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Members of the Parker family react as the “Old Man” unboxes his great prize, the infamous leg lamp. (l to r) The Old Man (Mike Ferrians), Ralphie (Jordan Helm), Mrs. Parker (Elizabeth Arebalos-Jagelski), and Randy (Janae Helm). “A Christmas Story: The Musical” opens at the Liberty Theater on Thursday. See Page 6 for story and more photos....
WAITSBURG - Former Times Publisher Tom Baker, passed away at Booker Rest Home Monday afternoon. He was 86. Baker co-owned The Times with his wife, Anita, from 1964 to 1991 and served as the paper’s editor and publisher during those years. Civic-minded Baker also served as the town’s mayor and actively participated in Commercial Club, Lions Club, and the Presbyterian Church, among others. For years, he wrote a personal column titled “TOMfoolery.” He bids his Waitsburg friends and family a personal good-bye in his final “TOMfoolery” column on P...
WAITSBURG – Final counts are in, and voters approved a $3.8 million bond to improve and upgrade Waitsburg school facilities with a 62.99% approval vote. The funds will be used to upgrade the HVAC system in all three schools, including adding air conditioning to the elementary school, renovating the school kitchen, and constructing a field house at the athletic field. The bond will also allow the district to access $40,000 in funds given by an anonymous donor for the construction of the field h...
ith a group of community leaders Tuesday afternoon in Dayton to provide an update on plans for groundbreaking and construction of the firm’s proposed straw pulp plant near Starbuck. According to sources at the meeting, CP officials said the company is in the final stage of the bond sales process with investors, and the bonds are expected to close shortly after Thanksgiving. Groundbreaking on the Starbuck facility is anticipated for around Dec. 1. The officials said that construction at the facility is expected to last approximately 14 m...
DAYTON – The Dayton Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards banquet Thursday in the newly renovated Columbia County Fairgrounds Pavilion. More than 170 people turned out for the first event held in the Pavillion since a new HVAC system and other improvements were made earlier this year. The Chamber's Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Bob Hutchens. Hutchens was introduced by former Dayton dentist Norm Passmore. Hutchens recently retired after a long career as a farmer in Columbia C...
Former Waitsburg Times publisher Thomas C. Baker, 86, of Waitsburg, died Monday, November 14, 2016, at Booker Rest Home. All are invited to Eastern Star and Masonic Graveside Services at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. A Memorial Service will follow at 11 a.m. at Waitsburg Presbyterian Church, Fifth and Main, Waitsburg. A reception luncheon will follow at the Waitsburg Town Hall, 121 Main Street, Waitsburg. A full obituary will appear in next week's...
A memorial service will be on November 19, 2016 at the First Congregational Church located at 214 S. 3rd Street, Dayton, Wash. for the late Wally A. Woodowrth. The service will be in the basement fireside room starting at 11:30 a.m. A lunch will follow. Wally passed on September 17, 2016, at the age of 86. Born on August 18, 1930 to Roy and Mattie Sanders Woodworth in Dayton, Wash. ,he was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother Clyde Woodworth who was killed in action during...
Ten Years Ago November 23, 2006 By a 3-2 vote, the Waitsburg City Council chose for a second year in a row to forgo a 1% increase in municipal taxes allowed by law without a vote of the people. The motion to not implement the tax increase was made by Councilman Orville Branson. Joining Branson in voting in favor were councilmen Larry Clinton and Larry Johnson. Councilwoman Markeeta Little Wolf and Councilman Jim Helm opposed. The second goal of the Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee (WCRC) – the restoration, renovation and p...
WAITSBURG - The deadline for filling out cards for Waitsburg’s annual Christmas Basket Program is Wed., Nov. 30. Those who wish to provide a basket must fill out a donor card. Those wishing to receive a basket must fill out a recipient card with a valid phone number and physical address. Baskets are only available to Waitsburg residents. The cards are available at the Waitsburg Presbyterian, Christian, and Catholic churches, the Waitsburg Hardware Store, the Waitsburg Resource Center, and from B.A. Keve. Donors may choose the size of the f...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Christian Church is collecting donations for Operation Christmas Child. They will gladly accept pre-packed shoeboxes or individual items that could be packed in a box for a girl or boy in need. Suggested shoebox fillers include: small toys such as trucks, yoyos, puzzles, or dolls, school supplies, hygiene items, gloves, scarves, caps, jewelry, hair accessories, etc. Learn more about the program at www.samaritanspurse.org. Boxes and/or items can be left at the Christian Church on Sun., Nov. 20 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. or...
DIXIE – Dixie will host their second annual Community Christmas Bazaar in the Dixie Fire Hall and Dixie School Gym on Sat., Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The bazaar will feature a wide variety of gifts to fill your holiday shopping list. Steppin’ Country will perform in the gymnasium from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. and the Muddy Frog Square Dance Club will perform from 2-3 p.m....
November 18: James Hays, John Nordheim, Jason Gawith, Jane Leid, Marvin Klundt. November 19: Carrie Mae Higgins, Jamie Leid, Starlit Crawford, Zachary Alexenko. November 20: Lyle Harshman, Lorianne Donovan. November 21: Stacia Deal, Colleen Berry, Buster Katsel, Dana Simmons. November 22: Betsy Harkins, Connie Creswell, Tanya Vargas. November 23: Miles Reese, Bill Johnson, Robbie Johnson, Cecile Carpenter, Heather O’Brien, Jennifer Wheeler, Alice Clifton, Jean Lawrence. November 24: Orville Branson, Clay Lindsey, Betsy Beck, Lisa Gosney, B...
This all started back in August when I was walking my walker down the hallway and my legs went rubbery. The pain in my back that I had been tolerating turned out to be something more serious than I thought, and after a surgery to inject some plastic into the bone cavities, I had hoped to be more mobile. The doctors found some speckles of bone fragment around my spinal cord, and another surgery followed, with the hope that soon the feeling would return to my legs and I'd be on the road to...
Fox News, CNN and MSNBC enjoyed a surge in viewership with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and his narrow victory is still provoking passions across the political spectrum. The question now is who will benefit the most from interest in Trump’s transition to office. Will it be first-place Fox, home to Trump fans like Sean Hannity and interrogators like Megyn Kelly? CNN, which almost closed the ratings gap with Fox among younger audiences during the campaign? Or MSNBC, whose liberal bent could prove a draw for anti-Trump viewers? “Th...
Dear Editor: The Board of Directors and I would like to thank the patrons of Waitsburg School District for acknowledging that “our kids deserve whatever it takes.” It is so gratifying to know that soon our students will be able to learn in classrooms that have improved air quality and provide for a more quiet learning environment. Having an upgraded kitchen will provide for less waste of food due to malfunctioning equipment as well as improve the efficiency and operations of the kitchen. Finally, the field house will not only be a valued and...
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WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Lions Club will not hold its usual meeting scheduled for Nov. 22. The next meeting for the club will be the second Tuesday in December, the 13th....
WAITSBURG – Vendors are wanted for Waitsburg’s Hometown Christmas celebration on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Waitsburg Town Hall. Tables range in cost from $30 to $55 and vendors can receive early payment discounts and performance rebates. Visit Waitsburg’s Shopping Bag at Town Hall on Facebook for more information or call Joy Smith at (509) 539-8773 or email joyofantiques@msn.com with any questions....
WAITSBURG – The next meeting of the Waitsburg Celebration Days Committee will take place Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Waitsburg Business Center. The meeting will include an election of officers and volunteers are encouraged to apply. There are currently no nominees for the Chairman position, which being vacated by Walt Gobel. Nominees for other positions include Lisa Naylor, Vice Chairman; Marianne Newell, Secretary; and Gwen Gobel, Treasurer (if Deanne Johnson declines to continue in that position). Board officers must have attended two m...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Hometown Christmas parade entry forms are available on the city website (www.cityofwaitsburg.com) under the Community Events link. The parade will take place at 5 p.m. on Sun. Dec. 4 on Waitsburg’s Main Street. Everyone is invited to enter with lights on a float, animal, vehicles, bicycles, or whatever else you can come up with. Entry forms should be returned by Fri., Dec. 2 but late entries will be accepted. Call Joy Smith at (509) 539-8773 with any questions....
Community members gathered on Monday evening to learn more about the newly established Dayton/Waitsburg Community Health Foundation Fund. Bob and Anita Hutchens and Dolores Hutchens Cole established the fund, which is a permanent endowment managed by the Blue Mountain Community Foundation, in July. The purpose of the gathering was to solicit a core group of individuals who will support and endorse the fund. Interest will be withdrawn from the fund each year to be used specifically for facility...
Waitsburg veteran Ike Keve had the privilege of riding shotgun in Bob Brock's patriotic jeep in the Walla Walla Veteran's Day Parade. The parade pulled a trailer with fellow Waitsburg veterans Rod Baker, Jim and Dale Hilton, Bill Hinchliffe, and Jack McCaw....
Directors say challenging music and a hilarious script are a delight DAYTON – Theater fans will be in for a treat as they enjoy the exploits of nine-year-old Ralphie Parker, as he pines for his one Christmas wish – a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle – in this years' Touchet Valley Arts Council's fifteenth annual fall musical. "A Christmas Story: The Musical," begins Thurs., Nov. 17 on the historic Liberty Theater stage. Co-directors Brenda Henderson and Mike Ferrians teame...
WAITSBURG – "The last time I spoke before this student body was in 1967, when I had to give the valedictorian speech. I'm about as nervous now as I was then," said Dr. Lewis Neace as he addressed students and community members during a Veteran's Day program in the Waitsburg High School gymnasium last Thursday. The statement is surprising coming from a man who spent a good portion of his career parachuting behind enemy lines to rescue military personnel as commander of the 920th USAF p...
DAYTON-The City of Dayton bills itself as "The Town That Still Believes." For the past decade, business owners and community members have come together to bring an old-fashioned Christmas celebration to life, with Christmas Kick-off. This year Christmas Kick-off, put on by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, will be Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25 and 26. From the time retail shops open at 10 a.m. Friday until the close of the day on Saturday, there will be many fun-filled activities for everyone,...
