Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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On Saturday I stopped for gas with 35 mile an hour winds at 12 degrees; it burned my lips off! I boarded the Rover, applied a wide swipe of Burt's Bee's lip balm and went directly home, put a pot of water on and made a big mug of hot green tea with lemon and honey. While sipping my tea, I wondered if decaffeinated green tea offers the same health benefits as regular green tea. After researching, I found that the decaffeinating process of heating and leaching does remove some of the tea's natural disease- fighting antitoxins. The compounds in...
Ten Years Ago December 11, 2003 Amanda McKinley of Waitsburg is graduating in less than four years (3.8 grade point average) through the WSU Honors Collee with a bachelor's degree in crop science. She will be among the students that will be recognized during the ceremony by WSU President V. Lane Rawlins. After the Tinman got his heart, the Scarecrow got his brain and the Cowardly Lion got his "cuh-hourage!" in the Touchet Valley Arts Council's production of "The Wizard of Oz," Mark Franklin of Dayton got his answer. The question he posed, with...
A fter a great thanksgiving dinner and family not want- ing to take leftovers on the airplane, my refrigerator is stuffed with endless menu possibilities. This time of year, I love a toasted grilled turkey and cheese sandwich and, depending on the extra fillings, I'll eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have found it doesn't matter what kind of bread you use for a pan grilled sandwich, just be sure it's a bread of good quality and cut to a one-inch thickness. The bread's thickness lets the sandwich filling's moisture absorb and the...
The price of wheat revealed by the Chicago markets since August/September of 2013 has been through quite a swing, starting from around $6.35 at harvest lows, moving up to $7.10 or so in October, then returning to the lows again in November. That is up and down 75 cents per bushel each way in about 2 months. The Chicago contract is a globally watched price and a good wheat price bellwether, although in this case, Pacific Northwest white wheat traded all the way through the period without a twitch or bobble. The price in September 5th was about...
1 Peter Pan: The Musical The Liberty Theater 3 p.m. Final showing of Peter Pan: The Musical. Purchase tickets online at www.libertytheater.org or at the Liberty Theater box office in Dayton. 2 Story Time (every Monday) Weller Public Library, Waitsburg 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Annual Meeting & Ladies Night Out Dayton's Historic Depot 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be provided along with a report on the Depot's 2013 activities. Ladies AND gentlemen are invited to see what the Depot has been up to and shop for unique, classic gif...
Ten Years Ago December 4, 2003 Broetje Orchards, of Prescott, was one of six honorees at National Philanthropy Day ceremonies November 18 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel. Broetje Orchards is known as a company that grows apples, but also provides a caring community with affordable housing, daycare and educa- tion facilities for its workers. Cheryl and Ralph Broetje own the company, a 4,000 acre operation, which markets apples worldwide under the First Fruits of Washington label. The company employs 900 people year round plus an additional 900...
Let's talk about Holiday food leftovers and what to do with them. For my family, I re-heat a second pump- kin pie, add fresh whipped cream and fresh-frozen blackberries: for breakfast! My following day dinner won't be turkey. Instead, using all the leftover vegetables, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, a can of sauerkraut and juices and one beaten egg, mix all well, pour ingredients in a large buttered casserole and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 40-minutes. Serve this savory Thanksgiving leftover bread pudding with a green salad...
Wheat markets have a language. For the wheat owner right now, the decision to hold wheat in storage or sell it before year-end has many facets, like taxes, interest costs, bills due and so on, but sometimes the market's voice tells us that selling and then paying to hold wheat in storage may make sense. It might even pay a little interest, if the market price structure includes a "carry", that is when prices for contacted delivery in later months are higher than prices for nearby dates. This week, Portland white wheat bids are higher for...
Ten Years Ago November 27, 2003 Mrs. Ida Mae Scott of Dayton, was recently honored for fifty years of continual service as a 4-H leader. The presenta- tion took place on Sunday, November 9 at the Walla Walla County 4-H Achievement program. Air Force Staff Sgt. Calley J. Gonzalez has graduated from Airman Leadership School at Hurlburt Field, Fort Wal- ton Beach, Fla. She is the daughter of Linda R. and Ralph V. Andrews of Waitsburg and a 1998 graduate of Waitsburg High School. It was FFA Week at Waitsburg high school last week and it culminated...
Conventional wisdom says that when the days get shorter, it's time to hunker inside and see you in the spring. But now is the best time to bundle-up, grab your camera and take a ride between the rain and wind to view the subtle beauty of a minimalist countryside splattered in earthen hues, fields in brushed velour. Food is for lingering in the fall. No more summer grab and go sandwiches and chips. Today, its foods that warm the soul: steaming tomato soup, oozing grilled cheese, chubby pumpkin pancakes for dinner and a never ending pour of hot...
A fter a very smooth and orderly decline that has last- ed three weeks, the wheat price has paused. There is always a kind of nervous twitch exhibited when the market reaches the end or beginning of a significant move. Some would call this "indecision," but a week-long sideways pattern with quick jumps back and forth that last only hours at most is the mark of a market in "read" mode.'' The last week saw us through a key USDA monthly report, all the more intensely observed as we missed the monthly report for October during The Shutdown. The...
Ten Years Ago November 20, 2003 Western and wildlife artist Jackie Penner of Waitsburg has been accepted into the organization, "Women Artists of the West." The hills of southeastern Washington were a welcome sight for Spec. Jason Kenney, 23, son of John and Susie Kenney, Waitsburg, when he returned from duty in Iraq on November 10. The member of Tomahawk Troop, 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, is home for 15 days and is enjoying the cool weather after enduring 130º to 140º F temperatures last summer. From the imaginary Yellow Brick...
This is the season when wild mushrooms bloom: the rich, ribbed, bulbous, billowy fungus you'll find in your supermarket produce department and Farmers Markets in an array of colors and textures. Being harvested right now in parts of northern California and Oregon, wild mushrooms flourish where a cool, rainy climate is ideal for growth. As a Chef, I prize the Hedgehog mushroom for its versatil- ity, firm texture and spicy hints of black pepper, coffee and chocolate. The Matsutake mushroom is revered for its spicy flavor and, if forging for...
A fter a very smooth and orderly decline that has lasted three weeks, the wheat price has paused. There is always a kind of nervous twitch exhibited when the market reaches the end or beginning of a significant move. Some would call this "indecision," but a week-long sideways pattern with quick jumps back and forth that last only hours at most is the mark of a market in "read" mode.'' The last week saw us through a key USDA monthly report, all the more intensely observed as we missed the monthly report for October during The Shutdown. The ef-...
Ten Years Ago November 13, 2003 WorkSource Walla Walla recently presented two local employers with special awards to recognize their efforts in hiring and developing employees. In conjunction with the WorkSource Employer Committee, WorkSource Walla Wal- la presented the 2003 Employer of the Year Awards to Ameri- can West Bank, Walla Walla and Columbia County Hospital District, Dayton. The Eastern Washington WorkForce De- velopment Council, recognized Cliffstar Corporation, Walla Walla, as the Workforce Development Area's 2003 Employer of the...
Elegance, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder. And, like beauty, elegance is a word that is hard to define but easy to exemplify: we know what elegance is but we may not know who or what has it. When I asked readers what elegance meant to them, I received a list of modern people, places and things that were aesthetically perfect, forming a palette that ishellip;well, elegant! The first item collectively mentioned was a bubble bath and champagne, gold cufflinks, silk shirt, silver tea service, a yacht, a jaguar car, JFK, Coco...
Tuesday marked the 12th trading day during which the December wheat price in Chicago worked to lower levels: a 50-cent decline, which surrendered pretty much all of the upward gains from the mid-September/mid- October rally. Even in its weakness, the pattern still allows the concept of a larger up-trend line, as the price would have to reach and confirm below $6.35 (21 cents below Tuesday's close) per bushel to negate the new positive slope created when the price poked above seven dollars in October. Current wheat owners that have sweated out...
Ten Years Ago November 6, 2003 Local veterans in Waitsburg, Prescott and Walla Walla will be the honorees of Veteran's Day functions planned in the area. In Waitsburg the WHS Speech & Drama Class taught by Roseann Groom will be holding a ceremony at 12:45 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10 in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. A new flag will be presented for the auditorium and it will be walked in by Jim Hansen, veteran of the U.S. Army from WWII. ASB officers Bertha Porier, president, Cole Lindsey, vice president, Haly Ingle, secretary and Jessica...
With family and guests arriving for a holiday meal, the preparations can be a chore. To help the process, I first make a list of important things that need to be done and a reality list of things that must get done before guests arrive. Of course, I start upgrading my kitchen gadgets: a good po- tato peeler, twine and sharp kitchen shears. Early in the week I set-up a drink station in one room away from the kitchen. This keeps folks from coming into the busiest part of the house. It's also time to nix "everything from scratch. " Today, your...
On September 16, the Chicago December wheat contract price began a move up from seasonally expected lows. Over the next 26 sessions, 70 cents were added to the price of soft red winter wheat to be delivered in De- cember to Chicago/Toledo locations. Global wheat traders took note of the change in direction for this "most-watched" market, the first significantly measureable upward move since July 2012. The change in behavior awakened hopes for a new major price trip upward, but the road has been muddy and slow for the last week or so. We are...
October 26 Halloween Fun at Running T Ranch, 802 N Touchet Rd., from 1-5 p.m. families are invited to a costume contest, pumpkin patch, fun games, candy and a maze for $1 per person. Between 6-9 p.m. older kids and adults welcome to the "scary" haunted maze. Dayton Elementary PTSO Fall Carvinal, from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Dayton High School gym. Tickets are 25 cents each for games and other fun activities. The whole community is invited to participate in the costume contests, cake decorating,...
PRESCOTT - Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of Prescott School District No. 402-37, will hold a Special Meeting on October 10, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Room at the Prescott School District. The meeting is being called in order to review and approve revisions to policies and procedures and to adopt curriculum/instructional materials. To ensure compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act (Chapter 42.30 RCW), the Board will treat the meeting on October 10, 2013, as a special meeting, and provide notice of this...
