Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Frog Hollow Band, one of the northwest's favorite alternative country bands will perform a free concert Saturday night at the Columbia County Fairgrounds during Mule Mania. The show will run from 8 p.m. until midnight and will include dancing in the beer garden. Frog Hollow Band includes musicians from Walla Walla and Waitsburg. They have a busy schedule this summer, including performing at the Umatilla and Walla Walla County Fairs....
Waitsburg Celebrates with Veterans' March WAITSBURG - Waitsburg residents are invited to join the Veteran's March on Main Street at noon on July 4, followed by a potluck in the park . A brief ceremony will take place in front of the Waitsburg Hardware Store before the march. All are welcome to participate - just grab a flag and join the parade. A potluck lunch will take place at Preston Park following the parade. Bring lawn chairs and a side dish, chips or dessert to share. Waitsburg Hardware...
RAINIER, Ore. - Oregon State Police reported last week that Christopher Elliot, 30, of Waitsburg, was found dead on June 23 near Clatskanie, Ore., about 18 miles from Rainier, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Earlier in the day, police said, Elliot shot a Rainier police officer during a routine traffic stop here. According to the report, Officer Russ George, 45, was approaching Elliot's car during a routine traffic stop shortly after noon, when Elliot opened fire. A bullet passed through George's hand and was stopped by his...
WAITSBURG - Twentynine WP gridders traveled to the Tri-Cities last week for their annual five-day spring football camp, where they played the majority of their games at Hanford High School. "It was a very productive week and competition was very good," said Coach Jeff Bartlow whose team has attended the camp eight of the last nine years. Bartlow was pleased with the numbers and acknowledged that it is difficult for both the kids and the coaches to commit to. "Track and baseball just got over...
WAITSURG - Coach Jeff Bartlow wrapped up his 15th Kids Football Camp last week, and deemed it a "huge success." Thirty-five athletes participated in what Bartlow describes as "a rich tradition and one that the kids love to be a part of." Players work on basic skills as well as teamwork and sportsmanship. The camp was split into two sessions. Mornings were dedicated to offense (catching, throwing, running and blocking) and special teams (kicking, punting and snapping). Athletes then play two 7x7...
WAITSBURG - As The Times was going to press this week we learned that Emry and Sandy Kleck have reached agreement to take over the lease of the Coppei Café in downtown Waitsburg. The Klecks currently operate a catering business from their home in Dayton. Allison Bond, the current operator of the café will hand it over to the Klecks on July 1. Bond has operated the café since November 2012. The café facility is leased from former Times Publisher Imbert Matthee, who owns the buildings and equipment. The public is invited to a special party to...
DAYTON - Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell dropped charges earlier this month against Walter Hartwell. He has been released from the Columbia County Jail. Hartwell, 38, was arrested in February and charged with two counts of first degree rape of a child. His trial had been delayed until next month. "We no longer have cooperation of the alleged victim," Culwell told The Times. Culwell said she believes Hartwell is guilty, based on recorded statements the child gave to CPS, but that evidence is not admissible in court. "The victim's...
PRESCOTT - Milenko Matanovic, founder and director of the Pomegranate Center, will return to Prescott on June 19 - 22 to oversee the "build" phase of the Prescott Vacant Lot Project. The Steering Committee is hoping for a large turnout of local volunteers to join hands and bring this community vision to life. A budget for the project - funded by a $25,000 Pomegranate Center grant -- was developed following the initial planning meetings in early April. Financial records for the project are administered locally through the Blue Mountain Action...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office, with the help of the Walla Walla SWAT team, searched a home at 119 E. Commercial St. on Monday. The execution of the search warrant resulted in the arrest of three people, including two on drug charges. According to a press release issued by the Sheriff's Office, "Multiple occupants were in the home at the time the search was executed; three arrests were made without incident. Deputies located firearms and a substance that appears to be methamphetamine in the home. Deputies found no indication...
PRESCOTT - The Walla Walla County Rural Library District (WWCRLD) will be presenting its first ever district-wide Summer Reading Program this year. Three core performers - Jeff Evans' Science Magic, Pacific Science Center and Reptile Man -- will perform at each branch. Branch managers have also worked cooperatively for the first time, with each manager preparing kits for one weekly activity, and sharing them with the other branches. In addition, the Prescott branch has added some unique events such as an acupuncture presentation, movies and a Z...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's City Council meeting took place at 7 p.m. on May 29 with Kevin House, Karl Newell, Debra Callahan and Mayor Walt Gobel in attendance. K.C. Kuykendall and Marty Dunn were absent. New Business: - Dan Katsel was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington State Office of Drinking Water, with a brief adjournment for a cake reception. - Council approved a resolution authorizing the City to apply for a Community Development Block Grant to get funds to make necessary upgrades to the Wastewater Treatment...
WALLA WALLA -Washington State University Athletic Director Bill Moos and new Men's Basketball Coach Ernie Kent are coming to Walla Walla to discuss the current state of Cougar athletics, the upcoming football and basketball seasons and meet with Cougar alumni. The event is Tuesday at Sapolil Cellars in downtown Walla Walla beginning at 5:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Bill Moos assumed his duties as Washington State University Athletics Director April 15, 2010. In his four years at the helm of Cougar Athletics, Moos has overseen the...
PRESCOTT - WP athletes and families gathered in the Prescott High School multipurpose room for the annual Spring Sports Award Dessert. Varsity softball coach Angie Potts introduced her team while commenting on each player. Potts said sophomore Jaidyn Brown pitched a total of 131 innings this year with 68 strike-outs and 54 walks. The team will only lose one senior - Heidi Miller - this year, and Potts is anticipating stronger play from a more experienced team next year. Miller was called to the...
WALLA WALLA - WP baseball players Talen Larsen and Kyle Gradwohl were named last week to the all-Southeast 2B baseball league first team. Also named to the first team was Dayton pitcher Lowden Smith. Two Dayton players were given all-league honorable mention: Christian Warner and Guy Spalinger. Dayton's Courtney Mings and Sarah Phillips were named to the all-Southeast 2B softball league first team, as was WP's Heidi Miller. Dayton's Lexus Ward was given honorable metion....
WAITSBURG - City Council members were informed at last week's Council meeting that Walla Walla County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Nagle is moving forward to press charges against an individual that logged several cords of wood from the City's watershed up the Coppei River. District court documents state that Nicholas J. Bradeen was charged with two counts of criminal trespass in the second degree and one count of third degree theft, regarding an incident that occurred on April 6. The first count is a misdemeanor and the second a gross...
DAYTON - Spectators are invited to come and enjoy a new event in Dayton: a Barrel Racers National 4D meet. Barrel races will be held starting at 1 p.m. Saturday in the arena at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Organizer Lee Ann Litteral says that competitors from around the northwest are expected to participate. They will be competing the previous day in Kennewick. Participants pay an entry fee to race, and then compete for season points as well as cash prizes. A portion of the proceeds wil...
MOSCOW, Ida. - Dayton's Kaitlyn Andrews will compete in four events this weekend in the State 2B Championship Track and Field Meet in Cheney. Andrews won both the javelin and long jump events at the 2B District 9 Championships here last week. She also took second in both the 100 meters and triple jump. Andrews is in the top ten among female 2B athletes in the state this year in all four of those events. She has the second-best 2B long jump, at 16 feet, eight inches. On the boys side, Dayton's...
ASOTIN - WP's softball team fell 5-1 against the Asotin Panthers in a May 13 loser-out league play game. The Lady Tigers improved greatly over their 10-1 and 10-2 double header loss games to the Panthers just days earlier, but not enough to take a win and extend their season. WP scored in the third inning on a base hit by Lexi Brannock who made it to second on an Asotin throwing error. Brannock moved to third on a sacrifice hit by Analise Salazar and was brought in on a base hit by Caitlin Mohne...
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs softball team ended season play in a May 13 loser-out home game against Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa- Oakesdale, dropping the game 8-9. Dayton took the lead in the first three innings, but GPTO tied the score at 3-all in inning four. GPTO made four runs in innings five and six, to Dayton's two. Neither team scored in the final inning, earning GPTO the win. "We had a few bad throws that allowed some runs to score that shouldn't have, but we really just didn't get that opportu...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott baseball team advanced in the playoffs after beating Dayton on a two-run rally in the sixth inning in their first round game last week. Dayton pitcher Lowden Smith was unhittable for the first three innings, though the Tigers got an unearned run in the second without a hit, after a two-base throwing error. In the fourth, Kyle Gradwohl homered, for WP's first hit, putting the Tigers up 2-0. The Bulldogs evened the score in the fourth inning. After loading the bases, Dayton got two unearned runs of their own on...
WALLA WALLA - Dayton's Oscar Teixeira picked up an impressive win in the 110 meter hurdles last week in the District 9 2B Sub-district meet here. He also placed second in the 100 meter dash. Teixeira's 110 time of 16.85 seconds was barely a tenth of a second faster than the second and third place finishers, WP's Owen Lanning and Kobie Brown. Teixeira, an exchange student from Finland, advanced to this week's District meet in Moscow, Ida., and has an excellent shot at two births at the state...
DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs won 3-1 then lost, 15-4 in an at home league play double header against Garfield-Palouse_ Tekoa Oakesdale on May 5. The game left the Bulldogs standing 4-6 in league and 6-11 overall. Bulldog assistant coach Desirae Jones said the teams were very well matched and both pitched strong games. "In game one we were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the sixth. Taylor Frame led off and got on base with an error. She advanced to second on a wild pitch. Kellie Moore moved her to third with a single to left field. Madison Mings...
PRESCOTT - After scoring four runs in the seventh inning to tie the game, the Tigers dropped the April 29 game to the Boardman Spartans, allowing Boardman to make five runs to WP's zero in inning eight. "We played a better game both defensively and offensively. Unfortunately Boardman had more hits and was able to gets more runs across in the 8th inning," said WP Coach Angie Potts. In spite of the eventual loss, Potts said it was exciting to see the team tie up the game in the bottom of the 7th inning by producing four runs. "Analise (Salazar)...
RICHLAND - Dayton's Lady 'Dawgs softball team did an about face in a May 2 double-header against Tri-Cities Prep in Richland, getting ten-runned in game one but returning the favor in game two. The 'Dawgs lost the first game 12-2 and won the second 15-3, with each game lasting six innings. "Tri Cities Prep hit the ball and made things happen in the first game. They are much improved over past years and I don't think our girls were quite ready to play. (TCP's) Vargas pitched a great game and we did not consistently put the bat on the ball. It...
FINLEY - The Bulldogs had another tough game against Riverview on April 29, losing 14-4. The Bulldogs scored two in the top of the first, but pitcher couldn't hold the lead, giving up six in the bottom of that frame. The 'Dogs had only two hits, including a two-run homer by Lowden Smith....
