Articles from the March 10, 2016 edition
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Wacky Wednesday at Waitsburg Elementary
Waitsburg first graders posed with teacher Dinah Lindsey and parapro Carol White during Wacky Wednesday at Waitsburg Elementary School last week. Students went from classroom to classroom, listening...
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Community Gets Behind Fairgrounds
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Mayor Walt Gobel was quick to let the public take over discussions about the Waitsburg Fairgounds at a March 3 public forum on the topic. After saying how "awesome" it was to s...
Debra Callahan Puts in Bid for Mayor
WAITSBURG – Filings to run for City Council opened Monday and several new contenders wasted no time tossing their hats into the ring. Current council member Debra Callahan is running for mayor w...
School Board Ponders Project Timeline
DAYTON--In his report to the school board on March 2, Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson said he met with maintenance supervisor John Delp to develop a potential timeline to complete some of...
Junkyard Wars FFA Style!
Waitsburg's FFA team took fifth place, competing against 15 teams, in a Metal Art competition at Columbia Basin College last week. FFA Advisor Nicole Abel said this was Waitsburg's first time...
Pioneer Portraits - March 10, 2016
Ten Years Ago March 16, 2006 Dee and Margie Douglas were presented a special plaque recognizing them for their efforts with the game programs. Each athlete is pictured in uniform on the game-day programs, said the be “the best programs” in the reg...
State Parks 'Free Day' March 19
OLYMPIA - Washington State Parks turn 103 years old on Sat., March 19, and visitors are invited to help celebraet by enjoying a state park for free that day. March 19 is the thirs of 12 State Parks “free days” in 2016 when visitors are not req...
City Council Date Change
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council will meet Thurs., March 17 at 7 p.m. rather than on Wed., March 16. Meetings are held in the Lions Memorial Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds....
TVAC Variety Show, MARCH 18-20
DAYTON – TVAC Productions latest variety show, Jingles, Themes, and All Fun Things, opens March 18 at Dayton’s Liberty Theater and runs through March 20. First-time director Julia Mead has assembled a fun grouping of songs that evoke memories bec...
Court News
Arraignments Geovanni Sanchez, 22, Hermiston; Alex L. Ahumada, 30, Lewiston; Elijio A. Mendoza, 29, Hermiston; and Julia L. Richardson, 31, all entered not guilty pleas to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. Richardson also...
Four Suspects Plead Not Guilty in Dayton Drug Bust
DAYTON – Four suspects arrested in a joint-agency drug bust at the Best Western Hotel in Dayton on Feb. 18 entered not guilty pleas in Columbia County Superior Court on March 2. According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office press release, the inc...
Birthdays - Week of March 10
March 11: Jacqueline Klaas, Catherine Donnelly, Kelly Lodato, Aaron DeFord, James Kenworthy, Dan David Oliver and Adraine Michels. March 12: Cherie Kurth, David Donnelly, Ben and Bill Brown, Susan Webber, Jimmie Young, Walt Warehime, Elizabeth...
The Presidency Can't be Bought
We share widespread concern over the influence of money in politics. This is a far cry, however, from believing that the system has been permanently rigged by the “billionaire class.” Ironically, this year’s presidential campaign, fueled so power...
Closing the Generation App
In 1948, when Diane Howard was 4, she was learning to play ring-around-the-rosie. In 2004, when Christian Magnuson was 4, he was teaching himself to install games on his dad's computer. On Wednesday,...
Fairgrounds Meeting was Encuoraging
Dear Editor, Allison Bond’s letter to the editor in the March 3 The Times shows she interpreted Mayor Gobel’s comment differently than me. I was at the same council meeting when he made the comment. My interpretation is that his comment was made in...
BMS Co-op Celebrates 2nd Anniv.
DAYTON - The co-op-owned Artisan Food Market at Blue Mountain Station recently celebrated its two-year anniversary. It began as the “Winter Market,” was only open on Saturdays and consisted of a handful of vendors. As interest and attendance gre...
Dayton Schools Recognize Classified Employees
DAYTON - On Wednesday March 16, members of the Dayton School Board will recognize classified employees for their service at a “potato bar” luncheon in the District Board room. Katie Leid, the board’s employee and community outreach repre...
Col. County Democratic Caucus Set
DAYTON – The local Democratic Party will hold the Columbia County caucus for all voter precincts at the Dayton First Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd) at 10 a.m. on Sat., March 26. The caucus will be held in the basement of the church, which can b...
Relay For Life Moves to August
DAYTON - The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of the Blue Mountain will take place on August 27, 2016 from noon to 11 p.m. at the Dayton Athletic Complex, S. Cottonwood St. Local volunteers and participants from the community will celebrate...
Capturing the Wonder of Nature
DAYTON – By the time David Frame was a freshman at Dayton High School, he knew he wanted to be a professional photographer. Six years after his 2010 graduation, he's well on his way. "I got my first d...
Dayton Hires Code Compliance Officer
DAYTON-Did you know the City of Dayton has two residential zones? Do you know what animals city residents can keep and house in each zone? The City of Dayton has a new code compliance department, staf...
Evergreen Boys and Girls State Delegates Honored
WAITSBURG – WHS seniors Megan Morrison and Stuart Walsh were honored at a Boys and Girls State Honor Night at Town Hall on Mon., March 7. The event was hosted by the Waitsburg American Legion Post #...
Rescource Center Helps with Emergecy Preparedness
WAITSBURG – One of the reasons the Waitsburg Resource Center doesn't refer to itself as a food bank is because its mission is to serve the community in as many ways as possible; not just by p...
Waitsburg Man Pleads Not Guilty to Multiple Charges
WAITSBURG - A Waitsburg man entered not guilty pleas to charges of burglary, theft, and malicious mischief in Columbia County Superior Court last week. Lonnie Marick, 39, was arrested on Feb. 24,...
