Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the Waitsburg area and Columbia County on Friday afternoon as warm weather and accompanying rains caused Coppei Creek and the Touchet River to overflow in low-lying areas. Waitsburg fared much better than Walla Walla which suffered an abundance of power outages due to limbs falling on power lines following an ice storm. Fortunately, waters began to recede Friday afternoon and flooding was minimal. In Waitsburg, Meinburg Road was closed at...
WAITSBURG – Mayor Marty Dunn called 2017 "one of the busiest years on record" and says the City of Waitsburg can look forward to continued infrastructure improvements in 2018, with planning into 2019. To make that happen, the city council approved a $2.17 million budget for 2018 at their Dec. 20 regular council meeting. Accomplishments for 2017 include filling several long sections of sidewalk gaps to improve the city's walkability, relining a failing storm drain on Main Street to complete the f...
DAYTON – Fifty-one stakeholders attended the annual Port-sponsored Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy meeting held at Fire District No. 3, on December 20. Columbia Pulp Kristi Kobetich, Product Line Manager for Columbia Pulp, LLC, gave an update on the progress of the Lyons Ferry Straw Pulp Mill. Kobetich is the liaison between customers and the production facility, making sure all systems are in place and that customers are satisfied. "We believe our straw pulp is going to be a good s...
Ember Elise Adams, born Dec. 13, 2017 at 12:13 p.m. to Angela and Jake Adams. Grandparents are Glen and Adelle Smith, Waitsburg, Bill and Ann Adams, Garden City, Kansas, and Gayla and Randy Bural, Missouri. Great Grandmother is Erma Lee Smith of Waitsburg. Ember has an older sister, Oaklee Adams....
LeeNore "Lee" Esther Finch (nee Blize) died peacefully in hospice care at home in Walla Walla on December 23, 2017 at the age of 82. Lee was born on October 3, 1935 to Clarence "Zeke" and Moree Blize. She graduated from Waitsburg High School in 1953 and married Nolan Finch on November 20 1954. Lee and Nolan were married 62 years until Nolan's death on April 24, 2017. She worked as a secretary and bookkeeper at Lloyd's Insurance for 40 years in addition to managing the books for Finch...
Ten Years Ago January 10, 2008 The Waitsburg Fifth Grade Ski Program begins this week at Ski Bluewood and according to teacher Pam Conover, the students are “quite excited” about going skiing. Before they went, however, Deb Callahan brought two sewing machines to the classroom and with Stacia Deal as her dew-worthy assistant, made fleece neck warmers with the kids. A terrific wind storm pounded Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater last Friday, January 4, but Waitsburg and environs survived the windy onslaught with relatively minor damage. No dea...
5: No School 8: Breakfast Sandwich; Chicken Nuggets, Sweet Potato Tots 9: Biscuit & Gravy; Cheese OR Pepperoni Pizza, Carrots, Pineapple 10: Cinnamon Roll; Beef Stew, French Bread 11: Muffin & Yogurt; Taco Salad...
Jan. 1 Report of a suspicious vehicle facing the wrong way on Academy St....
WALLA WALLA – The WSU extension office will host a Cereal Grains Workshop on Jan. 16 at the Walla Walla Regional Airport from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. A variety of topics will be covered including: Soilborne Wheat Mosaic Virus in the PNW; Removing Herbicide Residues from Sprayers; Weeds on the Web; “Wheat Straw” What Does it Do for You?; Relationships between the Herbicide; Your Crops and the Soil; and Integrated Pest Management Techniques for Controlling Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Outbreaks. The workshop costs $25 and includes lunch and ref...
WALLA WALLA – Providence St. Mary Medical has placed restrictions on visitors due to the widespread flu in the Walla Walla area. Visitors must be either members of the immediate family or individuals age 18 or older. An exception is in the Birth Center where healthy siblings under 18 may visit, but must report to the nurse’s station before proceeding to Mom’s room so they can be assessed and given masks to wear for the duration of the visit. All patients are restricted to two visitors at a time in the hospital. This means two visitors, total...
WALLA WALLA – Walla Walla County has five openings on the Veterans’ Relief Advisory Board (VRAB). The board is responsible to advise the county commissioners, in coordination with the Dept. of Human Services, on the needs of local indigent veterans, and the resources and programs that could benefit them and their families. Interested applicants must be Walla Walla County residents and must be a veteran. Membership terms are three years. Application forms can be found at the county website at www.co.walla-walla.wa.us or at the com...
January 5: Fred Rankin, Barb Colby, Willard Cameron, Terry John, Aaron Jones and Ted Seaton. January 6: Kurtis Reser, Maddie 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, Angela Crawford, Tim Estes, Nicholas Carpenter, Gail Thames, Gerri Glover, Trevor McGee and Jarod Gagnon. January 10: Caden McCaw, Todd Harris, Cynthia Graham, Roddy Krause, Andy Hermanns, Kimberly Neal, Melissa Harting, Kyle...
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By Don C. Brunell Curbside recycling bins are packed with cardboard shipping boxes from Christmas online shopping. The uptick in consumer shipments is not only good news for the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx and UPS, but our nation’s papermakers. According to Mastercard Spending Pulse, U.S. year-end holiday retail sales rose nearly five percent compared to the same period last year while online purchases shot up more than 18 percent. USA Today reported “despite thousands of store closings this yea...
* On Jan. 9, 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense," setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Pamphlets were an important medium for the spread of ideas in the 16th through 19th centuries. * On Jan. 12, 1926, the two-man comedy series "Sam 'n' Henry" debuts on Chicago's WGN radio station. Two years later, after changing its name to "Amos 'n' Andy," it became one of the most popular radio programs in American history. * On Jan. 11, 1935, American aviatrix Amelia Earhart departs Wheeler Field in Hono...
The Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife is currently flying randomly selected sub-units in Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties to obtain a mule-deer population estimate for District 3 mule deer, excluding the mountain areas, according to Assistant District Wildlife Biologist Mark Vekasy. Vekasy says the WDFW is also planning a mule deer capture to radio-collar 50 mule deer across the survey area to understand more about survival and movements. Internal study plans for the survey and...
DAYTON – Aspiring perfomers are invited to participate in Touchet Valley Arts Council's Spring Variety Show in March and/or a May Melodrama. Tracy Barron and Jae Nichols will once again direct the annual variety show which will run March 16-18. This year's theme is "Delightful, Dazzling, and Dandy!" The variety show is a great way to display local talent of all ages, without performers having to make the much larger time commitment required for the live fall production. It is also an ideal i...
WAITSBURG – All eyes were on the Touchet River and Coppei Creek last week as warm weather and heavy rains resulted in flood advisories throughout the Touchet Valley. While there was no significant flooding this go-round, it is only a matter of time before the valley sees another high water event, like the Flood of 1996. That knowledge is what prompted the Waitsburg City Council to commit to a flood feasibility study with the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) at their Dec. 20 regular meeting. C...
* The unknown soul who made the following sage observation must have been a keen observer of events: “A politician can appear to have his nose to the grindstone while straddling a fence and keeping both ears to the ground.” * In the 17th century, a Frenchman opened a coffee shop in London and sold chocolate, newly imported from the Americas, for 10 to 15 shillings a pound. That may not sound like much until you learn that at the time, the going price of a pound gold was 20 to 30 shillings. * Are you interested in pogonotrophy? If you’re a woman...
This caught my eye and, of course, makes me think of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches, always a favorite for those cold days and a quick dinner. I didn't get a chance to make it yet but it got a five-star rati9ng. One of the seasonings is garam masala. I googled it to see if it was going to be hard to find and it isn't. When I get it purchased and if you are interested in making this, then please let me know. The recipe only calls for 1/8 teaspoon, so I'm sure I will have plenty to...
Remember hearing "Kilroy was here"? Kilroy is a famous "doodle" seen during World War II. No one is sure exactly where it began, but in about 1939, the comic man looking over a fence while poking his nose and hands over it with the words "Kilroy was here" started to appear. The doodles were found in strange places where soldiers were stationed. The character may have been inspired by an earlier bit of graffiti used by Australians during World War I with the words "Foo was here." He reappeared...
