Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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FFA Officers traveled to Spokane, then camped overnight on Wolf Fork Creek while engaging in team-building activities and planning for the coming FFA year....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg coach and physical education teacher Jeff Bartlow described his recent resignation as "the end of an era," after investing 17 years of his career in Waitsburg. Bartlow recently accepted a position as a counselor at Pioneer Middle School – the same position he held before coming to Waitsburg in 1999, where he was WHS head football coach for 16 years. Bartlow said he had been considering a career change for some time, but that the job opening at Pi Hi came at the last min...
DAYTON—Allen Litzenberger, owner of 4-Point Construction in Walla Walla, is building a second building at the Blue Mountain Station, according to Port of Columbia manager Jennie Dickinson, at the port commissioner meeting, last week. “It looks like it will be done quickly,” she told the board. Dickinson said a traffic study and SEPA study are not required, and that the building permit has already been approved. Design meetings with the port planner, engineers from Anderson Perry, and an archi...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Fair is less than a month away, and this year's Fair Board has been hard at work all year planning the many activities for this year's fair: Some traditional and some brand new. The Columbia County Fair runs from Sept. 9 – 11 this year, will feature a new headliner Friday night – a performance by the Wenatchee Youth Circus. The circus starts at 7 p.m. and is sponsored by Columbia REA. The Rascal Rodeo, always a crowd favorite, takes place Saturday morning from 9:30...
Swimmers and paddlers hit the water at the Lyons Ferry State Park on Saturday morning to participate in the Fourth Annual Swim the Snake fundraiser. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Dayton and Pomeroy swim teams. This is the first year that paddlers were included in the event. Participants leave shore from the park and swim or paddle to the Lyons Ferry Marina....
Ten Years Ago August 24, 2006 The Waitsburg Cardinal Football Program began workouts last week in preparation for the Sept. 1 opener against Enterprise (Ore.) in Waitsburg. These returning lettermen will lead the team in the 2006 campaign. Jeff Hofer, John Gertsch, Tyson Cole, Aaron Leal, Dakota Hopkins, Austin Dabulskis, Adam Fitzhugh, Morgan Baker, Fred Cunz, Josh Wilson, Cole Janovich, Nick Cloin, Jeremy Nichols, Kellen Gerke. At least one home has been lost and Dayton and Columbia County has been enveloped in a smoky curtain as dry...
ASSE Exchange Programs is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries: Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, Japan, to name a few. To become a host family or learn more, call 1-800-733-2773 or go to ww.host.asse.com....
Trials Set: -Steven Ray Long, 29, Dayton; charged with 17 counts including theft, drug charges, malicious mischief and burglary stemming from incidents that took place in Feb. and May, 2013. Trial set for Oct. 20-21. - Curtis A. Jones, 32, Hermiston; charged with illegal possession of a firearm and criminal trespass. Charges stem from an incident with WDFW that occurred in Oct. 2014. Jones is being held in custody on a bench warrant. Trial is set for Aug. 17. -Joseph John Richter, 31, homeless; charged with violation of uniform controlled...
August 19: Nicki Johnson, Steve Barr, Lucas Mohney, Georgia Rose Leisure, Brandon Crawford, Christopher Rohlfing. August 20: Deric Davidson. August 21: John Largent, Jennifer Clifton, Rick Reedy, Adelaide Johnson. August 22: Randy Farley, Peggy Stedman, Lynn Baker, Mindy Nordheim, Raylene Scott, Richard Beckel, Luke Alexenko. August 23: Babs Cerna, Coleen Langlo, Dan Donavan, Brian Hopkins. August 24: Zach Bartlow, Cathy Lambert, Audeana Ritter, Bryan Harris, Denise Reid, Matt Everett, Taelor Carter. August 25: Michaela Nordheim, Marion Spear,...
When I was in high school in the outskirts of Vancouver, Wash., our football team sucked. Actually, most of our sports teams did. And I always thought it would be a lot more fun to be at a school that won the state championship. Waitsburg got to experience a state championship five years ago, when coach Jeff Bartlow led the Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals to victory in the Tacoma Dome in 2011. In the 2B state championship game that year, the Cardinals crushed Morton/White Pass 33-7, to cap an...
RIO DE JANEIRO - During the Opening Ceremonies, they would have waved a green flag that featured a cartoon duck and marched between the small Olympic teams from Oman and Pakistan. They would have had more athletes than either country. In fact, had the University of Oregon seceded from the union or somehow been granted sovereignty and entered these Rio de Janeiro Olympics as an independent nation, it’d likely fare quite well. With 18 current and former Ducks competing in track and field events here, the school can lay claim to more Olympic a...
Overlooked so far is how some folks gained information of Nestle’s interest in Waitsburg’s water. “Rumor has it” was the reference given in a letter to the editor which appeared in the June 30, 2016 edition of The Times. If Nestle’s interest in Waitsburg was discussed during Executive Session at the June 15 Waitsburg City Council Meeting and the “rumor” mentioned in the June 30 letter-to-the-editor came from an attendee within that executive session, that is troublesome, since the purpose of an executive session is to allow confidential...
Dear Editor, A reasonable and mature individual, purporting to have the community at heart, upon hearing that a major corporation is interested in establishing a widget factory in their city would and should be gaga, as in Lady Gaga. Heck, color me William Gaga. I see Waitsburg as the lonely school girl sitting against the wall at the ‘sock hop,’ just a wishing and a hoping someone will ask her to the dance. Hoping someone will think her worthy of at least one dance. In her mind she says, “Won’t someone see me and care?” In my mind I see her l...
WHS alumnus Nicholas Pearson was named to the Whitworth University Provost’s Honor Roll for spring semester 2016. Pearson qualified by maintaining a GPS of at least 3.75. Waitsburg FFA member and WHS grad Mikala Deruwe has been named as a recipient of the 2016 American FFA Degree. The degree is awarded to FFA members who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to FFA. She will be recognized in Indianapolis at the 89th National FFA Convention & Expo. on Oct. 22....
Board members: Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, and Randy Pearson were present with Ross Hamann and Russ Knopp absent. Elementary Principal’s Report: -Kindercamp began on Thursday, Aug. 11 and will meet each Thursday for the remainder of the month. There are currently 25 children registered for Kindergarten. -The Home and School Association will host coffee from 8:30-9:30 on Sept. 6, the first day of school. They will repeat it on Thurs., Sept. 8 for the Kindergarten parents. -Parents will be enc...
DAYTON—The summer reading program at Dayton Memorial Library came to an end on Aug. 10 with a celebration featuring ice cream sundaes, games, and announcements of winners of the Summer Reading Challenge. Jamie Finch and Sandy Dare each received $75 in Dayton Dollars from the Chamber of Commerce in the Adult category of the Summer Reading Challenge. Quintin Rapoza won in the Young Adult category, Jack Zanger won in the Elementary category, and Mia Paquette was the winner in the Preschool c...
DAYTON—The Dayton City Council authorized ordinance No. 1899, following a Public Hearing at a special meeting held in council chambers on Monday night. The Ordinance will allow for the repeal of the south side local register historic district, and the Washington Street local register historic district, and their zoning overlay restrictions, according to city officials. Between March, 2016 and July, 2016 property owners in the local register historic districts cast two sets of votes in regards to...
WAITSBURG – German bicyclist Ralph Lang said he was surprised to find himself becoming "a bit emotional" as he arrived in Waitsburg last week. Ralph, 46, said he has incredibly warm memories of traveling through Waitsburg with a college pal on a cross country bike trip 25 years ago. That experience was so positive that he wanted to share it with his wife, Imke. On August 1, the couple began a two-year, around-the-world journey together. The self-described "passionate cyclists" have completed m...
Team building activities help members work together better WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Chapter FFA officers spent last weekend at an officer's retreat where they set chapter goals, planned the upcoming year, and practiced working together as a team. On Sat., Aug. 13, officers Emily Adams (president), Devin Newman (vice president), Laramie Mathews (sentinel), Tom House (treasurer), Devon Harshman (reporter), and Sydney Fowble (secretary) traveled to Spokane with FFA advisor Nicole Abel. Abel organized...
WALLA WALLA – Carnegie Picture Lab invites twenty-five artists to paint “en plein aire” for four days at picturesque locations in the Walla Walla Valley during the Fourth Annual Margaret Walters Paint Out, Sept 19-23. An artist’s reception and public sale of work created during the week will close the event on Friday evening, Sept. 23. With support from ArtWalla, Carnegie Picture lab sponsors the free week of painting. A portion of the proceeds from the sale benefit the Lab, a nonprofit organization that provides art education for element...
DAYTON – A sensory friendly screening of The Secret Life of Pets will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Sat., Aug. 20 at the Liberty Theater. The movie will be shown with dimmed lights and reduced volume and the audience will be able to move around. This allows children on the autism spectrum and others with sensory processing issues to be able to enjoy going to a movie. There will be a limited amount of free coupons at the door, on a first-come-first-serve basis, for people with disabilities or special needs. For more information call 520-6237 for c...
DAYTON – Alice Beckstrom, a Richland artist who creates new glass pieces from recycled and discarded windows and sliding doors, is the featured Pacific Northwest Art Event artist, Mon., Aug. 13 through Sat., Sept. 10. at Dayton’s Wenaha Gallery located at 219 E. Main. Beckstrom’s business motto is, “Recycled, Repurposed, Recaptured into Functional Art.” She collaborates with local glass replacement businesses by picking up their unwanted materials and turning them into art. Beckstron has one of her pieces on display in the owner’s box at the...
Ingredients 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup vegetable oil 3 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 1/4 cups white sugar 2 cups finely shredded and drained zucchini 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 pint fresh blueberries (you can reserve a few for garnish if so desired) Lemon Buttercream 1 cup butter, room temperature 3 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 lemon, juice and zest of (about 2 tablespoons) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare t...
