Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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1: Bulldogs To State After growing up together playing basketball, a core group of senior Bulldogs and their younger teammates made it to the state basketball tournament in Spokane for the first time in years. Dayton suffered an initial defeat, but showed its teeth with a feisty comeback only to succumb in their third game to the precision-guided Wahkiakum Mules 57- 41 and end up in sixth for their division. Here, Bulldog Wyatt Frame lays one up during his team’s inspiring win over the LaCon...
WALLA WALLA - The Lady Cardinals easily got the upper hand against Valley Christian 56-20 at the D.A. Davidson Christmas Classic hosted by the DeSales over the holidays, but they couldn't subdue Weston-McEwen and were badly bruised by Touchet. Stacia Deal scored 13 points against Valley Chris- tian, followed by Chelsey Brannock with 10, and Krystal Harris and Samantha Fedderson each with 6. Waits- burg-Prescott took an early lead, putting away 15 points against 4 from their oppo- nents and the trend continued through the game with the Cards...
DAYTON - Dayton's boys basketball team emerged from its home Christmas tournament with two losses, but the way those losses came about couldn't have been more dif- ferent. The Bulldogs dropped their Thursday opener to La- Crosee-Washtucna, 51-19, and their Saturday finale with Wahkiakum, 54-53. Wahkiakum was no push- over. The fourth place team from last year's state 2B tour- nament, who defeated sixth place Dayton on trophy day, returned seven members of its tournament team to face the...
DAYTON - Dayton took down two regional opponents at its own Christmas tourna- ment Thursday and Friday to notch its seventh and eighth wins of the season and keep its 1-loss record intact. The Bull- dogs lashed LaCrosse-Wash- tucna 46-19 in the opener, then outlasted Asotin, 50-46, in the championship game. Dayton's shooting hands blazed in the first half versus Asotin. The Bulldogs hit on 12-of-19 shots (63 percent) from the filed including 4-of- 6 shooting from behind the 3-point arc. McKayla...
WALLA WALLA - The Waitsburg- Prescott boys dropped their first two con- tests at the DeSales Christmas Tournament before knocking off the host Irish in the tourney finale. WP fell to Touchet 58- 48 on Thursday and to Weston- McEwen 66-45 on Friday, then rose up to knock off the Irish in dramatic fashion 55-52 on Saturday. Seth Deal caught fire from behind the 3-point line Satur- day, hitting six treys including the game winner with three seconds remaining. WP held a 42-35 lead entering the fourth quarter and built it to 10, but a spat of...
1: Tragic Murder For the first time in a decade, the Dayton community was shaken by news of a murder. In early May, Joseph Shuba (left in photo with attorney Dale Slack) was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife Susan at the couple’s 3rd St. home. 2: Squatter Caught Daniel Baxter, a 34-year-old transient man with ties to Montana, California and Pennsylvania, was arrested after a chase through the streets of Dayton. 3: Best Western Breaks Ground During All Wheels in June, local d...
Waitsburg resident, Robert Simpson Moulton, 69, passed away December 23, 2012, after a long, heroic struggle with cancer. Born March 12, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, to Robert and Dolcie Moulton, he moved to Waitsburg in 1990 and worked at the Prescott School District as a janitor until he retired in 2008. Robert was an avid fan of the Old West; he collected memorabilia and explored ghost towns in California and Nevada. He will always be remembered for his good humor and his kindness and consideration of others. He is survived by his...
WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP DAYTON -- Lose weight. Eat healthy foods. Quit smok- ing. Exercise daily. If you're like many people, you made these or similar pledges during the annual New Year's Day ritual of resolving to improve your health. Of course, resolutions are easy to start; the challenge is sustaining them. The Columbia County Health System is aware of these challenges and is committed to making your resolutions a reality for life. Studies show that social support is critical when changing behavior, especially after the first few weeks wh...
The family of Ardie Hen- ze would like to thank the community, as well as her church family, for the sup- port given during her recent illness and passing. The abundance of food donations was remarkable, making the fellowship time, after her service, an admirable one of remembrance. We are, also, grateful to Walla Walla Hospice for their services and support....
January 3: Mary Olona, Guy Antonius. January 4: Meagan Zajac, Loegan Harshman, Andrea Payne, Ben Kiefel, Carol Clarke. January 5: Fred Rankin, Barb Colby, Willard Cameron, James Wood, Terry John, Aaron Jones and Ted Seaton. January 6: Kurtis Reser, Mad- die Callahan. January 7: Cecil Webber, Erma Gilbertson, Patrick Donnelly, Jim Hofer, Alice Webber and Kristyn Scott. January 8: Steven Price, Esther Presler and Todd Larsen. January 9: Jennifer Nichols, Neil Henze, Angela Crawford, Tim Estes, Nicholas Carpenter, Gail Thames, Gerri Glover,...
Waitsburg 12-20 A suicidal subject taken into protective custody andtransported to the hospital for evaluation was reportedon Preston Avenue. 12-23 A bicycle in front of a building with the light on wasreported on Main Street. A door was found unlocked. 12-26 A Pepsi machine broken into was reported on Pres- ton Avenue. Money was taken. 12-29 A possible storage unit burglary was reported onPreston Avenue. Prescott 12-19 An assault between two juveniles that occurred on12-18 was reported on South A Street. The theft of mailwas reported on North...
Bill and Linda Stonecipher will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on January 6, 2013. William D. Stonecipher and Linda A. Harris were mar- ried on January 6th, 1963 at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Portland, OR. Bill is the son of the late Chet & Loretta Stonecipher of Waitsburg/ Walla Walla and Linda is the daughter of the late Gus & Evelyn Harris of Waitsburg. At the time of their wed- ding, Linda was employed by American Steel and Ware- house Company in Portland following her...
Ten Years Ago January 2, 2002 The city of Waitsburg's budget for 2003 will return to a more "normal" range in the coming year as the Waitsburg Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Project dollars bal- looned late year's budget about two times the usual total. The project, expected to be completed this month, added over $2 million to last year's City Budget, which totaled $4,705,601. The 2003 budget of $2,400,384, however, reflects a 50% re- duction in a number of areas as the City begins the new year in times of financial beltening at every...
The calendar in the Dec. 27 issue stated incorrect show dates for "Nunsense II." The show will take place on Jan. 18-20 and Jan. 25-27....
"It's a sign of the timeshellip;" we often hear and say in observance of just about anything we don't particu- larly agree with. The irony of course is that the criticism comes equally from oppos- ing views on the same issue. Both young and old, conser- vative and liberal, religious and atheist alike claim this judgmental position as their own; neither admitting fault in their perspective; both claiming moral superiority, albeit from differing authori- ties. Gun-control, National debt, Fashion-styles, music, language, and love - all draw ample...
We issue a sigh of relief at the news that a group of Waitsburgers has sunk their teeth into plan- ning for a landmark 2013 event in town: the 100th anniversary of the Days Of Real Sport. The group, which includes Mayor Walt Gobel and his wife Gwen, head of the Waitsburg Parade; Dan McKinley of the Days Of Real Sport; Jeff Broom of the Waitsburg Historical Society, Joy Smith of the Waitsburg Commercial Club, Carl Newell of the Waitsburg City Council, Lisa Naylor of the Blue Mountain Rural Conservation & Development Council, community activists...
Nealey’s New Top Job Area Rep. Named To Key Post, While Holding On To Existing Committee Assignments Editor’s Note: This article was submitted to The Times by John Sattgast, senior information officer and broadcast coordinator for the Washington House Republicans. Terry Nealey (R-Dayton), has been named ranking Republican on the Fi- nance Committee of the state House of Representatives. He was appointed to the top position by House Republican Leader Rep. Richard DeBolt, R-Chehalis. The com...
WALLA WALLA – Waitsburg’s Joanna Lanning can breathe a little easier these days. More than a month ago, the part-time caretaker of the Pioneer Park Aviary in Walla Walla was dusting off her resume after getting a layoff notice from the city. She was starting to make calls and send off emails to organize a massive foster home placement effort for the 150 birds at the facility. And she was getting deeply depressed at the thought of emptying the pens and closing down the feathered friend...
DAYTON - The Dayton boys basketball squad got a little larger and a bit younger thanks to a school board decision during the Dec. 19 board meeting that allows eighth-grade students to play junior varsity basketball. The proposal, agreed to by Southeast 2B members and granted under Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) rules for schools with low turn-out, will also allow eighth-grade girls to practice with the high school, though not play. Only 15 boys and 17 girls turned-out for basketball from Dayton high school's student...
DAYTON - Columbia County Health System board members are prepared to bend the by-laws a bit to help keep the board consistent for new Chief Executive Officer Dale Polla at the monthly hospital board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 27. The board moved to keep current chairman Ted Paterson for six months, half of a normal term beyond the year he already served as chairman, to offer continuity for Polla. Polla was hired on Oct. 1 for a two-year term. The vote was unanimous. Board member Jim Kime initially moved to keep Paterson for a whole year, but P...
DAYTON - Thirty-three- year-old Donald Cowden was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 26, and charged with seven counts, including burglary and theft of a motor vehicle. Cowden, a Milton-Freewater resident, was arrested in Columbia County and has been charged with burglary in the second degree, a Class B felony, theft of a motor vehicle, a Class B felony and possession of a stolen vehicle, a Class B felony, each of which carry a maximum penalty of ten years imprisonment and/ or a $20,000 fine. Cowden has also been charged with theft in the second deg...
