Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Youth soccer has started in the valley. Boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade from Waitsburg, Dayton, and Prescott are improving their skills, working on teamwork, and showing great sportsmanship. Waitsburg games are played at the fairgrounds, with weeknight games starting at 5 p.m. The season ends in mid-October. Youth soccer is fun to watch, and the community is encouraged to come out and enjoy the games. The youngest group plays without a goalie; sometimes, the...
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg School Board met at the elementary school library on September 19, 2024. Board Chair Stephanie Cole, directors Christy House, Charlie Barron, Abby Grende, and Interim Superintendent Carol Clarke were present. After Carol Clarke was sworn in as Interim Superintendent, Cole introduced Cedar Stengal as the student school board representative. Clarke gave the athletic director’s report, reporting on participation numbers for fall sports. HS football has 20 students, MS football has 12, and cheer has 14. High school vol...
DAYTON — The Dayton School Board met in the high school library at 6:30 p.m. on September 18, 2024. School Board Chair Jeffrey McCowen, board members Grant Griffin, Zac Fabian, Ryan Paulson, Superintendent Jeremy Wheatley, and Business Manager Jana Eaton were present. Aneesha Dieu attended online. The board approved the consent agenda, which included some administrative items and a recommendation to approve the donation of school supplies from the College Place Walmart. The ASB Treasurer, Tristan Rennaker, presented the ASB Report to the b...
DAYTON — The 27th Annual Manhattan Shorts Film Festival begins at the Liberty Theater on September 27. The Liberty Theater is the only theater hosting this film festival in eastern Washington. There is no other hosting venue within hundreds of miles in northern Idaho or eastern Oregon. The top ten finalist short films come from the United Kingdom, France, Croatia, Australia, Ukraine, Ireland, Italy, and the U.S. will be shown at each screening of this annual film festival. The festival takes place internationally between September 26 and O...
PORTLAND, ORE. - The Bloody Mary Liberation Party holds annual Bloody Mary festivals nationwide; the most recent was in Portland, Oregon, on September 14. Judy Bennett, a co-owner of Waitsburg's American 35, and owner of Portland Bloody Mary Mix teamed with Wild Roots Spirits to create a Pacific Northwest Bloody Mary at this year's festival. The unique cocktail was topped with a blackberry, a bit of smoked salmon, and a chunk of Tillamook cheese. Bennett batched 20 gallons of mix for the...
Letter to the Editor: In contrast to many partisan issues in the November election, the levy to fund our new Columbia County Parks & Recreation District is a non-partisan item that deserves our votes. We voters enthusiastically approved establishing the District in 2023, but the District is unfunded until a levy is approved in the upcoming November election. Using levy funds, the District would pursue private and governmental grant funds for pool construction. Those who grant construction funds expect this community via the District to create...
To the editor - As the former six-year Chair of the Walla Walla County Republican Party, I have come to learn from former county commissioners Pam Ray, Gregg Loney and Jim Johnson, that the office of County Commissioner is meant to be administered in a non-biased manner. This office is meant to serve all residents of Walla Walla County, not special interest groups. Ninety percent of the responsibilities of a County Commissioner are not partisan in nature. This was the same lesson I learned while serving on the Walla Walla City Council for...
To the editor, While the national elections certainly are important, nothing touches our lives more directly than our local governments. Our County Commissioners are responsible for providing a vast range of critical services, including providing for public safety, maintaining our county roads and distributing dollars which flow from our State and Federal government. It is not often that we have someone with the skill sets that Bertha Clayton brings for the job of County Commissioner. She has demonstrated her ability to manage employees and a...
WAITSBURG - Four teachers have joined the Waitsburg School District for the 2024-25 school year. Westin Wallace and Kim Hamann teach in the high school, Kimberly McNarland teaches physical education K-12, and Donovan Romero is a teacher at Preston Hall. Wallace graduated high school in the farming town of Toledo, Washington. He said he was proud that his father and grandfather still work on the family farm, like many families in Waitsburg. After high school, Wallace attended South Puget Sound Co...
WAITSBURG-Catherine Eaton Skinner will visit The Royal Block in Waitsburg on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 6 p.m. to participate in this month's Art Talk. She will discuss her work and art-making practice. "Azimuth CXIV" is one of Skinner's encaustic artworks on view at the Royal Block and will be the subject of Joseph Roberts' Art Talk this month. The monthly Art Talks are facilitated by Roberts as round-table discussions considering differing perceptions of a single artwork. With studios in...
WALLA WALLA — Sherwood Trust announced a change in the organization’s administrative structure to help it best fulfill its mission. Program Director Julia Leavitt will leave Sherwood Trust in November after the trust decided to eliminate the position to help the trust maximize the amount of grant funds available to local nonprofits and municipal agencies. Leavitt has led Sherwood Trust’s community and nonprofit learning events since her hire in November 2019. “We have all benefitted from her passion for learning and development through many wid...
WAITSBURG — A three-hour drive, penalties, a fumble late in the fourth quarter, and a triple overtime made for one of the craziest games Coach Kiefel has coached. It started rough for the Cardinals as several calls kept the team from making anything happen in the first quarter. The Lyle-Wishram Cougars scored six points in the first quarter before Waitsburg woke up and scored 14 points in the second and 14 points in the third. With the Cardinals up 28-22 with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, Waitsburg fumbled on the 40-yard l...
WAITSBURG — Youth soccer has started in the valley. Boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade from Waitsburg, Dayton, and Prescott are improving their skills, working on teamwork, and showing great sportsmanship. Waitsburg games are played at the fairgrounds, with weeknight games starting at 5 p.m. The season ends in mid-October. Youth soccer is fun to watch, and the community is encouraged to come out and enjoy the games. The youngest group plays without a goalie; sometimes, the players and the ball end up in the net. Grab a lawn c...
Ten Years Ago September 25, 2014 [Photo Caption] Lady Card co-captains Samantha Fedderson, Paige Wood and Caitlyn Jones pose with shirts they hope to see fill the gymnasium at their Oct. 23 home game. Proceeds from the "Pink Out" fundraiser will help a Prescott family. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 23, 1999 Elizabeth Abbey is continuing her distance-running accomplishments as a member of the Whitworth College Cross Country team and she may be competing in Walla Walla this week, depending on...
When life gives you lemons... I have adapted this recipe from the original found in Saveur Magazine. It called for oranges, but I substituted lemons, which resulted in a cake just as delicious. The cake is moist, easy to assemble, and can be served with or without frosting or a glaze. Leftover slices should be wrapped in cellophane. I have made a double batch of this recipe and served it as a layer cake with chocolate icing. Ingredients 2 whole medium oranges (4 lemons if you do not have 2...
