Marci Jo Lanning was the Cardinal Cross Country MVP. the Waitsburg Giants’ 2005 Superbowl win in the Walla Walla Youth Football League will be the last one for the program. In 2006, the Giants will give way to the Preston Hall Mustangs in a six-month middle school team. The action, approved by Waitsburg School District directors last week, returns middle school f...
Ten Years Ago November 10, 2005 Ross Hamann, chairman of the Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee, was honored by the Waitsburg City Council and Mayor Martin Dunn for his work that resulted in the Downtown Streetscape Project progressing smoothly from conception to its current status of receiving funding, the latest a $193,000 grant from the Regional Transportation Planning Organization. The Waitsburg Cardinals landed two All Conference selections for the Southeast B-11 All-League football team. Senior John Raver was selected as a...
Ten Years Ago Nov. 3, 2005 Nineteen members and a guest turned out for 55 Plus potluck dinner Friday, October 28 at Ye Towne Hall. Hostesses Lillian Judd and Kay Pettichord decorated tables with autumn and Halloween themes. Sarah Wilson treated the group with molded candies and brought Corey Norton as her guest. Photo caption: Decisions, decisions. Sometimes it’s hard to decide if you want vanilla or chocolate. Recently Jerry Baker avoided the conundrum by getting both when he picked up a pair of Labrador puppies from Bill and Sharon Carter of...
Ten Years Ago October 27, 2005 Taking orders from customers is an everyday thing at restaurants like the Farmer’ Café. Last week, Frank and Jodi Corporon, operators of the Main Street eatery, did some ordering of their own. They ordered recliners to put their feet up in retirement. The long-time restaurant – old timers still think of it as “Ginny’s Grill” – will close October 30. Homecoming King and Queen were John Raver and Danielle Lehr, crowned at the 2005 Homecoming Dance last Saturday night. Members of the court include Jeremy Nicho...
Ten Years Ago October 20, 2005 The first of 83 wind turbines was turning last week, generating power on Puget Sound Energy’s Hopkins Ridge Wind Project. Caption: Television reporter Matt Markovich from KOMO in Seattle interviewed Dan McKinley, general manager of Broughton Land Company, about the benefits of the project to local land owners. Scott Branson, former Waitsburg High School FFA advisor, received the Award of Merit at the 2005 volunteer appreciation dinner. He was recognized for his outstanding volunteer efforts at the Walla Walla Fair...
Ten Years Ago October 13, 2015 The plan to dress up downtown Waitsburg got a huge boost this week after the Main Street Revitalization Project was ranked first among 15 communities vying for state grant money. The news means the Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee (WCRC) will put the work out to bid by spring, 2006, and citizens should be seeing the ground being broken next summer with completion slated by September or earlier. “This is very good news for the Downtown Streetscape Project,” said Ross Hamann, chairman of the WCRC. In oth...
Ten Years Ago Oct. 6, 2005 Mark Shively has served on the Waitsburg City Council since being appointed to fill a vacancy in 2002, a job he approached with energy, compassion and humility, noting that the experience would be “educational.” Beginning next week, Shively will begin a new stage in his life’s education as he begins a 10-week program with the Washington State Department of Services for the blind. An architect has been retained to begin design of the new Waitsburg Clinic, said Bruce Grimshaw, CEO of the Columbia County Health Syste...
Ten Years Ago Sept. 29, 2005 Arrah Lee Wilson hosted the first meeting of Odako Club Thursday, September 22, 2005. There were 19 members and guest present. New officers were installed. They are president, Deanne Johnson; vide-president, Arrah Lee Wilson; secretary, Luella Thompson; treasurer, Velma Sickles; corresponding secretary, Betty Jo Donnelly; historian, Susan Segraves, Waitsburg High School graduates completing studies at Washington State University following eh summer semester are Scott Allen Mason, B.A. in Business Administration and...
Ten Years Ago Sept. 22, 2005 Photo caption: George Wale, Jim Hansen, Ivan Keve, and Pioneer of the Year Ben Flathers inspect a buggy on display at the Bruce Memorial Museum during the Pioneer Fall Festival last Sunday. Hansen was demonstrating how little the former mode of transportation weighted by lifting the front wheel as the others looked on. Flathers was honored as Pioneer of the Year and added remarks about his life following presentation of the honor following the non denominational church service that morning. Bill Hinchliffe of...
Ten Years Ago September 15, 2005 Ben Flathers found his calling in 1942 when he joined the U.S. Army and the Prescott farmer continued his service in the reserves as he blended it with his agricultural pursuits from 1947 through the 1970s. Flathers, 87, moved from his ranch residence to Wheatland Village Retirement Apartments in Walla Walla about a year ago and is being honored as the Waitsburg Historical Society’s 2005 Pioneer of the Year. Jack and Laurette McCaw were honored as the Waitsburg Booster Club Boosters of the Year in a plaque p...
