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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago January 18, 2001 State wheat growers honored Jay Penner of Waitsburg for his work with government and citizen's groups toward the goal of retaining wheat stubble burning as a production tool for farmers. Local 16th District Senator Mike Hewitt took the oath of office during opening ceremonies of the 57th Legislature on Jan. 8. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 2, 1986 Waitsburg's new postmaster, Venice Lee, will officially take over Jan. 17. Lee, a postal service employee of 22 ½ years, comes to Waitsburg from Eltopia. Workers...
Ten Years Ago December 21, 2000 Crews of Northwest Grain Growers worked all weekend, 24 hours a day, to empty a grain tank on the northern edge of Waitsburg containing 150,000 bushels of wheat. Employees noticed a recently added skid-steer loader door at the base of the 160,000-bushel steel tank had failed posing an immediate hazard to employees, passersby and the elevator facility. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 5, 1985 Waitsburg Commercial Club made plans for the first Hometown Christmas on Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10. The...
Ten Years Ago December 14, 2000 The proposed tower on Buttercup Hill has been the talk of the town. According to the Waitsburg Planning Commission, the 250-foot tower on 300-foot Buttercup Hill, "would be the single most visible feature throughout the city and all approaches to the City." A public hearing to gather comments has been postponed pending the gathering of more information. A nine-month fundraising project was realized this week when crews from Gillespie Roofing replaced the decades-old asphalt and tar roof with a high-tech r...
Ten Years Ago November 30, 2000 The Waitsburg Cardinals closed out the 2000 season ending their six-game winning streak with a tough loss to Davenport last Saturday, one game shy of appearing in the state B-11 championship game. Washington's wheat production is up for the first time in three years. This year's crop totaled 165.9 million bushels. At 68.1 bushels per acre, the 2000 wheat crop yield is 13.9 bushels per acre more than 1999. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 14, 1985 Plenty of help was available at the scene for a one-car accident...
Ten Years Ago January 1, 2004 Congressional Candidate Cathy McMorris will speak at Commercial Club on Tuesday, January 6. McMorris is seeking the fifth District seat currently held by Rep. George Nethercutt Jr., a Republican, who will oppose Sen. Patty Murray in the 2004 elections. Nathan Hamann enlisted in the U. S. Navy, completed Basic Training at Great Lakes, Illinois in September of 2003. He is now serving on the U.S.S. Camden in Bremerton, WA. Nathan is the son of Fred Hamann, Waitsburg and Diana Bicker, Seattle. What a Christmas present...
Ten Years Ago April 17, 2003 Three Waitsburg FFA commodity marketing teams placed first, second and third in the nation in a recently completed nationwide contest. The 10 students are members of Waits- burg's FFA chapter, advised by Scott Branson. The only difference between the activity and actually trading com- modities is that no actual money was involved. In the contest, the students review market conditions and place simulated orders over a month-long period. At the end of the competi- tion, how each team fared, based on the real-time... Full story
Ten Years Ago June 8, 2000 Volunteers prepare to move Waitsburg High School into storage in preparation of the start of the 4.5 million renovation project. Oma Harting and Penny Hazelbaker were crowned Ms. Chilli Pepper 2000 at the second annual Waitsburg "One of a Kind" Chili Cook-Off last Saturday. Donned in outfits resembling chili peppers with green tights, Oma and Penny were chosen by the crowd's applause. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 30, 1985 Orville Branson was accorded a double honor by the Waitsburg Lions Club on Tuesday evening at the...
Ten Years Ago June 6, 2002 Thirty- four members of the Waitsburg High School's Class of 2002 will participate in commencement exercise Friday, June 7. Ceremonies will be held in the newly renovated gym at 8 p.m. Tri-valedictorians for 2002 are Jessie Winnett, Hilary Bye-Hogan and Kimberly Bloor. Shannon Brason will be the honor speaker, selected by her class. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 4, 1987 Jack Otterson, recent Waitsburg High School graduate, was the only member of the Vandal track team to place in the state meet in Wenatchee last weekend....
