Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Shriners Hospitals for Children, sponsored by the Blue Mountain Shrine Club, will be providing a free screening clinic on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The screening will be held at Adventist Health/Medical Group, 1125 South 2nd Av- enue, Walla Walla. The Shriners Hospitals for Children of Spokane provides expert pediatric care in ortho- pedics (bone, joint or muscle injuries or conditions). All care is provided in a family- centered environment regard- less of a patient's ability to pay. For more...
WALLA WALLA -- The First Thursday October 3rd concert will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 323 Catherine Street in Wal- la Walla from12:15 p.m. to12:50 p.m. Featured will be Ethan Maier, pianist, and Josh Melander, violinist, from Whitman College. They will be playing a mixture of jazz, classical and original compositions. The concert is free but do- nations are gladly accepted and will be given to Blue Mountain Heart to Heart, the charity of the performers' choice. For more information contact Tanya: tanyah@stpaulsw...
WSU Extension office in Walla Walla County has hired a new Extension Fac- ulty to provide regional assistance for Agronomy and Dry Land Cropping Systems. Wayne Thomp- son, previously a Research Agronomist from Texas A&M Extension Service, will start on October 21. Wayne Thompson re- ceived a Master's Degree in Agriculture (Soil Science and Agronomy) from the University of Minnesota, St. Paul and a Bachelor's De- gree in Agronomy and Pest Management from Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames. Mr. Thompson will be re- sponsible...
Waitsburg Garden Club meetings will be held the third Saturday of each month. All meetings will begin at the Coppei Coffee Shop with a half hour general exchange of information. Then, whoever would like may join a tour of the selected garden or re- lated location, guided by the owner/gardener. No dues, no committees, no officers. Easy, fun, helpful! Next meeting: Saturday September 21st 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. - Meet other members and enjoy a quick exchange of information on plans for the group. 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Tour of Kate Hockersmith's...
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) is looking for outgoing people to serve as Area Coordinators in the Western Region of the United States. ASSE provides academic year and semester exchange programs in the United States for high school-aged students from around the world. Students are 15-18 years old, have passed a series of academic and character requirements, and are anxiously awaiting an opportunity to embark on their American adventure. Area coordinators will recruit and screen new Area Representatives, supervise and t...
What: Christian Woman’s Connection Where: Seneca Activity Center, 104 Green Giant Camp Rd. Dayton, WA. When: September 11, 2013 Time: 11:30am to 1:30pm Catered by: The Touchet River Catering Cost: $10.00 Words of Encouragement: Jan Boom, from Rich- land OR. shares a delightful and inspiring weave of stories, both humorous and tragic. Special Feature: Betsy Nemitz will share her expertise on growing, drying and cooking herbs. Special Music: Cougar Henderson of Waitsburg, Wash. will share vocal selections. Reservations are needed no later than t...
Walla Walla county and the cities of College Place, Waitsburg and Walla Walla have committed to partici- pate in National Preparedness Month to increase preparedness throughout the U.S. The event, now in its ninth year, is a nationwide, month-long effort hosted by the Ready Campaign, Citizen Corps and locally by Walla Walla County Emergency Management encouraging households, businesses and communi- ties to prepare and plan for emergencies. Emergencies can hap- pen anytime and anywhere without notice. One of NPM's key messages is encouraging...
Please join us in honoring Zonia Dedloff for 22 years of volunteer work at Saint Vincent de Paul in Dayton and to show appreciation for Zonia's efforts in educating the community on the mer- its of recycling. Gratitude is expressed for 20 years of cheery notes to the bed-ridden and the ill using recycled wallpaper for envelopes. A get-together will be held in the Delaney Building on 3rd Street in Dayton, Thursday, August 29th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Let us honor Zonia and show appreciation for all Zonia has done for her community. BobbyJo,...
WALLA WALLA - Com- munity Council is beginning the search for its second ex- ecutive director. Julie Reese, the organization's first direc- tor, will retire in December. President Craig Christensen said, "This is Community Council's fifth an- niversary. The organization was just months old when Julie was hired. Since that time, it has grown, its finan- cial stability has increased, and it has fully implemented its study-action process for community enhancement. She has helped us get off to a good start. We are confi- dent that our next...
DAYTON - Booker Rest home sits just a few doz- en yards away from the Touchet River and the dike path that runs along its east side. It’s an easy walk through the grass next to the city’s soccer and baseball fields. But it’s not an easy roll for a wheelchair. The Columbia Cares Coalition of Dayton has begun a project to build a path from the Booker parking lot to the paved dike path. It will run alongside the north fence of the athletic fields. The path will allow Booker residents and other...
Starbuck's first annual Swap Meet and Redneck Games will take place Satur- day, August 31, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Games include Outhouse Races, Oversized Cov- erall Three-Legged Race, and Toilet Seat Horseshoes. Vendors will be selling veg- etables, fruits, crafts, household goods, beauty supplies, homemade gifts, tools, cedar chests and more. Anyone in- terested in joining the games or having a booth should inquire at the Rawhide Bar 'n Grill at 509-399-2222 or call Ronica McCoy at 509- 540-5981....
Walla Walla Community Hospice will host its twelfth annual Pond and Garden Tour on Saturday, Septem- ber 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This hospice fundraising event is a self-guided tour of ten gardens in the Walla Walla area. It is a delight- ful tour of unique and creative gardens incorporating ponds, creeks & other water features. Tickets for this event include a tour map and provide entrance to all ten gardens. Other features will include a raffle for pond and garden accessories, fea- tured vendors of garden art, musicians, and "Artists in the...
DAYTON - If this year's National Night Out at the Dayton City Park sounds like business as usual, it's true for the most part. About 1,000 people, almost half Dayton's population, are expected to turn out next Tuesday, Aug. 6, for the anti-crime, anti-drug event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch and local law enforcement. Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., some 40 exhibits will be on hand on the park lawn. There will be food, prizes and a movie as in years past. But one important a...
The first annual Swim the Snake event, sponsored by the Waitsburg Commercial Club, will take place August 17 at Lyons Ferry, WA . this challenging open-water event gives participants opportu- nity to swim the dammed Snake River. Swimmers will meet at Lyons Ferry Park swimming beach and swim from the Part to Lyons Ferry Marina. Entry fee is $30.00. The event is a fundraiser for the Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Develop- ment Council, a regional non-profit and two local youth swim teams, Pomeroy and Dayton. The course across the river i...
Touchet valley kids in grades 3 - 6 are encouraged to register for the Walla Walla Youth Football League. Reg- ister online at www.walla- wallayouthfootball.com. $90 if you register before August 15 - Save $10! Multi-player family discount available. Returning players clinic and new players tryout day and equipment checkout is Saturday, August 24 at Bled- soe Field at the VA Hospital from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Bring football cleats, sweats or shorts and water bottle. New this year, the league will be having a football clinic for all...
DIXIE - Memories run deep for new Dixie Gro- cery owner Cindy Tate and her sister Patty Bunch. "We would come from Walla Walla to visit rela- tives in Dixie and always had to make a trip to the store for candy," said Tate. "I've wanted to own the store for years, so when the opportunity presented itself, I couldn't pass it up." Tate envisions the store becoming a mini-museum and social hub in addition to being a grocery stop. Tate, her sister Patty and brother-in-law Gary Bunch moved to the...
There is a certain sweetness to the memories of harvest, especially if you fade out the heat-shortened tempers, or the seriously itchy spots on the inside elbows and the back of the neck. It is the only season when there is a team in the field working together. The rest of the year, farming is pretty much a solitary event. For me, harvest was more like a game and less like work (of course I did not have much responsibility in the early years ex- cept to be in the right place and ready when...
WAITSBURG - In his recent "Crops" column, Waitsburg writer and mar- ket analyst Gary Hofer noted that concerns over ge- netically engineered wheat found in an Oregon field are receding into recent memory. "No further presence of GMO wheat has been detected despite vigorous investigation," he wrote in his column published in the Times on July 11. And "Pa- cific Northwest white wheat growers are at least able to think about something other than the Monsanto GMO wheat controversies." But if growers...
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE) is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls. These students are 15 to 18 years of age, and are coming to this area for the upcoming high school year or semester. These personable and academically selected exchange students are conversant in English, bright, curious and anxious to learn about this country through living as part of a family, attending high school and sharing their own culture and language with their newly adopted host family. The exchange stu-...
WALLA WALLA - Fifty Camp Fire girls and boys were down on their knees and up to their elbows in dirt at the Kirkman House Museum, carefully digging for buried treasures. With brushes and fine tools - no shovels allowed - they carefully excavated a part of the museum's garden to discover objects that might have been buried there over 100 years ago. This "dig" was just one of many activities the Camp Fire kids enjoyed at the first day of Kirkman House's three-day "Hands on History" program. The theme of the Monday, July 8 event was "Discovering...
