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Cameren Mings has been named the Starbuck Elementary School Student of the Month for March! Cameren has shown himself to be a great student and a hard working individual. He is a third grader in Starbuck, and this is his second year with the school. In class, Cameren is constantly working hard and learning a lot. His windy cool rod science project was very well put together, and he was one of the first to cross the finish line. Cameren is starting to memorize his multiplication facts, and his...
STAND PIPE COST INCREASE WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's stand pipe water rates were increased at the city council meeting last Wednesday. Those who would like to purchase bulk water from the city will be charged a flat rate of $29.70 and $5 per 1,000 gallons. NOMINATIONS WANTED WAITSBURG - Nominations are needed to decide who will be selected as the parade marshal of the annual Waitsburg Parade on May 19. Please nominate a Waitsburg resident deserving of the honor. Submit your nominations to Walt and Gwen Gobel at PO Box 127 or email...
Eighth Grade 4.0 Morgan Breland 3.25 and Above Katherine Bryant Shandre Dallolio Rachel Gradwohl Coe Richards Devon Watts LaShayla Williams Seventh Grade 4.0 Jacob Dunn 3.25 and Above Emily Adams Jade Alleman Lexi Brannock Jared Farley Jasmine Foxe Timber Frohreich Kyle Gradwohl Taylor Hays Nicolas Kitselman Joseph Leamy Selina Mercado Dustin Meyer Aislynne Pope Sixth Grade 3.25 and Above Cade Branson Korben Duffy Clarissa Espana Thomas House Tayler Jones Samuel McGowen Anna Nerf Chloe Pearson Christopher Philbrook Gillian Pope Iris Turnipseed...
Seniors 3.25 and above Justin Zuger Dionna Baker Fletcher Baker Zach Bartlow Victoria Bly Christopher Brooks Taylor Doepker Hailey Goenen Jessica Guay Ronnie Hulce Gregory Kalahele-Stearns Kristin Potter Jeffery Schwarz Juniors 4.0 Seth Deal Hannah Helms Katy Hofer Samantha Moss Madeleine Witt 3.25 and Above Dalton Estes Cheyenne Frohreich Dakota Baker Rhiannon Chapman Alexander Dill Logan Dozier Jessica Foxe Brandon Gusse Alex Hays Samantha Henze Alex Leathers Jennifer Nichols Benjamin Shafer Sophomores 4.0 Heidi Miller Nicholas Pearson Emily...
Green Thumbs And Kids Wanted WAITSBURG -- Rural Green Youth Enterprises, a Waitsburg non-profit focused on giving local teens entrepreneurial skills and focusing on whole, local food and green living, is looking for more volunteers and kids to expand its gardening operation this summer. The organization was created three years ago with the goal of providing our local teens with more activities to do in town, said Kathy Carpenter, the group's treasurer. Local moms and dads wanted to see more recr...
Every time Waitsburg and Dayton are highlighted in magazines, on TV and on the radio, we feel a sense of pride here at the Times. We love driving down the road and hearing a commercial suggesting we "Discover Dayton" on the radio. Waitsburg had been featured in Sunset Magazine a couple of months ago, and was highlighted again in its May issue. A mention of Waitsburg also just popped up in Seattle Magazine as a great place to get away from it all. This publicity really makes us happy. Of course that small selfish part of us wishes and hopes...
DAYTON - A group of Dayton students spent a day of their spring break to paint murals advocating for respect and the end of bullying. Amer icorps member Brittney Jacobs was assigned to complete a service learning project during her time working at Dayton Middle School and she had the idea to address a problem she has seen at the school - bullying. "It's something I personally see that needs help in the community," Jacobs said. Peggy Gutierrez, a prevention specialist with Blue Mountain Counselin...
WAITSBURG - It's Wednesday night. All is quiet throughout the tree-lined streets near Waitsburg's historic Bruce Mansion, except on the corner of Fourth and Orchard. You have to strain to hear it, but when you get closer to the home of Brian and Wendy Richards, the muffled thumps of the steady beat and bass notes emerge from somewhere underground. The weekly practice of the Frog Hollow Band, arguably the most popular country rock group in the Walla Walla Valley, is well underway. Down in the...