Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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PASCO - After being behind at halftime, the WP Cardinals rallied for a 24-point second half and beat Chiawana 30-7 last night to go 4-0 for the season so far. quot;We came out in the second half played with a lot of heart,quot; head coach Jeff Bartlow said after the game. quot;We picked it up and took care of business.quot; The Cardinals played the much-bigger high school's JV team, which was endowed with plenty of talented players and put WP to the test, particularly in the first half. WP was the first to score with Zach Bartlow running for a...
I ran into a fellow chef at the farmer's market this weekend who grows big, voluptuous red chili peppers. We talked of food trends and what's in and out for the approaching fall season. As we parted, he handed me a pinch of chili pepper flakes. This got me thinking, "How could I use these pepper flakes best in tonight's dinner menu?" Before leaving Walla Walla, I swung by the supermarket for a bottle of inexpensive cooking sherry and a pound of Andouille sausage. Driving along U.S. Highway 12, I saw winemakers Jay and Doug standing outside...
DAYTON - The local co-ed pool league will meet Monday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Dayton Eagles. Everyone is welcome, four people per team. The pool league meets once per week. Even occasional players are encouraged as the group is always looking for extras to fillin for absent team members. For information, call Ian at 509-386-8401.... Full story
DAYTON - Two young Dayton boys and their families will be on the minds of those in the community who meet Friday night after the Junior High football game in Dayton. The public is invited to this candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. on the football field to pray for and support 5-year-old Jayden Dedloff, who is in Children's Hospital with seizures, and 7-year-old Gio Gonzalez, who will be placed on the liver transplant list this week. Those attending should bring their own candles....
DAYTON - For $35 per person, guests can enjoy French cuisine followed by a screening of the new French comedy Micmacs, Friday, Sept. 24, at the Liberty Theater in downtown Dayton. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the film will play at 7:30. The event is part of an five-year project to raise money for converting the theater's projection system to digital. As many people know, the movie business is changing, and the theater board of directors says this means in the next five to 10 years the theater will struggle in finding 35mm prints to show at...
PRESCOTT - Several members of the Prescott Pioneers 4-H club were honored with ribbons at the 2010 Columbia County Fair. Here are those results: Morgan Forney: 4-H Junior Reserve Grand Champion 4-H Best Junior Doe in Show Mackenzie Forney: 4-H Grand Champion Goat Educational Poster Blues in Showmanship classes Megan Forney: Open Class Goat Pee-Wee division Blue ribbons in all classes Megan Forney also took fourth place among 10 local children who competed in Mutton Bustin' before the Bull Bash and first place in the greased pig contest d...
STARBUCK - Starting at dawn on Tuesday, three teams from Idaho Mountain Search Rescue made one final attempt to find Bob Bulota, the 64-year-old Starbuck resident who has been missing from his home since March. Using three cadaver dogs specially trained to pick up the scent of humans, dead or alive, the teams of two volunteer rescuers each fanned out along the bushy Tucannon River west of Starbuck with one team starting at Bulota's cabin on First Street. Columbia County Sheriff's officials, who...
DAYTON - The Dayton Levee System, jointly operated and maintained by the city of Dayton and Columbia County, received an overall system rating of "minimally acceptable" this week following U.S. Army Corps of Engineers periodic inspections conducted in February. The levee system's rating means it remains eligible to apply for federal rehabilitation assistance if it is damaged in a flood or storm event. The Dayton Levee System consists of left and right bank segments along the Touchet River that were constructed in 1965. Inspections and...
WALLA WALLA - Twenty-three-year old Waitsburg man Keith Eugene Adams was charged with five felonies Friday afternoon following his arrest early that morning at his Preston Avenue home. Adams allegedly held a 21-year-old woman and her two infant children at gun point. Adams was accused in Walla Walla County Superior Court of first-degree assault, harassment and three counts of unlawful imprisonment. The Walla Walla Emergency Response Unit arrived at the Waitsburg home about 1 a.m. Friday. Witness information conveyed that Adams was "extremely... Full story
Bob Chalfant has big shoes to fill. For almost three decades, Gary Lentz worked as the ranger in charge of Lewis and Clark Trail State Park. For years Lentz maintained the facilities while providing interpretive programs extolling his extensive knowledge of the history and biology of the region. But at the end of June, the Dixie man retired from his post. Now Chalfant, a 31-year veteran of the parks system, has been assigned to the task. "My goal is to enhance what Gary has done here," C...
Sept. 23: Kathryn Greenwell, Jim Langdon, David Johnson, Gregory Liebermann, Brad Green. Sept. 24: Nydia J. Oliver, Virginia Gumm, Chris Lambert, Ethan Carpenter. 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, Heidi Kinart, Ellis Erikson, Keith Brodhead. September 27: Jean Everly, Randy Culley, Gloria Simonis, Ryan Ahler. September 28: Timber Frohreich, Alana Fox. September 29:...
Mark and Joanna Lanning announce the engagement of their daughter, Marci Jo M. Lanning of Dayton, to Jorge A. Martinez of Touchet. Jorge is the son of Jose and Carmen Martinez of Touchet. The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Waitsburg High School and will graduate from the Water Resource Technology program at Walla Walla Community College in 2011. Marci Jo is employed by Sterling Restaurant and works with Camp Fire in Walla Walla. The groom-elect is a 2002 graduate of Touchet High School a...
Ten Years Ago October 5, 2000 Area fields, some recently seeded, were hit hard by an intense cloudburst Sunday morning that overwhelmed drainage ditches, washing mud and water across roadways. A half to three-quarters of an inch of rain hit in a 30 to 45-minute downpour in the early morning hours, following the quarter-inch of rain that fell over the previous day. Perry Bigelow, Neil Witt, Joe Abbey, Delbert Mock, Frank Bramlett and Dean Hermanns presented their trophies from the Waitsburg Gun Club in a picture of days gone by. Twenty-Five... Full story
CLARKSTON - Waitsburg Prescott cross country runners attended the Seaport Invite on Saturday. This was a large meet with lots of schools participating including three schools from the local Blue Mountain District: Dayton, Asotin and St. John-Endicott. The course was at Beachview Park, adjacent to Clarkston High School "It was another terrific day," reported coach Joanna Lanning. starting with our two middle school boys participating in the 2,000-meter race. Out of 90 middle school boys, Tre... Full story
ASOTIN - WP became the second area team in a row to lose against the Asotin Panthers by two points Thursday. In a cliffhanger of a series of five games, the Cardinals lost the first two 19-25 and 31-33, won the second two 25-20 and 26-24, then lost the last 13-15. "I was frustrated that we didn't win it, but happy about the way the girls played," head coach Jesse Buehler said. "It was our hardest-fought match. There was an urgency that hasn't been there in other games." Game two in particular s... Full story
RICHLAND - The Dayton Bulldogs fell to the Liberty Christian Patriots Tuesday night, losing their match in three games 25-21, 27-25 and 25-21. "We just lacked motivation, made too many errors and weren't consistent," head coach Shannon Turner said. "We did not play our game." The team, she said, "will learn from it and move on." After this second loss in a week, the Bulldogs are 1-2 in league competition, but it hasn't been a bad season so far at all. The Bulldogs played a close match against the Asotin Panthers last Tuesday night only... Full story
WAITSBURG - In week three of the regular season, the undefeated Cardinals came alive again and erupted for 40 points against an outmanned but disciplined Elgin team. WP beat the Huskies 40-10 despite a spate of Cardinals penalties and eight fumbles recovered by the home team. "We will not be so lucky in the future," head coach Jeff Bartlow said. "We need to take care of this." Apart from the nerve-wracking would-be turnovers, the Cardinals' victory Friday had a lot more to do with im... Full story
ATHENA - It seemed so close, yet it remained so far away. The End Zone became an obsession for the Bulldogs in their game against the Weston McEwen TigerScots Thursday night. Several times, they came within yards of it but never made it across the goal line for an official score. When the Bulldogs did break the plane, the play was called back because of an offensive holding penalty. Dayton's struggle in the Red Zone was one of the reasons the Bulldogs lost 25-2. But those numbers didn...
PRESCOTT - Just few weeks into the season, the brand new Waitsburg-Prescott Tigers are already ranked third among the state's 25 B2 teams, and perhaps they should be even higher. "We beat the number one-ranked team twice," head coach Rickie Hamilton reWP under his breath during Tuesday afternoon's rout of the Dayton Bulldogs 19-0. "But I'd rather be at the bottom so we don't have a target on our backs." The team Hamilton referred to is Yakima's Riverside Christian Cougars, which the Tige...
9-14: Theft. Gas drive-off reported on Main Street, Dayton. 9-15: Assault. Report made regarding assault that occurred several days prior on Main Street, Dayton. 9-16: Theft. Game camera stolen on Bundy Hollow Rd., Dayton. 9-17: Fire. Brush fire reported on Wilson Hollow Rd., Waitsburg. Theft. Gas drive-off reported on Main St., Dayton. Theft. Theft of credit cards reported on East Patit, Dayton. 9-18: Accident Injury. One-car rollover with unknown injuries reported on SR 12, Dayton. 9-19: Missing Person. Columbia County Sheriff's deputies...
Dear Editor: This week we hosted as many strangers as at any time in my memory. Despite a heavy month of civic service activities, organizers of the Cycle Oregon events managed to round up volunteers and make the experience fun for both participants and locals. I was so proud to hear an almost universal heartfelt appreciation for Waitsburg from the many people I spoke with. As they first rounded the corner and came onto Main Street, you could hear, "Wow, what a beautiful little town," and the good words continued throughout the event. Pictur...
Dear Editor, On October 20, 2009, our home was burglarized; jewelry, several guns, liquor, my collection of watches and pocket knives, and our 42" plasma TV were stolen. We credit Deputy Mark Franklin's investigative expertise and dedication to duty for the recovery of a gun he located in Yakima on his own time; and later the TV that was in Milton-Freewater. The TV was later donated to the sheriff's department to be used as part of their security system. Sheriff Hessler sent us a letter of thanks with no mention of the burglary. He has ne...
During this year's Days of Real Sport, this writer was told by a worried official that if Walla Walla and Tri-Cities were to end their pari-mutuel horse racing this year or next-a real possibility-the days of thoroughbred racing at the fairgrounds would end. What to do? Reinvent the event? My thinking: Building on the upcoming Days of Real Sport's Centennial, organize-very soon-a Waitsburg 2013 Committee with 50-75 members, representing as many relevant interests, talents, resources and const... Full story
A few weeks ago, the Waitsburg City Council voted unanimously to make a change in the municipal code allowing for a longer permit to use the city's Preston Park. The change was prompted by a request from the Dayton's Farmers Market, which has been interested in using Preston Park for its weekend activities. At the time of the vote, Mayor Walt Gobel said a farmers market here should be called "Wait's Market," a name coined by community activist and former real estate agent Deanne Johnson in honor of the town's founder. Now that Cycle Oregon has... Full story
