Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Anderson Perry & Associates engineer Eric Zitterkopf was on hand at a March 10 community meeting in Waitsburg to answer questions surrounding design plans for the Main Street Bridge that is scheduled to be replaced in the summer of 2017. The meeting was initiated after the city council was asked to choose railing designs at their February meeting. Council members wanted to know why detailed design decisions are required so early in the process, and requested more time to seek p...
Dog walkers crossed Waitsburg's Main Street under a stormy sky on Tuesday afternoon....
DAYTON – At their meeting on March 9, Port of Columbia Commissioners heard from port manager Jennie Dickinson that progress is being made to turn rail operations for the Palouse and Coulee City short rail over to Frontier Rail, LLC. Dickinson said the current rail operator, Watco, is completely willing to turn rail operations over to Frontier, but that the process is still in legal review. Dickinson said there are 39 miles of rail, with eight bridges and their approaches, for the new railroad o...
Preston Hall Student Spotlight Students of the Month for February were (l to r): Violet Beckman, 6th grade; Riley Hubbard, 7th grade; McKellyn Bradham, 8th grade....
Ten Years Ago March 23, 2006 Leadership in the senior citizen ranks and faithful service with recycling efforts in the Touchet Valley were recognized by the members of the Waitsburg Commercial Club at its Annual Meeting last Tuesday, as Lillian Judd and Jack Cyr were named Co-Community Service Award recipients. Ballots for the City of Watisburg’s first-ever all-mail city election were posted this week in Waitsburg. Ballots are being mailed to all registered voters in the city and must be postmarked by Monday, April 3, 2006, or returned to Waits...
Waitsburg/Prescott Nothing reported. Columbia County Feb. 21 Burglary reported at buildings on US12, MP361. Feb. 22 William Tewalt, 45, Dayton was arrested on two Benton County warrants. Approx. seven bags of pellets were stolenfrom the 1000 block of S. 4th St. Report of a shop on Hatley Gulch Rd. burglarized during the winter. Air compressor, welder, oxyacetylene tanks were reported missing. Parties were separated ina loud family disagreement in the 200 block of N. 2nd. Feb. 23 Jonathan Weis, 22, Waitsburg was transported from Walla Walla and...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Presbyterian Church will host a free Easter Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. on March 27. Everyone is invited to bring the whole family and enjoy a free homemade breakfast....
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: John Hazelbaker, Arlene Winnett, Andrew Wright, Kristopher Patton, Stacey Grende and Paul John. March 21: Brad Huffman, Doris Williams, Linda Stonecipher, Margie Huwe, Lane Huffman, Rebecca Stokes, Ken Lenhart. March 22: Garrett Buffington, Kenneth Lewis, Mary Hamblen, Gia Fluharty, Amy Morrow and Cole Janovich. March 23: Jayce Bayer, Sally Baker, Mary Hunziker, Beryl Witt, Ron...
Two years ago last month, I filed a public-records request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of my reporting into the flawed response to Hurricane Sandy. Then, I waited. The Freedom of Information Act requires a response within 20 business days, but agencies routinely blow that deadline. Eight months later, ProPublica and NPR published our investigation into the Sandy response, but it did not include any documents from FEMA. The agency had simply never gotten back to me. Finally, this Feb. 10 -- 492 business days past the law’s...
It would be easy to look at Facebook’s recent acquisition of the startup Masquerade and scratch your head. Why, you might wonder, would a company worth roughly $300 billion want to buy a company dedicated solely to putting goofy animations over people’s selfies? But the answer is there if you look at how Facebook has evolved over the years. The social media network is dominant, but it’s also in a constant battle to be cool -- or at least just cool enough to stay relevant without being confusing for the older people on the network. Snapc...
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Dear Editor, Thank you to the mystery person who left the large bowl of flowers on my front porch. It was a wonderful surprise and cheers me every time I see it. Jan Cronkhite Waitsburg...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Elementary School will hold kindergarten registration for the fall of 2016 on Mon.-Thurs., March 28-31. Registration will be in the elementary office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. All children who turn five, on or before, August 31 and live within the Waitsburg School District boundaries are eligible to register for kindergarten for the fall of 2016. A current immunization record and an official state birth certificate will be needed to register. Official...
WAITSBURG - Parents with children in Grades 5-8 are invited to the Waitsburg School District HIV/AIDS Parent Preview Night on Mon., March 21 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Board Room at Preston Hall Middle School, 621 Main St. 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 or legal ward excluded from participation in the HIV/AIDS...
WALLA WALLA – Whitman College invites students and families to an evening talk titled “Daring to Dream Big – A Journey from the Wheat Fields to Outer Space.” The talk will be given by astronaut and Whitman graduate Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger who will share the story of how she went from being a high school science teacher to an astronaut. The event will be held at Whitman’s Young Ballroom (Reid Campus Center) on Mon., April 4 at 7 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public....
WALLA WALLA – The Lincoln High School drama department will perform Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland, March 24-26. Tickets are pay what you will and donations are appreciated. Performances dates and times are Thurs. and Fri., March 24-25 at 7 p.m. and Sat., March 26 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Kids who attend Saturday’s 2 p.m. performance will have an opportunity to get their pictures taken with their favorite characters. Lincoln High School is located at 421 S. 4th Ave. in Walla Walla. Contact Jeremy Gradwohl at 526-8516 for more infor...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical Society will hold its annual meeting at the Waitsburg Fire Station, located on Main Street, on Mon., Mar 28 at 10 a.m. Anyone interested in learning more about the Historical Society is invited to attend....
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Lions have joined with The FrogHollow Band to throw a benefit concert with dinner at the Prescott Lions Hall on Sat.. March 19 from 7-10 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to Bryan Johnson, who has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, to help with medical expenses. Admission is $10 and includes a chili dinner and dancing. Cold beverages will also be available for purchase....
DAYTON – Kids in Dayton are invited to spend Saturday morning before Easter in the city park hunting for Easter Eggs. The annual Easter Egg Hunt will begin March 26 at 11 a.m. in the Dayton City Park. Areas will be set aside for kids in four separate age groups. A separate area will be available for kids needing parental assistance. This year’s Easter Egg Hunt is sponsored by the Dayton Kiwanis Club and Washington Federal Bank. For more information, contact Judi Pilcher at (509) 382-4771....
Courtesy Photos Waitsburg and Prescott school district's inducted new members into the National Honor Society at a ceremony at DeSales High School on March 9....
DAYTON - "Fresh-picked," "sour," "leafy," "crunchy," "spherical" and "spikey" are just a few of the adjectives students in Ms. Wamble's Kindergarten/first grade classroom used to describe the smell, appearance, taste, and sound of a variety of salad greens and oranges they sampled at last week's presentation by Vickie Hodgson, a health educator with the Columbia County Health Department. Since the fall of 2015, Hodgson has been making interactive presentations every six weeks, in all four K-1 cl...
DAYTON--A book chat for people who like to read, reading with a dog for children, and a contest to help design new library cards, are in the works at the Dayton Memorial Library. "Sit, Stay, Read" is an activity that will help children improve their reading skills and reading confidence, according to the children's librarian Carolyn Laib. Laib said that on Fridays at 3:30 p. m., beginning on March 18, children can cuddle up and read with Tex, Laib's three-year-old Australian shepherd. Tex has...
DAYTON-At the regular school board meeting on March 2, Superintendent Doug Johnson administered the oath of office to its newest school board director, Justin Jaech, Sr. The directors also presented outgoing director Steve Martin with a plaque in appreciation of his many years of service on the board. "If anybody deserves recognition, you do," said board chairman Dan Butler. Martin told the directors that his availability to meet the requirements of serving on the school board had been getting...
WAITSBURG – School Board Chair Ross Hamann urged fellow board members to keep discussions on the recently failed capital projects bond a priority at last week's board meeting. Topping his concerns is the potential loss of funds donated to help replace the district field house – one of the items included in the failed bond levy. In a prior interview with The Times, Hamann explained that, in 2011, an anonymous donor gave $40,000, administered through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation, to the...
WSU's Global Services Director, Cheryl Hansen, reflects on her journey from Waitsburg to the world The following is adapted from a speech recently given by former Waitsburg resident Cheryl Hansen, who is the Director of Global Services at Washington State University. Cheryl, daughter of Geraine and the late Jim Hansen, addressed college students at a recent professional sharing night, describing how she, a small-town girl from eastern Washington became interested in the world and ended up...
