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John Langford of Waitsburg's Public Works crew checked out a light fixture and smiled for the camera while replacing the city boulevard banners with newly purchased Waitsburg Celebration Days banners last week. Plans are well underway for the traditional Celebration Days weekend that takes place the third weekend of May each year....
DAYTON-Dayton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Andrew Holt has accepted a position with the Downtown Association of Yakima, where he will be tasked with the revitalization and support of that city's downtown area. "The job will be similar to my duties here, as the Main Street contact and coordinator of chamber-sponsored events," Holt said. Holt said that up to now, the position in Yakima has been a half-time position, but he will step in as a full-time manager. "It is an exciting...
WAITSBURG – Approximately two dozen citizens showed up to hear from candidates at the April 10 Waitsburg City Elections Candidate's Forum, hosted by the Waitsburg Commercial Club, and held at Town Hall. The mayoral candidates, incumbent Marty Dunn and Deb Callahan, were on hand, along with incumbent council candidates Karen Gregutt, Kate Hockersmith, Kevin House, and KC Kuykendall, and first-time council candidates Lane Hill, Terry Jacoy, Dave Paxton, and Jim Romine. First-time filers Lisa M...
WAITSBURG/DAYTON –Easter activities abound this weekend. Several Easter Egg hunts will take place on Sat., April 15 as well as special Easter services and breakfasts on Sun., April 16. The Waitsburg Grange and Commercial Club will host their annual hunt, complete with prizes and a visit from the Easter Bunny, at 10 a.m at Preston Park. Dayton’s Community Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Washington Federal Bank and the Dayton Kiwanis Club, will take place at the Dayton City Park at 10 a.m. on Saturday, also. The hunt is open to children ages 1-1...
Elizabeth Elmyra (Myra) Bloor was born on November 29, 1925 in Dayton, Wash. to Lillie and William Wardrip. She died on April 7, 2017 in Richland, Wash. She attended school in Waitsburg and graduated from high school in 1944. She married Ben Bloor on March 6, 1949. They had two children, Bill and Terry. She delivered mail for many years in rural Prescott. She had a close relationship with those on her mail route and many left her Christmas presents in their mailboxes. Myra was a great daughter,...
Michael and Genna Bessey's family grew by two feet last week. Ashlynn Renee Bessey was born April 3, 2017 at St. Mary's Providence Hospital in Walla Walla, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz. Grandparents are Herb & Norma Bessey of Waitsburg and Larry and Jill Palmer of Garfield, Wash. Great Grandparents include Nancy Nickerson of Idaho Falls, Idaho and George and Joyce Strong of Potlatch, Ida. Ashlynn joins her brother, Carter at their home near Prescott, Washington....
Ten Years Ago April 19, 2007 W.H.S. graduate Laura (Lybecker) Tarp, daughter of Carolyn Lybecker of Waitsburg and the late Norman “Gus” Lybecker, was awarded the 2007 ProStart Teacher of the Year award by the Washington Education Foundation in early April. Driving tractor last Monday, Waitsburg farmer Bruce Abbey heard the news of the Virginia Tech shootings and his “heart jumped.” Beth Abbey, Bruce and Barbara Abbey’s daughter and a 1999 graduate of Waitsburg High School, is pursuing her Ph.D. in exercise nutrition at Virginia Tech, and the go...
DAYTON – The Dayton United Brethren Church Choir (1106 S. 4th) will present “Unfailing Love!” and Easter Cantata on Sun., April 16 at 10:45 a.m. All are invited....
Arraignments: -Jason Jerome Fox, 35, Kennewick; Charged with 2 counts of violoation of protection order – 2 priors, a Class C felony. He entered a not guilty plea, bond was set at $10,000 and trial setting was scheduled for April 19. -Lonnie Lee Montoya, 37, Dixie; charged with attempting to elude a police vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting arrest, driving with a suspended license – third degree. He allegedly attempted to elude an officer in a marked vehicle who wanted him to pull over for a traffic infraction. Montoya rep...
April 14: Marnie Ng, Jason Kenney, Robert Hernandez, KC Price and Trac Katsel. April 15: Eric Collingwood, Sharon Morris, Carla White. April 16: Lynne Jones Simpson, Dora Loveall, Sandy McCaw, Taryn Chromy, Christina Page, Naomi Kulp, Kelsey Alleman and Butch Peck. April 17: Daniel Baker, Melissa Huwe, Martin Huffman, Joseph Wood, and Drew Herion. April 18: Doris Saunders, Wayne Boyles, Margaret Baird, Tylor Abel, Dick Peterson, Jeff Presler, Emily Jansen, Russ Knopp and Josh Hunter. April 19: Stephanie Hinchliffe, Ross Hamann, Bruce Abbey,...
Stung by the collapse of the Republican plan to reshape the U.S. health-care system, President Donald Trump’s White House says that it’s taking charge of the next big GOP initiative: tax reform. What it wants and who will manage the effort isn’t clear, but here are some legislative approaches the administration could pursue: --A sweeping tax-reform plan with huge cuts in tax rates balanced by elimination of special-interest tax advantages, plus a massive infrastructure-spending bill. This approach would be aimed at winning bipartisan suppo...
Impulse control is unfashionable as well as unpresidential, but perhaps you should resist the urge to trip people who stride briskly down the sidewalk fixated on their phone screens, absorbed in texting and feeling entitled to expect others to make way. New technologies are shaping behaviors and dissolving civilities. In 2005, Lynne Truss, in her book “Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door,” presciently said we were slouching into “an age of social autism” with a...
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Last week in Gaborone, Botswana, Laura and I sat in a small room in Tlokweng Main Clinic, a facility that recently started screening and treating women for cervical cancer. Seated with us was Leithailwe Wale, a 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the disease. Thanks to early detection and access to treatment, she told us, today she is alive, healthy and able to raise her son. Good news like Leithailwe’s is becoming increasingly common in five African countries where Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon is operating. Since leaving the White House, L...
WAITSBURG – Walla Walla County is right on track with their timeline for selecting a new Fairgrounds Manager. Interim Fairgrounds Manager Perry Dozier will hand over the reins to newly selected manager William "Bill" Ogg, of Greeley, Colo., on April 17. Commissioner Todd Kimball, who took the lead to fill the vacancy. said he is impressed with Ogg's experience. "Bill's references read like a "Who's Who" of the fair world, and after his interviews, we felt he lived up to every one of the g...
Dave Elkins at the Dayton Public Works Department took the city's new streetsweeper for a spin last week. The 2008 Elgin Crosswind is mounted on an International 4300 Chassis with Max Force Diesel, according to Public Works Director Jim Costello....
DAYTON – The public will have two opportunities to ask questions and provide comments to officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife about the Wooten Floodplain Management Plan and Rainbow Lake closure, planned for this summer. Meetings will be held on Tuesday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Walla Walla Community College Water & Environment Center, at 500 Tausick Way, and on Wednesday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Benton PUD Auditorium at 2721 W. 10th Ave. in Kennewick. This year, the WDFW p...
DAYTON – Briana Fulbright, former Dayton Chamber Assistant/Events Coordinator, has left her job with the Chamber to move to Lubbock, Tex. with her soon-to-be husband, according to Chamber Director Andrew Holt. Fulbright spent a couple of days getting her replacement, Melissa Bryan, oriented in her new position. Last Thursday, Bryan was busy working on brochures and postcards for Mule Mania, and had just finished a brochure for All Wheels Weekend, she said. "This is a perfect fit," said Bryan a...
DAYTON—Residents in Dayton will have several opportunities to provide the city with ideas for what Dayton will look like in 2039, as part of the city’s comprehensive plan update. The city is sponsoring two workshops to give the community a chance to chime in on what they like about Dayton, what should be retained, and what new ideas, or goals, they would like to see implemented in twenty years’ time, said City Planner Karen Scharer. There is also a survey online for people who are unable to at...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School senior Jacob Elder got what he wished for when a break in the rain allowed him to finish his Eagle Scout project during Spring Break. He squeaked the requirement in just before his 18th birthday deadline. "I chose repainting bleachers because the paint is coming off and that could lead to wood rot or damage to the boards. It would be easier to repaint them than to replace them later," Elder said. He worked with students, family, and fellow scouts to complete t...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School junior Chris Philbrook enrolled in the Walla Walla Southeast Area Technical Skills Center's (SEATech) construction technology program because he wanted to take advantage of a hands-on learning opportunity. The school year has provided him with plenty of practical construction experience as well as the unexpected opportunity to be part of an award-winning team in a micro house-building contest. SEATech students received the "Most Unique" award in the statewide "...
WAITSBURG – Data is only as good as what you do with it, and Waitsburg Elementary School teachers are working hard to put their data to the best use helping students. At the March school board meeting, elementary teachers Deanna Coulston and Gabe Kiefel shared some of the creative ways Waitsburg is putting student achievement data to work in the classroom. Coulston said one of the factors driving success in the elementary school is the PLCs, or professional learning communities. She said the t...
POMEROY – The Dayton-Waitsburg baseball team traveled to Pomeroy on April 5 for what turned into a pitchers' duel that took the game into extra innings. DW prevailed, 1-0 after a wild ninth inning. D-W struggled at the plate, always seeming to hit the ball to a fielder. The team had only one hit through eight innings. Pomeroy tallied six hits, but was unable to score. The game remained scoreless until the ninth inning, when Brandon Boudrieau was hit by a pitch, taking one in the knee. Josh H...
DAYTON – The Dayton softball team hosted Desales in a double-header Friday, and lost both games, 7-5 and 12-6. The first game was a hard-fought battle, with the lead changing throughout the game, before the Lady Bulldogs fell, 7-5, in nine innings. Dayton tied the score at three after five innings, but Desales brought in two runs in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the seventh, Destiny Brincken got on base on an error. Tatumn Laughery then bunted for a base hit. After an out, Heidi Dobbs grounded out to first, advancing the runners. W...
MILTON-FREEWATER – Dayton and Waitsburg track teams traveled to Milton-Freewater on Friday to take part in the "Carnival of Speed" track and field meet. Waitsburg senior Emily Adams brought home two first-place medals. She won the 800 meters, with a time of 2:26.86, and the triple jump with a distance of 33 feet. Adam's time of 22:08.68 was good enough to put her in second place in the 3000 meter. Freshman Kirsten Miller was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles for Waitsburg, with a time of 55.20. She...
