Week of January 16, 2025
Week of January 16, 2025
DAYTON – The Columbia Port Commissioners held their regular meeting at 5 p.m. on January 8, 2025, at the port’s conference room. Commissioners Seth Bryan, Johnny Watts, Mike Spring, and Executive Director Jennie Dickinson were present. The meeting began with public comment. Some concerns regarding the potential sale of the port’s railroad included the loss of the railroad and the effects on grain transport if the Snake River dams were to be removed. Seth Murdock spoke first, saying that with continued government ownership, he was...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Parks and Recreation District(WPRD) board has received the feasibility study it commissioned from PBS Engineering and Environmental in 2024. The purpose of the study was to determine if a pool could be rebuilt at its current location or on one of two alternative sites. The completed study shows a new municipal pool could be built on the alternative site on the north side of the Touchet River. On January 2, the WPRD board voted unanimously to pursue building the new...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Lady Cardinals basketball team lost 83-11 at Garfield-Palouse on Friday, January 10, and 64-27 to Colton on Saturday, January 12. "The girls have played these teams twice now and their improvement from the beginning of the season to now was evident. The girls are starting to understand how to break a press, which is helping a lot," said Coach Kira Waggoner. At Garfield-Palouse, Alyssa Hollingsworth scored six points, Hannah Peralez and Olivia Kiefel scored...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School boys' varsity basketball lost against Colton on Saturday, January 11, on Kison Court. The Cardinals had a 27-19 lead at halftime before Colton came out and outscored the Cards in the second half to win 54-50. "This is one we should have had," said Coach Westin Wallace. "We had a ten-point lead in the third quarter. Our passes got slow and telegraphed, and we missed a lot of layups," he added. With about two minutes left in the third quarter, Colton took the...
DAYTON — Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet. The cast includes Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Krysten Ritter, Idris Elba, and Keanu Reeves. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” received an 88% favorable rating from...
MANCHESTER, NH — Marshall Nechodom, a paraeducator for the Waitsburg School District, has been named to the Fall 2024 President’s List at Southern New Hampshire University As a full-time undergraduate student, Nechodom had to earn a minimum grade-point average of 3.7 and above to earn his place on the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/spring, and summer. The Southern New Hampshire University is a private, nonprofit, accredited...
DAYTON — The Coalition for Youth and Families has updated and gone live with its website. The welcoming site gives information about the organization, including its key values on health, education, safety, research and prevention science, and family. The coalition uses the Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative (CPWI) model to increase access to public resources for the best possible outcomes in prevention. The website provides information on events and encourages membership and community involvement. Meetings of the Coalition for...
WASHINGTON — The Washington State Order of the Eastern Star offers two nursing scholarships for those pursuing a career in the field of nursing. The Alexandra Schencking Memorial Nursing Scholarship and the Glenna Hall Memorial Scholarship are awarded exclusively for the assistance to cover the cost of tuition and books. The date to apply for both scholarships is May 1, 2025. Applicants do not need Masonic affiliation. More information is at the Grand Chapter of Washington of the Eastern Star’s website at https:...
I am heartbroken watching the fires burn in Los Angeles. I don’t have one friend or family member who has not been affected, from those who have lost their homes to those who have been on edge from evacuation orders in place, which were rescinded and then ordered again. Some have evacuated, others have their cars packed and ready. The house we owned is in a hole at the center of the fires, like the eye of a hurricane. The Palisades and Malibu fires are to the west, the Kenneth fire to the...
Five seventh graders and four sixth graders started basketball practice on January 6. The middle school girls' first game will be on Wednesday, January 22 at Rogers in College Place. Back row l-r are Shylo Hedges, Laila Long, Madyson Potter, Audrey Kiefel, and Jaylynn Gleason Front row l-r are Tanna Ray, Kaitlyn Paul, Ava McCaw, and Peyton...
All sorts of stories aim to explain how this dessert got its name, but we have not come to any consensus (according to Wikipedia, anyway). I've heard the pastries were invented by a shoemaker's wife who stared down the cobblestone lane waiting for her sweet to return. She put together a smattering of sweet and tart fruits for her husband, the cobbler, to gobble. Similar desserts have been and are still called by various names such as tart, pie, etc., with only subtle differences between them....
Ten Years Ago January 15, 2015 [Photo caption] WP wrestler Tyler Brooks performs a take-down on Wa-Hi's Isaac Melton during a home match against Wa-Hi and Columbia-Burbank on Monday night. Brooks won his only match of the night in a 7-4 decision in the 170-pound division. A highlight of the evening included a first-ever win by WP grappler Dejay Lalka who's win had the coaches and crowd in tears. Lalka won by a 11-7 decision in his second match against Walla Walla High junior varsity wrestler...
Corey E Carter, a Waitsburg resident, passed away Monday, January 6, 2025, at the Dayton General Hospital. He was 55. Corey was born March 4, 1969, in Richland, Washington, to Bill and Sharon Carter. He grew up in a loving home full of siblings in the Burbank and Prescott area. Later, they moved to Waitsburg, where Corey played basketball and football in high school. He graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1987. Corey had such a love of basketball that he participated in city games at...
