Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
Barrels take your mark, get set, go! December 3rd through the 5th is Holiday Barrel Tasting weekend across the Walla Walla Valley. John Abbott, winemaker at Abeja Winery, has a natural affinity to science and creativity, and I love that about this friendly winemaker's wine making. I became familiar with John's skills a few years back when he made a finessed Pinot Noir for Caneros Winery of Napa. When he left Napa for Caneo Ridge Winery, in Walla Walla, I got in line. Now, John is busy flying around Abeja (Spanish for "bee") Winery, in Walla...
November 26: Devon Harshman, Donna Lee Harris, Donald Land, Greg Gabel. November 27: Peggy Lightfoot, Nita Snider, Rose Worth, Rod Baker, Jaidyn Brown. November 28: Norma Jean Green, Karen Hermanns, Shawn White, Michael Lafer, Cara Rea. November 29: Myra Bloor, Lewis Neace, Sherrie Morris, Pat Huwe, Scott Lambert. November 30: Betty Prock, Betty Hofer, David McKenzie, Cameron McConnell. December 1: Debbie Hunter, Linda Rohde, Martin Sauer, Michelle Saranovich, Jean Hinchliffe. December 2: James Liebermann...
Ten Years Ago December 7, 2000 Everyone enjoyed the Waitsburg Hometown Christmas last Sunday, from parade watchers to youngsters on Santa's lap. Over 70 drawing winners took home prizes. Charlee Long, daughter of Jake and Michelle Lon, carried the flag to lead the Hometown Christmas Parade, termed by many as the best yet. The air is alive with expectations as town folk prepare for their annual concerts, Contata and/or other celebrations. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 21, 1985 Construction is underway at the BM Grocery in Waitsburg's...
WAITSBURG - Half a decade after it was opened by the Columbia County Farm Bureau, the retail store at the Cenex gas stathough tion on the corner of Preston (Highway 124) and Coppei (Highway 12) is closing. The self-service pumps will remain in operation 24/7, accessible to credit card and co-op account card holders. Access to the propane gas will be discontinued because it needs to be handled by a trained employee and the station will no longer be staffed. Wednesday, Nov. 24, the day be...
ESCAPEE CAUGHT IN SPOKANE COLFAX - The Whitman County inmate who escaped Saturday evening while on outdoor work duty and may have spent part of the weekend in Columbia County, was captured and arrested Monday in Spokane, according to the Whitman County Sheriff's OfficeTuesday afternoon. Twenty-nine-year-old Ronald Alan Rutledge had just 18 days left on a four-month prison sentence for burglary. Rutledge may have been involved with two incidents that occurred in Dayton on Sunday, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, including a res...
The holidays are quickly approaching, and I have a quick recipe here I think you readers might appreciate along with a great wine pairing. When Wine Guy mentioned that one of his clients asked if I might share a quick, cold-processed, pickled food recipe for the holidays, I said, "Why not!" Here's a recipe from my new cookbook, Edge of the Plate, available through Amazonkindle.com. You can take a free look at the book with a direct link-up on my webpage listed below. In the mean time, watch out for the wild turkeys in Dayton, they are e...
Ten Years Ago November 30, 2000 The Waitsburg Cardinals closed out the 2000 season ending their six-game winning streak with a tough loss to Davenport last Saturday, one game shy of appearing in the state B-11 championship game. Washington's wheat production is up for the first time in three years. This year's crop totaled 165.9 million bushels. At 68.1 bushels per acre, the 2000 wheat crop yield is 13.9 bushels per acre more than 1999. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 14, 1985 Plenty of help was available at the scene for a one-car accident...
From last week: "Beingshy and bashful, I was notthinking too seriously aboutgirls. Besides, I felt very immatureand thought a fewyears in college would be theright thing to do. Our classgraduated in 1939. Most ofus spent 12 years togetherand were very close. Twentyfourwere in the class withonly eight girls. They seemedmore like sisters to me thanclassmates. It was a time formaking serious decisions: goto college, go to work or jointhe Army. Looks like I did allthree hellip; The story continued:...
DAYTON RINGS IN XMAS SEASON DAYTON - All are invited to join the Dayton community on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving for a Homespun Holiday Celebration during the town's annual Christmas Kickoff featuring classic Main Street shopping, Christmas Light bus tours, holiday barrel tasting, Friday night Lighted Parade and Fireworks, and tours of some of Dayton's new businesses. Children (and their parents) can take a mule-drawn wagon hay ride through the streets of Dayton both Friday and Saturday, and Friday evening enjoy a new lighted...
I noticed Dayton's organic gardener, Wild Bill, walking down Dayton Avenue this morning. I pulled up alongside of him, and we chatted about Seed Savers, an organization in the Midwest that saves and generates heirloom vegetable seeds. I ordered some Yukon Gold potatoes and a bunch of Ruby Red beets from Wild Bill, and headed for Wally, where I was to cook lunch and dinner for Beta House on Whitman Campus. Yes, I am cooking for the boys again, and just what is it they want me to cook? Meat and potatoes, of course! So, after I whipped up a qu...
DAYTON - Columbia REA, Pastor Steve Edwards, Theater Manager Reid Helford and Singer Cougar Henderson were winners of this year's Community Awards given out at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce's Annual Banquet. They won their recognition for Business of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Employee of the Year and Youth of the Year respectively. The fifth award for Historic Preservation was split by Puget Sound Energy for the restoration of its downtown office in the commercial category and by...
Ten Years Ago November 18, 2000 In a double-ring ceremony, Sherrie Reedy and David Morris exchanged wedding vows in the First Christian Church with Rev. Michael Ferrians officiating. The daughter of the late Bob and Velma Sickles, the bride graduated from Waitsburg High School. The groom has roots in Dixie, Wash. Jon Van Vogt, the owner for the Pataha Flour Mill, spoke to the City Council on Nov. 15 about possibilities of the future of Wait's Mill. A similar presentation is slated for the Waitsburg Lions Club meeting. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
DAYTON - In a sign that the Touchet Valley economy is still in recession, Ski Bluewood drew its largest crowd ever for it annual job fair this weekend. More than 140 job seekers came for the two-hour event at the Seneca Activity Building on Sunday afternoon, with many sounding eager to find work, even if it's just for the ski season. "We had a great turnout," said Travis Stephenson, Ski Bluewood's new general manager, who interviewed and took applications for up to 60 positions, or half...
