Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sorted by date Results 835 - 859 of 1403
Thanks to its tumultuous history and unique geography, America's culinary fabric is dense with an overwhelming variety of cultural threads. Today, we are both an indigenous population and waves of immigrants, each group with its own cooking traditions. With such a diverse pantry and confluence of peoples, the result is a complex tapestry, food weaving its self into our culture. Most food and wine historians agree that trends in food and wine have no limit to mimicking current events of the day. At this very moment, while U.S. politicians eye...
Ten Years Ago December 27, 2001 From the renovation of Waitsburg High School to Sept. 11, The Times cites the many changes that marked 2001. Pat Mohney's being in the right place at the right time to rescue Alexis Nordman from a pair of attacking Rottweilers, Glynn Davis was honored as Snowmobiler of the Year by the Blue Mountain SnoMo Club, Touchet Valley Communications, a new Internet service provider was introduced, Bill Thompson was named Lion of the Year, Brad Green joined The Times as an Educatorin Residence, and other accomplishments...
DISTRICT LEVY TO GO ON BALLOT WAITSBURG - Last Wednesday night, the Waitsburg School Board approved a maintenance and operations levy resolution. The levy will be before voters on the ballot for the Feb. 14 Special Election. If approved by voters, in 2013 the district would collect $435,000 ($3.62 per $1000 assessed valuation). For collection in 2014, the district would receive $447,000 ($3.72 per $1000 assessed valuation). The money would help maintain school programs and athletics, employees and the district's facilities. CITY GETS GRANT FOR...
Driving out to Abeja winery is a pleasure, winemaker John Abbott is always a joy to visit and who wouldn't love to taste the Abeja 2011 wine releases with the winemaker? Pronounced, "Ah-BAY-Ha," Spanish for "Bee," I carried the consistently delicious, Abeja Syrah wine on the list at Wildberries Café a Vin, for nine years. However, today what has brought me to the source of concentrated flavanoids isn't a fine Merlot, but the 2010 Abeja 100 percent Chardonnay, a voluptuous white wine of valley superiority. I knew John Abbott in Napa Valley while...
Friends and family are invited to share in celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Tom and Anita Baker at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18, in the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church. The couple were married in Denver, Colorado and moved to Waitsburg in 1963 where Tom started his career as publisher and editor of The Times. The couple has been members of the Presbyterian Church for many years. Over the years, Tom has been an active member of the Masonic Lodge, the Lions Club, Commercial Club, Inquiry...
Ten Years Ago December 20, 2001 Inspired by the "Weston Shoetree," the Coffee Connection Café in Walla Walla, which opened in February, 2001, spread the Christmas spirit - collecting shoes to be donated to charity. Donators were treated to a cup of coffee for their contributions. Christmas is in the air with the Waitsburg band's Christmas Concert last Thursday. Members of the Sixth Grade Band featured in this paper include Kevin Steffanson, Jessie Farnsworth, Kellen Gerke and Shawny Ingle. The concert was directed by Brad Green. Featured in...
WAITSBURG -- Parents with children in Grades 5-12 are invited to attend the Waitsburg School District HIV/ AIDS Parent Preview Night on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the school library located in the Waitsburg Elementary Building at 184 Academy Street. Following a preview of the materials, parents who wish to have their child excluded from participation in the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program may sign a release form. State law requires that parents or guardians attend such a meeting before they can have their child or legal ward...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District will be asking voters in February to approve two ballot measures that will maintain operations in the district, keep technology up-todate and pay for a safer set of high school bleachers. The school board voted unanimously last Wednesday night to put two issues on the ballot for the Feb. 14, 2012, special election, said Superintendent Doug Johnson. One measure is a maintenance and operations levy that will replace the current levy voters are paying that is set to expire. The new maintenance and operations...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's Town Hall was turned into a child's Christmas-shopping paradise last Thursday night. For about 15 years, community volunteer Rose Englebrite said the hall has played host to vendors who set up tables and sell gifts for $10 and under for the community children to purchase as gifts for their families. "It's just a night for the kids to come out and shop for what they want to," Englebrite said. Children love the event because they get to leave the parents behind and take...
COALITION MEETING SCHEDULED DAYTON -- A Coalition for Youth and Families meeting will be held Thursday, Dec. 15 at 7:45 a.m. at the Delany Building. One of the items on the agenda is to vote on the Bylaws revision for the Community Network. The Coalition acts as the full board for the network and so the revision of bylaws must be approved at the Coalition meeting. If you have agenda items please contact Rea or Sandra. Information, contact Nancy Butler at 509-382- 1511. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP DAYTON - Starting in January, Teeny McMunn will begin...
WAITSBURG - A community staple that has played host to the daily "coffee club" for years is up for sale. The White Stallion Restaurant on Preston Avenue was put on the market by the Blanc Family on Nov. 24, said Tarah McCaw with Williams Team Homes. The restaurant is listed for $139,000 and includes a little more than an acre of land, the building and all of the furnishings. McCaw said there have not yet been any offers on the property, but the real estate office has receive a handful of phone calls from interested parties. The Times was...
DAYTON - Firefighter John Watts, with Columbia County Fire District 2 and the City of Waitsburg's department, is living a dream. "Deep down, everybody wants to be a firefighter," Watts said. Watts, 39 and living in Huntsville, is a safety officer at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla. Last month, he graduated from a firefighter training academy in the Walla Walla Valley and received the Top Dog Award out of his class of 15 students. Going through the academy has become Watts' favorite time...
DAYTON - The City of Dayton has received a grant to chip seal a few city streets to maintain road conditions for years to come. Trina Cole, the city's clerk/ treasurer, said the city will receive $69,621 to chip seal five different streets. The city will also contribute $3,644 for the project slated to take place in 2012. The grant is from the Transportation Improvement Board through a Small City Pavement Preservation program. Cole said she learned the city received the grant money on Monday. She said the city has received this grant before...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg school board will consider at its next meeting how much to ask the local taxpayers for to keep the district up and running in 2013 and 2014. The district has a current maintenance and operations levy that fund basic operations, programming and even personnel at the district. The district brought in $410,000 in 2011 by taxing residents $3.41 per $1,000 of assessed property value. In 2012, the district will receive $422,000 and cost taxpayers $3.51. Dr. Carol Clarke, the district's superintendent, said she is...
DAYTON - The Dayton Development Task Force will get $10,000 from the City of Dayton to begin work on a plan to revitalize the Commercial Avenue Historic Corridor in 2012. Monday night at the Dayton City Council meeting, Bill Clemens, a member of the task force, said the design firm that has been working on a plan for Commercial Avenue is getting ready to present its work to the community. In October, staff members of the design group Dougherty Landscape Architects of Eugene, Ore., visited Dayton and talked with community members and business...
San Francisco musicians of the1960s, gathered together over the weekend at Benny Franklin's home in Pacific Heights, for our five-year reunion. Here we gather and talk, share photos, listen to old takes, play and sing for each before moving the party to Liverpool Lil's restaurant and Bar, for more cocktails, appetizers and a fresh seafood dinner. This is something you may not know about me. I originally started out as a musician who played the clubs during the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s and '70s. Yes, by day I cooked with some of...
Ten Years Ago December 12, 2001 The Community Cantata "The Winter Rose," accompanied by Randy Pearson and directed by Melissa Ferrians, is sure to be an enlightening event this Sunday. Genny Menino, one of the 10 members of Waitsburg's FFA Trap Team is featured. The chapter placed fourth and sixth out of 11 teams in its first trap meet last Saturday. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 11, 1986 Two Waitsburg high school seniors have been honored by the Exchange Club of Walla Walla in the Youths of the Month honors for November. Honorees are Judy Hel...
PRESCOTT - After operating a convenience store in Prescott for eight years, the Walla Walla Farmers Co-op said it will close the retail operation just before Christmas, leaving only one grocery store in the town. "It wasn't profitable for us," said Doug Nelson, the co-op's controller in Walla Walla. "It was more a service to the community." The fueling station will remain open, though customers will need to open an account with the co-op to get gas and diesel because the station will not...
CELEBRATING WP'S FOOTBALL TEAM WAITSBURG -- The Lions Club and Commercial Club will be sponsoring a community-wide celebration for the WP football team on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Ye Town Hall. A hot dog supper will be provided and all are invited to attend as we honor the accomplishments of our WP Football team. There is no cost to come share in the event. People planning to come should call 337-9474 by Dec. 12. WAITSBURG SCHOOL CONCERT WAITSBURG -- This year's Christmas Concert at Waitsburg School will feature four fine groups of...
Ten Years Ago December 6, 2001 Hometown Christmas ushers in the holiday season, with a variety of local performers and booths. There was something for every interest, young and old. Police have no leads in the disappearance of a 50-year-old Waitsburg business owner who has been missing since Oct. 24. Vance Orchard explores the story of Loafer's Bench in this issue. "The steps of Weller Public Library, once Waitsburg's City jail and, before that, The Exchange Bank, still bear the sign prohibiting loafers from blocking people accessing a once bus...
