Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Wheat har- vest in the Touchet Valley area is expected to be a couple of weeks later than usual again this year, but the wheat looks long and robust and should provide some great returns for local farmers, they say. Last year, the wheat harvest took place at the end of July because of wet, spring weather. The typical start date for harvest is about the middle of July. JE McCaw, the Waitsburg branch manager of the Northwest Grain Growers, said this year our rainy June has pushed the s...
DAYTON -- Harvest Christian Center Pastor Tony Sykes said the 25 cents he spent on a book- mark Hosanna Joy Lorang made last Wednesday, June 20, during their youth session was the best pur- chase he ever made. Sykes led seven-year- old Lorang's memorial service Saturday, June 30, in front of an audience of tearful onlookers at the Harvest Christian Center. On Wednesday, June 27, Lorang fell about 20 feet while climbing a tree at her home in Dayton. Her father, stay-at-home dad Jake Lorang,...
DAYTON - The new shop Alexander's Chocolates had a soft opening Tuesday, July 3, featuring a small assortment of chocolates, truffles and cookies to give Dayton residents a taste of what is to come. The official grand opening and ribbon cutting for Alexan- der's Chocolates on Dayton's Main Street will be Friday, July 20. This date is fitting because July 20 is also Alexander the Great's birthday. The business, named after Alexander the Great, is run by Alex Radcliffe, Steve Macha- jewski and...
DAYTON -- The city of Dayton and its leaders are getting frustrated. The city has just six years to solve a wastewater problem that seems unsolvable. Dayton's wastewater treatment plant, located at the west end of Commercial Drive, was built in 1938 and has had several tune-ups since that time. Mayor Craig George said many people have a big misconception about the current treatment plant, thinking it is a brand new facility. "New things were added in 2000," George said. "But it was basically just a face- lift. Repairs are expensive and don't...
DAYTON -- The search for a CEO of the Columbia County Health System is progressing into its final stages as the hospital board prepares to meet the top three candidates at their July 24 board meeting. The candidate pool was narrowed down from more than 30 initial candidates to eight, Board Member Lisa Naylor said. One of those eight has already taken another po- sition leaving seven candi- dates to be interviewed in the coming weeks. The seven candidates have been provided with a packet about Dayton from the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Naylor...
WAITSBURG - Despite some recent cold, wet weather, attendance numbers at the public swimming pools in Prescott, Waitsburg and Day- ton are holding steady. Len Conlee, the manager at the Prescott pool, said the facility opened on June 9 and "we've been doing pretty well." The pool offers swim les- sons and water aerobics and is open seven days a week. The pool is averaging 15 to 20 swimmers during open swim each day, he said. And on a hot day, the pool has seen as many as 125 swim- mers. "It...
YAKIMA - Being head coach for the East football team in the Earl Barden Classic all-star football game on June 23 was a career highlight for WP head football coach Jeff Bartlow. The annual game, which puts East side athletes against West side athletes in one all-star event, was six months in the making. After leading WP to the state football title in December, Bart- low said he found out he was selected to be the head coach of the East side team for this year's big match-up in Yakima. But, he...
PRESCOTT - WP's head boys basketball coach and assistant football and baseball coach TJ Scott is moving on to a new job in Alaska. Scott completed his student teaching at Prescott and has been teaching phys- ical education and work- ing as a para educator for the past three years while coaching for all seasons. On Aug. 10, he is off to Metlakatla, Alaska, near Ketchikan, to teach physical education, serve as an athletic director and continue his coaching career. Scott said he loves the Prescott...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg graduate Fletcher Bak- er's senior project delved into one of the reasons why Waitsburg is "One-Of-A- Kind" - its unique territorial charter the city continues to abide by. Baker, age 18, served as the student representative on the Waitsburg City Council for one year. He said it was advised that he work on a senior project that he was interested in and that was government. Baker has participated in Youth and Government through Waitsburg High School and was part of the...
June 28: Kendra Rob- erts, Terry Dunn, Kathleen Walborn, Heather Ferguson, Jordyn Prince. June 29: Wanda Mattice, Linda Herbert, Gina Fluharty. June 30: Jeff Bartlow, Pete Kinder, Ralph Jones and Erin Mellish. July 1: Gary Hofer, Ellen Atteberry, Scott Clayton and Lynn McCaw. July 2: Melvena Carpen- ter, Marc Zuger, Jeannie Hurd, Corlene Scoggin, Pat- rick McConnell and Christianna Scudder. July 3: Edna Ruley and Sara Leid Heggen. July 4: Tucker Alleman, Kelly Buffington, Dona Jean Smith, Suzanne Robert, James White, John McCaw. July 5: Gina...
Waitsburg 6-28 Collision that occurred on 6-25 was reported on PrestonAvenue.6-30 Reckless endangerment and felony harassment was re- ported on Highway 12 resulting in an arrest. 7-2 The theft of a battery from a vehicle was reported onFourth Street. An abandoned vehicle was reported on SixthStreet. Dayton 6-26 The theft of a cell phone was reported on Main Street. Avehicle prowl and the entry of three vehicles was reported onHannan Street. Illegal burning was reported at CommercialAvenue. A stray dog was reported on Hatley Gulch Road. 6-27...
Waitsburg Memorial Scholarship Fund In Memory Of: Betty Webber From Howard & Marilou Smith...
The Weekend: I returned home from California to find the neighborhood Femme Fatale and her new kittens crawling over a month's worth of mail! Know anyone who might need to love a kitten? This week's Wine: Robison Ranch Cellars 2011 Viognier, $19 a bottle. Among this local winery's port- folio is a brightly "twisted" viognier, a white wine usu- ally known for its tropical fruit nuances. However, the Robison Viognier exhibit's a fall fruit profile wrapped in juicy pear and crisp apple nuances, striking to the cheek, smooth to the tongue, wrapped...
Bob and Barbara Danforth are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on July 6 by attending their grandson's graduation from the United States Ma- rine Corps Officers Candidate School Boot Camp in Quan- tico, Virginia. The following week their entire family will be gathering in Sunriver, Oregon, to complete the celebration. Bob and Barbara were married in the First Presbyterian Church in Walla Walla on July 6, 1952. After farming north of Waitsburg for more than 50 years, they moved to Walla...
Ten Years Ago July 4, 2002 Pool to open on Monday! With around $27,000 in dona- tions paving the way, preparations to ready the Waitsburg City Pool for operation are underway and the facility is expected to open Monday, July 8. Officials expect operation to be from four to six weeks, depending on staffing, utiliza- tion of volunteers and availability of funds. Some $27,000 has been donated or pledged, said Tom Baker, Friends of the Pool chairman. There is a $16,000 in the bank account, Baker said, mainly from donations in memory of Pat Leid...
PRESCOTT - The Prescott School District grew by 132 students in the 2011-12 school year, and with the extra money from the state because of the higher enrollment, the district's 2012-13 budget remains solid. Superintendent Dr. Bill Jordan said the budget for next year will be very conservative because the district does not know how the enrollment in the district will continue to fluctu- ate. The school board unani- mously passed the new, status quo budget last Thursday. In 2012-13, revenues are projected to be $4,071,908, which is $3,272 more...
DISPOSE OF YOUR DEBRIS WAITSBURG -- The city of Waitsburg is offering a dispos- al service for city residents. Citizens can take any debris they may have from the recent wind storm to the waste water treat- ment plant for the next week during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. GOLF TOURNAMENT DAYTON -- The second annual Touchet Valley Ryder Cup golf tournament will be held July 6, 7 and 8 at the Touchet Val- ley Golf Course in Dayton. Last year, the Dayton/Columbia County players went home with the trophy. The event featured players from...
United States wheat prices, on a big run, are showing no sign of exhaustion, even after a move up of $1.90 per bushel in just 12 trading days in Chicago, reaching $8 for September futures on Tues- day morning. Portland white wheat has captured well over $1 per bushel for new crop in the same period, reaching $7.80 Tuesday morning. Virtu- ally all of this price enthu- siasm has been generated by drought conditions in the Eastern corn belt (Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee), but the heat has now begun to stress the entire Midwestern row- crop area. A...
Summer Food Program Feeds Students For Free DAYTON -- For many students the end of the school year means no more homework or tests, but for some, it also means the end of accessible breakfast and lunches. The Dayton School District summer food program was created with the aim to help these students. It provides free breakfasts and lunches to anyone younger than 19 years old and they don't even have to be enrolled in any pro- grams. This year, the pro- gram started on Monday, June 18 and serves...
I n the span of little more than a month and a half, the emergency room in Dayton General Hospital is expected to be completely remodeled bringing a new, improved, and most importantly, up-to-code facility. The remodel should be completely finished by July 23, according to Shane McGuire, the Columbia County Health System director of operations. The remodel will have more than aesthetic benefits. One late-project alteration included updating the nurse call system from a single-level of alert to the state mandated multi-code alert system. McGuire...
DAYTON -- Mike Talbott said if he is elected as Columbia County Commissioner, he intends to bring his experience running a small farm and his love for the city of Dayton to work with him every day. Talbott was born and raised in Dayton. He and his wife have three grown children, the youngest of which recently graduated from Washington State University. After attending Dayton High School and Walla Walla Community College, Talbott intended to continue on to Eastern Washington University, but at...
WAITSBURG - About 50 years ago, five local Waitsburg teens brought long hair and rambunc- tious rock 'n' roll to the Touchet Valley with their band LSD & The Adicts. The band played in Waitsburg, Prescott, Walla Walla, Dayton, Milton-Freewater, Ore., Pend- leton, Ore., and a few members even made some trips to Seattle and San Francisco hoping to score a record deal. Today, four of those original five, Dr. Randy Pearson, Mi- chael Hubbard, Robert Maib and Clint Donley have remained in the...
