Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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2 Waitsburg Community Yard Sale All Day City of Waitsburg See the map on page 6 of this Times edition for locations of local yard sales. Hours of operation vary and are set by each yard sale host. Dayton High School Graduation 1 p.m. High school gym DNA, Live Coppei Café 7 p.m. Daniel Fitzsimmons and Ann Lehman, AKA DNA, return to Waitsburg for an evening of folk and Americana at Coppei Café. 8 Waitsburg High School Graduation 8 p.m. High school gym Prescott High School Graduation 7 p.m. High s...
The Adventure: I was in Napa Valley this week and although I enjoyed my time away, I looked forward to getting home and kicking off my shoes. When friends arrived to pick me up from the airport, they whisked me off to Mannina Cellars, 760 C. St., Walla Walla, for a tasting of winemaker Don Redman's 2010 Sangiovese red wine. I didn't resist because this winemaker is one of Walla Walla's most gifted. The Winery: Mannina Cellars is owned and operated by Don and Nicole Redman, two people I recommend you get out and meet if you have any doubt about...
Ten Years Ago May 30, 2002 Waitsburg is pot of gold for 500 Rainbow girls honoring Menino here Saturday. Waitsburg will be a funfilled day from the crack of dawn to the dance, as five hundred - count 'em- five hundred Rainbow Girls and advisers, led by Grand Worthy Adviser Holly Menino, come to meet and play. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 4, 1987 School Board discusses teacher's arrest in executive session. The Waitsburg School Board reviewed and approved several funding programs, made a change in the Kindergarten schedule and then went into...
DAYTON -- Local businesses in Dayton received certificates May 16 for meeting requirements meant to decrease underage drinking. The businesses, evaluated by the Dayton Junior High's Students Helping Each Other (SHEO) club, were rewarded with certificates for helping reduce underage drinking by meeting seven of 10 requirements for SHEO's Let's Draw the Line campaign. Ten Dayton stores were recognized. Those businesses are The General Store, Chevron PDQ, Steve's Grocery, Shell Service and Food...
COMMUNITY YARD SALE WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's community yard sale will be held on Saturday, June 2. This 15th annual event is sponsored by the Commercial Club. There are no time limits - start early or on your own time. Sales will take place all over town. For locations, please see the yard sale map in this issue on page 6. SPRING CLEANUP BEGINS DAYTON - The Dayton spring alley cleanup will begin June 14 on the north end of town. Materials put out for pick up must be compostable and may include garden wastes, vines, shrub and tree trimmings....
DAYTON -- Come out and visit rodeo royalty during the 94th annual Dayton Days Parade Saturday morning, May 26, starting along Main Street, which is sponsored by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce this year. This year the Dayton Days Parade committee decided not to host the event, so the Chamber of Commerce stepped up to sponsor it because it has been part of the annual agenda for so many years, Acting Chamber Director Linze Purcell said. The big parade will be prefaced with a kiddie parade that...
DAYTON - The Future Business Leaders of America in Dayton are studying and competing to become the cream of the crop in the business world and the practical job interview and parliamentary procedure skills they earn will help them in their future careers. Dayton High School teacher Rob Moore said FBLA is one of the fastest-growing clubs in America for high school students. The club has been in Dayton for many years. Moore said when he began teaching at the school in 1987, it was already...
May 23: Allen Ford, Jeannie Gagnon, Greg Bichsel, Kathy Maioli, Bill Thompson, Elizabeth Hermanns and Bill Box. May 24: Bob Patton, Guy McCaw, Amanda Short, Amanda Higgins and Alexander LeClerc. May 25: Joe Abbey, Bill Hinchliffe, Holly Foster, Jason Payne, Wes Leid, George J. Robinson, Greg Leid and Iris Reed. May 26: Hannah Perry, Pam Hermanns, Rob John and Pamela Gluck. May 27: Betty Maxwell, Sherrie Erikson, Michelle Anderson, Floyd Strohmaier, Mathew Conrath, Allen Robertson and Laisha Archer. May 28: Roy Phillips, Mike Snyder, Jo Wolfe,...
Waitsburg 5-15 Slashed tires on a vehicle were reported on Sixth Street. 5-18 Assistance to Child Protective Services with removing children from a residence was reported on Maple Street. Dayton 5-15 Animal mistreatment was reported at Horseshow Lane. Vandalism was reported on First Street. A stray animal was reported on Third Street. 5-16 A stray dog was taken in and reported on Second Street. 5-17 Harassment reported on Lower Hogeye Road. A citizen dispute reported on Dayton Avenue. Fraud reported on Main Street. 5-19 A stolen vehicle reporte...
If unexpected guests arrive at your door and you need a couple of great bottles of wine, you might try the Weinhard Hotel's new wine for sale, just inside the Dayton hotel's gift shop. The McLeod's carry a beautiful collection of regional wines; Leonetti to L'Ecole, Long Shadow's to Dumas Station, from Helms Road to Couvillion. Wines are priced at $16 to $102 a bottle and they have a few bottles chilled in back -- just ask. This Week's Wine: The 2011 Poet's Leap Semi-Dry (meaning less sweet) Riesling, a Long Shadows bottle. The recipe,...
Katarina Edie and McKenzie Dobbs are Starbuck Students of the Month for May. McKenzie Dobbs has been at the school for four years now. She started in first grade, and is now finishing her fourth grade year. McKenzie is a great student and citizen of our community. McKenzie is an excellent mathematician. She has worked hard this year to master her multiplication facts, and is now conquering long division and fractions. She writes in cursive, and can write a story with multiple paragraphs very...
Ten Years Ago May 23, 2002 Voters give City M&O levy an overwhelming thumbs down. Sixty-seven percent of the voters in Waitsburg appear to have resoundingly turned down a one-year taxation request by the city of Waitsburg. Of the ballots received by mail or delivered to the Walla Walla County Auditors's office as of 8 p.m. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 28, 1987 A drug raid nets two from Waitsburg. Travis Weedman is placed under arrest early Friday morning as the result of the cooperative drug enforcement program in Walla Walla, Columbia and...
A lister and Sarah Torrens are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Thaddaeus Phillip Torrens. He was born April 28, 2012, in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, weighing in at seven pounds and 20-inches long. Proud grandparents are Phillip and Jeanetta Monfort, Waitsburg, Ron and Alison Torrens, Kilrea, Northern Ireland, and greatgrandfather, Samuel Torrens, Kilrea, N.I. He joins an older sister, Saphira....
WAITSBURG - Two new additions to the Times staff will improve the weekly publication for readers and advertisers. NEW REPORTER Morgan Smith, our new Dayton reporter, started her position with the Times Family last week. She had been working intermittently as a freelancer for the Times since February. Smith, a recent Washington State University graduate, is focused on covering news, community events and sports in Dayton and Columbia County. Smith, who turns 23 in July, brings a bright...
COMMUNITY YARD SALE WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's community yard sale will be held on Saturday, June 2. This 15th annual event is sponsored by the Commercial Club. There are no time limits - start early or on your own time. Sales will take place all over town. Call the Times at 337-6631 to add your yard sale to the map that will appear in the May 31 issue. SPRING CLEANUP BEGINS DAYTON - The Dayton spring alley cleanup will begin June 14 on the north end of town. Materials put out for pick up must be compostable and may include garden wastes, vines,...
DAYTON - Touchet Valley Arts Council Productions, the team that has produced many musicals for Dayton's Liberty Theater stage, is staging the family favorite "Annie" this fall. Elizabeth Arabelos Jagelski will direct the hit musical, based on Harold Gray's comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" that debuted in the New York Daily News in 1924. An informational meeting will be held at the theater on May 22 at 6:15 p.m. to cover the audition process and schedule. Anyone interested in performing onstage or helping out behind the scenes is welcome to...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg FFA capped off another year with dessert and awards Thursday, May 3 at the annual banquet with plenty of pomp and circumstance. Opening ceremonies included the officers recitation of their job duties and the symbolism of their organization. Award Winners and Honorees: Parents and Community Members: Dean Wass, Pam Alexenko, Veronica Deal, Micah Winnett, Jim Wilson, Deven Desalvo, Jerry and Peggy Hall Businesses: Odako Club, Wilbur-Ellis (Todd Scott helped write a grant...
Lately, I've been talking about the rose wine because this easy-to-drink, semi-dry (meaning less than sweet) wine is making a big resurgence on the American wine scene. The rose is a beautifully hued wine, rolling in spicy tart nuances and it would seem the wineries of our region are aware of the rose's new popularity. This year, 90 percent of our local wineries have produced either a very dry or the familiar pink semi-sweet rose wine to their portfolios and sales are brisk. The wine: Walla Walla's Cavu Cellars produces a 2010 Barbera Rose...
WAITSBURG - Described as a Texas Troubadour with a great future, 30-something singer and songwriter Quincy Harper will bring his unique voice, style and acoustic guitar playing to the Coppei Café this Saturday. The performance starts around 7 p.m. Harper was raised in a musical family. His grandfather, James Victor "Vic" Harper, from Harper, Texas, played several instruments including fiddle. The elder Harper played with the Light Crust Doughboys and with other legendary Texas musicians and bands. His love of music was passed down to the...
WALLA WALLA -- Richard G. Wernette, a Superior Court Commissioner, Municipal Court Judge and local attorney announced his candidacy Monday for the Walla Walla County Superior Court, Department II. The current judge Donald W. Schacht recently announced his plan to retire at the end of his term in 2012. Mr. Wernette has served as a Municipal Court Judge for nine years as well as a Superior Court Commissioner for seven years. He has been a District Court Judge pro tem since 1991 upon the request of all three District Court judges during that...
DAYTON -- The Dayton High School Robotics Team came home from the World Championship Robotics Competition in St. Louis, Mo., with a trophy. From among 100 robotics entries in the Bulldogs' division, the Dayton team with its "Skid Steer" robot placed as the "highest-seeded rookie team" and placed 15th overall in a tournament that drew teams from countries like Israel, Mexico, Greece, Japan and Canada. As agriculture and shop teacher Steve McLean put it, the trip "was a wonderful, amazing experience. The kids were a pleasure to take and learned...
