Week of April 3, 2025
Week of April 3, 2025
COLUMBIA COUNTY - Scott Hudson, a lifelong resident and community leader in Columbia County, announced his candidacy for Port of Columbia Commissioner, District 1. In his announcement, Hudson said his background in accounting, real estate, and community service makes him well-qualified to address the challenges and opportunities facing the port and the county's economy. Hudson said his nearly 30 years in accounting and tax preparation have given him the financial expertise to oversee port...
WAITSBURG - Six Waitsburg students have returned from an amazing experience in Atlanta, Georgia. The students qualified to compete at the Global Amazing Shake event at the Ron Clark Academy in March. While there, the students and their chaperones enjoyed several attractions in Atlanta. The Coca-Cola Museum, the Martin Luther King Memorial, the Fernbank Natural History Museum, and the College Football Hall of Fame were big hits. Over 400 students from the United States, Canada, and Honduras...
WAITSBURG - Sixteen teams competed at the 7th Annual Clay Lewis Invite at Hanford Stadium in Richland, Wash., on Saturday, March 29. The Cardinals had a good meet against some high-quality competition. "The athletes are taking to heart what they're learning about technique and applying it," said Coach Nechodom. The following Waitsburg athletes set personal records at the meet: 100m – Michelle Chavez 400m – Alyssa Byers Shot put – Olivia Duncan and Addison Crenshaw Discus – Fredy...
Waitsburg High School's boys' baseball team won both doubleheader games at St. John on Saturday, March 29. This was the team's first competition of the season after games scheduled for March 25 were canceled due to the lack of umpires. In the first game, the Cardinals won 20-2 behind the dominating pitching by Isaac Mahre who struck out seven with no walks. The strong defensive lineup consisted of Isa Ryes (catcher), Rollin Carpenter (1st base), Bryer Paul (2nd base), Jarod Hankins (3rd base), JJ Gleason (shortstop), Caleb Patrick (left...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Celebration Days committee is pleased to announce Barbara Danforth as this year's parade marshal. She shares the honor with her late husband, Bob Danforth. Parade marshals are chosen for their commitment to making Waitsburg a great place to live, learn, work, and play.Barbara was the 1948 Days of Real Sport Queen and the Waitsburg Historical Society's 2023 Pioneer of the Year. She supports Waitsburg's FFA, a member of the De Nova Club, and was recognized for 70 years...
DAYTON — That’s not all, folks! Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, one of the greatest comedic duos in history, are making their hilarious return to the big screen in the sci-fi comedy adventure, “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie. This is the first fully animated Looney Tunes feature-length film created for a theater audience. Porky and Daffy are the unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope against the threat of an alien invasion. It is a buddy-comedy of epic proportions as they race to save the world. The movie delivers all the...
Fifteen Years Ago April 1, 2010 For decades, one of the first spring rituals in the Touchet Valley has been the Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show & Fair, where children enter their animals and art projects to be seen and judged. Not this year. Citing dwindling springtime attendance, the show's organizers have decided to try another time of year to host the event, which is now scheduled for the weekend of June 12-13. "We've been eliminating too many kids that didn't have projects by April," fair...
Kirra Belle Marks was born at home in Inlet, Florida, on March 29 to proud parents Kirsten Miller (Waitsburg High School graduate) and Zach Marks. Grandmother Michele Paul of Waitsburg was present when Kirra arrived at 11:26 p.m., weighing 7lbs 4 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Grandparents Darren and Sarah Marks and other aunts and uncles also reside in Ponce Inlet. Kirra has many relatives in Washington eager to meet her, including Grandparents Michele and Casey Paul, Great-grandparents Michael...
Fred Hamann captured the elusive "Waitsburg Bigfoot," affectionally known as "Harry," who is more involved in the inner workings of Waitsburg than one would think. He earnestly expresses his support for the upcoming vote of the Waitsburg School district...
The sun set behind the western slope, giving way to the clammy chill of early spring twilight. Yet, the alpenglow bathed the greening wheatfields across the canyon with a soul-penetrating glow borne only of Mother Nature's splendor. The day had been warm and beautifully sunny, but a light down jacket was welcomed where I stood in the shadows. The clutches of winter were slowly slipping away as I rotated, taking in the 360-degree panorama that was now afforded me by the lengthening day. A...
John Oakley Eaton departed this life peacefully the evening of March 22, 2025, in Yuma, Arizona. John was born June 19, 1941, to Laura Pearl Spragg Eaton and Walter Eaton, their eighth child and youngest son. He explored Eckler Mountain above Dayton, Washington, until the age of eight when the family moved to their Patit farm, just outside Dayton, so John could attend Dayton schools. John graduated from Dayton High in 1961, then earned his AA degree in Applied Sciences from Columbia Basin...
