Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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In spite of a nasty weather forecast, skies were sunny and the weather mild at Waitsburg's 45th Annual Pioneer Fall Festival on Sunday afternoon. Locals and visitors filled the Bruce House lawn, enjoying music, food, museum tours, a vintage fashion show, carriage rides, old-time skills demonstrations and more....
WAITSBURG – The wait is over for Waitsburg children eager to participate in the Walla Walla Community College preschool program held at the Waitsburg Elementary School. With nine children on the 2017-18 program wait list, Waitsburg School Board members unanimously approved the addition of an afternoon preschool session at their Sept. 14 board meeting. The cost of the additional session is approximately $28,000 and WWCC Early Childhood & Parent Education Director Samantha Bowen has submitted a grant to the Blue Mountain Foundation to cover $...
WAITSBURG – Do we see the fairgrounds as a historical site that we would like to maintain for the future or do we see it as an event and athletic site, but not necessarily historically important? That was the question posed by Fairgrounds Committee Chair Lane Hill at the opening of the committee's Sept. 12 meeting, which focused on whether the fairgrounds grandstands should be preserved or demolished. After hearing a presentation from Rick Nicely of Pillars of Society Woodworks, LLC, who said h...
DAYTON – Members and friends of the Dayton First Congregational Church held a celebration following last Sunday's service to honor the 140th anniversary of the church's founding. The historic Rev. Cushing Eells bell in the church's steeple was rung during worship. The Congregational Church is one of Dayton's first churches. According to a history provided by church officials, a group of Congregationalists began meeting in Dayton in 1877, led by Rev. E.W. Allen, a local farmer. This was only a d...
DAYTON – Columbia County Planning and Building is requesting additional public comments regarding the Fairgrounds Facilities Improvement Plan. Please submit written comments via email to Meagan_bailey@co.columbia.wa.us or deliver to the Department of Planning and Building at 114 South 2nd Street in Dayton. Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 25. Comments received after that time will be excluded from the record....
DAYTON – The Free Mobile Food Bank will visit Dayton on Thurs., Sept. 28 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds from noon – 2 p.m. Bring a box to take your food home. Volunteers are needed to open boxes, bag produce and hand out food. If you would like to help contact Janet Bye at (509) 520-7939 or jbye56@gmail.com or Tim Klipfel at (509) 529-8031 or timothy.klipfel@thrivent.com. The event is sponsored by the Blue Mountain Action Council, Redeemer Lutheran Church and Thrivent Financial....
WAITSBURG – Danielle Carpenter is looking to organize co-ed pickup volleyball games on Sundays at the Waitsburg High School gymnasium. Games will be fun and free. Beginners are welcome and non-players are invited to come and learn. Times will be set once it is determined if there is an interest. Interested parties can contact Danielle at Danielle.carp2428@gmail.com....
MILTON-FREEWATER – Dill and Neva Reid will offer square dance lessons from 2-3 p.m. , on Sundays in the Milton-Freewater Community Building located at 109 NE Fifth St. Lessons are sequential with open sessions on Oct. 1, 8, and 15. No experience is needed, dress is casual, and the music is varied. Modern Western Square Dance is good for the body, mind and soul and is a great way to make new friends. It is also the state dance for both Washington and Oregon. For more information contact Brenda Putnam at (509) 525-3223 or card...
Ten Years Ago September 27, 2017 Delores Gohlman had a fun-filled summer with her family. In August they went on their annual trip to the Washington Coast, followed by a Mariner’s Game at Safeco Field. Granddaughter Lisa Hathaway surprised everyone with a Rally Fry sign for them to hold at the game. They may not have gotten any fries, but at least the babies didn’t cry! With fiddles, mandolins, guitar and bass packed, the Blue Mountain Troublemakers, Waitsburg’s youthful Bluegrass combo, are more than hitting the road. They are hitting the g...
Sept. 17 A male subject was arrested on Powell St. in Waitsburg on a Walla Walla County warrant. Deputies arrested a subject on a warrant and had additional charges on E. Fourth St. in Prescott. Sept. 16 Dispatched advised county units of a single-vehicle, non-injury collision in the 5000 block of Middle Waitsburg Road. Upon investigation the male driver was arrested for DUI. Sept. 15 A caller advised dispatch of a visibly intoxicated male and female arguing outside the Tuxedo Bar and Grill in Prescott. Sheriff’s deputies observed the s...
4: Pancake on a Stick; PB&J Uncrustable, Sun Chips 25: Breakfast Burrito; Hamburger, Tomato/Onion, Fries 26: Biscuit and Gravy; Teriyaki Chicken, Rice, Cucumbers 27: Cinnamon Roll; Hot Ham & Cheese 28: Continental Breakfast; Beef Tacos...
Sept. 22: Marty Dunn, Phyllis Rubel, Cheryl Hansen, Marie Gagnon, Misty Nix, Lynn Rohlfing, Kyle Sickles, Dale Holloway, Matt Stoutenburg, Dorothy Rude. Sept. 23: Kathryn Greenwell, Jim Langdon, David Johnson, Gregory Liebermann, Brad Green, Jayden Dunleavy. Sept. 24: Virginia Gumm, Chris Lambert, Ethan Carpenter, Ryan Lambert, Amelia Solis. September 25: Kenneth Jones, Cricket Harris, Tambra Manley, Sheena Strand, Amanda McKinley Morton, Gabriel Abel. September 26: Karl Newell, Shirley Dunn, Betty Myers, Christi Baim, Faye King, Mike Hubbard,...
Dear Editor, Previously I wondered how much more time and money should be invested in determining the fate of the Waitsburg Grandstands. The city has taken about a year so far and Randy had to request progress reports several times from the Spokane engineer who, it seemed, wanted more money to expand the scope of the study. Interesting that when informed it was unlikely the city would go for the expensive options it only took the engineer a couple of hours to state “…So tearing it down may be the best solution…” After attending the Fairgro...
One of my tasks every evening is to find the cat and get him in the house. He’s an indoor/outdoor cat, but he prefers to sleep inside at night, even though he isn’t always ready to turn in when I am. And he’s the same color as the dead grass around our house, so he’s hard to find. After a few fruitless searches around the property, I got the great idea of outfitting him with a GPS tracking device. That way, even if he was hunting mice in a dense thicket of brush, I’d be able to find him with...
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Jack Houston Jackson was born in Miami, Oklahoma on June 22, 1934; the oldest son of Clifford A. and Sylvia Woods Jackson. He passed away on September 6, 2017 at the home of his son and daughter-in-law in Walla Walla after a long and courageous battle with complications from open heart surgery and heart disease. He started school in Oklahoma prior to the family moving to Walla Walla in 1940. He continued his schooling in Walla Walla and Pasco until the family moved to Prescott in 1947. He...
Darlene Beulah Beckman Broughton was born at Ogden, Utah on April 23, 1927 to Elmer Ernest Beckman and Omah Atwood Beckman. After her mother died when Darlene was two, she was raised by extended family at Ogden, Park City and Salt Lake City Utah, and Eli, Nevada. As a girl, Darlene alternated summers between her grandmothers. One summer would be spent with grandmother Alice Dolan in the small mining town of Cherry Creek, Nevada where she learned her love for gardening. Alternate summers were in...
WALLA WALLA – The annual Frenchtown Rendezvous will be held on Sat., Oct. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Assumption Church Parish Hall located at 2098 E. Alder St. in Walla Walla. The free event is the main fundraiser for the Frenchtown Historical Foundation. This year’s event kicks off at 2 p.m. with a hands-on family history workshop about census and church records at the Assumption Church Parish Hall. Attendees will use church records, censuses, and online sources to research their own family history. Printed computer records will be availabl...
DAYTON – The Blue Mountain Station will host its third annual Oktoberfest on Sat., Oct. 14 from 11 a.m – 5 p.m. on the station grounds, located at 700 Artisan WAy in Dayton. This year's offerings include some new contests and events. As always, the Dayton Kiwanis will grill up their delicious, locally-sourced bratwurst for just $5. An additional $3 will buy a german potato salad and german cabbage side dish prepared by the BMS Co-op. Another $2 will buy a Warren Orchards apple strudel for desser...
DAYTON – The Dayton Memorial Library will host a Micah and Me Dance party in the Delany Room on Sat. Sept. 23 at 11 a.m. The band is made up of three at-home dads who desire to entertain, educate and empower children from ages 0-7 through the power of music. Over the last several years they have played hundreds of live shows for children across Washington and Oregon. Band members play ukulele, guitar, bass drum and bass guitar while dancing and singing. Each shows runds 45-60 minutes, d...
I haven't had time to make this, but it's on my list. I like apple anything, mostly with raisins and walnuts. This would be a good sweet bread to have on hand in case someone drops by, for dessert, or for breakfast, tho I would add scrambled eggs to go with it. Some of you may add yogurt. INGREDIENTS: ½ c. butter ½ tsp salt 1 c. sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 eggs ½ tsp ground cloves 2 c. flour 2 apples, peeled, cored, and chopped. 1 tsp baking soda DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 8 x 4 inch loaf...
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WAITSBURG – Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner provided a quarterly service update to council members at their Aug. 16 council meeting. Statistics for the first six months of the year show 356 calls for service for the first six months of 2017, which is a higher mid-year number than previous years, Turner said. In 2016, total calls for service for the entire year were 532, which was up significantly from 247 in 2015, 352 in 2014, and 502 in 2013. A call for service is any call in to the department and they can run the gamut from welfare c...
WAITSBURG – WHS graduate and Walla Walla attorney, Bertha Clayton, will present one of three free fall "Big Idea" programs at the Walla Walla Public Library. Clayton, who is the State Monitor Advocate for the Washington State Employment Security Department will present, "Ode to the Harvesters: Examining Current Agricultural Labor Issues in Washington State." Clayton is the daughter of Roy and Abelina Poirier and grew up on a small farm on Coppei Creek, outside of Waitsburg. She graduated from W...
WAITSBURG – Renowned “apple detective” David Benscoter will be in Waitsburg on Sept. 30 to visit with locals at a dinner fundraiser and to give a lecture about his lost apple discoveries. Waitsburg Tree Committee and city council member, Kate Hockersmith, read an article about Benscoter, who has discovered several varieties of lost apples, mostly in the Steptoe Butte area, and approached him about visiting Waitsburg. It turns out, Benscoter already had interest in coming to the area and jumped at the opportunity. Hockersmith was pleased to di...
