Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
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,...
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 - 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...
Ten Years Ago November 7, 2002 Voters may not know the outcome of the Waitsburg Park and Recreation District Maintenance and Op- eration Levy until election officials at the Walla Walla County Auditor's Office tally all the votes - those cast on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, and those ballots sub- mitted by absentee or mail. As of final count Tuesday evening, the proposition was just three votes shy of the 60 percent margin needed for approval. The final tally showed 269 for, 181 against; 59.78 percent for, 40.22 percent against. Walla Walla...
Robin Dickinson-McQuary and Christopher Billow were married on June 25, 2012 at a sunset ceremony on Tunnels Beach on the North Shore of Kauai, HI. The officiant was Amorosa DeGracia of Lihue. A reception was held for family and friends in Dayton, WA. The bride is the daughter of Dallas Dickinson and Michael McQuary of Dayton, WA. She is currently employed as an elementary school teacher in Clarkston, WA. The groom is the son of Janet and Jim Rose and Barry Billow of Lewiston, ID. He is...
The path of least resistance for wheat is positive this week. The election dominated most of the trade's mental effort until Wednesday at least, although there really is no mandate from either party that could drive wheat or other prices rapidly in any particular direction. There is a lot more on the table than economic policy, even though a listening outsider would not think so, although clarity on fiscal outlook is valuable stuff, a kind of relief-based tonic for the markets in general, so the balance of the markets may take something positiv...
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...
The importance of being local rings in my ears as wine lovers ready for the regional 2012 Fall Release Wine Tasting events of Nov. 2, 3 and 4. Before I join in the celebrations, I'll cater a spread of whole fine foods for Three Rivers Winery, served to wine club members and weekend tasting room guests. Then, I am off for wine tasting at three distinct French finished wineries; Chateau, Rotie and Mackey Vine- yards. When I first became acquainted with Roger and Phil Mackey, I sat listening intently to their story of how they left California,...
Ten Years Ago October 31, 2002 Voters will go to the polls on Nov. 5 to decide a number of state measures, pick a congressman, select a state representative and settle races for county commis- sioners and district court judge. Waitsburg and Prescott voters will vote upon maintenance and operation levies for their respective park and recreation districts. Waits- burg voters will decide on a proposed maintenance and operation levy for the Waitsburg Park and Recreation District. The proposition would levy a $.35 per $1,000 of assessed valuation...
