Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The wheat market's price behavior over the last week has become cautious. The bears, that snarling, hairy group of negative-biased sellers, have become less willing to extend their positions, even as the bulls, like Fer- dinand, are sitting just quietly, smelling the flowers. The "large speculator" category of traders included in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report are currently holding about 23,682 wheat futures contracts net "short" sold in Chicago . Historically speaking that is a relat...
WAITSBURG - " My granddad settled in the area in 1898 and we still farm some of that original land," said lifelong resident, Jack McCaw. Area roots run deep for Jack and his wife Lauretta, parade marshals for this weekend's 100th Anniversary Waitsburg Celebration Days. Jack was born to Jay and Katherine McCaw in March of 1927, on a farm three miles from Prescott. Lauretta, whose parents farmed near Dusty, was born to Martha and Jake Stueckle, in June of 1930. Her family moved to the Prescott-Cly...
Ten Years Ago May 15, 2003 Masonic Junior Achievement award winners from Waitsburg High School were Cole Lindsey, son of John and Dinah Lindsey , and Corinne McKinley, daughter of Dan and Krista McKinley. Other Waitsburg students involved in the program were Bertha Poirier, Amy Huwe, Ben Bloor, Maggie Pietila and Haly Ingle. The program, which involves schools across eastern Washington, was held in Pomeroy, recently. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 19, 1988 Herman Gohlman retired in 1983 after 40 years as secretary of the Days of Real Sport, Inc....
What's the difference between a Maze and a Labyrinth? A garden maze is a touring puzzle of complex paths full of twists and turns that makes it hard to find an exit as in the movie "The Shinning." The Labyrinth is a single twisting path that provides a clear path to the center and back out. The tradition of the Labyrinth extends back to ancient Greece and Egypt. In Europe's Middle Ages, walking a labyrinth on a cathedral floor signified a pilgrimage to find God and salvation. Recently, the labyrinth has been revived as a focused walking...
I n 1972, 41 years ago, the front month futures traded in Chicago wheat reached a high of $2.73 per bushel, considered then an extremely high price. The low that year had been $1.41. The lid finally came off the next year when the then USSR kicked off "The Age of Volatility" with huge wheat buying for import. Wheat reached prices in 1973 that no one had ever seen before, with highs over $5.50 per bushel. It was wonderful for producers, if they managed to keep their wits about them amid the flood of money! Many new combines were purchased, but...
WAITSBURG - Long before the Lewis & Clark expedition made its way through the Touchet River Valley in the early 1800s, the site of the state park named in their honor was a fall hunting camp for the Palus, Nez Perce and Walla Walla tribes. This place between Waitsburg and Dayton was called Tapash Itxachika, where the tribes said "the ponderosa pine tree fell and was raised again." And the river was called Tu-se, meaning roasting. It's one of the closest Native American historical references to...
Friday, 8 to 11 p.m. The Cowboy Cowgirl Ball is a high school dance and fundraising event for Waitsburg ASB and Dayton Parents of Graduates, Class of 2013 at Waitsburg Town Hall. Waitsburg- Prescott, Dayton and Jubilee Youth Ranch students are invited. Tickets are available from Dayton Parents of Graduates 2013, Waitsburg High School and at the door. High School students only and their dates, please. Entry with a valid ASB card and dance admission ticket....
[Editor's Note: much of the following is based research performed by Bettie Chase and used in a Times article from the May 19, 1988 75th DRS Anniversary Edition of The Times. We've added some additional history from later issues of The Times.] T he first race course at Waitsburg was laid off between 1865-1870, located on the westers outskirts of town. It was a straight track, approximately one-half mile in length, running north and south from what is now the Pasco Highway to the base of the hill...
For this year's Celebration Days, Cowgirl Horse Racing is certain to be an exciting new event. The races will kick-off at 1 p.m. Saturday, and the ultimate prize will be $400 (prizes for runners-up will depend upon the number of entries). Riders over the age of eighteen are encouraged to arrive with their wellmannered horses at the fairgrounds around 9 AM to sign up. The races will be held in brackets that will eventually be narrowed down to finalists. There may also be time in between for some...
Ten Years Ago May 8, 2003 As one of the youngest Days of Real Sport Queens in recent memory, 13-year-old Courtney Gritman leads the life of a very busy eighth grader at Waitsburg's Preston Hall Middle School. Gritman, the daughter of Carla Gritman of Waitsburg and Fred Gritman of Dixie, keeps so busy with her school, athletics, chores, social life and now pressing commitments as DRS Queen, that when she has a few free hours she grabs forty winks. Queen Courtney excels in academics, participates in 4-H, FFA and two horse groups, is a member of...
This year's spring release showed the newest wine releases from regional wineries. Tasting rooms were packed all weekend with enthusiasts from around the world. News traveled fast about a new winery and its maiden vintages, putting winos in a tizzy to get a taste of the new wines. At one point while delivering Pate Fromage Confit from the catering kitchen of Moveable Feasts! I tasted these new wineries' wines and will get back to one in particular later in the column. I remember walking away from the tasting thinking, "an- other great wine...
Wheat Outright Trading Rule #1: Always know the trend. WTR Rule #2: Hold or establish no posi- tion against the trend. WTR Rule #3: If no trend is identified, wait. The above rules apply to identified trends; that is, trends that a given trader has identified with confidence. Even a ca- sual observation by someone with little experience can yield a fairly powerful impression of trending tendencies. It's simple; just print out a current price chart of whatever is to be considered (here Chicago July wheat futures), prefer- ably one that includes...
Ten Years Ago May 1, 2003 It's hard to miss the yellow ribbons tied to telephone, street signs and just about any other stationary object along Main Street. Yes, they do represent soldiers in the Middle East. More specifically, they represent the 214 men and women of A Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment. Mrs. Pearson's Sixth Grade class at Preston Hall Middle School are official sponsors of A Company, and responsible for the ribbons around town. It all began with a patch given to Scott Huxoll, Jr., a student in Pearson's class....
This weekend is Spring Release. Get out and sample the newest wines offered by our local winemakers during this international event. You might even be surprised to find a celebrity elbow to elbow in the tasting rooms. One spring release I had musician Boz Scaggs belly-up to the bar at Wildberries Café a Vin, where a bar of wild winos enjoyed the pouring of an aromatic Saviah Cellars, Syrah, a wine I will get back to later in the column. In the meantime, the farming news is that Corn will have plenty of low ground moisture during the summer...
A s the old screen door slaps shut and the grain markets step off the porch ready to go to work, the jacket collar is turned up against the chilly wet wind. Snow is in the forecast for some plains states and rain is slowing down the corn planters and starting to worry spring wheat planters in Canada. Late corn planting, which could lead to a shift of corn acreage to later-planted soybeans, is not a big concern yet. The optimum window of planting is generally open until the second week of May for a wide swath of the Midwest, and US producers of...
2 Storytime (every Thurs- day) Weller Public Library 10 to 11:15 a.m. Weekly storytime gearedto preschoolers. 3 Rock & Blues Jam Coppei Café, Waitsburg 6:30 p.m. All ages welcome. 4 Lion's Club All-You- Can-Eat Rib Feed $25 per person Join local Lions Club members in an all-you-can-eat Rib Feed. This annual fund- raiser is lip-smacking good. Contact: 509-337-6145 Larry Johnson, 2012-2013 Lions Club President 6 Toddler Storytime (everyMonday) Dayton Memorial Li- brary 11 to 11:30 a.m. Storytime for ages 1 through 3 years. Baby Storytime...
Ten Years Ago April 24, 2003 Instead of announcing the 2003 Days of Real Sport parade, David McConnell, the "Voice of Waitsburg," and his wife Jill, will be its Parade Marshals, giving this year's parade one of those unique Waitsburg twists. It promises to be a different view of the parade than the McConnells have seen from their perch next to City Hall since the early 1960's. In fact, being honored as parade marshal will mark the first time in decades in which the deep, mellifluous tones of Mc- Connell's voice will not be heard as riders,...
You've heard the term GMO in relation to seed and our immediate food chain, but what does GMO stand for? "Genetically Modified Organisms, whose ge- netic material has been altered." I recently attended an agricultural symposium covering a ten year study on GMO's and its effects on humans, pets, livestock, wheat, food grown and water. Clearly, the GMO issue is based on all living things of the earth, yet today, infor- mation has not been made available to the public, until now. The unmentionable issue of Monsanto purging the world of its...
I n the 17 trading sessions since the USDA's last Quarterly Stocks Report on March 28, after which wheat prices in Chicago dropped 45 cents like a stone, the price of wheat has tried very hard to rally. Every day the market has searched for scraps of positive news like a Bride-to-be's search for a lost engagement ring. The drought news from the Midwest has lost its power to influence the market unless a resumption of dry and hot conditions emerges very soon. Recent freezing temperatures in the US have clearly slowed wheat crop development and...
Ten Years Ago April 17, 2003 Three Waitsburg FFA commodity marketing teams placed first, second and third in the nation in a recently completed nationwide contest. The 10 students are members of Waits- burg's FFA chapter, advised by Scott Branson. The only difference between the activity and actually trading com- modities is that no actual money was involved. In the contest, the students review market conditions and place simulated orders over a month-long period. At the end of the competi- tion, how each team fared, based on the real-time...
During early spring, the evening skies over Dayton show like diamonds strewn across black velvet. I love the crisp night air and walks along the wheat fields of my neighborhood. Apparently the neighbor dogs like the walk too, meeting me at the fence happily accompanying me; or, is it the other way around? After the recent rains, the smells of nature are titillating. With my nose in the air and eyes wide open, I catch a glimpse in the evening sky, a pinkie smear of bright movement across the horizon taking me back some thirty years ago, when a b...
The spring winds that are blowing across the US Mid- western wheat belt are still cold, but they don't quite have the winter teeth that can eat little wheat plants the way they did last week. Overall US Spring wheat planting progress is nil in North Dakota and is reported at only 6% com- plete overall compared to 12% normally. Moisture has improved slightly in some of the Western win- ter wheat states, but conditions have not changed much in the last 10 days. Taken as a whole, the weather factor for wheat is not yet enough to inspire market...
Ten Years Ago April 10, 2003 Waitsburg voters returned four incumbent City Coun- cil members to office and a former councilwoman edged out an incumbent, according to uncertified election results from Monday's Annual Election. The election, fueled by controversy surrounding the Coppei Avenue Project, the Main Street Overflow Project and a lawsuit challenging the legality of a second caucus, had the highest voter turnout in many years with voters giving a clear majority to the "For Waitsburg" Ticket. Treasurer Jean M. Hinchliffe was also re-...
With spring just around the corner, you may be con- sidering steps to improve your well-being, what- ever your stage of life. From choosing the right juice blend to healing the body through breath work, spring into a healthier more delicious life with good intentions, good wine and fabulous whole food. Speaking of juicing, millions of people have turned to this style of better eating. If you're searching for an easy way to fight off the flu, improve digestion or provide your body with better muscle building nutrients, the book, "The Joy of...
Wheat chart measurements allow an upside target of between $7.50 and $7.80 per bushel over the next month or so in Chicago July (new crop) futures, although there are no currently visible fundamental factors that show the potential for much more than that. That makes the headroom in wheat prices rather tight, at about 40 to 70 cents per bushel; not much in light of recent volatile price behavior. The downside from current levels in July wheat is back to the April fool's day low at $6.64, just 50 cents away as this is being written. So it is...
