Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Parent Cooperative Preschool is hosting an open house on Wednesday, March 21 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at Preston Hall. Come visit with your child. Spots can be reserved for next year's new families starting March 21st. Also, parents can join classes and learn new parenting skills to build stronger and healthier families. Preschool is for families with children between the ages of 3 to 5 years old. Classes meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. beginning in September. Parents...
WALLA WALLA--The WP Lady Cardinals slipped down to a third-place standing in the Blue Mountain League after a 40-48 loss to the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. Early turnovers, cold shooting and some good old-fashioned DeSales home gym offi ciating put the Cards in early foul trouble. With seven first-quarter Cardinal fouls, head coach Jerry Baker went to his bench early to try and spark some Cardinal offense. With the constant blowing of the whistle, it was impossible for the Cardinals to find any sort of rhythm to build the...
DAYTON - After the Lady Bulldogs' game against the TCP Jaguars was over last Tuesday, one of the Blue Mountain League referees came up to head coach Clayton Strong in the boys' locker room and told the Dayton coach what was already on everyone's mind. "They've made an immense improvement since I saw them earlier in the season," the ref told Strong. After beating TCP, 47-37, Tuesday night, the girls went 5-6 in league and 7-12 overall - not a record many observers would have expected at the...
DAYTON - Shaken up a bit after their loss against the Cardinals last week, it took the Bulldogs a couple of games to regain their footing. But Tuesday night's resounding, 73-28, defeat of the Jaguars team that came within two points of beating Dayton last Wednesday shows the Dogs have found their mojo again. "Things are coming back together," senior Bulldog Colton Bickelhaupt said. "We had a tough stretch there with WP and TCP. But tonight we played better defense, we pushed the ball up the...
WALLA WALLA- The WP Cardinals kept their second place Blue Mountain League standing with a 49-45 victory over the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. It was another heart-pounding, nail-biter of a game as the Irish jumped out to a sevenpoint lead right out of the gate. Free throws from Dustin Wooderchak and Sterling Eastman got the Cards on the board, but it would be minutes later before the Cardinals' cold shooting finally produced a basket. This happened when Zach Bartlow found...
WARDEN -- All four WP wrestlers did well enough at the qualifying meet in Warden last weekend to advance to the regional competition in Kittitas starting on Friday. The accomplishment was unexpected for the first-year program and underscores the effort each Tiger has put in to get better and wrestle with intensity, head coach Lanny Adams said. "I'm on cloud nine," Adams said. "It's a very successful year for the kids. It was the kids who did it, not me. Hopefully, we'll come back with some...
It is with great pride that I report to readers and fans of this column, that this is Wine and Country Living's 100th publication. I first met Imbert Matthee, then the new publisher at the Times, two years ago. After I left Foyer Magazine in 2007, my columns, The Valley Gourmet and Cellar Talk, considered by many to be the voice of the local grower and winemaker, I thought that would be the end of my writing about regional food and wine. Thanks to Matthee and his encouragement, Wine and Country Living has found a home at the Times, along with...
Ten Years Ago February 14, 2002 Music students from Waitsburg Schools joined professional musicians from the Inland Northwest Orchestra, conducted by R. Lee Friese, in performing "Because" and "Finale" from the "Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky. Nick Stroobants and Michael Bessey on saxophone, Haley Ingle on flute and WHS Band Director Brad Green playing clarinet in this two-hour performance are featured in this issue. The Waitsburg City Council has approved a plan to install a pair of 8-inch pipes under Main Street to give floodwaters a way...
WAITSBURG - Both Waitsburg High School and Prescott Jr.-Sr. High School have won Washington State Achievement Awards for 2011. For Prescott, this is the first time the school has won this award. "We are excited," said Prescott Superintendent Bill Jordan. "Good things are happening here!" Dr. Carol Clarke, the superintendent in Waitsburg, said of the three years that this award has been given out, Waitsburg has won it each year. For the year 2011, Waitsburg High School was awarded for overall excellence and Prescott Jr.-Sr. High School for its e...
PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Parent Cooperative Preschool is hosting an open house on Wednesday, March 21 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at Preston Hall. Come visit with your child. Spots can be reserved for next year's new families starting March 21st. Also, parents can join classes and learn new parenting skills to build stronger and healthier families. Preschool is for families with children between the ages of 3 to 5 years old. Classes meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. beginning in September. Parents...
WAITSBURG - Get ready to vote! Ballots went out last Friday for the Feb. 14 Special Election and local school district officials are hoping residents approve tax dollars to benefit everything from full-day kindergarten to new, safer high school bleachers. Karen Martin, the Walla Walla County Auditor, said her office is sending out about 20,000 ballots to citizens. In the Touchet Valley, Walla Walla County residents, depending on which school district they reside in, will be voting on levies in...
Lentil Brothers Live Music Mace Mead Works 7 to 10 p.m. A favorite of locals, The Lentil Brothers will play live music, including their newest love/hate harmonies from 7 to 10 p.m. at Mace Mead Works on Dayton's Main Street. Mixed Martial Arts Fight Waitsburg Fairgrounds 5 p.m. Those ages 16 and older can witness martial arts fighters going head-tohead in the ring. Tickets are $30 at the door. Superbowl Party Tuxedo Bar & Grill The Tuxedo Bar & Grill will offer kick-off specials and drink and appetizer specials for the bog game. It is located a...
My seasonal Web cast for the Chefjudithhenderson.com Web page is recorded at radio KUJ 1420 Walla Walla. Always "The Voice of Reason," radio personality, Jim Bock, who has been instrumental in the early shaping of the Chef Judith Henderson brand in Washington wine country, was on hand making sure the finished Web cast was perfect. The process doesn't end here. Next, I take the CD to Larry Pitcher, of Catapult Solutions, who places the recorded CD on my Website and inserts the seasonal recipe and photo of the dish for interested readers around...
Ten Years Ago February 7, 2002 Addressing an issue of people using the cemetery as a playground for the 4x4 vehicles, it has become necessary to close, chain and padlock the gates at the City Cemetery. The grand opening of the Blue Mountain Bird Rand Emu Experience was held Saturday outside Waitsburg. With a gift drawing every hour and unique gifts, this experience was definitely one of a kind. Local equestrians receive national honors at the Annual USDF Convention in Orlando, Florida. Tammie Neve of Walla Walla and her gelding named John...
DAYTON - Dayton resident Tyler Glasby changed his plea on charges of theft and forgery in Walla Walla County to guilty Jan. 24 and is out of jail. Glasby was accused of passing counterfeit $20s at Walla Walla businesses in November and was arrested by police after a 21-hour standoff in a Walla Walla trailer home park. Police have identified Glasby as a known gang member. Glasby entered not guilty pleas to three counts of forgery and one count of thirddegree theft in Walla Walla in early December. The forgery charges were felonies and the theft...
WAITSBURG IN SUNSET MAGAZINE WAITSBURG - The town of Waitsburg was picked as one of five "Wine Country Dream Towns" by Sunset magazine. The monthly's February issue lists Waitsburg as the only Washington state location on the list that's topped by Mc- Minnville, Ore., followed by Geyserville, Calif., Ojai, Calif., and Paonia, Colo. "Twenty minutes north of Walla Walla, it (Waitsburg) has a tiny Main Street backed by golden hills," according to the magazine. "There's also a growing handful of businesses, like the jimgermanbar, a magnet for...
WAITSBURG - A utility rate study that evaluated the cost of operating Waitsburg's sewer and water systems showed the city needs to increase its rates, but the city council said no to a proposal that would have raised rates by $14 a month over two years. Last Wednesday night, The Waitsburg City Council heard public comment on the utility rate increases. Not many of the large group of citizens remarked on the rate increases, but the sentiment was that the increases were high elsewhere in sales tax or car tab fees. City council members said they...
DAYTON - The Dayton Historic Depot's upstairs art gallery is now displaying photos depicting the strong, industrial rail yard trains taken by Charlene Collins Freeman. The photo exhibit made its solo debut last Saturday at the depot and will run through Oct. 1. Freeman, age 47, studied art at Mills College and the University of Utah. Freeman was born in San Francisco to an American father and Italian mother and was raised between Italy and the United States. She began painting and photographing...
Waitsburg 1-21 Fraudulent check reported on West Second Street. 1-22 Vehicle versus mailbox collision on Seventh Street. 1-23 Aggressive dog reported on Wheatland Drive. Prescott 1-17 Vehicle prowl on May Street. Dayton 1-17 Civil dispute on East Main Street. Sick animal reported on South Second Street. 911 call on East Clay Street, investigation found child was playing with phone. Criminal mischief reported on North Third Street. Warrant service. Residential burglary reported on East Washington Avenue. Civil dispute over property line on West...
My passion for Chinese Stir-Fry cooking started as a young cook in San Francisco's China Town. As a student attending San Francisco State, I defrayed my expenses cooking in a North Beach Pasta shop, eventually joining a team of China Town chefs cooking Cantonese on Grant Street. My first task at the China cafe was sauce making. I fell in love with the magic and simplicity of Chinese sauce ingredients and how the squiggles made every dish different and defined. I was eventually accepted among the all men Chinese staff and given the nickname,...
WAITSBURG - Last week, the Waitsburg School Board voted unanimously to approve a new alternative learning program that will allow students to complete their education from the comfort of their home computers. Waitsburg Superintendent Dr. Carol Clarke said offering online learning is beneficial in two ways. One is to provide students who have dropped out of school an opportunity to continue their education, she said. The other is to provide families who home school their children another curriculum option. "It's one way to draw back students...
The overall wheat market is in a follower mode right now. Corn was the primary driver of last Thursday's 37-cent collapse in Chicago. The USDA statisticians found 166 million bushels more corn than the average grain analyst had expected. When corn went limit down, wheat was bound to follow, as a significant bit of recent demand for wheat had been for feed to animals instead of expensive corn. Now the math works better for corn feeding in many locations. The drop in Chicago wheat triggered a quick 20- to 30-cent negative white wheat price...
