Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Log onto our Facebook page ("Waitsburg Times") and tell us your plans. Will you be enjoying the game at home with friends, or at the local watering hole? Or will you be somewhere far away from the television, trying to ignore the game? Go to Facebook to see what your freinds and neighbors have planned for the big game between the Seahawks and the Denver Brocos on February 2. Or just wait for next week's issue, when reporter Dena Wood will report back with a wrapup of your responses....
WAITSBURG - Members of the Walla Walla Columbia School Retirees Association (WWCSRA) would love to meet you for tea. The 8th Annual Teddy Bear Tea - the group's primary fundraiser - is just around the corner and organizers are hoping attendance continues to rise as it has in past years. This year's event takes place Saturday, February 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Francis Social Hall (722 W. Alder St., Walla Walla). In its first year, the group sold 125 tickets and made roughly $1,500 in...
Have you ever stopped to think about how we gather together in the Touchet Valley? How we meet one another and work together? How we build relationships? How we find friendship and support? Let me list the ways: Parks and resorts. Shops and markets. Cafes and restaurants. Festivals and fairs. Businesses and public offices. Shops and markets. Hospital and clinics. Churches and theaters. Libraries and schools. Historical sites. Athletic events. Clubs. These all are the ways in which we gather. Please notice I am not talking now about ...
Lion's Club Building January 15, 2014, 7 p.m. Board Members: Kevin House, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, K.C. Kuykendall, Karl Newell and Debra Callahan. Kuykendall was absent at the Jan. 15 meeting. Student Representative: Meara Baker. Mayor:Walt Gobel. Mayor Walt Gobel returned early from his planned three-month absence. UTILITIES: Approved Ordinance 2014-1019 which raises water and sewer rates by 3%, effective with the February bill, which covers the month of January. SPENDING POLICY: Approved Ordinance 2013- 621; a financial policy update th...
Preston Hall Board Room January 15, 2014 7 p.m. Board members present: Ross Hamann Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger. RECOGNITION: Board members were recognized as part of School Board Recognition Month. TRANSPORTATION: The new District school bus has arrived and had made two runs as of Jan. 15. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dayton High School is moving to 8-man football for the upcoming school year and their head coach is retiring. LEVY: Superintendent Clarke has presented information on the M & O levy to Commercial Club and...
WAITSBURG - Walla Walla County Commissioners approved a grant recommendation from the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee to award a $3,000 grant to Waitsburg Celebration Days at their January 13 Board Meeting. The grant uses lodging tax proceeds to award funds to organizations that actively promote tourism. Priority is given to activities that increase tourism from November through March, increase overnight visitation to the Walla Walla Valley, and establish clear, meaningful, and measurable results of the proposed projects. This is the first time...
WALLA WALLA - The First Thursday concert on February 6 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (323 Catherine Street) will feature Amy Dodds, violin, Phill Thompson, cello and Kristin Vining, piano. They will be performing works for piano trio by Clara Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Gwyneth Walker and Paul Schoenfield. Admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted and will be given to Walla Walla Children's Home Society, the charity of the performers' choice. Attendees are welcome to bring a lunch and enjoy the music. For more information, call...
WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla Chapter of the Daughters of the Pioneers Chapter No. 12 is looking for high school graduates interested in applying for a $750.00 scholarship. The deadline for applications is May 1. In order to qualify the applicant must meet two requirements. 1. Be a descendant of a person who established residence in one of four states: Washington, prior to 1871; Oregon, prior to 1853; Idaho, prior to 1864 and Montana state, west of the crest of the Rocky Mountains, prior to 1864. 2. Be a resident of Walla Walla County, c...
WALLA WALLA - Providence St. Mary Medical Center Service League is offering $2,000 scholarships for three graduating high school Seniors and one adult seeking higher education in the medical or healthcare professions. All applicants must be entering into the medical or healthcare field. Application packets are available at Walla Walla High School, DeSales High School, as well as high schools in Touchet, Waitsburg, Prescott, Dayton and Milton-Freewater. Adult Scholarship Packets are available at Walla Walla Community College and Walla Walla...
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls traveled to Mac Hi's Gym January 14, but lost to the Pioneers 40-31. The Lady Cards kept the game close in the first half, trailing by three at intermission. But the Mac-Hi girls outscored them 13-7 in the third quarter before coasting to the win. Heidi Miller led WP with nine points and also pulled down six rebounds. Kassidy Kuykendall and Hannah Grant each had seven points. WP travels to Tri-Cities Prep on Friday and then hosts DeSales Saturday. They finish out the season January 31 against...
ASOTIN - The Waitsburg Prescott boys struggled in the first quarter against a tough Asotin team, but came roaring in the second before finally falling 59-41. After trailing 15-5 after a quarter, the Cardinals briefly regained the lead in the second, before finally trailing at the half 23-19. Asotin roughed up WP in the third quarter, outscoring the Cards 22-11, before coasting to the win. Devin Acevedo led the Cardinals with 12 points, including six-for-six shooting from the free throw line. Corey Brownlee and Chance Leroue each knocked do...
COLFAX - The WP wresting team faced some tough competition in Colfax on Thursday, January 16, competing against Colfax, Garfield-Palouse, Liberty, Reardan, Davenport and Wilbur-Creston-Keller. Only Kavin Kuykendall, TJ Morrison, Tyler Hoffman and Tristan Newman walked away with wins. "A lot of the wrestlers WP encountered are returning state competitors. We did very well for being a young team going up against some tough and experienced wrestlers," said Coach Lanny Adams. David Just (126) p...
DAYTON - The Dayton School Board recently approved a resolution allowing Dayton's football team to play 8-man football in the fall of 2014. The team will play members of the Southeast Washington 1B 8-man league. According to Superintendent Doug Johnson, the move was made because of low turnout in recent years. "We've ended the last couple of seasons with only 13 or 14 players," Johnson said. "It's pretty hard to field an 11-man team with those numbers." Johnson said the school got pe...
DAYTON - The Dayton Lady Bulldogs had a tough weekend on the basketball court after several weeks of success. The girls lost Friday to Tri-Cities Prep 46-45 in overtime and then struggled against DeSales on Saturday, losing 38-20. "We had chances to win the game (Friday against TCP) where we were up at several points, but did not go little things to keep us up," said Dayton girls coach Clayton Strong. "To give them credit, the other team did enough of those little things to keep th...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs jumped to an early 8-0 lead and led most of the first three quarters before succumbing to a tenacious DeSales team in the fourth quarter here Saturday. The score was tied 36- 36 after three and then again 41-41 with just over five minutes remaining, but the Irish pulled away in the final frame to win 54-48. Logan Hays led the scoring for Dayton with 15 points. He added nine rebounds. Zach Waggoner chipped in 11 points and Ben Kleck had nine. The Bulldogs had a hot...
KENNEWICK - A group of Waitsburg residents joined Joanna Lanning in her fourth Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge at Columbia Park in Kennewick on Saturday. Emma and Cindy Philbrook, Melissa Hansen, E.J. Meserve and Nick Pearson all joined Lanning in taking a deep dip in the Columbia River for a special cause. It was a first-time event for all but Meserve who also participated last year. "The water was a balmy 39 degrees; much warmer than last year," said Lanning. Adults are required to rai...
Dayton students in grades six through 12 can win $200 by creating a video for Columbia County Health System's anti-smoking campaign. The top ten videos will be posted on the Health System's Facebook page and the video with the most likes will win. Guidelines: Contains an anti-smoking message One minute in length No profanity or nudity Submitted by Dayton students (grades 6-12) to Cheryls@ cchd-wa.org (Columbia County Clinic) by January 31. Video permission from parents required (forms are in the High School office)...
DAYTON - The folks who work in the healthcare field in Columbia County know that having a well-run hospital and clinic here is an important part of keeping our community healthy. But access to health professionals is only part of what's needed to improve the health of residents of our community. "Wellness and prevention are equally important," says Cheryl Skiffington, who is clinic manager for the Columbia County Health System. It's her job to make sure the Columbia Family clinic in Dayton a...
DAYTON - A new grief support group will begin January 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m at the First Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd Street, Dayton). The group will work through the book Understanding Your Grief and follow the format used by Hospice in Walla Walla. Books are $10 and a few used books are available. The group will meet for ten weeks, covering one chapter a week. Please call Teeny McMunn at 509-386-5287 with questions....
HUNTSVILLE - Local dancer Morgan Breland and her mother, Cara Watts, celebrated New Year's Day in London this year. Breland - a 15 year-old- sophomore at Walla Walla High School - auditioned at a Universal Dance Association camp last August to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Instead, she was invited to travel to London to perform in front of more than 200 million television viewers and a half million people lining the streets in London's New Year's Day Parade. Watts and B...
January 24: John Liebermann, Faith Mayberry, Barbara Huff, Darryl McCauley, Bill Davis, Treavor Zuger, Barbara Brown, Rita Donnelly and Kynde Kiefel. January 25: Bob Miller, Matt Schiermeister, Markeeta Little Wolf, Lula Mae Cameron, Nick Baumann, Matt Frohreich and J. C. Picton. January 26: Hirut Senter, Bruce Brunton, Marie Hayes, Rebecca Wilson, Howard Smith, Christopher Brunton, Peter Jones, Deanne Donovan, Kimberly Huwe, Zach Brown. January 27: Diane Estes, Micki Box, Gayle Broom, Casey Acevedo. January 28: Tana Lynch, Jack Cyr and J...
Mariah Jean Persis Hofer December 18, 1993 - January 14, 2014 Rosary is being held at St. Mark Catholic Church (405 W. 5th) in Waitsburg on Friday, January 24 at 6 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday at 11 a.m....
