Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg School District is seeking community input as it begins the search process for a new district superintendent to replace Dr. Carol Clarke who will retire at the end of June. Clarke has served as superintendent since 2004. The school board has hired Dr. Bill Jordan of Northwest Leadership Associates to assist with the superintendent search, which they hope to have completed by March. Community members are asked to provide input by completing a survey at the following l...
WAITSBURG – The City of Waitsburg wants to make sure that local representatives know where the city stands on the many important issues that will come before them in upcoming legislative sessions. At their Dec. 21 regular meeting, the Waitsburg City Council voted to adopt a 2017-2018 state legislative priorities list. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said he believes this is the first time the city has formulated such a list. Only one of the 18 items on the list elicited concern. That was the...
DAYTON--Benjamin Orozco made his first court appearance in Columbia County Superior Court on December 21. He was charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Dayton resident Lance Terry, and with first degree assault, in the wounding of Dayton resident David Eaton. Both crimes that took place, in Dayton, twenty years ago. Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell said that Orozco has entered a not guilty plea to the charges. On July 7, 1996, Orozco and an acquaintance,...
The Triple Nickle chair lift was full Monday morning at Ski Bluewood, as skiers and snow boarders enjoyed the huge snowfalls that have hit the Blue Mountains this winter. Bluewood reported that 142 inches of snow have fallen at the ski area this winter so far. See story on Page 2....
DAYTON-Kim Clark, General Manager of Ski Bluewood, said business over the holidays has been booming. "There are lots of guests. Everybody's happy," he said. On Monday morning the day was sunny with 60 inches of fresh, packed snow at the summit, and 54 inches at the base. "We've had 142 inches so far this year, and we're not even a month into the season," Clark said. Ski Bluewood achieved its earliest opening in the past five years, on Dec. 9. The ski area 22 miles south of Dayton returns to its...
Ten Years Ago January 11, 2007 Councilwoman Markeeta Little Wolf has thrown her hat in the ring for the job of mayor of Waitsburg on the platform of keeping Waitsburg “in charge of Waitsburg.” “If we can’t govern ourselves, the City should be disbanded. That is where we have been headed and I want to turn that around,” she said. Former Waitsburg resident Martin Huffman of Lyle, Wash., was presented the Lions Club International Foundation’s Melvin Jones Award last December. Huffman, the son of Doris Huffman of Waitsburg and the late Marvin Huff...
Arraignments -Benjamin Orozco, 42, Nayarit, Mexico; Charged with murder in the second degree and first degree assault for the shooting murder of Lance Terry in Dayton in July of 1996. Sheriff Rocky Miller has been working with the FBI to arrest Orozco who was located in Mexico in March, and has been held there. He was brought to the U.S. and served at the Tri-Cities Regional Airport on Dec. 15. He is being held in the Columbia County Jail on $2 million bail. He will be subject to electronic monitoring if he is able to post bond. Orozco entered...
January 6: Kurtis Reser, Maddie Callahan. January 7: Cecil Webber, Erma Gilbertson, Patrick Donnelly, Jim Hofer, Alice Webber and Kristyn Scott. January 8: Steven Price, Esther Presler and Todd Larsen. January 9: Jennifer Nichols, Angela Crawford, Tim Estes, Nicholas Carpenter, Gail Thames, Gerri Glover, Trevor McGee and Jarod Gagnon. January 10: Caden McCaw, Todd Harris, Cynthia Graham, Roddy Krause, Andy Hermanns, Kimberly Neal, Melissa Harting, Kyle Huwe, Amanda and Ashley Danforth, Kelly Zuger and Denise Winnett. January 11: Krista...
By almost every measure for the incoming Trump administration, Ryan Zinke, the president-elect’s pick to run the U.S. Department of Interior, has the perfect resume. He’s a former commander in the Navy’s Seal Team Six special-forces branch, which among other things took out Osama bin Laden. He’s the lone congressman from Montana, where the Interior Department figures large because it owns significant swaths of land used for grazing and mining. And Zinke is all for developing and exploiting resources on public lands, earning him a lifetim...
Shortly before I got married, I received a piece of sterling advice that I have been mulling a lot over the last year: “You have a big decision to make: Do you want to be married, or do you want to be right?” Even a good marriage offers a lot of opportunities for grievance. Suddenly, you cannot make any major decision without consulting this other person -- who will, inconveniently, often have very different ideas from yours about where to live, what to spend the money on, how to raise the children, and whether to turn the basement into a hom...
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Whether you make formal New Year’s resolutions or not, the changing of the calendar often leads to contemplating what changes we might like to see in our lives. On the nutrition front, these are my top five picks for habits worth cultivating in 2017. --- Cook more Creating and serving even the simplest of meals is a profound way of caring for yourself and your loved ones. Homemade meals tend to be more healthful than ones you purchase, because when you cook from scratch, you know exactly what you’re eating. That makes it much easier to eat in...
DAYTON – The Blue Mountain Station Co-op class for February will be Cooking Indian Food. Chef Sarah Mayhew of Sipid Bites will teach how to make an authentic Indian dish, Chicken Tikka Masala, and an authentic Indian side dish. Attendees will learn about Indian spices and participate hands-on before sitting down to enjoy a delicious meal with wine. The class will take place on Sun., Feb. 26 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Class size is limited so sign up soon by calling (509) 382-2577 or email bmscoopmarket@gmail.com....
WALLA WALLA – Due to a surge of flu cases in the community, Providence St. Mary has implemented a restricted visitation policy to help prevent the spread of the disease. Visitors must be either members of the immediate family (spouses, partners, and children) or individuals 18 or older. Healthy siblings may visit in the Birth Center but must report to the nurse’s station to be assessed first. All patients are restricted to two visitors, total, in the entire hospital at one time. This is intended to discourage large groups of people from bei...
DAYTON--Since taking over from Donna Hangar as the Columbia County 4-H Club program coordinator in April, Ashley Trevino has been working hard to increase membership, as well as to keep the eleven existing 4-H clubs on track. Trevino said she is happy overall, but would like to add more clubs to the list for older youth. "We have 38% of the middle school enrolled in 4-H. I couldn't be more delighted with this percentage," said Trevino. Trevino would like to see a higher rate of participation in...
DAYTON—Columbia County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Dale Slack will still have a job, in 2017. The Garfield County Prosecutor, Garfield County Commissioners, Columbia County Commissioners, and the Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney have all stepped up to help secure Slack’s position. “Rea gave us permission to talk to Garfield County. Everybody wanted to save Dale’s position,” said Columbia County Commissioner Mike Talbot. Slack will continue to work his normal 35-hour week, with the same pay...
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WALLA WALLA COUNTY – Former Walla Walla County Commissioner Perry Dozier spent the last day of his two terms as county commissioner on Dec. 31. He will continue to serve the county as interim manager of the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds until a permanent manager is hired this spring and looks forward to spending more time with his two college sons and investing more time into his Waitsburg farm. Dozier was recently honored for his service at a commissioner-sponsored employee appreciation event....
WALLA WALA – After 54 years, the Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association is still going strong in the Walla Walla Valley with 96 members. The VGBRA closed its 2016 season after competing in 28 races which were held in various locations, including the Walla Walla Fairgrounds indoor and outdoor arenas The Pioneer Posse grounds, Don Johnson arena in Waitsburg and the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Dayton. During these events, points are awarded by division and accumulated for season totals. Nichole Kelly of Lowden took home top honors of the 2...
POMEROY – The Waitsburg Cardinals faced tough competition amongst 17 teams representing regional schools from Washington, Oregon and Idaho at the annual Pomeroy Christmas Tournament on Thursday. Weather once again brought changes to the winter sports schedule as other regional tournaments were cancelled, and Pomeroy accommodated additional teams looking to compete by adding an additional bracket round to the weight classes, as well as girls' brackets. Teams at this year's tournament included a...
Here you go. A great way to clean out all the yummy stuff from the holidays and get the body back into healthy foods. I say that before I share my recipe for chocolate lasagna next week. Makes you kinda shudder, huh, but it’s good, I promise. This salad was served to me when we were invited to a friend’s house for Christmas. It was flavorful and colorful. I don’t eat a lot of kale (understatement), but when I have, it tends to be bitter. I didn’t notice it at all in this recipe, maybe because the apple and raisins gave it a slight sweet taste,...
