Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival will again feature a number of performances and rehearsals in the Touchet Valley. The three-week festival brings classical artists from around the country to work together and perform in Walla Walla and surrounding communities. Here are some of the places they can be seen in our “surrounding” communities: June 6: “Sounds Like Fun” concert for kids - Dayton Memorial Library, 111 S. Third Street, 3:30 p.m. - free June 9: Open Rehearsal – Mace...
PRESCOTT - The Walla Walla County Rural Library District (WWCRLD) will be presenting its first ever district-wide Summer Reading Program this year. Three core performers - Jeff Evans' Science Magic, Pacific Science Center and Reptile Man -- will perform at each branch. Branch managers have also worked cooperatively for the first time, with each manager preparing kits for one weekly activity, and sharing them with the other branches. In addition, the Prescott branch has added some unique events such as an acupuncture presentation, movies and a Z...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's City Council meeting took place at 7 p.m. on May 29 with Kevin House, Karl Newell, Debra Callahan and Mayor Walt Gobel in attendance. K.C. Kuykendall and Marty Dunn were absent. New Business: - Dan Katsel was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington State Office of Drinking Water, with a brief adjournment for a cake reception. - Council approved a resolution authorizing the City to apply for a Community Development Block Grant to get funds to make necessary upgrades to the Wastewater Treatment...
WALLA WALLA -Washington State University Athletic Director Bill Moos and new Men's Basketball Coach Ernie Kent are coming to Walla Walla to discuss the current state of Cougar athletics, the upcoming football and basketball seasons and meet with Cougar alumni. The event is Tuesday at Sapolil Cellars in downtown Walla Walla beginning at 5:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Bill Moos assumed his duties as Washington State University Athletics Director April 15, 2010. In his four years at the helm of Cougar Athletics, Moos has overseen the...
PRESCOTT - WP athletes and families gathered in the Prescott High School multipurpose room for the annual Spring Sports Award Dessert. Varsity softball coach Angie Potts introduced her team while commenting on each player. Potts said sophomore Jaidyn Brown pitched a total of 131 innings this year with 68 strike-outs and 54 walks. The team will only lose one senior - Heidi Miller - this year, and Potts is anticipating stronger play from a more experienced team next year. Miller was called to the...
WP Mens Results 200 Meters - 2B - Prelims...
WALLA WALLA - WP baseball players Talen Larsen and Kyle Gradwohl were named last week to the all-Southeast 2B baseball league first team. Also named to the first team was Dayton pitcher Lowden Smith. Two Dayton players were given all-league honorable mention: Christian Warner and Guy Spalinger. Dayton's Courtney Mings and Sarah Phillips were named to the all-Southeast 2B softball league first team, as was WP's Heidi Miller. Dayton's Lexus Ward was given honorable metion....
CHENEY - WP's Kobie Brown cleared six feet even in the high jump competition at the state 2B Championship Meet here Saturday, which was good enough to tie for fourth place. He also took fifth in the finals of the 110 meter hurdles. Brown's teammate Owen Lanning was seventh in the 110 hurdles. Lanning, like Brown, a junior, also ran in the 300 hurdles, but placed 12th after a stumble in his qualifying heat. In that same event, WP's Trenton Kitselman placed 16th. In the triple jump, Lanning took...
CHENEY - Dayton's top track athlete, Kaitlyn Andrews, took second place in the long jump at the Washington State Championship 2B track meet here on Saturday. Andrews also placed fourth in the javelin and triple jump, as well as seventh in the 100 meter dash. Andrews, a junior, was Dayton's only female qualifier at state, but she garnered 20 points, putting Dayton 11th in team standings out of 36 2B girls' teams at the meet. Andrews' medal long jump was listed at 16 feet 6 ½ inches. She threw...
PRESCOTT - Patrons who haven't visited the Prescott library in awhile are sure to be met by a smiling face, though that face may not be familiar. The Prescott Branch of the Walla Walla County Rural Library District - which also includes branches in Plaza Way, Touchet, Burbank, Vista Hermosa and a Walla Walla service center - recently welcomed two new clerks and a new manager. Sharon Psenak, of Waitsburg, was hired as a substitute clerk in April, but moved into the Library Clerk position...
WAITSBURG - The Wai tsburg Ci ty Council meeting date has been changed from June 18 to Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. at the Lions Club Memorial Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. The council will consider and adopt a revision of the Official Six Year Road Program for the City. All interested citizens are invited to attend the hearing and present evidence in favor or opposition of the planned improvements. Complete copies of the proposed plan list are available at City Hall....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's summer reading program will kick off with free ice cream sundaes during registration on June 12 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Children of all ages are welcome. This year's program theme is " Fizz, Boom, Read!" Weekly activities will be finalized after registration when organizers have a better idea of the ages and number of participants. The program will run from June 23 through July 28. Weekly events, which will include a program and participation prizes will take place on Mondays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Preschool story time...
WAITSBURG - Pam Conover may have retired her role as elementary school teacher several years back, but she hasn't retired her passion for engaging young people. Conover has recently been busy organizing a Bicycle Rodeo and "Knock Out Boredom!" Summer Fun program through the Waitsburg Resource Center. On Monday, elementary school students enjoyed taking a step back in time at the Bruce Museum during the 4th Annual Pioneer Day - another of Conover's brainstorms. Conover said that Anita Baker had...
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-op, is working with the Port of Columbia to make the Artisan Food Center Market more like a store that is open on a regular basis, while maintaining the fun of a vendor-style, local foods market. Therefore, the co-op is expanding days and hours at the Blue Mountain Station to offer fresh produce, artisan food items and other local products twice per week, with expanded hours on Saturday. The ArtisanFood Center Market will now be open on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4...
DAYTON - The Dayton Memorial Library will host summer reading programs for children and teens. The theme for kids from pre-K through 6th grade is "Fizz, Boom, Read." The Theme for students 6th through 12th grades is "Spark a Reaction." Both programs will focus on learning about science. The program runs from June 23 through July 30. Regular weekly activities will include: Monday Marble Draw, Tuesday Trivia, Reading Wednesday, Thesaurus Thursday and Science Friday. Special activities during the Summer Reading Program include: June 9: "Page...
DAYTON - When you descend the stairs from the main level of the Dayton Memorial Library, you will enter what Jill Rourke, the new director of the Columbia County Rural Library District calls the "garden level." It was formerly known as the basement. The lower level in the library is envisioned as the gathering place for children and teens. Book collections for those groups would be housed there, the "teen room" would move there and reading programs for kids and young adults would be held there....
Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read the article "WHS Drops Senior Project Requirement" in the May 22nd edition of the The Times.While I do not speak for all WHS graduates, I enjoyed the senior project. Compared to the assignments and tests that were used to evaluate my performance, the senior project gave me the opportunity to delve into a specific topic of interest in a "real world" context. The critical thinking skills that I developed through that experience were some of the greatest assets to me as I entered college and continued on to...
Dear Editor, "Walla Walla...known for wheat, wine, and weed." That was the sad comment I overheard from the audience at a Walla Walla City Council meeting earlier this year. Our way of life and doing business in the Walla Walla Valley is changing with the implementation of Initiative 502 (legalization of marijuana). I-502 brings massive "unintended consequences" ranging from the safety and security of our families and businesses to land use zoning codes/policies. As the chief law enforcement officer for Walla Walla County, Sheriff John Turner...
Dear Editor, The Waitsburg Friends of the Library would like to thank the Waitsburg Classic Auto Show committee for their generous donation to our community Summer Reading Program. Waitsburg Friends of the Library...
Ten Years Ago June 10, 2004 Bill Bloor, former City Attorney for the City of Waitsburg and member of the Waitsburg Schools Board of Directors was honored last Friday by Mayor Marty Dunn and Superintendent Robbie Johnson for his service to city government and the schools. Bloor is now chief counsel for the City of Port Angeles and was in Waitsburg for his last official act as a board member, handing diplomas to the Class of 2004, of which his son Ben is a member. Waitsburg Lions Club officers for the 2004-05 year are board members Loyal Baker, G...
A s a kid, I made a couple papier-mché piñatas in the shapes of dogs and cats. The process entailed ripping up the sports section of the newspaper, mixing a few handfuls of flour with water, dipping the newspaper in the flour mixture, and draping it over a balloon or two. After a few days, the paper would be dry, the balloon too shriveled up to make much of a noise when popped with a straight pin, and the haphazard creature ready to saw a trapdoor in and stuff with Tootsie Rolls. I largely a...
Several conversations regarding senior projects have taken place in The Times' office over recent weeks. As reporter Dena Wood covered Yakima student Tiffany Stewart's successful senior project to end the state senior project requirement, Waitsburg's history and motivation in adopting senior projects, and the recent decision by Waitsburg's School Board to drop that requirements, the tone of those conversations moved from amusement to pride to disappointment. This week, The Times received a letter to the editor from WHS alumni and Whitworth...
