Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago-June 5, 2008 Photo Caption: Fuel prices posted at the Walla Walla Depot pretty much tell the story. The average price of regular gasoline, news services report, is over $4 a gallon. The situation has spawned a new word in today’s lexicon: staycation. You guessed it, it’s a vacation spent close to home. Photo shows unleaded gas-ARM, premium gas, LEG, and Diesel ,FIRST BORN. At noon on May 10, 2008, David H. Flathers passed to his nephew, Andy McDonald of Clatskanie, Ore, a family heirloom, the Dunlap Bible. “This family heirloom ca...
Ten Years Ago-May 29. 2008 If you’re a lucky golfer, really lucky, there’ll be a chance to win ten thousand clams at the 8th annual Quarterback Club golf tournament. A new feature of the Quarterback Club golf tourney is a Hole In One Prize of $10,000, which has the potential to greatly enliven the annual event planned for 1pm, Sunday, June 8, at the Touchet Valley Golf Course. Spring Sports Dessert and awards night was held May 14th in the Waitsburg Auditorium with Jack Smiley welcoming parents, students, and athletes. Angie Potts, coach, ass...
Ten Years Ago - May 22, 2008 The dedication of 10 additional names to the Veterans Memorial Wall and an address by David Morback of Waitsburg will high light the 2008 Memorial Day Program will be held at the Wall at 11am on Monday 26 at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. During the ceremony, recognition of the addition of the following deceased verteran’ names to the Vertern Memorial will be made: WWI-Rulon McCullock:, WW II, Dorothy E. Gilhus, Walter G. Harris, Glen D. Hofer, Charles “Bud” Phillips, Kenneth G. Smigh, Bruce W. Wilson, Vietnam: James...
Ten Years Ago - May 15, 2008 On this 95th year of the Days of Real Sport, the Parade Marshals are Erma Lee Smith, her son Glen and Erma Lee;s grandson and Glen’s son, Greg, all in the honor of the Smith family’s long history of involvement and support of the annual race weekend. The annual community celebration plans to entertain its friends and neighbors from near and far with a parade and two days of Quarter horse and thoroughbred horse racing and plenty of after-hours fun. Photo caption: A Walla Walla couple believes they had a close enc...
Ten Years Ago - May 8, 2008 Jerry Baker hit hole in one on the 180 yard fourth hole of Waitsburg’s private golf course at Martin Baker’s. Martin is Jerry’s dad. Witnessing the shot was Kit Lane, who reports it was made at 4:27 p.m. on May 1. Emily L. Hogan was awarded a $3000 Claude and Kathleen Irwin Regents Scholarship at Washington State University. She is the daughter of Carrie Graham and Robin Hogan from Waitsburg. It’s a natural. Kimberly Smith loves history and will be a perfect fit for the 2008 Days of Real Sport this year, emphasi...
Ten Years Ago - May 1 2008 Photo Caption-The largest tank of its kind ever manufactured by the Waitsburg Welding Works was delivered two weeks ago to the Walla Walla Concrete & Pipe Co, reads the story along with this photo from the April 11, 1947 edition. It took a crew of men two weeks to build, two hours to load on a truck, and three hours to haul the 20 miles to Walla Walla. Because of its immense size, it was too high to go under the railroad underpass on the main highway, and a slow trip was necessary on the country road with lead cars...
Ten Years Ago - April 24, 2008 After operating as a Green Giant label vegetable processing center since 1934, the Senica Foods processing plant in Dayton is ready for a new tenant. Friday the Port of Columbia opens the doors to welcome interested businesses, entrepreneurs and residents to tour the former home to tour the former house of the largest asparagus cannery in the world. Ad reads---Grand Opening-Waitsburg Clinic , May 5th, Ribbon cutting, Refreshments, Tours of the Clinic. Meet your Partners in Health , Roy Myers, MD, Dawn Meicher,...
Ten Years Ago - April 17, 2008 “Bull in a China Shop”, a quaint whodunit, opens Friday at the Liberty Theater in Dayton. Proceeds from the “Touchet Valley Arts Council (TVAC) production will benefit the “Open the Door” campaign for new building restoration. The Blue Mountain Heritage Society’s Smith Hollow Schoolhouse Restoration Project received a $2500 donation from Columbia Rural Electric and its employees recently. Eight students from Waitsburg Elementary and Preston Hall will be competing in the Blue Mountain Regional Speech Contest ton...
1 Years Ago - April 10, 2008 Whatddya gotta do to be the Touchet Valley’s Top Farmhand? First contestants had to cram a hay bale into a too-right gap between other bales, the load and unload a nail gun. Next was to saddle a “horse” and rope a hay-bale doggie, followed by the bale toss. After that, contestants were to give their best critter call, then pitch a busted section of bob wire fence. Checking a chainsaw for correct chain installation and putting a link in a drive chain correctly followed. Clint Atteberry jumped into first place with...
Ten Years Ago - April 3, 2008 Morgan, Naylor win for the Bluewood Blazers. The Bluewood Blazers ski team was spread all over the Pacific Northwest the weekend of March 22-23. Four athletes were at the Lookout Pass for the Emerald Empire Youth Ski League Finals, a pair at Mission Ridge for the Hampton Cup USSA race and ten were at Anthony Lakes for the Broadway Blast. At Anthony Lakes in a Super G, J3 racers Breanna Morgan and Alex Naylor each won in their events. Waitsburg-Prescott boys scored in every event and notched seven firsts and seven...
Ten Years Ago-March 27, 2008 Jack McCaw recently received a phone call from an old war buddy, Joe Plemons of Catoosa, OK. It has been decades since the two spoke. Jack had served on the USS LSM 268 during World War II, along with Plemone. The two reminisced and McCaw said it was surprising how many names the two of them could conjure up. The upper Touchet Valley Webelo’s and Cub Scouts from pack 332 of Dayton and Waitsburg competed in the Pioneer District Pinewood Derby races held in Walla Walla at Assumption Grade School Gym on Saturday, M...
Ten Years Ago March 20, 2008 Photo caption: These Mustang basketball players received special awards from their Coach, Karen Huwe. From left , Kyle Huxoll, Jessica Guay, Jessie Hopkins, Taylor Sams and Samantha Moss. Not pictured, Katy Hofer. Recipients of the 2007 Commercial Club Service Award are John and Marilyn Stellwagen, owners of the Waitsburg Hardware and Mercantile, and Robbie and Marilyn Johnson, owners of the Plaza Theater Building and home of Etctera’s. In addition to recognizing the foursome’s stewardship and renovation of the his...
Ten Years Ago - March 13, 2008 Photo caption: The Prescott-Waitsburg Softball team started workouts on February 25 and is bats first at Weston-McEwen on Friday, March 14. Returning letter winners are from left, Nicole Hall, Val Hamann, Sarah Paul, Kirstin Ruffcorn, Morgan Beckman, Alisha Marshall, Angelica Hermandez. Angie Potts will manage the team, assisted by Marvin Eng All Star Construction of the Tri=Cities has been awarded the contract for the Waitsburg Downtown Streetscape Renovation Project, the City Council decided at its March 5...
Ten Years Ago - March 8, 2008 Athletics from the boys, girls, and cheer squad programs at Waitsburg High School were recognized for their efforts at a Sports Awards Ceremony, held in the auditorium Tuesday, February 26. The event concluded with the group joining in the W.H.S. Fight song, followed by cookies and punch in The Cage. The Waitsburg Lions Club will host its annual Father, Daughter-Son Night on Tues March 11. The dinner meeting will begin at 7pm at Ye Town Hall and pizza is on the menu.After dinner, the youngsters will be treated to...
Ten Years Ago February 21, 2008 Waitsburg’s John Gertsch has been named to the Blue Mountain League, All –Conference first team BML officials announced recently. Cardinal teammate Kathy Weston was named to the All Conference Second Team Former Times publishers Tom and Anita Baker were among numerous Washington state community newspaper people honored by a fellow former editor and publisher with contributions in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation. Turning a lifelong hobby into a viable business and escaping the rat rac...
Ten Years Ago February 14. 2008 A picture of a handsome young fella turning 50 on the 17th is none other than Loyal Baker Columbia County Health Systems is excited for their second speaker in the “We Can Do It, Get Fit, Get Well, Get Educated” series on Thursday, February 21 at the Liberty Theater from 6:30 to 7:30. Photo caption-front page The Whetstone Public House, owned by Travis and Deb Larson, and managed by Charleen Taylor, wants to reflect old-world neighborhood pub-charm as a gathering place for locals to enjoy. Twenty Five Years Ago F...
Ten Years Ago February 14, 2008 A desire to reconnect with Waitsburg, make a significant local investment in Waitsburg’s economic development and be close to family – no doubt – are what prompted Travis and Deb Larsen to become owners of the Whetstone Public House on Preston Avenue in Waitsburg. Former mayor and city councilman Marty Dunn was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Waitsburg City Council. The seat was held by Jim Helm, who died in early December, 2007. Dunn has served as mayor and as a council man. He also served on the Plann...
Ten Years Ago February 7, 2008 Administrations at Waitsburg and Prescott school districts will now delve into the “nuts and bolts, the nitty-gritty” of combining middle and high school athletics between the two schools following approval by the Waitsburg Schools Board of Directors last week. Prescott’s Board unanimously approved the idea on January 24. In the final game on Kison Court, Cardinals senior John Gertsch scorched the nets with seven treys and 25 points to lead the Waitsburg Cardinals to a 73-54 win over the Dayton Bulldogs. The w...
Ten Years Ago January 31, 2007 Breaking with a decades-long tradition, the Board of Directors of the Waitsburg Commercial Club voted unanimously to forgo sponsorship of a caucus for the 2008 City of Waitsburg at a special meeting on January 24. The caucus system was instituted by Commercial Club to put forth a slate of candidates in times of tepid interest among the citizenry. While Caris Cole, Shawny Ingle and Felicia Brown scored in the double figures to power the Lady Cardinals into contention against the Asotin Panthers, it was timely...
Ten Years Ago January 24, 2008 Following four think-on-your-feet interviews and a short executive session, three members of the Waitsburg City Council couldn’t agree on a replacement appointee for the Council seat made vacant by the death of Councilman Jim Helm. Candidates Marty Dunn, Mark Shively, Sarah Groffman and Karen Gregutt will have to tap dance their way through another audition on February 6. The congregation of the First Christian Church of Waitsburg substantially voted approval of a $131,000 sanctuary renovation project, Pastor M...
Ten Years Ago January 17, 2008 Jack Cyr, Mr. Recycling around Waitsburg, will cease recycling newspaper and cardboard as of April 1, 2008, blaming high gas prices. Cyr informed The Times through a Letter to the Editor. “They say we’re going to have $4 gas by summertime,” Cyr said this week. The 82-year-old’s route is usually from Waitsburg, where he picks up cardboard at the blue box near the Waitsburg City Shop and other locations, through Dixie and to various stops along the way into Walla Walla. One of Waitsburg’s most notable landmarks...
Ten Years Ago January 10, 2008 The Waitsburg Fifth Grade Ski Program begins this week at Ski Bluewood and according to teacher Pam Conover, the students are “quite excited” about going skiing. Before they went, however, Deb Callahan brought two sewing machines to the classroom and with Stacia Deal as her dew-worthy assistant, made fleece neck warmers with the kids. A terrific wind storm pounded Walla Walla and Milton-Freewater last Friday, January 4, but Waitsburg and environs survived the windy onslaught with relatively minor damage. No dea...
Ten Years Ago January 3, 2008 With a skiff of snow and threatening skies, construction workers busy with the new Waitsburg Clinic at the corner of Third and Main were hard at work a couple of days after Christmas. Through mid December, concrete was poured and soon a floor was put down, then last week walls were up and indeed the Clinic is beginning to take shape. The structure if hoped to be roofed and ready for interior work by mid January. One man was arrested and Walla Walla County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating another suspect f...
Ten Years Ago December 27, 2017 Photo caption: The Cardinal Players took a curtain call, basking in the applause following their “reader’s theater” presentation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” at the Liberty Theater in Dayton last Saturday night. Isaac Huether played Ebenezer Scrooge and each member of the cast stepped into the many roles required for the production. From left: Fred Cunz, John Gertsch, Wesley Hilton, Isaac Huether, Felicia Brown, Colton Townsend, Nathan Moon, Shawny Ingle, Tyson Cole, Dakota Hopkins. Narrator Ro...
Ten Years Ago December 20, 2007 To get into the Christmas spirit, there’s nothing like the sights and sounds to be experienced at the Waitsburg Community Choir cantata. “Once upon a Miracle” - A Christmas Musical, by Marty Parks, was performed last Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church in Waitsburg, to a full house. The performance was directed by Melissa Ferrians and narrated by Chloe Pearson and her grandfather John Knowles, with her dad Randy Pearson as organist. Lacey Mayberry of Touchet will be the Queen of the 2008 Pendleton Round...
