Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago May 18, 2006 Matt Baker, a four-year track stand-out for Waitsburg High school and now a member of the Whitworth College Track Team, is one of four finalists for the Blue Mountain Sports Awards Male Athlete of the Year. For now, Waitsburg is spit-shined and all dressed up for the weekend when Waitsburg plays host to hundreds of its neighhh-h-h-h-bors who come to visit and play the ponies at one of the finest race tracks west of the Mississippi. On the card will be two days of pair-mutuel horse racing that includes Quarterhorse,...
Ten Years Ago May 11, 2006 The 2006 Days of Real Sport marks the return to a tradition of court candidates competing for the right to wear the queen’s crown. The practice hasn’t been part of the queen and court selection process for quite some time and will add excitement and suspense to the days leading up to the races, May 20 and 21. Seeking the crown are Jamie Thomas, daughter of Joe Thomas of Prescott and Jill Thomas of Walla Walla; Megan Mooso, daughter of Bryand and Paula Mooso, College Place; and Holly LeFore, daughter of Cindy LeFore-Mi...
Ten Years Ago May 4, 2006 Waitsburg Days of Real Sport Royalty Megan Mooso, Holly LeFore and Jamie Thomas are in the running for Queen of the 2006 edition of Waitsburg’s annual horse race weekend, and the Queen’s Coronation event will have a different spin this year as the former receptions shifts to a social hour and silent auction, catered dinner and live-music dance. The overland trail from Wallula to Clarkston that Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery took will be the subject of a multi-media program by Gary Lentz, Ranger, Lewis and...
Ten Years Ago April 27, 2006 Bill Warren, manager of Warren Orchards and co-owner of Warren Farms, was selected from a nationwide field of applicants at the recipient of the 2006 Eisenhower Agricultural Fellowship. Without a program, you don’t know the players. Tom Baker, a long-time volunteer for the Days of Real Sport and the man that runs the press that prints the race programs, will be the 2006 DRS Parade Marshal. A new addition to Waitsburg’s Main Street scene this week is a metal silhouette representation of the well-known Lewis and Clark...
Ten Years Ago April 13, 2006 Commercial Club met April 4, 2006 and President Vance Price opened the meeting at 7:15 p.m. There were 44 present for dinner. Members of the 55 Plus will gather at Ye Towne Hall on Friday, April 14th at noon for potluck. Pat Largent and Iris Stearns will hostess. The Easter Bunny with plenty of chocolate and extra eggs, will be there. Numerous eggs have been specially marked and finders of those eggs will receive a plush toy. Children age 10 and under are invited to the hunt. Separate areas are roped off according...
Ten Years Ago April 6, 2016 Many years ago, too many to count but not enough to care, a Times reporter was motoring past the Huntsville Airport and witnessed a rectangular white object fluttered down out of the sky. Upon further investigation, the reporter discovered radio control pilot Jerry Baker, despondent over the demise of his RC Arrow. The white rectangular object was one of the airplane’s wings and it had departed from flying close formation with the rest of the airplane. When that happened, the aircraft went divergent on all axes, a...
Ten Years Ago March 30, 2006 Waitsburg’s Garden Club held its first meeting Monday evening March 27 at Delta Connection, under the direction of funder Karen Gregutt. Eighteen charter members formed the new group. Twenty-nine members and guests of 55 Plus enjoyed a “wee bit o’ green” during a noon potluck at Ye Towne Hall, March 24. Lillian Judd and Netta Mohney served as hostesses. The group welcomed back and sang “Happy Birthday” to Margaret Rutledge, and welcomed guests Clarice Aaronson, Richard and Loretta Done, and Denise Wood. Twenty-Five...
Ten Years Ago March 23, 2006 Leadership in the senior citizen ranks and faithful service with recycling efforts in the Touchet Valley were recognized by the members of the Waitsburg Commercial Club at its Annual Meeting last Tuesday, as Lillian Judd and Jack Cyr were named Co-Community Service Award recipients. Ballots for the City of Watisburg’s first-ever all-mail city election were posted this week in Waitsburg. Ballots are being mailed to all registered voters in the city and must be postmarked by Monday, April 3, 2006, or returned to Waits...
Ten Years Ago March 16, 2006 Dee and Margie Douglas were presented a special plaque recognizing them for their efforts with the game programs. Each athlete is pictured in uniform on the game-day programs, said the be “the best programs” in the region, if not the state, Athletic Director Chris Pearson said. This year, the 2006 Waitsburg City Elections will have a first: it will be the town’s first-ever vote-by-mail election . . . Incumbent Mayor Martin Dunn and Treasurer Jean M. Hinchliffe were selected on both the “Citizen’s Ticket” a...
Ten Years Ago March 9, 2006 The Waitsburg Knowledge Bowl team rallied to climb into third place but fell short of a state berth March 1 in Waitsburg. Team 1 consisted of Daniel Weis, Sarah Paul, Heidi Shepherd, Gracie Eastwood, Emily Hogan and Isaac Huether. Athletes from the 2005-06 basketball teams and cheerleading squad will be honored at the Winter Sports Dessert, scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, March 13 at the Multi-purpose Room of Waitsburg Elementary. Numerous awards and letters will be handed out by Chris Pearson, head boys basketball...
Ten Years Ago March 2, 2006 Members of the Waitsburg High school FFA Chapter served a free community breakfast and its trap team competed in meets as it celebrated National FFA Week during the week of February 18-25, 2006. “Living to Serve” is the theme and the focus of National FFA Week is to tell America about the great opportunities available for all youth, according to Micah Winnett, FFA Reporter. A 15-year-old student from Waitsburg High School served as a Washington State Senate page in Olympia the week of February 13-17, 2006. Mor...
Ten Years Ago February 23, 2006 Spacious high ceilings, Transom windows with original hardware, etched with beautiful designs. Authentic period skylights. Original woodwork. Red fir floors. Sound elegant? It is. Visitors to Waitsburg and environs might choose to spend the night in the recently renovated rooms offered by Nothing New Antiques owners Lupe and Sandra Torres’ Nothing New Lodging. A Waitsburg teen hopes to travel to the British Isles this summer as part of the 50th People to People Ambassador program. Jessi Mason, 16-year-old d...
Ten Years Ago February 16, 2005. Odako Club met Thursday , February 9, at the home of Joan Helm with sixteen members present. Preparations were made for the Annual Spring Luncheon to be held April 2, 2006. The theme will be “Spring is in the Air.” A Valentine’s party was held with games being played and prizes given. Each member received a Valentine. A great time was had by all! Dona Jean Smith served a delicious salad with the idea of the salad being offered on the menu at the sprint luncheon. Walla Walla Troop 305 ‘s Sam Wright, Alex Leather...
Ten Years Ago February 9, 2006 Fifty-Five Plus Club will meet for a noon potluck this Friday, February 10 at Ye Towne Hall. Hostesses are Kay Pettichord and Janice Wills. [Photo caption] Waitsburg Hardware and Mercantile co-owner John Stellwagen tends to business with the help of “Cougar,” a tawny feline who has become a mascot at the establishment. Stellwagen and his wife Marilyn took in the cat, who love attention and is vociferous if none is received. Regulars around the pot-bellied stove at the long-time store also take their turns giv...
Ten Years Ago February 2, 2006 The Waitsburg High School FFA Trap Team traveled to Colton, Wash., Saturday, January 21. The two teams placed fifth and eighth out of 20 teams. Connor Talbot, Jacob Bly, Tysen Beckner and Patrick Bly placed in the top 50 shooters. A graduation ceremony for participants in the Sherwood Trust Touchet Valley Community Leadership Program was held at the Delaney Building in Dayton on Saturday, January 21. Awarding certificates was Jock Edwards, Sherwood Trust president, and leaders were Maura Schwartz and Mary Nixon....
Ten Years Ago January 26, 2006 Plaster busts of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were presented to the Waitsburg School District by the Waitsburg Alumni Association last week. The likenesses of these two prominent U.S. presidents will be placed in the porticoes on either side of the stage in the Waitsburg High School auditorium. The Alumni Association obtained the busts to cap the renovation of the auditorium similar statuettes gazed down upon uncounted events for decades from the porticoes but were lost somewhere along the line and the...
Ten Years Ago January 19, 2006 Commercial Club has a new fund raiser – selling a book of Ed Lawrence’s most memorable columns that were published in The Times between 1946 and 1960. Lawrence, a long-time resident of this vicinity, authored a weekly column in those years following World War II, then pared back his efforts to covering the editor’s chair when then-publishers Carl and Virginia Dilts were on vacation. Lawrence commissioned a compilation of some of his “This ‘N That” columns in 2005, with a first printing of about 200 copies. He dona...
Ten Years Ago January 12, 2005 Members of 55 Plus will hold its first potluck of 2006 at Ye Towne Hall on Friday, January 13 at noon. Lillian Judd and Jo Polumsky will hostess. United States Representative Cathy Morris (R) will visit her Waitsburg constituents for an informal coffee hour at 10 a.m. today, Thursday, January 12. The event will be at Delta Connection, 101 Main Street, Waitsburg, and is open to the public. Students of the Month for December include Dakota Baker, Kristina Savelesky, Sarah Lindt, and Emily Wilson. Photo caption: The...
Ten Years Ago January 5, 2006 The Waitsburg Community Portrait was deemed a success by photographer Jean Sherrard. Some 110 folks turned out on New Year’s Eve and posed on Main Street in a location that mimics historical pictures taken around 100 years ago. Seven people rode their horses and the local emergency services and Sheriff’s Deputy were present. The photo will appear in a Paul Dorpat book, “Washington: Then and Now,” which is expected to be printed this year. November 9, 2005 was the end of a long, long time for a tusk believed to have...
Ten Years Ago December 29, 2005 While Waitsburg may not appear to change significantly from year to year, 2005 will go down as a landmark year for the city and environs. Chief among the outward changes is the new bridge over Coppei Creek on the Preston Avenue/Highway 12 entrance. Fire made its changes to the Blue Mountains as the School Fire drastically altered the landscape there, and the homes of Mike and Markeeta Hubbard, and Robert and Terri Abernathy were lost to flames. The old Bolles School was also damaged by fire. On the brighter...
Ten Years Ago December 22, 2015 Friends and family are invited to share in celebrating the 60th wedding anniversary of Carl and Ardath (Ardie) Henze from 2 to 4 p.m. on December 31, 2005, in the Dorcas Room of the First Christian Church of Waitsburg. The couple met in Ontario, California, in 1942 where Carl was stationed with the Army Air Force, and Ardie was cashier for J.J. Newberry Co. Special Christmas Edition Letter from seventh-grader, Taelor Carter: Dear Santa: For Christmas I would like to have a fun Christmas with snow, and my family...
Ten Years Ago December 15, 2005 Retiring Port of Walla Walla Commissioner Ken Jantz was honored as a Life Member of the Washington Public Ports Association during its 2005 annual meeting in Tacoma recently. Jantz, of Waitsburg, has served on the commission for 24 years. “The Sound of Music” was received by an appreciative Waitsburg audience at the Waitsburg High school Auditorium last weekend. Mike Ferrians played stern Capt. Von Trapp who falls for his childrens’ governess, Maria, played by Shelly Franklin. Support for many worthwhile commu...
Ten Years Ago December 8, 2005 The first time Waitsburg Councilwoman Bettie Chase crossed the Coppei Bridge was by a Model T driven by her father, “who drove cars by saying ‘giddy up and whoa.’” Now that the new 2005 bridge is complete, Chase, 85, has outlived the old Coppei bridge that was built the year she was born, 1920. Three Waitsburg Elementary School vocalists will have an incredible musical experience next February that may lead them on a successful career in music. Samantha Henze, Katy Hofer, and Maddy Witt are three Waitsbu...
Ten Years Ago December 1, 2005 A once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunity turned out well for Larry Olson of Walla Walla when he bagged a trophy elk on November 5. Olson is the son of Bonnie Olson of Waitsburg and the late Jim Olson. Olson was the lucky recipient of a special tag to hunt the Blue Creek Unit which ranges from roughly the Oregon border to near the recreational vehicle park on the former site of the Dayton Drive In. He hunted 13 days straight, logging over 1,000 miles on his pickup, and received help from Waitsburg “dogs” Glynn Davi...
Ten Years Ago Nov. 24, 2005 When your get up and go has got up and went, Bob and Kathy Patton hope you’ll come to the drive-up window of their soon-to-be-opened business, Delta Connection, 101 Main, and get more go in the form of an espresso drink. The Touchet Valley Arts Council musical “The Sound of Music” is being staged at Dayton’s Liberty Theater, and is scheduled for performances this weekend and next. Headlining the community production is Waitsburg’s Michael Ferrians as Capt. Georg von Trapp and Dayton’s Shelly Franklin as Maria, the...
