Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs lost their season opener against Stanfield tonight 7 - 48, but the home team knew they had a tough opponent in a team that's destined to top their league this fall. Despite a game-opening running touchdown by Josh Frame in the first quarter, the Stanfield Tigers drilled through the Bulldogs' defense for much of the game until the Dayton boys finally caught the spirit and stopped them in their tracks. By then, however, the Tigers had scored seven touchdowns due in part to an uncomfortable Bulldogs defense and a...
KAMIAH - Senior T.J. Hofer made and saved the day for the Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals in their 6-0 victory over the Kamiah Kubs tonight. In an intensily defensive game on both sides, Hofer scored the game's only touchdown during the third quarter, then made a game-winning interception during the Kubs' last drive of the fourth quarter that could have resulted in an equalizer and extra-point victory for the home team. Cardinals Zach Bartlow and Kris Cady each had impressive runs in a game in which both teams struggled to make yardage. More...
WALLA WALLA - A Walla Walla man who took up residence in Waitsburg this summer was charged today with first-degree rape, sexual exploitation of a minor and first-degree possession of images depicting a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. If convicted of the charges, 31-year-old Carl Grayson Bell Jr. could reportedly be sentenced to at least 20 years in prison. The maximum sentence for first-degree rape of a child is life in prison. Bell was charged with three counts of first-degree rape of a child, two counts of sexual exploitation of...
The Times erroneously reported last week that the Mill Creek brewery in Walla Walla does not allow minors. In fact, it does for the exception of its bar area selling liquor....
Ten Years Ago September 14, 2000 Lions members are busily getting the fish and all the fixings ready for the much anticipated Salmon Bake tonight. Tennys Bickelhaupt will be honored at the Fall Festival this Sunday as Pioneer of the Year. The Lions Club buffalo barbecue is a crowd pleaser, with its music, the auto show and vendors. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 29, 1985 Bob Stewart, 1967 graduate of Waitsburg High School, is starting a new business here in what was formerly the shop of the Keith Wrecking yard. The new shop will take care of aut...
DAYTON - Several homeowners were evacuated from the Tucannon River valley last Thursday evening as close to 175 firefighters and emergency personnel from at least three counties battled wildfiresthat spread across nearly 10,000 acres northeast of Dayton. A fire that started off Patit Road last Tuesday and was thought to be under control flared up again Thursday afternoon and grew rapidly with winds of up to 35 miles per hour fanning the flames through wheat-land stubble, grass, brush and t...
DAYTON - The civil trial involving landowners on Cahill Mountain Road has been pushed back to because the visiting judge had a conflict. The new date is Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011....
DAYTON - Columbia County Sheriff Department and Blue Mountain Counseling, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, are sponsoring a Columbia County Drug Take Back Day on Sept. 25. The Columbia County collection site will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Sheriff Department, on the ground floor of the courthouse. Deputy Jeff Jenkins will be on site to accept unwanted and unused pharmaceutical drugs, including prescription medications. For more information about the Drug Take Back...
WAITSBURG - Adelle Smith is resigning from her position in the Waitsburg School District library. She has worked for the school district for 18 years. LaVerne Obenhaus will be our half-time librarian in the mornings as she teaches business education at the high school in the afternoons. Returning to our district are two former staff members - Deanna Coulston will be teaching 5th grade (replacing Pam Conover who has retired after 25 years of service in the district) while Dan Groom will teach Spanish and other core subjects at the high...
DAYTON - A group of concerned citizens is ready and willing to listen to and offer ideas to families who may be struggling or are not sure where to go to get the services they need. The Family Advocacy Resource Team started as a way to help connect individuals and families with available resources in our area. "Too often we are seeing families reach the crisis point before they are able to get the help they need. Our goal is to connect families to resources and solutions before they reach that point" says spokesperson Nancy Butler. This team...
WAITSBURG - Friday, Sept. 3, Waitsburg City Hall will be closing at 1:30 p.m. Staff have a sign posted on the front door as well. The building will be closed for Labor Day and will reopen with its regular schedule on Tuesday....
PRESCOTT - The Board of the Prescott School District has appointed a former deputy superintendent of Walla Walla Public Schools as its interim superintendent. The district announced the temporary appointment after an executive session before its regular meeting Thursday night. The announcement comes a week after the board decided to forego interviews with seven applicants who have sought the permanent appointment so far and take more time to expand the pool of recruits during the school year. The board said the interim appointment gives the...
DAYTON - Television host Grant Goodeve agrees with local business owners and planners. Dayton doesn't have to dress itself up and pretend to be something it isn't. Dayton is a carefully preserved piece of Washington history. "It's almost like a (Hollywood) set, and I mean that as a compliment," Goodeve said Tuesday morning while visiting the Dayton Historical Depot. "So much is already here and offered that you don't have to set anything up. It's authentic, and everything is so darn clean a...
DAYTON - Ski Bluewood, whose current owners said earlier this year they would need to shut the resort down unless they could hand it over before the upcoming season, has a prospective buyer. "We're negotiating," said Stan Goodell, who owns Ski Bluewood with his wife Nancy. Goodell declined to share the name of the possible buyer for fear it might upset the talks. Neither would he speculate whether a deal could be reached before the beginning of the 2010 - 2011 season. But he indicated that talks between the two parties are going well and...
1-5Walla Walla County Fair Frontier Days: Tickets are available online at www.wallawallafairgrounds.com. Highlights include horse racing, rodeo, frontier days parade, exhibits, vendors, concerts, 4-H and FFA shows and more. For more information, contact the fair office at WW County Fairgrounds Post Office Box "G," Walla Walla, WA 99362, (509) 527-3247 or go online. 10-12Columbia County Fair: "120 Years of Denim Dust" Highlights include livestock shows, entertainment including Nevada Slim a...
Friday evening my wine guy suggested we go for wine tasting and share a platter of artisan cheeses at Vintage Cellars, downtown Walla Walla. After arriving we were shown a new red wine blend by Rhone Ranger, Sean Boyd of Rotie Cellars. The VDP '08 is an exceptional blend of 88 percent Pepper Bridge Syrah and 12 percent Horse Heaven Hills Mourvedre swirling in macerated dark fruits and caramelized mushroom. I particularly love the little caramelized tinge left rolling over my tongue with each sip and Wine Guy was amazed at the lushness of t...
Keaton Jean Larsen, daughter of Deborah and Travis Larsen, was born on Aug. 12, at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. She weighed 6 lbs and was 17.5 inches long at birth. Keaton joins a 2-year-old brother, Porter, at home. Grandparents include Ed and Lynna Larsen of Waitsburg and Gil and Sandy Cragen of Anchorage, AK....
WAITSBURG - The WP cross country team is a bit unique in that its members include students not only from both Prescott and Waitsburg but the students are a mix of high school and middle school age. Coach Joanna Lanning of Waitsburg has kept the team diverse to honor the history of the team, which she revived here in Waitsburg seven years ago as a middle-school sport. As those original students moved on to high school, the team changed, but Lanning has always kept it open for middle school students. And now that Prescott and Waitsburg have com...
DAYTON - It's a team sport and an individual sport, says Dayton cross country coach Dan Nechodom. In this sport, you compete against other teams and try to move yourself up in the standings. However you look at it, though, it's a sport you either love or hate, say the athletes who participate. "It's about building endurance and just running and having fun," says Dayton senior Jason Norris, Dayton's only fourth-year runner on the team this year. Cross country is a running event where athletes compete to complete a course over open or rough t...
DAYTON - Despite the fact that soccer has been well established in the United States for some time now and that the country's national team had an exciting run at the World Cup in South Africa, there are always new things to learn from overseas players. At least that's the opinion of senior Davy Phillips, a forward and sometimes defensive back on the Dayton Bulldogs. This year, Phillips and his fellow players on the DHS soccer team need look no further than their own roster for some...
PRESCOTT - After a week or so of practice with the players who signed up for the new WP high school soccer program, Rick Hamilton is impressed. The 23 co-ed players who joined the Tigers have a lot of talent. Many of them have played club soccer. They can trap, pass, dribble and break free with the ball in pursuit of the goal. They know how to score. It's a great set of skills Hamilton likes to refer to as "raw talent," but he explains that it's not enough to be successful against tougher...
DAYTON - Kassandra Dedloff and her cheerleading squad are excited to see the large number of football players on the field this year. "It was hard to rally school and community spirit last year with a dwindling number of players," Dedloff said. Raising pride and spirit is top priority for Dayton cheerleaders this fall, according to the squad's three captains, seniors Caylyn Tate, Jennifer Stephens and Molly Payne. "We're going to be trying to get the school more involved," Tate said, agr...
WAITSBURG - Though it's certainly not the only thing these youth have going for them, the WP cheerleading squad knows for sure it's going into the fall sports season with something important - experience. Whether it's the squad's six seniors, out of nine members, or the group's newest addition - junior Steven Homblette, a veteran gymnast with semi-pro cheerleading experience - WP cheer advisor Vickie Hamann knows they're going to have a great year. "This year we have just two girls who h...
WAITSBURG - When Jesse Buehler tells her girls she wants the WP volleyball team to be the "best-looking house on the block," she's not referring to Kison Court where the Cardinals' home games will be played. She's referring to the players' skills "foundation." She wants every aspect of the game, every step, every move, to be as accurate as it should be for a sport that's all about precision. Sometimes she'll even practice the moves in slow motion, making the players feel like they're doing...
