Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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January 24: John Liebermann, Faith Mayberry, Barbara Huff, Darryl McCauley, Bill Davis, Treavor Zuger, Barbara Brown and Kynde Kiefel. January 25: Bob Miller, Matt Schiermeister, Markeeta Little Wolf, Lula Mae Cameron, Nick Baumann, Matt Froh- reich 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 Jennifer Thames....
DIXIE GROCERY CLOSES DIXIE - The only grocery store in Dixie, which has a population of fewer than 200, has closed. The town's postmaster said the Dixie Grocery Store, owned by Kim and James Joseph, closed more than two weeks ago and its absence has been the talk of the tiny un- incorporated community halfway between Walla Walla and Waitsburg. "They're going to miss the store," Sarah Putnam said about Dixie's residents. "They won't have any place to go for their last-minute groceries." The store's owners could not be reached for comment....
Having been in band at Waitsburg’s Preston Hall for two years, my son Niko knows what it takes to get ready for performances. But his most recent “gig” was a bit different. Niko, who plays guitar in jazz band at Bainbridge High School, along with three dozen of his fellow band members, received a surprise last-minute invita- tion to a special event last week. How last-minute? Let’s just say they had a mere five days to practice four pieces, three of which were original arrangements of songs t...
The Coalition for Youth and Families ( CYF) in Dayton, of which I am a member, discussed Dayton School District’s drug and alcohol policy during its meeting last week. The policy is being solidified for students who end up in trouble for the use, possession or distribution of drugs or alcohol. The policy is still in prog- ress, and it aims to get students “into the system” – not necessarily with the intent to criminalize them, but to help the school and local authorities reach out and help st...
Sometimes it can be troubling when a local name is almost better known as a fine wine label than it is as the Native American tribe it recalls. But most residents of the Touchet River Valley know that "Cayuse" refers to the people who once roamed the hills now planted in wheat and peas, and into the Blue Mountains beyond. Located largely between the Columbia and Snake rivers, Cayuse villages and territory were as far as the Upper Grande Ronde and as close as the Tucannon and Touchet rivers them- selves. Waitsburg was pretty much smack in the...
Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell said in an interview that she made a strong effort to settle the murder case against Joseph Shuba in part because trials, especially murder trials, are so expen- sive for the county. According to Columbia County Clerk Lynn Lese- man, court costs and legal defense costs for the Shuba case have already added up to more than $14,000. That doesn't include jail costs incurred by the Sheriff's Of- fice. Shuba has been in cus- tody for nearly nine months. Columbia County Com- missioner Dwight Robanske said that each...
DAYTON - Joseph Shuba, charged with killing his wife last April in Dayton, pleaded guilty to second degree murder at a hearing in Columbia County Superior Court on January 16. Shuba was originally charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Suzanne, and was scheduled to stand trial January 28. Last year, Shuba entered a plea of not guilty by reason of selfdefense. His attorney, Dale Slack, had hired a psychologist who was to testify as an ex- pert witness that Shuba...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg Mayor Walt Gobel has invited the Confeder- ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to join in the 100th anniversary of the Days of Real Sport this spring in Waitsburg. And one idea for their participation is an Indian relay event, often described as one of the most exhilarating equine sports. The idea drew immediate enthusiasm from a race coor- dinator for the Umatilla tribe, who said Native American relay racers from all over the west would welcome such a...
