PIONEER PORTRAITS

Fifteen Years Ago

January 20, 2011

Hosted by Schweitzer Mountain Resort, the Chad Engstrom Memorial Race is traditionally the first race of the season for the Emerald Empire Youth Ski League (EEYSL). The Bluewood Alpine Race Team (BART) is one of seven Emerald Empire Youth Ski League (EEYSL) member teams. It fielded 12 athletes at this year's event, which featured Giant Slalom races both Saturday, January 8, and Sunday, January 9. Despite being a small part of the total of 152 racers competing, BART skiers finished well enough to set the team solidly in the middle of the team standings. The team's oldest two skiers, Reid Reininger and Colleen Gibbons, captured four first-place finishes, while the team's two youngest skiers, Mackenzie Davis and Evangeline Siess, both missed gates on Saturday but rallied to claim two top-ten and one top-five placing for the weekend. Reininger and Gibbons used this event as a warmup for the Junior Olympic Qualifier this week at Mt Spokane, where they hope to continue their early season success.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 18, 2001

[photo caption] Picking pockets has been something at which Ryan Meier (12) has proven dexterous and deft, like in last Friday's game against Jubilee. Meier salvaged Waitsburg's loss of the opening tip, stealing the ball and scoring the first two points on a solo lay in. He later swiped the ball and went coast to coast for another two of his 14 in the game.

Fifty Years Ago

January 15, 1976

Times Archive

[Photo caption] Installed as officers of Waitsburg Lodge No. 16 in public ceremonies last Monday night were Master Carl Smith (center), Senior Warden Walt Norman (right) and Junior Warden Ben Bloor (left).

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January 19, 1951

Half a flock of 80 New Hampshire chickens were stolen Saturday night from the Donald Harris ranch. The thieves apparently parked their car on the main road and walked across the field to the chicken house, where they carefully picked the best of the flock.

A new scoreboard has been installed this week at the high school gymnasium by Ernest Kison and his father-in-law, Jay Nesbit.

One Hundred Years Ago

January 22, 1926

Nightwatch W. H. Dickeson is now "Grandpa". He received a telegram this week informing him of the safe arrival Sunday evening, Jan. 17 of a baby girl at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mildred Kellough at Santa Ana, California.

The Kulawala group of Camp Fire Girls had an outdoor breakfast Saturday, Jan. 16. They left town at seven in the morning and hiked to the swinging bridge at the mill dam.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 18, 1901

We note with pleasure that Frank Cobb, of this city, has been selected as one of the six students of the Washington Agricultural College to represent this state college in the intercollegiate debates of the year.

The Farmers Lumber Yard is the name of a new lumber yard which is being prepared on the plat of land formerly used as the M. Weller yard located between Main Street and Coppei Avenue. J.E. Abbot is to be manager of then new company. We understand the lumber is being furnished by sound parties.