Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago September 13, 2001 Saying, "The show must go on!," organizers of the Waitsburg Commercial Club Salmon Barbecue and the Waitsburg Historical Society's Fall Festival, in light of Tuesdays terrorist attack on New York City and Washington, D.C., put the finishing touches on plans for the events. Buffalo for the Fall Festival didn't always come as rolled roasts. Lion's members once made the trek to Montana to bring home the animals. The plan worked well until one decided he didn't like Whoop em Up Hollow and went over the hill to a...
BLUEGRASS KIDS CLUB WAITSBURG - The Bluegrass Kids Club will meet this Thursday, Sept. 8 at 3:15 p.m. in the High School band room. The club is free, open to kids fifth grade through high school. Students need to provide their own instruments. For more information, call Kate Hockersmith 337-8789. NEW CHURCH CLASSES BEGIN WAITSBURG - On Sept. 11, youth classes and adult spiritual growth groups begin for the First Christian Church. The church is invited to a potluck barbecue at the Presbyterian Church following worship. Please bring a salad to...
WAITSBURG - I've been in town now about 20 days. You may have noticed a young woman walking down the sidewalk on Main Street, smiling ear to ear. For many, it's a shock that a 25-year-old would want to move to the tiny town of Waitsburg. The truth is, the moment I stepped foot on Main Street last May, I wanted to live here. And about three months later, here I am. I am blessed to have family in Walla Walla, but I also have many family members to be living right here in Waitsburg. The Henze famil...
Ten Years Ago September 6, 2001 Fifty local kids showed their best animals, including goats, swine, sheep, beef and steers at the Walla Walla Fair. Walla Walla Fair Queen Angela Smith, daughter of Glen and Adelle Smith, and her court were recognized during the concert opening night Thursday; and Days of Real Sport Queen Chelsey Murdock and princesses Corinne McKinley, Trista Flores and Amy Smith flashed smiles at folks along the parade route in Walla Walla. Sally Baker of Austin, MN, spent the long Labor Day weekend with her mother Bettie...
DAYTON - Las t Wedne sday, 64 ladies f rom the Touchet Valley and as far as La Grande and Sunnyside donned pastel golf shirts and hauled their clubs to the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton for an annual all-ladies invitational. The ladies, each pair assigned to a cart, mingled with old friends and made new ones. They laughed excitedly about the day's events and about 9 a.m., hurried their golf carts down the paths to start their nine holes of golf. "It's about just getting together with the...
7TH STREET PROJECT STARTS WAITSBURG - Starting Thursday, Sept. 1, the city of Waitsburg will be grinding asphalt so the city can replace the water line on W. 7th St. The work will take 20 days and will take place on W. 7th street from Orchard to Arnold. COUNTY FURLOUGH DAY DAYTON - On Friday, Sept. 2, some Columbia County offices will be closed because of a budgetary furlough day. Those offices affected by the furlough and will be closed are the assessor, auditor, county commissioners, facilities maintenance, human services, personnel/risk...
This past Saturday, I attended the opening of the long awaited Mace Mead Works in downtown Dayton. Upon entering the facility, you'll pass the glassed-in cellar room, racked in oak wine barrels. At first, I thought this was mead wine, but later found owner Reggie Mace' sucking up barrel tasting from his maiden red wine collection, listed on the brochure from his second label; The Mortal Vintner. This collection includes three rich reds, all 100 percent pure andunique,winesnamedcrazy-young,justlikeownerandwinemaker ReggieMace...
Ten Years Ago August 30, 2001 The Times are changing - After years of reading a 13"x22.75" papers, readers are getting their news in a paper measuring 12"x22.75". Students and community members descended on the new Waitsburg High School last Saturday to help move furniture and equipment into the refurbished school. Students and construction workers will mix in the coming weeks to finish construction in the vo-ag building and the gym. Logging of diseased trees from the Waitsburg Watershed continued this week. Logs are being lifted by helicopter...
STATE FUNDING DROPS DAYTON - Columbia County and the city of Dayton will not receive as much money through the state's local government financial assistance program as initially indicated. The state is not providing as much money as in past years to the program and the figures are calculated based on how much real estate tax is collected in the county, said Columbia County Treasurer Audrey McLean. The county will receive about $150,000 less than expected, and Dayton will receive $9,600 less than anticipated. McLean said the money benefits the c...
Ten Years Ago August 23, 2001 The Washington State Patrol presented Pat Mohney of Waitsburg with an Award of Merit Tuesday in Walla Walla, recognizing him for his role in fending off dogs attacking three-year-old Alexis Nordman and her mother Terrie outside of Waitsburg last April. Waitsburg's Angela Smith, queen of the 2001 Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days, with princesses' Candice Denton and Katie Marun, will join concertgoers enjoying "Lonestar", one of country music's hottest groups on stage Wednesday, Aug. 29. Angela is the daughter of...
WAITSBURG - Despite losing four combines to accidental fires in the past week, despite dealing with lodged grain and some rust, and despite the prospect of losing some hired help from students and teachers going back to school soon, grain growers in the Touchet Valley aren't complaining about this year's harvest. "This is one of the best crops we've had in recent memory," said Guy McCaw of 4MC, one of the area's largest growing operations in the area stretching over 70 miles and 18,000 acres fro...
HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical Society will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 22, at the WP (Annex) Building behind the Bruce Mansion on Fourth Street. Attendees are encouraged to bring their plans and ideas for this year's Pioneer Fall Festival. NEW FAIR ENTRY DEADLINE DAYTON - Tuesday, Sept. 6 is the new deadline for entering exhibits at the Columbia County Fair taking place at the county fairgrounds Sept. 9-11. The new deadline allows fair volunteers an additional day to set displays in the...
We would like to express our appreciation to all that made our 50th wedding anniversary so special. The cards, phone calls, and those that attended the reception are treasured. A special thanks to our six wonderful kids, spouses and families for planning and doing everything, and to our many relatives and friends. God Bless You All. Bud & Marilyn Groom...
Greetings from California! Last night, a couple of friends and I met and dined at Henry's HI-Life in downtown San Jose. Henry's is an institution in Silicon Valley, known for its open pit grilled meats, friendly ambiance and the Italianate Board Commercial Building Henry's thrives in. We sat in the bar awaiting our table, sipping Margarita's from tall frozen pint glasses. Finally, our table was called and we were seated with our salads and appropriate dressings and ice waters with floating lemon, in front of us. The prime rib was good but the...
WAITSBURG - Standing over the engine of a 2012 Mustang with his young son Race, Reece Hubbard was melancholy for the car he was recently forced to sell. "It was a 2008 Mustang Bullitt, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the '68 version," he said, recalling the movie Bullitt with Steve Mc- Queen, who helped make the model famous. "They only made 5,800 and my mine was #5,780. " With his wife out of work for a year following an injury, he had no other choice, but he still pines after the car...
Ten Years Ago August 16, 2001 Pat McConnell displays the artifact he found in a newly graded field near Bolles Junction when he was a young boy. Consulting a military historian, Pat discovers the good-sized piece of metal he assumed was a belt buckle is a cartridge box plate, possibly dropped when Colonel E.J. Steptoe and one hundred and fifty men left Fort Walla Walla on the morning of May 1858 made their way north past what became known as Bolles Junction en route to the Snake and thence north to Fort Colville. Touchet Valley Communications...
DAYTON - Mead is wine made from honey instead of grapes. A new winery featuring the buzzing bee's nectar in its wine is opening on Main Street in Dayton soon, almost a year after it was first announced. The grand opening for Mace Meadworks is set for Friday and Saturday, August 19 -20th. Lots of live music will be featured at the opening . D aergan Guy, Quincy Harper, DJ Sailsworth and Table of Contents are all scheduled to perform. The full lineup of events is posted at www.macemeadworks.com....
NEW LIBRARY MANAGER WAITSBURG - Longtime Waitsburg resident Rosie Warehime has been hired by the City of Waitsburg to be the new manager of the Weller Public Library. Warehime, who succeeds Su Alexander after her departure in June, was selected from two candidates who applied for the position. The new manager held numerous clerical positions at companies in the area, including Touchet Valley Grain Growers, Green Giant and National Bank Of Commerce, which is now Sterling Savings. Most recently, she worked at the Cenex gas station on the corner...
3-7 Macbeth opens the Shakespeare Walla Walla Summer Festival playing August 3rd though August 7th. Thrill in the journey of a good man seduced by witchcraft, vaulting ambition, and a persuasive wife. Returning from battle, heroic Macbeth is met upon a heath by three "weird sisters" who prophesy that he will one day be King of Scotland. Not in line to the throne, Macbeth's bloody ascension cuts down all who rightfully stand in his way. Macbeth is a marvel of theatricality packed with blood, battles, and the supernatural. Director Tim Hyland's...
Ten Years Ago August 9, 2001 Was Robin Hood here? The discovery of an arrow in the Bull's Eye Tavern's sign on Main Street is the talk around town. The consensus is Robin Hood would've hit the bull's eye-not the second ring. The Walla Walla County Sheriff's deputies are investigating. Growing up in Prescott, Linda Flathers Parsley, began to research her family history. After hours of research she has compiled the information she has gathered about hundreds of families into a book, "Dancing With Mules, a history of Northern Walla Walla County",...
