Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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TUCANNON VALLEY- Another opening weekend of deer-hunting season in the Touchet Valley has come and gone. The numbers indicate that while the sport certainly hasn't decreased in popularity, it isn't growing much either. Many believe the long-term effects of the economic slump are to blame. But for Phyllis Rothauge, co-owner of The Last Resort Camp Store and Blue Mountains KOA Campground on Tucannon Road just inside the Columbia County line, it was still a crazy, busy weekend. "I think the...
Ten Years Ago November 2, 2000 Voters head to the polls this week to decide political races. Voters have many varied opinions published this week as they face a presidential election year, national and state senatorial races, local political contests and a number of state initiatives. Waitsburg tracksters made a good showing at the District 5-7-9 meet in Spokane. Jeremy Bobber, a senior cross country runner, finished in the top 20 to qualifiy for the state meet. Robert White finished the final race of his senior year in 20:19. Jim Callahan...
DAYTON - Republican candidate for U.S. Senator Dino Rossi was welcomed with open arms Saturday morning by local supporters in Columbia County. The eyes of many not only here but around the nation are on the race between Rossi, a Republican making his third run for statewide office after unsuccessful campaigns for governor in 2004 and 2008, and 18-year incumbent, Patty Murray, a Democrat. Washington's vote could determine which party controls the Senate. About 35 people attended the Rossi...
MASS BAND RETURNS TO WAITSBURG WAITSBURG - High School MASS Band and Chorus is coming back to Waitsburg. For the fifth consecutive year, hundreds of high school musicians from Washtucna to Asotin and kids right here in the Touchet Valley will converge on Waitsburg High School for an afternoon of rehearsals and an evening concert at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 27, in the Waitsburg High School Gym. The concert is open to the public. A modest admission will be charged. RELAY FOR LIFE KICKS OFF IN WW WALLA WALLA - On Thursday, October 28, at 7...
October 15: Robert Webber, Wayne Stonecipher, Debbie Cobb, Marcus Zuger III, Robin Marshall. October 17: Fred Hofer, Jr., Lorene Swauger, Jim Jensen, Shaun Segraves, Jill Antonius. October 18: Matthew Frohning, Julia Klucas, Edna Kirk, Vicky Maiden, Jesse McCaw, Tanya Maurer, Edgar Tarp. October 19: Ruth Peterson, Noel Atkinson, Rosemary Archer, Lynn Carpenter, Wyatt Withers. October 20: Owen Lee Cole, Rochell Duncan. October 21: Pearl Bickelhaupt, Steve Ahler....
Somewhere my mother read that actor Vincent Price was a vegetarian and loved wheat germ. My brother and I loved the Goulash actor but hated wheat germ, until Mom made one of her delicious nut bread recipes. This was a hobby of Mom's, trying to get her family to eat better foods wrapped up in moist tea cakes. Today, when I saw the pumpkins arrive outside Harvest Foods in Dayton, I decided I would try to create a recipe using wheat germ and fresh pumpkin in a little sweet bread to serve with dinner. I worked on the recipe, and just as I pulled...
WAITSBURG HOMECOMING THIS WEEK WAITSBURG - Waitsburg students, families and community supporters are gearing up for homecoming this week. Wednesday - 12:15 p.m. School assembly and pep rally; field night begins at the football field at 6 p.m. with a barbecue provided by donations from Inland Cellular and Gina Wilson, activities start at 7 p.m. Thursday - 2 p.m. Buff Puff volleyball and pep rally; home volleyball game Thursday evening. Friday - 12:15 p.m. Potato sack races and pep rally; homecoming football game kickoff at 7 p.m. The game wi...
DAYTON - Jim and Laura Peterson, the Columbia County homeowners who appealed a hearing examiner's conditional use permit approval of Puget Sound Energy's Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project, have withdrawn their legal objections against the wind farm. Late last month, the Petersons filed a motion for voluntary dismissal without elaborating on their reasons. Their voluntary dismissal has led the Superior Court for Columbia County to dismiss the Peterson's Petition for Review of Land Use Decision "with prejudice and without costs." Comp...
Ten Years Ago October 26, 2000 Cardinals surprised the Pomeroy Pirates with three touchdowns while holding the always-tough Pirates to just one touchdown at last Friday's Homecoming game. Burglars broke into Waitsburg Grocery in the early hours of October 23. The demolition and discovery phase of the $4.5 million Waitsburg High School Renovation project is proceeding with few surprises. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 10, 1985 Duckworth Repair is erecting a new shop on Preston Avenue next to the White Stallion Restaurant. The 40 by 40-foot pole...
DAYTON - Some time around 11:30 last Tuesday night, someone uncoupled Union Pacific car # BF-100-48, removed the chocks from its front wheel, stepped onto the small ladder in the front of the car and force-snapped the padlocked cable tether to release the brake. Somehow, the derail installed on the tracks failed as the car rolled over it and tore it loose. Almost immediately, BF-100-48 started its dangerous, uncontrolled trek from its position at the Seneca plant at the east end of Dayton. F...
ASIA TO GET TASTE OF WAITSBURG WAITSBURG - This "One of a Kind" town will get another shot at fame and acclaim as Main Street goes international on Discovery Channel's Fun Taiwan early next year. Camera crews, producers and the show's host, Janet Hsieh, were in Waitsburg late Tuesday afternoon with winemaker and downtown building owner Charles Smith. The show, part of the Asian Discovery Channel's Fun Washington series, will air sometime around February of next year on Asia's Discovery Travel and Living Channel. The show is aired in E...
October 7: Terrie Mason, Rachel Townsend. October 8: Mark Tabor, Adelle Ganguet, Laurie Withers, Denise Hoon, Jim Mitchell, Debbie Webber, Gabriel Wood. October 9: Clare Reese, Nancy Doering, Jennifer Baker, Jim Schulke, Lora Abbey. October 10: Sereta Robinson, Brad Patton, Carolann Angell, Lyle Erikson, Christopher Carpenter, Jennifer Hilton. October 11: Val Woodworth, Betty Branson, Michael Flannigan, Tracy Fine, Melody Harris, John Doty, Kim Porter. October 12: Logan Dozier, Brian Krause, Pat Abel, Theo Byergo, Kelly Piersol, Bob Hulce, M...
Columbia County department heads will present their 2011 budget proposals to commissioners this week in a series of budget review workshops beginning Wednesday at 9 a.m. and continuing through Friday. These workshops are open to the public. Commissioners will not adopt the final 2011 budget until later this year....
DAYTON - Columbia County Commissioners will convene Friday at 10:30 a.m. for a special meeting to adopt an ordinance raising excises taxes in the county. The new ordinance will increase what's known as the E911 Excise Tax from 50 cents to 70 cents on the use of all taxable switched access lines, radio access lines and interconnected voice-over Internet protocol services lines in Columbia County. W h a t this means for taxpayers is simple. All phones in the county that had previously charged users a 50-cent excise tax each month will see th...
DAYTON - Landowners like to experiment when it comes to problem solving. Should we leave a field in summer fallow this year? Do we mow or burn the wheat stubble? Several property owners in Columbia County are now looking at old ways to solve a persistent problem - bringing back grazing to control invasive, unwanted grasses and brush. "You might say we've come around in a circle," said Doug Warnock, a Walla Walla grazing management consultant who worked for many years in the county's WSU...
ORV LAW BACK ON TABLE DAYTON - The ORV ordinance that went down on a split vote last month will be back on the Dayton City Council's agenda for a revote Monday night. Ordinance proponent Jeff Turner said he approached the city about the way the first vote was taken in the absence of Mayor Craig George, which meant Merle Jackson served as Mayor pro tem and abstained from voting. Turner argued that Jackson still should have voted in his capacity as a member of the council. To avoid getting into a legal debate about process, George said he decided...
I was invited to a local organic grower's harvest party this weekend. She invited several familiar faces, and we all got down on our knees, picking and pulling the last of summer's bounty. We then grilled our lunch of thick-sliced, colorful vegetables piled high on fresh Chapata bread slathered in garlicky aioli. We poured bottles of chilled Castillo De Feliciana 2007 Semillon, a local winery fairly new to the scene. Feliciana winemaker Ryan Raber's ability to stretch the wine drinker's imagination is evident in this wine. Ryan's nine months...
DAYTON - Columbia County Commissioners fired Public Health Director David Riggs last week in an effort to fix a budgetary crisis in the department that's been escalating since the spring. In March, one of the county's half dozen public health employees was "stricken ill and has yet to return to work," according to Commissioner Chuck Reeves. The department's budget took several hard hits with this loss - first when the employee tapped into a sick-leave bank, then when the county hired a replacement and finally when the department dis...
Ten Years Ago October 19, 2000 Toga Day is just one of many events for Homecoming week at Waitsburg High. The week includes volleyball against Touchet and football versus Pomeroy, concluding with the Homecoming Dance Saturday night. A flurry of donations from individuals has moved Ye Towne Hall Roof fund to within $500 of reaching its goal before the $15,000 project starts on Oct. 23. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 3, 1985 An attempted break-in was reported to the marshal on October 1 at a local tavern. Someone entered the grocery store in...
