Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sorted by date Results 351 - 375 of 1403
The Annual Dayton Christmas Kick-Off was a hit. Shop owners report sales were brisk. Ending the downtown winter event was the traditional Christmas float and light show parade on Main Street. This is where everybody in Dayton gets busy applying crazy creative ideas, whimsically displayed to the floats for the public's enjoyment. Gathering from the crowd's laughter and applause, I would say this part of the event is a sure way to bring the town together! At dusk, the event ended with a fireworks display while cafés and bars remained full until...
Ten Years Ago November 28, 2002 The City of Waitsburg has learned this week that Transportation Improvement Board funds have been approved for the Coppei Avenue/Preston avenue renovation project, which is anticipated to begin in July, 2003. Through the Small cities Program, $341,686 was allotted to cover 40 percent of the project, joining with $517,797 from the Washington State Department of Transportation. The project will widen the roadway from 24 to 32 feet with reconstructed pavement, which will have new curb, gutter, driveway approaches,...
We may finally be approaching a market consensus that allows a breakout of the more-than-4-monthold trading range for wheat prices. Even though there is a reasonable technical chart-based rational for lower prices, the variety of fundamental factors now emerging in the market's mind is all positive. This week, the USDA released the last crop condition update until spring. The U.S. winter wheat crop condition has continued to deteriorate due to lingering drought. The government reported Monday that only 33 percent of the national winter wheat...
Waitsburg Commercial Club November 20, 2012 The Flag salute and prayer preceded the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. 21 people were served. Marci Perkins name was drawn for the quarter pot for $4.00. She was not present. The business meeting was convened at 7:00 pm, by President Joy Smith. The minutes of the November 6th meeting were approved. ON GOING BUSINESS The money from the Hevel Fund will be decided by the Board: possibilities: $500 for mop sink; $500 swimming pool; $500 businesses implementation; other(?). Hometown Christmas- Schedule c...
BASIC TRAINING GRADUATION WAITSBURG -- Air Force Airman Timothy J. Hofer graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Hofer is the son of Christine Silver of East...
DAYTON - After five months in Waitsburg, Bee Still Photography could be still no longer. Bee Still Photography founder Belinda Cook decided it was time for a move in her personal life as well as professionally. Cook was managing several businesses in a retail store-sized space and Bee Still's new location is at the front of a 5-acre lot at 101 Poverty Lane off Highway 12. The studio and Cook's office are set off from the house she and husband Mike Cook recently moved into. The studio and o...
Unanimously, I'll be making this year's Thanksgiving Day turkey gravy, again. The honor inspires me to change things up introducing a little taste of France to the traditional American table. Holding the credential of "Grand Saucier" from Cordon Bleu, France does help a bit in the gravy department. I adore making sauces, chutney and smears of all kinds. For those of you who want to know, I'll be in a Nouville state of mind us- ing a red wine to extend a deeply reduced Cordon Bleu-style turkey gravy. If you want to change things up at your...
Ten Years Ago November 21, 2002 Most of the faculty of Waitsburg Elementary School attended the Waitsburg School District board meeting last week to express concern about staffing levels in the elemen- tary school after a vacancy created by one teacher's resigna- tion was not filled for the 2003-2004 school year. Carolyn Rittenhouse, who last year taught a 2-3 combination, re- signed at the end of last school year to accept a position in another school district. A replacement teacher was not hired following last summer's budgeting process and...
The price of Chicago soft red winter wheat on Tuesday, Nov. 20 was 70 cents below the highest price traded on November (a week ago Friday). The slightly down- ward sloping trading range is unbroken, but is being threat- ened. The current price is a battleground. Buyers that see wheat at the low end of its range about to return to higher lev- els as expectations for increased U.S. exports finally emerge. Sellers see the weak pace of exports to date and importers tak- ing only small amounts from the market at a time along with a potential range-f...
WAITSBURG - At the beginning of this school year, school staff members began hearing complaints that students weren't eat- ing enough to feel full and energized after lunch. Now, some local schools are stepping up to accommodate kids and prevent their tummies from rumbling in fourth period. Susan Wildey, the food services supervisor for the Waitsburg School Dis- trict, said in September the amount of food offered for breakfast and lunch by the district's cafeterias has been reduced this school year. The change in nutritional guidelines for all...
TOYS FOR TOTS WAITSBURG -- The Annual Walla Walla Toys for Tots Campaign kicks off this week with 21 local drop off locations. This is the 65th year for Toys for Tots and the 6th year of the Walla Walla Campaign. Last year in Walla Walla, new unwrapped toys were distributed to 1196 local children from Dayton to College Place. Everything col- lected will be distributed to local children from newborn to 18 years of age. New unwrapped toys or cash donations can be delivered in Waitsburg at Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile - 134 Main Street,...
These are the election results from the General Election on Nov. 6, 2012 NOVMBER 6TH, 2012 GENERAL ELECTION Statewide Initiative Measure No. 1185 Concerns tax and fee increases imposed by state government Walla Walla County YES 10,316 71% NO 4,214 29% Total Votes 14,530 100% Columbia County YES 1,546 71.54% NO 615 28.46% Total Votes 2,161 100% Statewide YES 1,712,986 64% NO 948,915 35.65% Total Votes 2,661,901 100% Statewide Initiative Measure No. 1240 Concerns creation of a pub- lic charter school system Walla Walla County YES 7,453 50.35% NO...
I bundled-up in a down vest and headed to the barn. I was looking for a garden pot I envisioned planting the last of 12 crocus bulbs. Winter has arrived and this will be the last thing I do before the snow falls. These promising bulbs will sit on the outside ledge of my kitchen window while I await spring and their colorful blooms. You may be familiar with Walla Walla's Lodmell Winery, its logo a curled snake honoring the Snake River that meandering through the Lodmell wheat farm and vineyard properties. Recently, I tasted the Lodmell 2008...
Ten Years Ago November 14, 2002 Hometown Christmas, Waitsburg's greeting to the holi- day season, will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002. Commer- cial Club members are beginning to plan for the event. The event will start at noon with a craft show in Ye Towne Hall and Legion Banquet Rooms, a lighted parade at 5 p.m. and a chili feed at 5:30 p.m. Tickets (and cans) for prize drawings will go out Monday, Dec. 2, to local business. A $5 purchase is good for one ticket, just sign the ticket and deposit it in the receptacle. Drawings for the donated...
On Friday Nov. 9, the Chicago wheat March contract briefly touched $9.29 per bushel. By 11 a.m. the next Tuesday, the same contract was trading actively at $8.59, 70 cents per bushel lower. This little bit of drama came in the face of the low- est overall national winter wheat crop quality rating in the U.S. since records have been kept in 1986, with reports of good-to-excellent wheat condition assessed at just 39 percent last week and anticipated to continue to decline into the winter wheat dormancy season. The 20-year average for this rating...
FOOD DRIVE SUCCESS WAITSBURG - The Leos food drive last Thursday in Waitsburg brought in 1,157 pounds of food, school of- ficials say. Waitsburg High School students made it a class contest to collect food from city residents to donate to the Waitsburg Resource Center. The seniors won the contest and brought in 352 pounds of food. They were followed by the juniors with 311 pounds, the freshmen with 269 pounds and the sophomores with 225 pounds. BLUE STAR SERVICE BANNERS Blue Star Service Banners were created in 1917, and were a common site...
DAYTON - Two local churches worked together to create a safe trick-or-treating environment for local kids on Wednesday, pioneering trunk- or-treat and sparking a tradition two local pastors hope to continue and grow. Pastors Marj Johnston of Dayton's First Congregational Church and Bill Peck of Dayton's United Methodist Church had a serendipitous moment when both were inspired to put a trunk-or-treat day together. They were greeted with the sweet taste of success when the event was w...
DAYTON - Dayton's new Best Western located on the north corner of Main Street and Fourth Street is progressing on schedule so far, with its completion projected for late February or early March if the crew can continue to avoid any major delays or setbacks. The hotel project broke ground during All-Wheels Weekend on June 16. Groups of about a handful of locals led by Project Manager Fred Smith toured the building on Thursday, Nov. 1, throughout the day, checking out room layouts and swatch boa...
The 2012 Fall Wine Release held throughout the region this weekend was a huge success. Thousands of people converged in Walla Walla and Columbia counties for this yearly wine event. Wine sales were brisk. One thing remains the same each year: wine enthusiasts standing elbow to elbow, swirling and listening to tasting room managers explaining just why our regional wines are so deli- cious. Saturday's tasting room talks surrounded the recent years' mild winters and wet springs influencing the 2009 to 2012 wines with unusual velocity, deeply hued...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce's 66th annual Chamber Awards Ban- quet will honor a local business, employee, citizen and youth from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Running T Ranch. The banquet will feature an address by George Sharp, the executive director of the Olym- pia, Tumwater, Lacey visitor's bureau, Dayton Chamber of Commerce Director Brad Mc- Masters said. "(Sharp is) very charismatic and very energetic," McMasters said. "Anyone could learn from him." Awards for business of the year, citizen of the year, em- ployee of...
