Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON—After reviewing student participation numbers for fall, winter, and spring sports for both Waitsburg and Dayton, and after much discussion about the pros and cons of combining for additional athletic programs, the DSD Board of Directors approved a motion to go forward with the athletic combine between Dayton and Waitsburg schools. Board members indicated they would like to move forward with all teams being combined, but would support beginning with the middle school. Elementary School Pri...
New facility should be ready to provide after-school activities by January DAYTON-Dan and Ginny Butler, of Dayton, have begun the process of purchasing the former bowling alley, on Cameron St. in Dayton. They plan to establish an after-school care and enrichment program for children living in the Dayton and the Waitsburg school districts, as well as for other community events. The Dayton School Board has identified a need for a place that is safe and secure for kids to go after school and...
WDFW updating plans for W.T. Wooten, Asotin Creek, and Chief Joseph areas WAITSBURG – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is developing new management plans for 33 wildlife areas in the state, including three in southeast Washington: Chief Joseph, Asotin Creek, and W.T. Wooten wildlife areas. Patricia Jatczak, with the WDFW in Olympia; Bob Dice, Wildlife Area Manager for Asotin Creek and Chief Joseph; and Kari Dingman, Assistant Wildlife Area Manager for the W. T. Wooten Wildlife Area; all spoke at Waitsburg’s Town Hall on May 24,...
Hearings examiner reminds attendees that marijuana businesses are legal in county DAYTON—Emotions ran high at last week’s public hearing on the application for a conditional use permit by Trailhead Cannabis Co. owner Kathy Sali of Yakima. Sali plans to operate a retail cannabis store at 36711 Hwy. 12, in Columbia County, just west of Dayton. Sali was not present at the meeting, and no testimony from her was taken. Nine local residents spoke before the Columbia County Hearings Examiner And...
DAYTON-Paul Didelius, owner and commercial director of Frontier Rail, LLC, operator of the short line railroad between Dayton and Walla Walla, spoke about work progress and outreach to potential customers, at last week's meeting of the Port of Columbia Commissioners. Didelius said that 98% of a first rail bank grant has been used and the majority of the work repairing rails and bridges has been accomplished. He said that as soon as they receive the remaining two percent of the rail bank grant,...
Construction and maintenance projects are also on tap for this summer DAYTON – Eighth-grade math teacher Kristen Frankie gave a presentation at last week’s meeting of the Dayton School Board about a national middle-school math conference she recently attended. She said the purpose of the conference was to explore curriculum and support materials designed by MidSCHOOLmath, for middle school classroom use. Frankie demonstrated a sample lesson from the curriculum, which provides student-based lea...
DAYTON — At last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Commissioners, county department heads were asked by the commissioners to provide input into the discussion of raising revenue to pay for essential services in the county. Establishing a Park and Recreation District, raising the sales tax by three-tenths percent for law enforcement, and raising the levy lid, are ideas worth considering, according to the commissioners. Commissioner Merle Jackson said the number-one topic at meetings of the As...
DAYTON-On his second morning managing the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Justin Nix was busy posting information about Azure Mountain Botanicals and a Mother's Day event at The Blue Mountain Station to Facebook, and hosing down the sidewalk in front of the chamber office. Nix, who is has replaced Andrew Holt at the Chamber, said he was hired by the Chamber board because of his skills in social media marketing. "I will be working to bridge the gap between the Baby Boomers and the Millennials, while...
DAYTON-Special guest Bette Lou Crothers spoke about progress for this year's All Wheels Weekend event at last week's Dayton City Council meeting. Crothers showed the council the All Wheel's Weekend T shirt design, which showcases the 1962 Ford Galaxie state patrol car, which won last year's Peoples' Choice Award, along with the 2016 Friday Night Coolest Cruiser winner, which is a 1931 Ford Victoria. Crothers said to expect the usual events at All Wheels Weekend, including the Poker Walk, and the...
DAYTON - "We are preparing for Dayton Days. We have an outdoor, old fashioned, fun activity for kids of all ages," said Boldman House Museum Director Sylvia Beuhler. Activities will include two favorites: doing laundry with a washtub and scrubbing board, and making butter in a hand crank jar. There will also be old fashioned tools available for grinding wheat, peeling apples, and shelling corn. Kids will also be invited to plant flower seeds in the garden, Beuhler said. Beuhler said tours of...
DAYTON – The Dayton School District has hired a K-12 school counselor, to start next fall. Susan Stege is a certified school counselor with experience in individual and group counseling, and in working with parents. Stege graduated from the University of Oregon, and Portland State University. She also holds a teaching certificate in Art. She worked in the Chandler Arizona School District from 2002-2015 and is a recent arrival to the Walla Walla Valley. Tracy Pearson is the new wood/ag teacher i...
DAYTON – The Boldman family's 1934 Chevrolet Master Deluxe, a six-cyclinder, four-door sedan, has returned to Dayton, and has been reunited with its original license plates, car inspection report, and registration paperwork. The car and some of its original items were separated when Gladys Boldman sold the car in 1977. The car was originally purchased on March 28, 1934, by S.A. Boldman, and was driven by him and members of his family, according to Sylvia Beuhler, the Boldman House Museum D...
DAYTON—Dayton school superintendent Doug Johnson gave a report at last week’s school board meeting about the Dayton School District’s community visioning strategic priorities. He said that all staff will meet in the auditorium after school on May 16 to discuss the strategic priorities, after which public meetings about the top three strategic priorities will be scheduled. Johnson also reported that the district is supporting a book study for all staff and school board members. Based on Carol...
DAYTON—Tom Dingus, of DZA PLLC, Certified Public Accountants, presented highlights of his unmodified independent auditor’s report for 2016 and highlights from financial indicators to the CCHS Board of Commissioners at their April meeting. “You guys are off to a good start in 2017,” Dingus told the board. Dingus said patient accounts receivable revenue growth doubled in 2016. Net patient service revenue has increased 13% from the previous year, with more patient services provided. Also, purchase services went up 20%, he said. Bad debt and cha...
DAYTON-Dayton Historic Depot Museum Director Tamara Fritze has spent the last eight months researching the history of the 1881 Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Depot, better known as the Dayton Historic Depot, and looking into the significance of the depot to the local community, from the time it was built in 1881, until 1934, when passenger traffic to the depot ceased. "We as a community should know how important to our town the depot was. It changed the lives of people who lived here," sa...
DAYTON--At last week’s Dayton City Council meeting, Howard Boggs and Adam Schmidtgall, with Engineering Firm Anderson Perry & Associates, presented the council with an evaluation of potential design concepts, means of construction, cost estimates and funding sources for several street improvement projects in the city. The engineers discussed North Hill improvements for Whitman and Columbia Avenues, between Front and Willow streets, and Front St., between Whitman and Columbia, which are u...
DAYTON—PacifiCorp, a division of Pacific power, plans upgrades to its existing wind fleet by 2020. Upgrades will include installing larger blades and newer technology in order to increase power production by 20%. Tom Gauntt Communications Representative for PacifiCorp said plans are in the works to repower the wind turbines at two sites in Marengo, in 2018-19. Gauntt said the existing wind turbine blades have a 240 ft. span, and, due to the increased length of the new ones, even longer t...
DAYTON— City of Dayton Mayor Craig George and County Commissioner Merle Jackson are leading efforts to find out how to go about establishing a flood control district in Columbia County. Guest speaker Kirk Holmes, an engineer with consulting firm PERFEET, spoke to representatives from the city, county, WSDOT, Anderson Perry & Associates, the Army Corp of Engineers, and others at St. Joseph’s Parrish Hall, on April 20, about the steps Kittitas County took to form a Flood Control Zone District, in 2012. Holmes, who is a former Kittitas county eng...
WALLA WALLA-Last week officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife provided the public with progress updates regarding implementation actions for the W.T. Wooten Wildlife Area Floodplain Management Plan. The FMP includes mitigation and reconstruction of Rainbow Lake, which will begin on May 30, when drawdown begins, and will end in September early October. The Rainbow Lake Campground will be unavailable from July through September, and the Deer Lake access road will be closed...
DAYTON--During the Show and Tell portion of last week’s school board meeting, Colonel Bill Bialozor with the JRROTC program at Walla Walla High School spoke about the role JRROTC plays in the lives of students. The goal of ROTC is to motivate young people to be better citizens, he said. Bialozor, who emphasized that he is not a recruiter, talked about the pillars of learning, which are; Citizenship in Action, Leadership Theory and Applications, Foundations for Success, Wellness and Fitness a...
DAYTON--Monica Mitchelle is the new Dayton School District After School Program/Drug-Free Grant Coordinator. She is replacing Shakira Bye, who has taken a job with the Dayton Memorial Library. Mitchelle is originally from the small farming community of Condon, Ore., where she was heavily involved in 4-H Youth activities, "my entire life." In 2014 she graduated from Montana State University with a BS in animal science and a minor in agriculture economics. She started her career as a 4-H Youth...
DAYTON-Dayton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Andrew Holt has accepted a position with the Downtown Association of Yakima, where he will be tasked with the revitalization and support of that city's downtown area. "The job will be similar to my duties here, as the Main Street contact and coordinator of chamber-sponsored events," Holt said. Holt said that up to now, the position in Yakima has been a half-time position, but he will step in as a full-time manager. "It is an exciting...
DAYTON – The public will have two opportunities to ask questions and provide comments to officials with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife about the Wooten Floodplain Management Plan and Rainbow Lake closure, planned for this summer. Meetings will be held on Tuesday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Walla Walla Community College Water & Environment Center, at 500 Tausick Way, and on Wednesday, from 4-6 p.m. at the Benton PUD Auditorium at 2721 W. 10th Ave. in Kennewick. This year, the WDFW p...
DAYTON – Briana Fulbright, former Dayton Chamber Assistant/Events Coordinator, has left her job with the Chamber to move to Lubbock, Tex. with her soon-to-be husband, according to Chamber Director Andrew Holt. Fulbright spent a couple of days getting her replacement, Melissa Bryan, oriented in her new position. Last Thursday, Bryan was busy working on brochures and postcards for Mule Mania, and had just finished a brochure for All Wheels Weekend, she said. "This is a perfect fit," said Bryan a...
DAYTON—Residents in Dayton will have several opportunities to provide the city with ideas for what Dayton will look like in 2039, as part of the city’s comprehensive plan update. The city is sponsoring two workshops to give the community a chance to chime in on what they like about Dayton, what should be retained, and what new ideas, or goals, they would like to see implemented in twenty years’ time, said City Planner Karen Scharer. There is also a survey online for people who are unable to at...
