Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON -- Four represen- tatives accepted Community Leadership Awards in honor of the Dayton Parent Teacher Stu- dent Organization and Winder- mere Realty on Thursday, June 14 in Dayton. The annually presented Community Leadership Award was accepted by Angie John and Ashley Kilts on behalf of the Dayton Parent Teacher Student Organization. "The organization has been really active in the last three years," Superintendent Doug Johnson said. Most recently the organiza- tion has been recognized for...
WAITSBURG - It has been nearly three full years since Wait's Mill burned to the ground and city staff members and the Waitsburg Historical Society are thinking it may be time to add something small to commemorate the significance of the mill. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said earlier this month he asked Jeff Broom, the presi- dent of the Waitsburg Historical Society and committee member of the Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee, to begin looking into the cost and designs of...
American Indians apply a growing technique to their vegetable gardens, a technique today's organic growers call "permaculture." Permaculture is a gardening tech- nique based on following the natural ecological design nature intended for the space being used for planting a garden in a sustainable manner. "Uh?" they just call the technique, "Three Sisters," and in some cases it's as simple as this: plant corn and when 12 inches tall, plant green beans at base of the corn stalk allowing beans to climb corn stalk. At the same time, plant squash 4...
Ten Years Ago June 27, 2002 The Waitsburg City Council voted unanimously to priva- tize garbage collection, and will begin negotiations with Basin Disposal, Inc. (BDI) of Pasco, to collect garbage within the city limits. BDI was chosen due to being more city-oriented, providing assistance to senior citizens, and capacity for civic events, among other things. There will not be an increase in service price, and citizens should receive more service from BDI. This will be a two-year trial period for BDI. At the end of two years, the city could...
WAITSBURG - Change is never easy and some parents in the community are having difficulty wrapping their minds around the fact that the Waitsburg fourth, fifth and sixth graders will be in intermediate, mixed-grade level classes next year. However, combining grade levels is not a new concept for the district that has combined grade students in the past to handle enrollment fluctuations, district officials say. Forty-eight children will be in the fourth, fifth and sixth split starting in the fall. The split class will help the district reduce...
FOURTH OF JULY PARADE WAITSBURG - Waitsburg is celebrating July 4, RAIN OR SHINE, by having a parade at noon that day beginning at the fire station. In addition to the lovely flags that are now on display at our Waitsburg Hardware Store, everyone is welcome to bring their own flag and join the parade. The parade will return to the Hardware Store, sing a couple of patriotic songs and then proceed to the park. The Hardware Store is providing the hot dogs and buns for everyone. Free choice if anyone wants to bring any additional food, you're certa...
DAYTON -- The Liberty Theater in Dayton kicks off its Summer Film Series next Tuesday, June 26. Every summer the theater plays family friendly movies at 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. This year's lineup in- cludes two of famed anima- tor Don Bluth's films - "An American Tail" and "The Land Before Time." A se- quel to An American Tail, "Fievel Goes West" is also included, along with recent favorites "Pirates! The Band of Misfits" and "Puss in Boots." Passes for all five films are just $10 and can be purchased at the theater box office. Visit...
5 Waitsburg Junior Live- stock Show Results: DOG SHOWMANSHIP Junior 4-H Champion, Devon Harshman Junior 4-H Reserve Champion, Cheyenne Gritman Intermediate 4-H Champion, Payton Dowdy Intermediate 4-H Reserve Champion, Samantha Sweetwood Senior 4-H Champion, Alexis Hughes Senior 4-H Reserve Champion, Rachel Heitstuman Overall Grand Champion Showman, Payton Dowdy Overall Reserve Grand Champion Showman, Alexis Hughs OBEDIENCE Grand Champion, Alexis Hughes Reserve Grand Champion, Cheyenne Gritman Blue Ribbons: 4-H Devon Harshman, Cheyenne...
WAITSBURG -- The Waitsburg School District fa- cilities were assessed recently and given average marks across the board in the school district study and survey. The study and survey was funded by the Office of Su- perintendant of Public Instruction and conducted by Design West, Waitsburg Su- perintendent and Elementary Principal Carol Clarke said. The Waitsburg School Board discussed the school district study and survey last Wednesday evening, June 13. "There was a long list of different needs for the district and really what it boiled down to...
DAYTON -- Booker Rest Home received some gratifying news that quality of living for residents and the standards of service in the hospital are better than in previous years, accord- ing to a state survey earlier this month. The surveys are used to de- termine the state of the health system's facilities and the quality of life of its customers. The results of the 2012 survey brought only five F-tags, a type of citation, which suggest quality of life improvements for the facility's residents, according to an email from Stephanie Carpenter, the...
June 21: David Dunn, Dick Harper, Tawnya Nettles, PeggyBrookshire and Anita Baker. June 22: Andy Winnett, MichaelSpidell and Paul Cook. June 23: James Lehr, TeresaMcConnell, Debbie Shaeffer, Del- bert Porter, Michelle Bergevin,Lynn Savage, Jon Gibson andHeather Havens. June 24: Kathleen Seaton, Donna Surry, Rod Bailey, FritzZuger, Suzanne Stonecipher- Sollars and Darien Hulce. June 25: Randy Pearson, Pat Allmon, Dan Estes, Margaret Monfort Shultz and Craig Adams. June 26: Ava Jean Gagnon,Judy Mulhair, Michelle Benson,Norma Bessey, Toni Chavez...
Owen Ward Mead was born May 1, 2012. He weighed 9 pounds, 12 ounces was and 21 inches long. The proud parents are Marcus Mead and Lacey Ollgaard. The grandparents are Skip and Julia Mead of Dayton and Eric and Cindy Ollgaard of Ellensburg. Great-grandparents are Dusty and Marlene Leader of Ellensburg, Joy Ross of Chewelah and Dottie Mead of Dayton....
The Wine: 2010 Dowsett Semi-dry Gewürztraminer. Nose buried deep in the glass, ripe cloven pears wrapped in muddled lemon leaves opens the senses. With first sip, great swooshes of chamomile and dampened needles brushes the cheek, dripping cloven honey naps the tongue with an unexpected spattering of valley minerality. The pale palomino hue tells the story of a semi- dry Gewürztraminer, a first of its style in Columbia Valley. The Winemaker: Chris Dowsett is also Buty Winery's co-wine- maker and has much moxie when it comes to finishing his D...
Ten Years Ago June 20, 2002 Dayton graduate, Mike Booker, reconnects with D-Day buddy, Llyod Apperson. On May 15, 2002, Louise Apperson was surfing the Internet in hopes of finding her husband's wartime friend. She does find a "Mike Booker" and calls him. It was the same man that served in 357th Infantry in St. Lo, France, during World War II, with her husband Lloyd. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 18, 1987 The Lions Invitational Softball Tournament will be held this weekend, June 19, 20, and 21, at the softball complex on the Days of Real Sport...
PRAYER PROPOSAL DROPPED WAITSBURG - Councilman KC Kuykendall's proposal to add a prayer or invocation at the start of each Waitsburg City Council meeting has been dropped. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said after doing some research on the proposal, the city decided not to pursue it further. SALT & LIGHT FINAL TOUR WAITSBURG -- All family, friends, community members and church families in the Touchet Valley are invited to pack the house for the Salt & Light farewell Home Concert June 21 at the Christian Church Sanctuary at 7:30 p.m. for...
WHS Term Four Honor Roll *Running Start Students Not Included Seniors 3.25 and above Jessica Guay Dionna Baker Chris Brooks Taylor Doepker Hailey Goenen Kristin Potter Fletcher Baker Amanda Cook Dustin Wooderchak Greg Kalahele-Stearns Juniors 4.0 Seth Deal Samantha Moss 3.25 and above Alex Leathers Alex Dill Katy Hofer Samantha Henze Logan Dozier Jessica Foxe Jennifer Nichols Brandon Gusse Ben Shafer Alex Hays Dakota Baker Rhiannon Chapman Dalton Estes Cheyenne Frohreich Sophomores 4.0 Heidi Miller Nicholas Pearson Emily Wilson 3.25 and above...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Elementary School students washed laundry, made fire with flint, listened to folk music and immersed themselves in Waitsburg history last Friday at the Bruce House Museum. This is the second year the students spent the day at the museum for Pioneer Days near the end of the school year. The kindergarten, first and second grade classes rotated through the historical stations in the morning, and the third, fourth and fifth grade classes did so in the afternoon. At the ice...
The weekend: Shared by friends and family, I rummaged through my wine collection and found a bottle I brought with me from Walla Walla to California. I would be sharing this wine with friends at a BBQ featuring chicken and artichokes! The Wine: Walla Walla, Kontos Cellars 2011 Gossamer White, a $22 bottle of feminine white chardonnay, kissed in 20 percent Roussanne, 17 percent Orange Muscat, 35 percent Viognier and 12 percent chardonnay. Melding in honeydew and less oak, this wine butters the tongue in a delicious smattering of sweet citrus...
DAYTON -- The Blue Mountain Rocketeers may be one of the best kept and secrets in the Dayton area despite the group's explosive habits. Blue Mountain Rocketeers' cofounder and rocket aficionado Tim Quigg said the Blue Mountain Rocketeers is consistently ranked at the top of the national rocketry groups. "Blue Mountain Rocketeers is the premiere youth model rocketry group in the nation," Quigg said. Quigg, a senior communications officer for the sheriff's department, said beyond the club's...
