Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - To get a glimpse of what may be in store for Dayton if a proposed new electrical distribution line is approved, one need not travel far. Anyone who has relatives or friends in College Place may know that some residents there are hooked up to one power company while their neighbor may get their electricity from another. Anyone who has worked as a first responder in College Place knows the challenge of figuring out what power company serves the dwelling or business that happens to be the...
ASOTIN - The WP Cardinals became District 9 champions Friday night after beating the Asotin Panthers 28-8 in what coach Jeff Bartlow said was a bittersweet victory. More details to come later in the weekend....
WAITSBURG - Without the pressure of making it to the playoffs, the WP Cardinals began to relax and won against Tri-Cities Prep in four games Thursday night. The Cardinals, now without two of their senior starters and regular coaches due to a team controversy, beat the Cougars 23-25, 25-17, 25-22 and 26-24. quot;We felt we had to pick it up and show that we could do it after losing two starters,quot; WP junior Ronnie Hulce said. quot;It was fun. It's the best I've played this year. I finally found my stroke.quot; Hulce was mont the leaders with...
DAYTON - The Dayton Bulldogs Varsity volleyball team forfeited their match against DeSales Thursday night following a school disciplinary action that suspended the entire team. The forfeiture means the Bulldogs automatically lose their match against the Irish, whom they beat earlier in the season. This may affect their rankings in the league and seating in the district playoffs despite their otherwise winning record. The school district's disciplinary action was effective only for the game against DeSales and necessary so the players could...
TUCANNON VALLEY- Another opening weekend of deer-hunting season in the Touchet Valley has come and gone. The numbers indicate that while the sport certainly hasn't decreased in popularity, it isn't growing much either. Many believe the long-term effects of the economic slump are to blame. But for Phyllis Rothauge, co-owner of The Last Resort Camp Store and Blue Mountains KOA Campground on Tucannon Road just inside the Columbia County line, it was still a crazy, busy weekend. "I think the...
Ten Years Ago November 2, 2000 Voters head to the polls this week to decide political races. Voters have many varied opinions published this week as they face a presidential election year, national and state senatorial races, local political contests and a number of state initiatives. Waitsburg tracksters made a good showing at the District 5-7-9 meet in Spokane. Jeremy Bobber, a senior cross country runner, finished in the top 20 to qualifiy for the state meet. Robert White finished the final race of his senior year in 20:19. Jim Callahan...
DAYTON - Republican candidate for U.S. Senator Dino Rossi was welcomed with open arms Saturday morning by local supporters in Columbia County. The eyes of many not only here but around the nation are on the race between Rossi, a Republican making his third run for statewide office after unsuccessful campaigns for governor in 2004 and 2008, and 18-year incumbent, Patty Murray, a Democrat. Washington's vote could determine which party controls the Senate. About 35 people attended the Rossi...
MASS BAND RETURNS TO WAITSBURG WAITSBURG - High School MASS Band and Chorus is coming back to Waitsburg. For the fifth consecutive year, hundreds of high school musicians from Washtucna to Asotin and kids right here in the Touchet Valley will converge on Waitsburg High School for an afternoon of rehearsals and an evening concert at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 27, in the Waitsburg High School Gym. The concert is open to the public. A modest admission will be charged. RELAY FOR LIFE KICKS OFF IN WW WALLA WALLA - On Thursday, October 28, at 7...
Fireman's Association Memorial Scholarship Fund In loving memory of Ardie Henze, From Noel Carol James...
Kelly Jean Lambert and James Edward Harri were united in marriage on May 1, 2010, in the First Christian Church in Milton-Freewater, Ore. The bride is the daughter of Ed and Cathy Lambert of Waitsburg. Kelly is a graduate of Waitsburg and attended Walla Walla Community College. The groom is the son of Dr. Jim and Mary Harri of Walla Walla. James is a graduate of University of Idaho and currently works as an Agronomist at McGregor Company in Adams, Ore. The couple honeymooned in Las Vegas and Italy....
WAITSBURG - WP cross country runners took first place in all three races during the league meet here in Waitsburg Tuesday afternoon. The local track took runners around the horse race track, onto the football field track, in a loop through the cemetery and back down to the race track. The runners made this circuit twice for 3.1 miles. Seth Deal led the pack in the 5 K Varsity race with a time of 17:11; Nick Carpenter was 5th with 18:29, and Matthew Montgomery was 10th with 19:31. Isabela Beni...
Freshly regrouped from the loss of two senior starters and headed by new coaches, the WP Cardinals seemed in good spirits Tuesday night in their regular season game against DeSales. But despite their best efforts, the team lost to the Irish in three games 25-17, 25-18 and 25-19. "They played as a team," said Karen Huwe, a veteran volleyball coach who took over from head coach Jessie Buehler. "We hit well, but DeSales was digging well," Huwe said. "We did not have a good passing night. We need to work on our passing." The team was without...
The Bulldogs earned their first win of the season Friday night in a match against St. George's JV squad. The Spokane team split in two for games against WP in Prescott and the Bulldogs in Dayton on Friday. With the top-ranking Dragons distracted in their struggle against the Tigers, the Bulldogs picked up a 2-0 defeat. "I'm just very happy with the team," said head coach DJ Frame. "The cool thing was they just took care of business, from warm ups to locker room talk. The coaches didn't have to do much." One senior in particuBy Davy Phil...
The WP Tigers are 14-0 after beating the Bulldogs in Dayton on Tuesday. Assistant coach Bart Baxter said the team is trying to break another record by scoring 100 points in the season. "We're just three points away, and we have two more games to go," he said Tuesday evening. The Tigers defeated Dayton 11-0. Francisco Gonzales and Omar Virgen scored three goals, Lino Diaz scored four and JV player Alberto Sandoval scored his first goal of the season. Three assists were made by Kevin Or...
OAKESDALE - After the intensity of the Bulldogs' Homecoming battle against WP the week before, Dayton came out sluggish against TOR last Friday and lost their away game 37-6. Dayton fumbled on the kickoff return, and TOR capitalized on the error with its first touchdown. The Bulldogs denied them a two-point conversion and shut down their offense for the remainder of the first quarter. TOR's second touchdown came after Dayton was penalized on a pass interference call, putting the ball on the Bulldogs' 10-yard line and giving the Nighthawks p...
MILTON-FREEWATER - The Cardinals and Tigers aren't the only undefeated WP teams so far this year. The WP Mustangs added to their perfect record last Thursday with a 28-0 win over the Central Middle School Jaguars. Led once more by Chance Leroue and Daniel Stansell, the Mustangs had an impressive night in Milton-Freewater with important contributions from Talen Larsen, Owen Lanning, Devin Ocevedo and Luke Alexenko. Right out of the gate, the Mustangs picked up their first points with a 46-yard...
WAITSBURG - Forced or fortuitous, the opportunities kept coming the Cardinals' way during their Homecoming game against the Tri Cities Prep Jaguars Friday. Whether it was a fumble recovered by Eshom Estes or an interception by Kris Cady, WP took full advantage of the Jaguars' turnovers in the home team's 28-7 win. The Cardinals are 7-0 going into a tough away game Friday against the Asotin Panthers, the only team to beat WP in the regular season last year. "It was a great Homecoming nig...
1-18: DUI/Collision. Report from Orchard Street, Waitsburg, of a female driver waking residents of a home by honking her horn. The deputy stated it appeared the intoxicated woman was trying to reach Prescott, took a wrong turn and ended up in the residents' backyard. She began honking for help when she became high-centered on an embankment. Trespassing. Trespassing reported on Robinette Mt Road, Dayton. 10-17: Trespassing. Hunters reportedly trespassing on a Wolf Fork Road property outside of Dayton shot deer on the property without p...
The gravel road to the trailhead was filled with potholes that rocked the car. We knew we were close to our destination. We pulled up to where the old logging road is cut off to motorized traffic by a high mound of dirt and a deep trench. The four of us got out of the car. Niko and I emerged from the back seat. My friend and his oldest son got out of the front. My friend's youngest son, a good friend of Niko, wasn't with us. But he was foremost on our minds. His father made a point of...
Barely a week after it was unveiled, Keith McMaster's statue of the stationmaster near the historic train depot in Dayton was desecrated. An acidic liquid, perhaps Coke or Pepsi, was dumped over it leaving splotches on the statue's head, and the carefully crafted, bronze eyeglasses were twisted and cracked. During the same week, someone went through a lot trouble to release a seed-laden boxcar that thundered through the Touchet Valley and could have cost someone's life. Columbia County Sheriff Walt Hessler and a citizens group in Waitsburg r...
Deloris longtime resident of Prescott, Washington, Deloris died October 16, 2010, in College Place. Memorial services will be held Friday, October 22, at 2 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 607 E. Main St, Walla Walla. Private family graveside services will take place prior to memorial services at the Mt. View Cemetery. Contributions can be made to the Spokane Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children or to the Alzheimer's Foundation through the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St, Mil...
Nikki Mayberry Lamb, 38, died at her Walla Walla home October 9, 2010. Her parents are Darrell and Judy Mayberry of Walla Walla. Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S Main St., Milton Freewater took care of the family....
WAITSBURG - People want to know what Jan Cronkhite will do now that she's retired from her post of 32 years as director of the Weller Public Library on Main Street in downtown Waitsburg. "I don't have any plans," the longtime resident said Monday. "I've always got my big garden, but no real special or different plans." Will she continue to be a part of the little community library where she has lovingly kept house and introduced a whole generation of children to a passion for books and reading?...
