Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Rick Hamilton, a former WP coach, was appointed by the school board to the athletic director position for the Dayton School District on Wednesday, July 11. Dayton’s former athletic director, Jack Smiley, passed away in early May. Hamilton was the head WP soccer coach in 2010-11 and after the season he transferred to Arizona for a job opportunity. Dayton Superintendent Doug Johnson said Hamilton is notable because he worked closely with Smiley to help form the Waitsburg and Prescott athletic combine. Hamilton begins his new position in A...
WAITSBURG -- Waits- burg's own eight-year-old Mya Wood is heading to Tacoma this August for a chance to represent Washington State in the National American Miss pageant. The state competition for her age group, seven-to-nine-year- olds, will be Aug. 9 through 12 at the Murano Hotel in Tacoma, Wood said. "I'm kind of nervous but I'm excited about the competition," she said. Wood's first grade teacher Dinah Lindsey said she thinks Wood has a real possibility of becoming the next Miss Wash-...
WAITSBURG - The Friends of the Weller Public Library have a bit of a prob- lem - there are few members and the current members are ready to move on. The friends members who are left are spreading the word about the library's needs hoping to gain more community support and new members who can commit to keeping Waitsburg's little library stocked with new books. Rosie Warehime, the li- brary's manager, said the friends have only held a couple of meetings this year and there's not much interest at the present time in new people joining the board....
DAYTON -- Blue Moun- tain Counseling and the Columbia County Sheriff's Office have partnered up to create the team Full Throttle and to raise money for Relay for Life. They will be holding a Full Throttle fundraiser event Sunday from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Dayton Depot, Blue Mountain Counseling Administrative Assistant Michelle Swan said. The event will feature a barbecue for $4.50 per person or $20 for a family of five. The Faith Street and Grace Band will be playing from 1 to 3 p.m. Swan said. Sheriff Walt Hessler will be running the...
DAYTON -- Dayton City Councilman Bill Graham returned from retirement and was reappointed during the city council meeting Monday, July 9. Mayor Craig George said after Graham retired and the position was vacated, no applications were turned in by prospective councilmen or women. Gra- ham decided to return to the council and was reappointed by George. Former councilman Terry Herrin's resignation was ac- cepted by George and the council during the meeting on Monday. His position will be listed and interested parties can contact city hall to...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District budget for 2012-13 does not include any staff cuts and maintains the sta- tus quo amid a down economy, district officials say. The Dayton School District has managed to plan a scrupulous budget that, with the help of the community and the staff members, will be able to put more money away for a rainy day or in case of an emergency. "Three years ago, we ended the year with about $10,000 in cash reserves," Superintendent Doug Johnson said. "Now we're back up. Our goal was $250,000. We reached it last year and...
PRESCOTT - Two Prescott School District mothers received some much-deserved praise last month for their vol- unteer work. Berenice Mendoza and Maria Sanchez are two mothers who live in Vista Hermosa and have children who attend school in Prescott. Mendoza and Sanchez were honored as outstanding parent volunteers at the Southeast Washington Association of School Administrators Honor- ary Awards Banquet on June 16 at the Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland. "I don't think there are enough word...
DAYTON -- Dayton golfers sizzled in the heat and on the course last weekend, claiming victory in the second annual Touchet Valley Ryder Cup with a final score of 29-19. The Waitsburg team was anxious to claim victory over Dayton, last year's winner, with a final score of 28.5-24.5. But Dayton retained their trophy in this annual matchup of Walla Walla versus Columbia county golfers, coordinator Evelyn Himmelberger said. "Waitsburg is really going to be out to get them next year," she said....
WAITSBURG - For those who love the amber waves of grain in Waitsburg, you may be interested in staying a weekend in a grain elevator turned home. The grain elevator on Lewis Peak Road outside of Waitsburg has become a landmark for the area when it was turned into a home 10 years ago by Bob and Jan Ash. Jan Ash said her husband is both an artist and a builder and when the 1942 grain elevator came up for sale, he believed that he could turn it into a won- derful home. "He has vision," Jan Ash...
WAITSBURG - Chad and Nicholas Pearson say they view the world differently after a recent trip performing missionary work, building houses and fixing toilets in the South American country of Guatemala. The Waitsburg High School incoming juniors, both age 16, visited Guate- mala City, Antigua, Panaja- chel and a couple of small villages from June 17 through June 30. Traveling outside of the United States the first time and seeing poverty up close, made the Pearson brothers more grateful for what...
July 12: Judy Townsend, Dick Surry, Lynette Newbill, Bill Duckworth, Deandra Smith, John A. Wood, Gayle Durkee, Bruce Anderson, George Downing. July 13: Tom and Gracie Lyman, Terri Schuler, Ron Kessler, Tom John, Janis Austin, Steve Low, Gary Vaughn, Kimberly Williams, Tucker Gleason. July 14: Karen Gregutt, Brett Tuttle, Pat Davis, Me- gan Price, Lauren Rohde. July 15: Howard Hays, Velma Sickles, Steve Witt, Mary Duncan, Ray Clayton, W.L. Clayton. July 16: Margaret Fitze- kam, Judy Bauerlie, Karlee Young. July 17: Mack Garrett, Bill Hamann,...
Waitsburg 7-03 Three gas cans taken from an unlocked garage wasreported on Coppei Avenue. 7-04 Fourth-degree assault between a boyfriend and girl- friend was reported on Second Street. The boyfriendwas arrested. 7-06 Burglary was reported on Preston Avenue. Entrywas gained to a locked garage but nothing was taken. Dayton 7-03 A driver who hit a deer causing his car to be inoper- able was reported on Millrace Road. A fraudulent IRStelephone scam was reported on Fifth Street. Straycows were reported on Johnson Hollow Road. A civildispute was...
The weekend included working in the garden turn- ing the earth with organic compost matter, making a deep rich row for sugar pumpkin starters; perfect for fall casseroles and pieshellip;yum! The winery: family owned and operated, Morrison Lane of Walla Walla, a winery that has been providing grapes to winemakers and for its own estate grown- wines of Rhone Valley and Italian finish, since 1997. Tasting room at: 1249 Lyday lane, Walla Walla, 509- 526-0229. The wine: 2010 Morrison Lane Viognier, a palo- mino white, clean and bright, exhibiting...
Cody Murdock and Libby Hutsell, together with their families, are pleased to announce their engage- ment. Libby is the daughter of Scott and Debbie Hutsell of Davenport, Wash., and Cody is the son of Bruce Murdock of War- den, Wash. and Corinne Wood-Stevens of Waitsburg, Wash. The future bride is a graduate of Daven- port High School and is currently employed as a paralegal with Brock Law Firm, PS in Davenport. Her fiancé is a graduate of Waitsburg High School and Eastern Wash- ington...
Ten Years Ago July 11, 2002 The Waitsburg Block Watch Program will hold an orga- nizational watermelon feed on Sunday, July 14, in Preston Park. All interested persons are invited to attend to enjoy watermelon and help plan the citywide network to help curb criminal activity in Waitsburg. Block Watch participants can continue to conduct their lives in privacy. It simply requires that neighbors be familiar enough to know who belongs and who doesn't in a neighborhood. It also includes ancillary programs such as engraving one's property. Active...
SPORTS MEETINGS COMING UP WAITSBURG - A Mandatory WP parent and athlete Fall Sports Meeting at 7 p.m., Aug. 6 in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. There will be a mandatory WP coaches meeting, for all coaches for 2012-2013 sports, at 8 p.m., on Aug. 6 at Waitsburg High School in the third-floor staff work room. WAITSBURG MAN GETS FELLOWSHIPS WAITSBURG - Dr. Matt Lyons, the son of Rusty and Les- lie Lyons of Waitsburg, was honored with a graduation dinner ceremony on June 22 in Seattle. He is a chief resident in Uni- versity of Washington's...
The drought and crop losses occurring in the Midwestern United States have reached the mainstream headlines. There are feature stories running in national publications and on prime-time television with photos of devastated corn crops in Il- linois and Indiana. The dry heat of the last few weeks has cut potential corn pro- duction by at least a third overall, but radically more in some states. As a result of this harsh weather pattern, prices for all grains have risen. Corn is up $2.12 per bushel (+41 percent), Soybeans jumped $1.60 (+11.6 perce...
Residents Organize An All-American Parade Second Annual Fourth Of July Parade Brings Out A Modest Crowd To Honor The Holiday And Veterans W AITSBURG - As the fire siren sounded on top of the Waitsburg Fire Depart- ment last Wednesday, the former soldiers and some friends and family members began to march. Cougar Henderson kept the pace on the drum and the veterans honorably held their flags high in the air as they paraded at a slow, reverent pace down Main Street. For the small Fourth of July...
This week, we're carrying Morgan Smith's front-page story about the first prospective tenants for Blue Mountain Sta- tion on the outskirts of Dayton. Even though Port of Columbia officials are understandably careful not to release the names of the tenants until leases are signed, at least two of the three prospects appear solid after com- mitting verbally to the unique new business park. This is exciting news for the Touchet Valley and we want to take this opportunity to congratulate Port of Columbia Man- ager Jennie Dickinson, Port...
STARBUCK - The Starbuck School District may have lost a beloved staff member, Karl Edie, as he moves on to new opportunities, but in his place students and staff members have gained an experienced professional who is ready to take charge in the district. Starbuck School Board members officially appointed Laura Christian as the new principal at the Thursday, June 28 board meeting. School board Chairwoman Carol Wildman said the decision to approve Christian was bittersweet because, despite their...
WAITSBURG - Burn bans have been set for the Touchet Valley, Firefighters are spending extra time training and preparing tenders and trucks with the hope that this summer will be a quiet fire season. The Fire District 2 burn ban for Waitsburg and the surrounding area began on July 1. The Fire District 3 burn ban for Columbia County began July 9. The bans will last through mid- September. Fire District 3 Chief Rick Turner said the Touchet Valley is a very dry and flammable area with lots of gr...
