Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago March 28, 2002 City awaiting Gov. Locke's signature on bill for I-696 backfill funds. A bill, if signed would help the City of Waitsburg with its budget woes to the tune of $35,000. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 2, 1987 Jenni Magill to reign over DRS. Jenni Magill, Queen of the 1986 Days of Real Sports, will return to reign for the 1987 version of the community celebration Fifty Years Ago April 6, 1962 Harlan Hulce, Sam Wills and Jack Cyr spent March 31 in Walla Walla at the John Gossot Lumber yard where they prepared stringers and...
Ten Years Ago March 7, 2002 Randy Halley is caucus choice for mayor; Marty Dunn only incumbent on ticket. Randy Halley was nominated to succeed retiring Mayor Wayne Peterson in the city caucus. Restoration of rare car was a great experience and helped grades, too. Nineteen- year-old Bret Wilde logged uncounted hours in restoring a 1958 Desoto Fireflite, which he rescued from rusty oblivion with $150. It is now quite a showpiece for the 19-year-old auto mechanics student. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 12, 1987 Safer guard railings are being put...
Ten Years Ago February 28, 2002 In this issue, Glenn Vogt is featured showing a beautiful steelhead he caught in the Touchet River near Huntsville. Weighing in at seven and a half pounds, the fish measured 29 inches. Now living in Walla Walla, Vogt graduated from Waitsburg. The community is gearing up for the City Caucus on Tuesday. With several vacancies expected interested citizens will have an opportunity to get into politics. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 12, 1987 Kermit D. "Colly" Jones, long-time area spray pilot and worker at the Days of...
Ten Years Ago February 28, 2002 The annual caucus for the city of Waitsburg, sponsored by Commercial Club, will be held at Ye Towne Hall on Tuesday, March 5. While visiting friends in Salt Lake City, Jim and Liv Leid of Waitsburg, saw Austrian Fritz Strobl win the gold medal in the Olympic men's downhill. An advertisement featured in this paper from Sunset Houseseekers Bureau of Information states that "The exact center of the greatest apple country in the world is the Touchet Valley, Washington." Twenty-Five Years Ago March 5, 1987 Days of...
Ten Years Ago February 21, 2002 Proving your vote counts, the Waitsburg School District Maintenance and Operations levy was approved by voters by just two votes. Eighteen-year old Carla Nordheim of Waitsburg hand-stitched more than 2,000 Czechoslovakian beads to dark green Pendleton wool to make a full-length evening gown with train and bolero jacket to win fourth place in the National Make It With Wool contest. Carla won a sewing machine, electric scissor sharpener, college scholarship and a book on fabrics for her efforts. Twenty-Five Years A...
Ten Years Ago February 14, 2002 Music students from Waitsburg Schools joined professional musicians from the Inland Northwest Orchestra, conducted by R. Lee Friese, in performing "Because" and "Finale" from the "Firebird Suite" by Igor Stravinsky. Nick Stroobants and Michael Bessey on saxophone, Haley Ingle on flute and WHS Band Director Brad Green playing clarinet in this two-hour performance are featured in this issue. The Waitsburg City Council has approved a plan to install a pair of 8-inch pipes under Main Street to give floodwaters a way...
Ten Years Ago February 7, 2002 Addressing an issue of people using the cemetery as a playground for the 4x4 vehicles, it has become necessary to close, chain and padlock the gates at the City Cemetery. The grand opening of the Blue Mountain Bird Rand Emu Experience was held Saturday outside Waitsburg. With a gift drawing every hour and unique gifts, this experience was definitely one of a kind. Local equestrians receive national honors at the Annual USDF Convention in Orlando, Florida. Tammie Neve of Walla Walla and her gelding named John...
Ten Years Ago January 31, 2002 The community celebrates on the completion of the Waitsburg High School Gym - Vo-Ag Shop Renovation project. A spectacular photo of Palouse Falls, taken by Gary Lentz, is featured in the paper this week's Touchet Valley Ramblings by Vance Orchard. The falls, pictured in its wintry garb of snow and ice has been the subject of many articles written by those who visit it. Describing their findings as they dig into the written history of the falls, Vance quotes from a 1967 story about the falls, written for the Union-...
Ten Years Ago January 24, 2002 Waitsburg Elementary School received a $500 grant from ExxonMobil Educational Alliance to support technology program. Susan L. Mays of the Waitsburg Exxon station worked with Margie Douglas, fourth grade and technology teacher, to secure the grant. Former Times publisher Tom Baker donned the classic green eyeshade of an Intertype operator as he demonstrated the circa 1925 Intertype linecaster last week. Several visitors stopped by to see this machine in operation. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 29, 1987 Approximate...
Ten Years Ago January 17, 2002 A picture of Preston Hall illustrates the article, which cites the people of Waitsburg and the Waitsburg School District as role models of communication and cooperation in this month's District Administration magazine, published for public schools. This week the war Afghanistan took on a personal note as Eastern Washington lost a native son, Sgt. Nathan P. Hays was among the seven marines who perished in the crash of a KC-130 Hercules refueling plane in Pakistan. Word reached The Times this week that Greg Nysoe,...
Ten Years Ago January 10, 2002 The new year brings new restaurants and new faces to Waitsburg: Jennifer, Jordan and Craig French from Midloathian, Texas, will open the Flour Mill Bakery on Main Street. Across the street, Patricia Sanders offers Southern cuisine at the Silver Moon, which she opened on Dec. 14, 2001. Charges to earnings from the bankruptcy of Enron may be one of the factors in PPL Corporation's cancellation of a proposed 1,100 megawatt gas-fired power plant, which was being planned near Starbuck, a $535 million project. Twenty-Fi...
Ten Years Ago January 3, 2002 The new Walla Walla County Public Safety Building improves efficiency for the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Department and Prosecuting Attorney. Sheriff Mike Humphreys demonstrated some of the improvements to The Times publisher. Twelve-year-old Kolby Weston, son of Tim and ZoAnn Pettichord, kept his wits about him and remembered what his mother had told him in case of a dog attack, curl up in a ball and protect your head. As Weston returned home he was attacked on Main Street by a vicious Rottweiler. Weston...
Ten Years Ago December 27, 2001 From the renovation of Waitsburg High School to Sept. 11, The Times cites the many changes that marked 2001. Pat Mohney's being in the right place at the right time to rescue Alexis Nordman from a pair of attacking Rottweilers, Glynn Davis was honored as Snowmobiler of the Year by the Blue Mountain SnoMo Club, Touchet Valley Communications, a new Internet service provider was introduced, Bill Thompson was named Lion of the Year, Brad Green joined The Times as an Educatorin Residence, and other accomplishments...
Ten Years Ago December 20, 2001 Inspired by the "Weston Shoetree," the Coffee Connection Café in Walla Walla, which opened in February, 2001, spread the Christmas spirit - collecting shoes to be donated to charity. Donators were treated to a cup of coffee for their contributions. Christmas is in the air with the Waitsburg band's Christmas Concert last Thursday. Members of the Sixth Grade Band featured in this paper include Kevin Steffanson, Jessie Farnsworth, Kellen Gerke and Shawny Ingle. The concert was directed by Brad Green. Featured in...
Ten Years Ago December 12, 2001 The Community Cantata "The Winter Rose," accompanied by Randy Pearson and directed by Melissa Ferrians, is sure to be an enlightening event this Sunday. Genny Menino, one of the 10 members of Waitsburg's FFA Trap Team is featured. The chapter placed fourth and sixth out of 11 teams in its first trap meet last Saturday. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 11, 1986 Two Waitsburg high school seniors have been honored by the Exchange Club of Walla Walla in the Youths of the Month honors for November. Honorees are Judy Hel...
Ten Years Ago December 6, 2001 Hometown Christmas ushers in the holiday season, with a variety of local performers and booths. There was something for every interest, young and old. Police have no leads in the disappearance of a 50-year-old Waitsburg business owner who has been missing since Oct. 24. Vance Orchard explores the story of Loafer's Bench in this issue. "The steps of Weller Public Library, once Waitsburg's City jail and, before that, The Exchange Bank, still bear the sign prohibiting loafers from blocking people accessing a once bus...
Ten Years Ago November 29, 2001 The Prescott Tigers celebrated a 44-6 win over Taholah to earn a berth in the Washington B-8 Football Championship Game at the Tacoma Dome. The "Music Man" is a big hit at Liberty Theater in Dayton. Jack McCaw, Randy Pearson, Bob Patton, Chuck Reeves, Darla Anderson and Carolyn Walker; Waitsburg School's sixth grade band including: Isaac Heather, Nathan Moon, Colton Townsend, director Brad Green, Killen Greek and Wesley Hilton; Waits burg's leading lady Shelly Foresee and Music Man Dave Warrenton are featured in...
Ten Years Ago November 27, 2001 As we observe Thanksgiving Day, Waitsburg's turkeys are featured in a Say Cheese profile. They have their favorite haunts around town, traveling in a flock that is well-known as a traffic-stopper. Highlights of the Dayton Holiday Kickoff this weekend include: winter fireworks and the first live performance in the newly restored Liberty Theater. Live performances of "The Music Man" will be held throughout the weekend. Waitsburg's greeting the holiday season will be held on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001. Owners Mike and...
Ten Years Ago November 18, 2001 America's Broadway musical "The Music Man" inaugurates the grand re-opening of the Dayton's renovated Liberty Theater next week. Many locals volunteered their time and talents to make this a success. Waitsburg City Council unanimously approved Paragon Construction's $2.48 million bid as the general contractor for the City's Wastewater Treatment Facility. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 13, 1986 Waitsburg Lions Tuesday heard a talk from Marne Lytle on her planned summer trip to New Zealand and Australia as a...
Ten Years Ago November 6, 2001 While many enjoyed the beautiful Sunday afternoon raking leaves, the community is looking for a missing Waitsburg business owner. Ted R. Brooks, owner of the Waitsburg Motel and the trailer court on West Second Street has been missing since Oct. 24. Gary Thomas of Waitsburg was recognized by the Walla Walla Fair for 30 years of volunteer service at the Fair's Appreciation Dinner. He has been a betting-booth volunteer all those years. Jim LaTour, sheriff of Columbia county for 20 years, announced he will be...
Ten Years Ago May 18, 2001 In this issue, the community is reminded to turn back the clock on one page, while on another page a rare photo of the fire of 1911, which consumed Mosgrove's general store and the barber shop next door marks past events. On the print the Peririne-Jonas Hardware building, now the home of Waitsburg Hardware and Mercantile, the J.W. Morgan building and others along the west side of the block can be seen. Fire hoses snake across the dirt Main and Preston intersection, which was illuminated by a single street light....
Ten Years Ago October 11, 2001 Long-time Waitsburg Historical Society member Jan Zuger was honored with a bouquet of roses last Monday from the board. Board member Andy Winnett presented the roses to Jan who recently retired from the board. She was a charter member when the group first formed in the 1973 and began restoration of the Bruce Memorial Museum. It seems to be a time of conflicting rights. Letters to the editor refer to the fact that a hunting license is not a license to trespass. Landowners ask that hunters observe property...
Ten Years Ago September 20, 2001 Local firefighters spent more than 12 hours Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning on a controlled burn that went out of control on the North Coppei. The fire fueled by brisk southwest winds, moved to Rocky Point-Jasper Mountain, across Whiskey Creek and was headed for the Bundy Hollow area. While rescuers dug in perilous rubble 2,700 miles away, worshippers attending the service on the lawn of the Bruce House dug into their pockets and gave $1,350 for the victims of the terrorist attack on New York. These dona...
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...
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...
