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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Cameren Mings has been named the Starbuck Elementary School Student of the Month for March! Cameren has shown himself to be a great student and a hard working individual. He is a third grader in Starbuck, and this is his second year with the school. In class, Cameren is constantly working hard and learning a lot. His windy cool rod science project was very well put together, and he was one of the first to cross the finish line. Cameren is starting to memorize his multiplication facts, and his...
STAND PIPE COST INCREASE WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's stand pipe water rates were increased at the city council meeting last Wednesday. Those who would like to purchase bulk water from the city will be charged a flat rate of $29.70 and $5 per 1,000 gallons. NOMINATIONS WANTED WAITSBURG - Nominations are needed to decide who will be selected as the parade marshal of the annual Waitsburg Parade on May 19. Please nominate a Waitsburg resident deserving of the honor. Submit your nominations to Walt and Gwen Gobel at PO Box 127 or email...
Eighth Grade 4.0 Morgan Breland 3.25 and Above Katherine Bryant Shandre Dallolio Rachel Gradwohl Coe Richards Devon Watts LaShayla Williams Seventh Grade 4.0 Jacob Dunn 3.25 and Above Emily Adams Jade Alleman Lexi Brannock Jared Farley Jasmine Foxe Timber Frohreich Kyle Gradwohl Taylor Hays Nicolas Kitselman Joseph Leamy Selina Mercado Dustin Meyer Aislynne Pope Sixth Grade 3.25 and Above Cade Branson Korben Duffy Clarissa Espana Thomas House Tayler Jones Samuel McGowen Anna Nerf Chloe Pearson Christopher Philbrook Gillian Pope Iris Turnipseed...
Seniors 3.25 and above Justin Zuger Dionna Baker Fletcher Baker Zach Bartlow Victoria Bly Christopher Brooks Taylor Doepker Hailey Goenen Jessica Guay Ronnie Hulce Gregory Kalahele-Stearns Kristin Potter Jeffery Schwarz Juniors 4.0 Seth Deal Hannah Helms Katy Hofer Samantha Moss Madeleine Witt 3.25 and Above Dalton Estes Cheyenne Frohreich Dakota Baker Rhiannon Chapman Alexander Dill Logan Dozier Jessica Foxe Brandon Gusse Alex Hays Samantha Henze Alex Leathers Jennifer Nichols Benjamin Shafer Sophomores 4.0 Heidi Miller Nicholas Pearson Emily...
Saturday, standing beside local luminaries in the Dumas Station Winery's tasting room, all were fascinated by winemaker Jay Dewitt's newest bottle; Dumas Station 2009 Cabernet Franc, an Estate bottled red wine. About The Wine: Dewitt produced 40 cases of this oaken Cab Franc. At 75 percent cab franc, 13 percent Petit Verdot and 12 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine's backbone is supported by a barrel of spicy tannins. Nose buried deep in the glass, the essence of lipstick rose entices the senses. With first sip, swooshes of mint and wild...
Ten Years Ago April 19, 2002 Waitsburg is first in the county to propose 695 special levy. Property tax rates could exceed $19 per $1,000 of assessed valuation with approval of an eleventh item in the taxing structure, giving Waitsburg the highest taxes in Walla Walla County. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 23, 1987 The huge flat house in Prescott is getting some alterations. Last year, wheat popped out a panel on the south side of the building, causing some loss of stored wheat and some question as to the structural integrity of the building. The...
Jerry and Peggy Hall at Prescott celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 14. They were married on Friday the 13 of April in Waitsburg. Peggy's maiden name was Dorsey. Jerry was working at Bill's Thrift Store. He was employed for 4.5 years at the WW Farmer's Co Op in Prescott, and in February 1967, began working at the Walla Walla County Road Department. After 10.5 years, he was hired as the Swine Supervisor at the Washington State Penitentiary and retired after 19 years in...
DAYTON -- County offi cials shut down the Columbia County Courthouse last Monday in the late morning after a back-up power supply in the basement of the building malfunctioned and began emitting potentially harmful fumes. By 11 a.m. Monday morning, seven county employees had been sent to Dayton General Hospital to be examined for possible exposure to carbon monoxide. No one was seriously harmed, but the office immediately initiated the closure of the public building to avoid any further potential for exposure. The dead battery, which had...
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION DAYTON -- If your child will be 5 years of age as of midnight Aug. 31 and you live within Dayton School District No. 2 boundaries, please plan to attend a gathering at Dayton Elementary School on Wednesday, April 25 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Families can enjoy dinner, register, meet the teacher, tour the classroom and receive tips on preparing their child for success. Dinner will be served from 5:30 - 6 p.m. Items to bring with you, if possible, are a birth certificate (Official State Certificate) and immunization (shot)...
DAYTON - Within one week of being part of the winning team at the regional robotics competition, Dayton High School's robotics team has raised the necessary funds for them to compete at nationals later this month. The team, led by DHS teacher Steve McLean raised $13,325 within one week to be able to attend the national competition - a competition they never thought they'd get to in their dreams. " The ( generosity) has been phenomenal and it has come from places we didn't know existed," McLean said of the money raised. Six local individuals...
WAITSBURG - - Most Waitsburgers know Mickey Richards as "Izzy's Dad." But what many don't know is that the affable owner of the town's iconic dromedary is as good a dancer as he is a camel handler. If you'd have set foot in Walla Walla's Heath & Co. (now Barnabees) in the 1980s, chances are you'd have seen Richards practice or teach the two-step, waltz, polka or any country dance routine as often as six days a week. "I practically lived there," he said. "It was a bad day when it closed." But...
DAYTON - Dayton High School senior Paisley DeSiga is bringing an improve comedy show to the Liberty Theater to raise money for the theater's new projector. The show, "An Evening in Improv" featuring The Blue Door Theatre, the Inland Northwest's premier improv group, will be at 7 p.m., Saturday at Liberty Theater in Dayton. Tickets are $10 each or $8 for students. "It has never before been done at the Liberty Theater," DeSiga said of her production . D eSiga, 17, has been working since October...
DAYTON - A Dayton man arrested in February under the charges that he committed two commercial burglaries and two attempted break ins around the city was sentenced last Thursday to 51 months in prison. Glen E. Dennison, 43, was arrested and booked into Columbia County Jail in mid-February. Dennison was a resident of the Patit Creek Congregate Care Facility, an assisted living residence in Dayton, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. He was held and tried on charges of two counts of burglary of the second degree, two counts of attem...
This weekend, Town & Country Catering Made and delivered a Caramelized Portobello Artichoke Lasagna to a party planner who needed the convenience of a caterer who would make and deliver the dish and suggest a wine pairing: Locati Cellars 100 percent '08 Barbera red wine. About this wine: Winemaker Michael Locati of Walla Walla understands what the Emilia-Romagna Barbera wine should be; a big chewy, fruity, foodfriendly wine at just $25 a bottle. Wine Tasting Notes: with nose buried deep in the glass, a high palate of crushed Bing cherry opens t...
Ten Years Ago April 12, 2002 City Council approves M&O levy for the city. The voters in Waitsburg will decide whether they will raise property taxes through a maintenance and operation levy in a May 21 vote-by-mail election. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 16, 1987 Research shows director district voter population varies greatly. As a school board candidate a few years ago, Bill Wolford noticed that some of Waitsburg School District's five directors districts seemed to have more voters than others. Fifty Years Ago April 13, 1962 Construction of...
DAYTON - Loren Mullins, of Dayton, was sentenced last Thursday to 22 months in prison for charges related to a trespass incident last February. Mullins was arrested and booked into Columbia County Jail on Feb. 6 following two trespassing reports, according to Rea Culwell, Columbia County prosecutor. A 911 call was made to law enforcement from Mullins' neighbors that evening, reporting that he was trespassing on their property. Culwell said the sheriff's deputies made contact with Mullins and requested he remove himself from the property. About...
DAYTON DAYS PARADE DAYTON - The Dayton Days Parade is on this year. The parade has been scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, May 26 in downtown Dayton. Last week, it was reported that the horse races will not return to Dayton Days and it was then unknown whether a parade would be held again. FREE BOAT INSPECTIONS OFFERED DAYTON - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office will provide courtesy boat inspections between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Deputies will perform safety and regulatory checks on all boats...
In the last week, Chicago wheat September futures were violent, printing a high at $6.94 per bushel Monday, and promptly collapsing to $6.43 by Wednesday. Then Friday, upon the release of the latest USDA statistics, the price screamed up to $6.95. That is 51 cents per bushel down and 52 cents back up between Monday and Friday. Might as well call it "volatility!" New crop (August) white wheat prices at Portland were a bit less exciting, down 17 cents, then up 15 with a net loss of about 2 cents on the week to settle at about $6.70 per bushel. If...
WAITSBURG - Ross Hamann was led to the Commercial Club meeting recently under false pretenses. Hamann was told his mother, Jan Kronkite, was again to receive the club's annual Community Service Award. But, as Tom Baker was describing the recipient, Hamann realized his mother hadn't been the force behind the new press box and isn't serving on the Waitsburg School Board. He does those things. Robbie Johnson, the club's president, said as Hamann realized that indeed, the person they were describing...
Ten Years Ago April 5, 2002 Port of Walla Walla money starts the Downtown Revitalization ball rolling. The Waitsburg City Council has received a $7,500 contribution from the Port of Walla Walla to develop a Downtown Development Mater Plan. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 9, 1987 No bids received on Ritter Building demolition. Waitsburg City Council decided to offer the Ritter Building for sale after no bids were received for demolition at the April 1 council meeting. Fifty Years Ago April 6, 1962 Candidates for Days of Real Sports race queen were...
