DAYTON – Dayton School District and the Columbia County Health District each received $77,000 this month from the William W. and Jessie B. Day Charitable Trust. Representatives from the U.S. Trust Bank of America presented the checks, along with an update on the status of the Day Estate farming operation and the trust’s investment portfolio, to school and hospital directors at an annual luncheon on March 10.

“It’s a little higher than we budgeted for,” Dayton Superintendent Doug Johnson said at the district board meeting last week. He also expressed appreciation for the funding and the foresig...