Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Stella Baker, 103, former longtime Prescott resident, died Sept. 15, 2010, at Regency at the Park. Arrangements are pending at Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla....
Virginia "Ginny" Jacobsen, former longtime Prescott resident, 83, died Sept. 13, 2010, at the Washington Odd Fellows Home. Arrangements are pending at Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla....
Juanita Huxoll of Dayton, Washington, died on Saturday, September 18, 2010, at Kadlec Medical Center. She was 78. Born July 8, 1932, in Finley, Wash., Juanita was the youngest of nine children. She married Mike Huxoll on July 18, 1950, in Pendleton, Ore. They settled down and raised their family in the Huntsville/Dayton area. Juanita loved camping, gardening and enjoyed going to movies with her children and grandchildren. Her greatest joy was her family. Her caring passion for children led her to become a foster parent at the age of 72. She is...
Waitsburg resident Richard Thomas "Dick" Chissus, 77, died September 14, 2010, at Eagle Springs Specialty Care Community in College Place, Washington. At his request there will be no service. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, Washington 99362. Dick was born May 15, 1933, in Wapato, Wash., to Sinclaire and Elizabeth Pearl Bedow Chissus. He worked in construction as a brick layer. He loved playing and watching baseball, winning several national championships as a pitcher...
DAYTON - Trees in this part of the state are a precious commodity, so when they start looking sick and dying, property owners want answers. If they're smart, they start asking questions, and if they're lucky, they get the Forest Tour. U.S. Forest Service entomologist Lia Spiegel and pathologist Craig Schmitt, both from La Grande, joined forest insect specialist Mike Johnson with the Eastern Washington Department of Natural Resources earlier this month in Columbia County at the request of local...
WAITSBURG - Shortly after Cycle Oregon organizer Tara Corbin arrived in Waitsburg ahead of the 2,250 cyclists coming here for their midweek stay last week, Mayor Walt Gobel took her to see the city's "Hollywood" sign on the hill: a giant bicycle ploughed into the field south of town to greet the far-flung visitors. "That almost brought tears to my eyes," Corbin said about the iconic welcome initiated by local hospitality coordinator Deanne Johnson. "It was one of those standout moments for me...
