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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG -The Waitsburg Commercial Club honored community members at its annual meeting and community service awards dinner on Tuesday, April 16. The event was held at American 35, where guests enjoyed a lasagna dinner, desserts, a silent auction, and a chance to celebrate Waitsburg's one-of-a-kind community. The 2024 Community Service Award was presented to Jillian Henze. Incoming Commercial Club President Tiffany Baxter presented the award to Henze for her work on the Waitsburg City Council...
DAYTON- Mayor Roger Trump called the Dayton City Council to order at 6 p.m.on April 9, 2024. Trump and council members Teeny McMunn, James Su’euga, Michael Smith, Kyle Anderson, Joann Patras, Laura Aukerman, and Shannon McMillen met in city hall. Trump said it was National Library Day and therefore fitting that the council’s first task should be to vote on whether the city will place a measure to withdraw from the Rural Library District on the ballot. Aukerman said community input was mainly against the measure being placed on the ballot. She...
WAITSBURG - Its almost the end of the school year and Waitsburg is preparing to celebrate the school district's graduates. "The Times" will share the senior's stories, a few each issue, until Graduation Day on June 7, 2024. Jayce Gleason Attending Waitsburg Schools since pre-school, Jayce Gleason has fond memories of playing sports. At the high school level, Gleason has excelled at football and baseball. Gleason attends high school full-time. This year, he was elected ASB treasurer and assists...
DAYTON — “Arthur the King” is based on an incredible true story. Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. This movie follows Michael Light, desperate for one last chance to win, as he convinces a sponsor to back him and a team of athletes for the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Dominican Republic. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victo...
WALLA WALLA – Donors to Providence St. Mary Foundation contributed $1 million toward replacing the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. Along with a matching investment from Providence health care system, the funds raised through the recent Providence St. Mary Foundation Cardiac Care Campaign will cover costs related to a complete renovation of the cardiac care procedure room and imaging equipment. The new facility, commonly known as a cath lab, is used for diagnostic treatment, pacemaker insertion, or o...
DAYTON — The Port of Columbia Commissioners held their regular meeting at 5 p.m. on April 10, 2024. Commissioners Seth Bryan, Johnny Watts, Mike Spring, and Executive Director Jennie Dickinson met at the port office. During public comment, Don Hicks, who said he had lived in Dayton for twenty years, asked if there had been any attempt to lower the speed limit to 45 mph by Blue Mountain Station. Dickinson said the port tried to have the limit lowered when it built Blue Mountain Station. However, the state could not change the limit unless the B...
WAITSBURG — Waitsburg’s Men’s track team placed fourth out of eleven teams at the District 9 1B track meet at Pomeroy High School on Tuesday, April 9. Dayton placed 8th, and Prescott tied for 10th place. Reuben Yutzy led the way with first-place finishes in the shot put, high jump, and the 4 x 100 relay (Teegan Kenney, Blake French, Brenton Segraves, Yutzy). Fredy Chavez had PRs in three events: 100 meters, discus and javelin. Waitsburg, Dayton, and Prescott had several athletes finish in the top eight. 100-meters: Hikaru Iwamoto 1st and Luke...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School baseball team traveled to Sunnyside Christian on April 9, losing to the Knights 15-1. In the first inning, Cardinal Cyson Morris was the lead-off batter. He reached first on a Knight error, then stole second, third, and home bases to score the only run for the Cardinals. Isaias Reyes started for Waitsburg, and Jarod Hankins pitched in relief. Quinn Benavides and Trace Nesje shared the catcher position. Klint Kuykendall had the only Cardinal hit and made two...
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg Youth and Government students are still raising money for their Olympia trip in May. Here are this week’s updates on some of the burning questions that supporters have voted on with their money in the question jars at participating businesses. Starting with the original questions’ final results: •Soup was $2 better than salad. •Pedicures were favored $5 over manicures. •The Beatles gave Elvis a hard day’s night with $21 more. •To everyone’s great relief, good outdid evil by $7. As for the newest questions, found...
After much anticipation, it's a heady feeling to confidently take off the snow tires and be able to drive with the top down. We have turned on the sprinklers, and to make sure they work, I scheduled them to run last night. Success, we are ready for spring. We even had dinner outside on the deck last night. Though the last two days of sunny weather may not be more than just that: two great days, cooler temps are coming. But I'm sure the snow and sub-zero temperature are over for now, so it's...
DAYTON - The Dayton Historical Depot Society (DHDS) is sponsoring a free screening of "Colors of Threads" on Monday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at the Liberty Theater in Dayton. The movie "Colors of Threads" was written by Josie Henderson, a WWU alumna, and produced by the Center for Media Ministry (CMM) at Walla Walla University. The screening at The Liberty will begin at 7 p.m. , followed by a question-and-answer period with producers. The film was produced as a proof of concept project, a short...
Winemaker Katie Santora has hit a home run with this clean and fresh wine that mixes multiple tree fruits, from lemon to grapefruit to tangerine. The key here is the supporting acidity, which turns this into a truly bracing springtime wine that will match nicely to many light seafoods and picnic lunches. For me, it's a killer choice with fried chicken. Give it a slight chill, and go for it. For more great rosé choices, visit https://paulgregutt.substack.com. 12.5%; $28 (Willamette Valley)...
Ten Years Ago April 24, 2014 "You can get us some money for the pool," said City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe at a City Council meeting last fall, responding to community activist Joy Smith who had asked what she could do to help. Smith took the request to Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council Executive Director Lisa Naylor, who did just that. Naylor, who is also responsible for procuring the PP&L grant that funded the recent painting of the fairgrounds, attained a $4500...
As a child, I was by no means a picky eater. In fact, I relished in trying and exploring foods labeled as exotic, or anything that my unadventurous peers would call "weird." However, despite my love of all kinds of vegetables, cauliflower was something I could never understand. It was the eighties, and on most tables the crucifer was usually just a sad, limp, and unseasoned mess. Fast forward, and as an adult, I discovered that cauliflower was in the category of ingredients that are perfectly...
