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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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TACOMA -- The WP Cardinals claimed the 2B 11-man football state title with a 33-7 victory over the Morton/White Pass Timberwolves last Saturday night in the Tacoma Dome. The undefeated Cardinals became the second WP team to win a state title this fall after the Tigers won it for soccer. Only two other teams in the state - Odessa and Davenport - accomplished this before in football and volleyball, according to sports historians. The road to the dome is a journey that began long before the...
WAITSBURG - A community staple that has played host to the daily "coffee club" for years is up for sale. The White Stallion Restaurant on Preston Avenue was put on the market by the Blanc Family on Nov. 24, said Tarah McCaw with Williams Team Homes. The restaurant is listed for $139,000 and includes a little more than an acre of land, the building and all of the furnishings. McCaw said there have not yet been any offers on the property, but the real estate office has receive a handful of phone calls from interested parties. The Times was...
Walter E. Sinkbeil was born on February 5, 1912 in Zeeland, North Dakota, to Adolf and Pauline Sinkbeil, the eldest of 12 children. Walt passed away peacefully at age 99 at the Booker Rest Home in Dayton, Wash., on Sunday, November 27. He graduated from Eureka, South Dakota High School in 1930. In his early years he worked for the lumber yard in Zeeland, which helped foster his lifelong love of woodworking. He started coming, along with his brothers and friends, out West to work seasonally in...
WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinal basketball team lost their season opener against the Pilot Rock Rockets last Tuesday night, 46-43. It was a fast-paced game with a lot of intensity as the Cardinals switched their gears from football to basketball after just one full day of practice. The short transition left its mark as the Cardinals racked up 23 team fouls and shot only 28% from the field. With 2:38 left in the first quarter, the Cards were up 8-5, but missed five straight shots before knocking...
WAITSBURG -- WP's new athletics director JP Thew introduced the Cardinal and Tiger sports award evening as a moment to "celebrate the greatest fall sports season" the combine has ever had. And with that, coaches from cheerleading, cross country, volleyball, soccer and football recognized the exceptional student athletes who made it so. Cross country coach Joanna Lanning introduced the half dozen members of her team as "a family," who looked out for each other and "uplifted each other...
WAITSBURG - The WP Lady Cardinals began the 2011-12 season with a 53-39 victory over the Pilot Rock Rockets on Tuesday night. The Rockets were first to score, but the Cardinals' Krystal Harris was on fire, hitting her first of five threepointers to put the Cards up, 10-8. The Rockets answered with their own three-pointer, a free throw from a Kristin Potter foul, and a bucket from outside, to take a 15-13 lead after the first quarter. Harris nailed two free throws to tie the game at the...
DAYTON -- So far so good for the Bulldogs this season. "Roy's boys" won their first three games, going 3-0 after beating the Riverview Panthers, 49-33, at their home court on Tuesday night. " The effort has been great," head coach Roy Ramirez said after the game. "We're struggling a little from the field, but that will come. It's nice to coach these boys. They know how to play basketball. It will be a pretty special year." Dayton won its first game away against TOR, 58-44, on Nov. 29, then ran...
DAYTON - Firefighter John Watts, with Columbia County Fire District 2 and the City of Waitsburg's department, is living a dream. "Deep down, everybody wants to be a firefighter," Watts said. Watts, 39 and living in Huntsville, is a safety officer at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla. Last month, he graduated from a firefighter training academy in the Walla Walla Valley and received the Top Dog Award out of his class of 15 students. Going through the academy has become Watts' favorite time...
DAYTON - The City of Dayton has received a grant to chip seal a few city streets to maintain road conditions for years to come. Trina Cole, the city's clerk/ treasurer, said the city will receive $69,621 to chip seal five different streets. The city will also contribute $3,644 for the project slated to take place in 2012. The grant is from the Transportation Improvement Board through a Small City Pavement Preservation program. Cole said she learned the city received the grant money on Monday. She said the city has received this grant before...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg school board will consider at its next meeting how much to ask the local taxpayers for to keep the district up and running in 2013 and 2014. The district has a current maintenance and operations levy that fund basic operations, programming and even personnel at the district. The district brought in $410,000 in 2011 by taxing residents $3.41 per $1,000 of assessed property value. In 2012, the district will receive $422,000 and cost taxpayers $3.51. Dr. Carol Clarke, the district's superintendent, said she is...
DAYTON - The Dayton Development Task Force will get $10,000 from the City of Dayton to begin work on a plan to revitalize the Commercial Avenue Historic Corridor in 2012. Monday night at the Dayton City Council meeting, Bill Clemens, a member of the task force, said the design firm that has been working on a plan for Commercial Avenue is getting ready to present its work to the community. In October, staff members of the design group Dougherty Landscape Architects of Eugene, Ore., visited Dayton and talked with community members and business...
Waitsburg 11-22 Unlawful discharge of fireworks and drug paraphernalia at Waitsburg High School. 11-24 Driving while suspended in the third degree on West First Jay Street. 11-28 Malicious mischief reported at WHS, broken window on third floor of school building. Possession of drug paraphernalia and posession of less than 40 on West Third Street. Dayton 11-29 Vandalism to a building on East Main Street reported. Prisoner work crew on East Main Street. Vandalism to vehicle reported on East Richmond Avenue. Speeding log trucks reported on Eckler...
San Francisco musicians of the1960s, gathered together over the weekend at Benny Franklin's home in Pacific Heights, for our five-year reunion. Here we gather and talk, share photos, listen to old takes, play and sing for each before moving the party to Liverpool Lil's restaurant and Bar, for more cocktails, appetizers and a fresh seafood dinner. This is something you may not know about me. I originally started out as a musician who played the clubs during the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s and '70s. Yes, by day I cooked with some of...
Ten Years Ago December 12, 2001 The Community Cantata "The Winter Rose," accompanied by Randy Pearson and directed by Melissa Ferrians, is sure to be an enlightening event this Sunday. Genny Menino, one of the 10 members of Waitsburg's FFA Trap Team is featured. The chapter placed fourth and sixth out of 11 teams in its first trap meet last Saturday. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 11, 1986 Two Waitsburg high school seniors have been honored by the Exchange Club of Walla Walla in the Youths of the Month honors for November. Honorees are Judy Hel...
PRESCOTT - After operating a convenience store in Prescott for eight years, the Walla Walla Farmers Co-op said it will close the retail operation just before Christmas, leaving only one grocery store in the town. "It wasn't profitable for us," said Doug Nelson, the co-op's controller in Walla Walla. "It was more a service to the community." The fueling station will remain open, though customers will need to open an account with the co-op to get gas and diesel because the station will not...
CELEBRATING WP'S FOOTBALL TEAM WAITSBURG -- The Lions Club and Commercial Club will be sponsoring a community-wide celebration for the WP football team on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Ye Town Hall. A hot dog supper will be provided and all are invited to attend as we honor the accomplishments of our WP Football team. There is no cost to come share in the event. People planning to come should call 337-9474 by Dec. 12. WAITSBURG SCHOOL CONCERT WAITSBURG -- This year's Christmas Concert at Waitsburg School will feature four fine groups of...
December 10: Grant Woodworth, Bess Ammerman, Ron Thompson, Diane Fry, Sara Lytle, Lydia Fancuillo. December 11: Wilma Thomas, Carl Baker, Robert Ezell, Tim Mayberry, Niko Matthee. December 12: Ernest Brunson, John Archer, Allen Huwe, Chad Fry, Dawn Ronning, Patricia Thomas, Ben Antonius, BethAn Wood. December 13: Patsy Weber, Marilyn Wilson, Elena Perry, Richard Done, Donald Thiery, Helen Duckworth. December 14: Shirley Wilson, Joy Leisure, Susan Herion, Heather Harris, Jay Lewis, Sasha Sickles, Willie Hobson, Imbert Matthee. December 15:...
To the Editor: As a member of the group of Waitsburg residents who take advantage of the delivery of drugs to the Waitsburg Clinic, I want to thank the Waitsburg business owners and individuals who have given so generously to see this service continued. For some in the community this is truly a medical necessity for their health care. For others it is a way to maintain their independence and see a savings in time and money as well. So a thank you to: Hubbard Law, the Whoop Em Hollow Café, The Times and Markeeta Little Wolf. I want to also to...
Man's Best Friend T he winter sun had already gone down on the western horizon, but it was still quite light in the hills east of Waitsburg when Dizzy and I went for our run late one afternoon last week. Several times a week, we pick a different country road to jog. We like Bolles Road. Whoop Em Hollow Road is a favorite. We've been up Lower Hogeye and down Whiskey Creek. This time, we chose Smith Hollow, following Eighth Street out of town past the cemetery under the eye of Butter Cup and up...
TACOMA - At Saturday's state championship game, the Cardinals' home crowd didn't have a live mascot like Blitz, the big bird of the Seahawks, or the Mariners' Moose, to fire up the crowd. They didn't need one. They had the lovely WP cheerleaders and they had Melissa Harting, whose one-of-a-kind voice has been booming from the sidelines of ball fields for years now. We want to salute Harting and the hundreds of other dedicated hometown fans for coming out to support the boys of fall on the other...
DAYTON -- In previous years, Ski Bluewood may have waited to open with a minimal snow base of 20 inches. But this year, the new owners were prepared with the right equipment to pack a solid foundation for the rest of the ski season. Ski Bluewood opened last weekend and will remain open just on weekends until a high pressure system surrenders its grip on the Pacific Northwest and allows some more moisture into the region for additional snow fall on the mountain, coowner Mike Stephenson said Tuesday. About 70 percent of the mountain is open to...
