Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - While teen cigarette smoking and drink- ing is down state-wide ac- cording to a recent Healthy Use Survey, Columbia County teens have stagnated and increased in these risky behaviors. The recent Healthy Use Survey distributed by the Department of Social and Health Services measured substance abuse along with risk factors in youth across the state and the re- sults in Columbia County are cause for a refocus in local communities. The bi-annual survey was administered across the state to m...
WAITSBURG - Paul and Karen Gregutt adopted their beloved Cookie more than a year ago. But they didn't take the three-year-old Terrier Chihuahua mix on an extended car trip until earlier this year when they drove down the coast to be with family in Palm Springs. During their first few nights on the road, they quickly made a discovery. As dog owners, the Waitsburg couple was either charged exorbitant rates or, well, relegated to the dog house. "Places are expensive or shabby," Karen Stanton G...
TOUCHET - The Day- ton baseball team struggled and fell against the Touchet Indians, losing 4-1 Tuesday night. The Bulldogs had a fight- ing chance until late in the game when the Indians ran away with the score. The Bulldogs brought their first runner in during the fifth in- ning, tying the score up 1-1. Later, an error in the outfield allowed two runs to come around for the Indians and put the Bulldogs behind. "We made some mistakes there and they turned a single into a home run," head coach S...
PRESCOTT - The Lady Tigers' offense gave rise to hope for the season, but its defense left much to be desired in Tuesday night's face-off against the Weston- McEwen Tigerscots, head coach Angie Potts said. "We hit the ball better," she said in an interview after the game, which WP lost 20-7. "That was definitely a bright spot. But a game like this doesn't build confi- dence." Although it was a non- league matchup against the team from Oregon, Potts said her players are on notice that they have t...
1 Meters - Varsity - 33. Alex Dill 12.65a 39. DJ Leroue 12.71a 100 Meters - Frosh/Soph 7. Luke Alexenko 12.62a 200 Meters - Varsity 33. Alex Dill 25.75a 400 Meters - Varsity 32. Dalton LaRue 1:02.47a 34. Kevin Aquino 1:04.59a 400 Meters - Frosh/Soph 13. Jada Alfred 1:05.95a 800 Meters - Varsity 30. Zac Brown 2:31.46a 800 Meters - Frosh/Soph 4. Tewedros McDowell2:15.10a 1600 Meters - Varsity 5. Seth Deal 4:36.56a 1600 Meters - Frosh/Soph 17. Tebo Martinelle 5:13.41a 30. Jacob Dingfield 5:29.32a 3200 Meters - Varsity 6. Seth Deal 10:17.02a...
TOUCHET - The Dayton softball team came out on top after a hard-fought game against the Touchet Indians, winning with a final score of 4-2. Dayton opened the first inning with a single from Sarah Phillips. Phillips and second batter Malia Frame were both thrown out on a double play before third batter Jessica Tate was thrown out to end the side's inning. The Indians were able to go through four batters but couldn't get a runner around. In the top of the second inning, cleanup hitter...
PRESCOTT - It took the WP Tigers a few innings to warm up in their Tuesday night game against the hard-hitting Weston McEwen Tigerscots. But when they finally did, there was no stopping their cannon balls and bullet runs, demolishing the visitors 11-5. After being down by as much as 4-0 in the 3rd, the Tigers' ignited in a magical 6th inning, firing on all bats and wielding a home run off a high arcing hit from sophomore Chance Leroue. It landed well beyond the field fence. "When it came off...
WALLA WALLA - Feast Walla Walla will be business as usual on Sat., April 13. This event showcases the hospitality industry of the Walla Walla Valley, promoting the area's un- common quality an abundance of local food, wines, and art. The sixth annual Feast, sponsored by Banner Bank, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Walla Walla's historic, award-winning downtown streetscape provides the backdrop for a fabulous feast for the senses under 'The Big Tent.' Guests sample food and wine featuring the region's many fine restaurants, food purveyors and wine...
WALLA WALLA - The 39th Annual Balloon Stam- pede is looking for volunteers. The Chamber of Com- merce in Walla Walla is invited those who may be interested and their friends and family to join a Volun- teer Meeting on Monday, March 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Chamber. For more information on how you can be a volunteer, please contact the Chamber at 509-525-0850....
DAYTON - Forty-one students from Yamate High School in Yokohama, Japan, will arrive in Dayton on April 12 for a two-week stay. The exchange between Yamate Guikan and Dayton High School has been going on for 44 years. On Monday, April 15, Yamate students will be sharing Japanese culture with the community at the Dayton high school gym, starting at 6 p.m. The public is invited to experience Japan in an interac- tive way. For more information, contact Kristine Warren at the high school at 382-4775....
DAYTON -- The cozy house on Fourth Street in Dayton is a long way from home for exchange students Barbara Brixoto, of Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Stacy Populo of Nantes, France. The girls have made their school-year home with first- time exchange hosts Carl and Zelm (better known as Z) Hargraves, Texas transplants who moved to Dayton two years ago. The Hargraves were en- couraged to participate in the exchange program by their neighbors who had previ- ously hosted students. "It sounded like fun a...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg Elementary will hold kindergarten registration for the fall of 2013 during the week of March 25-28. Regis- tration will be in the elementary office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tues- day, March 25-26, and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednes- day and Thursday, March 27-28. All children who turn five on or before August 31 are eligible to enter kinder- garten in the fall of 2013. A current immunization record and an official state birth certificate will be needed to register. Official Washington State birth...
WAITSBURG - In the band room at Waits- burg High, students pick songs, suggest changes and work together or with music teacher Brad Green to master or adapt the music. In the urban dance ballad Titanium by David Guetta, senior Cheyenne Frohreich works on her Travis picking while senior Matt Hoilman takes a try at bass. In Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men, Green per- forms an accordion solo on an instrument recently donated by Kate Hockersmith, as Alex Leathers plays "the egg." Green pulls up...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at the Wilson-Phillips house just west of the historic Bruce Mansion on W. 4th. Election of officers and annual reports will be featured....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg chapter of Young Life/ Wyldlife is holding a fundraiser for its summer camp pro- gram on Sunday, March 24 at the Waitsburg Elementary School. The Italian dinner dubbed "Italian Nights" will have seating at 5 p.m., 6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted to help send Waitsburg-area kids to summer camp. For more information, call Lori Bartlow at 509-337-8079....
WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to fill one position on the Walla Walla County Planning Commission. For bal- anced representation purposes and in compliance with state statute, applicants from within the boundaries of the District 3 County Commissioner area (generally the western end of Walla Walla county) are sought. Duties consist primarily of conducting public hearings and formulating recommendations to the County Commissioners on a variety of land use policy issues and development codes. A...
WAITSBURG - Kids up to 10 years old and their parents are invited to the annual Easter Egg Hunt co-sponsored by the Waitsburg Commercial Club and the Waitsburg Grange. The hunt starts at 10 a.m. at Preston Park on Saturday, March 30. There will be prizes, chocolate Easter bunnies and, of course, eggs to uncover in the grass, bushes and trees in the park. Skip and Sandy Carpenter, and the Rick Ferguson family help each year with preparations....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Knowledge Bowl team will be competing at the state tournament in Arlington this. Captain EJ Meserve and Team 1 members Emma Philbrook, Maera Baker, Hannah Grant, Alex Leath- ers, Thibault Martinelle (Belgium) and alternate Cherry Dai (China) will be up against the best KB teams from around the state on Saturday, March 23....
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 Bishop, Seth Straayer, Jennifer Pierson, Sandy Baker. March 24: Michael Smith, Fred Hamann, Chloe Pearson, Kim Iverson, Randy Sorick, Jeff Harper, John Dodson and Lacey Maki. March 25: Marilyn Johnson, Lee Brannock and Richard Basel. March 26: Whitney Baker, Rod Estes, Emma Brookshire, Dottie Frohreich, Chet Bond, Jim Kessler, Dawn Nichols and Kris Lytle. March 27: Bill...
Thank you to everyone who provided food, sent cards, stopped at the farm, and offered condolences at the passing of our mom. The Scott Kids Trudy, Tamarra, Tyler, Todd, and families...
Waitsburg 3-15 A building was burglarized on Willard Street, with aDell computer reported missing. Subject on Harmon Street reported being threatened by neighbor because her dogs continued to bark after she was requested to quiet them. Subjecton Wheatland Drive overdosed on medication and was trans- ported to hospital by ambulance. 3-17 Two abandoned vehicles, on Dewitt Road, were towedafter being left behind by drivers. It appears drivers avoidedlaw enforcement contact because they were drinking andunderage. Prescott 3-16 Unwanted phone calls...
Last week was the single busiest week of my high school career thus far. I'll start with Sunday. Sunday was the final perfor- mance of this year's TVAC variety show, 'The Good, The Bad, and Everyone Else.' I was in that production. I hurried to the dressing room half an hour before the show started, shucked off my street clothes and threw on a full-body leotard, a green shirt, a leather belt, a pair of canvas boots and a boyish wig. A few swipes of earth- tone makeup later, I was Peter Pan. Over the course of two hours, I dashed in and out of t...
PULLMAN - As a mem- ber of the Washington News- paper Publishers Associa- tion, a group that represents smaller newspapers like The Times, I was invited to be a publisher-in-residence at WSU for two days earlier this month. In front of about a dozen different classes and groups of students, I explored the importance of fundamental writing skills in my career and theirs. They were from different majors, including journalism, public relations, advertising and marketing. I also met with the staff...
