Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Grocery Store fell victim to a thief in the early hours of Sunday morning. The thief made away with $226 and was in and out in less than a minute, grocery store owner Dan- ny Cole said. The store does have an alarm system, but un- like the last two robbery attempts targeted at the locally-owned grocery store, the thief was not de- terred by the sudden loud siren sounding through the store. Cole said he is thankful for his Stryke alarm sys- tem because it has proven...
WAITSBURG - The city of Waitsburg received two grants totaling about $700,000 to update Seventh Street between Main and Arnold Streets. One of the grants is $615,000 and is supplied by the Department of Transportation and the remainder of the $700,000 is funded by the state Transpor- tation Improvement Board. City Administrator Randy Hinchcliffe said the bid for a contractor will be awarded at the March City Council meeting and the project will begin on May 1. For the first week of May, the contractor will remove trees and prepare for the...
DAYTON - Women from the Community Bible Church in Dayton are work- ing to collect funds for a mission trip to Guatemala with a dinner banquet. In Guatemala the wom- en's ministry will work with the women in Guatemala City, teaching sewing so the women have a trade they can sell to earn money for their families and a mini first aid class, ministry member Donnie Henderson said. The ministry will also work with some children. The dinner will be hosted at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Harvest Christian Center in Dayton. Tickets to the ham...
DAYTON - Joseph Shu- ba, who pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Suzanne, last year, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on January 30 by Columbia County Superior Court Judge William Acey. Shuba, 59, was ordered to serve 180 months for murder plus 60 additional months because the crime involved a firearm. Suzanne Shuba was killed April 29 after she and her husband argued while preparing dinner. Shuba said he went to a bedroom in their house, got a pistol, and then returned to the kitchen and...
DAYTON - High school is difficult for many students. For students with special needs or disabilities, connecting with peers and the community is a major challenge. Dayton School District Special Education Director Larry Bush understands the challenges these students face and said the special education program is working to do a better job of meeting student needs with two new options. One program, implemented last year, allows students with special needs to job shadow at local businesses and...
DAYTON - City Council- man Arthur Hall announced Kim Lyonnaise was hired as the city planner at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Lyonnaise began work on Tuesday and will work 20 to 24 hours per week, Mayor Craig George said. Lyonnaise will have an office in City Hall and is scheduled to work weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday and part of Thursday. City Clerk/Treasurer Trina Cole said Lyonnaise has been working periodically for the city for the last few weeks getting acquainted, but his official start date was Nov. 13. George said...
DAYTON - Dayton's new Best Western located on the north corner of Main Street and Fourth Street is progressing on schedule so far, with its completion projected for late February or early March if the crew can continue to avoid any major delays or setbacks. The hotel project broke ground during All-Wheels Weekend on June 16. Groups of about a handful of locals led by Project Manager Fred Smith toured the building on Thursday, Nov. 1, throughout the day, checking out room layouts and swatch boa...
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District is one of four that will receive grant money through a Ken- newick reading foundation. The Prescott School Board learned it obtained grant money from Superin- tendent Dr. Bill Jordan last Thursday. The Kennewick-based national Children's Reading Foundation recently received a two-year, $2.87 million federal grant to help local kindergarten programs. The grant specifically supports a program called READY! For kindergar- ten programs that target children ages birth to 5. It also supports Read Up, a program...
SPOKANE - The Tigers handily won their first loser- out playoff game last Tuesday against Northport in Spokane, 7-0. The Tigers advance in playoffs and will compete at 2 p.m. Friday in Prescott against the winner of the Glenwood/Trout Lake and Northwest Christian game. The Tigers' assistant coach Jay Potts said the team's performance was a great comeback from last Saturday's game against Northwest Christian, which the Tigers lost, 6-1. "We played well," Potts said of Tuesday's game. "We played much better than Saturday." He added Tuesday's g...
PRESCOTT - Jubilee Leadership Academy's larg- est fundraiser of the year will offer up a dinner and auction with big-ticket items and handcrafted wood projects made by the students. The Christian school for young men ages 14-18 who face life challenges hosted this big dinner and auction last year for the first time and raised more than $10,000 for scholarships. This year, Rick Griffin, the school's execu- tive director, said he hopes to raise about $20,000. The dinner and auction will be held at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 20 at the Cathedral of Joy in...
WALLA WALLA - Down its top runner, the WP men's cross country team placed fourth overall with 80 points last Wednesday in a District 9 league meet in Walla Walla. Tri Cities Prep won for the men that day out of teams including Dayton, Asotin, Liberty Christian, Pomeroy, St. John-Endicott, WWVA Columbia Burbank. WP's no. 2 runner on the team, Tewedros McDowell, fared well last Wednesday and placed second overall with a time of 18:06.25. E.J. Meserve placed 12th with a time of 19:02.52, followed by Jacob Dingfield in 24th with a time of 19:57.95,...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers whomped Northwest Christian, 6-3, last Saturday in Prescott. The Tigers are now at, 5-1, for the season. Northwest Christian, also considered one of the best teams in the state, was caught with its head down last Saturday, allowing the Tigers to take advantage and get many shots into the net. The Tigers also had some solid defensive skills on display. WP goalie Sergio Gonzalez had 12 saves in the game. One of the highlights of the game was a successful midfield kick by Lino Diaz, who also scored another goal in the...
DAYTON - The annual Dayton on Tour events will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6, throughout Dayton starting with the Fall Festival at 10 a.m. The Festival is a family- friendly, fall-themed festival with games activities and horse and carriage rides. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will take place on the corner of First and Main streets between State Farm and Dingles. A section of the street will be closed for the events. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. there will be a free art crawl. Nine different downtown venues will be displaying local art....
DAYTON -- The Liberty Theater is making the tran- sition from 35 millimeter to digital this week, when McRae Theater Equipment arrives to install a state-of- the-art projector. Donations and grants from community members, businesses and foundations kept the the- ater's conversion on track in advance of major movie studios deadline for eliminating 35 millimeter prints, and Dayton's historic theater can continue to secure first run films for the community. The new technology will be unveiled Friday when "The Dark Knight Rises opens" at 7:30 p.m....
PRESCOTT -- The Prescott School Board approved one resignation and two hires last Monday after- noon. First, the board unani- mously accepted the resignation of Deb Scudder, the Title 1 and special education para educator. Dr. Bill Jordan, the district's superintendent, said the school will be hiring for a replacement. School board Member Erik Young recused himself from the vote on the resignation. Last Monday the board also approved the hiring of Rebecca Wilson for the pep band stipend and Mark Hauck for the full-time, assistant WP football...
DAYTON -- The Dayton Booster Club held a back-toschool spaghetti feed and silent auction on Saturday, Aug. 18, to get a jump start on funding Dayton groups, clubs and teams for the 2012-2013 school year. Booster Club Secretary Melanie Mings said the event went well. About 180 people purchased dinner at the event and there were take-out orders too, Mings said. "It was a great success," she said. Mings said there were silent auction items donated and sold and the turnout helped bring money in to the club to help support Dayton School District gro...
Buses On The Way To Haul Students To And From School PRESCOTT – The Prescott School District will get two much-needed pur- chases this year – two new school buses. Prescott’s Business Man- ager AJ Jacobson said two of the school buses owned by the district will be replaced. One bus is a 2000, 35-passenger vehicle that has 184,284 miles. The other bus is also a 2000, 35-passenger vehicle with 206,060 miles on it. The buses run about 550 to 650 miles per week. Both buses will be re- placed with 2013 Bluebird buses that can carry 36 to 48 passe...
DAYTON -- The Columbia County Commissioners approved grant money for facility repairs at the Columbia County Fair- grounds last Wednesday, Aug. 1. The repairs will help rain management on the grounds. The county applied for the grant money mid-June and was awarded from the Washington State Department of Agriculture. The commissioners signed the contract and sent the letter to the state mid-July. The contract for the grant money is expected to be finalized by the state in the next few weeks. The $14,285 the county received will reimburse about...
The annual Waitsburg One-Of-A-Kind parade was held last Saturday on Waitsburg's Main Street. There were about 150 parade participants ranging from local rodeo princesses to the middle school band and plenty of classic cars. For the first year, the Fifth Annual Classic Auto Show was also held the traditional Days of Real Sport Weekend to provide more activities in town. The parade marshalls this year were Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hevel. The Hevels were nominated for the award because in addition to...
WALLA WALLA -- Richard G. Wernette, a Superior Court Commissioner, Municipal Court Judge and local attorney announced his candidacy Monday for the Walla Walla County Superior Court, Department II. The current judge Donald W. Schacht recently announced his plan to retire at the end of his term in 2012. Mr. Wernette has served as a Municipal Court Judge for nine years as well as a Superior Court Commissioner for seven years. He has been a District Court Judge pro tem since 1991 upon the request of all three District Court judges during that...
WAITSBURG - The city of Waitsburg has received some much-deserved attention in Seattle and Sunset magazines this month. In Seattle magazine, Waitsburg is listed as one of the "Small-Town Getaways" in the East. The piece highlights the Waitsburg Cottages, jimgermanbar, Whoopemup Hollow Café, Amo Art, the Seven Porches Guest House and the Coppei Coffee Co. It also suggests visitors travel to nearby Dayton to visit Mace Mead Works and the Monteillet Fromagerie. Small Northwest towns that also made the list are Tieton, Joseph, Ore., and Orondo....
ROSALIA - The Lady Tigers had a great day Saturday winning a doubleheader over, TOR 12-1, and 9-7. The recent win puts the Tigers at 7-1 in league and 10-2 overall. Head coach Angie Potts said the first game against TOR was a great display of her team's talent. WP pitcher Jennifer Nichols held TOR to one run and only four hits. Potts said this was Nichols' best day on the mound this season by far. Heidi Miller had an unassisted double play at first base and a great day overall. The whole team hit the ball well on Saturday, including Chelsey...
DAYTON -- Twenty-five Dayton students and five chaperones/advisers traveled to Seattle on Wednesday, April 11 for the FBLA the State Business Leadership Conference that was held April 12-14. Besides competing, members attended workshops, toured Seattle businesses and organizations, enjoyed the sights and sounds of Seattle and took part in a variety of social activities. Caitlyn Robins is a triple winner. Caitlyn places second in FBLA Principles & Procedures, third in Business Graphics and was teamed with Keelin Hovrud, Taylor Frame, and...
PASCO -- The WP Tigers improved to a 2-2 league record sweeping the Tri-City Prep Jaguars last Saturday afternoon. Zach Bartlow earned his second win of the season pitching for the Tigers, while Chris Manzano, Dalton Estes, David Herzog and Justin Zuger rattled the bats for multiple hits that led to a 23-5 victory in game one. "It was the best outing at the plate all season," said Tiger head coach Dustin Snediger. "Our bats have been struggling but we made some adjustments with the lin-up and found production." Estes earned his first win of...
MEAD, WA - Mt. Spokane hosted two EEYSL events this season. The second, March 10 and 11, was the final event of the EEYSL points season. The standard format event included a Giant Slalom race on Saturday and a Slalom race on March 11. BART finishes were led by one of their youngest competitors. Mackenzie Davis of Milton Freewater entered the weekend 20 points out of the lead for the J6 class. By the end of the GS event, she was 20 points in the lead and she never looked back, finishing the season as the leading Girl's J6 competitor. Trevor Trim...
