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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago May 26, 2015 The Class of 2005 of Waitsburg High School will hold commencement exercises at 8 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2005. The ceremony will be held on Kison Court. Twenty-three members of the class will receive diplomas. Giving the valedictory address will be Jill Bickelhaupt, who maintained a 4.0 g.p.a. during her four years of high school. Salutatorian of the Class of 2005 is Gabriel Kiefel, who finished with a 3.884 g.p.a. The Waitsburg Community Revitalization Committee float, a replica of the mill built by Ed Lawrence and...
Ten Year Ago May 19, 2005 Marco Jo Lanning and Richard Pounds, members of the junior class at Waitsburg High School, were the recipients of the Outstanding Junior Girl and Outstanding Junior Boy awards at a recognition program at the Dayton Masonic Lodge on April 20, 2005. “Friends” of Waitsburg’s Jerry Baker, a member of the Blue Mountain Snowmobiel Club, honored him with the First Annual Prestigious Goldfish Award when the group met for its Annual Banquet Saturday, May 14, at the Dayton Golf Course. Bake, a modern Katzenjammer Kid, was ridin...
Ten Years Ago May 12, 2005 As a board member and officer of the Days of Real Sport, Terry Hofer hasn’t seen a Saturday morning parade in over 20 years because he was working at the track preparing for the race meet. “Now I don’t get to see the parade either,” quipped Hofer, the 2005 DRS Parade Marshal. On the other hand, Hofer, 62, will get to see and wave to those who journeyed to Waitsburg for the parade and horse racing as he leads the parade on its circuitous route from the north Main Street Bridge through downtown and back again. Hofer pla...
Ten Years Ago May 5, 2005 Senior Cardinal tracksters Matt Baker, Gabe Kiefel and Wade Bennett garnered multiple firsts to lead the Waitsburg boys to another meet win April 26 at Dayton. First place finished by Natasha Montgomery, Anna Hoffmann and Marci Jo Lanning helped the Cardinal girls team to third place. Thirteen Odako ladies met at the home of Deanne Johnson on Thursday evening, April 28. The business meeting consisted of committee reports from the spring luncheon and project committees. Project chairperson, Jackie Ely, showed a sample...
Ten Years Ago April 28, 2015 Representing the 92nd annual Waitsburg Days of Real Sport are co-queens Brittany Artz and Kimberly Smith. The 2005-06 City Council was sworn in and Mayor Marty Dunn handed out committee assignments at the April 20 meeting. Sworn in were Mayor Dunn; City Treasurer Jean M. Hinchliffe, and members of the City Council: Orville Branson, Bettie Chase, Larry Johnson, Markeeta Little Wolf, and Mark Shively. While severe thunderstorms were going through the area last Saturday, so were several hundred bicycle racers. The...
Ten Years Ago April 21, 2005 Academy Street is now open to only one-way traffic as part of a 90-day trial period adopted by the City of Waitsburg at the request of the Waitsburg School District. Traffic flows from west to east, Main Street to Coppei Avenue, will now be observed to see if the desired effect is achieved. The City will review the situation with school officials to decide whether to make the change permanent. Fourteen Odako ladies attended the April 10 meeting at the home of Lou Thompson. The meeting centered on discussions of the...
Ten Years Ago April 14, 2005 Waitsburg Cardinals Natasha Montgomery and Matt Baker captured firsts in the high jump and 110 High hurdles, respectively, at the Milton-Freewater Carnival of Speed last Friday, April 8. Montgomery bested competitors from 20 schools from Washington, Idaho and Oregon, and Baker finished first ahead of hurdlers from 22 high schools. Twenty-nine members of 55 Plus enjoyed potluck and bingo at Ye Towne Hall, Friday, April 8. Lois Metler and Jo Polumsky were hostesses. The group welcomed back Kay Pettichord and Margaret...
Ten Years Ago April 7, 2005 Behind seven firsts, the Waitsburg Cardinal Boys Track squad scored 136.5 points to take first place in the seven-team Dayton Alumni Relay Invitational, held Thursday, March 31 at Dayton. Matt Baker notched a trio of firsts, Wade Bennett won two in the pit jump events, and Gabe Kiefel and Jeremy Nichols won the javelin and 400 m, run, respectively, to lead the Cards to the win. Brandon Tate of Waitsburg was named the Offensive Player of the Week for the semi-pro football team, the Walla Walla Stars. Tate scored two...
Ten Years Ago March 31, 2005 Michael Luce M.D. of Dayton was recognized as Washington State’s Outstanding Rural Health Physician of the Year for 2005 last week. The presentation and award was presented to a very surprised Luce by Washington State Secretary of Health, Mary Selecky and Columbia County Health System Board Chair Roland Schirman. An Easter theme was enjoyed by 19 members of 55 Plus at Ye Towne Hall, Friday, March 25. Netta Mohney designed festive place mats and Sarah Wilson furnished molded chocolate bunny favors. Pat Largent a...
Ten Years Ago March 24, 2005 Harold Mitchell, long-time Waitsburg area resident, celebrated his 90th birthday with a party at Ye Towne Hall on February 6. Over 60 well-wishers attended the party and enjoyed two kinds of birthday cake with Harold. An ordinance approving one-way traffic on Academy Street was passed unanimously by the Waitsburg City Council, for a 90-day trial period. Photo caption: Jeff Presler’s Black Angus/White Face Hereford cross calves, pastured at the south edge of Waitsburg, are some picturesque livestock, especially when...
Ten Years Ago March 17, 2005 Commercial Club’s Community Service Award recipients for 2004 have books, education and a love for the community of Waitsburg in common. Two deserving recipients were honored by Commercial Club and they are Weller Public Library librarian Jan Cronkhite and retired teacher, newspaper co-publisher and volunteer Anita Baker. Incumbent Mayor Marty Dunn will face a challenger in the City of Waitsburg’s City Elections on April 4, and a contest is brewing for the five council seats. Vance Price was nominated at a sec...
Ten Years Ago March 10, 2005 Members of the Waitsburg City Council got a lesson in how congested Academy Street becomes during pick-up and drop off times at the Waitsburg School District. Transportation Supervisor Ken Colby, armed with video images of the bus loading area, gave graphic proof that parents delivering students to school perform some fairly outlandish maneuvers in doing so. Ed and Lena Fern Tusty’s family gathered recently to celebrate the couple’s 60th Wedding Anniversary. The Tustys are the parents of Pam Conover of Wai...
Ten Years Ago March 3, 2005 Waitsburg High School sophomore Courtney Gritman was crowned princess of the 2005 Pioneer Posse Court Sunday Evening. Nathan Hamann, son of Fred Hamann and grandson of Jan Chronkhite, both of Waitsburg, was recently presented with the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pin while serving aboard the U.S.S. Camden, a fast battle support ship providing fuel, ammunition and other stores. Nate is on his way to the Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago to start medical tech school. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 1, 1990 A ne...
Ten Years Ago February 24, 2005 In order to recognize Port of Walla Walla Commissioner Ken Jantz’s 24 years of service as port commissioner, a road in the Burbank Industrial Park Phase II Project will be named in his honor. Jantz Boulevard will serve as a main access point for students attending Columbia School District which is also filling, considering Commissioner Jantz’s longstanding interest in public education. He served 16 years on the Waitsburg School Board. Debbie Hunter, daughter of Ellsworth “Elzy” and Sherrill Conover of Waitsburg,...
Ten Years Ago February 17, 2005 The home of Robert and Terrie Abernathy was destroyed by fire which frustrated local firefighters at every turn last weekend. Crews battled the stubborn fire from about 4 p.m. until 11 p.m. when they shifted to defensive positions due to a number of factors including the presence of propane tanks. Waitsburg needed three pointers in its game against Liberty Christian, and it got them from Chris Dessert. The 6-4 Cardinal guard hit five of them in Waitsburg’s 61-53 win in Blue Mountain League tournament play T...
Ten Years Ago February 10, 2005 The Waitsburg Lions Club wants to build a 40-foot by 60-foot building that will serve as both a clubhouse and community building at the Days of Real Sport grounds. A letter of intent was presented by Lions Club President Robbie Johnson, who also serves on the City Council, at a special meeting of the City Council held Monday, Feb. 7. Jaimee Hulce, daughter of Tim and Tonya Hulce, was installed as Worthy Advisor of Waitsburg Assembly NO. 68, Rainbow Girls, Sunday afternoon, January 9, 2005. Twenty-Five Years Ago F...
Ten Years Ago February 3, 2005 A garage with a bit of history for Bolles Junction-area folks was lost to fire last Friday. The structure was formerly the Bolles Junction School District’s one-room schoolhouse. Firefighters from Joint Fire District Nos. 2 and 7, and a pumper from the City of Waitsburg, responded to the 7:31 a.m. call to 13366 E. SR 124. The fire progressed into the attic, resulting in nearly total destruction to the structure. Firefighters were able to protect the adjacent residence. They were at the scene approximately four hou...
Ten Years Ago January 27, 2005 For future generations of students, sports fans and visitors to Waitsburg High School, the name “Kison Court” and the reason Waitsburg’s gymnasium is so named will no longer be a point of local knowledge only, nor will it fade with the passing of the generation who remember the late Ernest and Dorothy Kison. Adda Roberts celebrated her 98th birthday on Monday, January 24 with family members including daughter and son-in-law, Jan and Bill Zuger, great grandson, Danny Dunn and great-great grandchildren, McKen...
Ten Years Ago January 20, 2005 In 2004 she was first runner up and named “Miss Photogenic.” So she tried again and last October, Sade’ Aiyeku, a 1998 graduate of Prescott High School, was crowned Miss Idaho USA 2005 at the pageant held in Nampa, Id. She is the daughter of Joni (Jackson) Aiyeku of Prescott and Iyola Aiyeku of New York City, and granddaughter of Jack and Yvonne Jackson of Prescott. Odako met at the home of Velma Sickles on Thursday, January 13. Ivadell Nordheim was co-hostess. Donna Keeney won the door prize. The group’s charter...
Ten Years Ago January 13, 2005 A plaque commemorating Waitsburg High School’s Kison Court will be dedicated in ceremonies during halftime of the Waitsburg-DeSales boys basketball game Friday, January 21. The local gymnasium was formally named Kison Court when it was renovated during the high school overhaul a few years ago, in honor of the late Ernest J. and Dorothy N. Kison, long-time score board and clock officials for Waitsburg High School. Darleen Dozier of Waitsburg earned the title of overall barrel racing champion during the 43rd season...
Ten Years Ago January 6, 2005 Western and wildlife artist Jackie Penner has been featured in the Wheat Life Magazine December 2004 issue. The article titled “On the Penner wheat farm, a crop of Western art,” highlights how farm life and artistic talent are woven together to make a complimentary lifestyle. Local customers of AmericanWest Bank in Waitsburg and Dayton have been seeing a new face in the loan officer’s office. Waitsburg native Todd Wood has been serving as commercial loan officer for the two branches of the eastern Washi...
