Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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This meeting is open to the public and will take place Thursday, December 5 at 6 p.m. at the Wall Walla Community College Board Room, 500 Tausick Way. Agenda items include: EMS Director Report, EMS training, Emergency Manage- ment Report, Traffic Safety Report, Prevention Report, round table discussion and district announcements....
COLLEGE PLACE - Local communities are banding together in support of Waitsburg graduate Taryn (Thomas) Aguiar and her husband Jose as they fight for the life of their newborn child. In June of 2013 Taryn & Jose found out they were expecting their first chil- dren - twins. In October, they learned the babies were boys - Sebastion and Mateo. On November 4, during a routine ultrasound, the couple learned that Sebastian was no longer alive, though Mateo was doing well. On November 11, Taryn went into active labor and was flown to Sacred Hearth Chil...
DIXIE -- Dixie's Christ- mas Bazaar will take place December 6 and 7 from , 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. The Bazaar is located in the Dixie Fire Station off Highway 12 and also at Dixie First Christian Church off of Actor Street in Dixie. There will be a number of vendors with home baked goods, crafts, gift ideas as well as pictures with Santa. Please come and support this small community while enjoying a Hometown Christ- mas atmosphere....
WALLA WALLA - Walla Walla Symphony presents its annual Free Family Concert and Foodraiser Thursday, November 21 at 7 p.m. in Cordiner Hall. Admission is free with a non-perishable food donation. The concert will be conducted by Dr. Jeremy Mims. The evening's presentation includes: Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3, Movement III: Allegro; Kyli Hum- phreys, Horn and Gregory Smith's - The Orchestra Games; narrated by Kevin Loomer....
WAITSBURG - At the November meeting of the Waitsburg Commercial Club, Coppei Coffee Owner Allison Bond presented Weller Public Library Manger Rosie Warehime with a check for $800.60 - the proceeds from a recent Haunted House Tour. "The sixty cents is important," said Bond. "My employees donated the tips they earned while working after the tour. That's where the odd amount comes in." The Haunted House Tour took place October 27 and was "well attended." Bond dreamed up the project to rai...
Bertie and Edna (Bitzi) Baxter are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary this Saturday November 9th, 2013. The couple met at Skagit Speedway in Alger, WA. Bert raced Super modifieds and Bitzi was a pit girl. The couple's first date was at the drive-in where they saw Lady and the Tramp. The couple was married on November 9, 1963, at the private home of a family friend in Snohomish, WA. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have one child, Bart (Tiffany) Baxter of Waitsburg, WA. They have two grandchildren,...
1 Open Mic Night Coppei Café 6:30 to 9:30 Release your inner rockstar. Three song sets. Allages welcome. Halloween Costume Party Thresher's Bar & Grill Double Tap will be performing and there will be acostume contest. See theirFacebook page for moreinformation. 3 Harvest Festival Presbyterian Church Basement 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Children ages 3 through 5th grade are welcome to join the combined Sunday School kids from the Christian and Presbyterian churches in their annual Harvest Festival. Those attending will be divided into teams to accep...
WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla County Rural Library District recently announced the appointment of Barbara (Bobbie) Morgan to be its new Executive Director. Morgan comes to Walla Walla from Putnam County Library District in Hennepin, Illinois, where she has been Director for the past year. Morgan received her BA in Textile Design in 1981 and Masters in Library Science in 1989 from the University of Washington. Morgan began her library career at Clermont County Public Library in Batavia Ohio where she served as Young Adult librarian before...
WALLA WALLA – The November First Thursday concert will be on November 7, 12:15 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 323 Catherine Street, Walla Walla. Featured will be Wa-Hi vocal ensembles, Chamber Singers and Belles Voix, directed by Norbert Rossi. The concert is free but donations are ac- cepted which will be given to the Christian Aid Center, the charity chosen by the performers. On November 14, Pianist Haskell Small will perform Federico Mompou’s com- plete Musica Callada as part of his nationwide Journeys in Silence tour. This free con-...
DAYTON – The Dayton Chamber of Commerce will hold its 67th annual awards Banquet November 7 at the Runnin’ T Ranch on North Touchet Road. Social hour starts at 6 p.m. The theme for this year’s banquet is “Wild About our Community,” and guests are encouraged to wear western attire. Food will be catered by “The Q.” This year’s program will recognize and celebrate the achievements of the Dayton Development Task Force, which is celebrating its 30th year. Awards will be given out at the banquet for Youth of the Year, Business of the Year, Employee...
DIXIE – The deep or- anges and yellows blanket- ing Biscuit Ridge provided an idyllic backdrop to the Dixie Elementary School playground that, covered in bouncing dots of red and green, looked more like Christmas than fall on Friday afternoon. Those bursts of color were elemen- tary students from Dixie and Starbuck, clad in bright red and green uniforms, darting across the field in a rousing game of soccer. In a tradition spanning back further than the cur- rent administration of either s...
DAYTON - Washington State University Extension educators are offering a "Ties to the Land" succes- sion planning workshop Dayton in November. Suc- cession planning is the human side of estate planning, and is a way for families to maintain their ties to the land across multiple generations. The workshop will be offered November 16 at the Seneca Conference Room, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., North Guernsey Ave. (next to the grain elevator). Registration is $45 per family or ownership, and includes workbook, DVD, and refreshments. Lunch may be purchased at...
State Measures Initiative to the Legislature 517 Concerns initiative and referendum measures This measure would set penalties for interfering with or retaliating against signature-gatherers and petition-signers; require that all measures receiving sufficient sig- natures appear on the ballot; and extend time for gathering initiative petition signatures. Initiative to the Legislature 522 Concerns labeling of geneticallyengineered foods This measure would require most raw agricultural commodities, processed foods, and seeds and seed stocks, if...
Washington State Court of Appeals Judge George Fearing was appointed to his position in May to replace the retiring Judge Dennis Sweeney. He's been on the bench since July 1. Fearing is now running for re-election to complete the final three years of the unexpired six-year term of his Division III, Position 2 slot. He is being opposed by Kennewick defense attorney John Gary Metro. Until his appointment, Fearing was a partner in the law firm of Leavy, Schultz, Davis and Fearing, in Ken- newick,...
PRESCOTT - The Prescott Lions serves an all-you-can-eat breakfast the third weekend (Sat. and Sun.) of every month. This month's breakfast takes place Oct. 19 and 20 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Lions Club will be serving pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, hashbrowns and juice and coffee. The cost is $6.00. Breakfast will be served at the Lions Community Building located on the corner of Highway 124 and D Street....
WAITSBURG - During homecoming week WP will be hosting an alumni volleyball match. This match will take place Thursday, October 24 at 6 p.m. Senior volleyball and cross-country athletes will be recognized at 5:50 p.m. that evening, just prior to the alumni match. Any Prescott-Waitsburg alumni interested in being on the alumni vs. WP alumni team, please contact Coach Dinah Lindsey at (509) 337- 6461. All alumni athletes are welcome to help us fill the team. Please plan to join us for a WP vs. Alumni volleyball match as part of our Homecoming C...
WAITSBURG -- HS MASS Band and Choir invades Waitsburg High School again on Wednesday, October 23! About 250 students from a dozen small schools from Touchet to Asotin to Oakesdale send bands and choruses to rehearse and play together for just one day. Their directors have chosen music in advance and rehearsed it with them since school started. The band will number about 150 students, which is much larger than these students normally get to play with. The choir will also be large. The music for this year's MASS is includes the choir singing...
WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla County Commissioners are seeking applicants for the Walla Walla County Rural Library Board of Trustees, to fill an unexpired term through January 1, 2017. Information on this position is available at www.wwrurallibrary.com under the Library Board section of the website. The board meets on the second Monday of each month, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at various district locations in the county, to review library operations, authorize actions, and ensure that the needs of the library district population being served are...
WAITSBURG -- W-P Cross Country athletes are proud to support breast cancer awareness and are kicking off a fund-raiser for Providence St. Mary Cancer Center's breast cancer special needs fund. This year the athletes are selling a flashy pink and black wristband sporting the words "GO PINK!" The bands sell for $3 each or 2 for $5. Proceeds will benefit this important fund to help assist breast cancer patients in their time of need. Contact an X-C athlete or Coach to purchase ar band and show support. Bands will be sold at the Homecoming vol...
