Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA -- Tickets are now available for the Fall Furr Ball which takes place October 19, 2013 from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds historic pavilion. The evening begins with a host social hour, silent auction, and gaming in our faux casino, followed by dinner, live auction and dancing to the lively music of "Penrose Lane." Tickets are $50 per person, with reserved tables for eight guests available as well. Please help make this year's event successful by being a sponsor, purchasing tick- ets, making a generous dona...
Waitsburg 10-04 Report of theft on Orchard Street; money taken from aColumbia County Public Transport bus, suspect arrested andmoney recovered. Attempted burlary on Powell street; pos- sibly occurred two weeks ago. 10-05 Theft of hay over the last two weeks at Waitsburg Fair- grounds. Criminal trespass/theft on E. Highway 12; unknownsuspects entered property and took numerous tools. 10-06 Driver stopped for going wrong way on one way streetat Academy and Coppei Avenue; cited for driving whiledriver's license suspended, 3rd degree. 10-07...
One time last winter when Dizzy and I were alone at the Seven Porches Guest House, I heard some inexplicable sounds in the big empty house at night. The hinge of a downstairs door open- ing while it was windless outside. Dizzy sat up and issued a low growl. I told him not to worry. It was just Stella, I assured him, and she was friendly. He relaxed as though he had understood me or maybe it was the lack of apprehension in my voice. Stella Stimmel, who, along with her husband, had our house on...
Mom warned me about waiting too long to start typing. "Do it as soon as you can, before you feel any worse," she said. "It'll be easier on you." I mumbled something in reply and continued plowing through my PSAT practice. My throat ached just a bit, my nose was beginning to stuff up, and I had a low- grade fever that disappeared right about when I reached the critical reading section. I didn't see any harm in finishing the sample test, or in grading it, or in the minimeltdown that ensued when... Full story
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers has been busy the past couple of weeks. I know this because I get three or four emails a day from her office telling me about all of her activities. These emails also keep assuring me what a great world we'd live in if only those darned Demo- crats would quit being so unreasonable. As The Times was going to press, much of the federal government was still shut down and federal debt limit was getting closer and closer. The Republican leaders in House of... Full story
DAYTON - Robert Bridwell pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexual exploitation of a minor and other charges relating to photographs he is alleged to have taken of underage women. Bridwell, 64, of Dayton, was charged last month with 35 felony counts by the Columbia County Prosecutor's Office after his seized cell phone was found with sexually explicit photos. He and his attorney, public defender Dale Slack, entered the not guilty pleas during a hearing in front of Superior Court Judge William Ac... Full story
PRESCOTT - The Touchet Valley is filled with well- maintained historic homes and buildings, treasured by the communities in which they reside. Owners of those buildings, however, will attest that maintenance is no small feat. That fact is illustrated by the numerous abandoned and dilapidated structures dotting the landscape, whose owners have thrown up their hands in surrender to time and the elements. The Prescott Lions have faced that challenge head-on, restoring and maintaining the L...
