Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Portland General Electric Company announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase development rights for a por- tion of Phase II of the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project in Columbia County from Puget Sound Energy. PGE is a utility based in Portland that serves more than 800,000 customers in Oregon. In a press release issued Monday, PGE said the por- tion of the project they are taking over includes 116 wind turbine sites on land north of Dayton and west of Highway 12. It will use...
Have you ever browsed the web and come across a great DIY project, vacation rental or recipe that you’d like to access later? Sure, you could bookmark the site, but what if that one idea is all you’re really interested in? And what if you were away from your computer and wanted to share your great find? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just “clip” that tidbit and store it in a virtual folder to be accessed from any computer or mobile device? With Evernote, you absolutely can, and it’s free,...
Magazines and online book clubs and book sellers are already touting their summer reading lists, but I’m not very inspired by reviews that use words like “riveting”, “shattering”, “challenging” or “heart-wrenching”. Summer reading should be fun and colorful like one of those fruity cocktail drinks with a little umbrella on top. Beachy cocktails have silly, often sexy names and deliver hundreds of sweet empty calories to your body. But they sure taste good! My favorite “fun and fruity” boo... Full story
It is time to "Dig into Reading" with the Sum- mer Reading Program at Prescott Library. Registra- tion begins Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Prescott Library during open hours. Participants receive a reading log and events schedule at registration and prizes throughout the summer based on the amount of time spent read- ing. Write a book review to be entered into winning a Grand Prize. Events are free and in- clude Tuesday Crafter- noons for younger grade- school- aged children, weekly Story & Craft Time for preschoolers, Thursday Teens Craft,...
PRESCOTT - Those in search of a way to cool off are bound to find it in Prescott's very own oasis. The Prescott swimming pool will open for the 2013 season on Monday, June 17th. A great source of pride for the community, the pool was established in 1958 by the school district. During that time, the school offered swimming lessons as a part of its physical education program, and opened it up to the public for the summers. When there were legislative changes to state funding formulas for school di...
OKANAGAN - The Waitsburg Elite seeded second going into the playoffs after beating the Okanagan Commandos 27-6 in their last game of the regular season Saturday. They ended their first Washington Football League season with Waitsburg as their home with a 4-2 record. The orange home team will play the Spokane Wolfpack, which also ended the season 4-2, in the semifinals at Cardinal Field on Saturday at 7 p.m. "The season has flown by," team owner and quarterback George Martinez said. The Wolfpack, a team that has gotten its act toge...
Dakota Baker $1,500 Rasty andNona Ketcherside$2,100 Earl andLucille Blake ScholarshipDakota will attend Walla WallaCommunity College Zac Brown $500 WaitsburgMemorial Scholarship $575 Williamand Delora Harpe Scholarship $2,200 Earl andLucille Blake Scholarship $12,000 PresidentialScholarship from Eastern WAUniversity Zac will attend EasternWashington University Seth Deal $1,000 Williamand Delora Harpe Scholarship $1,000 WaitsburgPEO Citizenship Award $750 * OdakoClub Scholarship $7,420 WesternUndergraduate Exchange Program $5,281 LewisClark... Full story
DAYTON - The Dayton Spring Sports Awards Banquet took place in the Dayton Elementary multi-purpose room the evening of June 30. Head softball coach Terry Robins, accompanied by assistant coach Desirae Jones, congratulated the Lady Bulldogs on an outstanding season and their excellent performance at the state playoffs in Yakima, where they placed fourth. The duo shared career stats and bid an emotional farewell to the senior players they first began working with as sixth graders. Head b...
WALLA WALLA - Beethoven's "Harp" is a feast for the ears and the eyes that elementary school kids in Dayton will soak up at the Columbia County Rural Library Friday as the annual Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival kicks off this week. The quartet composition, which has four movements, showcases the range of emotional and tonal adventures just a small group of players can take its listeners on. Each of the instruments - three violins and a cello - go off on their own musical journey before comi... Full story
The city of Dayton alley cleanup will happen June 10 and starts on the north end of town, working south. All materials picked up must be compostable: Gar- den waste, vines, shrubs and tree trimmings, tree and shrub trimmings must not be larger than 2.5 inches across at the largest end that’s about the size of the end of a pop can. Materials such as grass clippings, sod with dirt, rocks, bricks and garbage will not be picked up. City crews will only come by once for pickup. There will be a time limit of 15 minutes per stop. Any items r...
DAYTON - Parents, grand- parents, friends and relatives filled the seats and lined the outside isles of the Liberty Theater Saturday afternoon to watch about 30 young dancers perform. The 25-minute show was put on by students of Patti Jo Amerein, who took part in what may have been Dayton’s first-ever dance recital. Amerein’s dance studio is called “The Studio,” and her students are just completing their spring session of classes. The Studio has been open for three years. Amerein offers classes...
The Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show and Fair will take place on June 8th and 9th at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. On Saturday, June 8th, judging contests will take place in the morning, followed by showmanship and confirma- tion for swine, sheep, beef, and poultry classes. On Sat- urday the applied arts build- ing is open with a multitude of photos, posters, clothing projects, baking and crafts. This year there will be open classes for everyone to par- ticipate. On Sunday, June 9th, the rabbit show begins at 9:00 a.m. and dog show at 10:00 a.m....
WAITSBURG - If you've been a spectator at a local football or softball game, taken a swim in the City Pool, or have children who use Waitsburg's track or playground equipment, you've benefitted from the endeavors of the Waits- burg Lion's Club. If you've ordered a locally-smoked turkey for the holidays, at- tended the annual Salmon Bake or Rib Feed, or recall enjoying buffalo burgers at the Fall Festivals of years past, you've supported the fundraisers that have fu- eled an impressive array of...
June 7: Judy Adkins, Laurette McCaw and Dana Maki. June 8: Jamie Gritman, Patty Hendrickson, Sarah Price, Gary Cox and Kevin Erickson. June 9: Kay Heady, Jack Roberts, Barbara McCauley, Ed- ward Fisher, Ed Sickles, Jenny Rencken, Marnie Henderson, Cathy Abel, and Rich Webber. June 10: Jake Long, Belinda Johnson, Linda Doyle and Mike Drew. June 11: Frank Donnelly and Kathie Payne, Katelyn Lambert. June 12: Suzanne Moser, Ida Polley, Chad Lambert, Joshua Reser. June 13: Anne Nelson, Michael Raven, Jan Cronkhite, Larry Weir, Bob Newbury, Mike...
Ten Years Ago June 5, 2003 Corinne McKinley may have been bucked off in life once or twice along the way, but the local 18-year-old rode all the way on this one. Last weekend McKinley, the daughter of Dan and Krista McKinley of Waitsburg, was crowned Miss High School Rodeo Washington. McKinley, a junior at Waitsburg High School, will travel to Farmington, N.M., to compete at the 55th Annual National High School Finals Rodeo in the Miss National High School Rodeo Queen Competition from July 18-27. She competed against six other contestants at... Full story
I feel great venerability talking about the American food chain. While Americans figure out how to slow down their lives and curb spending, the average household is becoming revolutionary in regaining its own self-reliance. However, it does put a stick in the wheel when you realize most commercial American farmers do not put our best inter- ests first, continuing to apply massive amounts of chemicals and pathogens into the earth, carcinogens and genetically modified organisms into feed lots. The thing is we are no longer isolated by distance....
Market disruption? The overseas buyers of Pacific Northwest origin white wheat – Japan in particular – have suspended procurement. This interruption in market flow is due to the discovery of a patch of wheat in Oregon apparently linked to Monsanto’s once-proposed special genetically modified strain of glyphosate-resistant wheat, which was field tested from 1998 to 2005 in many regions, including the Pacific Northwest. While there are many GE (genetically engineered) strains of other crops being marketed and used in the US and else- where... Full story
Jim (Pepe) was the sixth of seven children born to Francis and Mabel Wood. The family in descending order was Dan, Frank, George, John, Kaye, Jim and Jerry. Their mother, when provoked, worked through the list until she arrived at the perpetrators' name. Paternal discipline was meted out in the same order for infractions that nobody accepted responsibility for. Pop was in good form and did not tire easily as each child was corrected for whatever misdeed. His dad, mom, and brothers, Geor... Full story
Barbara J. Bruce, 65, died May 26, 2013 in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. from complications of pneumonia. A simple service was held there May 28th. Barbara was born March 24, 1948 in Enterprise, OR to Willard and Bonnie Wilson. She graduated in 1966 from Joseph High School and attended Kinman Business University in Spokane, WA. She married Joe T. Bruce in San Diego, CA and they had 2 children, Jacqueline & Jeffrey. They later divorced. Barbara and her children moved to Waitsburg, WA in 1988 where she was employed by the McGregor Co then trans...
John and Sharon Richter of Dayton, WA, announce the engagement of their daughter, Gretchen Dianne Richter to Matt David Payne, son of Nancy and the late David Payne, also of Dayton, WA. The future bride is a 1999 graduate of Dayton High School and graduated from Washington State University in 2003 with a Textile Design degree. She also received her Interior Design degree from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in 2010. A 1998 graduate of Dayton High School, the future groom re... Full story
Waitsburg 5-28 Theft of motorcycle on Stonecipher Road. Report of telephone harassment on Dewitt road. 6-1 Theft of laptop during yard sale. Prescott 6-1 Hit and run on 2nd and "F" Streets; dump truck struck aparked vehicle and left the area. Dayton 5-28 Porta-potty tipped over on Touchet River dike path. Report of domestic violence on E. Richmond Ave. Wallet foundon S. 3rd Street; returned to owner with money and gym cardmissing. Abandoned vehicle reported on Highway 12 andTurner Road. 5-29 Theft of tools reported on W. Dayton Avenue. R... Full story
The school year is near- ly over. I won't bore you with the details of the sketchy grades I am desperately trying to rectify before the grading period ends. And I recall spotting a Times reporter at graduation, so I'll tell you something related to my plans for this summer. We're going to California over the summer to visit my mom's brothers. We'll spend the better part of that time in the Silicon Valley with my mom's second-oldest brother, Dave, his (rather chipper) wife Carina, and their... Full story
In a photograph on Page 6 of last week's Times, one of the service members standing in a group was misidentified. The man on the right is SGT Matthew Rupp. In the photo cap- tion, that person was identified as 1LT Michael Zaharevich. Zaharevich is currently stationed in Belgium....
In the spring of 1963, when John Kennedy was president and gas was 30 cents a gallon, a group of 15 Waitsburg men formed a new Lions Club and set out to help out their com- munity. And oh how they've done it. As reporter Dena Wood reports in these pages, the contri- butions the Lions - they now number nearly 70 - have made to Waitsburg have been invaluable. The club has made improvements to the race track and football fields at the fairgrounds, they've made repairs and improvements to the Waitsburg Pool and the little league fields, tennis...
I'd like to thank the internet, Google, Wikipedia, Microsoft Word, and Copy & Paste.... -- Anonymous graduation speech T hirty members of the Waitsburg community reached a milestone in their lives on Friday. After 12 years of studying together and playing sports together and just hanging out together, the members of the Waitsburg High School class of 2013 move on the next phases of their lives. The Times congratulates them and wishes them well as they move on to the next level of their education. That's right, young people; your education...
