Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Showmanship at the Waitsburg Junior Livestock show began early on Saturday morning at the farigrounds. The two day event gave FFA and 4H members the opportunity to prepare for the big shows at the Walla Walla and Columbia County Fairs later this summer....
WAITSBURG/AN TIR KINGDOM-Waitsburg's Preston Park will be the weekend base for members of the Society for Creative Anachronism from June 7 to 9. The society is an international community in which members choose a pre-seventeenth-century period to research through immersive reenactment. Dame Katherine of Akornebir, once Baroness of Wastekeep, and known in present-day as Kathy Carpenter, encouraged anyone interested in history to come to the park, ask questions, borrow a tunic, and join the...
DAYTON - Area non-profits and charities, including Project Timothy, Blue Mountain Action Council, and the Walla Walla YWCA, appreciate the generosity of retired computer tech Gordon Gerlitz. After owning and operating GWhiz Computing for twenty years, Gerlitz now offers his considerable skills to help his community. Gerlitz has collected, refurbished, and donated over ninety laptops, tablets, and phones since he started this project in January 2022. He is now within five devices of 100, a goal...
DAYTON — “IF” is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. “IF” is from writer and director John Krasinski, stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell alongside many more as the wonderfully unique characters that reflect the incredible power of a child’s imagination. Rotten Tomatoes critics...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Alumni Association held its annual WHSAA Banquet & Celebration over the Memorial Day weekend....
Stan passed away on March 12 at Providence St. Mary following a sudden illness. A Celebration of Life will be held in Stan Thatcher's honor on June 15 at 2 pm. in the picnic shelter at Rooks Park, Walla Walla. Friends are invited to bring memories to share....
Cecil Louis Gagnon was born to Philip and Eunice Gagnon on April 6, 1930, and said farewell to the ones he loved on March 21, 2024, just shy of his 94th birthday. He was our dad, your brother, uncle, and friend. Cecil served in the Korean War and returned to Waitsburg before moving to Idaho, Oregon, then back to Waitsburg. He built his first home in Hines, Oregon, before returning to Waitsburg. After a few years, he moved his family back to Oregon to begin his very successful lifelong career of...
OLYMPIA - In early May, Waitsburg Youth and Government sent a Youth Legislature Delegation to Olympia for the first time since 2019. Advisors Matt Elder and Heather Baker spent four exciting days with students Will Ahler, Mylie Jones, Chasity Paddock, Grayson Teal, and Lucas VanHoose at the state capital. Before traveling to Olympia, the students met weekly during their lunch break, preparing to debate issues that affect citizens in their state, propose legislation, and learn procedures they...
WAITSBURG - On May 31, Waitsburg High School students attended a morning assembly to hear speeches by candidates before voting for 2024-2025 ASB officers. The new officers are Cedar Stegall as ASB President, William Daves as vice-president, Miley Jones as secretary, and Isaac Mahre will serve as the public relations officer. After the assembly, the students enjoyed Spring field day activities. The Mi Pueblito Taco Truck was on-site for the lunch break. The students then gathered in the Cage for...
A beautiful early summer morning greeted nearly a dozen youth interested in the outdoors and shooting sports as they arrived at the Walla Walla Gun Club. The day's event, sponsored by Blue Mountain Pheasants Forever in partnership with the gun club, was the opening act for a summer's worth of shotgun skills events for youth aged 18 and under. The BMPF youth "summer series" celebrates the challenge and excitement of target shooting and builds the muscle memory necessary to connect with flying...
WALLA WALLA - The Art of Friendship exhibit at the CAVU Cellars gallery has been extended through June. The show, which is the second for this group of friends, celebrates the work of seven area artists. The artists have been meeting and supporting each other's art since 2018. Their first show was in June 2022 at Cavu. The award-winning watercolorist, Mareth Curtis Warren, will demonstrate her portrait painting process during a reception on June 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery. Warren has bee...
1 Years Ago June 12, 2014 [Photo caption] Salutatorian Heidi Miller spoke from the heart as she addressed the crowd at Waitsburg's Class of 2014 graduation ceremony on Friday night. 25 Years Ago June 3, 1999 An original composition by the Fifth-Grade band will highlight the Waitsburg Elementary School music program at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 8 in the High School Auditorium. The Fifth and Sixth Grade bands, playing their Spring Concert, will be under the direction of Brad Green. The program will...
In my kitchen library are some well-worn and much-loved cookbooks that I have referenced for years, many of which were gifts from beloved friends and family. One such culinary tome is my copy of "The Silver Palate Cookbook" by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins, a quintessential classic of American gastronomy. First published in 1982, the book is named after their Manhattan gourmet food shop, a location which was at the center of a shifting era in American culinary curiosity. My copy was gifted to me...
