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January 26, 2012 
Front Page
Fair Manager’s Contract Not Renewed, Four Board Members Resign In Recent Months
DAYTON – A recent shakeup in volunteers and personnel at the Columbia County Fair has generated a fair board with new members, a big fundraising challenge and without a fair manager.
Former fair manager Shane Laib’s contract expired in November for lack of a decision to renew it by a board reeling from resignations last fall, according to a county commissioner. More...
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WAITSBURG - Despite reaching deep to maintain a perfect record this winter, the Dayton Bulldogs men's basketball team fell to the WP Cardinals 51-44 in one of the liveliest upsets of the season.
The Cardinals, who pulled ahead early but fought in the end to hang on to their lead, managed to keep Dayton top scorer Garett Turner to just 9 points - far below his average. More...
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Waitsburg Council Denies Its Support Of Flood Control District
By Jillian Beaudry
The Times
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council last week unanimously voted to deny its support of the revitalization of a flood control district that would use taxing powers to help prevent flooding in the Touchet and Coppei rivers.
“If our people don’t like raising out water bill $3.50, they’re sure not going to like this,” said Councilman Orville Branson. More...
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Five Local Actresses Will Delight Audiences With Comedy About Nuns
By Jillian Beaudry
The Times
DAYTON – The Touchet Valley Arts Council will have crowds roaring with laughter in its newest musical theater comedy “Nunsense.”
The show, about five nuns who must raise money to bury fellow nuns who accidentally died of food poisoning, sing and dance and crack jokes the whole way to prove that nuns really can be funny. More...
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Grant That Funded Program For 5 Years Is Up, District Has No Other Money For It
By Jillian Beaudry
The Times
DAYTON – Dayton School District’s after-school program is losing its grant funding at the end of the school year and may be at risk for not being continued by the district because there’s no way to fund it, Superintendent Doug Johnson said. More...
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Touchet Valley News
PIONEER PORTRAITS
From the pages of The Times
Ten Years Ago May 16, 2002
The Will James Society gives a collection to Waitsburg Elementary School Library. The library at Waitsburg Elementary is the recipient of a 17-book collection of the works of noted Western author and artist Will James. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 21, 1987 More ...
Opinion
Our Community Newspaper Role
The Dayton City Council last Monday night voted unanimously to award its yearly contract to publish legal public notices in the “legal” newspaper that offered the best rate, which was the Times. More ...
Heart BEAT
About Needs & Good Deeds
By Jillian Beaudry
Supporting Our Students During Standardized Testing W
AITSBURG
– As the Waitsburg School District middle and high school students begin standardized testing each spring, they know they have support. More ...
Sports
Tigers Head To Regionals!
WP Tigers Beat Rival Dayton Dogs On Saturday, 6-0, Head To Regionals In Adna On May 19
By Jillian Beaudry
The Times
WALLA WALLA – The WP Tigers clawed their way past the Dayton Bulldogs, 6-0, last Saturday at Borleske Stadium in Walla Walla, earning the regionals berth and the third place District 9 trophy. The Tigers will next play in Adna this Saturday. Their competitor has not yet been announced. More ...
WP, Dayton Tracksters Qualify For Districts
WP Takes Subdistricts By Storm, Sends Many Athletes To Districts, Dogs Send 5 To Clarkston
By Jillian Beaudry
The Times
WALLA WALLA – The Dayton and Waitsburg- Prescott track and field teams had some surprising and great successes at subdistricts last Wednesday at Martin Field in Walla Walla.
The top eight finishers in each event will be on their way to compete in districts on May 17 and 18 in Clarkston. More ...
Lady Dogs Continue Their Sweep Of LC
Dogs Beat The Heat And The Patriots, 9-2, In An Error- Free Game
By Morgan Smith & Imbert Matthee
The Times
DAYTON – Dayton’s Lady Bulldogs collected hits despite the heat in Tuesday afternoon’s softball game against the Liberty Christian Patriots.
Dayton beat the Patriots previously, 13-1, and, 13-4, in a doubleheader that paved the way for Tuesday’s home field matchup against the same team. More ...
Obituaries
Harry Lee Peterson
Harry Lee Peterson died May 2, 2012. He was born on October 2, 1930 to Mildred Barnedt Peterson and Albert Peterson on a ranch outside of Prescott, Washington. After living in California, Oregon and Nevada he settled in Phoenix Arizona. He worked for the Arizona Department of Transportation for over 30 years. More ...
Betty Joan Webber
Betty Joan Webber, age 82, entered into rest on May 8, 2012 at her home in Prosser. She was born on October 6, 1929 in Walla Walla, Washington to Ralph and Velma Baim and was raised and educated in Waitsburg, Washington. Betty married her high school sweetheart and they celebrated 63 years of marriage on March 20, 2012. More ...
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