Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Cutting-edge La Marzocco Espresso Machine Will Help Us Serve You The Best WAITSBURG - Ron Smith, our contractor on the coffee shop, opened the door to the Times office and could barely contain himself. We stared at him in suspense. "The espresso machine is here," he said with a big grin on his face. I dropped everything and rushed outside with him. A big rig from Peninsula Trucking was double-parked in front of the future Coppei Coffee Co. store on Main Street and its rollup door revealed the...
WAI T SBURG - Jean Bruno Beaufume' s mission is simple: combine the best characteristics of French and British wheat seeds with those of the Pacific Northwest and come up with superior varieties that farmers in this region will buy. The French-born breeder who will take up his new station in Waitsburg in late July said the mission here for the giant French cooperative Group Limagrain is much more challenging than it sounds. But it's a challenge he is looking forward to. "I'm very excited to...
DAYTON - Violinist Timothy Christie, flutist Sarah Brady and harpist Amy Ley apologized as they walked through the door at Sky Book & Brew in Dayton Monday morning. A small audience had gathered around the tables in the restaurant. The store front stage under the book cases and balcony was eagerly awaiting its performers. "I'm sorry we're late," said Christie, founder and artistic director of the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival. "We got stuck behind a windmill transport." He didn't really...
Editor's Note: This is the last of our profiles about the winners of this year's Times $500 Community Service scholarships to students from Prescott, Dayton and Waitsburg. Senior Christy Poirier is the scholarship winner from Waitsburg High School. WAI T SBURG - For Christy Poirier, giving back started when she was about five. She would accompany her dad, Roy, on service projects for the Christian Church of Waitsburg. Handing him tools or nails, or helping him put in an elevator for elderly memb...
PRESCOTT- Summer vacation starts Friday for hundreds of kids in the Touchet Valley. It will be a time filled with family outings, youth programs, sports camps and many other activities, but one summer pass time still is more popular in the valley than any other: swimming. "Our swimming pool is extremely important," Dayton City Clerk Trina Cole said. "This is something the children look forward to." Valley pools are even popular with families in Walla Walla, which no longer has a functional outdo...
WHS WAITSBURG - It may seem ironic that Waitsburg Valedictorian Austin Beasley chose a quote from a famous high school dropout to inspire his fellow high school graduates. But the saying from Mc- Donalds fast food chain founder Ray Kroc was on message when it comes to being successful in life. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement, Beasley quoted Kroc as saying. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. The Valedictorian's theme was clear. Taking...
WAITSBURG - As he accepted the well-deserved recognition as an athlete scholar during the track and field awards ceremony at the high school auditorium Tuesday night, lone Cardinal golfer Dakota Baker didn't have much to say. Principal and athletics director Stephanie Wooderchak said the said the sophomore is a bit shy around large crowds. But, she warned, get him one-on-one and he'll talk your ear off about golf, the sport he loves. Just how much Baker loves golf became apparent this season as...
YAKIMA - Bulldogs may go down, but they don't go down easy. Led by the likes of pitcher Kayla Turner, catcher Miwa Umeda and first baseman Rowene Huwe, the Dayton softball team didn't place but made it one round further than any of their state-bound predecessors in recent years. The feisty team won its first game against Reardan Friday morning but took it in the chin from Adna that same evening at the Gateway Complex in Yakima. Adna ended up taking the tourney crown of the state 2B softball...
CHENEY - The WP men's track and field team placed fifth in state this weekend, honoring their schools, Waitsburg and Prescott, with the second-highest placement in recent memory. Students from the Jubilee Youth Ranch, more specifically the Thompkins brothers, made significant contributions to the achievement. The women's team, much smaller in size than many of its competitors, placed 29th with Kristin Potter and Ronnie Hulce placing in the top 10 for sprints and hurdles. "It was fantastic,"...
WAITSBURG - Nearly 200 people showed up under clear and breezy skies to mark Memorial Day at the Waitsburg cemetery Monday. Young and old from near and far gathered around the Memorial Wall to remember local fallen heroes, send off high schoolers enlisting in the service and add new names to the monument that stands as a testament to the courage and sacrifices of those who served. Saddles & Spurs 4H members Tristan and Devin Newman, and Joe and Scott Leamy were on hand to raise the flag,...
Editor's Note: David Brock, senior at Prescott High School is one of four recipients of this year's Times Community Service Scholarships, which contributes $500 to each of the recipients' higher education expenses. PRESCOTT - For David Brock, making a difference in the lives of others started in childhood. His late grandmother, Klara Walthew, and his mom Michelle would pick a family to "adopt" every year for Christmas, preparing numerous presents of toys, clothes and food for the household....
DAYTON - An equine virus cut the number of entries in the Dayton Days parade by more than half, but the community showed up for the annual pageant nonetheless and spirits were high, organizers said about Saturday's sunny event. "The community support was great," said Claudia Nysoe, director of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the parade. "It was a small parade but big in spirit." Parade coordinator Darby Yates said the average of 80 entries was down to 32 this year, but many...
WAITSBURG - The company that picks up garbage for households in Waitsburg has proposed a new exclusive 10-year agreement with the city that raises the net waste collection portion of families' utility bill by 50 percent. The net rate for garbage pickup for a 64-gallon or 96-gallon can (the size most households have) would rise to $15.76 from the current $10.55, an increase of $5.21 or 49.3 percent. The fees are part of the water, sewer and garbage services residents pay in one bill to the city every month. The city, which has to pay excise tax...
DAYTON - Amidst concerns over the spread of a highly contagious equine virus in the region, Dayton Days organizers Tuesday night decided to cancel two days of Pro West rodeo this coming weekend. But the Dayton Days Parade, though horseless, will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, as will the Queen's Coronation dinner on Friday and the Queen's luncheon after the parade. "Although it's terrible to do it at this late a date, I feel it's the right decision," Dayton Days Treasurer Melissa Hansen after her board's long deliberations over the matter on...
WALLA WALLA - After his younger brother James was disqualified in the 100-meter dash on a technicality during sub districts in Clarkston two weeks ago, Cardinal Antonio Thompkins decided it was time for him to step up. Though he had never won the short sprint at any meet, he thought he would try it anyway - win one for James. His first-place finish at Martin Field last week became one of the biggest upsets during the district championships and helped the WP men's team win the overall...
DAYTON - Spring time in the Tucannon Valley. The hills around Dixie at twilight. A snowbound Dayton barn. The Tri Cities in the grip of an electrical storm, its lightning bolts splitting the dark night from sky to street scape. Beauty and drama is what admirers of John Clement's photography have come to expect from him. Now these admirers and those who enjoy awardwinning regional interpretive photography can find it two ways: During this Saturday's artist reception at the Wenaha Gallery in...
DAYTON - Its doors haven't officially opened yet, but the new Hometown Carpet & More store on Main Street is already busy with customers. "Just yesterday, I had five or six walk ins - people with projects," co-owner Teeny McMunn said on Thursday. "People are finding us." That official opening date is June 1, she said, but the 600-square-foot store front next to Jacci's Yarns (formerly the quilt shop), is pretty much ready with dozens of carpet, tile and even cork flooring samples. "We can't...
DAYTON - Anyone who has picked up a copy of the Blue Mountain News has seen her work. Anyone who has laid eyes on the new Liberty Theater Gazette has seen his. Delicious Country Cupboard pastries and ice cream, Rawhide Bar & Grill fun, whimsical retro Liberty Theater cinema promotions: what you see is what you get from Vanessa and Josh Heim. Together, the couple provides the attractive "look and feel" of the ads in these and other publications, often doing content design as well, including...
DAYTON - It's not every day Chandra Richardson and Caitlin Riley get to beat up their principal. But Andy Maheras actually welcomes their screams, kicks and punches because it's all part of a valuable lesson for the 16-year-old high school girls. Besides, Maheras doesn't feel any of it. He's protected head to toe in a Redman suit used in martial arts, law enforcement and prison guard training. "This is a message that needs to get out: how do you protect yourself," said Maheras, who is well...
DAYTON - The last time Jay Penner saw the potential for stripe rust to cut yields at his farm in half was 50 years ago . That was right around the time of his high school graduation, when his family grew the club variety of a wheat called Omar on the household's farm northwest of Dayton. "The red (from the rust fungus) was so bad you couldn't tell the combine from the field," Penner recalled. Penner and many other farmers in the Touchet Valley are working hard to avoid such catastrophic losses this year, but they're on edge because weather...
CLARKSTON - It hasn't happened before that anyone can remember, but there is a good chance WP will end up with two track and field Triple Crowns at this week's big district championship meet in Walla Walla. Eshom Estes and Kristin Potter each are stars in three events and may end up winning them, track and field head coach Jeff Bartlow said. And that isn't because the competitive field in the district is weak. Both Cardinals rank in the top 10 for their events statewide. Estes, a thrower,...
WALLA WALLA - Now that the baseball season is over for the Tigers and Bulldogs, Touchet Valley fans of the sport can turn their attention to a professional season full of games and events. Locally, it starts this week with the appearance in Walla Walla of Marvin Benard, the retired major league outfielder who now lives in Kennewick, where he teaches batting and supports youth baseball activities. The former San Francisco Giant will speak at the 29th annual Walla Walla Valley Youth Baseball...
DAYTON - The City of Dayton's Board of Parks Commissioners Monday night floated the idea of raising entry fees for the city's popular swimming pool by a third, an initiative that failed last year. Concerned about the cost of maintenance, wages and repairs, Parks Board Chair Christine Broughton asked the Dayton City Council to consider raising general admission to $2 from the current $1.50, while the season's pass would go up to $62 from $50 for individuals and to $100 from $85 for a family of up to five. Those hikes would represent a 33...
WAITSBURG - Three Waitsburg ensembles performed in Tuesday night's " Under My Umbrel la" Spring Concert. The Wai tsburg High School Chorus opened the evening with a harmonious rendition of "Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key as everyone saluted the flag. Seventh and eighth-grade musicians from Preston Hall launched their series with "Little English Suite" by Leroy Jackson, followed by "Tribal Drums" by David Shaffer, "Coronado Spanish March by Eric Osterling and "Afterburn!" by Randall S...
PRESCOTT - No one in the Prescott School District is in denial. Times are tough. Earlier this year, the Junior Senior High School was listed as one of 50 schools in the state with academic performance problems. The district has a year to fix it. Meanwhile, Prescott has lost 11 students, or 5 percent of its student body, so far in 2010 - 2011. And late last month, district officials announced they'll need to cut two teaching staff positions and eight hours of non-teaching staff time due to lower...
