Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The Smith family has farmed in Waitsburg since 1919 WAITSBURG – Because she has never driven a truck, and has sat in the saddle only one time (and immediately wanted off!) Dona Jean Smith said she was "flabbergasted but very honored" to be chosen parade marshal for the 2017 Waitsburg Celebration Days Parade. Husband and co-marshal, Howard, a third-generation Waitsburg wheat farmer, heartily agrees with the honor of being selected. Howard's great grandparents migrated from Missouri to settle in M...
DAYTON – Dayton will host its seventh annual Mule Mania, sponsored by Columbia REA, from May 26 – 28 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. The events will begin on Friday at 8 a.m. in the fairgrounds outdoor arena. The mule showings and competitions are expected to conclude around 4 p.m. that day, giving spectators eight hours to watch a wide variety of classes. Friday will also see the first of two nights of the renowned chuckwagon feeds, which feature many traveling groups that cook food using only the materials in their old-fashioned chu...
WAITSBURG – Members of the Waitsburg Historical Society received some unwelcome news while trying to be proactive about maintaining the Bruce Museum Complex properties. Inspectors discovered structural damage to the Wilson-Phillips House, which will cause the building to be closed this summer until repairs – which are estimated to cost about three times the society's annual budget - can be made. Historical Society President Richard Hinds said the group realized last year that they needed to sta...
Ernest (Ernie) was born east of Prescott where the sun rises on April 26, 1937 to parents, Edward and Vida Hermanns. On May 10, 2017 at his home on the west side of Prescott where the sun sets, Ernie's spirit left us to be with others in the Heavenly Kingdom. His earthly journey spanned 80 years. The family moved to California in 1949 where Ernie would graduate early from Chaffey high school in Ontario in January of 1955. Ernie married his first wife in 1956 and divorced in 1975. Ernie was a...
Ten Years Ago Thursday, May 24, 2007 People playing the ponies last weekend at the 94th Annual Days of Real Sport bet a total of $48,275 during the two-day race meet. It was another long and enjoyable Days of Real Sport Parade. Heading the parade was 2007 Queen Brittany Prince and her royalty, Princess Brandi Toomey. Riding as Parade Marshal was 1950 DRS Princess Meredith Huwe. Former Waitsburg Schools superintendent and downtown business owner Robbie Johnson was the unanimous selection to fill the City Council vacancy created by the resignatio...
Asher James Hilton was born at 8:11 a.m. on May 1, 2017, at Providence St. Mary's Medical Center in Walla Walla, weighing 8lbs. 3 oz. Asher is the son of James Hilton and Leah Long. His grandparents are Jake and Michelle Long, Robin Hilton, and Jim Hilton. Asher joins big sister Shauna Hilton at home....
May 3: At approx. 1900 hours, a victim was bit by an unknown dog at his residence on Kinnear St. in Waitsburg, sustaining injury. May 6: Dispatched to a physical domestic on Shelton Dr. in Prescott. Victim stated his wife became jealous after looking at his cellphone and slapped him across the face. Suspect admitted slapping and was taken to jail for 4th degree assualt - domestic violence. May 5: Dispatched to Lewis Peak road for a death investigation. May 7: Dispatched to Taggart Road for an assault. Deputies arrived and obtained written...
May 19: Gerald Hawks, Tom Western, Gerald Collingwood, Terry John, Everett White, Walter Richard White, Joan Summers and Jimmy Crawford. May 20: Nektarios Reese, Wanda E. Johnson, Brandee Wheeler, Don Glover, Greg Reser, Judy Largent, Lyndsey Huwe and Vickie Hamann. May 21: Paul Powers, Johnathan Quigg and Jr. Eastwood. May 22: Nancy Startin, Victor Langdon, Kathryn Kirk and Reed Olsen. May 23: Allen Ford, Greg Bichsel, Kathy Maioli, Elizabeth Hermanns and Bill Box. May 24: Bob Patton, Guy McCaw, Amanda Short, Amanda Higgins and Alexander...
If President Donald Trump’s critics in the Democratic Party and the news media want to bring him down -- which manifestly they do, at all costs -- they had better come up with something better than vague insinuations and clumsy metaphor-heavy inferences. An editorial in Friday’s New York Times -- “The Trump-Russia Nexus” -- is a fine instance of the kind of empty gesturing I mean. The word “nexus” itself a word writers sometimes use when they don’t have something more concrete or specific to allege. It’s not any one thing, the word seems to s...
By George Will In July 1954, a 19-year-old Memphis truck driver recorded at Sun Studio the song “That’s All Right.” When a local disc jockey promised to play it, the truck driver tuned his parents’ radio to the station and went to a movie. His mother pulled him from the theater because the DJ was playing the record repeatedly and wanted to interview the singer immediately. The DJ asked where the singer had gone to high school. He answered, “Humes,” an all-white school. The DJ asked because many callers “who like your record think you must be c...
Strolling through the bustling construction zone of Amazon’s urban campus in Seattle, you instantly recognize the charm offensive the company has aimed at its hometown. “Banistas” at two outdoor stands offer bananas -- a visual cue to Amazon’s smiley logo - to employees and passers-by. Most American cities would do backflips to have a jobs juggernaut like Amazon.com in their midst. After all, the company will soon fill more than 10 million square feet of office space in a place where it now employs more than 30,000 people. But Seattle is not...
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The Swine Swagger 4-H group filled bags of garbage while cleaning along the back side of Preston Park, along the dike, on April 28, as part of their contribution to April's designation as Earth Month....
Community members gathered outside Waitsburg Town Hall on Saturday morning, May 13, to celebrate with Dixie resident Bob Brock as he kicked off his cross-country Patriotic Jeep Tour. Brock will end his journey in Washington D.C. where he has been selected to drive in the National Memorial Day Parade on May 29. Brock will honor veterans and law enforcement officers, throughout his ride. Interested parties can follow his progress, in pictures and video, by visiting the "Patriot Jeep" page on...
DAYTON-On his second morning managing the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Justin Nix was busy posting information about Azure Mountain Botanicals and a Mother's Day event at The Blue Mountain Station to Facebook, and hosing down the sidewalk in front of the chamber office. Nix, who is has replaced Andrew Holt at the Chamber, said he was hired by the Chamber board because of his skills in social media marketing. "I will be working to bridge the gap between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials, while...
DAYTON-Special guest Bette Lou Crothers spoke about progress for this year's All Wheels Weekend event at last week's Dayton City Council meeting. Crothers showed the council the All Wheel's Weekend T shirt design, which showcases the 1962 Ford Galaxie state patrol car, which won last year's Peoples' Choice Award, along with the 2016 Friday Night Coolest Cruiser winner, which is a 1931 Ford Victoria. Crothers said to expect the usual events at All Wheels Weekend, including the Poker Walk, and the...
DAYTON - "We are preparing for Dayton Days. We have an outdoor, old fashioned, fun activity for kids of all ages," said Boldman House Museum Director Sylvia Beuhler. Activities will include two favorites: doing laundry with a washtub and scrubbing board, and making butter in a hand crank jar. There will also be old fashioned tools available for grinding wheat, peeling apples, and shelling corn. Kids will also be invited to plant flower seeds in the garden, Beuhler said. Beuhler said tours of...
WAITSBURG – Carol Clarke has faced and overcome many challenges in her life, but when it comes to retiring she's already chalked it up as a "fail." The school district superintendent and elementary school principal will wrap up her 13th year and officially retire from Waitsburg on June 30, but will leave for a new job in Panama City, Panama in July. As with most of the experiences in her life – many that could be described as difficult or unpleasant – Clarke is excited to pursue just one more op...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Alumni Association will host its 113th annual reunion and banquet on May 27 at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room. A meet-and-greet will take place from 5-6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. The dinner is open to all graduates of Waitsburg High School, their spouses, and guests. The Class of 2017 will be welcomed into the Alumni Association, and their family members are encouraged to attend and join in the celebration. The first class to graduate from Waitsburg High School received their diplomas f...
Twelve Waitsburg athletes will move on to regionals in Veradale this weekend SPOKANE – The Waitsburg Track team traveled to Riverside High School last Tuesday to compete in the NE/SE 1B District Championships. Emily Adams took first in all three of her events, getting a season record in the triple jump with a distance of 33-08.00. Adams also won the 800 meter and the 1600 meter races with times of 2:31.16 and 5:49.17 respectively. Landon Callas finished second in his three personal events, with...
COLLEGE PLACE – The Dayton Track Team traveled to College Place High School Friday to compete in the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference Championships regional qualifier. The Bulldogs will take four athletes on to regionals. Hayden Wooldridge had a huge day, topping the 110 and 300 hurdle events with times of 17.28 and 45.96 respectively, qualifying in both events. Cal Martin won the javelin competition with a season record hurl of 160-02, beating his nearest competitor by nearly 30 feet. M...
DAYTON – Dayton and Waitsburg high schools held meetings at their respective auditoriums last Wednesday and Thursday to receive feedback from students, parents, and community members on the 2016-17 DW athletic combine. The meetings were both attended by a little over 10 people. Waitsburg held theirs on Wednesday, while Dayton's was the following day. Comments ranged from praising the feeling of community between the two schools, as well as the combine giving more kids the opportunity to get i...
PASCO – The Dayton softball team traveled to Tri-Cities for the EWAC regional qualifier on Saturday, where they were seeded third. Dayton was paired against Kittitas, the number-two seed, for their first game. The game see-sawed back and forth, with Kittitas outscoring Dayton in the first inning two to one, and Dayton coming back in the third inning tallying four runs to take the lead after a scoreless second inning. Kittitas answered with five more in the fourth and did not relinquish the lead. Both teams had eight hits in the game, with t...
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DAYTON - Public hearings regarding the following issues will take place in the Columbia County Courthouse 3rd floor courtroom: Event Center on North Touchet Road - Fri., May 19, 1 p.m. RV Park on North Touchet Road - Wed., May 24, 10 a.m. Cannabis Retail Store on State Highway 12 - Wed., May 24, 1 p.m....
