Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON -- The Christian Women's Connection will meet at 11:30 a.m. on September 10 at L.C. @ The Green (209 N. Pine St., Dayton). Lunch is $10 and will be catered by LouAnn Trousdale & Chase Hudson. This month's speaker is Tanja Gorham of Island City, Ore. She will share about her journey from fear and anger to peace and joy as she cared for her disabled husband until he passed away. Aging and Long Term Care Specialist Dawn Rodriguez of Dayton will provide the Special Feature and Pennie Edwards of Dayton will entertain with her gift of voice....
Ten Years Ago August 26, 2004 Life-long Waitsburg resident Randy Hinchliffe has been hired as the new City Clerk for the city of Waitsburg, announced Mayor Marty Dunn at the August 18 city council meeting. He will start in the position on August 30. Republicans in the September 14 Primary Election race are incumbent David G. Carey, Walla Walla; Chuck Carruthers, Prescott; and Waitsburg native Rod Estes of Prescott. Democrat Jim Leid of Waitsburg awaits the top Republican finisher in the November 2 General Election. Twenty-Five Years Ago August...
Ten Years Ago August 19, 2004 In the heat of summer, ice is a real treat. Fort Walla Walla Museum's fourth annual Olde-Fashioned Ice Cream Social is on Sunday, August 22. Waitsburg's Blue Mountain Troublemakers will present their special brand of music in the afternoon. Members of this group include Austin Beasley, Nicholas Carpenter, Will Garcia, Zach Beasley, Christopher Carpenter, Maya Garcia and John David Hockersmith. Plenty of local kids brought their pets to Weller Public Library Pet Day last week, including Mariah Hofer, who showed up...
Born to Jordin and Ty Gratlin of Dayton, a girl, Talia Reece Gratlin. Born on August 8, 2014 weighing 4 lbs 3 oz....
WAITSBURG - Four artists will present their visions for a Main Street art piece at jimgermanbar on Wednesday, August 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The four finalists were selected by the Waitsburg Art Commission and will vie for the right to create one of two life size bronze pieces to be displayed on Waitsburg's Main Street. The presentations are open to the public. Keith McMasters and Wayne Chabre will share their vision of "Game Table," an interactive piece to include Fanny Weller and another historical figure playing checkers on a table in...
Ten Years Ago August 12, 2004 Local grain producers are approaching the 70% point in the 2004 harvest, estimates J.E. Mc- Caw, local manager of the Northwest Grain Growers' Waitsburg Branch. Depending on Mother Nature, there could be another week to ten days of cutting, he predicted. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 10, 1989 Don Thomas was at the helm of his favorite pastime - Old Fashion Harvesting. He started his team of 27 mules as the old style John Deere was pulled over the hills of the Thomas Ranch, three miles south of Waitsburg on the...
DAYTON – The public is invited to a community potluck at the First Congregational Church-UCC (214 S. 3rd St., Dayton) on Monday, August 4 at 6 p.m. in order to welcome bicyclists from the Fuller Center for Housing, a nonprofit Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide. The 30-35 bicyclists will be stopping overnight in Dayton on their coast-to-coast their journey from Atlantic City, NJ to Astoria, OR. The public is invited to bring a dish and visit with the bikers to learn more about the ministry and their e...
Ten Years Ago August 5, 2004 Waitsburg teacher Becky Wilson has been awarded a week in Montpelier, Virginia, as one of 20 teachers from Washington state chosen to attend a week-long, all-expensepaid Summer Institute at James Madison's Montpelier Estate. A severe thunderstorm system moving across northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington last Monday night knocked out power to some 3,350 households in Walla Walla, Waitsburg and Prescott. The strong easterly winds caused a tree on Orchard Street to fall, bringing down a powerline and...
DAYTON - The Missoula Children's Theater will arrive at the Liberty Theater early next month to begin preparations for its annual performance featuring local kids. This year the group will present Rapunzel. They will arrive with sets, lights, costumes, props and make-up, everything it takes to put on a play, everything that is except the cast. For that they are turning to the young people of Dayton, Waitsburg and the surrounding communities. Auditions will be held at the Liberty on Monday, August 11. Young people entering first grade through...
DAYTON -- Diner's can enjoy a "harvest dining experience" at this year's Evening at the Depot's Farm to Table Dinner right in the courtyard of the Historic Dayton Depot. The fundraising event takes place on August 2, with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The best of local produce and meats will be prepared by local chefs including: Roger Tumbocon of Manila Bay; The Q, Chefs Emery & Sandy Kleck; RAylene Sursley of the Country Cupboard; Mandi Wendt of the Weinhard Café & Bakery and Valerie Mutry of the Whoopem-up Hollow Café. Local b...
DAYTON - The Dayton Seventh-day Adventist Church (1525 4th Street) is hosting a free 5Days in Dayton vacation bible school, beginning at 9 a.m. on August 4. Children will learn from the heroes of the faith, with special visitors and activities. Show up a few minutes early on Monday to fill out registration forms....
Ten Years Ago July 29, 2004 Area farmers are harvesting at a good clip, according to J.E. McCaw, branch manager, Northwest Grain Growers, and are seeing No. 1 test weights, good quality and "quite good" yields. One field north of Waitsburg reported 136 bushels per acre, McCaw said, while the average is in the 90 bushel per acre range. The Starbuck Community Church will be celebrating 50 years as a Village mission Church this year. Pastor David McIlroy will officiate during a day-long celebration planned for Sunday, August 15. Twenty-five Years...
Ten Years Ago July 22, 2004 New Waitsburg Superintendent Carol Clarke's first board meeting didn't provide much of a honeymoon as she and school district directors grappled with a difficult issue surrounding a 6-7 grade split. Dr. Clarke and new board member Ross Hamann were also sworn in at the meeting, attended by a number of parents of middle school-bound students. A once-familiar fixture of Waitsburg's Main Street has returned. The Odako Club bench once again graces the sidewalk in front of Weller Public Library. The refurbished bench was...
Ten Years Ago July 15, 2004 Three Waitsburg students made the most of the 2004 Evergreen Boys State, taking advantage of both its seriousness and its opportunities for fun. Representing Waitsburg last month at Central Washington University were Gabe Kiefel, the son of Michael and Kristi Kiefel; Brad Huffman, the son of Dena Wood of Waitsburg and Tim Huffman, Monmouth, Ore., and Matt Baker, the son of Loyal and Kathy Baker. Seaman Jarod Gagnon, son of Louis and Marie Gagnon of Waitsburg, graduated recently from Coast Guard basic training in...
