Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Waitsburg/Walla Walla County & Dayton/Columbia County 4-11: Animal Mistreat. Possible animal neglect reported on S. Touchet Road, Dayton. Traffic Problem. Kids reported on go-cart in alley and on the street near E. Dayton Ave., Dayton. 4-10: Motorcycle Complaint. A motorcycle was reportedly running up and down Dayton Ave., in Dayton. Caller reported that it "looked unlicensed" and was loud. Missing Person. A man was reported missing from Spring Lake campground on the Tucannon River. The man, who was reportedly intoxicated on Saturday night,...
PASCO - The Bulldogs were thrilled Tuesday night after winning their first league games of the season during a double-header against Tri-Cities Prep. Cold and rainy conditions have postponed many games for Dayton this spring. Tuesday's games in Pasco were the team's first league matches of the year, and they took top scores in both: 17-6 in the first game and 17-6 in the second. "I'm just so happy," said Dayton head coach Sal Benavides on Tuesday. "Everything moved to perfection. It was fun to watch." Dayton's baseball team this year is young,...
PRESCOTT - The Waitsburg Prescott Tigers and Columbia-Burbank Coyotes exchanged scores of 6-3 to split last Saturday's nonleague double-header. Zach Bartlow took the mound for the opener, striking out three batters in the first inning but not before the Coyotes put two runs on the board. The Tigers answered with a single from Dalton Estes that advanced TJ Hofer to scoring position, where Tre Brannock's RBI sent Hofer home to put the Tigers down by one. The Coyotes scored another run in the top...
WAITSBURG - After several months of surveys and discussions, the future of high school wrestling in the Touchet Valley looks mixed. On Wednesday, April 13, the Waitsburg School Board is scheduled to vote on a recommendation from the Waitsburg- Prescott Athletic Combine's Advisory Group to add wrestling to the high school's winter sports season in 2011-2012. The Prescott School Board late last month gave its green light for the combine to explore the concept of adding a wrestling program pending...
WALLA WALLA - Dayton and Waitsburg golfers tried their luck Tuesday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Golf Course in Walla Walla. The boys played 18 holes on this par 72 course. Dayton placed second, with 277 points, among other teams who competed including De- Sales, which took first with 256 points; Tri-Cities Prep, third with 283; and Liberty Christian in last place, with 297. Individual placement in the top three went to DeSales golfers Ryan Baumgart, who took first with 78; Jerod Conen,...
DAYTON - At some point early in the season, Mike and Kelly Stephenson stopped comparing this year's Ski Bluewood attendance numbers to last year's. It's not that they were bad. To the contrary. Even before the final count is in, they already know that the 2010- 2011 season's crowds were above the three-year average from the last few years. They just didn't want to be obsessed with their first year's statistical performance as new co-owners of the local mountain, Kelly Stephenson said. They...
WAITSBURG - Nine years ago the teachers at Waitsburg Elementary were faced with a dilemma. What could they do with the children who wanted to play games indoors instead of going outside for recess in the cold during the long winter months? Longtime elementary teacher Margie Douglas, together with her late husband Dee, came up with an idea - chess and checkers tournaments. "Thus giving the students an alternative to going out in the cold weather," Douglas said. "They have so much fun. Every year...
LOCAL FAMILIES NEEDED ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls. These students are 15 to 18 years of age and are coming to this area for the upcoming high school year or semester. These personable and academically selected exchange students are conversant in English, bright, curious and anxious to learn about this country through living as part of a family, attending high school and sharing their own culture and language with their newly adopted host family. Those p...
Once again the wineries of our region are preparing for May 6, spring release weekend. To ready myself for this year's downtown party, I went to the wineries a little early to quench my fascination for food-friendly red wine, and ended up at Walla Walla's Morrison Lane Winery, tasting and visiting with winemaker Dan Morrison. Yes, Dan makes many styles of good red and white wines, but my favorite, the Morrison Lane '04 Nebbiolo, is a fantastic red wine suited for foods drenched in tomato or brown -sugared barbecue sauce. It's true, no one...
Fred Little of Dayton died on April 5, 2011. Funeral services were held Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dayton followed with burial in the family plot in the Waitsburg City Cemetery. Fred was born on June 7, 1913, in Dupuyer, Montana, to George A. and Marie Little. Fred learned to do many ranch jobs, gentled wild horses for riding, learned carpentry and small engine repair. His grandfather Little taught him how to weld when Fred was 10 years old. He worked for the railroad at Whitefish, Montana,...
Travis Weedman, 42, of Waitsburg died on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Travis will be remembered as an outspoken, strong seeker of truth, a wealth of information about garlic farming and a loyal friend. If there was something that needed to be done, you could count on him to do it. He valued his friends and family, and wanted to please everyone. Travis loved the town of Waitsburg - the farmers were (as he put it) his kind of people. And he loved to learn. He went to school to be a machinist, a...
Ten Years Ago April 19, 2001 The area gets a new locally owned Internet Service Provider (ISP). Touchet Valley Communications is gearing up to provide dial-up service to users on May 1. Firefighters and ambulance personnel completed the Emergency Vehicle Accident Prevention course. Upon completing an extensive driver-training course, nearly three dozen people commenced with a "rodeo." Saturday's fire-truck rodeo included a 20-minute road test, a cone course, parallel parking, a three-point turn and other challenges. Vance Orchard highlights...
April 7: J. W. Clayton, Carla Gritman and Jo Polumsky. April 8: Rita Green, Harlan Hulce, Lori Holmes, Carol Groom, Kris Griffin, Kassi Nix and Alan Kysar. April 9: Harold A. Oliver, Becky Huwe, Josh Stewart, Amanda Crawford and Wesley Hilton. April 10: Bob Wardrip, Larry Loundagin, Dwight Penner, Mike DeCoria, Jennifer Mathews, Kelly Cook, Paul Green, Lauren DeRosier. April 11: Bill Huston, Mrs. Dale Rodgers, Lavonne Hamilton and Jessica Robinson. April 12: Carla Nordheim, Nathan Bartlow, George Pulliam, Doug Long, Kelly Lambert, Clarece...
DAYTON - The Downtown Dayton Playground Project received a boon this past week in the form of a $3,500 grant from the Pacific Power Foundation. Grant funds will be used to help purchase a muchanticipated children's play structure in the parking lot along East Commercial Street, next to the Dayton Historic Depot. "Pacific Power is excited to be part of the playground project, which will make downtown Dayton more inviting to young families," said Bill Clemens, Pacific Power's regional community...
PRESCOTT STUDENTS HONORED PRESCOTT - Prescott High School students Angelica Bedolla, Olivia Ortega, Marlene Martinez and Cynthia Zuniga Rubio were recently named by advisor Maryann Newell to the National Honor Society at a new-member induction in Walla Walla. National Honor Society members must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and higher, demonstrate character becoming a member, show good leadership skills through activities and participate in school and community service projects. In addition, several students were honored for...
I was the first in our household to wake up that morning last week. I had left my cell phone on a charger in the kitchen, and when I got down there to feed the dog, there was a text message from a friend. The news was sad but not unexpected. A longtime Waitsburg resident had passed away during the night. His last months had been a struggle. But even when you know it's coming, the end isn't something you can ever prepare for. It was early, before seven. The morning was chilly but consolingly beau...
I nserted in this week's edition of the Times, you will find something new and special. It's a tabloid newspaper that looks a bit like the Blue Mountain News. The cover shows Dayton's Stationmaster statue and the clock on Waitsburg's Main Street with rolling spring wheat fields behind them. This, we are proud to announce, is our first Touchet River Valley Visitor's Guide, a collaborative venture with the Blue Mountain News. It is supported by members of the Touchet Valley Tourism Alliance. Among other things, the alliance's marketing committee...
SEATTLE - There's little question in Daniel Farinha's mind that the Tour of Walla Walla, which could arguably be called the Tour of Waitsburg for the bulk of the races held here, is gaining in stature across the country. "I had heard about it before," said the 18-year-old racer, whose own reputation as a national competitor is growing. "I think there are some pretty good riders coming up. I'm looking forward to the race." The tour is returning to Waitsburg this weekend,and residents should expec...
WAITSBURG - If you've ever wanted to spend a week in Provence, France, or to go white water rafting on the Salmon River, don't miss two special fundraising events in Waitsburg on Friday, April 15. Both events support worthy causes. One benefits survivors of land-mine accidents in Asia, while the other helps raise funds for the new press box and equipment storage facility at Cardinal Field. The fundraiser for Clear Path International, hosted by that organization's communications director, Karen Matthee, with Jim German and Claire Johnston,...
WAITSBURG - Give Bart Baxter and Tiffany Laposi a few months to work on the Whetstone Pub building and you'll be able to dine with James Dean. By summer, he may well be giving you his cool gaze from the wall of the couple's planned new 1950s style restaurant that will be called "Betty's Diner." Baxter, a local contractor and soccer coach, and Laposi, a real estate appraiser for Walla Walla County, signed a three-year lease this weekend for the building on Preston Avenue that has been quiet since...
WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Adam Hermanns, who was arrested on April 5 after a three-hour hunt for him in the Walla Walla area, was formally charged with three felonies in Walla Walla County Superior Court last Wednesday. Hermanns was charged with theft in the second degree, a Class C felony, for allegedly stealing a tire and wheels at a residence in Waitsburg on January 21, according to Walla Walla County Prosecutor Jim Nagle . The 23-year-old was also charged with first-degree burglary, a Class A felony, and theft of a firearm, a Class B...
