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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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You don't have to venture far for beauty. Waitsburg's dogwood trees and spring flowers are showing off their best colors this spring, just in time for Mother's Day....
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg City Council set a May 19 public hearing date to discuss the future of 212 Main Street, the 1905 Exchange Bank building, which currently houses the Weller Public Library. At the April City Council meeting, council members discussed the potential of selling the historic property in a city surplus sale. Discussions with the city council have included updating the building, which houses the Weller Library, for American Disability Act (ADA) compliance and the need for extensi...
When I took over The Times in 2019, I was an avid newspaper reader, not a newspaper journalist. Just because you've eaten in a restaurant doesn't mean you can run one. Michele was one of the constants as I began my new endeavor. She covered Dayton and Columbia county in a comprehensive way, as a citizen, friend, and civic member who cared about her community and journalism. You couldn't read her articles and say you weren't well informed about the issues. Michele joined the paper in October...
WALLA WALLA—Gesa Power House Theatre presents a screening of the local documentary film Beyond the Glass on Friday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. with an encore screening on Wednesday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. Each screening will be followed by an exclusive pre-recorded conversation between Director of Film Programming Warren Etheredge and the filmmakers. Beyond the Glass was produced by Whitman College graduate Jackson Clough about local residents Rick and Mosseta Brown, who operate a local boxing club for a...
WALLA WALLA-Ceramicist Greg Tate and painter Sarah Leighty will be exhibiting work in a pop-up exhibition at the Combine Art Collective in Walla Walla. This ArtWalla pop-up opens this Friday, May 7th. The gallery will stay open until 6:30 as part of Walla Walla First Friday Artwalk. The show runs through Sunday, May 9th, at the Combine Art Collective, 130 East Rose Street, Walla Walla, Washington. Hours are 11:00 to 6:00...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 17, 2020, at 1:15 p.m, at the Commissioner’s Office, to discuss the 2021 Columbia County Equine Fee Schedule. The Columbia County Commissioners office is at 341 E Main Suite #4, Dayton. Copies of the proposed fee schedule are available for inspection at the Columbia County Public Works office during regular business hours. The Public Works office is located at 415 N Guernsey Avenue, Dayton. Approval of the schedule is pending the hearing....
This film is set in a boarding school for German girls (which actually existed on the English coast). In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to the finishing school to learn the language and be ambassadors for the future. Judi Dench is the British headmistress at the school, and one teacher has disappeared. Another teacher, a British spy (Eddie Izzard), is sent to replace him. He sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem. Showings are May...
WALLA WALLA-Columbia REA is proud to announce that Board Director Doug Logan has earned his Credentialed Cooperative Director (CCD) Certificate. The CCD is the first level of National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's (NRECA) three-part Director Education Program. The Credentialed Cooperative Director program consists of five courses that focus on basic governance knowledge and the essential skills required of cooperative directors. Upon completion of all five CCD courses, directors are...
On Sunday, May 2, 2021, Pamela J. Conover, peacefully went home to her heavenly Father surrounded by her family. Pam was born July 30, 1949, in Seattle to Edward and Lena Fern Tusty. She graduated from Edmonds High in 1967, Central Washington University with a BA in Education and later from Washington State University with her Masters in Education. On April 3, 1976, she married Larry Conover and together they raised three daughters, Sandra, Diane and Jane. Pam wore many hats throughout her life...
WALLA WALLA—Walla Walla County Department of Community Health (DCH) and healthcare partners will open two first-dose vaccine clinics next week at the Southgate Community Vaccination Clinic on the Providence Southgate campus, located at 1025 S. 2nd Ave. in Walla Walla. The first clinic is scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, from 3-5 p.m., and the second clinic will be Thursday, May 13, from 3-5 p.m. There will be approximately 100 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appointments available for each clinic. Walk-in appointments are welcome. Those arriving at the c...
“Bud” Thomas Earl Groom Jr. September 6, 1937—October 8, 2020 Join us Saturday May 8 2021 10 am Dayton City Cemetery...
To the editor, There are sudden dramatic changes and there are slowly moving changes. Both affect the overall temperament of the citizens of a community. The first challenge brought about by change is to come together and talk with each other. It is never simple but always important. Residents of the towns of Malden and Pine City, located in northern Whitman County, experienced a sudden devastating change last August when a wind-driven fire burned their homes to the ground. The event, and its consequences, are literally unimaginable to those...
WALLA WALLA-Columbia REA announces the results of its 2021 Board of Directors election. The newly re-elected Board members are Glen Shipley (District 1), Doug Logan (District 2), and Katie Wooldridge (District 3). For the third year in a row, a record number of votes were cast by Columbia REA members, who chose from a total of six candidates vying for the three positions. Columbia REA CEO Scott Peters is thankful to have a strong Board committed to the Cooperative's success. "At this time in our...
DAYTON—The Hospital District’s board of commissioners have authorized a request from Columbia County Health System (CCHS) CEO Shane McGuire to spend $250,000 from CARES Act funds allocated to the District. The requested funds are for the Construction Review Services application, electrical service relocation, and construction-ready documents for the proposed hallway construction project. The hallway to be constructed will join the Acute Care wing of the hospital with Hall One at the Booker Res...
WAITSBURG—The Walla Walla County General Election is slated for November this year, with a May 17-21 filing period. This election will include the Waitsburg City Council and Mayor positions. Historically, the city’s elections were held annually according to the city’s Territorial Charter. In February of 2020, the Waitsburg City Council voted to change the election process following a public hearing, transferring the process to the County Auditor’s office. Under the new process, electio...
OLYMPIA-Governor Jay Inslee Tuesday announced a two-week pause on movement in the Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan. Under the pause, every Washington State county will remain in its current phase, and will be reevaluated at the end of the two-week pause. The decision was made in consultation with the Department of Health, and reflects current data suggesting that the state's fourth COVID-19 wave has hit a plateau. "We are at the intersection of progress and failure, and we...
Picture a portly, toe-headed boy standing along the muddy shoreline of a farm pond as the sinking summer sun casts a warm amber glow across the water. He wore pastel yellow jogging shorts and a Mr. T "I pity the fool" shirt, white socks with two red bands pulled up just below the knee, and navy Chuck Taylors. Wielding a seafoam green fiberglass fishing rod sporting a prototype Zebco 33 reel, he cast a bobber and small hook baited with nightcrawlers he dug from his grandpa's back yard. As the bob...
DAYTON-The Dayton Kiwanis Club heard from yet another successful Dayton High School (DHS) alumna at their April 22 meeting. Attendees enjoyed a presentation from Karen Doherty, a Senior Vice President at WSP USA. Doherty graduated from DHS in 1990, before attending Gonzaga University, graduating magna cum laude in Engineering. Doherty went on to start Doherty & Associates, which she operated for ten years. The business was purchased by HDR, an employee-owned design firm specializing in...
If the Oakland A’s hadn’t put together a thirteen-game winning streak, the Mariners would still be first place in the AL West. The Mariners are only two games behind the A’s in the standings and would have been only a game back if not for a bad eighth inning against the Orioles on Monday, a game they were leading 1-0. It was a bullpen game in which the Mariners used seven different pitchers. Injuries to starting pitchers Marco Gonzales and Nick Margevicius have the team scrambling a bit to get another pitcher stretched out enough to start games...
DW Wolfpack softball lost the first game of the double-header against Tri Cities Prep on Saturday, 8-7. In game two the score was tied 4-4 going into the bottom of the 5th. DW scored in the 5th and the 6th inning to take a 12-4 lead. DW held TCP to four runs in the top of the seventh to win 12-8. It was the last home game for the DW softball team and it was also senior night for Sadie Seney. Seney pitched both games and had an over-the-fence home run in game two....
Wolfpack baseball played Tri Cities Prep for their final game of the short 2021 season. The Wolfpack lost 24-0, but the young team has high hopes for the 2022 season....
DAYTON-Perhaps you have noticed the Free Little Libraries located at Steve's Grocery and the Dayton Historic Depot. There is another one in Starbuck, which is soon to be relocated to the Starbuck Post Office. And two more are being planned for other locations in Dayton. You may have wondered how to use them and who is behind them. The concept is for people to borrow, or take, a book and replace it with one they have already read or are willing to share. According to Pam Russel, the idea for the...
P.E.O. Chapter BJ proudly nominated and now introduces SADIE SENEY, a recipient of this year’s STAR Scholarship. Sadie graduates from Dayton High School this year. She will be attending Washington State University to study Agricultural and Food Business Economics, with a long-term goal of returning to Dayton to co-manage her family’s farm, Seney Land & Livestock J.V. She is fascinated with how government works at all levels becoming an officer in the Associated Student Body in elementary, mid...
Ten Years Ago May 5, 2011 Early Friday morning, Helm and a dozen Waitsburg-area ladies joined an estimated 2 billion people around the globe to watch one of the biggest wedding ceremonies of all time. “Everyone has a Super Bowl party, so why not a Royal Wedding party?” said Helm, who stayed for Charles and Diana in the 70s and remembers seeing the coronation of Queen Elizabeth on television when she was a young child. Martha Lanman, of Lewiston, is Columbia County’s new public health administrator. Waitsburg PE teacher Jeff Bartlow showe...
Truth be told, I have always been one who craves savory over sweet. So perhaps it is of little surprise that my favorite desserts are those that include ingredients which act as a counterbalance to the sweet, like chili with chocolate, sea salt with caramel, and bitter coffee with vanilla ice cream. This beautiful cake features the richness of olive oil and toasted almonds, with the brightness of lemon to balance the sweetness of dried figs. The resulting flavor plays tribute to the culinary...
