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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The City of Dayton's Board of Parks Commissioners Monday night floated the idea of raising entry fees for the city's popular swimming pool by a third, an initiative that failed last year. Concerned about the cost of maintenance, wages and repairs, Parks Board Chair Christine Broughton asked the Dayton City Council to consider raising general admission to $2 from the current $1.50, while the season's pass would go up to $62 from $50 for individuals and to $100 from $85 for a family of up to five. Those hikes would represent a 33...
WAITSBURG - Three Waitsburg ensembles performed in Tuesday night's " Under My Umbrel la" Spring Concert. The Wai tsburg High School Chorus opened the evening with a harmonious rendition of "Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key as everyone saluted the flag. Seventh and eighth-grade musicians from Preston Hall launched their series with "Little English Suite" by Leroy Jackson, followed by "Tribal Drums" by David Shaffer, "Coronado Spanish March by Eric Osterling and "Afterburn!" by Randall S...
A merican Legion Auxiliary are honor ing our Veterans, Past, Present, and Future, by asking our Veterans to be in the Waitsburg Community Parade, to be held May 21, 2011, Armed Forces Day. We plan to meet behind the American West Bank to get lined up at 9:30 a.m. The World War II Veterans will lead the way in Jay Thomas' wagon. The remainder will ride on the Auxiliary's float and follow in cars. Letters of invitation have been sent to area Legion and V.F.W. members, but all Veterans are welcome. We are asking anyone that would like to drive...
The Times extends congratulations and best wishes to the following whose birthday anniversaries fall on this week: May 12: Katy Leid, Erin Dutton, Jonathan Abbey. May 13: Lola Spirotas, Terry Bloor, Kevin Moormann, Jack Gawith and Lavina Meyer. May 14: Daniel Thomas Reese, Marge Tabor, Maggie Pietila, Lynna Larsen, Lee Fisk, Marilyn Robert, Barbara Wood, Suzie Payne, Debbie Fisher, Brian McKenzie and Alison Huwe. May 15: Pete Rohde, Charlie McCown, Tiffney Hawks, Bryce Scott and Ron Standring. May 16: Gladys Cadruvi, Helen Hall, Bobbie Jean...
PRESCOTT- The WP Tigers lost a double header to the Desales Irish last Tuesday in Prescott. The Irish held a two run lead until the bottom of the fourth when Tre Brannock hit an RBI double scoring the Tigers first run. By the bottom of the sixth the Irish lead 4-1. Zach Bartlow took a freebee from the Irish mound followed by a single from Dalton Estes. Another Brannock RBI and a hit from Matt Hamilton put two more runs on the board for the Tigers but they came up short losing the opener 4-3 ....
DAYTON - After struggling all season, the Dayton Bulldogs baseball team was knocked out of contention for further playoffs Tuesday by the Asotin Panthers, who beat them 10-0. The loss followed two defeats at the hands of the Liberty Christian Patriots this weekend and caps a season in which the young players learned from their adversity. The Bulldogs logged only three hits against the Panthers from Colton Bickelhaupt, Hayden Fullerton and Guy Spalinger, but allowed 10 Asotin runs, including two...
DAYTON - The Lady Bulldogs handily beat the Liberty Christian Patriots in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon 10-0 and 14-3. Already in second place in the league just behind the WP Tigers, the Bulldogs face Asotin in a doubleheader on Wednesday at 3 p.m....
WAITSBURG - You may have the best team in the state when it comes to speed, endurance and agility, but if your athletes don't manage to perform within the tight rules for track and field, you're going to get knocked out of the competition. That was this week's focus for Cardinals track and field head coach Jeff Bartlow as he and his team prepared for the sub district qualifiers, which determines which athletes go on to the district meet. The Cardinals were scheduled to head for the qualifiers Wednesday, after practising the relay protocol in pa...
RICHLAND-- The Tigers' season came to an end Tuesday night, as they lost by 14-6 to the Patriots of Liberty Christian in loser-go-home district tournament game. The loss ended a season that held promise for Waitsburg- Prescott, but the Tigers could never truly recapture the magic of last season when they went all the way to the regional finals after a late season run. "This year, statistically, we hit the ball better, had better pitching, and had a better record," Tigers head coach Dustin...
TOUCHET - The Lady Tigers suffered a 9-2 nonleague defeat against the Touchet Indians Monday, but it didn't matter from a playoff perspective. After splitting a double header with the De- Sales Irish last Tuesday in Prescott, WP is the No. 1 seed in the SE2B and play the No. 2 league seed at districts May 20 at Trac in Pasco. The opener against De- Sales last week was scoreless until the bottom of the third when Alyssa Hafen made it safely on base then continued to steal her way across the plate...
Wine weekend is over and done for another year and I have some information to share with those who didn't make this year's event: IT WAS WONDERFUL! Of course, you can always get down to your favorite wineries any weekend through the coming months and taste what the regional wineries poured for all the fun-loving winos who attended this weekend's event. It was really interesting even for this writer, who gets out to the wineries every week. I still found information I didn't know existed and met new people who share like minds. During the time...
Ten Years Ago May 17, 2001 As the community anticipates the 88th Days of Real Sport this weekend, another "One of A Kind" story comes to light. Waitsburg's Days of Real Sport holds the distinction as being the track where the photo finish camera was developed. The concept was developed by Waitsburg's Don Glover and an original photo finish camera is on display in the Waitsburg Historical Society's Bruce Memorial Museum. The Waitsburg Cardinals win big at District. Clay Lindsey ripped three consecutive home runs to help the Cards to a 14-7 win...
LYONS FERRY - The weather in the Snake River area may still have rain and chill in the air, but the recreational boating and fishing season is under way. "The catfish are biting like crazy," said Jim MacArthur, who runs the Lyons Ferry Marina on the Snake near Starbuck with his wife Angela. The marina opened March 1 and will switch to its summer schedule on May 23. That means breakfast for boaters and campers will be added at the restaurant seven days a week to the current lunch and dinner sched...
PRESCOTT CEMETERY THEFT PRESCOTT - Two benches at the Prescott Cemetery were stolen recently and areas of the cemetery have been vandalized, according to Mayor Libby McCaw. "I'm really saddened by the theft because the generous families who donated (them) will be hurt by that," she said in a newsletter to the community. "Please help us and report to the Sheriff's Office if you see anything questionable." McCaw said she hopes to get a group of volunteers to help with maintenance and clean up of the cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day. TOWN...
Every time a transport convoy with wind mill parts passes through Dayton, we can imagine some Columbia County residents might find the sight bittersweet. The components - giant blades, nacelles, cones and tower sections - are on their way to Garfield County, where Puget Sound Energy is moving ahead with the first phase of its Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project: the construction of 149 windmills. The building of the towers has been a benefit to the entire Touchet Valley as construction workers spend their money on gas, food and lodging in...
WALLA WALLA - The line stretched out the door outside Charles Smith's wine tasting room on Spokane Street Saturday night. The 20s, 30s and 40s somethings who came for the weekend's hottest spring release party were carefully checked against the reservations list, carded, wristbanded and let into the chic brand-new outlet near the heart of downtown. Waitsburg's own Sharon and Larry Clinton were on hand to help see the guests in. Sharon, of course, works as Smith's business manager. Except for a...
WAITSBURG - In a complex as old as the store front bays that now make up the former American Legion building, you'd expect to find some treasures. Nat Farnam and the crew from his Living Space construction company were delighted to come across old newspapers, 1940s copies of the Saturday Evening Post, vintage cartoons, liquor bottles from days gone by and coins from decades ago. But it wasn't until Farnam explored the space between original 14-foot ceiling and 8-foot dropped ceiling that he...
WAITSBURG - Another 675,000 magazine subscribers have a chance to read about Waitsburg and Dayton this month. The May issue of Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel publication has a three-page story that features attractions in Walla Walla and the Touchet Valley, including the jimgermanbar in Waitsburg, the Monteillet Fromagerie and McCann Manor in Dayton. It also carries a picture of the Waitsburg Hardware & Mercantile store. Headlined "Beyond the Vines," the article by author Beth Collins proclaims: "These days, it's not the wine causing all the...
WALLA WALLA - Cuffed and shackled in front of Walla Walla Superior Court Judge Donald Schacht on Monday, Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns pleaded not guilty to five counts of criminal charges and now faces trial in early June. Hermanns, who had a short beard and short hair, seemed calm as the judge read his charges and audibly entered his plea without hesitation with his court-appointed defense attorney standing alongside him. An omnibus hearing on Hermanns' case, which may be combined with that of fellow suspect Antonio Contreras of Walla...
