Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Jan Cronkhite's home is a favorite stop for Waitsburg trick-or-treaters who can always count on a performance by her skeleton marionette, Aloysius (pronounced al-u-wish-es). The 81-year-old former Waitsburg librarian has been entertaining with marionettes since she before she was a teen. She began her role as puppet master when her mother gifted her with a pair of boy and girl marionettes when she was twelve. Cronkhite would perform, joined on stage by her cat, before the 500 members of the...
Waitsburg middle school wrapped up their volleyball season with an awards ceremony last week....
Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Reverand Bret Moser was recently honored with a free flight in a WII trainer plane for his service to our country. The flight was provided through Amvets of Walla Walla. The pilot, local farmer Mark Small, owns the plane and has recently given rides to Waitsburg residents Jack McCaw and Dave Morbach, as well. Small’s plane, a 1942 PT17 Stearman, is dedicated to his father, who was a pilot in WWII....
It was Halloween at the Salty Sea Dog Inn (a.k.a. Dayton's Weinhard Hotel) where dozens of tourists and locals dressed up and joined the fun for a Pirate-Themed Murder Mystery Weekend. Want to join in on the fun? The next voyage begins Nov 14....
DAYTON – Longtime Dayton resident and former Hawthorne Gallery owner Patti Eaton is on a historical quest to glean information about the Halpine Society, a fundraising group organized by the Dayton First Congregational Church in 1892. Eaton is especially interested to learn more about the hooked rugs made and sold by local women who belonged to the society. Eaton recalls, in her early years, hearing people talk about the church ladies making rugs. As a child, she had no interest in the group a...
DAYTON – The Dayton Chamber of Commerce is adding a new dessert course to its Christmas Kickoff Celebration this year: gingerbread. Kids in the Dayton and Waitsburg schools will compete this month in a gingerbread house-building contest to be sponsored by the Chamber. Each class, from preschool to high school is invited to enter a gingerbread house that the students will create together. Gingerbread house entries must be at least partially edible, but can be made out of just about anything. T...
WAITSBURG – As cooler temperatures settle in and the holidays draw near, the Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) board is sending out a reminder that donations are always welcome. Recent emergencies have dramatically impacted national food assistance resources, which affects us locally and makes community support increasingly important. In a TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program) email update titled "pretty slim pickins," Blue Mountain Action Council (BMAC) Food Bank Director Jeff Mathias e...
In early September, The Times shared the story of Waitsburg Middle School teacher and high school football coach Gabe Kiefel and his experience as a potential bone marrow donor. After a fairly grueling screening process, Gabe was scheduled to donate, but the donation was postponed when the recipient, a 14-year-old boy with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), failed to meet the criteria for starting the procedure. As our Sept. 3 story ended, Gabe was unsure if he would actually donate, after all....
WAITSBURG – After a three set fall to Tri-Cities Prep earlier in the week, the Lady Bulldogs turned the tables and swept the Lady Cardinals during an Oct. 29 game on the Waitsburg court. Bulldogs took the win: 25-16, 25-9, 25-12. "We played Dayton much better this time compared to our first meeting. I'm proud of the girls for their improvement in this match and being able to put together a strong match. We've still got work to do offensively on providing an aggressive attack and find opening," C...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Cardinals football team moves on to the playoffs this week after a dominating performance against Tri-Cities Prep Thursday night, beating the Jaguars 41-15. Waitsburg's Travis Crockett had a career game, scoring five touchdowns and accounting for 365 total yards in the game. Crockett scored the game's first points with a 59-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Late in the second quarter, playing defensive back, picked off a TCP pass and returned it 7...
Waitsburg Cardinal volleyball seniors were honored and joined by family members prior to their game against Dayton last week....
Outgoing Waitsburg Cardinals senior football players posed for the camera at last week's game against Tri-Cities Prep....
Waitsburg "givers" had just as much fun as trick-or-treaters this year as demonstrated by Jan Cronkhite on the front page and the folks shown here....
WAITSBURG – Employee compensation was a hot topic as it related to city budget planning at the Oct. 29 city council meeting. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe sought council input on employee salaries, longevity compensation and insurance as he prepares to draft the city’s 2016 budget. Hinchliffe provided the council with summary information and job descriptions on the city’s current employment positions consisting of two staff positions and four public works positions. Council members also...
Columbia Co. Hospital Dist. Commissioner 3 Kenneth J. Dyball 595 Jim Kime 490 Waitsburg School District Director #5 Russ Knopp 199 Margaret A. Terry 95 Dayton School District Director #4 Joe Huether 243 Katie Leid 779 WW County Fire District 2 Annexation of Waitsburg Yes 58 No 21 City of Waitsburg Annexation into Fire Dist. 2 Yes 146 No 76 Columbia Co. Fire District 2 EMS Property Tax Levy Yes 38 No 30 Prescott Joint Parks & Rec. Maint. and Operations Levy Yes 97 No 50 Preliminary results as of Tuesday, Nov. 3 Final results will be certified...
DAYTON – Representative Terry Nealey, of Dayton has been awarded the “City Champion” award by the Association of Washington Cities. Nealey is one of six legislators recognized this year for their work to support city interests during the 2015 legislative session. In a press release, AWC commended Nealey for his work to try to craft solutions to problems and costs associated with costly public records requests, while maintaining public access to information. “For many years, Rep. Nealey has done a tremendous job supporting cities’ needs in...
DAYTON – The Dayton School District Board of Directors will hold a community-wide meeting to share information regarding the maintenance and operations levy and potential capital projects levy on Mon., Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with a dinner prepared by the district’s food services staff. The presentation will begin at 6:30 and there will be opportunity for the public to ask questions and provide opinions about the upcoming levies. The Board of Directors encourages the public to provide information to help them det...
Ten Years Ago November 10, 2005 Ross Hamann, chairman of the Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee, was honored by the Waitsburg City Council and Mayor Martin Dunn for his work that resulted in the Downtown Streetscape Project progressing smoothly from conception to its current status of receiving funding, the latest a $193,000 grant from the Regional Transportation Planning Organization. The Waitsburg Cardinals landed two All Conference selections for the Southeast B-11 All-League football team. Senior John Raver was selected as a...
DAYTON/WAITSBURG - Anyone with a love of writing is invited to join in a newly formed writing group for writers of all ages. The group’s next meetings will take place at the Waitsburg Weller Library on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. followed by a meeting at the Dayton Memorial Library on Wed., Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. Group organizer Ann McCambridge said she formed the group for writers of all ages to teach, encourage and learn from one another. The group is for anyone who shares an interest in writing, whether it they write memoirs, fiction, poetry, songs or n...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Town Hall Association will hold its annual meeting on Thurs., Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. The annual meeting is held to nominate and vote on 2016 Board of Directors and is open to all Waitsburg community citizens and their families. A free dinner will be served to all attendees....
November 6: Josh Wilson, Greg Zuger, Dave Dilts, Albert Meyer, Pauline Tedrow, Sharon Bode, Jacob Mulhair, Heath Pierson. November 7: Robin Hilton, Stan Mock, Roberta Collingwood, Desiree Zuger, Maybelle Leinbach, Elizabeth Xaudaro, Kelsey Tarp. November 8: Bruce Gentry, Melvin Keiser, Jennifer Harwood, Kristen Baker, Dana Weir. November 9: Frances Scott, Robert Hawks, Jodee Liebermann, Alan Jackson Jr., Corrie Cozier, Lillian Carpenter. November 10: Ruth Hansen, Kaitlin Vaughn, Ruby Potter, Stephanie Zuger, Nathan Stroobants. November 11: Wes...
It’s Tuesday, Nov. 3 as I write this; the day this paper goes to press. Yesterday I got an email from Amazon announcing new “countdown to Black Friday” deals. “It’s never too early for a good deal,” the email says. I completely agree. And it’s never too late either. So the message is, if you simply can’t wait until the day after Thanksgiving to do your Christmas shopping a month before Christmas, why not get on Amazon.com now and do your Christmas shopping two months (almost) before Christmas. But by sending me that email, Amazon clearly...
