Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - With prices on the high side, now is a good time to be a wheat or dry pea farmer in the Touchet Valley. And while unseasonably cool, wet weather is causing a few problems for wheat farmers, that isn't the case for those with fields planted with peas. Recent cool weather has slowed down the wheat maturation process, pushing back the start of harvest by 10 days to two weeks, McGregor agronomist Matt Weber said. "It has caused some of the wheat to dry slower and to fall down in some...
Ten Years Ago July 19, 2001 Honoring Ernest and Dorothy Kison's years of dedication to the community, Waitsburg's new gymnasium will be officially named Kison Court. A large crowd enjoyed a "One of a Kind" potluck picnic hosted by Andy, Denise, Jessie and Micah Winnett. With great food and great music, everyone had a great time! Twenty-Five Years Ago July 17. 1986 Darlene and Walt Norman of Prescott celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, enjoyed relatives visiting and a family reunion all in the month of June. Work is progressing...
STARBUCK- Homemade flower petal jellies and screen-printed Starbuck T-shirts resembling the coffee logo were just two of the unique items for sale in Starbuck's annual communitywide yard sale last Saturday. Motorcycles, old arcadestyle upright console video games, new boots, framed pictures, puzzles, household items, cookies and lemonade were also among the goodies for sale. The first yard sale greeting out-of-town visitors, located just off Highway 216, was at Zonia Dedloff's 40-year-old...
RESOURCE COUNCIL MOVES WAITSBURG - The Blue Mountain Resource Conservation & Development Council has moved from its office location in the Port of Columbia complex in Dayton to the Waitsburg Business Center, located at 111 Preston Avenue, Suite B., and our new phone number is 509-337-8968. According to Council board president Bruce G. Williams of Walla Walla, resource conservation and development councils across the county lost vital support when federal funding was abruptly cut-off on April 15th of this year when Congress passed the 2011...
DAYTON - When Yance Yost asked his friend and gallery owner Claire Johnston if she might be interested in placing one of his pieces in the jimgermanbar, which she runs with her husband, the answer was "no." Yost dropped his head in disappointment. He didn't think that his piece, a wired collage of empty picture frames accompanied by a poem about the images that "used to lie inside," "sucked that bad." Then he realized Johnson hadn't finished answering his question. "But you can have two months...
We are thankful beyond measure for all our good friends for their good deeds, thoughts, cards and many other kindnesses during our recent sadness. We offer our humble thanks for your comfort and love. The family of Rachel Hinchliffe Hara....
June 28 Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence reported on N 4th Street in Dayton. Noise Complaint. Noise complaint reported on E. Dayton Avenue. Animal Problem. Dog bite reported on W Cameron Street. June 29 Animal Problem. Animal Mistreatment reported on South 2nd Street in Dayton. Suspicion. Suspicious person reported on W 2st Street, Dayton. Traffic Hazard. Report of tree block in roadway in McKay Alto. Abandoned vehicle. Abandoned vehicle reported on Eckler Mountain, Dayton. Juvenile Problem. Report of a small boy hanging on the train...
Grandma Moses really knew a pastoral scene when she saw one, captivating America in the 1950s with her oil paintings depicting the American country way of life. Today, I thought I was seeing through Grandma Moses' eyes, barreling through the country side heading for Spokane, north on Highway 12. The one farm I really enjoy seeing each time I head north on this route, is the one on the left hand side of the road; tucked into its own minuscule valley, a lazy pond, weeping willows, Guernseys dotting the field with a red barn in the distance. When...
Ten Years Ago July 12, 2001 Five-year-old Kimmie Hamann joins a long line of grandchildren of Waitsburg's Jan Cronkhite who have performed in WWCC Foundation summer musicals. Waitsburg resident Janice Cook is the stage manager for "State Fair" which begins its three-week run tonight. Sixty years ago, American tree fanciers spent considerable energy finding the biggest trees of every species in the nation and compiled a list. In the National Register of Big Trees, Waitsburg is listed as home of the "largest common pear tree." Times intern Brad...
SUMMER BURN BAN DAYTON - Effective on Monday, July 11, outdoor burning will not be allowed in Columbia County Fire District 3 as part of a summer burn ban to prevent fires, the agency announced last week. SOLAR GARDENS OPENS WAITSBURG - Travis Richardson, chair of the Dayton Farmers' Market, and his finance Loretta Bradley are opening Solar Gardens & Sharpening this week to offer retail sales of local fruits and vegetables, and sharpening services. The business, located behind the three landmark solar panels along Highway 12 just outside...
WAI T SBURG - When they bought thei r Keystone Montana 5th wheel in September, Lynn and Paul Mantz-Powers knew it would be months before they'd retire. But they were so excited about the prospect of hitting the road and adopting a new nomadic lifestyle this summer that they practically moved out of their adjacent family home on Bolles Road and into their 400-squarefoot travel trailer. "Trailer" doesn't actually captures their new abode, which comes with a shower, bathroom, living room, dining...
1 ArtWalk-Examine fifteen of Walla Walla's Arts Businesses-including art galleries, art venues, artists' studios and museums from 5 to 8 p.m. Walla Walla's ArtWalk, exhibiting works of local, national and international artists. Art Walk is free and open to all art enthusiasts. Look for the signs in the windows of participating art venues. For more info go to: www.artwalkwallawalla.com Experience afternoon anof days gone by. Spin yarn or watch experts demonstrate the timeless skill of spinning at Whitman Park, 328 Whitman Mission Rd., Walla...
This weekend I catered and attended a friend's 60th birthday party. Filling the table with an array of appropriate wine tasting nibbles, everyone brought their own bottles of regional and local wines to share with one another. Somewhere in the first few sips of Balboa Winery's 09 Syrah, I pulled the wine guys arm and said, "Have you tasted this wine?" We were both floored being Syrah red wine lovers, and unsuspecting of this wineries vintage; superb in every way. Let me explain. Balboa winemaker/owner, Tom Glase is someone you can talk to....
Ten Years Ago July 5, 2001 When a series of dramatic storms passed through the area, thunderstorms clobbered the valley on June 27. The storms carried with them heavy rain, strong wind gusts and three-quarter to one-inch hail. The Joint Fire District No. 2 received a new fire truck, which has numerous custom features and will save taxpayers about $45,000 over comparable fire trucks. Local artist Cathy Abel took second place in Walla Walla's Carnegie Art Museum second annual Juried Art Show last week. Her watercolor California Beach was judged...
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR PORT DAYTON - The infrastructure is in and the marketing continues. The Port of Columbia's Blue Mountain Station project received another boost when it was awarded a Challenge Grant of $5,000 by Pacific Power for marketing the project. Port Commission Chairman Gene Warren accepted the check from Pacific Power Regional Community Manager Bill Clemens. "Now that the Phase 1 infrastructure is in the ground, we are ready to site our first business at Blue Mountain Station," said Jennie Dickinson, manager of the Port of Columbia....
WAITSBURG - The $5,000 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, the charitable arm of Cycle Oregon, couldn't have come at a better time for Waitsburg's Main Street. The young deciduous trees planted in the sidewalk a few years ago didn't do so well this year, so the colorful flower baskets and flowers added to the street lights and planters are bringing some needed cheer to the downtown area. "The flowering trees took a hit from last November's cold snap and the bizarre spring we've had,"...
WAITSBURG - Su Alexander, who took over as manager of the Weller Public Library when Jan Cronkhite retired last fall, has resigned. Alexander, who had been an assistant to Cronkhite since March 2009, notified the city and the library board late last month that she would leave her position by the end of June. "It was the right decision for my family," she said. "I really enjoyed getting to know people in Waitsburg through this job. I'll miss the kids a lot." Although she declined to comment...
I am packed and ready to board a plane tomorrow for Long Island, New York, where I will participate in Tony Tantillo's Food and Wine Festival. I'll let you know how the other side of the U.S. is thinking about food and wine when I get back. How about the price of asparagus? Locals got the shaft when our very own asparagus industry moved to South America. Now, when regional consumers buy asparagus, we pay the high price to transport the vegetable back here and we pay a bundle for a bundle of this delectable vegetable. There is one asparagus...
WAITSBURG - Steven Long, a Waitsburg resident who lost his home to a fire late last year, was arrested in the aftermath of a motorcycle accident in east Waitsburg on Saturday afternoon. A Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office report indicates he was taken into custody on suspicion of riding a motorcycle while under the influence, of riding with a suspended license and of possession of marijuana. Quoting eye witnesses, Sheriff's deputies said Long was riding his off-road motorcycle eastbound on E. 8th Street from Walnut Street when he accelerated...
WAITSBURG - The 108th Waitsburg Alumni Banquet was held Saturday night, May 28, in the Multipurpose room at Waitsburg Elementary with Ross Hamann, Class of ' 80, and Waitsburg School Board Chairman, welcoming the one hundred sixty-eight who attended. The meeting was conducted by Peggy Baker Henry, Class of 1974, and President of the Waitsburg High School Alumni Association. President Henry congratulated and introduced the nine members of the Class of 2011 present; Austin Garrett Nolan Beasley, N...
