Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago February 5, 2004 Lydia Roberts, daughter of Ken and Dawn Roberts, was installed as Worthy Advisor of Rainbow Assembly No. 68. The ceremony was held Sunday afternoon, February 1. Three local youths, John David Hockersmith, Wyatt Withers and Isaac Huether will be knocking on Waitsburg doors Saturday, February 7, "Scouting For Food" from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in a attempt to help stock the local food bank. The sound of chain saws buzzed in the air around Waitsburg Friday morning following a windstorm that included gusts in the 50 an...
At one point, the Native American tribes of the Great Plains termed barbed wire "the Devil's rope." From this terminology, we can infer that at that point in time, no Plains Indian had attempted to make a bracelet of European 4-to-1 chainmaille. As Super Bowl mania is currently seizing America, I figured I'd better get in on the act. I decided to do so subtly, with a handmade metal bracelet of interlocking rings of blue and green. I surfed the Web until I found a pattern I liked - simple, v...
In the United States, about 85 million dogs and 95 million cats are kept as pets. That's according to the Humane Society of the United States. More than half of all U.S. families have at least one pet dog or cat. And here's another impressive statistic: According to the American Pet Products Association (yes, of course there's such a thing), Americans spend more than $50 billion per year on cats, dogs and other companion animals. But animals are different than appliances or cars. When a pet owner decides they no longer can take care of their...
WAITSBURG - During a call-in session with constituents on Monday, State Representatives Terry Nealey and Maureen Walsh expressed the opinion that horse racing is not likely to return to southeast Washington. According to the two, there is no legislative support to provide the funding that would be needed. Cory Hewitt, manager of the Walla Walla Fairgrounds, echoed that opinion. She also said that there are no longer the horses and jockeys in the area to put on the races, even if money were...
DAYTON - A 14-year-old boy from Burbank died Saturday from injuries suffered in a fall while snowboarding at Bluewood Ski area south of here. Dian Ver Valen, public information officer for the Columbia County Sheriff's Office issued the following statement on the incident: Ski Bluewood contacted the Columbia County Public Safety Communications Center on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 12:48 p.m. to request that Columbia County Fire District 3 Ambulance respond to a medical incident involving a juvenile. District 3 Ambulance personnel responded and ar...
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District is seeking approval of a $615,000 per year maintenance and operations levy for the 2014-2015 and 20015-2016 school years. The levy, on ballots mailed out Monday, replaces the current $585,000 per year levy. Though the overall levy amount is higher, rising district property values result in a decrease in the estimated cost per $1,000. The current proposed levy is estimated $2.33 per $1,000 -- per a 01/01/2013 estimate from the Walla Walla County A...
