Articles from the June 4, 2015 edition
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Hospital Moves Forward with Upgrade
DAYTON – Directors of the Columbia County Health System are moving forward with upgrades to Dayton General Hospital. The board unanimously agreed on Thursday that hospital district executives s...
Ambulance Honors Naumann with Building Name
WAITSBURG – Several local companies worked together to improve the driveway and move the flagpole outside the Waitsburg Ambulance Service last month. The chores will help beautify the lot for the f...
Memorial Honors Son, Dayton Grad
DAYTON – When their son, 41-year-old Dayton High School graduate Robert "Rob" Anderson, died unexpectedly on July 31, 2013, Carol and Andy Anderson wanted to find some way to honor his memory p...
Ronald Eugene Hoffman
Longtime Dayton resident Ronald Eugene Hoffman passed away May 25th, 2015, surrounded by his family at Booker Rest Home. Ron was born to Everett and Myrtle Hoffman on March 22nd, 1941, in La Verne,...
Outback Rock Vacation bible school starts JUne 26
WAITSBURG – This year’s Vacation Bible School will be a three day event with the theme “Outback Rock.” The VBS will be hosted at the Waitsburg Christian Church and is a joint effort of the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church and the Christian Church....
Pioneer Portraits - June 4, 2015
Ten Years Ago June 9, 2005 Design plans for the new bridge over Coppei Creek on SR12 have been changed to include a design to match – as closely as possible given monetary restraints – the original bridge structure, Waitsburg City Councilman Mark Shi...
Police Notes - June 4, 2015
Waitsburg Nothing to report. Dayton May 24 Caller on S. 4th Street reported hearing gunshots and observed a bullet had hit the residence; deputies located juveniles shooting on private property in the county. Caller was bitten by a dog while up...
Birthdays - Week of June 4
June 5: Robert Zuger. June 6: Angie Lincoln, Bill Wert, and Melissa Lehr. June 7: Judy Adkins and Dana Maki. June 8: Jamie Gritman, Patty Hendrickson, Sarah Price, Gary Cox and Kevin Erickson. June 9: Kay Heady, Jack Roberts, Barbara McCauley,...
Hit the Road in Style
It drives like a boat and has some nicks in the paint. It has what looks like a cigarette burn in the driver's seat. It even includes a working 8-track tape player containing – get this – a wel...
Happy June, Everybody?
It’s June, everybody? Whoops, did I accidentally put a question mark there? Sorry. Let me try that again. It’s June, everybody! Much better, right? Although, come to think of it, maybe the question ma...
Thanks to Volunteers
Dear Editor, A big thank you to all of the Waitsburg Celebration Days volunteers and to all of those who donated to the public art project! We are very close to having the piece, Jeffrey Hill’s “Founding Fathers”, fully funded, but we still need...
Friends of the Library Fundraiser
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Friends of the Library is holding a Father’s Day Gift Basket fundraiser raffle to help support library programs. The basket is on display at AmericanWest Bank and tickets may be purchased at the bank or from the following ind...
Dayton Summer Food Program
DAYTON – The Dayton School District will again offer free breakfast and lunch this summer to all kids 18 and under. Meals will be served in the Dayton Elementary School Cafeteria Monday through Friday from June 22 through July 31, except July 3. B...
Swim Season Is Just Around the Corner
Waitsburg Pool Update The Waitsburg City Pool, with a newly replaced liner, will open for business at 1 p.m. on June 15. Lifeguards for the 2015 swim season are Paige Wood, Devin Newman, Caitlyn...
Waitsburg to offer summer food program
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg children will once again be able to receive free lunch and breakfasts through Waitsburg school district’s participation in the Simplified Summer Food Program for children. Waitsburg participated in the program, for the fir...
Chamber Music Festival offers free performances in Waitsburg and Dayton
WALLA WALLA – The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival returns for its eighth season, performing at more than 30 events in Walla Walla and the Touchet Valley, during June 4 – 27. While most of the performances require an admission fee, there is no cha...
Longtime Dayton Elementary School Librarian Retires
DAYTON – Watching Roslyn "Roz" Edwards read aloud to a group of children at the Dayton Elementary Library, where she has worked as librarian since the '90s, is like seeing her on the stage of the Libe...
Local Businesses Donate to Spruce Up WAS Lot
WAITSBURG – It's the time of year for "spring cleaning," and some major to-do's on the wish list of the Waitsburg Ambulance Service (WAS) Board have been crossed off, thanks to donations of time, m...
School Board Update
Facilities/Transportation/Maintenance Supervisor’s Report (Colter Mohney): Updated board on motor pool and suggested the district surplus two older buses and purchase a smaller GM bus, with handicap accessibility, with 80,000 miles, available for $2,...
Andrews Runner-Up Three Times at State
CHENEY – Dayton High School senior Kaitlyn Andrews was her school's only representative to the state 2B track meet here over the weekend. But she had a stellar meet, snagging three second-place f...
