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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Extra tables were quickly pulled into place at Town Hall on Saturday afternoon as attendance at the American Legion Post #35 Spring Conference exceeded expectations. The first big event for new Legion Commander, Ron Standring, and wife Cindy Standring, was a roaring success. "I think everyone enjoyed it and it went really well," said Ron. Attendees enjoyed a lunch of pulled pork and BBQ chicken, baked beans, salads and desserts with the Barnstormers providing lunchtime...
DAYTON - After 30 hours of airplane riding and an unforgettable day spent on Iwo Jima Island, Owen Agenbroad returned home to Dayton late last month. "I got a bad case of TB (tired butt) syndrome," said Agenbroad, who will soon turn 91. As The Times reported a couple of weeks ago, Agenbroad made the trip not only to revisit for the first time the island where he fought as a marine in the famous 1945 battle, which killed more than 10,000 American and Japanese soldiers. He also returned a...
PRESCOTT - More than 20 people - ranging in age from single digits to those in their 80's - attended the first Steering Committee meeting of the temporarily titled "Vacant Lot Project." Through the project, Prescott area community members will work with nationally known artist Milenko Matanovic and the Pomegranate Center, to create a "gathering place" in the burned out lot between the Tuxedo Tavern and the Prescott Library on "D" Street. The project is funded by a $25,000 Pomegranate Center...
WP Mens Results 100 Meters 18. Al Sessay 12.53a 23. Joe Leamy 12.81a 39. Reshaun Crocket 13.44a...
WP Mens Results 100 Meters 5. Travis Crocket 12.28 6. Al Sessay 12.29 11. Joe Leamy 12.72 15. Jesse Benson 12.91 17. Jacob Hargrove 13.16 Ivan Figueroa DNS Kevin Aquino DNS 200 Meters...
Dayton High School Baseball 2014 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time # games...
Waitsburg-Prescott High School Baseball 2014 Schedule Date Opponent Location Start time Tues., April 15 Pomeroy (1) (V) Prescott 4:00 Sat., April 19 Tri-Cities Prep (2) (V) TCP 11:00 Mon., April 21 Mac-Hi(1) (JV) Prescott 4:00 Wed., April 23 Weston McEwen(1) (Jv only) Athena 4:00 Sat.,April 26 Dayton (2) (V) Prescott 11:00 Tues., April 29 Boardman(1) (V) Prescott 4:00 Wed., April 30 WWVA (1) (JV) Prescott 4:00 Sat., May 3 SJELW (2) (V) Prescott 11:00 Mon., May 5 Mac-Hi (1) (JV only) Milton-Freewater 4:00 Tues.,May 6 DeSales (2) (V) Walla Walla...
Saturday, April 5 (Double Header, Game 1) DeSales 12, Dayton 1 Dayton 100 00 - 1 1 2 DeSales 192 00 - 12 4 3 Mings and Frame. Lyons and Thomas. Hits — Day: Mings; DeS: Lyons, Brown , Downing , B. James. (Game 2) DeSales 9, Dayton 1 Dayton 000 001 0 - 1 3 3 DeSales 010 323 0 - 9 14 3 Robins and Mings. Lyons and Thomas. Hits — Day: Johnson 2, Becker. DeS: Acock 2, Thomas, Lyons 4, Brown 3, B. James 2, A. James, Hamada....
WAITSBURG - Last year Deanne Johnson was inspired by a television show in which a struggling east coast business was helped through economic difficulties by locals supporting the business with cash mob style shopping days. "I couldn't help but wonder what would happen if we did that here," said Johnson. Johnson called the Waitsburg shopping days "What If?" Days and encouraged locals to grab friends and spend a few bucks at a local business. "I asked people to take someone they know to the business. Maybe they won't find anything they need, but...
WALLA WALLA - The WP boys' track and field team dominated the District 9 meet in Walla Walla on April 2. The Cardinals finished with 146.5 points, more than doubling second place DeSales. WP winners included Kevin Aquino in the 400 meters (WP took the top eight places), Owen Lanning in both the 110m and 300m hurdles (Kobie Brown was a strong second in the 110), Nate Bartlow in the shot put, Brandon Penner in the discus, Kobie Brown in the high jump and Owen Lanning in the triple jump. "Brandon Penner was a huge highlight on Wednesday," said WP...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers Softball team took two wins in a double-header against the District 7 Liberty Christian Patriots at Prescott on Thursday, April 3. The Tigers came out strong in game one. The Patriots made two runs in the first inning but the Tigers held them there throughout the game. Hannah Grant hit a solo home run in inning three and Paige Wood had a tworun homer in the fourth. "We hit the ball really well and played outstanding defense," said WP Coach Angie Potts. "Jaidyn Brown did...
DeSales 9-11, Dayton 0-0 WALLA WALLA - The Dayton Bulldogs hit a buzz saw Saturday in the form of the DeSales Irish, as they were shut out on both ends of a double-header. After losing the first game 9-0, Irish Pitcher Adam Eskil threw a no-hitter against the Bulldogs, as DeSales won 11-0. Dayton Pitcher Lowden Smith had good game 1, giving up only four hits. But six Bulldog errors allowed the Irish to run away with the game early. They were up by eight runs after the first two innings. Ben Kleck got Dayton's only hit of the game. In the...
MILTON- FREEWATER - Dayton's' Kaitlyn Andrews continued her dominance of the javelin competition at each event she attends - even against competitors from much larger schools. Last week's Carnival of Speed track and field meet here featured athletes from schools of all sizes from northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. Andrews' winning throw of 112 feet, 10 inches was sub-par for her, but she easily outdistanced the competition from schools like Pendleton, Umatilla and Wa-Hi. Andrews, a...
WAITSBURG - High School Senior Kimmie Hamann is focusing on what it takes for a child to become a successful reader and literate American in her senior project titled, 'Literacy in America'. As part of her project, Hamann is holding a book drive which will run through Monday, April 28. Drop-off locations include all Waitsburg schools and the Waitsburg branch of the AmericanWest Bank. All new and gently used books for babies through adults would be greatly appreciated. The books will be donated to the Waitsburg School District as well as local...
WAITSBURG - It's a rare occasion when the field on the west side of the Highway, on Waitsburg's south side, receives more attention than Izzy the camel's turf on the east. But such was the case last week. Dozens of Waitsburg students joined Mc- Gregor Company staff and Ag Center for Excellence representatives in an FFA-hosted Nutrients for Life Field Day in Perry Dozier's field on Thursday afternoon. FFA Vice President Kimmie Hamann spearheaded the event as the culminating activity in Waitsburg...
WAITSBURG - Due to Spring Break, the date of the Waitsburg School Board Meeting has been changed to April 16. The board will hold a public work session at 6:30 p.m. to receive information and input regarding grade level configurations, scheduling and certificated staffing for 2014-2015. The work session will be followed immediately by the Board meeting. New business agenda items include: request for a waiver from minimum 180 day school year, bid for driveway to Academy parking lot, Waitsburg-Prescott athletic Combine, certificated staffing,...
PRESCOTT - What do historical fiction, science fantasy, romance and stories of the supernatural hold in common? In this instance, it's the author - Prescott's very own Susan Matley. Best known by locals as Cimarron Sue, Matley spends her days rehearsing music with her husband Bruce (aka Nevada Slim), and honing the craft of writing. Matley has had several short stories published and recently sold her first book - a science fantasy novella - to WolfSinger Publications. Born and raised in Port...
DAYTON -- Private forest landowners are invited to participate in a series of forest management workshops to be held at the Columbia Fire District 3 meeting room (206 West Main, Dayton). Workshops will take place on Saturday, April 26 and Saturday, May 31 from 9 a.m. to noon. A brief field trip will follow each workshop. "Maintaining and Enhancing your Forest's Health" is the topic of the April 26 workshop. Forest professionals Steve McConnell and Mike Johnson will help landowners identify threats to the health of forest stands, including...
DAYTON - High School Senior Tanner Sousley has received permission from the county to host a clean-up day at Bundy Hollow Cemetery at noon on April 19, as a community service project. Tanner became interested in cleaning up the site because he has relatives buried in the cemetery. Volunteers will remove brush, repair headstones, weed and possibly plant some perennials that will withstand hot temperatures. All volunteers are welcome. Community members are encouraged to donate water for the laborers, flowers, soil, machines, tractors or tools...
Dear Editor, SCHOOL BOND LEVY - Received the ballots and glossy promotion flyers in the mail April 4. I will NOT be voting for this measure. Since moving to Dayton in 1996, we have always voted pro-school levies and supported Dayton schools in other ways. Concerning the new bond issue - we understand the need to improve safety, security, quality, energy savings, accessibility, and to modernize, yet preserve and repair, the historic building. However, I have questions concerning reasoning and cost of the proposed renovation. 1. The flyer speaks...
Dear Editor, I am very grateful for the support the citizens of Dayton have shown to our school system. I hope that the Dayton campus wide school improvement bond that is being presented will also garner positive support. Our mechanical systems and facilities have reached their useful life span. We see progressing expenses in the attempts to maintain and repair the aging infrastructure, which will ultimately impacts the dollars we have available for educating students. Increasing demands in educational standards require more space for state...
Dear Editor I've been thinking about the upcoming school levy and there are many reasons not to pass this measure. 1. The economy here simply can't support this. Our taxes are high enough. Our political future is still unknown. We can be sure power, food, fuel and everything else will keep going up. At this point more expense and bigger budgets are financial suicide. We need to think about living within our means and quit asking the taxpayer to pick up the tab. 2. Landowners and/or farmers will pay considerable more. Not only do we own our...
Dear Editor, I've read up about the Dayton School District Campus (http://daytoncitizensforeducation.com/wp/) and bond issue, and I've realized that it needs a severe overhaul (a drive by the school area indicates that). Just from a facilities standpoint alone, I would hope all citizens would want to see things upgraded and brought up to standards for the kids' sake. Reading up on the science classrooms, I noticed that they are grossly inadequate for teaching science, and I applaud the efforts of those and other teachers in dealing with their...
You wanna know what the world’s biggest rip-off is? Paying $51 for a twopage PDF, four hours’ rent on a rickety plastic chair, a booklet full of math questions I don’t particularly want to answer, and the privilege of attending school on a Saturday. Well, then again, nothing about the SAT makes much sense. Or, at least, it didn’t make much sense until I found a handy little book called “The Ultimate Guide to Not Failing Standardized Tests”. It was only $1.99 – can you believe it? Anyway, now I...
Next Door to The Times's office in Waitsburg is a lovely coffee shop called the Coppei Café. We have a door directly into it - we don't even have to go outside. Last Thursday I ordered a tall latte and sat down in a comfortable chair in the café, along with all of the members of the Washington State Legislature who represent our 16th district. They were there to talk about the recent legislative session. The three of them - Senator Mike Hewitt, Representative Maureen Walsh and Representative Ter...
