Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON-"They make them in fun, flavored colors. They are very easy to use and are very discreet, too," said Chelsey Eaton, a county public health program coordinator. Eaton was talking about "vaping," or smoking e-cigarettes, and why that practice isn't as harmless as it appears. Eaton said e-cigarettes were first developed in China to help people stop smoking and they arrived in the U.S. in 2007. "At that time they were using simple juices. They weren't yummy. They weren't colorful," said...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's resident bluegrass band, Switchgrass Delta, will head to Ireland this June to study traditional Irish music and to perform at an Irish bluegrass festival. The group is busy raising funds for the long-awaited international trip. Nearly eight years ago, Chris Philbrook got Kate Hockersmith back in the bluegrass business when he knocked on her door saying he wanted to be a Troublemaker (a member the youth bluegrass band her son had participated in) and travel to Japan l...
WAITSBURG – The Feb. 13 Waitsburg School Board meeting was preceded by a superintendent search community input session facilitated by education consultant Dr. Bill Jordan. Jordan said applications and job postings are going out now, with an application close date of March 29. Jordan will vet applicants and perform background checks before bringing the applications to the board on April 8. On that day, the board will choose five to seven applicants for preliminary interviews. Those interviews w...
TACOMA, Wash. – Dayton Bulldog wrestler Carlos Norris found himself bypassing regionals and heading directly to state competition when snowstorms across the state made roads unsafe and resulted in the WIAA canceling the regional elimination round of wrestling competitions. Instead, the WIAA added an additional round to the finals at the Mat Classic XXXI wrestling tournament at the Tacoma Dome on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16. Norris, a junior, competed at state last year where he took fourth place in the...
COLFAX, Wash. – After being forced into the Southeast 1B playoffs loser bracket with a 57-45 loss against Oakesdale on Feb. 9, the Prescott Tigers boys basketball team extended district play with a 66-44 win over Pomeroy on Thurs. Feb. 14. The Pirates looked hot at the bell, dunking two treys in the first minutes of the game. Prescott quickly retaliated, ending the first half with a 27-23 lead. The Tigers continued to play hot and ended the game with a 68-44 win. Jose Gonzalez scored a game h...
This is part two of a series of articles I’m writing to introduce some of the newer statistics announcers are using in broadcasts. Last time I covered Park Factor and how it affects hitters. This time I’m going to discuss BsR. BsR is a base running statistic created by Fangraphs. I’ll get the formula out of way and then breakdown the components. BsR = wSB + UBR + wGDP wSB stands for weighted stolen bases. It estimates the number of runs a player contributed to or took away from his team by st...
WASHINGTON STATE - The story of Colorado jogger Travis Kauffman, who managed to win out in a bare-hands battle against a mountain lion earlier this month, has taken the media by storm. Cougars don't typically attack humans and some accounts surmise that this may have been a starving, young mountain lion that had become separated from its mother. Regardless, Kauffman's self-defense response was impressive. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website states that there have been...
Secondary Principal Report (Mrs. Wooderchak) -Bluewood Ski days for Preston Hall and WHS are being organized. -A Running Start information night will take place at WHS on Mon., March 4 at 6 p.m. -The junior class and Dayton ASB are working together on a combined prom to take place at the Dayton Fairgrounds on April 20. -WHS will travel to the state Knowledge Bowl competition in Yakima on March 23. -Mr. Leahy, Ms. Ball and Mrs. Wooderchak will travel to Spokane to attend a job fair on March 13 in hopes of encouraging educators to explore...
Because most of my gardening experience has been in the desert, the prospect of getting to grow an English-style cottage garden when we moved to Dayton, in 2012, was beyond my wildest dreams. Little did I know there would be a constant running battle with the wildlife for dominance, beginning with the squirrels and deer. The squirrels made quite a summer production out of tearing the immature walnuts off the tree in the back yard, and chewing them, and spitting them, and running around burying...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Garden Club will kick off the season with catalog and seed swap at 10 Ton Coffee on Sun., Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Bring 2019 seed catalogues to share an inspire as well as any seeds you would like to swap. Members with pending orders can combine with others to help defray shipping costs. To learn more about the Waitsburg Garden Club contact Susan Donegan at sadonegan52@gmail.com...
DAYTON - The Dayton Memorial Library will gladly accept donations of unwanted or extra flower, vegetable, fruit and herb seeds. The seeds will be used to build inventory for the community seed exchange....
How many different versions are there of banana bread? I found this some time ago and knew I had all the ingredients, then put it off thinking I needed coconut. I wasn't crazy about the thought of chewy coconut in soft banana bread, similar to those who eat Milk Duds in their popcorn When I went back thru the recipe, I realized it was coconut oil. I bought these interesting mega chunk chocolate on a 50% off sale so I got two bags. Then realized the 50% off made them the same price as regular ch...
Dayton Memorial Library 111 S. 3rd Street, Dayton Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs., 12-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Storytime: Wed., 10 a.m. Okay for Now, by Gary D. Schmidt (Young Adult) — In this companion novel to The Wednesday Wars, Doug struggles to be more than the “skinny thug” that some people think him to be. He finds an unlikely ally in Lil Spicer, who gives him the strength to endure an abusive father, the suspicions of a town, and the return of his oldest brother, forever scarred, from Vietnam. Schmidt e...
