Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Touchet Valley Publishing, the holding company for The Times based in Waitsburg, has put its Touchet River Valley Visitors Guide on line. The guide offers travelers a comprehensive resource to plan their trips to Waitsburg, Dayton, Prescott, Walla Walla and their surroundings. The URLs daytonvisitorsguide.com and waitsburgvisitorsguide.com both go to the site, which draws on the sectionalized tabloid- sized print guides that appear in spring and in fall. It provides details and updates on sightseeing, recreation, histo...
The darkn e s s behind the windows at Bubbles & Chocolates adds to the quiet on Waitsburg's Main Street this winter. Karen Gregutt shuttered her fine chocolates and champagne boutique in the Plaza Building recently, at least for the season. It's a development that follows the temporary closure of Betty's Diner the week before. With about half of the 25 storefronts on Main Street and Preston Avenue vacant or closed temporarily, the air appears to have gone out of Waitsburg's mini renaissance t...
DAYTON - Dayton's girls claimed victory over Walla Walla Valley Acade- my, Saturday-the sandwich game between crushing defeats to DeSales, Friday, and Lewiston JV, Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs beat WWVA by eight, 41-33, after first being trounced by first place DeSales, 57- 32. The Dogs took another beating Tuesday, 52-15, in a mostly meaningless nonleaguer, by Lewiston. Dayton coach Clayton Strong opted to play his second string a significant amount of time Tuesday, while experimenting with...
DAYTON-Five small food processing businesses are expected to be up and running when Blue Mountain Station opens its first building in Dayton later this year. Gypsy Girl Granola, Big Kahuna Hot Sauce, Grass Roots Goats (cheese and yogurt), Roubideau Artisan Cheese and Mace Mead Works (wine and mead) have all signed leases for the building. With those tenants in place, all of the leasable space in the Building 1 at the Port of Columbia's new artisan food processing facil- ity is spoken for.... Full story
DAYTON - It took an extra four minutes to finish, but the Dayton boys claimed some consolation after a disastrous road weekend by beating the Lewiston JV in overtime Tuesday, 39-34, in their final non-league game of the season. The Bulldogs dropped a pair of contests to DeSales and Walla Walla Valley Academy Friday and Saturday after being up double figures (versus DeSales) and tied (versus WWVA) at half. Dayton fell to the Irish 47-35, and to the first place Knights, 46-34. Bulldog coach Roy... Full story
WAITSBURG - Much of where WP will end up in the league standings going into the playoffs was decided at Kison Court last weekend and Monday. WP played 30 percent of its league schedule and over half of its home league calendar in the four days surrounding Sunday. Unfortunately, the Cards counted just one win in the three games-against Asotin, 64-56, on Friday. The Cardinals dropped Saturday's contest to the surging DeSales Irish, 75-56, then dropped a heartbreaking comeback try against first...
Many of you may not know this about me, but in the winter of 1990-1991 I averaged eight points per game as a senior playing post for the Dayton Bulldogs basketball team. At 6-feet 4-inches, I was the tallest kid on the squad, but hardly the best. That honor belonged to shooting guard Jeremy Himmerich who went on to play at Walla Walla Community College. My team finished in a 3-way tie for first in the league with DeSales and Pomeroy, but like so many other great Bulldog teams before it, we... Full story
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott women throttled Walla Walla Valley Academy Monday, got throttled by DeSales Saturday, and pulled out a come- from-behind thriller in overtime Friday versus Asotin to fill a busy three games in four days 'weekend' on the hardwood of Kison Court. The 2-for-3 showing puts WP third in league, a half- game behind Dayton prior to the Bulldogs' Tuesday's action. Fifth place Tri-Cities Prep is on tap for Saturday night. WP beat WWVA 43-20, and Asotin 57-53. De... Full story
Dayton School Board When: January 16, 2013 Where: 609 South Second Dayton, Wa Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call to Order Flag Salute Recognitions of Representatives Additions or Changes to the Agenda Consent Agenda Approve Minutes De- cember 19, 2012 & January 3, 2013 Approve January Bills Approve January Pay- roll Approve Donation from American West Bank to Music Program $1,000.00 Approve Donation from PTSO to Elementary ASB for $1,100.00 Public Comment Reports WAHSET Report (Washington High School Equestrian Teams) Superintendent's Report Dist...
Cheese maker and found- er of Roubideau Artisan Cheese Joseph Coniglio followed his dream from western Colorado to Walla Walla. Now, the move into Blue Mountain Station will bring it to life. When the station opens this fall, Roubideau will pro- duce cow's milk cheese from USDA Grade A pasteurized milk. Coniglio said in an e- mail he plans to distribute the cheeses at Blue Mountain Station, in the Walla Walla wine district and region- ally distribute in the Pacific Northwest. Roubideau will...
Food allergies may seem like a curse for many peo- ple, but Gypsy Girl Granola founder Suzi Tasker says the outcome of her family's allergies have also become a blessing. Tasker is finishing her sec- ond year in business selling her granola and says it has already been an interesting journey. Tasker's nearly six- year-old son, Noa, is allergic to gluten, dairy and eggs, forcing a dietary revamp in Tasker's home. The challenge initially seemed daunting, but Tasker soon found there were lots of... Full story
For Grassroots Goats founder Terrisa Churchill and her family, it's all about the goats. Churchill runs a goat farm, which was only a hobby until Blue Mountain Station came along, she said. The whole brand is a family affair. Churchill said she and her husband both love to eat and she loves to cook, which inspired them to start making goat cheeses. The couple's youngest daughter will work as the marketing rep for the startup company while their old- est daughter will work as a cheese maker and i...
Local mead-maker and founder of Mace Mead Works, Reggie Mace and his year-and-a-half old business have already outgrown the Dayton storefront on Main Street. This year they will branch into Blue Mountain Station along with other local small business-owners. The station will serve as a production area for the rapidly growing business. Mace said the station will host red wine storage, blending, fil- tration and bottling, as well as the start-to-finish mead- making process. There will not be a...
Big Kahuna LTD What started as a challenge from his son turned into a local topping phenomenon for Walla Wal- la's Mike Rose. Rose's son challenged him to make hot sauce 13 years ago, and after ventur- ing through farmer's mar- kets, sales with local res- taurants and even branching out to other sauces, Rose has decided to make the move into Blue Mountain Station. Rose said he has always been the "Big Kahuna," dubbed such after wearing shorts and Hawaiian shirts into the office every day. The nickname stuck so well, Rose decided his next busi-...
It was a bloody good life: Dona Little Wolf was born to Jack and Margaret Corner in Wychitella, Vic- toria, Australia on March 8, 1923. Jack, so happy to have his first child, stopped at a few pubs on his way to town to register Dona's birth so that by the time he arrived at City Hall it was March 10. Jack reckoned that birthdate was as good as any. Dona had three sisters, Joy McLaugh- lin, Ail e e n Frost and Joanne Corner, all of whom preceded her in death. Dona was a tomboy, be- ing the son...
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners' When: Monday, Jan. 14 In Attendance: Commis- sioner District 2: Perry L Dozier: present; Commissioner District 1: James K John- son: present; Commissioner District 3 Chair: Gregory A Tompkins: present. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS MOTION: 1) Move to approve the Commissioners' consent agenda items. Ap- proved. After motion and second, Commisioner Tompkins of- fered explanation regarding the out of state travel request for his travel to Washington, D.C., where he will be representing the county as part of the...
Snow is one of those things that is either a magical gift from heaven or a terrible curse, depending on your view- point. Nearly every kid in el- ementary school is fond of the white stuff. In the recess yard of Waitsburg Elementa- ry on a snowy morning, one will often find undersized children pushing snowballs taller than themselves. This has been going on for as long as I can remember. In first grade (if not earlier), we were told that it was against the rules to throw snow, lest it have shards of ice or something similarly nasty in it. For...
Watching the old Elvis/Ann-Margret film, "Viva Las Vegas" got me thinking; is there a difference between feeling nostalgic or collecting old Bauer pottery? Take the old saying, "if you can't make it in the real world, you can always come back to the farm." For me, this brings nostalgia to mind: dusty boots, chaffed necks, the driven ambition to beat the weight at the scales from the pre- vious year's harvest and the kind of appetite that talks loudly after a long hard day's work. Recalling grandma's cellar is nostalgic. I'd go down into the...
Ten Years Ago January16, 2003 The Blue Mountain Humane Society recently provided an update to the city council on the animal control activities for Waitsburg, since accepting the contract in June, 2001. Dur- ing this 18 month period BMHS responded to 66 complaints from city residents. This includes eight reports of aggressive behavior, four bites, nine reports of neglect, 14 reports of nui- sance behavior and 26 stray animals. Animal control Officer Cindy Harris said she has "really enjoyed her visits to Waits- burg and have met some wonderful... Full story
January 17: Anna and Anthony Reese, Bret and Bethany Moser, Kimmie Hamann, Zane Johnson, Dan Beckley, John Janovich, Tyler Woodworth, Eric Rich, Sheena Henze, Jeff Schulke, Jim Davison, Robert Maib and Jon Jensen. January 18: Kelley Fouste, Jason Thomas, Jen- nifer Low, Rowena Farrens and Arlene Hopkins. January 19: Bob Deal, Lynda Hogan, Debbie Ru- bio, David Webber, Reina Bruce and Clint Reser. January 20: Joan Leid, Wilma Johnson, Judy Jack- son, Justin Hill, Jack and Jill Largent, Becky Pearson, Ken Jantz, Tricia White, Ryan Abbey. January...
A ll it takes to change the world from night to day is a USDA report. Last Friday's multiple statisti- cal summaries included quarterly wheat inventories, monthly supply and demand estimates and a US winter wheat acreage planted total. Every January these re- ports put a sort of cap on the old crop year, setting the stage for the new crop to become center of attention. This time the report was price-friendly, showing 300 million bushels less wheat in storage than the average analyst-on-the-street was expecting. Ending Stocks, the bottom line... Full story
Waitsburg 1-10 A one vehicle rollover accident with minor injuries was reported on Biscuit Ridge Road. 1-12 Assault in the fourth degree was reported on Wheatland Drive. Suspect was arrested for domestic violence. Dayton 1-08 Suspicious circumstances were reported on Touchet Road. Telephone fraud was reported on Touchet Road. Trespassing was reported on Fifth Street. A trespassing panhandler was reported on Main Street. An injured animal was reported on Highway 12. 1-09 A suspicious noise was reported on Fourth Street. A two-vehicle accident wi...
RICHLAND - Retrouvaille, a life line for troubled marriages, is holding a weekend event in Richland. The program begins with couples attending a weekend and being introduced to a new communication method that forms the foundation for rediscovering each other and examining their lives together in a new and positive way. Following the weekend, there are follow-up sessions that enable couples to begin to address their painful issues and rebuild their marriages. Retrouvaille is open to all mar- ried couples. For confidential information, or to... Full story
