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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Snow hit the Touchet Valley Monday morning and was expected to last through Wednesday evening worrying commuters and giving hope to kids that school will be delayed or canceled. Meteorologist Robert Cramp with the National Weather Service said a winter storm warning is issued from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 7 p.m. Wednesday, meaning residents should expect snow and freezing rain through Thursday. Cramp said the area may see 3 to 6 inches of snow between Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. High...
WAITSBURG - Last week, the Waitsburg School Board voted unanimously to approve a new alternative learning program that will allow students to complete their education from the comfort of their home computers. Waitsburg Superintendent Dr. Carol Clarke said offering online learning is beneficial in two ways. One is to provide students who have dropped out of school an opportunity to continue their education, she said. The other is to provide families who home school their children another curriculum option. "It's one way to draw back students...
The overall wheat market is in a follower mode right now. Corn was the primary driver of last Thursday's 37-cent collapse in Chicago. The USDA statisticians found 166 million bushels more corn than the average grain analyst had expected. When corn went limit down, wheat was bound to follow, as a significant bit of recent demand for wheat had been for feed to animals instead of expensive corn. Now the math works better for corn feeding in many locations. The drop in Chicago wheat triggered a quick 20- to 30-cent negative white wheat price...
Vicki Lynn Cox passed away Dec. 31. Vicki was born on January 5, 1943 to Otto and Bessie Fletcher Winnett in Grand Coulee, WA. Vicki attended Prescott High School for three years where she was a cheerleader and a member of the flag twirlers. She was very outgoing in school activities and was well liked by all her classmates and teachers. Vicki was also active in baseball and basketball. She changed schools in her junior year to DeSales where she graduated. Vicki lived a good part of her life with her sister, Colleen and Ray Cross, with her...
WAITSBURG -- Early turnovers and a scoreless second quarter was the beginning of the end for the WP Lady Cardinals as they fell to the DeSales Fighting Irish, 30-41, last Friday night on Kison Court. The Irish were first to score with two quick baskets from underneath, but WP's Kristin Potter threw up two back-to-back, three-point baskets in the first two minutes to keep the Cards right in it. The Irish answered with two more baskets and the Cardinals' turnovers were one after the other as the... Full story
WAITSBURG -- It was Friday night and Zach Bartlow was having trouble sleeping. He wasn't reflecting on that night's WP basketball game, he was thinking about how he was going to pull off Saturday morning's youth basketball camp. "I was a little nervous about today," said Zach. "I wasn't expecting to get these turnout numbers, so I was a little worried about how it was going to turn out." Bartlow is heading a three-week youth basketball camp as part of his senior project. The camp began last Saturday and will run for the next two consecutive...
WALLA WALLA - Dayton's Lady Bulldogs' winning streak has come to end. It was a fast-and-physical matchup against the DeSales Fighting Irish that left the Lady Dogs fighting with all they had during their 60-31 loss to the Irish. The Bulldogs held their own during the second half, but they took a beating in the first half that they just couldn't recover from. The Irish jumped out to a quick lead on the Bulldogs nailing seven three pointers in the first quarter and holding the Bulldogs for a 27-5... Full story
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals had seven players land buckets for a total of 31 second-quarter points en route to a 80-40 stomping of the DeSales Fighting Irish last Friday night on Kison Court. The Cardinals opening 6-0 run began with a put back from Billy Brown, a Zach Bartlow drive to the hoop for two, and Dalton Estes was wide open underneath the basket for an easy bucket to kick things off for the Cards. The Irish sank their first basket with just more than 4 minutes left in the first, but...
ROYAL CITY -- The WP Tigers wrestling team brought home two fourth-place medals from a big regional meet in Royal City on Saturday after reeling in two pins at a smaller meet in Ritzville on Thursday. "I'm happy with the improvements and performance out there," Tigers head coach Lanny Adams said. The Royal City meet was among the largest meets in which the WP team has participated so far. Fifteen teams attended from WP, Royal City, Pomeroy, Reardan, Riverview, Wahluke, Davenport, Burbank, St....
WALLA WALLA -- The Dayton Bulldogs kept their perfect season alive with a 60-36 victory over the DeSales Fighting Irish last Saturday night. The Irish took the tipoff, but missed three-consecutive shots before Bulldog Kroft Sunderland started off the scoring from down low . The Irish put up three unanswered baskets while the Bulldog defense tried to find their groove. The Bulldogs scored again with just less than 4 minutes left when Hayden Fullerton tossed up his first three pointer of the... Full story
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District is asking for $585,000 each year in 2013 and 2014 in a maintenance and operations levy to keep the district's buildings and programs up and running. The school board approved the levy amount for the Feb. 14 ballot that is expected to cost taxpayers $2.39 per $1,000 of assessed property value the first and second years of the levy. The current levy, passed in 2010, expires in December 2012. The current levy costs residents $2.60 per $1,000 assessed value. B...
WAITSBURG - Despite the long-standing sports rivalries in the Touchet Valley that provide competition and fun between our small towns, the local clergy are hoping to blur the lines and bring together members of the religious community in the quarterly Touchet Valley Call to Prayer. "We want to invite people of the (local) congregations to come together and realize their unity as Christians," said Greg Bye, the pastor of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Dayton. The majority of churches from...
Today I drove out to Basel Cellars Estate Winery, Walla Walla. I was playing Private Chef to a customer who I prepare weekday dinners for and I wanted a good Claret red wine to pair with one of their weekly dinner choices. I know Basel Cellars has the best Claret in the valley and I love the picturesque drive out to this winery. Out along Old Milton Highway, the Basel Estate Winery and guest facility is housed in a two-story American Log Lodge, reminiscent of the Mt. Hood Timberline Lodge -- rustic but elegant. Everywhere you walk is slate and... Full story
Waitsburg 1-16 Unwanted phone calls reported on Jay Street. Prescott 1-12 Domestic problem between boyfriend and girlfriend on East Third Street. Dayton 1-10 Found property on South Fourth Street. Civil issue on Baileysburg Road. Domestic violence reported on Payne Hollow Road. Attempted telephone fraud reported on Montgomery Lane. Civil issue on East Main Street. Report of a bicycle theft on South Third Street, later proved to be unfounded. 1-11 Missing puppy reported on South Third Street, later found. Civil issue on Tucannon Road. Utility... Full story
Ten Years Ago January 24, 2002 Waitsburg Elementary School received a $500 grant from ExxonMobil Educational Alliance to support technology program. Susan L. Mays of the Waitsburg Exxon station worked with Margie Douglas, fourth grade and technology teacher, to secure the grant. Former Times publisher Tom Baker donned the classic green eyeshade of an Intertype operator as he demonstrated the circa 1925 Intertype linecaster last week. Several visitors stopped by to see this machine in operation. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 29, 1987 Approximate...
DAYTON - A Dayton man faces more than seven years in prison if convicted of charges relating to theft of a motor vehicle, trespass and resisting arrest last spring. The charges are from Columbia County and the defendant, Edward W. Terry, 26, is being held in Columbia County Jail. Terry's trial for the charges, set for Feb. 23, will be his third trial since June. Last spring, he was convicted of forgery and third-degree theft and sentenced to 9 to 13 months in prison. During the June trial, Terry had posted bail and caused more trouble. He... Full story
WP GETS ANOTHER WRESTLING COACH WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board unanimously approved Jan. 11 the hiring of a new assistant wrestling coach, Jason Just. The WP wrestling program is in its first year and it has two female participants, Superintendent Dr. Carol Clarke said. The girls have not yet competed because there are not many female wrestlers in the area and it was recommended by Clarke that they have their own coach. PUBLIC HEARING ON CITY FEES WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council is holding a public hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 18 t...
The Prescott Christmas Group passed out boxes. We the group are rewarded many times over. One is by thanking the donors Tom Archer's Farm, Tuxedo bar & Grill, Pat Hermann's Welding and Machine, Broetje's Orchard, Milan Linkletter, Sally Eggers, Sharon Smith and Richard Cooper. Second, the ones who received the Christmas boxes. Their smiles and appreciation from them was rewarding enough. Happy New Year to all from all of us. Pat Hermanns Prescott...
Dear Editor: As the Administrator for the City of Waitsburg, I would like to address Mr. Ming's letter about the city. First, the city has not yet implemented either a car tab or sales tax increase. If implemented, however, the city would only be asking for a $10 car tab fee on vehicles registered in the city limits or a 1/10 of 1 percent sales tax increase (which has to be approved by the citizens of Waitsburg); not both, and not $20 and 2/10 of 1 percent as Mr. Ming's implies. Our preferred method would be the sales tax increase, as it would...
Below is an excerpt from"Chief Joseph Country, Land of the Nez Perce" by Bill Gulick, 1985. "Inside the Lewis and Clark State Park, there is a plaque that states: In early May of 1806, Lewis and Clark passed through here on their return from the Pacific Ocean heading East and they would complete their epoch making journey in St. Louis Sept. 23. While in the region, the hungry men ate cow parsnip and doc for lack of better provisions. Since they (the Nez Perce Indians) accepted the environment as they found it and did not try to alter it, food...
OLYMPIA -- They may not qualify to attend an R-rated movie, but soon 16-year-olds in Washington State could register to vote. Register? Yes. Actually vote? No. That civic privilege starts at age 18. A bill to extend advanced voter registration to 16 year olds has been introduced in the legislature this session and the House Committee on State Government and Tribal Affairs met Jan. 12 to listen to public testimony on the proposal. No one in the affected age group offered comments. The propos ed...
The year has barely begun, but many families in the Touchet Valley are already planning ahead to a special moment in their kids' lives this June: graduation. Dozens of seniors from Prescott, Waitsburg and Dayton high schools will don their cap and gown to receive their diploma and move on in life. The Times plans to be present again for each of your special days that mark the end of one chapter and open the first page of a new one. But our newspaper's interest in your lives and careers doesn't end with your last sports or academic season. We...
DAYTON -- One year after Shawn Kemp became the first former NBA star to visit Ski Bluewood, another basketball celebrity is destined for the mountain this season. A.C. Green, who started his career at the L.A. Lakers and retired from the Miami Heat with detours through Dallas and Phoenix, is expected to spend the day at the resort on Saturday, Feb. 4. "He's not really into the cold," said Brenda Ford, the Walla Walla-based co-founder of the 3BA International basketball league for which Kemp and... Full story
