Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON -Touchet Val- ley Television in Dayton will soon offer internet service with blazing speed, equal to that in the big cities. Accord- ing to owner David Klingen- stein, the firm's customers in Dayton will be able to sign up for service at speeds as high as 50-60 megabits per minute. The higher speeds are made possible because of a new fiber optic line installed by a firm called NoaNet. It is part of a project was made possible by federal stimulus grants of $140 million, for expansion of...
"So how are you feeling?" the doctor asked with a smile. My knees haven't felt this good in years, I wanted to tell her. But I didn't. About the only good part of getting a hernia fixed is the lack of physical activity, which does wonders for the old joints. I was visiting Dr. Alexis Driggs last week at her office at Walla Walla Clinic to discuss my progress since she performed hernia repair surgery on me the week before. She said everything looked good, and I told her I felt as good as on...
1 Toddler Storytime (everyMonday) Dayton Memorial Library 11 to 11:30 a.m. Storytime for ages 1through 3 years. Baby Storytime (everyMonday) Dayton Memorial Library 11:30 to 11:45 a.m. Storytime for infants andcrawlers. 2 Preschool Storytime (every Tuesday) Dayton Memorial Library 10 to 10:30 a.m. Storytime at the libraryfor ages 3 through 6 years. Storytime (every Tuesday) Prescott Library 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. Come for a story and acraft geared to preschoolchildren - but all ages arewelcome. Wii Night Prescott Library 5:00 Come to the librar...
ASOTIN - The Dayton Bulldogs baseball team struggled Saturday, losing both ends of a double-header to the Asotin Panthers. The inexperienced bulldogs were shut out in first game, 10-0, as Asotin's pitchers combined for a two-hitter. Lowden Smith and Logan Hays had the teams only hits. Smith pitched a complete game, but the bulldogs gave up 10 runs to the Panthers, while committing 12 errors. In the second game, the Bulldogs scored two runs in the top of the first inning, but ended up with a...
ASOTIN - Dayton's softball team is off to a strong start after taking two victories against Asotin in Saturday's double-header. In the first game, the bulldogs rode a four-run second inning to edge the Lady Panthers 6-5. Pitcher Sam Harting gave up five runs on three hits, with the Dayton girls committing three errors. The Lady Bulldogs had six runs on six hits, with Courtney Mings collecting two hits and Sarah Phillips, Jessica Tate, Lexus Ward and Kellie Moore, each with one. In the second game, Dayton came out strong, scoring three...
DAYTON - This year's relatively clear weather didn't hold up for the Waitsburg-Prescott track and field team, leaving students in the cold twice last week. The meet scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 was rescheduled for Friday, March 29 due to inclement weather but the rescheduled meet had an equally cold reception. Head coach Jeff Bartlow said the event was unforgettable and a moment many students will remember for the rest of their lives. During the meet, snow started to fall and during the boys 3200 and the boys and girls 4x400 relays th...
DAYTON - Dayton's small and young track and field team headed to its first event of the season and was greeted by flurries of excitement, snow flurries that is. The meet was originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 20 but had to be rescheduled to Friday, March 22 due to inclement weather. Friday's weather wasn't much warmer, when flurries picked up during the boys 3200 race. The snow caused runners in the boys and girls 4x400 to be nearly invisible as they headed down the back stretch, head coach Dan Nechodom said. "The meet will be memorable...
TOUCHET -- The Waitsburg Prescott girls softball team struggled with consistency in a tough game against the Touchet Indians Tuesday evening, falling 13-3 in five innings. The team started strong, bringing the second batter around for the first run of the game but the girls couldn't keep up with Touchet's tough team. Head coach Angie Potts said the team struggled with consistency during the non- league game. "It makes (the game) a lot harder when you don't play the way you can play," Potts sai...
Basketball, football and baseball fans in the Touchet Valley may be wondering what happened to former Cardinals head basketball coach T.J. Scott. Scott, who stepped down from his part-time coaching and teaching positions in the area last summer, reports he is alive and well in a remote part of southeast Alaska where he just took a team of Tsimshian Indian high school basketball players to the state title game. The Annette Island Chiefs, who hail from a community 15 miles by floatplane or ferry...
TOUCHET -- The Waitsburg Prescott boys baseball team took down the Touchet Indians Tuesday night 10-5 after a tough game with several big hits and close calls. The WP boys opened strong with three runs in the first inning to Touchet's two. In the second inning, neither team scored. In the third, WP brought two runs around, pulling ahead against Touchet's one run in the third. As the score gap widened, play intensified with big hits from both teams to the fence and beyond testing o...
Columbia County Board of Commissioners March 20, 9:00 a.m. Columbia County Commissioners are: Dwight Robanske, Michael Talbott, and Charles Reeves. Courthouse maintenance issues were discussed: Fill-in help, window painting, window washing, exterior courthouse repair, camera for the cannons and miscellaneous. Citizens are to be encouraged to report wolf sightings. Public Health Funding proposal was approved. Kim Lyonnais, as incoming planner, and Commissioner Talbott were authorized to represent the Board in working out an agreemen...
Tourist season is just around the corner, which means the Touchet Valley will be filling up with visitors taking in special events, the many historic sites on offer, or just visiting local friends and relatives. A host of small boutique hotels in our area offer those visitors a wide variety of lodging experiences. Dayton's best-known boutique hotel, the historic Weinhard on Main Street, recently added two dates in May for a weekend special that has drawn guests from throughout the region - a...
WAITSBURG - At the top of the Waitsburg City Council's agenda this Thurs- day night, 7 p.m., March 28, is the award of the bid for the Seventh Street project. Preparations for the streetwidening and improvement effort are expected to begin at the end of April and heavy excavation work will follow around Memorial Day. Four older trees - two large pines, one large oak and a smaller oak - have been marked for removal, though adjacent homeowners can re- quest replacement trees from the city, City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said. The city has...
Waitsburg Commercial Club March 19, 2013 Minutes of the Annual Meeting and Election of Executive Officers and Board of Directors 36 attendees Waitsburg Court will be elected in April with a queen and princess serving as ambassadors for the City of Waitsburg for one year. The Waitsburg Commer- cial Club will hold a fundraising auction on April 27. Duck race tickets to ben- efit Waitsburg Celebration Days (May 17, 18 and 19), will be available soon. New members given cer- tificates and membership cards include: Fred Gonzales of Star Fitness;...
WAITSBURG - "What highly visible U.S. solar panel corporation that re- ceived a half-billion dollar loan guarantee in the stimulus package went bankrupt in 2011?" " These words were probably derived from what ancient language? Mahatama, stupe, chakra, avatar, kar- ma, banyan, sutra, mantra, musk, nir- vana." Such were the questions faced by six members of the Waitsburg High School Knowledge Bowl team. The team placed ninth in the Washington State Knowledge Bowl Tournament at Ar- lington High Sch...
March 29: Robin Hogan, Austin Beasley, Carroll Smith, Edna Pearson, Jan DeCoria, Bob Stokes, Vanessa Lafer and Karen Peters. March 30: Hubert Kinder Jr., Rosemary Brinkman and Eliza- beth Mercer. March 31: Bob Baim, Steve Ruley, Christopher Hansen, Brandon Watson, John Hansen, Ed Lambert, Jack McCaw, Olena Newbury and Robert Hinchliffe. April 1: Nicole Baker, Mark Clifton, Lawrence Fullerton, Joe Cyr, John DuPree, Lynn Mantz-Powers, Caleb Leisure, Dan Hen- ze, Corinne Kenney Hartley, Angela Rohde and Eric Rohlfing. April 2: Dan Butler, Bill...
Ten Years Ago March 27, 2003 A 16-year-old student from Waitsburg High School recently served as a Washington State Senate page in Olympia. Matt Baker, the son of Loyal and Kathy Baker of Waitsburg, had the opportunity to see politics up close last week as a page under the sponsorship of Sen. Mike Hewitt, R-16th District. "This is a good opportunity for kids to see what happens in the Legislature," said Baker of his experi- ence during the 10th week of the 2003 legislative session. "I had a good time on the Senate floor watching them debate."...
I was talking with a fellow rose grower who thought she'd install a fence along this year's rose garden to detour the deer that cross her property and eat her blossoms before they open. If you have problems in your garden with Deer, forget building a fence to keep them out; Deer jump four-to six foot fences with their eyes closed. In regards to roses, you might plant your bushes in barrels placed on the patio where the animal is less likely to tread. Although, I do recall hearing the sound of little hooves on my patio and upon inspection found...
A s it is with many things these days, all of the markets - wheat, oil, stocks, metals and weather - are hyper- conscious of the effect of government activities. Some more than others, but wheat has always had a particular fond- ness for USDA statistical reports. Contrary to common public opinion, the Department of Agriculture is not strictly set up to run the food stamp program. There is a group of highly professional and hardworking folks in Washington DC and in regional offices around the country whose responsibility it is to provide...
A graveside service for Don Hill will be 2pm, Sat- urday. March 30th, 2013, at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. Pastor Steve Morris will officiate. DonlivedinWaitsburgfor17years. He is survived by daughter Chris Zyskowski, son-in- law Robert Zyskowski; granddaughter Amy Zyskowski (Khat) and husband James Khat; grandson Tony Zys- kowski all of Renton, Washington. Step-son Lyle Gro- shong & wife Mary Groshong of Kent Washington. He was preceded in death by his wife Vera I. Hill Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home 111 South 2nd, Dayton, is assisting the family...
Catherine Marie Hays died peacefully at home on March 22, 2013. Cay was born on January 18, 1943 in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in Vancouver and Spo- kane Washington and gradu- ated from Central Valley High School in 1961. Cay attended Washington State University and received her Bachelor of Arts in 1965. While teaching at Waitsburg High School, she met Bob Hays, whom she married in 1968. After her teaching career, Cay also worked as a social worker in Yakima for Children’s Home Soci- ety, F...
Waitsburg 3-20 Deputy contacted vehicle parked along roadway; vehicleturned out to be stolen. Male and female occupants both had arrest warrants and were arrested and transported to jail. 3-25 Theft reported on South Fork Coppei Road; suspect(s)broke into locked shipping container and took fuel tank andfuel pump. Prescott 3-20 Malicious Mischief reported on North E. Street; vehicletire shot with 9mm. 3-22 Deputy assisted WSP with driver who was arrested forDUI. 3-25 Burglary/theft reported on Hart Road. Suspect enteredshop and took two red gas...
