Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago June 26, 2003 After 58 years as a gathering place and "watering hole" for local veterans, the American Legion Post No. 35 is closing its club as of Saturday, June 28, announced Ivan Keve and Wal- ter Harris, two members of the local post. When the club's problems were first reported in March, Legionnaires opted to keep the facitiy open through June to take advantage of the people in town for the Days of Real Sport and the Alumni Banquet, rather than close it at the end of the first quarter, March 31. But both those events were...
I n Walla Walla, heading down Popular Avenue towards Home Depot on the left hand side, you'll see Bergevin Lane Winery. Some days the barn doors can be seen rolled-up with the winery tank room visible to the road; wooden crush crates stacked high, pumps, stainless tanks and oak barrels exposed. This local winery is manned by owners Dave Bergevin, daughter Annette Bergevin, partner Amber Lane and wine- maker Dave Harvey. The story behind just how this group of family-friends developed the company is known by wine lovers visiting the tasting...
Sometimes great trading wisdom can be found in old aphorisms or sayings. When asked whether it is better to be smart or lucky, one famous trader is said to have responded: "Some people are really lucky, and they are born smart, others are even smarter and they are born lucky." Most of us have heard "The trend is your friend" or even Calvin (speaking to Hobbes): "You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help." Right now, the saying that seems to fit the wheat market is, "Never sell a dull market short". That old...
DAYTON - As I drove my boys up to do some volunteer work at Camp Touchet last week, I realized that many locals may be unaware of this gem right in our very own Touchet Valley. Camp Touchet is a wooded retreat just ten minutes south of Dayton, on the road to Ski Bluewood. Covered in mountain pine and fir, with the North Fork of the Touchet River running through it, this 80 acre oasis has all the amenities necessary for a peaceful retreat, without truly roughing it, unless you want to, of...
DAYTON - Approximately 390 cars registered this year for All Wheels Weekend in Downtown Dayton. Committee chair Bette Lou Crothers called the show a “blowout success.” Perfect mid-80s weather greeted the thousands of visitors who watched cruising cars and the band LeadFoot that played on Second Street on Friday night and at the Show-‘n’-Shine on Saturday. The only blemish on this year’s show, according to Crothers, was an abbreviated fireworks show on Friday night. She said the cost of the spe...
Ten Years Ago June 19, 2003 Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed presented Mayor Randy Halley with a certificate designating the city of Waitsburg as a heritage community, part of the Territorial Sesquicentennial celebration. A 15-month-long celebration began last November with the Washington Territorial Commission recognizing various governmental, fraternal and religious entities, which includes the City of Waitsburg. Halley accepted the City's document and similar certificates for the First Christian Church of Waitsburg and the Waitsburg...
I moved to eastern Washington twelve years ago. At first I was doubtful I would be able to raise citrus in "Zone 4," but I gave it a try and was surprised to find that, with a little effort, I now harvest twenty pounds of citrus fruits each year from my patio plants. I raise citrus on the patio where presumably the juice flows from fruit to kitchen. I have been successful raising chubby lemons and tight kaffir limes for Thai dishes in roll-a-way pots. In my earth-to-table style of cooking, citrus is an important food where a bit of tangy...
New four-week low prices printed at all three major wheat futures exchanges Monday, but there was little pressure to follow through. Tuesday allowed a little bounce back up with no major news influence to account for it. The wheat market shadow is moving across the landscape slowly, as the combine crews are about to set up camp in Kansas fields, with Oklahoma running about 20% completed. Initial yields reported from Texas and Oklahoma are average. Weekly export sales for wheat were reported Monday in line with expectations. White wheat markets...
As a local resident for over 20 years, I realized this weekend that I'd been missing out by not attending one of Waitsburg's most longstanding traditions: the annual livestock show. As a "townie" who isn't involved in FFA or 4-H, I hadn't bothered to check out the show that takes place at the fairgrounds each June. That was my loss. Originally known as the Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show, the event formally changed its name to the Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair several years ago in or...
Ten Years Ago June 12, 2003 Awards for Preston Hall students, reflecting the entire school year, were presented Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 in the high school auditorium. Participation certificates were given to students who participated in Preston Hall sports. After which the coaches spoke of the upcoming potential for high school athletics. Sports recognized were volleyball, girls and boys basketball and track. Physical fitness awards were presented by Mr. Johnson, Preston Hall principal and school superintendent. Reaching the level of...
Now that summer vegetables are in the ground and beginning to peek-out over the tilth, you might think about the borders that surround your property and squeeze-in a few extra edible plants and extend the life of your summer bounty. I first started the practice of edible boarders when my son and his buddies returned from college for the summer. Cook- ing for them each evening I noticed the garden vegetables dwindled much faster, that and a ton of homemade bread for sandwiches! I begin designing the edible boarders for my summer garden in...
Corn supply: highest expected global ending stocks in the last eight years - negative. Soybean supply: largest global ending stocks of last seven years - negative. Wheat production: below-trend production in the US, but expanding production outside of the US leading to global ending stocks possibly the largest of the last four years. - negative. US dollar Index: weakening but still in two-year up-trend channel. - negative. Long-term interest rates trending higher with a growing sense that the Fed is about to tap the brakes on monetary eas- ing...
WALLA WALLA - Beethoven's "Harp" is a feast for the ears and the eyes that elementary school kids in Dayton will soak up at the Columbia County Rural Library Friday as the annual Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival kicks off this week. The quartet composition, which has four movements, showcases the range of emotional and tonal adventures just a small group of players can take its listeners on. Each of the instruments - three violins and a cello - go off on their own musical journey before comi...
Ten Years Ago June 5, 2003 Corinne McKinley may have been bucked off in life once or twice along the way, but the local 18-year-old rode all the way on this one. Last weekend McKinley, the daughter of Dan and Krista McKinley of Waitsburg, was crowned Miss High School Rodeo Washington. McKinley, a junior at Waitsburg High School, will travel to Farmington, N.M., to compete at the 55th Annual National High School Finals Rodeo in the Miss National High School Rodeo Queen Competition from July 18-27. She competed against six other contestants at...
I feel great venerability talking about the American food chain. While Americans figure out how to slow down their lives and curb spending, the average household is becoming revolutionary in regaining its own self-reliance. However, it does put a stick in the wheel when you realize most commercial American farmers do not put our best inter- ests first, continuing to apply massive amounts of chemicals and pathogens into the earth, carcinogens and genetically modified organisms into feed lots. The thing is we are no longer isolated by distance....
Market disruption? The overseas buyers of Pacific Northwest origin white wheat – Japan in particular – have suspended procurement. This interruption in market flow is due to the discovery of a patch of wheat in Oregon apparently linked to Monsanto’s once-proposed special genetically modified strain of glyphosate-resistant wheat, which was field tested from 1998 to 2005 in many regions, including the Pacific Northwest. While there are many GE (genetically engineered) strains of other crops being marketed and used in the US and else- where...
Ten Years Ago May 29, 2003 Two Waitsburg Cardinals are headed to the Class B state track meet and several others came agonizingly close - with- in inches or tenths of a second of making the trip. Sophomore high jumper Matt Baker cleared 5-10 without scratching to take first place in District 9 and earn a second consecutive appearance in the WIAA State B Track Meet held at Eastern Washington University in Cheney May 29-31. Freshman high jumper Natasha Montgomery qualified for state, also as number one out of District 9, by clearing 4-10 at the...
My backyard habitat is packet with nectar-rich flow- ering plants inviting butterflies of all kinds. This small lush space has inspired my community to join in on the fun of catering to wildlife. Take my neighbor, who appears to be Neanderthal but who loves butterflies; he's given way to lining his driveway with flowering annuals for the whole neighborhood to enjoy. Whether in a pot or garden floor, here's a list of showy annuals you may or may not be familiar with and are tops at supplying months of nectar and flowers for our winged friends: F...
A s trade decision-makers, human beings are not gener- ally wired to be patient when a market (or anything else) takes longer than 60 to 90 days to move. The Chicago wheat July (new crop) futures contract has not trend- ed out of an 82-cent band between $7.41 and $6.59 since February 12, well over 100 calendar days and well beyond the capacity of most of us to be patient. The general slope of the period within this horizon-less Sargasso market is gently lower, although there was a two- day period of violence during which the market traded both...
I n the 1959 movie "Some Like It Hot", Jack Lem- mon and Tony Curtis play a couple of jazz musicians who accidently witness the St. Valentine's Day massacre. On the run from the mob, Jack and Tony dress up as Daphne and Josephine and join an all-girl band. Soon they become best friends with the band's vocalist, Sugar Kane, played by the voluptuous Marilyn Monroe. One of the most popular movies of the following year was "Psycho," in which Anthony Perkins murders the beautiful Janet Leigh in a...
Ten Years Ago May 22, 2003 The top two finishers at the District 9 track meet at WSU's Mooberry Field will advance to the state track meet May 29- 31 at Cheney. Thirteen Cardinals, under coaches Ron Hun- tington, Dave Klicker, Jeff Bartlow and Leslie Stockton, will be vying for a chance to compete at the state meet this Friday and Saturday in Pullman. Advancing from the Blue Mountain League meet (sub-district) meet held May 12 in Walla Walla will be Marci Jo Lanning, Natasha Montgomery, Bertha Poirier, Charlee Long, Jessica Huxoll, Kurtis...
Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman naturalist and phi- losopher, recommended chewing anise as a breath freshener. Dill was once venerated as a charm to ward off witches. Modern thought encourages herbs in cooking with tasty, healthy results and recommends growing an herb garden if you love watching dragon flies and butterflies bob- bing through the wonderland. The definition of an herb among aficionados: "An herb is any herbaceous plant that has useful purposes." OK, but what about the Butterflies and Dragon Flies ? I say do your research,...
May 17, Friday 7:00 p.m. - 6th Annual Waitsburg Antique Auto show Cruise 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - Cowboy Cowgirl Ball; A High School Dance and fundraising event. (See more info on Page 5.) 6:30 p.m. - Free showing of the movie "Babe" at the Plaza Theater May 18, Saturday 8:00 a.m. - All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast at Waitsburg Town Hall 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Vendors selling wares at Waitsburg Town Hall 10:00 a.m. Main Street Parade Bruce Museum and Wilson-Phillips House Open House featuring the Waitsburg's Days of Real Sport Historic...
