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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago Thursday, May 24, 2007 People playing the ponies last weekend at the 94th Annual Days of Real Sport bet a total of $48,275 during the two-day race meet. It was another long and enjoyable Days of Real Sport Parade. Heading the parade was 2007 Queen Brittany Prince and her royalty, Princess Brandi Toomey. Riding as Parade Marshal was 1950 DRS Princess Meredith Huwe. Former Waitsburg Schools superintendent and downtown business owner Robbie Johnson was the unanimous selection to fill the City Council vacancy created by the resignatio...
Ten Years Ago May 17, 2007 Hey pard, folks around Waitsburg are as pleased as a pup with two tails that the 94th running of the Days of Real Sport is this weekend. Town is spruced up and ready to entertain friends and neighbors from near and far with the parade and the two days of Quarterhorse and thoroughbred horse racing, and plenty of after-hours fun is planned. But wait! Things don’t get really rollin’ until Friday night at the DRS Kick Off Dinner and Dance, with music by Little McKay Creek Band. That’s when the queen is chosen from the t...
Ten Years Ago May 10, 2007 The site of the former John Smith Implement and Hardware, known locally as “The Hole,” is in the process of being “renovated” for new uses. About two-thirds of it has been leveled and seeded to grass and the other one third may soon be outdoor dining for customers of the Whoop ‘Em Up Hollow Café. John and Marilyn Stellwagen, owners of the larger segment, are interested in hearing what might be done with the wall on the south side. John Stellwagen envisions a mural of some kind on it and is asking the community...
Ten Years Ago April 26, 2007 When the movie “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” was released in 2000, the country witnessed a revival in true American music-bluegrass. It also inspired a group of young people from Waitsburg to learn to play that type of music. Today, those young people have established their own bluegrass band: The Blue Mountain Troublemakers.. . Chris Carpenter, Zach Beasley, Nick Carpenter, Austin Beasley, John Hockersmith, and Will Garcia make up the band, which will leave October 3 for Sasayama. Photo caption: All of you mus...
Ten Years Ago April 19, 2007 W.H.S. graduate Laura (Lybecker) Tarp, daughter of Carolyn Lybecker of Waitsburg and the late Norman “Gus” Lybecker, was awarded the 2007 ProStart Teacher of the Year award by the Washington Education Foundation in early April. Driving tractor last Monday, Waitsburg farmer Bruce Abbey heard the news of the Virginia Tech shootings and his “heart jumped.” Beth Abbey, Bruce and Barbara Abbey’s daughter and a 1999 graduate of Waitsburg High School, is pursuing her Ph.D. in exercise nutrition at Virginia Tech, and the go...
Ten Years Ago April 12, 2007 Stacked up against 21 other schools – nearly all larger Oregon, Idaho and Washington high schools, the Waitsburg Cardinal Boys 4X400 Relay team of Jeremy Nichols, Morgan Baker, Josh Smith and Jace Zuger put together an impressive performance to highlight the team’s showing at the Milton-Freewater Carnival of Speed last Friday. Waitsburg ran to a second-place finish with a 3:40.50, behind Wa-Hi’s 3:38.49. Markeeta Little Wolf was sworn into office as mayor of Waitsburg for the 2007-08 term at a special meeting of th...
Ten Years Ago April 5, 2007 Should Markeeta Little Wolf’s preliminary 15-vote-lead over Mayor Marty Dunn in the 2007 Waitsburg City Election hold, the election will go down in the history books for its number of firsts: Waitsburg’s first female mayor, Waitsburg’s first mayor of Native American heritage, Waitsburg’s first African-American Councilman, and it would be the first time that an incumbent mayor seeking re-election was unseated. Spring is in the air this week and along with the sunshine, breezes and sounds of farming operations coming...
Ten Years Ago March 29, 2007 Waitsburg’s 2007 vote-by-mail City Election will wrap up when ballots are due to be postmarked on April 2. At stake is the mayor’s position and five City Council seats with seven people on contention for them. Three-plus year Councilwoman Markeeta Little Wolf is risking her Council seat in her bid for the mayor’s post opposing incumbent Mayor Marty Dunn in the annual election for one-year terms. And there are six individuals – four incumbents – bidding for the five seats on the City Council. They include Orville Bra...
Ten Years Ago March 22, 2007 Two Waitsburg women with years of community contributions were honored for that service with Waitsburg Commercial Club’s 2006 Community Service Award last Tuesday. Evelyn Smith and Jane Butler were recognized with honor at the club’s annual banquet. Roger Hevel of Waitsburg recently received his 50-year Masonic pin from Charles W. McQuery, Grand Master, Free and Accepted Masons of Washington, at the Grand Master’s visit to Walla Walla recently Laura Jean Hevel was given the honor of pinning the pin on Hevel...
Ten Years Ago March 15, 2007 In 1950, she was the “new girl in town” and Meredith Hulce jumped in with both feet, no holds barred, taking on the challenge of being a candidate for the Days of Real Sport (DRS) court. In 2007, she is a bit more reserved on whether she’ll climb up in the saddle as parade marshal of the 2007 DRS parade, but she’s not ruling it out either. Mayor Marty Dunn and Councilwoman Markeeta Little Wolf will face off in the April 2 City Election. Little Wolf carried the Commercial Club-sponsored caucus held at 7 p.m. at Ye T...
Ten Years Ago March 8, 2007 Waylon and Willie and the boys recently included a Waitsburg boy, Bill Stonecipher, who not too long ago was seen perusing his Waitsburg Times on the boardwalk at the Luckenbach, Texas, post office. Stonecipher and his wife Linda recently visited San Antonio, Texas, and visited Luckenback, population 3, the subject of a Waylon Jennings song and now a site for music festivals. Why are bank hours being cut at a profitable branch? is the question that seemed to hang in the air after a town hall meeting with an...
Ten Years Ago March 1, 2007 John Gertsch, a 5-11 junior guard for the Cardinals, was honored for being named to the Blue Mountain League All Conference Second Team. Gertsch, the third leading scorer in the league, received the seventh highest vote, said Coach Chris Pearson. Shawny Ingle of the Lady Cardinals received votes in the All Conference meeting, said Coach Lynnsey Bailey, and was an “honorable mention” on the All Conference list. The Waitsburg City Council will hear from representatives of the Paloma Valley Land Retirement Plan Tru...
Ten Years Ago February 22, 2017 Harold Cochran of Prescott was appointed to the Board of Regents at Washington State University (WSU) by Governor Chris Gregoire last week. The Waitsburg branch of AmericanWest Bank will cut its operating hours beginning in April, The Times has learned. “Financial factors” had a role in the decision made by the AmericanWest Bank board of directors, a bank spokesman said Tuesday. Six Waitsburg residents attending Washington State University have earned recognition on the President’s Honor Roll for the fall 2006...
Ten Years Ago February 15, 2007 Jane Butler was initiated into P.E.O., Waitsburg Chapter BE, in January of 1947. The initiating President was Evelyn Harris. In her 60-year P.E.O. lifetime, she has also been a member of Chapter BJ in Dayton and Chapter CE in Yakima . . . At January meeting of the Waitsburg chapter, Butler was honored with a Sweet Adeline serenade of the song “That’s What Friends Are Fro,” a bouquet of fresh flowers and an interview with “Barbara Halters” aka Barb Knopp, a member of the chapter. Fifty-four members and guests at...
Ten Years Ago February 8, 2007 W.H.S. Senior Jeremy Nichols presented a $500 check to the Waitsburg A.S.B. Football Fund and Football Coach Jeff Bartlow this week. Nichols participated in the 2006 Qwest Leadership Challenge and performed 40 hours of community service. At a Seahawks football game last October, Nichols and a group of students from the region were honored on the field at Qwest Field. Though Nichols did not receive one of four $5,000 scholarships, he did bring home this $500 contribution from Qwest. On February 1, the fifth grade...
Ten Years Ago February 1, 2007 Known widely for her love of her patients and the people of southeastern Washington, Aleta Shockley has retired after 40 years with Dayton General Hospital, now the Columbia County Public Hospital District. Shockley was honored at a retirement celebration January 25, 2007. Photo caption: Rather than pile into the family car to head to a local basketball tournament, last weekend the Waitsburg Prime Time 4-5th YMCA basketball team went in style-in a limousine. No word on how the team played but we bet they felt ten...
Ten Years Ago January 25, 2007 Columbia County resident Brian Black has long held a vision of a memorial that would help honor all of the local veterans who have served their country. As it turns out, this is a vision that many want to help become reality. Several years ago, Waitsburg constructed a Veterans Memorial Wall, which was paid for by donations. Black, who helped fly a large American flag over East Main and Fifth streets during All Wheels Weekend several years ago, would like to see another memorial constructed in Dayton. Waitsburg...
Ten Years Ago January 18, 2007 The first day of the Waitsburg Elementary School Fifth Grade Ski Program arrived at last on Thursday, January 11. . . “With the help of school personnel, Carrie Graham, and Brenda Baker; parents Kitzi Brannock, Bret Moser, Jim Wilson, Scott Bentley, Darleen Dozier, Grandpa Al Scamahorn and Uncle Brian Callahan; and a very organized Bluewood staff, yesterday would have to be among the top ten days of my teaching career,” she (Pam Conover) said. The Waitsburg Booster Club honored Tom and Anita Baker as its 200...
Ten Years Ago January 4, 2007 Three Waitsburg youngsters will compete in the Elks Lodge Free Throw Contest in Moses Lake on Saturday, January 6. Owen Lanning, 10, finished third in the Walla Walla contest, but advanced when the first- and second- place finishers in the 10-11 year old bracket opted not to participate further. . . Eighth graders Dru Somers and Christy Poirier will also advance to the Moses Lake competition. A structural study of the long-idle Wait’s Mill will be the first step in a two-phased approach being commissioned by the W...
Ten Years Ago December 28, 2006 Danielle Coila and Jeremy Nichols were recently named “Youths of the Month” for the month of December by the Exchange Club of Walla Walla. Coila and Nichols were honored at a luncheon at the Elks Club in Walla Walla on December 11 for their outstanding achievement at Waitsburg High School. A $19,575 grant from the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development has been received by the Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee. The money will fund a study of the former Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. Bes...
Ten Years Ago December 21, 2006 The edge of the storm system that blasted Portland and Seattle last week also did some pruning around Waitsburg. At numerous locations around town, branches were down in streets and yards. The Presbyterian Church manse, residence of Rev. and Mrs. Bret Moser and family, received some structural damage when a main branch off a maple tree landed on the roof of the house. This Christmas edition of The Times is dedicated to fifth grader Rodrigo Espana who recently passed away. Rodrigo’s story is with his c...
Ten Years Ago December 14, 2006 Bob Danforth was honored by York Rite Masons and Knights Templar for 50 years of membership at the Past Masters Night held at the Masonic Hall in Waitsburg Monday. Twelve Odako members met at the home of Ruth Peterson on December 7. Patty Froke filled in for her mother, Donna Keeney, as co-hostess. A very short business meeting was held. Commercial Club met December 5, 2006 at Ye Towne Hall. Thirty-nine people attended for dinner, a business meeting and program. There is $6,644.67 in the club’s bank account. Clai...
Ten Years Ago December 7, 2006 A Christmas potluck at Ye Towne Hall will be held Friday, December 8, 2006 by 55 Plus. Jeanetta Monfort and Iris Stearns will hostess. Baked ham, sweet potatoes, scalloped potatoes, and three pumpkin pies will be supplied by various volunteers. Other members are to bring a vegetable, salad, or other dessert. Patricia Wilson, a Walla Walla resident who grew up in Waitsburg, recently returned from a Christian Children’s Fund-led Study Tour to Mexico. During the trip she not only had the opportunity to meet M...
Ten Years Ago November 30, 2006 The Waitsburg Chapter of the FFA celebrated the Harvest Ball on Nov. 18, naming Courtney Gritman as FFA Queen and Cole Janovich as FFA King. Activities leading up to the sock hop held in the industrial arts shop included pumpkin throwing, bale lifting, pedal tractor races and other fun events. If you’ve ever wondered who living in or around Waitsburg has roots deeply planted in the fertile soil, then the 2007 Commercial Club calendar, “Founding Families 1863-1895” will provide plenty of answers. The calendars can...
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...
