Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The first winter snow recedes, and what do we find? Mushy gardens. So what now, weather person? Maybe more rain, wind, even another good dusting of snow? Are we experiencing global warming or just a mild winter? Even the Farmer's Almanac can't seem to make up its mind. Maybe it's too early to tell. I was home this weekend and pulled a box of bulbs from the basement where I usually store unplanted bulbs from the fall. Because we haven't had but one freeze this winter, I was able to dig in the earth and plant the straggling bulb. Now, I wait for...
Ten Years Ago December 28, 2000 County Road Foreman Jack Otterson retired this week after 30 ½ years of service. Otterson says the 1996 and 1997 area flooding was the "highlight" of his 16 years as road foreman. Although he and his seven-man crew were severely tested when waters raged through Waitsburg, there was a silver lining: County officials teamed with FEMA funding to build a new shop, which affords many efficiencies on higher ground. Scott and Michelle Huxoll of West Third Street were declared winners for the Christmas lighting display...
SKI BLUEWOOD - Joe Amend pulls his visor down over his face, fires up his welding torch and, sparks flying, tools around on the surface of a steel tube in the shop downstairs from the lodge at Ski Bluewood. After a few minutes he calls over Travis Stephenson, the mountain's new general manager, to show him the results. Down the length of the rounded metal he has "written" the letters "B.wood" for Bluewood as though he had a hair to scratch his name in the bark of his favorite tree. The moment...
MORE CHRISTMAS BASKETS WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Presbyterian Church reported that its seasonal care effort for needy local families produced 28 baskets this year, 10 more than last year. The collaborative program with the Catholic Church of Waitsburg drew more requests for the baskets but also more support, indicating more families appeared to be in need of the baskets, Rev. Brett Moser said. Donors still wishing to help local households in need can do so by donating to the Waitsburg Food Bank. PLAYGROUND GETS BIG GRANT DAYTON - The sponsors...
When long-time cohort Desi Kitchens unexpectedly strolled up nodding her head in agreement about our winter Cabernets, I thought, who better to pal around with during Barrel Tasting Weekend than Desi, who equally loves wine. First Up: Foundry Cellars winemaker Mark Anderson's '03 Cabernet Sauvignon: 89 percent cabernet, 20 percent merlot. This is a Cab created uniquely like the Smithsonian artist that Anderson is; layered in explosive strokes of tannin, brambleberry and "meat-in-a-glass," a profile given two years ago by yours truly. This par...
Ten Years Ago December 21, 2000 Crews of Northwest Grain Growers worked all weekend, 24 hours a day, to empty a grain tank on the northern edge of Waitsburg containing 150,000 bushels of wheat. Employees noticed a recently added skid-steer loader door at the base of the 160,000-bushel steel tank had failed posing an immediate hazard to employees, passersby and the elevator facility. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 5, 1985 Waitsburg Commercial Club made plans for the first Hometown Christmas on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10. The...
DIXIE - No one seems to know exactly how tall the Northwest Grain Growers elevator in Dixie is, but even those who work there say it's no higher than 130 feet. That means the small town's tallest item, which is visible from Highway 12 tucked back in the fields south of its outskirts, will soon be eclipsed by an even loftier structure. Inland Cellular is set to build a 180-foot cell phone tower at 9970 East Highway 12 near the elevator this spring and is seeking public comment on its proposal under the National Preservation Act of 1966. Local...
TOYS NEEDED FOR TOTS WAITSBURG - For the first time ever, Waitsburg residents can make a contribution to the annual Toys for Tots program right here in town, at the Waitsburg Hardware and Mercantile on Main Street. New, unwrapped toys donated to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program will be distributed as Christmas gifts to needy children in the Touchet Valley this holiday. Cash donations may also be made at the hardware store. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to l...
Wyatt Withers Wyatt Withers graduated from Naval Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Illinois, on Oct. 1, 2010. Attending the ceremony from Waitsburg were his parents, Laurie and Ian Withers; sister, Megan Withers; and grandfather, Jack McCaw, himself a Navy veteran. Currently Withers, stationed in Charleston, SC, is a fireman. Upon graduation from Nuclear Field A school, he will be promoted to Petty Officer 3rd class and will become a Machinist Mate. Withers graduated from Waitsburg H...
NO CEMETERY SLEDDING WAITSBURG - The City of Waitsburg would like to remind residents and visitors not to sled on the hill at the City Cemetery. Sledding on these slopes damages the underlining vegetation and material installed by the city for beautificationpurposes, said City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe. COUNTY MULLS HEALTH BUDGET DAYTON - The Board of Columbia County Commissioners has scheduled a workshop open to the public for Friday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. in the commissioners' office to discuss the county's public health budget. Commissioners fi...
From last week: May 7,1945. My squad was assignedguard duty at Cuxhavento help guard a capitulatingGerman division.This is where my collectionof pistols and rifles are from. The 846th Engineers rebuiltthe airfield at Cuxhavenbefore going south throughKassel to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden,where we built thelarge airbase in use by ourAir Force today... The story continues: August 14, 1945. VJ-Day. The Japanese surrender. Three of us from my company have orders to go to Japan. We got as far as a...
December 9: Russ Hays, Jerry Jeremiah, Jim Bird, Patty Hernandez, Ray Meier, Sarah Reser. December 10: Grant Woodworth, Bess Ammerman, Ron Thompson, Diane Fry, Sara Lytle, Lydia Fancuillo. December 11: Wilma Thomas, Carl Baker, Robert Ezell, Tim Mayberry, Niko Matthee. December 12: Ernest Brunson, John Archer, Allen Huwe, Chad Fry, Dawn Ronning, Patricia Thomas, Ben Antonius, Beth Ann Wood. December 13: Patsy Weber, Marilyn Wilson, Elena Perry, Richard Done, Donald Thiery, Helen Duckworth. December 14: Shirley Wilson, Joy Leisure, Susan...
A tremendous Thank You from the very bottoms of our hearts, to all the people in the Touchet Valley who sent cards, food, gifts, hugs, a listening ear, and gave of your talents out of love for Steve and his family throughout his illness and passing. God Bless you all-you are our extended family. Blessings, the Steve Edwards family....
Recently, someone asked me about the validity of California Cuisine in today's restaurant market. I was surprised by this question because without California Cuisine, we'd still be eating canned foods, meat and vegetables dusted in DDT. In fact, the way we think about and eat food today is based entirely on the fresh food movement of the 1970s and '80s known as California Cuisine. Think about it. Without the early integrated food movement, we wouldn't see regional, fresh vegetables listed on our menus today, including baby carrots, mixed l...
Ten Years Ago December 14, 2000 The proposed tower on Buttercup Hill has been the talk of the town. According to the Waitsburg Planning Commission, the 250-foot tower on 300-foot Buttercup Hill, "would be the single most visible feature throughout the city and all approaches to the City." A public hearing to gather comments has been postponed pending the gathering of more information. A nine-month fundraising project was realized this week when crews from Gillespie Roofing replaced the decades-old asphalt and tar roof with a high-tech r...
"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go." Do you know what that means? Christmas is right around the corner and Waitsburg's 25th annual Hometown Christmas is just down the road. Mark your calendars for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4-5. You may have heard through the grapevine that this year's cherished event will be held back in Ye Towne Hall in downtown Waitsburg. Last year, during renovation, the event was moved to the elementary school. But its back this weekend in its original location downtown, confirmed Ruth Pe...
Waitsburg Waitsburg Hardware Mercantile 134 Main Poinsettias, decorations and lights, toys, gifts, small appliances, cards 337-6671 Waitsburg Grocery 200 Main Meat cheese trays, Christmas candy 337-6641 Etceteras 208 Main Accessories, decorations 337-6150 Rose's Gift Shop 214 Main Candy, piñatas, flowers, toys, gifts 337-3077 Hugs, Gifts Collectibles 109 Main Vintage Christmas decorations, new holiday lace, table décor 539-8773 Dayton Home Baked Goodness 309 E. Main Specialty candy Creative De...
PARTY FOR LOCAL FIREMAN DAYTON - Columbia County Fire District 3 will present an open house for Kris Darby, who will be leaving the Department on Dec. 14. Darby will be the new fire chief for GarfieldCounty Fire District 1 in Pomeroy. The public is invited to come by the fire station, located at 206 W. Main Street in Dayton, between 1-6 p. m. on Dec. 9 to wish Darby good luck in his new position and thank him for 15 years of service to Columbia County as an EMT and firefighter.Coffee, punch, and cake will be served. DONATE TO AT-RISK YOUTH...
TOUCHET VALLEY - In anticipation of a severe winter, heavy snowfall and possible flooding this spring, Columbia County Emergency Management gathered as many senior officials in the Touchet Valley as possible last week for a disaster preparedness workshop in Dayton. "For me, it was one of the best - if not the best - workshop I've been to," said Glenn Hagfeldt, a member services engineer with Columbia Rural Electric Association in Dayton. Attendees were presented with a mock flood disaster of catastrophic proportions to work through. The...
From last week: The 846thEngineers were finally assignedto a Landing ShipTank 221. We loaded all thebattalion heavy equipment,trucks, jeeps, parts, ammunition,food and 1,500 menunder the cover of darkness.Early next morning, we setsail for Omaha Beach, acrossthe English Channel. An LSTis a flat-bottom ship to accommodatebeach landings,and with the rough sea, itmade me a little seasick. Itwas necessary to make thelanding at the beach duringhigh tide. Then we waited forthe tide to go out to lower...
