Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Sheriff John Turner doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. The Walla Walla County's new, top law-enforcement offi cial is thrilled he can make adjustments to the patrol schedule that provide 24/7 coverage in his jurisdiction. He's pleased some members of his new team bring many years of law enforcement experience they can use to offer in-house training to his deputies. He's also happy to see that the new administration, sworn in earlier this year, has created a better work...
WELLER LIBRARY SEEKS DONATIONS WAITSBURG - Weller Public Library in downtown Waitsburg is looking for a donation of a previously owned digital camera to use for its Summer Reading Program and Children's Storytime. DAYTON HOSTS COWBOY SINGERS DAYTON - Prescott singers/songwriters Nevada Slim and Cimarron Sue will present "Cowboy and Cowgirl Songs," on Friday, April 1, in the Delany Room of the Dayton Memorial Library from 6:30-8 p.m. All are welcome to this free event. KNOWLEDGE BOWL FINISHES STRONG WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School...
DAYTON - The mellow, late-winter sun cuts in low across the Bulldogs track field as various athletes practice their specialties. Courtney Fuller is taking another run at the hurdles. Davy Phillips and Ammar Alkohlani are trying their javelin reach. Samura Miller and Briana Fulbright get in position to take straddle jumps at the high bar. They laugh as minor things go wrong. After all, this is one of their first practices, and the students are still finding their groove in their new or revived...
DAYTON - A man accused of being responsible for several break-ins and thefts in the Dayton area last November pleaded not guilty last week to all charges filed against him in Columbia County Superior Court. Ronald Alan Rutledge escaped from Whitman County jail in November while on outdoor work duty and is accused of committing several crimes while passing through Columbia County before he was caught and arrested days later in Spokane. The 29-year-old Spokanearea man has been charged locally with possession of a stolen vehicle, residential...
Waitsburg/Walla Walla County & Dayton/ Columbia County 3-20: Fireworks. Report of fireworks being discharged in Huntsville. Suspicious. Suspicious activity reported on S. 4th Street, Dayton. Theft. An Ipod was reported stolen from a residence on N. Cottonwood in Dayton. 3-19: Citizen Assist. Deputies helped a motorist stuck in a snow bank on Wilson Hollow Road, Jasper Mountain, near Dayton. Theft. A cell phone was taken from a residence on W. 2nd Street, Waitsburg. 3-18: Assault. A man was arrested on suspicion of assault in the fourth degree...
I went grocery shopping today. I unloaded the four canvas bags, took off my shoes and sat down to balance my check book. Though I'd heard the cashier say the number, as I wrote the check it really hurt to see $77 missing from my checkbook register for just a couple of chickens, two steaks for Wine Guy, some vegetables, bread, bacon, cheese and eggs. Sunday morning, CNN news said we'd be seeing a 14 percent hike in food costs this summer. The reason for higher prices could be weather conditions and transportation, but a lot has to do with...
March 17: Joan Ruble, John Butler, Winton Lytle, Brian Doering and Kristi Unholz. March 18: Sherrie Larsen, Ben Daniel and Marisa Hoops. March 19: Verna Allen, Elaine Reese, Norma Johnson, Terry Jacoy, Josh Mayberry and E. Neil Stephens. March 20: John Hazelbaker, Arlene Winnett, Andrew Wright, Kristopher Patton and Paul John. March 21: Brad Huffman, Bob Estes, Doris Williams, Linda Stonecipher, Margie Huwe, Lane Huffman, Rebecca Stokes, Ken Lenhart. March 22: Garrett Buffington, Kenneth Lewis, Mary Hamblen, Gia Fluharty, Amy Morrow and Cole...
Mike and Patty Mayberry of Touchet announce the engagement of their daughter, Lacey Ellen Mayberry to Micah "Guy" Colin Smith of Lewiston. The bride-to-be is a 2005 graduate of Touchet High School. She attended WWCC and graduated in 2010 from Lewis-Clark State College, in Lewiston with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She currently works for Washington State University Human Resources in Pullman. Smith is the son of Dave and April Smith of Lewiston. The groom-elect graduated from...
Ten Years Ago March 24, 2001 In an almost unheard of event, Bill Barnett's Katahdin ewe gave birth to six lambs recently. The ewe had two of the lambs last week, then four days later gave birth to the other four. Only three remain with the ewe. The other three are being bottle fed by Barnett's daughter. In an attempt to help the mayor, a council approved a provisional plan to allow the city attorney and city clerk to attend some of the daytime meetings usually handled by the mayor. The matter will be revisited in one year to evaluate its...
DAYTON - Dayton city officials have given volunteers the green light for a new playground on the north side of Main Street. The playground, a project sponsored by the Dayton Development Task Force, is the brainchild of sisters Cara Breland and Jessica Atwood. The 80 by 50 foot, fenced structure will sit on city property adjacent to the Historic Dayton Depot. The multilevel play area, including swings, a climbing web, slides and more, is intended to draw visitors and residents. "There is no playground on the north side of town right now, so...
PRESCOTT POOL NEEDS HELP PRESCOTT - Want to swim all summer and not spend a dime on pool fees? Volunteer this year at the Prescott Swimming Pool. The pool will open at noon on June 10 and continue through August 28, seven days a week, with swimming lessons and aerobics sessions as well as regular open swimming. Volunteers who come to work days this spring, sign in, and volunteer time can earn credits to be applied toward swimming fees. There are employment opportunities for qualified lifeguards and adults to work as part time pool supervisors...
WAITS- BURG - Bette Burgoyne's idea of doing a drawing 11 inches wide and 10 feet long had several sources of inspiration. There was M.C. Escher's "Metamorphosis," the mindbending left-to-right journey of a crossword like text that changes into blocks, lizards, a beehive, fish, a flock of birds, a mountain town, a chess game and finally back to a text. There were the Chinese landscape paintings that unroll from top to bottom and are so long they could only be displayed in a very high stairwell....
Ten Years Ago March 22, 2001 Waitsburg Commercial Club honored two special Waitsburg residents as co-recipients of the 200 Commercial Club Community Service Award, surprising Mabel Wood and Terry Jacoy at the club's Annual Banquet Tuesday night. With the close of winter sports, Waitsburg School District turned the Waitsburg Gym over to construction workers, who were soon tearing into the foyer to make way for an extended gym and storage spaces. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 21, 1986 Gary Lentz, ranger at the Lewis and Clark Trail State Park,...
Wine Guy and I have been discussing real estate lately. It seems housing in the bay area has met an all-time low, and if funds provide, the time to buy is now. I asked a realtor girlfriend what's happening in Columbia and Walla Walla counties, and she said we are experiencing the same phenomena due to "folk's economic re-evaluation of their needs." Isn't that the truth! In today's market, the kitchen still rates as the most important room in the house, with the master bedroom a close second. It would seem the purchaser of today's home wants gra...
LIBRARY SEEKS BOARD MEMBER WAITSBURG - The Weller Public Library Board of Directors has an opening for a board member. This is a governing board and applicants must be able to attend board meetings the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the library. Candidates can pick up applications at Waitsburg City Hall or the library. AA MEETINGS ANNOUNCED DAYTON - Alcoholics Anonymous in Dayton meets Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7 p.m. and Wednesdays at noon. All meetings take place in the basement of the Congregational Church, located at 214...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg voters have another choice for city council. Grocery clerk and volunteer fire fighter Greg McVey put his name on the ballot for a seat on the five-member body, saying he wants to throw his weight behind Bart Baxter's bid for mayor. "I would like to see this town grow," said McVey, who has not held an elected position before and was asked by Baxter to run for council. "I think Bart has a lot of great ideas." At a caucus at Deanne and Larry Johnson's home in Waitsburg last...
MEETING FOR WAIT'S MARKET WAITSBURG - Supporters of a permanent "Wait's Market" like the one the town had during Cycle Oregon last year will meet to explore the formation of a group at Deanne and Larry Johnson's home. The meeting will be at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, and anyone interested in helping organize and run a regular farmer's market in Waitsburg for the Touchet Valley is welcome to join. HOMICIDE TRIAL DELAYED DAYTON - The state's new case against James Colbert, accused of vehicular homicide in Columbia County in 2008, will go to...
Readers have been requesting a favorite Wildberries lasagna recipe. This portabello-artichoke pie was always sold out before the end of the lunch hour and is still the most requested at Flying Aprons Catering. I have found the secret to great mushroom-artichoke lasagna is to caramelize the vegetables before layering and to use heavy cream for sauce. For a dish of such delish', only a Locati Cellars'06 Columbia Valley Barbera will do. Locati Cellars makes the closest thing to old world Tuscan reds for the area and should not be missed. Locati...
March 10: Bill Gluck, Win Deanna Anderson, Frank Reser and Casey Worth. March 11: Bettie Chase, Jacqueline Klaas, Catherine Donnelly, Kelly Lodato, Aaron DeFord, James Kenworthy and Adraine Michels. March 12: Cherie Kurth, David Donnelly, Ben and Bill Brown, Susan Webber, Jimmie Young, Walt Warehime, Elizabeth Abbey, Teresa Johnson and Lory Duckworth. March 13: Corey Puckett, Susan Watson, Kathy Logeman, Darla Fischer, Ryan Shweid, Dan Mortimore, Da- rin Groom, Louie Gagnon, Scott Hagerman and Mark Lanning. March 14: Jim Wilson, Rhonda Perry,...
Nicholette L. Dunn and Robert W. Anderson exchanged vows of marriage on February 14, 2011, in Pilot Rock, Ore. The bride was escorted down the aisle by her stepfather, Bill Zuger, for a ceremony in the Pilot Rock Baptist Church with Harley Jeffers officiating. Matron of honor was Janice Zuger, mother of the bride; best man was Glenn Snively, native son of Pilot Rock and friend. A reception followed at Archie's Restaurant in Pilot Rock. Robert (Bob) Anderson is a Navy veteran and a longtime...
Ten Years Ago March 15, 2001 The 2001 Days of Real Sport Queen Chelsey Murdock of Waitsburg is the 16-year-old daughter of 1980 queen Corinne Wood. Princess Corrine McKinley, 15, follows not only a sister but her mother and grandmother as DRS royalty as well. Rounding out the court are Princess Trista Flores of Waitsburg and Amy Smith of Walla Walla. The Commercial Club marks its 90th year at an annual meeting on March 20th in Ye Towne Hall. The Club has always been supportive of town projects, sponsoring baseball and basketball teams, the...
