Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago October 21, 2004 The family of the late Ernest and Dorothy Kison will be donating a plaque commemorating the people for whom Kison Court is named. The Waitsburg School Board unanimously approved of the idea, proposed by Scott and Renee Krivoshein of Walla Walla, at its meeting Oct. 13. Ernie Kison was the brother of Mrs. Krivoshein's grandfather, the late Bernie Kison of Ritzville. Setter Jesse Meier has been a stalward member of the Waitsburg Cardinals this season, usually making a good share of the team's assists. Meier and fell...
Laurette DeLoris McCaw, age 84, was welcomed into Heaven on Oct. 6, 2014. She was born on June 7, 1930, in Dusty, WA, to Jacob J. and Martha Weber Stueckle. The youngest of seven children, she moved with her family to the Prescott area in 1936 where her father farmed near Clyde. She attended and graduated from the Prescott school system in 1948. She then attended Whitworth College for one year as a music major and was proficient on the piano, accordion and trombone. On November 20, 1949, she...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Lions Club invited the candidates for Walla Walla County Sheriff to a forum that was to be held during the club's regular meeting here Tuesday. It was cancelled, however, after challenger Tom Cooper told the club he was unwilling to take part. The forum would have allowed community members to meet both candidates and ask questions. "We decided not to proceed since we couldn't get both candidates," said club member Tom Baker, who was organizing the forum. In an interview, Cooper said he wanted to avoid a repeat of his...
WAITSBURG - Tom Cooper says he wants to bring a sense of trust back to the Walla Walla Sheriff's office, which he feels has been lost in the last four years. That is why he is challenging Sheriff John Turner in his reelection bid this year. "We need to gain back the trust of staff and gain back the trust of the county commissioners," Cooper said. He said that a series of disagreements between the Sheriff's Office and the commissioners has led to a situation where the commissioners are at odds...
WAITSBURG - During an interview with The Times, Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner cited a long list of reasons he's proud of his first four-year term as Sheriff. He said it began with listening to employees and the end result has been a significant reduction in crime. "When I first took office I did a lot of listening," Turner said. "I met with all of the employees and I asked them what we could do to make their jobs easier." Turner said he started out by implementing a new set of mission,...
DAYTON - For more than 100 years, schools across the nation have been celebrating Homecoming, honoring school alumni who often return to their alma mater to reconnect with people, places and traditions during events all week culminating with the Friday night football game and high school dance on Saturday. This week, Dayton High School continues the tradition with activities, games, parades, and, of course, the Homecoming Dance. The week began with Powder Puff football and a barbecue, followed...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School's Homecoming kicked off this week, and the student body is already getting into the spirit. On Monday, nearly the entire school was decked out in faux mustaches for the "Mustache Monday" dress-up event. At an assembly featuring a best-mustache contest and a relay race, ASB officers entertained the students with corny jokes from Laffy-Taffy wrappers, then threw the candies to the crowd. But Monday was a mere warm-up compared to the other fun, offbeat activities p...
DAYTON - On October 7, Columbia County Sheriff's Deputies, along with officers from the Walla Walla SWAT Team, executed a search warrant at the home of Robert Klingenstein in Dayton. Klingenstein, 68, was arrested after officers found large quantities of marijuana plants growing at the home, as well as other drugs and paraphernalia. The Columbia County Prosecutor's Office has charged Klingenstein with manufacture of marijuana; possession of marijuana with intent to deliver; possession of three...
