Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Officially, spring doesn't start until March 20. But when I find myself humming "Mr. Blue Sky" by the Electric Light Orchestra every morning, I think it's safe to say spring is on its way. Spring brings new blooms and, emerging from hibernation, the return of some old favorites. The newest unique bloom in Dayton is the revamped Fire and Iron brewpub. After years of Skye Book and Brew, complete with its own weekly coffee group, the familiar locale has a new twist but the same home-brewed spirit. The beer is still be made in-house, helping Dayt...
As the buds start to swell on just about everything and we're all putting away our heaviest winter clothes, my thoughts always turn tohellip;what to drink with all those "pack-away-the-winter-bins-and-blues" chores. It's no longer cold enough to revel in the brooding heavy reds - like syrahs, cabernet sauvignons and malbecs that pair so well with elk, venison and the other heavy red meats of winter that I love during the darkest winter months. But it's also not warm enough to break out the truly refreshing bright light wines of summer. It is...
One of the signs that spring really has arrived is the appearance of mounds of vibrant green spears of asparagus at your local grocers. It has become one of my favorite rituals of the season, heralding a new and bountiful year of fresh garden produce, as the heavier winter roots give way to fresh leafy vegetables. Asparagus is pretty cool stuff, and it has been around for a really long time. The earliest known reference dates back to 3000 BC, where it is depicted on an Egyptian frieze as an offering to the Pharaoh of the day. The Romans...
Varsity Boys Basketball Team Awards: Most Inspirational -Isaiah Lambert & Cruz Ramirez Most Improved - ZachWaggoner Coach Awards: Wyatt Frame - MostValuable Player Isaiah Lambert - Most Valuable Teammate All League: Wyatt Frame Isaiah Lambert All League Honorable Mention: Cruz Ramirez Varsity Girls Basketball Team Awards: Sarah Phillips - Best Defender Jessica Tate - Best Team- mate Samantha Harting - Most Improved Coach Best Player Awards: McKayla BickelhauptSarah Phillips Jessica Tate All... Full story
PRESCOTT - A chilly March breeze at the Tigers' ball fields wouldn't let spectators shake off their winter blues completely. But in every other respect, Saturday's sun-drenched jamboree was the perfect start of the spring sports season for the Touchet Valley teams, their coaches said. "It was a productive day," said Dustin Snedigar, the WP Tigers' head baseball coach. "We got a good look at a lot of kids. It was a success for everyone." Six baseball and softball teams, including the Dayton B... Full story
DAYTON - Dayton track and field head coach Dan Nechodom isn't training athletes to sprint toward districts in May, he's training students to be athletes for life. Nechodom is new to the high school scope of track and field, but the sport is old hat for the former middle school track and field coach of 16 years. For his relatively young team however, that may not be the case. With only two students returning from last year and one other with previous track and field experience, Nechodom has...
This week's column is going to be a bit of a hodge-podge- which is different from a "sinkhole" like the one that opened up in Florida last weekend. (I'm sure some of you won't see the difference between this column and a sinkhole. And to you I say "harrumph!") I'll start things off with a correction to my last column. You may not believe this, but I do proofread my work. I rewrote that column multiple times and not once-not one time until I saw it on newsprint-did I realize I'd written that t...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Prescott track and field head coach Jeff Bartlow might want to apply for the position of UPS driver, because with this year's large turnout of about 40 male and female athletes, logistics will be one of his primary focuses for the 2013 edition of WP track. "It's a great honor to be out again with the kids this year," said the fourth-year head coach and 13-year track and field veteran. "Our boys return enough talent to compete for the district title again. We've won it s... Full story
The Magill farmstead, nestled among the trees along the South Touchet River, is the current home of foreign exchange students Pedro Barbosa of Patos De Minas, Brazil and Thammanoon (T-Noon) Amorchaiyapitak of Bangkok, Thailand. Valarie and Dan Magill, whose bustling household includes their daughter, son-in-law, three young grandchildren, and a bevy of animals, are vet- eran exchange hosts, having opened their home to 12 students since 2006. Vala- rie, Regional Director for Face the World... Full story
WAITSBURG - A room full of more than a dozen three-to-five-year-olds can be daunting, even when you don't have a camera. Last week when a photographer showed up, almost all of the kids at the Waitsburg Parent Cooperative preschool let it be known that they were thrilled to have their pic- tures taken. When teacher Cara Watts suggested they break out the blocks, the exuberant tower builders got busy, and then stood proudly next to their works of art. "My kids aren't shy," she said. The preschool...
March 15: Drew Farley, Arvilla Cyr, Debra Olson, Sara Dimak, Stacey Mohney, Tom K. Baker, Gage Baker, Sharon Puckett, Sara Payne Dimak, and Lolita Clayton. March 16: Edna Clough, Mike Estes, Edith Largent, Carol Heilbrun, Michael Kerry, Guy Keeney, Chenae Dahlstrom, Megan Payne, and Carley Horlacher. March 17: Joan Ruble, John Butler, Winton Lytle, Brian Doering and Kristi Unholz. March 18: Sherrie Larsen, Ben Daniel and Marisa Hoops. March 19: Verna Allen, Elaine Reese, Norma Johnson, Terry Jacoy, Josh Mayberry and E. Neil Stephens. March 20:...
Ten Years Ago March 13, 2003 Seventeen-year-old Jessica Smith will reign as Queen of the 2003 Walla Walla Fair And Frontier Days, which will feature Diamond Rio in concert and Don Johnson as parade marshal. Princesses on the court include two Days of Real Sport alums, Chelsey Murdock of Waitsburg and Amy Smith of Walla Walla. There is only a week remaining until the City Causus, to be held March 20 at 7 p.m. in Ye Town Hall, 121 Main. Incumbents who have committed to re-election are Mark Shively, Marty Dunn, treasurer Jean Hinchliffe, and Debar...
I f you only get one love in your life then the San Francisco bay area might just be mine. This year's visit was no exception. As if something so innate as a new word phrasing could through me off, it seems the younger bay area generation needs a lesson in geography and transparent lifestyles. Geographically speaking, Santa Clara County runs north along the Peninsula from Mountain View to the southern tip of Morgan Hill and does not cross over into San Mateo and San Francisco Counties. Yet, in one breath, bay area broad- casters include...
The wheat futures market as an entity exists to serve one ultimate purpose: to constantly re-discover the balancing point between real supply and demand going forward - that point being the daily/hourly/tick-by-tick price. After all the noise and emotion, along with plenty of "information" that may or may not be relevant, in a downward trend- ing price pattern, the market is seeking to lower the price for wheat enough to cause would-be buyers to step forward and purchase. On the other side of the coin, an upward market is attempting to draw...
Keith Orrin Carpenter died February 22, 2013, of a heart attack, in Angeles City, Philippines. He had moved to the Philippines with plans to retire there in December, 2012. Keith was born Novem- ber 19, 1952 in Walla Walla, Washington to Virgil and Mary Carpenter and raised on the family farm north of Prescott. He attended Waitsburg schools, graduat- ing from Waitsburg High School in 1971. He received an Associate of Arts degree from Walla Walla Commu- nity College in 1973 and a Bachelor of Arts in Educa- tion in 1976 from Eastern Washington... Full story
Dayton 3-5 Theft of student's school supplies was reported on S. 3rd Street. Harassment was reported on S. 5th Street. Minors were reportedly smoking on S. 4th Street. Possible fraud was reported on E. MainStreet. A runaway was reported on Fairgrounds Lane; juvenile waslocated. Possible gunshot was heard on N. Cottonwood Street;deputies were unable to locate any problem. Intoxicated subjectwas reported on W. Main. Trespassing was reported on N. Cot- tonwood Street; deemed unfounded. 3-6 Reckless vehicle was reported on Prater Rd. A vehicle wasr... Full story
The Cowboy Dance during Centennial Days is open to high school students only. This is not a community event. This is a fundraiser for Dayton High School Parents of Graduates 2013 and Waitsburg Associated Student Body. The dance is for area high school students ages 9th grade to 12th grade.... Full story
I promised you this a long time ago and never got around to writing it up, so here you go: the results of Knowledge Bowl Regionals. Yes, they happened a long time ago - two weeks from last Monday, to be exact. But better late than never, right? I came to school at eight o'clock that morning in full "regionals" regalia - my rhinestone-studded Waits- burg Knowledge Bowl t-shirt and coordinating black pants. My hair was tightly braided - I simply cannot think with my hair tickling my ears. I had even lotioned up my hands for extra buzzer...
Dear Editor: The Waitsburg Historical Society is planning a special display of historic Days of Real Sport memorabilia in conjunction with the celebration and events to be held on Saturday, May 18, 2013. We have several items in the collection such as programs, buttons, some photographs, and the photo finish camera but we would like to borrow some additional items that may be of general interest to the public. If anyone has photographs, banners, jockey apparel, or any other items having to do with the DRS over the years we would be interested... Full story
A lice Andison's Standfast ranch is somewhere in the hills near Waitsburg, per- haps just across the county line in Columbia County. Our town isn't described in any great detail in "All Roads Lead Me Back To You,' the debut novel by Walla Walla-based author Kennedy Foster. It's the place the main characters pass through on their way to Walla Walla and it's home to Alice's sister Janet and her kids who help out at Standfast where Alice, the lone patrona, is woe- fully shorthanded until a Mexican... Full story
Why would anyone want to visit little towns like Dayton, Waitsburg, Prescott or Starbuck? They're out in the sticks - hundreds of miles from the nearest big city. There's nothing to do but watch the wheat grow, right? Wrong. As we've been working on preparing the latest edition of the Touchet Valley Visitors' Guide, we're struck once again by the amazing number of great things there are to see and do in our area. We encourage all of our readers to be travel promoters and guides, inviting your friends to visit and then blowing them away with...
PRESCOTT - A group of teachers in the Prescott School District has created a scholarship fund in honor of former athletic director Jack Smiley, with the first recipient expected to be a 2013 graduate. The initiators of the Jack Smiley Memorial Scholar- ship, the Prescott Education Association teachers' union, hope the popular sports fig- ure's reputation and his as- pirations for young studentathletes will inspire Prescott alumni and residents of the Touchet Valley to help sup- port it with...
DAYTON - In late Febru- ary, a local resident arrived at Dayton General Hospital's emergency room in a state of psychiatric crisis. After being examined by medical personnel, he was transferred out of the ER into a hospital bed, and placed under the supervision of a crisis spe- cialist from Blue Mountain Counseling. It was the first case han- dled under a new agreement between Columbia County Health System, which oper- ates the hospital, and Blue Mountain Counseling, who is contracted by the...
