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  • Pioneer teacher presents Living History performance

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    WALLA WALLA- On Sunday September 8 at 2 p.m. Emily Cairns will portray pioneer school teacher Sarah Miner. The Living History performance will be made at Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 Myra Road. Mrs. Miner, Walla Walla's first schoolteacher, opened a private school in a store building on Main Street in the winter of 1861-62. She was then given a certificate, and on June 16, 1862 began the first public school classes in Walla Walla. She was described as "a lovely, cultured woman, who had the...

  • Area comp. plan updates are finalized

    Dena Martin, the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    COLUMBIA COUNTY—Comprehensive plan updates for Columbia County, the City of Dayton, and the Town of Starbuck are wrapping up with final public hearings planned for September and October, according to Columbia County Planning Director Meagan Bailey. “All three plans were submitted for 60-day review at the end of May and that review period closed the end of July. All three plans received, essentially, accolades from the state with no required updates, indicating that all Growth Management Act req...

  • A Brief History of Start-up Pro Football Leagues Part One: 1940s thru 1970s

    Eric Umphrey, the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    A new professional football league called the XFL will start in 2020 following the conclusion of the upcoming NFL season. Pro football leagues have been popping up since the 1940’s. Most don’t last more than a few seasons. Several have generated great players that made it to the NFL. One contributed three new teams that joined the NFL. The most successful league still exists today in the NFL as the American Football Conference. Here is Part One of a summary of the leagues that have tried to compete or coexist with the NFL and what happened to...

  • MLB American League Leaders

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    ERA Batting Average J. Verlander HOU 2.69 D. LeMahieu NYY .333 G. Cole HOU 2.85 M. Brantley HOU .332 W. Miley HOU 3.06 H. Alberto BAL .321 C. Morton TB 3.11 R. Devers BOS .320 L. Giolito CHW 3.20 J. Martinez BOS .317 Wins Home Runs D. German NYY 17 M. Trout LAA 43 J. Verlander HOU 16 J. Soler KC 38 E. Rodriguez BOS 16 M. Kepler MIN 36 G. Cole HOU 15 N. Cruz MIN 34 L. Lynn TEX 14 G. Torres NYY 33 Strike Outs Runs Batted In G. Cole HOU 252 R. Devers BOS 104 J. Verlander HOU 243 J. Abreu CHW 102 S. Bieber CLE 224 M. Trout LAA 101 M. Boyd DET 219...

  • NFL Week One Games and Picks

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    Day Time Station Away Home Pick Thurs. 5:20PM NBC Green Bay Chicago Chicago Sun. 10:00AM Atlanta Minnesota Minnesota 10:00AM Washington Philadelphia Philadelphia 10:00AM Buffalo NY Jets NY Jets 10:00AM Baltimore Miami Baltimore 1:25PM San Francisco Tampa Bay Tampa Bay 10:00AM Kansas City Jacksonville Kansas City 10:00AM Tennessee Cleveland Cleveland 10:00AM LA Rams Carolina LA Rams 1:25PM Detroit Arizona Arizona 1:05PM Cincinnati Seattle Seattle 1:05PM Indianapolis LA Chargers LA Chargers 1:25PM NY Giants Dallas Dallas 5:20PM NBC Pittsburgh...

  • New combine Athletic Director looks forward to the season

    Dena Martin, the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    DAYTON/WAITSBURG-Rather than having separate athletic directors for both Dayton and Waitsburg, the athletic combine advisory committee recommended hiring one director to oversee the combine. Both school boards approved the recommendation and Luper was selected and accepeted the position in June. Luper was hired as the Dayton School District Athletic Director in November of 2018. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education and health from the University of Idaho and a Masters...

  • Thomas Craig George

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    Thomas Craig George, age 78, died in Tucson, AZ on August 15, 2019. Craig was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Lora George. He leaves his beloved wife Katherine of 52 years; his son Tom and his wife Betsy George (Graham, Lacy), his daughter Katrina and her husband Michael Sents (Alex, Raelee, J.T.), and his daughter Heidi and her husband Travis Peterson (Myah, Emma). He also leaves behind his older brother, Berke George. Craig was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to...

  • Fall Sports Schedules

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    DW Football * Friday, September 6, 7:00 Columbia-Burbank (non league) @ Waitsburg * Friday, September 13, 6 p.m. McCall/Donnelly @ Dayton * Friday, September 20, 7 p.m. White Swam @ Waitsburg Friday, September 27, 7 p.m. Liberty Christian @ LC (non league) Saturday, October 5, 1 p.m. Mabton @ Mabton *Friday, October 11, 7 p.m. Liberty Christian @ Dayton Friday, October 18, 7 p.m. *Kittitas @ Waitsburg (homecoming) Friday, October 25, 7 p.m. Columbia-Burbank @ Col. Burbank *Friday, November 1, 7 p.m. Tri-Cities Prep @ Dayton (senior night)...

  • Grouse of the September Uplands

    Brad Trumbo, the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    With the summer heat still baking the brown and brittle landscape, dog work would need to be restricted to the precious early morning hours of refuge. Fortunately, we were blessed with an overcast sky; one of the first to come of the early fall season. But the transition to autumn was in full swing, presenting a soothing canvas of large pines towering dark above the reddening of the Oregon grape and snowberry, and the fading yellow of elderberry leaves accented by their rich, black berry cluster...

  • Fun!

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    Enjoy!...

  • Stuffed Zucchini Boats

    Teeny McMunn, the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    This is on my dinner menu tonight so I will be able to tell you if it’s any good. Or if it isn’t, find another recipe. It has all the ingredients that go well together and I have an over-large zucchini that needs to be used. Then I will be out of zucchini and I will have to resource more. I don’t do a lot of baking with zucchini but I do have my favorites. Chocolate Zucchini Cake, because it’s moist enough not to need frosting and Chocolate Zucchini Bread, which I have put into the column....

  • 2019 Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days

    the Times|Sep 5, 2019

    Waitsburg fared well at the 2019 Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days last weekend....