Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - State Representative Maureen Walsh, who holds Position 1 in the Washington State House of Representatives for the16th District, will again face a challenge from fellow Republican Mary Ruth Edwards of Prosser. Edwards challenged Walsh in 2010, but Walsh was re-elected, carrying about 57% of the vote. Walsh, of Walla Walla, is running for her sixth term. In the 16th District, Position 2 race, incumbent representative Terry Nealey will run unopposed for reelection. Nealey, a Dayton attorney, has served in the house since 2009. He is...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers softball team fell 10-1 and 10-2 in a home field double-header against the Asotin Panthers on Saturday. Both teams ended game one with zero errors but Asotin got 18 hits to WP's 10. WP's lone run was scored by a barely-safe slide into home by Caitlin Mohney. Mohney made a base hit, followed by a second base hit by Lexi Brannock. She ran for home on an RBI by Analise Salazar. WP maintained zero errors in the nightcap, but only made six hits, scoring two runs. Brannock hit...
PRESCOTT - Pomegranate Center Executive Director Milenko Matanovik will meet with community members on Saturday, May 17 at 4 p.m. at the Lions Hall in Prescott to assess progress on the Vacant Lot project and determine what else needs to be ready before the June build dates. Everyone interested in learning more about the project is encouraged to attend and bring a friend. Matt Tunell and Len Conlee have been working to level the lot (between the Tuxedo Bar & Grill and Prescott Library on D...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs baseball team hosted Tri-Cities Prep in a double header on Saturday, winning the first game 5-3, before falling in the nightcap, 11-3. In the first game, pitcher Lowden Smith gave up only four hits, and held the Jaguars to one run through six innings, before giving up a pair in the seventh. At the plate, the Bulldogs struggled until the fifth inning, when Christian Warner stroked a two-run double, followed by a two-run single by Smith. In the fourth inning, Logan...
OAKESDALE - Devin Acevedo smashed a threerun homer in the third inning to lead Waitsburg-Prescott to a 7-3 victory over Garfield- Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale on April30. The Tigers pounded out 13 hits, including a single, a double and a triple by Kyle Gradwohl and two hits each by Acevedo Talen Larsen and Chad Pearson. On the mound, Jacob Dunn held GPTO to three hits over six innings. Gradwohl pitched the seventh, giving up no runs or hits. On April 29, the Tigers had a tougher time with Riverside,...
BURBANK - Kaitlyn Andrews continued her domination of the javelin events at local meets with a win at the Columbia- Burbank track and field meet last week here. Her throw of 109 feet was far off her best mark, but it was enough to win the event. Andrews also won the 100 meter dash, in a time of 13.43, and the long jump, with a best jump of 15 feet, 10 ½ inches. In the shot put, Andrews came up second, with a throw of 29 feet, 4 ½ inches. Also for Dayton's girls, Angie Dedloff had an outstanding jump of 24 feet, six inches, to finish second i...
TOUCHET - Logan Hays pitched a strong game last week here, holding the Indians to four runs on eight hits. Still, the Bulldogs only led by one run going into the top of the sixth inning. In that frame, they pounded out nine runs to blow the game open. For the game, the bulldogs put up a total of 10 hits. They also took advantage of five Indian errors. DAYTON BASEBALL BOX SCORE Tuesday, April 22 Dayton 14, Touchet 4 Dayton 202 109 - 14 10 1...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers prevailed in two evenly matched games played here Saturday between Touchet Valley rivals WP and Dayton. In the first game, the Bulldogs' star pitcher, Lowden Smith, held WP scoreless through the first five innings. However, in the sixth, Smith gave up four runs, including a three-run triple by Tiger freshman Jacob Dunn. Dayton managed only one run, scoring in the fourth. In the second game, the Bulldogs took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning, before giving...
WAITSBURG - "You can get us some money for the pool," said City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe at a City Council meeting last fall, responding to community activist Joy Smith who had asked what she could do to help. Smith took the request to Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council Executive Director Lisa Naylor, who did just that. Naylor, who is also responsible for procuring the PP&L grant that funded the recent painting of the fairgrounds, attained a $4500 Pacificorp Foundation...
DAYTON - They held a track and field meet in Dayton last week, but a majority of Dayton's competitors were unavailable. "Several of our team members left for FBLA State," said Coach Dan Nechodom, "so we were down quite a lot in numbers, and had others that needed to step out of events for other reasons." Nechodom said the highlight for him in the meet was Norwegian exchange student Cami Haldorson, who "PRed" in two events. "She dropped a few tenths of a second off her 100 meter dash and added nearly five feet to her discus throw," he said....
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg-Prescott Tigers baseball team put up six big runs in the third inning in their home game against Pomeroy on their way to a dominating 11-1 win on Tuesday, April 25. The Tigers broke up a 1-1 tie in the inning, as Kyle Gradwohl and Jacob Dunn each pounded tworun doubles in the inning. Gradwohl had three hits for the game, and Chance Leroue, Mike Grant, Dunn and Chad Pearson each had two. Tiger pitching dominated the Pomeroy batters, holding the Pirates to only two hits. The Tigers are now take a 4-4 record into this...
DAYTON - Three Dayton Middle School students were recognized by the Dayton AAUW chapter last week for their participation in the 2013 Tech Trek camp. Eighth-graders, Payton Dowdy and Melody Reeves, were given certificates, and Kailey Newhouse, a seventh-grader, was honored as the 2014 scholarship awardee for the 2014 Tech Trek camp. Tech Trek is a week-long summer camp focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) for girls entering eighth grade. The camp, in its second year in...
WAITSBURG - The Matbirds have been busy the last two weekends - first hosting a Little Guy Wrestling Tournament in Waitsburg on April 5, then heading to the State Tournament in Spokane on April 12. The Waitsburg High School gymnasium was packed on April 5, when 310 wrestlers, along with friends and family filled the bleachers. "The tournament went great," said Coach Kari Newman. "We had many volunteers to help and several people commented on the great concessions." Newman even received an email...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Celebration Days committee is hard at work making sure that next month's weekend celebration is a success. New events include an ATV Poker Run on Saturday and a Lawn Mower Obstacle Course on Sunday. A Kiddie Parade will precede the traditional Saturday morning parade, with all the young entrants receiving ribbons. There will also be a stage set up at the fairgrounds to showcase local talent on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. All are welcome to show up and share their skills. Entry and registration forms for all events...
DAYTON - After 30 hours of airplane riding and an unforgettable day spent on Iwo Jima Island, Owen Agenbroad returned home to Dayton late last month. "I got a bad case of TB (tired butt) syndrome," said Agenbroad, who will soon turn 91. As The Times reported a couple of weeks ago, Agenbroad made the trip not only to revisit for the first time the island where he fought as a marine in the famous 1945 battle, which killed more than 10,000 American and Japanese soldiers. He also returned a...
WALLA WALLA - The WP boys' track and field team dominated the District 9 meet in Walla Walla on April 2. The Cardinals finished with 146.5 points, more than doubling second place DeSales. WP winners included Kevin Aquino in the 400 meters (WP took the top eight places), Owen Lanning in both the 110m and 300m hurdles (Kobie Brown was a strong second in the 110), Nate Bartlow in the shot put, Brandon Penner in the discus, Kobie Brown in the high jump and Owen Lanning in the triple jump. "Brandon Penner was a huge highlight on Wednesday," said WP...
DeSales 9-11, Dayton 0-0 WALLA WALLA - The Dayton Bulldogs hit a buzz saw Saturday in the form of the DeSales Irish, as they were shut out on both ends of a double-header. After losing the first game 9-0, Irish Pitcher Adam Eskil threw a no-hitter against the Bulldogs, as DeSales won 11-0. Dayton Pitcher Lowden Smith had good game 1, giving up only four hits. But six Bulldog errors allowed the Irish to run away with the game early. They were up by eight runs after the first two innings. Ben Kleck got Dayton's only hit of the game. In the...
DAYTON - The Dayton Development Task Force is holding their second annual Community Spring Clean-up Day next Saturday, April 12 from 9 am to noon. Columbia County residents are invited to help the Task Force spruce up the town in preparation of summer event and tourist season. Bring your family and your gloves, rakes, shovels, clippers, garbage bags, brooms, and other clean-up tools and meet at Caboose Park at 9 a.m. Teams will be assigned to work in specific locations, such as public landscaped areas near the Caboose, along Commercial Street,...
ASOTIN - Judge William D. Acey announced his retirement as Superior Court Judge for Washington's Hells Canyon Circuit on March 31. His retirement will take effect April 30. Judge Acey has served in that position, which covers Asotin, Columbia and Garfield Counties, for 13 years. In his Letter of Resignation to Governor Jay Inslee, Acey said, "I appreciate the confidence the citizens of the Hells Canyon Circuit have reposed in me the last 31 years." Prior to being elected to his current position in 2000, Acey served as Asotin County District...
DAYTON - If Dayton's school modernization tax levy passes later this month, property taxes in the Dayton School District are projected to increase by $2.53 per thousand dollar valuation. That means that the owner of a $100,000 home in Dayton would pay an additional $253 per year, or about $21 per month. In Dayton, combined school special levy tax rates in 2014 are $2.33 per thousand dollar valuation. (That includes the current M&O levy plus a capital technology bond.) If the bond levy passed and all other rates remained unchanged (they...
WP 14, Garfield- Palouse 2 PALOUSE - The WP baseball team got a big road win, roughing up Garfield- Palouse 14-2 on March 27 in the first game of a scheduled double-header. Pitcher Talen Larsen got his first win of the year, holding the Vikings to six hits. Larsen also got three hits, as did Devin Acevedo. The Tigers got 13 hits in all. The second game of the double-header was called because of darkness after 3 ½ innings. WP was up 6-4 at that point. The game will be resumed at a later date. Mac-Hi 13, WP 3 MILTON-FREEWATER - W...
ASOTIN - The Lady 'Dawgs dropped two in their first league game of the season - a double header against Asotin on Saturday, March 29. Lexus Ward pitched and Madison Mings caught through both games. Dayton scored one run in the first inning of game one but failed to make a second run. The Lady 'Dawgs had four hits and five errors in game one, and left the field with a score of 9-1. Asotin had nine hits and zero errors for the game. "Asotin hit the ball very well with several extra base hits," said Assistant Coach Desirae Jones. "We needed to h...
MILTON-FREEWATER - The WP Tigers softball team made 14 hits to Mac- Hi's six, but still lost by one dropping their first non- league game of the season, 10-9. Mac-Hi was ahead 8-3 at the bottom of the 5th, but six WP runs to Mac- Hi's one, in inning five tied the score at 9 all. Mac Hi brought in the final run in inning 6 to walk away with the win. "For our first game of the season, our inexperience on the field really showed in certain situations. We only have two returning starters from last year's team, which won the District 9...
DAYTON - The Lady 'Dawgs Softball team faced the Touchet Indians, overcoming 6 errors to bring home a 4-3 win, at the March 20 home game. Lexus Ward pitched the game with Madison Mings catching The 'Dawgs were up 3-2 going into the seventh inning. Touchet's Jennifer Aceves led off to get on base due to an infield error, and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Touchet's Melissa Creek hit a pop-up to shallow left and Aceves tagged up to score the tie run. A groundout to pitcher ended the in...
WESTON-ATHENA - A dreary day made for dreary play as the Dayton Bulldogs softball team faced the WestonMcEwen TigerScots in Athena on Monday afternoon. The Lady 'Dogs walked away from their first full (non-league) game of the season with a 9-1 loss. "It was a very cold and windy day for softball," said Bulldog Assistant Coach Desirae Jones. "Weston-Athena has a very good program and we made too many errors to stay in the game with them. Their pitching and defense held us to just three hits. Lexus Ward pitched well for us for her first full...
