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On a recent morning, in the interest of journalistic research, I typed the words “gender curious books for kids” into the Google search box on my phone. The first listing that came up was for a site called littlefeminist.com, which included the following article: “The 17 Best Children’s Books About Gender Identity and Expression.” The second listing was for readbrightly.com: “7 Books That Teach Kids About the Fluidity of Gender and the Importance of Acceptance.” The third listing was for paren...
Around the beginning of 2007 I got the harebrained idea of starting a newspaper in Dayton. It was called Blue Mountain News and it came out approximately monthly. Though I always enjoyed writing, I had no background in journalism and really didn't know what I was doing. But with the help of two long-time and very talented staff members, Tanya and Vanessa, we cranked out 51 issues of BMN over exactly five years. We covered news and events throughout the Touchet Valley. It was great fun, but it...
WAITSBURG--How to move forward with the Waitsburg Fairgrounds, and particularly the grandstands facility, continued to be a major challenge for the Waitsburg City Council this year. A fairgrounds task force, which was formed in 2017, asked the told the council in February that they would like to receive more community input regarding options for the grandstands. The council agreed to add an advisory item on the April city election ballot, asking voters to select their preferred option for the...
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg girls’ basketball team fell to St. John-Endicott in a home game in Waitsburg on Dec. 4, 55-32. DW also lost to College place in Waitsburg on Dec. 6, 64-26. Against SJ-E, DW fell behind early, as SJ-E went into halftime with a 31-18 lead. DW trailed 40-20 after three quarters. “This was a tough, physical game,” said Assistant Coach Des Jones. “The girls played hard, never gave up, and played their best ball in the fourth quarter.” Jones was particularly pleased wit...
WAITSBURG—In a game in Waitsburg on Dec. 4, the Dayton-Waitsburg boys’ basketball team had a tough lost against St. John-Endicott in Waitsburg, falling 43-36. DW came out hot in the first quarter, outscoring SJ-E 18-9 in that frame. A big second-quarter rally gave SJ-E a 22-20 lead at the half. DW stayed close in the second half, but couldn’t close the gap. For the game, Mason Finney led DW with 13 points, Braden Kitselman had nine and Chris Andrews had eight. On Dec. 6, DW fell to Colle...
Santa Claus arrived in Dayton Friday and set up shop at the Village Shoppes on Main Street. Here he joined a local family for a photo in the store's front window....
Dayton's Christmas Kickoff...
DAYTON-Dayton Mayor Craig George was given the Citizen of the Year award last week at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce's annual Awards Banquet. George, who is in his third term as mayor, was traveling, and unable to attend the banquet. George recently announced that he will be stepping down from his position early next year. In her introduction to the award, Chamber Manager Melissa Bryan said that George "has shown complete dedication to Dayton, advocating for our community locally and statewide....
WAITSBURG-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team played a crossover game against Soap Lake Friday in Waitsburg, and took a loss, 34-14. DW ended their season 2-8 overall and 2-5 in Eastern Washington Athletic Conference play. The teams traded touchdowns in the first quarter, with quarterback Brayden Miller punching the ball in from two yards out to make the score 7-6. Soap Lake scored twice in the second quarter to make the score 21-6 at the half. In the third, running back Chris Andrews ran for a s...
PASCO—The Dayton-Waitsburg football team traveled to Pasco Friday to face undefeated Tri-Cities Prep. The outmatched DW team fell, 63-0, to the Eastern Washington Athletic Conference champions. TCP scored four touchdowns in the first quarter, and three more in the second, to take a 49-0 lead into the half. DWs defense stiffened up against the opponents’ reserves, allowing only two more touchdowns, both in the third quarter. For the game, running back Chris Andrews carried the ball 13 times for...
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg football team dug themselves an early hole against Columbia Burbank Friday night, and couldn’t climb out of it, losing the game, 56-6. After an early safety, CB scored four touchdowns in the first quarter to jump to a 30-0 lead. After each team scored in the second quarter, CB led 36-6 at the half. Chris Andrews got DWs only touchdown of the game on a four-yard run in the second. DW again had a strong running game, gaining 158 yards on the ground. Andrews led his...
WALLA WALLA—The Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball team took on the number one team in the state, Walla Walla Valley Academy, on the road on Oct. 16 and fell in straight sets, 25-19, 25-13, 25-17. “This was our second time playing WWVA,” said Coach Tara Brenner. “I felt that DW played tough against the number-one team in the state. We made them work for it and in return we as a team have grown.” For the Match, Devon Harshman had 11 Kills and Kaleigh White had seven. Harshman also had nine blocks. T...
KITTITAS-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team made the long trip to Kittitas a success Friday night, crushing the home team, 58-22. After a tough first quarter in which they gave up two touchdowns, the DW defense toughened up and held Kittitas scoreless until late in the game with the lead insurmountable. On the other side of the ball, the DW offence had a big game, scoring five touchdowns, and piling up over 400 yards rushing. The defense got a TD of their own on an interception and 65-yard...
WAITSBURG—The Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball team has been no a roll the last two weeks, winning matches against Mabton, DeSales, Columbia, Kittitas and Liberty Christian. In Waitsburg on Saturday, DW cruised to a four-set match win, 25-22, 26-24, 14-25, 25-22. “This was a well-matched game,” said DW Coach Tara Brenner. “Our Freshman Setter Mya Wood did a fantastic job leading in assists and serves. Lots of close calls, and DW handled it with a tough mind.” Wood had four aces in the match. Sh...
RICHLAND—A shorthanded Dayton-Waitsburg football team traveled to Richland to play Liberty Christian on Friday, and took the loss, 30-12. DW was without its starting quarterback, Brayden Miller, who was suspended for one game after a flagrant penalty the previous week. Coach Troy Larsen moved regular wide receiver Chris Andrews to the backfield and went with a run-oriented offense. “With my starting QB and backup QB out, DW went with the wildcat offense with Chris Andrews running the offense,” Larsen said. “Chris, Damian Johnson and Jarrod...
DAYTON-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team jumped out to an early 6-0 lead against Mabton on Friday in their homecoming game here. But penalties again slowed DW down, as Mabton roared back and won big, 28-8/ In the first quarter, DW quarterback Brayden Miller hit Shaun Evans for a 24-yard touchdown pass to give his team the early lead. After a failed two-point conversion, Mabton came back with a TD of their own and led 7-6 after one quarter. The Vikings scored twice in the second. However,...
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash.-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team fell flat Friday night here, taking a loss to Medical Lake, 44-0, in a non-league game. Sticking with their emphasis on running the ball, DW was able to get nothing going on offense and quickly fell behind, 21-0, in the first quarter. The team trailed 31-0 at the half. "Dayton-Waitsburg came out flat against a hungry and aggressive Medical Lake football team," said Coach Troy Larsen. "We had four players serving partial game suspensions,...
WHITE SWAN-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team got its first win in over a year Friday night, swamping White Swan on the road, 38-6. The win came as coach Troy Larsen shuffled his offense, focusing almost completely on the running game. Brayden Miller switched from receiver to quarterback and found success leading the running attack. Another former wide receiver, Chris Andrews, moved to the backfield as well. In all, DW rushed for 320 yards in the game. "We had a lot of student athletes wanting...
DAYTON-The Dayton-Waitsburg football team hosted DeSales on Friday night, but couldn't overcome the Irish offense, or their own penalties, and took the loss, 34-8. DW was hit with 16 penalties in the game, including a rash of flags in the second quarter, which stifled their offense and led to 19 unanswered Irish points that quarter. DW also lost six fumbles in the game and was intercepted three times. "We need to protect the ball and not let negativity change our attitudes and effort," said DW...
DAYTON-The mural on the west side of the Broughton Land Co. has received a much-needed restoration, which included repair to the wall and repainting to brighten the mural images. Kennewick mural artist Don Brown is almost finished with the work. He was selected by the Dayton Development Task Force, which raised nearly $10,000 for the project. Much of the funding came from donors to the Task Force's B&O tax incentive program. Brown repaired the stucco and bricks on the lower part of the wall in e...
BURBANK—he Dayton-Waitsburg football team dropped its first game of the season Friday night on the road at Columbia-Burbank, 25-8 The Coyotes scored touchdowns in the first and second quarters to take a 13-0 lead going into the half. But the DW defense stiffened up in the third quarter and held CB scoreless. “We came out tentative and confused with the Columbia-Burbank Defense,” said DW Coach Troy Larsen. “At half time we were able to coach the kids up on what CB was doing and had a really good third quarter.” On the first play of the fourth qu...
DAYTON—New Dayton-Waitsburg volleyball coach Tara Brenner says she has high hopes for this season’s first-ever DW combine volleyball team. “We have a great turn out of athletic young ladies that are excited and hopeful for a successful combine Volleyball season,” Brenner said. “Playing in the State Championship this year is our number-one goal.” She added, “As League approaches we are working on creating an unstoppable defense and a quick offense.” DW’s varsity team includes eight Waitsburg girls and five from Dayton. Waiting in the wings are...
WAITSBURG—Coming off a 0-9 season, DW football coach Troy Larsen says his team is hungry to correct the program. Larsen says he has great confidence in his senior class, who will lead the team. Senior starters include Brayden Miller, who will play tight end/slot back on offense and defensive end. Jack Willis will play offensive tackle and defensive end, Jarred Williams will play offensive tackle and middle linebacker, Chris Andrews will play wide receiver, and defensive back, Carson Allessio will play offensive guard and defense tackle, D...
Varsity Football Date Opponent Location Time Fri. Aug. 31 Columbia Burbank Columbia Burbank 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 7th DeSales Dayton 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 14th White Swan White Swan 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 21st Medical Lake Medical Lake 7 p.m. Fri. Sept. 28h Mabton Dayton- Homecoming 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 5th Liberty Christian Liberty Christian 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 12th Kittitas Kittitas 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 19th Columbia Burbank Waitsburg - Sr. Night 7 p.m. Fri. Oct. 26th Tri-City Prep Tri-City Prep 7 p.m. Head Coach -...
Most of us who work at The Times are old enough to remember when a "phone" was something with a rotary dial, and a camera was a completely separate device that you put rolls of film into. I'm happy to announce that we've added a staff member who grew up with cellular phones and digital cameras, and who has exceptional skill with the modern technology that we all now use to produce this newspaper each week. Brianna Wray joined The Times this month and will provide reporting on Waitsburg news and...
