Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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There are no stairs in the Columbia County Senior Center, at least that I could find, and the PA system was turned up a tad louder than I'm used to. But the camaraderie and fellowship I saw there was no different than a lunch crowd anywhere. More than forty people showed up for lunch last Thursday when I stopped by for a visit, and there was a lot of information to take in. As the group waited for the call to go through the meal line, Senior Center president Barbara Gibson started off by...
WAITSBURG - Several Waitsburg and Dayton basketball players were named to the Southeast 2B District 9 All-League Team. The selections were made by league coaches and were announced on February 19: WP Boys First Team: Corey Brownlee, Senior Owen Lanning, Junior Chance Leroue, Junior Dayton Boys Honorable Mention: Cruz Ramirez, Senior Zach Waggoner, Sophomore WP Girls First Team: Chelsey Brannock, Senior Sam Fedderson, Junior Dayton Girls First Team: Sarah Phillips, Junior Lexie Ramirez, Junior Madison Mings, Sophomore...
DAYTON - Walter C. Hartwell, 38, of Dayton, was arrested here Friday and charged with two counts of first degree rape of a child. He is being held in the Columbia County Jail, subject to $100,000 bond. He is scheduled for arraignment on March 6. Hartwell is accused of initiating sexual contact with his 11-year-old stepdaughter. Reports indicate that the contact may have been occurring for several years. According to a report released by the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the Sheriff's Office received paperwork from the Washington St...
SPOKANE - With a few seconds remaining Saturday night, at the District 7/9 playoffs here, a Tri-Cities Prep outside shot broke a 51 all tie and sent the Waitsburg-Prescott boys basketball team home for good. The Cardinals made a valiant comeback after trailing at the half by ten points. They played outstanding defense in the third quarter, outscoring the Jaguars 9-5 in that frame. They took the lead with two minutes remaining in the game, before the heartbreaking finish. Coree Brownlee le...
SPOKANE - The Dayton Girls' Basketball team ran up against a tough pair of northern opponents last weekend at District 7/9 playoffs, and ended their season with two losses. St. Georges 52, Dayton 33 Friday night, against St. Georges, the Lady Bulldogs fell behind early, trailing 11-5 at the end of one. Dayton trailed by seven at the half, but the Dragons blew the game open in the third quarter, with a 22-12 run. Guard Lexie Ramirez led the Lady 'Dogs with 14 points, including two three- pointe...
TACOMA - WP sophomore wrestler Tristan Newman made history his freshman year by becoming the first WP wrestler to make it to State level competition. He set the bar even higher this year, by taking fourth place in the 285 pound class at the Tacoma Dome Mat Classic 26. In 2012, Newman failed to place at the State tournament, losing his first two matches to competitors from LaConner and the Methow Valley. This year, Newman won two of his four matches. "Tristan entered the State tournament a l...
DAYTON - Dayton High's Future Business Leaders of America club sent 26 students to the Southeast Regional Winter Business Conference in Kennewick on February 12. They were one of the two largest groups at the conference, and all 26 qualified to move on to the state competition in Seattle in April. The Kennewick conference included schools of all sizes from Southeast Washington, and it included competition in a wide variety of business-related categories. More than 100 competitive even...
DAYTON - Things seem to be going fairly well at Columbia County Senior Center. We were certainly surprised last week when we came for lunch to find there was a power outage. It didn't take too long to discover that some of us 'do not' cope when there is no coffee available! This didn't deter the guys playing pool. Any miscues (pardon the pun) were blamed on not seeing correctly. We had a good time reminiscing about yesteryear when we had no electricity, used kerosene lanterns, warmed up to a pot- bellied stove and the hand cranked wringer...
DAYTON - The next Christian Women's Connection Luncheon will take place at the Grain House Grill (232 S. Main Street, Dayton) on March 12 from 11:30 to 1:30. Janice Van Deist from Quincy, Wash. will share about organization, both daily and spiritually. Janice lives on a farm where she and her husband raise hay and grain. Special feature is Ruth Brush who grew up during the depression era and uses recycled materials to create beautiful things. Singer Maxine Larson from Lewiston, Idaho will entertain with song. The cost is $10. Call Judy Ja...
WAITSBURG - I have no delusions of being 'Smarter than a Fifth Grader.' In fact, if you read the Feb. 13 issue of The Times, you're probably aware that even a third grade assessment posed somewhat of a challenge. Be that as it may, I was in no way deterred from spending Monday morning in the company of some of the brightest teens around. The Regional Knowledge Bowl meet was taking place at Waitsburg High School and I wanted to find out firsthand if Waitsburg would be attending State for the f...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) served 196 people in January -- an amount nearly equaling 10% of Waitsburg's population. Seventy-seven families from Waitsburg and Prescott received food and new families continue to utilize the service each week. The food bank currently provides services to families in the Waitsburg and Prescott school districts. Families may visit once per month and large families may take up to 55 lbs of food per visit. The WRC also provides local schools with backpacks - funded by a donation from the Lion's...
WAITSBURG - Ballots for the annual election of Waitsburg mayor and City Council members are expected to mail out March 14 with an election date of April 7. Caucuses must be held between 35 and 25 days prior to the elections; which is February 25 to March 7 this year. Declarations of Candidacy must be filed with City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe between March 1 and March 10....
WAITSBURG - The next meeting of the Waitsburg Commercial Club will be Tuesday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Waitsburg Town Hall. The program will feature Jennie Dickenson, Manager of the Port of Columbia. Dickenson will speak about the Blue Mountain Station and provide an update on the Port of Columbia. Dinner is $12.00 inclusive; please make reservations (509) 337-6546 or email ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net. There is no charge for program-only attendance. The program starts, at approximately 7 p.m. Dinner and/or attendance is ope...
February 28: Jill McConnell, Brock Winegar, Cindy Hiatt, Sharon McDaniel, Jean Coe, Tressa Johnson, Merry Nelson, David Marr, Todd Dimak and Jeremy Nichols. March 1: Bill Zuger and grandson Jacob Dunn, Norma Chapman, Joan Bottles and Bill Keith. March 2: Alina Reese, Dean Atkinson, Kyla Winger, Rich Fry, Sandy Startin, Peter Mercer, Bill Callahan, Mike A. Mayberry and Jessica DeCoria. March 3: Sarah Moser, Mike Vennum, Michelle Miller, Cameron Pearson and Kristy and Kelly Hays. March 4: Bill Poirier, Marilyn White, Kathy Jansen, Ryan Jacoy and...
8 HIV/AIDS Parent Preview Night Waitsburg Elementary School Library 7 p.m. Following a preview of the materials, parents who wish to have their child excluded from participation in the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program may sign a release form. State law requires that parents or guardians attend such a meeting before they can have their child excluded from participation. 28 Teddy Bear Sleepover Dayton Memorial Library 5 p.m. Feb. 28 - 10 a.m. March 1 The library will be hosting a sleepover for stuffed animal friends. Come at 5 p.m. for a bed...
Dayton Feb. 18 Suspicious circumstances reported at City Lumber; unfounded. Theft of tools from E. Richmond Avenue residence. Civil standby on W. Main to return belongings and serve criminal trespass. Tree across roadway on N. Touchet Road; handled by County Road Department. Violation of Court order on W. Main. Domestic violence on E. Richmond Avenue; subjects separated for the night, one taken to hospital to be checked out. Feb. 19 Injured deer on Highway 12. Tools taken from shop on Fullerton Road.911 hang-up on Richmond Avenue; Deputy r...
Dear Editor: We would like to express our sincere thanks for the support of friends and family in Waitsburg and Walla Walla after the passing of "Woody" Woodward. We greatly appreciate all the cards, meals, prayers and expressions of caring. A special thank you to Walla Walla Hospice who helped us through his final days. The Arland and Woodward families...
Ten Years Ago March 4, 2004 The Waitsburg Cardinal boys are state- bound for the first time since 1996. Later this month, Wait-Hi's Knowledge Bowl team will compete in the state meet in Vancouver, Wash. The team includes Emily Hogan, Katie Brodhead, Lindsay Auchterlonie, Maggie Pietila, Ben Bloor and Brad Green, advisor. Observing thirty-four years of active volunteer community service, the board of the Waitsburg Ambulance Service held its annual meeting on Thursday, February 26, 2004. Board members include: Jack Otterson, president; Bill T...
"I' m from the government, and I'm here to help." Everyone jokes about this overused phrase, as it represents skepticism of government overreaching in our lives. As a Republican, I too often see proposals and stories where our government has gone too far. It's amazing sometimes to see how many bills we pass that are unnecessary or that must be passed simply to fix something government messed up in the first place. However, in the case of the recently-implemented Family Assessment R...
I'm sitting in the back room staring at a computer screen full of blank white pixels. At the other end of the house, my mother and brother are watching Monsters University. Our house is a small one, so I can hear the cheers, the screams, the fanfares, the obligatorily mopey three-quarters-of- the-way-through-the-story soundtrack. It occurs to me that this might actually offer a small glimpse of what college is like, so I take a moment to pray that my higher education experience will involve c...
Each week during the school year, The Times almost always devotes the front of our second section to high school sports. Athletics are an important part of school life, and in our small towns, they are an important part of community life. When WP or Dayton win a state championship (as WP football and soccer did two years ago, and Dayton basketball did way back in 1995), it's as big a deal to us as the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl is to Seattle. But some of our high school students excel at things other than athletics. This week, we had t...
WAITSBURG - The City of Waitsburg is working hard to make their little burg even more appealing. The addition of art pieces to Main Street and at the site of the former Wait's Mill were among the more enjoyable topics of last week's City Council Meeting. The Council approved entering into an Independent Consultant Agreement with former ArtWalla Executive Director Jeana Garske who will serve as a professional consultant, working with Sherwood Trust to secure funds for public art to adorn Ma...
WAITSBURG - During Last week's Waitsburg City Council meeting, John Wells, Project Engineer for Anderson Perry & Associates, gave recommendations on how the City should best respond to levee deficiencies noted in a recent inspection by the Army Corps of Engineers. The inspection was a relatively short Routine Inspection - a visual inspection required annually by the Corps. in order for Waitsburg to retain eligibility in the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Rehabilitation Pro...
