Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - For the first time last weekend, Dayton High School teacher Steve McLean took four of his students to a regional robotics competition and came home with a trophy. "It's something like I've never seen before in my life," McLean said. McLean and his students, Alex Eaton, Demitri Tziouvaras, Lincoln Riley and James Costello, traveled to Central Washington University with their robot last weekend to go up against teams from Boise, California and even Seattle. Local cities Rosalia and...
WAITSBURG - - Most Waitsburgers know Mickey Richards as "Izzy's Dad." But what many don't know is that the affable owner of the town's iconic dromedary is as good a dancer as he is a camel handler. If you'd have set foot in Walla Walla's Heath & Co. (now Barnabees) in the 1980s, chances are you'd have seen Richards practice or teach the two-step, waltz, polka or any country dance routine as often as six days a week. "I practically lived there," he said. "It was a bad day when it closed." But...
COLTON - The Lady Bulldogs were no match for the solid team from Colton High School. Dayton lost to the Colton Wildcats in a non-league doubleheader last Saturday, 16-6, and 10-0. In the first game, both were played on Wildcat turf, Dayton earned six runs, six hits and made seven errors. Colton had 16 runs, 10 hits and made no errors. Assistant coach Desirae Jones had said earlier in the week she knew Colton was a tough team and Saturday would be challenging for the Bulldogs. It turned out to be just as challenging as she had thought. " Colton...
DAYTON -- The Dayton Bulldogs boys baseball team split Saturday, falling in the first game of the doubleheader at Dayton against the Colton Wildcats, 14-6, and winning the second, also against the Wildcats, 11-12. This brought the Bulldogs' record to 5-1 all, and 2-0, in division games. The team got off to a challenging start when senior Colton Bickelhaupt injured his back sliding into home during the second inning of the first game. Bickelhaupt dislocated his shoulder during a state basketball...
PRESCOTT - It was a mixed bag Tuesday for the WP Tigers Softball team that came from behind in both games against Riverside, losing the first by one point, 9-8, and winning the second game, 15-10. "We had a lot of mental errors in the first game," head coach Angie Potts said. "The girls battle back when they're down." The WP Tigers didn't know what to expect from Riverside on Tuesday because they had never played them before, Potts said. In the third inning of the first game, the Tigers started... Full story
MILTON-FREEWATER -- The Waitsburg-Prescott track and field team traveled to Milton-Freewater, Ore., last Friday to compete in the Carnival of Speed, the team's fourth meet of the season. Despite team members beating personal records and three competitors, two from the boys and one from the girls, taking multiple firsts, the teams were unable to place first in the meet. As a team, men's varsity took second with a score of 85 and women's varsity took tenth with a score of 29. Head coach Jeff Bartl...
PRESCOTT - The WP Tigers blew by the Riverside Pirates Tuesday afternoon, 8-2. It was a pretty easy day for the Tigers. The home team held the Pirates to 0 points on the board all the way until the seventh inning. The Tigers had an awesome day stealing bases and WP pitcher Zach Bartlow was hot throughout and threw many strikeouts. Through the ace pitching and great Tiger offense, it seemed the Pirates couldn't buy a run. Bartlow stole second base after a single in the third inning. A great hit... Full story
DAYTON - Dayton High School senior Paisley DeSiga is bringing an improve comedy show to the Liberty Theater to raise money for the theater's new projector. The show, "An Evening in Improv" featuring The Blue Door Theatre, the Inland Northwest's premier improv group, will be at 7 p.m., Saturday at Liberty Theater in Dayton. Tickets are $10 each or $8 for students. "It has never before been done at the Liberty Theater," DeSiga said of her production . D eSiga, 17, has been working since October...
DAYTON - A Dayton man arrested in February under the charges that he committed two commercial burglaries and two attempted break ins around the city was sentenced last Thursday to 51 months in prison. Glen E. Dennison, 43, was arrested and booked into Columbia County Jail in mid-February. Dennison was a resident of the Patit Creek Congregate Care Facility, an assisted living residence in Dayton, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. He was held and tried on charges of two counts of burglary of the second degree, two counts of attem... Full story
April 11: Bill Huston, Mrs. Dale Rodgers, Lavonne Hamilton and Jessica Robinson. April 12: Carla Nordheim, Nathan Bartlow, George Pulliam, Doug Long, Kelly Lambert, Clarece Newbury, Lynn Fenton, Andrew Chase Baker, Andrea Jacoy, Molly Baker, Betty Katsel and Jennifer Cooper. April 13: Kris Halley, Teresa Abel, Charie Flanigan, Teresa Allen, Justin Land and Jocelyn Leid Erikson. April 14: Marnie Ng, Jason Kenney, Robert Hernandez, KC Price, Trac Katsel and Ian Withers. April 15: Eric Collingwood, Sharon Morris, Carla White. April 16: Lynne...
Waitsburg 4-6 One-vehicle collision on Taggart Road near Maple Street, no injuries, driver lost control of vehicle and hit a fence, driver cited for no proof of insurance. 4-9 Residential burglary reported on South Fork Coppei Road, woodsplitting tools, wrenches and a chain saw were stolen, no suspects at this time. A caller reported an open beer bottle had been thrown at a vehicle on West Eighth Street, the bottle broke the windshield and dented the roof. Lost wallet reported on Maple Street. Dayton 4-3 Prisoner work crew on East Main Street....
This weekend, Town & Country Catering Made and delivered a Caramelized Portobello Artichoke Lasagna to a party planner who needed the convenience of a caterer who would make and deliver the dish and suggest a wine pairing: Locati Cellars 100 percent '08 Barbera red wine. About this wine: Winemaker Michael Locati of Walla Walla understands what the Emilia-Romagna Barbera wine should be; a big chewy, fruity, foodfriendly wine at just $25 a bottle. Wine Tasting Notes: with nose buried deep in the glass, a high palate of crushed Bing cherry opens t... Full story
Ten Years Ago April 12, 2002 City Council approves M&O levy for the city. The voters in Waitsburg will decide whether they will raise property taxes through a maintenance and operation levy in a May 21 vote-by-mail election. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 16, 1987 Research shows director district voter population varies greatly. As a school board candidate a few years ago, Bill Wolford noticed that some of Waitsburg School District's five directors districts seemed to have more voters than others. Fifty Years Ago April 13, 1962 Construction of...
DAYTON - Loren Mullins, of Dayton, was sentenced last Thursday to 22 months in prison for charges related to a trespass incident last February. Mullins was arrested and booked into Columbia County Jail on Feb. 6 following two trespassing reports, according to Rea Culwell, Columbia County prosecutor. A 911 call was made to law enforcement from Mullins' neighbors that evening, reporting that he was trespassing on their property. Culwell said the sheriff's deputies made contact with Mullins and requested he remove himself from the property. About... Full story
DAYTON DAYS PARADE DAYTON - The Dayton Days Parade is on this year. The parade has been scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, May 26 in downtown Dayton. Last week, it was reported that the horse races will not return to Dayton Days and it was then unknown whether a parade would be held again. FREE BOAT INSPECTIONS OFFERED DAYTON - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office will provide courtesy boat inspections between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Deputies will perform safety and regulatory checks on all boats...
In the March 22 and March 29 issues of the Times, Times staff members duplicated the Pioneer Portraits in both issues to correct a previous mistake. The correct Pioneer Portraits can be found in this issue.... Full story
Waitsburg Memorial Scholarship Fund In memory of Glena "Lee" Nichols From David & Sherri Morris...
In the last week, Chicago May wheat futures prices have declined 30 cents from the quick spike high created at the end of March. White wheat for August delivery "new crop" in Portland declined about a dime to 15 cents in the same period, showing about $6.55, refl ecting a stable Pacific Rim market. There was a Tuesday morning USDA acreage and stocks report released before the opening of the trading session. For wheat it was a not eventful, as the survey of analysts showed previous guesses were spot-on, with an average guess of 792 million...
Back To The Mountain! WAITSBURG - Rebecca Wilson and others at Waitsburg Elementary are working hard to bring back Ski Bluewood lessons for the fifth grade class for next school year. "I just decided to go ahead and go for it," Wilson said. She teaches music and fitness at the elementary school and has been a ski coach for Special Olympics. "I can see how much that program is valued for students," Wilson said. Pam Conover organized the fundraisers and the ski program for about four years at the... Full story
One of the common topics we seem to write about in the Times has been burglary. Frankly, I have been surprised by how many burglaries have been reported and actually taken place in our valley, specifically in Dayton. When writing a story last month after a couple of burglaries in Starbuck, our Columbia County Sheriff Walt Hessler said the economy is to blame for the rise in burglaries. Also, offenders getting out of the state prison too early may be a factor, he said. Part of the reason burglary has also been in the limelight lately is because... Full story
WALLA WALLA - A Walla Walla mother of two and educator has always known she was going to run for public office and has set her sights on current County Commissioner Perry Dozier's seat. Chris Blackman, 42, is ready to bring new ideas and perspectives to the table. She filed with the county to run against Dozier for the District 2 seat in the August primary. Dozier is also running to maintain his seat. "She's very driven," said Blackman's campaign committee chairwoman, Tracy Custoldi. "She hasn't... Full story
