Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago May 17, 2012 [Photo Caption] Waitsburg resident Bert Baxter is ready to show off his 1961 Ranchero Falcon at the fifth annual auto show in Preston Park this Saturday. The auto show and parade will be held to honor the town’s former event Days of Real Sport. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 22, 1997 [Photo Caption] Visitors to Waitsburg and local horse racing enthusiasts were treated to great weather – warm temperatures and sunshine – for the two days of Waitsburg’s 84th Days of Real Sp...
Ten Years Ago May 10, 2012 Seventeen-year-old Dakota Baker doesn't even remember the first time his grandpa took him to a course to golf because he was so young. And all of that time on the greens and hitting drives is paying off. Baker is the lone Waitsburg High School golfer competing in District 9 and he's hoping to make another trip to the state competition in a few weeks. "I love being outside in the fresh air," Baker said about his love for the sport. "And I like hanging out with my...
Ten Years Ago May 3, 2012 A youth choir that has brought many Touchet Valley teens together for a positive purpose is embarking on its last tour after 15 years. Pastor Mike and his wife Melissa Ferrians of the Waitsburg Christian Church have turned 15 groups of local teens into a singing sensation. The final tour of the Salt & Light Music Ministry embarks June 15 and ends with a home performance on June 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Christian Church. “There’s something about kids and music and get...
Ten Years Ago April 26, 2012 [Photo Caption] Pam Conover fits Waitsburg Elementary student Jake Bradshaw with a helmet for the fifth-grade class’s lesson on bike safety recently in Waitsburg. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 1, 1997 The Quilcene-Brinnon (Wash.) Schools Shellfish Science Club, advised by Charlie Baker, son of Tom and Anita Baker of Waitsburg and a 1971 graduate of Waitsburg High School, and who counts his daughter Molly and sons Tom and Daniel as members of the science club, has won a...
Ten Year Ago April 19, 2012 Jerry and Peggy Hall at Prescott celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 14. They were married on Friday the 13 of April in Waitsburg. Peggy’s maiden name was Dorsey. Jerry was working at Bills Thrift Store. He was employed for 4.5 years at the WW Farmer’s Co Op in Prescott, and in February 1967, began working at the Walla Walla County Road Department. After 10.5 years, he was hired as the Swine Supervisor at the Washington State Penitentiary and retired after 19 years in June of 1996. Peggy was...
Ten Years Ago April 12, 2012 For the first time last weekend, Dayton High School teacher Steve McLean took four of his students to a regional robotics competition and came home with a trophy. “It’s something like I’ve never seen before in my life,” McLean said. (He) and his students, Alex Eaton, Demitri Tziouvaras, Lincoln Riley and James Costello, traveled to Central Washington University with their robot last weekend to go up against teams from Boise, California, and even Seattle. Local c...
Ten Years Ago April 5, 2012 Ross Hamann was led to the Commercial Club meeting recently under false pretenses. Hamann was told his mother, Jan Cronkhite, was again to receive the club’s annual Community Service Award. But, as Tom Baker was describing the recipient, Hamann realized his mother hadn’t been the force behind the new press box and isn’t serving on the Waitsburg School Board. He does those things. Robbie Johnson, the club’s president, said as Hamann realized that indeed, the person...
Ten Years Ago March 29, 2012 [Photo Caption] Six students from Waitsburg High School band and chorus went to Southeast Washington Music Educators’ Honor Band and Chorus on Monday, March 12, in Colfax. Waitsburg’s six students were Cheyenne Frohreich, Meara Baker and Emma Philbrook from the band and Garrison Marin, Jared Brown and Hannah Helms from chorus. Prescott and Dayton high schools also brought students, as well as about a dozen other schools from Asotin to Connell. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
Ten Years Ago March 22, 2012 With the April 2 election right around the corner, Waitsburg residents Bart Baxter and Tiffany Laposi are throwing their hats in the ring for city council. Baxter who has lived in town for 7 years and owns Betty's Diner, has already completed one year on city council and made an unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2011. Laposi, who has lived in Waitsburg for 31 years, is a real property appraiser for Walla Walla County. She is a candidate in Waitsburg for the first time....
Ten Years Ago March 15, 2012 The Times is welcoming a new office administrator, Tawnya Richards, who will be in charge of accounting and paperwork to keep our operation running smoothly. Richards, 39, has resided in Waitsburg for the past 5 years. She has a background in office manager and supervisor positions in small businesses and hospitals and is the perfect person for the job. Waitsburg’s Jim German was honored by Wine Enthusiast Magazine as Mixologist of the Month. The magazine highlighted...
Ten Years Ago March 8, 2012 The newest addition to Dayton City Council, Arthur Hall, was appointed by a unanimous vote on Monday, Feb. 27. When Hall moved to Dayton in February 2010, he said he had no intention of running for city council at any point in time. When the position opened up, friends and associates suggested he apply, so he did. Hall said he is already looking toward November when he will be up for public election reaffirming his position on the council. Twenty-Five Years Ago March...
Ten Years Ago March 1, 2012 For the first time in 17 years, the Dayton Bulldogs are going to Spokane for the Hardwood Classic state basketball championship tournament starting Thursday. After resoundingly beating the Riverdale Christian Crusaders from Yakima, 59-41, in front of a predominantly hometown crowd Friday night at Walla Walla High School, the Dogs are now in the Final 8 of there 2B division. "We've worked hard since fifth grade and this was our goal," senior Joey Schlachter said when...
Ten Years Ago February 23, 2012 Dayton High School students don’t have to wait for the new skills center to be built at Walla Walla Community College to gain employable skills before they graduate. They can, and many do, enroll in the high school’s welding class to satisfy credit requirements and learn a trade they can use as a career or as part-time work to pay for other education. Steve McLean has been teaching welding at Dayton High School for 33 years. His uniform is dirty blue cov...
Ten Years Ago February 16, 2012 Recalling the grace-under-pressure composure WP Cardinals Quarterback Zach Bartlow displayed in his team’s climb to the title game last football season, it seems hard to believe that he was afraid of being a football player at one time. It was back in fifth grade. He was just a few days too old to stay with the Little Giants, the team he’d played for since third grade. So, he became one of the youngest and smallest players on the Big Giants. “I was scare...
Ten Years Ago February 9, 2012 A generous gift from the family of the late Dale Hutchens means the staff members of the Booker Rest Home will have new equipment to make their work easier and more efficient. Hutchens, a former member of the board of directors for the Columbia County Health System from 1974 to 1987, passed away after spending more than 4 years at the Booker Rest Home. On his behalf, his family provided Booker with nearly $8,000. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 13, 1997 The...
Ten Years Ago February 2, 2012 To say the City of Waitsburg is stumped by the future of the collapsed bunk house east of the McGregor plant is putting it mildly. No one came forward to put in a salvage bid for its materials. The fire district doesn't want to burn it as part of a training exercise because it contains hazardous materials. And now it appears the city is in violation of its own code by just letting it sit there. "It's been a worrisome issue," said Mayor Walt Gobel. "We may need to b...
Ten Years Ago January 26, 2012 The Waitsburg City Council last week unanimously voted to deny its support of the revitalization of a flood control district that would use taxing powers to help prevent flooding in the Touchet and Coppei rivers. “If our people don’t like raising our water bill $3.50, they’re sure not going to like this,” said Councilman Orville Branson. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said the city had previously two flood control districts, but both went defunct because...
Ten Years Ago January 19, 2012 The WP Tigers wrestling team brought home two fourth-place medals from a big regional meet in Royal City on Saturday after reeling in two pins at a smaller meet in Ritzville on Thursday. "I'm happy with the improvements and performance out there," tigers head coach Lanny Adams said. The Royal City meet was among the largest meets in which the WP team has participated so far. Fifteen teams attended from WP, Royal City, Pomeroy, Reardan, Riverview, Wahluke, Davenport...
Ten Years Ago January 12, 2012 As clear as day, Craig Funabashi remembers the first time he saw his grandmother’s Story & Clark Victorian pump organ. He was six and visiting the Seattle area with his parents from Long Beach. As they would for many years to come, he and his family traveled up to Whidbey Island for his grandmother’s Sep. 5 birthday and family reunion. They would meet at the cabin where Vangee Johnston kept the ornate wooden instrument and played many old-time Ragtime fav...
Ten Years Ago January 5, 2012 Joanna Lanning is getting ready to take the plunge. Last year, Lanning, and two Waitsburgers, Patty Hazelwood and Vicki Hamann, took a dip in the Columbia River to raise money for Special Olympics of Washington. Lanning is the WP cross country coach, Hazelwood is a special education teacher and cheerleading coach, Hamann is a paraprofessional at the high school. Lanning raised $800 last year. This year her goal is $1,000. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 9, 1997 For a...
Ten Years Ago December 29, 2011 A group of Waitsburg residents wants to resurrect the town’s defunct flood control district, a prospect city officials say they welcome. “We want to keep Waitsburg safe and beautiful,” said Allison Bond, who spearheaded a recruiting effort that has yielded the required number of volunteers to serve on the district next year. “There are a lot of people willing to put the time in,” she said. “And they have great ideas.” Citing concerns about the stability of...
Ten Years Ago December 22, 2011 The WP Cardinals aren’t just the toast of Waitsburg, which honored the team with a special dinner sponsored by the Commercial Club at the Town Hall last Thursday – the 2011 2B state football champions are the toast of the entire state. Quarterback Zach Bartlow last week was named Player of the Year on the Washington Associated Press All-State football team as voted by writers and editors from around Washington. It’s the highest honor any football player can recei...
Ten Years Ago December 15, 2011 Waitsburg’s Town Hall was turned into a child’s Christmas-shopping paradise last Thursday night. For about 15 years, community volunteer Rose Englebrite said the hall has played host to vendors who set up tables and sell gifts for $10 and under for the community children to purchase as gifts for their families. “It’s just a night for the kids to come out and shop for what they want to,” Englebrite said. [Photo Caption] Friends and family are invited to share in...
Ten Years Ago December 8, 2011 [Photo Caption] The 2011 WP Cardinals hold aloft the coveted state 2B championship trophy after their 33-7 victory over the Morton/White Pass Timberwolves at the Tacoma Dome last Saturday. The students from Waitsburg became the first-ever football players to win the title on the high school’s behalf. It’s the second WP state sports title this fall. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 12, 1996 The Waitsburg Ambulance Service’s primary ambulance, a 1986 Ford which was exp...
Ten Years Ago December 1, 2011 This Saturday and Sunday Christmas comes to Waitsburg with Santa, a lighted parade and plenty of shopping and prizes during the town’s annual Hometown Christmas event. “Come to the Town Hall for vendors and gifts,” said Ruth Peterson, an organizer of the event. Held every first weekend in December, this annual tradition centered in Town Hall is sure to be a delight. This is the festival’s 26th year in Waitsburg, Peterson said. Cardinals head coach Jeff Bartlow...
