Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The bottom fell out of my stomach as Bill pulled the combine to a stop and stood from the driver's seat. "Okay, now it's your turn." "Uh," was all I could get out. Bill Blessinger, known around town as "Wild Bill," is a large man, wearing bib overalls on this day. He stood stooping in the cab of the wheat harvester and began edging his way around me, effectively scooting me into the driver's seat. "You'll be fine. It's just like driving a lawn mower," he said. Oh sure, I thought. And then he...
Last month my daughter, Bubs Cerma, and I stopped at Dunham Cellars located at the Walla Walla Municipal Airport. I mentioned to the young man who showed us around that I used to dance there during World War II. I found out later that I hadn't danced with soldiers there, because the Dunham Cellars had been used as hangars for B-17 and B-32 airplanes! In Robert A. Bennett's book, "Walla Walla, A Nice Place to Raise a Family," he writes, "Three days after Pearl Harbor it was announced in Washington, D.C., that Walla Walla was to be one of seven...
Dorothy Frances Hampton, 87, of Portland, died at her home Aug. 9, 2010. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, in Bishop Funeral Chapel, Pendleton. Interment will be in Olney Cemetery, Pendleton. Dorothy was born to John Patrick "Jack" and Helen Harrington Sweet Dec. 28, 1922, in Prescott, Ariz. Dorothy graduated from grammar school in Phoenix, from Globe High School in Globe, Ariz., in 1940, and from Arizona State College in Flagstaff, Ariz., with a degree in Eng...
One winter's day earlier this One year, when Ally Chapman and One her mom Brenda were on their way to piano lessons in Waitsburg, the 11-year-old got an idea. Inspired by her grandfather, Brian Black, who orchestrated the creation of the Veterans' Memorial in the Chapman's hometown of Dayton, she had been wanting to do something good for her community, something big. So she decided to write to the comHeart that make some of her favorite products to see if they might be interested in helping brin...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council last week passed a law that may have appeared limited in its applicability to Mayor Walt Gobel who enjoys getting around town using a different mode of transportation. But there are others who say they'll take advantage of a new ordinance allowing the use of golf carts on city streets. WP football coach and PE teacher Jeff Bartlow, for one, is a big fan. "I'll use mine for a lot of things now that I can," said Bartlow, who bought a used golf cart - read: a...
PRESCOTT - If you were one of the applicants for the position of superintendent of the Prescott School District, the Times is interested in hearing from you. After an executive session last week, Prescott School Board Chair Karen Tonne issued a short statement saying the district is chosing not to interview a single one of the seven candidates for the superintendent's position, reportedly because the board wants to have a larger pool of recruits to consider. Instead, the board will consider appointing an interim superintendent while seeking mor...
DAYTON - This year's fire season in the Touchet Valley brings back some memories of the Columbia Complex fire that raged four years ago and became the nation's top firefightingpriority that summer. They're memories that most who lived through the 100,000-acre fire would just as soon forget. But starting at the Columbia Court House on Monday, some people whose lives were affected by the devastating blazes will relive the experience in front of a jury. Ironically for one of them, former...
LEWISTON - Tumac Outdoor announced its recent purchase of All Makes of Lewiston. All Makes specializes in locating hard to find machinery and vehicle parts for clients around the country. The company regularly tracks down parts for things such as tractors, excavators, combines, cars, trucks, planes, construction equipment and consumer appliances. All Makes has a particularly strong track record in sourcing parts made by manufacturers that have gone out of business, parts for foreign made equipment that are nearly impossible to findin the...
WALLA WALLA -- Baker Boyer Bank announced that earnings for the first half of 2010 increased by 2.3% from the same period of 2009. Deposits grew by more than $46 million in the same period, a 13 % increase. "This increase in earnings came despite the fact that our FDIC Insurance expense for our share of the cost of bailing out failed banks has increased from $4.9 thousand in the month of January 2009 to $69.9 thousand in the month of June 2010," Megan Clubb, President and CEO said. "We view this increase in earnings and growth in deposits as...
POMEROY - Puget Sound Energy said it has completed the purchase of more than nine acres of land just outside downtown Pomeroy for the future site of an operations and maintenance facility for the utility's Lower Snake River Wind Project. Construction on the OM facility is set to begin this fall. Located on Falling Springs Road, the OM facility will include office space, equipment storage and parking. The 15,000-square-foot building will house as many as 25 permanent employees from PSE and Siemens Energy, the wind turbine manufacturer for...
WAITSBURG - Lupe and Sandra Torres are trying it again. The five-year Waitsburg residents hope to retire - for the second time - after closing their antique shop on Main Street, Waitsburg. "It's time for us to retire for good," Lupe said. Both retired from the US Postal Service seven years ago before moving to Waitsburg from Walla Walla. They opened Nothing New Antiques in 2005 and Nothing New Lodging in 2006. The couple will continue running their hotel after closing the antique shop, which Lupe says will happen once all the antiques are...
WALLA WALLA - The idea of starting a pub in Walla Walla kind of came through the back door for Laht Neppur owners Court and Katie Ruppenthal. As the labels from their brewery on Preston Avenue were becoming more popular, they toyed with the notion of adding a bottling and distribution operation to their current barrels and kegs production facility. But when they found out what it would cost, they figured they might as well open a restaurant for that price. So by the end of Sept...
