Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago February 12, 2015 [Photo caption] Kristine Warren pins an Eagle Scout badge to son Matthew during his Eagle Scout Ceremony as Scoutmaster Brian Houdak (far left) and Dad Bill look on. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 10, 2000 What's in a name? To Waitsburg Councilwoman Delores Nettles, who grew up on Wood Street on the eastern edge of Waitsburg, it's everything. Wood Street, the street next to the Jackpot Mini-mart, is only a block long and sashays into Taggart Road. The company...
Ten Years Ago January 29, 2015 Waitsburg native Wyatt Withers, son of Laurie Withers and the late Ian Withers, and grandson of Jack McCaw and the late Laurette McCaw, has done his family proud by receiving recognition as the 2014 Sailor of the Year for submarine Squadron 5 out of Bremerton. Withers graduated from Waitsburg High School in 2010 and followed in "Grandpa Jack's" footsteps by joining the Navy, where he pursued a career in nuclear engineering. He excelled early on, finishing 13th...
Ten Years Ago January 22, 2015 [Photo caption] Seahawks fever struck the Waitsburg Grocery Store early Monday, after the Hawks won the NFC Championship Sunday with a stunning comeback against the Green Bay Packers. This artwork was painted by Waitsburg Grocery employee Kasmira Grende. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 20, 2000 Waitsburg Elementary is boosting reading in grades K-6 with a very simple philosophy: The best way for students to improve their reading is to read. To encourage more...
Ten Years Ago January 15, 2015 [Photo caption] WP wrestler Tyler Brooks performs a take-down on Wa-Hi's Isaac Melton during a home match against Wa-Hi and Columbia-Burbank on Monday night. Brooks won his only match of the night in a 7-4 decision in the 170-pound division. A highlight of the evening included a first-ever win by WP grappler Dejay Lalka who's win had the coaches and crowd in tears. Lalka won by a 11-7 decision in his second match against Walla Walla High junior varsity wrestler...
Ten Years Ago January 9, 2015 [Photo Caption] New Whiskey Creek Sports Bar & Grill general manager Gary Bales (l) stopped for a quick photo with restaurant investor Ken Cole, Jr. before heading to the work site to check on construction progress. The Whiskey Creek Sports Bar & Grill is right on track to open early this spring. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 6, 2000 The Washington wheat industry is keeping a close eye on Zak, a promising newcomer among soft white spring wheat varieties. Zak's crede...
Since moving to Waitsburg, we have been slowly remodeling our older home one room at a time. Finally, the end is in sight with the biggest project, a planned complete overhaul of our kitchen, scheduled for later this year. In anticipation of this, we have getting by with the aging components of our current kitchen, making piecemeal repairs to buy us time until we eventually replace everything. Lately, it seems that as soon as we fix one problem the next one pops up. First, it was the dishwasher...
Ten Years Ago February 5, 2015 [Photo caption] Volunteers (l-r) Robbie Skiles and Marianne Newell serve ready smiles along with the senior round table meals they dish up each week in the basement of the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church. Skiles says there is plenty of food left each week and encourages anyone age 60 or older to come and join them. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 3, 2000 If you thought it was a thrill to read about a cougar coming into town... how about a Bigfoot in your backyard?!...
Ten Years Ago January 1, 2015 Losing a public works director with 40 years on-the-job experience is bound to be a big blow to a city, but that hit is softened significantly when the incoming director has 20 years experience of his own. At the Dec. 17 city council meeting, the council approved a recommendation from the personnel committee, consisting of Walt Gobel, Randy Hinchliffe and Marty Dunn, to promote city crew staffer Jim Lynch to public works director. Lynch, who replaces longtime...
Pfeffernusse or Peppernuts are traditional German Christmas cookies. This recipe was submitted by Waitsburg resident Joan Helm in memory of her mother-in-law Aleda Helm. "It is a family favorite," said Helm. Ingredients: ½ lb butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup molasses ½ cup dark Karo syrup 1 tsp ginger 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt ½ tsp cloves 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp edible oil of anise 1 tsp baking soda 5 cups flour 1 ½ cups finely chopped walnuts...
Ten Years Ago December 25, 2014 [Photo Caption] Eight-year-old Kailee is blind but loves to snuggle in the beard of the only Santa she's ever known. Waitsburg Santa, Skip Winchester, made a pre-Santa-season trip to New York to visit some of his special friends. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 23, 1999 Outdoor Christmas light displays are very prevalent around town this year, with more than seventy light displays to be seen. Outstanding and sweepstakes winner is the home of Steve Huxoll, 141 West...
Ten Years Ago December 18, 2014 There is a new chef at the Dayton School District and her name is Angie Monyak. "Someone told me the position was open and thought I'd make a good fit," Monyak said. "I was a little worried though. It's scary to make a change, and I'd been with the hospital for 10 years." Monyak is wowing the students and staff at the school with her handmade muffins and pancakes and her extremely popular full salad bar (for high schoolers and adults) and full mixed salad for...
For the food obsessed, like me, planning a menu for a holiday fête can take weeks of research and recipe testing. While Thanksgiving is often made up of standard classics to pair with turkey, for me Christmas is an opportunity to experiment, building menus centered on different meaty mains. Over the years, my holiday repertoire has developed a rotation of favorites from Julia's bœuf bourguignon, or herb crusted rib roast, to stone fruit stuffed pork loin and classic glazed ham. Once the main d...
Ten Years Ago December 4, 2014 Artist Squire Broel's monument, to be placed in downtown Waitsburg in May, honors the three founding fathers of the Waitsburg community: William Bruce, William Preston, and Sylvester Wait. It is Broel's desire that the piece will also recognize the efforts of countless other individuals who quietly labored to make Waitsburg the town it is today. "Each individual makes an impact on their community," said Broel. To honor those efforts, the artist is inviting...
Ten Years Ago November 27, 2014 Paul Hendrickson began working at Elk Drug in downtown Dayton in 1968. He and his wife, Marcene, purchased the business in 1979 when the pharmacy was 90 years old. Now, nearly 47 years later, Hendrickson has concluded his career as a pharmacist and has retired – for the second time. He is followed by long-time employees Sherry Groom and Kathy Berg. "I feel blessed to have had such loyal employees and customers- from both Dayton and Waitsburg – over the yea...
Ten Years Ago November 20, 2014 [Photo caption] Die-hard Green Bay Packers fans and Waitsburg natives Joan Helm (r), Jackie Helm (c), and Judy (Helm) Gross (l) (joined here by Joan's nephew Robbie Kvitek, to Judy's right) killed time before Sunday's Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay by reading The Times. The Packers made their fans proud with a 53-20 drubbing of the Eagles. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 18, 1999 If anyone in Waitsburg can talk turkey, pass this...
Ten Years Ago November 13, 2014 [Photo Caption] Students honor vets with ceremony. Honored guests (l to r) Jack McCaw, Ron Standring, Dale Hilton, David Donnelly, Susan Seagraves, Jim Hilton, Ivan Keve, and Dorne Hall line the wall following the assembly. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 11, 1999 [Photo Caption] Vaughn Hubbard in San Diego prior to deployment as a pilot on PBY patrol aircraft and B-24 bombers. As a Naval aviator during World War II, Vaughn Hubbard flew 60 combat missions in the...
Ten Years Ago November 6, 2014 Members of the family of former longtime Port of Columbia Manager Gene Turner were joined by local dignitaries last week for the dedication of the Lyons Ferry Marina Accessible Walkway and Fishing Pad. The facility was dedicated in honor of Turner, who passed away last year. Turner first proposed the project in 2006. A bronze plaque affixed to a large basalt rock has Turner's name, vision, and thanks spelled out. Also included are the names of those who donated...
Ten Years Ago October 30, 2014 Dayton – Collection week for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes is November 17–24, 2014. Twenty-one years ago David C. Cook decided to pack simple gifts in a shoebox for child victims of the Bosnian war. To date, over 100 million shoeboxes have been given to needy children around the world. Operated through Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest Christmas project of its kind. Dayton-Waitsburg-Prescott area donors gave 295 sho...
Ten Years Ago October 23, 2014 [Photo Caption] Hailey Joy Mead was born October 6, 2014 at Walla Walla General Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and measured 20 ¾ inches long. Her parents are Charlie Mead of Dayton and Whitney Mead, formerly of Harrington. The grandparents are Skip and Julia Mead of Dayton, Rick and Max Becker of Harrington and Buck Badgley of Davenport. Her great-grandparents are Joy Ross of Chewelah, Dot Mead of Dayton and Ruth and Lynn Schliecker of Estacada,...
Ten Years Ago October 16, 2014 Clients visit Denise Lane at her Blue Valley Acupuncture Clinic here for many reasons. Some have injuries to joints, some have arthritis, and some have chronic headaches or back pain. Some come just to relieve stress. “About 70 to 80 percent of my patients respond to acupuncture,” Lane said, explaining that their pain or other symptoms are reduced after a series of treatments. “Some don’t at all, some people’s responses are temporary, but many patients have dram...
(Adapted from Pasquale Sciarappa Recipes) This recipe can be served as an entrée or with bread as an appetizer. It uses chorizo a highly seasoned sausage made with fresh pork for Mexican style and smoked for the Spanish version. This recipe uses Spanish chorizo which is seasoned made with garlic and either sweet or hot smoked paprika which gives it a deep red color. It is a dark, smoky, and tangy sausage. Because Mexican and Spanish style chorizos have such different flavors, they are not interchangeable in recipes, so be sure to use Spanish ch...
Ten Years Ago October 9, 2014 [Photo Caption] Ashleigh Hubbard and Devon Harshman will represent Waitsburg as Waitsburg Celebration Days 2015 royalty. Beka Adams will serve as court advisor. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 7, 1999 A lot of Walla Walla and Columbia County people and places are featured in a revised edition of the Tour Guide of the SE Washington Heritage Corridor, Richland to Clarkston. In a cover letter with my copy of the new edition is a letter of thanks to some county...
Ten Years Ago October 2, 2014 [Photo Caption] Glenn and Sally Baker enjoy visiting with old friends at this year's Pioneer Fall Festival during a visit "home." (L to R) Wes Leid, Nancy and Jack Otterson, Glenn and Sally Baker. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 30, 1999 Way back in 1904, a group of local women from Walla Walla, WA, formed the 'Sunshine Club' "to bring sunshine into the lives of the afflicted and distressed." The group, some 75 women strong, is continuing its good work into the...
Ten Years Ago September 25, 2014 [Photo Caption] Lady Card co-captains Samantha Fedderson, Paige Wood and Caitlyn Jones pose with shirts they hope to see fill the gymnasium at their Oct. 23 home game. Proceeds from the "Pink Out" fundraiser will help a Prescott family. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 23, 1999 Elizabeth Abbey is continuing her distance-running accomplishments as a member of the Whitworth College Cross Country team and she may be competing in Walla Walla this week, depending on...
Ten Years Ago September 18, 2014 [Photo Caption] Jim and Geraine Hansen, Waitsburg's 2014 Pioneers of the Year, reside on a picturesque plot near the top of what their daughter Mary calls "the Hansen version of Walton Mountain." Mary lives just a half-mile up the road; daughter Karen Yager is three miles up; and son Norman lives in the original family homestead on top of Coppei Mountain. In addition to the mountain-dwellers, the immediate Hansen clan includes daughters Cheryl in Pullman, Jeanett...
