Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
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...
STARBUCK - Commerce along one of the state's arteries will soon kick back into gear as major repairs to key locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers draws to completion this month. Close to 10 million tons of cargo including wheat, barley, petroleum products (like fuel), fertilizer, hay cubes, peas, lentils, milk carton stock and containers full of merchandise are shipped via the Columbia-Snake River system each year. Over 2 million tons are moved just through the Little Goose navigation lock...
SHOOT HOOPS FOR GOOD CAUSE WAITSBURG - Everyone gets busy, but too busy for a fun valley-wide alumni basketball tournament for a good sports cause? Team signups have been slower than organizers from the Cardinals Booster Club had hoped, so they are giving it until the end of this week before deciding whether to hold the firstof its-kind event at Kison Court on March 18 and 19. Proceeds will go to help fund a new press box and sports equipment facility behind the bleachers on Cardinal Field. Now that the 2011 Cardinals basketball teams are home...
OLYMPIA - Many in the Touchet Valley have seen 15-year-old Cougar Henderson on stage at Dayton's Liberty Theater. In fact, he's gearing up to appear with dozens of co-stars in the Spring Variety Show later this month. His voice has been heard at Salt & Light concerts in Waitsburg, where local youth minister to peers and others both here and around the region with contemporary Christian songs. And last week he could be seen at the state capital, serving as a page in the Washington State House of...
4 Collective Visions" at Willow March 4 through May 2, 2011, local artists Elizabeth Harris and Hans Matschukat will present their work "Collective Visions" at Willow, 2 E Rose Street, Walla Walla. The Opening Night Artists' Reception is Friday, March 4, from 5-8 p.m. Art talks begin at 6 p.m. There will also be an Artists' Reception on Friday, April 1, from 5-8 p.m. Demonstrations will begin at 6 p.m. For more information, visit willow-wallawalla.com. 5 Relay for Life Waitsburg Relay for Life t...
I n the food and wine business, the weather has everything to do with the harvest. The recent weeks of rain and snow flurries here in the Great Northwest are what make great grapes for crush and make next fall's late-harvest vegetables so abundant. But I am like many of you: bored to tears with butternut squash. How much is too much of a good thing? I am ready for more texture and more variety - something only spring can do for us, and she's a while off. This yearning for something brighter and lighter in food is what brought me into the...
Michael and Rebecca Townsend of Moses Lake are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Lorin Townsend to Bryan Harris of San Diego, Calif. Lorin is a graduate of Whitworth University, where she obtained her bachelor of arts in accounting and business management. Her grandparents are Frank and Hazel Brown of Waitsburg. Bryan is the son of Larry and Helena Harris of Waitsburg. The groom-elect is a 1997 graduate of Waitsburg High School. He is employed as the manager for Affordable...
Ten Years Ago March 8, 2001 Angela Smith, the 18-year-old daughter of Glen and Adele (Ford) Smith of Waitsburg, will join a select group of Walla Walla County families who have been involved in the fair from generation to generation. Her mother was a member of the court in 1975, her grandmother Erma Lee (Kessler) Smith, was a Farmette in 1950. Angela's grandfathers, Kenneth Smith of Waitsburg and Don Ford of Prescott, have both served on the board of the Walla Walla Fair, and her great-grandfather Merle Brown of Prescott was parade marshal in...
DAYTON - Twenty five Future Business Leaders of America from Dayton High School competed against Southeast Washington's best at the Regional FBLA tournament held in Richland earlier this month. The team took home 12 first-place finishes and cleaned up on the rest. About 200 students representing 12 schools squared off in the Southeast Region Winter Leadership Conference. Ten percent of Dayton's High School participates in the local chapter of FBLA. They have been a consistent powerhouse and a te...
CITY HALL CLOSED WAITSBURG - Waitsburg City Hall will be closed for part of Thursday and all of Friday as the city clerk travels to Spokane for a class related to completing the city's annual report. Anyone wishing to make a payment during those days may do so via the drop box located in front of City Hall on Main Street. HOLLYWOOD HOTEL IN DAYTON DAYTON - The Dayton Drama Club will present Hollywood Hotel on March 10, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. Admission is $6. This is a comedy about three teenage girls from Missouri...
Trevor and Ashley Johnson are the proud parents of a baby boy, Robert Thomas Edgar Johnson, born at 2:16 p.m. on Feb. 10, 2011, at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 9 oz. and is 21.25 in. long. Grandparents are Jeff and Dawn Nichols of Waitsburg and Mark and Kathy Johnson of Arlington, Wash. Great-grandparents are Velma Sickles of Waitsburg, Glena Lee Nichols of College Place and Dale and Ann Johnson of Tonasket, Wash. He joins a sister, Adelaide....
WALLA WALLA - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are evaluating options for two parks on the lower Snake River. The current lessees at Lyons Ferry Park and Central Ferry Park recently notified the Corps' Walla Walla District of their desire to relinquish their leases prior to the 2011 summer recreation season, which traditionally starts in May. Therefore, both locations may be available for new leases in 2011. The current lessees' relinquishment notifications started a close-out and assessment process to evaluate how those properties will b...
