Articles from the February 14, 2013 edition
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Dayton, County Talk Planning
DAYTON - The City of Dayton and the Columbia County board of commis- sioners have begun discus- sions regarding the possibil- ity of once again combining planning services. Last fall, Dayton ended an...
BE MERRY
Ah…it’s that time of year again. The time of year when it’s nigh impossible to read a paper, magazine or watch a television show without being bombarded by visions of chocolate and diamonds. (Sorry... Full story
DRINK
Champagne is awesome and has its place. But it’s not the answer for the romantic days of February. The correct answer, for those of you playing along, is sweet wines – wines that are normally considered dessert wines. Sweet wines don’t have to be gr... Full story
EAT
Yes, I’ll admit it - I’m a romantic! I believe that the romance and attention that we shower on the person we adore should be year round, not just on Valentine’s Day. So what do you do when the ideas run dry and you are grasping to find someth...
Lady Cardinals’ Season Ends With District Loss
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg-Prescott girls bas- ketball team closed their sea- son after a tough loss against St. George's Dragons, 52-21 in Colfax Thursday, Feb. 7. The relatively young team took...
Bulldogs Face ‘Must-Win’ After First-Round Loss
DAYTON - The Dayton girls basketball team faced a strong district seven team Saturday, and while the lady Bulldogs were able to hold some ground, they weren't able to pull ahead, falling 50- 36 to...
First Tiger Wrestler Makes State
REARDAN - Freshman Tristan Newman is content to revel in the prospect of being the lone Tiger going to the state wrestling meet at the Tacoma Dome Friday and Saturday, but only for a moment. He's...
MINUTES
Columbia County Board of Commissioners When: February 6, 2013 Columbia County Public Works: Inter-local agreement with Asotin County was ap- proved. Courthouse pool ve- hicle was approved. Cellular telephone policy discussion was tabled to a later...
Remembering Don Hodgson
"Don Hodgson's last pep rally" was held Saturday in the Dayton High School Gym to remember the former Dayton teacher who died February 2....
Youth & Government Elections Results
Waitsburg - Meara Baker Assistant Lobbyist - Garrison Martin Assistant Editor - Kendra Roberts Assistant Attorney General - E.J. Meserve Committee Chair - Jessie Hopkins 8th grade Speaker - Nikki Fisher Secretary of the Senate - Cherry Dai Press... Full story
Prayer Shawl Ministry Shares the Love
None are exempt from experiencing hardship. As Helen Keller so aptly stated, "All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming." In my experience, "overcoming" happens most quickly...
BIRTHDAYS
February 15: Ephraimia Reese, Andrew Wertz, Neta Henze McKenzie, Joe McCown Jr., Ansehl Hofer, Christina Hofer, Jack Otterson, Stacy Ashcroft and Wanda Witt, An- drew Wertz. February 16: Jason Eaton, Mike R. Mayberry and Loren Eng. February 17:...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago February 13, 2003 After hearing three hours of impassioned, sometimes harsh public testimony, the Waitsburg City Council voted 4-1 to proceed with the hotly contested SR 12-Coppei Avenue improvement project. Nearly 80 concerned...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
A few years ago, I sat in Vintage Cellars and was intro- duced to a glass of Rulo Syrah. To my delight, this was the best Syrah I'd ever tasted. Needless to say, the next day I went to the Rulo winery, bought a case of this vintage and proceeded to... Full story
CROPS
Rules for trading wheat, or anything else that has a changing price: (1) Know the trend before any de- cision is taken. (2) Do not trade or hold positions against the trend. (3) No trend, no trade. Sometimes the tough part is just identifying the...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 2-7 An attempted break-in at a travel trailer in the last fewmonths was reported on Stonecipher Road. 2-9 An attempted burglary was reported on Preston Avenue. Adoor handle was damaged. Dayton 2-5 Report of suspicious at Dayton Mercantile...
We need a state energy policy that aligns supply with demand
It is an honor to serve a legislative district that is within the energy hub of the Pacific Northwest. To the north of the 16th District, the Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant at Hanford generates 1,150 megawatts of electricity. The...
Student Life
My mother walked into the computer room to find me staring at a blank Word docu- ment. "Um, hi," I said. "Hi," she offered in return. "Writer's block?" "Yup," I said. "Nothing happened last week....
That’s Amore
He looked at me as if I were the only thing he could see and said, "When the moon hits your eyes like a big pizza pie, that's amore." It wasn't very romantic. Taking advice from music usually isn't a...
Daytumbia? Colayton?
Last time we checked, the city of Dayton contained about 2,700 souls. They make up a large portion of the total population of Columbia County, which stands at around 4,200. The city and county each has its own legislative body, and each oversees...
Youth In Government: Gavel to Gavel
DAYTON - Senior Bull- dog Samantha Harting saw several of her friends get scraped up in motorcycle spills, so when it came time at her high school Youth & Government club to propose a new law in...
