Articles from the March 8, 2018 edition
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Waitsburg Field House to be Named for 'Hula Hips' Zuger
WAITSBURG – At their February regular meeting, the Waitsburg School Board made it official: the new Waitsburg Field House will be named for lifelong Waitsburg resident and WHS star football player Ken...
Nealey to Retire from Legislature
DAYTON - Rep. Terry Nealey, R-Dayton, announced Tuesday he will not seek another term to the Washington State House of Representatives. Nealey, a former Columbia County prosecuting attorney and...
CCHS Looks to Expand Tele-Medicine Services
DAYTON-The world of virtual medicine was on CEO Shane McGuire's mind during the regular meeting of the Columbia County Health System Commissioners last week. As reported earlier, CCHS already has...
Dorothy Eilene (Littlejohn) Lambert July 3, 1928 - March 1, 2018
Dorothy Eilene (Littlejohn) Lambert, a longtime Waitsburg homemaker, passed away at the age of 89 surrounded by her family, on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Booker Rest Home in Dayton, where she had...
Pioneer Portraits
Ten Years Ago - March 13, 2008 Photo caption: The Prescott-Waitsburg Softball team started workouts on February 25 and is bats first at Weston-McEwen on Friday, March 14. Returning letter winners are from left, Nicole Hall, Val Hamann, Sarah Paul,...
Mother/Son Superhero Bash Fundraiser
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Home and School Association is hosting a Mother/Son Superhero movie night at the Plaza Theater on Main Street in Waitsburg at 6 p.m. on March 9. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and a screening of Iron Man and Captain America: H...
Strengthening Families Series Offered
DAYTON – A free seven-week Strengthening Families program, for parents and youth 10-14 years of age, will be offered in Dayton beginning Thurs., March 3 and ending Thurs., May 3, with one week off for spring break. Each session will begin with a f...
Code Compliance Focus for March
Do you live close to a waterway? The Touchet River and Patit Creek are two main waterways inside the City of Dayton. It is our responsibility to care for the habitats of these waterways by not dumping any material, organic, or not, within the banks...
Birthdays
March 9: Larry Johnson, Robert Langdon, Steve Pierson, Jennifer Bennett, Kay Baker. March 10: Bill Gluck, Win Deanna Anderson, Frank Reser and Casey Worth. March 11: Jacqueline Klaas, Catherine Donnelly, Kelly Lodato, Aaron DeFord, James Kenworthy,...
Fair Balance Needed Between Open Legislative Records, Constituent Privacy
After enormous public outcry, stirred by newspaper editorials across the state, Gov. Jay Inslee vetoed Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act. There's a great deal of misinformation diss...
Waitsburg City Elections
For this month’s article, I thought I would focus on one of the city most unique attributes; our city election. Since the city still operates under its original 1881 charter, we are governed by a slightly different set of rules when it comes to a v...
Darlene Broughton Art Collection at Dayton Depot
DAYTON-The Dayton Historical Depot Society is currently showing a collection of 10 paintings and drawings that were owned by late Darlene Broughton. They are on display on the first floor at the...
A Memorial to Kenny Zuger
During Kenny’s funeral, in 1998, former Waitsburg resident Michael Keifel read a poem he wrote: We would not be afraid to see his spirit, whether he should suddenly be standing at the edge of his driveway. Watching a youngster squint through the t...
My Dad's Place Italian Restaurant to Open in April
DAYTON-Terry Bartlett is planning an April 1st opening for his new Italian "Trattoria-style" restaurant on Dayton's Main Street, to be called My Dad's Place. Bartlett and his wife Lu Ann have...
Waitsburg Teens Learn About Legislature
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Waitsburg teens Tom and Seamus House, and Tim Daves, got a firsthand taste of the legislative process as they represented Walla Walla County in the 4-H Know Your Government (KYG) p...
Free Screening of 'Paper Tigers'
WAITSBURG – The public is invited to attend a special screening of Paper Tigers at the Waitsburg Plaza Theater (on Main Street) at 6:30 p.m. on March 19. The award-winning documentary explores the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and t...
Smothered Meatballs
This recipe sounded pretty good and straightforward, so I threw it out there for dinner a few days ago. However, we made a simpler version, which I will share in my notes. It came out delicious, with...
