Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Onion Salesman Todd Richard of Walla Walla Gardeners tells me the business of packing and selling red, yellow, white and sweet onions is brisk this season. Talk about longevity, Walla Walla Gardeners has been in business for over one hundred years. Can you imagine how many pounds of local produce have passed over their conveyors? Of course there was a time when everything from washing and packing produce was done by hand, but today conveyors handle the majority of work, and the mule- and horse-driven wagons have been replaced with semi...
Ten Years Ago September 7, 2000 The 2000 small grains crop will be long remembered for its yields and quality as "best-ever." Some farmers reported yields of 110, 120 or 130 acres, leading to yields over 20 percent above average. Many local youth show stock in the Walla Walla fair, and gear up for the Columbia County fair this weekend. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 22, 1985 Bobby N. Pettichord Post No. 7021, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is the name selected for the newly organized post here in Waitsburg. Pettichord, a graduate of Waitsburg High...
WAITSBURG - Ken Dyball, physician assistant for the Columbia County Hospital District and Waitsburg Family Clinic, will be retiring on Aug. 27 after 30 years in the medical field. The hospital district invites members of the community to a no-host retirement reception for Dyball on Aug. 26 from 4-6 p.m. in the Dayton Hospital Cafeteria. Dyball began his medical training in the Navy in 1966 as a hospital corpsman. Since his retirement from the Navy in 1993, Dyball has practiced medicine in Camas, Wash., Tonasket, Wash., and finally Dayton....
DAYTON - The public is invited to a free Rock'n Redeemer Concert Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Dayton City Park and Pool from 3-7 p.m. Guests are invited to participate in family-friendly praise and worship with live music playing all afternoon. Sloppy joe burgers will be served, and the pool will be open and free to all who attend. Bring a potluck side dish, lawn chairs and a swimming suit....
PRESCOTT - The Tuxedo Bar Grill in Prescott will present a benefit concert Friday, Aug. 27, from 8 p.m. until midnight to raise money for the Vawter family. Local music group Frog Hollow will perform. Tickets are $10 at the door, and all proceeds will go to benefit Waitsburg resident Bitsey Vawter, whose husband Frank Vawter passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 7....
DAYTON - A representative of the Greenways Academy and Online School will speak about the potential benefits of adding online options to the Dayton School District on Wednesday, Sept. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Superintendent Doug Johnson said he is encouraged by what Greenways may have to offer. "We must seek strategies and tools to reach all of our students, no matter what their learning styles may be," he said. Greenways offers a broad range of courses available from 5th grade through high school and is accredited in the state of...
WAITSBURG - Cycle Oregon needs volunteers for emergency transportation of participants back to Elgin, Ore., from Waitsburg on Sept. 14-15, day or night. This volunteer will need a vehicle that can be used to haul participants and their bicycles. Cycle Oregon will pay the costs of transportation. If you can help or want more information, please call Karl Newell at 509-337-6477....
WAITSBURG - Registration begins now for this event on Sept. 15, during Cycle Oregon, from 2-5 p.m. on the grounds of the historic Bruce Memorial Museum on Main Street in Waitsburg. Taste award-winning wines from more than 25 wineries from Walla Walla while you relax and enjoy Bruce Mansion, a local landmark on the historic register. These wineries are some of the top wineries in the United States. Many of these wines have been scored 90 and above by Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast. Ticket price includes ten scripts, which will be used to "pu...
DAYTON - The consultant hired to conduct a work environment assessment report of Columbia County Hospital District #1 will present her findings during the district board's regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Unlike previous meetings, a different venue has been set aside for the meeting on Aug. 26. It will take place at the Catholic Church Fellowship Hall, 112 South First Street in Dayton. The presentation by Susan Newton of Development Strategies Plus in Walla Walla is scheduled for 30 minutes about 20 minutes into the board's a...
PRESCOTT - For several tense hours Monday, Teresa Price experienced a mother's worst nightmare. She and her husband Bruce were on one side of the fire along Harvey Shaw Road while their 19-year-old son Kyle was inside the family home on the other side of the flames and smoke. "It's such a helpless feeling," said Price, who moved to the area four years ago and was at her job at Walla Walla General Hospital when she received the call about the fire. "We fear this (fire) every fall during harvest...
This week I took a drive out along Highway 12 toward Pasco and ended up at Ice Harbor Dam and Fishery. If you haven't been out to the dam and watched the indigenous fish climb the stairs, you simply must. When I walked into the room with the underwater window display, a smile came to my face and remained there for my entire visit. I couldn't help admiring the determination as the fishclimbed the stairs to the river above. It's just fascinating. Ice Harbor Dam's water reserve and fishery is a...
WALLA WALLA - Candidates John Turner and Richard Greenwood led their respective primary races for Walla Walla County Sheriff and Coroner after an initial and unofficial vote count Tuesday night. At the count, only 751 of the 11,829 cast ballots had not been processed. In the county's two most contested races, Turner led with 5,934 votes followed by Bill White, who came in second with 3,543. The two men will go on to the general election. Greenwood led the Coroner's race with 3,548 votes, while Virginia Romine came in second with 2,396. In...
Ten Years Ago August 31, 2000 Enhanced 911 Mapping and Addressing Project has completed its address assignments. The focus of the Enhanced 911 project is to ensure that each telephone line in the telephone company's database has a corresponding Enhanced 911 address. Walla Walla Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Waitsburg man, Clarence Stearns, and put a warrant out for another after investigating a methamphetamine lab on the North Fork of the Coppei. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 15, 1985 The City Council approved a recommendation from the...
DAYTON - Dayton VFW Post 5549 will give a seminar Aug. 20 and 21 to help veterans learn about accessing health care, prescription drugs, counseling, pension funds and more. The Vets Helping Vets Benefits Seminar will take place from 1-6 p.m. both days at the Dayton Veterans Hall at 211 E. Clay. Veterans should bring a copy of DD Form 214. For help acquiring a copy of this form or for more information on the seminar, call the post commander Jerry Berg at 509-240-2699....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council will consider a request by resident Amy Morris to open Preston Park for more long-term events at its regular meeting Wednesday. Morris, whose homeschooled daughters sell their jewelry and candles at the Dayton Farmers Market each weekend, is hoping that a revision to current city ordinance would allow members of the Dayton Farmers Market to move to Preston Park. Currently the Dayton market is open Friday evenings and Saturdays in the Seneca parking lot just at the edge of town. "There's not a lot of traff...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council at its regular meeting 7 p.m. Wednesday will consider closing the Remote Control track at the Fairgrounds. City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe said the track, which was initiated by former city councilman Bart Baxter, is not being used or maintained. It is covered in weeds. If the council agrees to close it, the area would be reseeded with grass. In other city news, the council will deviate from its regular schedule in the next two months. Because of absences and special events, meetings in September will be c...
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School Board had a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 9, and hired Bill Jordan of Walla Walla as its superintendent search consultant. Other business items discussed included approving repairs to one of the district's rental houses and the hiring of special education teacher Nicol Utke for the 2010-2011 school year. The board has set another special meeting for Aug. 19 at 6 p.m. in the board room to evaluate applicant qualifications for the superintendent position during an executive session. In open session, the board c...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Parent Cooperative Preschool has openings for enrolling children and families for fall 2010. Join the classes and learn new parenting skills to build stronger and healthier families. Spend meaningful time with your child in preparation for school and for life! The preschool's interactive, hands-on parent-child classes for fall will meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30-11 a.m. in Preston Hall for children ages 3-5 years old. Classes will start on Sept. 14. A required parent meeting will take place on...
SCHOOL REGISTRATION GETS UNDERWAY Prescott - Registration began Aug. 3, so families in the district can come into the district office anytime between now and the first day of school, which is Monday, Aug. 3. Waitsburg - Registration will take place during the week of Aug. 23; Wednesday, Aug. 25, is a late-registration evening for families who work, which will take place from 1-7 p.m. Registration packets will be mailed on Aug. 16 and anyone who has not received a packet by the 18th should probably call the school, according to Superintendent...
Despite declining enrollment in some districts and cuts across the board in the state budget for education, school district administrators in the Touchet Valley remain optimistic. "We have always been conservative in our budgeting," said Dr. Carol Clarke, Waitsburg superintendent. "But we're hopeful the number of students will be there." Enrollment is down in Waitsburg and Prescott, which means a loss of thousands of dollars. Each full-time equivalent student means close to $6,000 for the district. In addition, the state has cut programs th...
Ten Years Ago August 17, 2000 The Washington Conservation Crew workers completed beautification of the entrance to the camping side of Lewis Clark Trail State Park last Thursday in preparation of the re-opening of the campsites for the first time since the 1996 floods. Area farmers should be wrapping up grain harvest in about a week, if the weather holds, according to J.E. McCaw, branch manager of Northwest Grain Growers in Waitsburg. Several people got a chuckle out of the noon whistle on Tuesday, Aug. 1. Waitsburg Fire Chief Brandt Kleist wa...
