Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG-The Clinton Kitchen made its grand debut on Friday, May 21, at the Waitsburg Town Hall, during one of the first public events in over a year. The open house event drew consistent crowds over its two-hour span, as community members popped in to check out the highly anticipated commercial kitchen remodel. What was once a poorly lit, hard-to-use space has been transformed into a high-quality, highly functional space available to the community. Kitchen updates included new, custom...
WAITSBURG—The May 19 City Council meeting was scheduled to include a public hearing concerning the possible sale of 212 Main St, which houses the Weller Public Library. A much larger than usual crowd attended the Waitsburg City Council meeting. Over 40 people were there specifically to attend the public hearing. Many people were concerned that the proposal was about closing the library altogether. Comments supported the library, and many wanted to keep the library in the historic building on Main Street. Mayor Marty Dunn opened the regular coun...
DAYTON—Columbia County Health System officials announced on Thursday, May 20, that two residents at the Booker Rest Home had tested positive for COVID-19. One resident was vaccinated against the virus and was asymptomatic. The other resident was not vaccinated and was stable at the time of the release. “Between March 2020 and March 2021, all visitation at Booker Rest Home was suspended to protect residents from COVID-19. The sacrifices made by our residents, staff, their friends, and families during the year of lockdown, were without que...
WAITSBURG—On May 25, the Waitsburg School District announced that an elementary student and an elementary staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Due to the positive cases and the resulting close contacts, all second-grade students must quarantine for ten days. The school has contacted all parents and guardians of students who were in contact with the positive staff member and is working closely with the Walla Walla County Health Department to determine any additional close contacts. If any close contacts are discovered, affected i...
DAYTON—Cruella (played by Academy Award winner Emma Stone), set in 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, follows a young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they can build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of Baroness von Hellman (played by two-time academy award winner Emma Thompson), a fashion legend who is dev...
WALLA WALLA COUNTY—The Walla Walla County Elections Filing Week closed May 21. Candidates filing for positions within the City of Waitsburg filed through the County for the first time, after council members voted to move away from a city-ran election system in 2020. The vote to move away from the city-ran election sets the city up to have all future elections run by the State of Washington, in accordance with RCW 35.30.080. After this year, city elections will be run like all other cities in the state. Unlike city-ran elections in the past, c...
City of Waitsburg Candidates Mayor: Incumbent Marty Dunn Kate Hockersmith City Council: Position 1: Incumbent Kevin House Position 2: Incumbent Jim Romine Position 3: Randy Charles Position 4: Incumbent Karen Stanton-Gregutt Court Ruppenthal Position 5: Rebecca Wilson Jillian Henze Waitsburg School Board Candidates District 1: Sarah Boudrieau District 3: Stephanie Cole Ann Miller District 4: Lisa Morrow Fire Protection District 2 Commissioner Position 2: Jake Long Commissioner Position 3: Ashley Strickland Park and Recreation District Commissio...
Dear Editor, My oldest daughter, Alyssa, loves being at Weller Public Library. As her mom, I love that she loves it! What better way to foster a passion for reading and learning than to place her in such an environment at an early age?! Also, it has been a wonderful way for her to be introduced to other adults and children outside of our family. She’s learned how to share, practice her manners, and has learned how to be respectful of others (adults and children alike). On a few different occasions, I have taken Alyssa to the library to spend o...
OLYMPIA—The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announces Juneteenth will now be a Discover Pass free day. In addition to this new free day, June also has three established free days: Saturday, June 5, in recognition of National Trails Day. Saturday, June 12, in honor of National Get Outdoors Day. Sunday, June 13, for Free Fishing Weekend. (WDFW has designated both June 12 and 13 as Free Fishing Weekend.) June 19 honors one of the most important days in Black American history. On Juneteenth, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation w...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg School Board met on May 20 for a regularly scheduled meeting. The board now meets in person at the elementary library but will continue to offer Zoom access. Secondary principal Stephanie Wooderchak shared that the 2021-22 ASB Student Officers had been elected. The new officers are President Brayden Mohney, Vice-President Monte Pettichord, Secretary Chloe Gleason, and Treasurer Makenna Barron. Letters have been sent home to parents regarding multiple year-end a...
February 10, 1939 – April 19, 2021 Celebration of Life for Sara Wilson will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2021. Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. A reception will be at the Waitsburg Town Hall at 11 a.m. All are welcome....
Monday, May 31, 2021 11 am Come join us at the Waitsburg Cemetery to remember those who have given their all! Hope to see you there. American Legion and Auxiliary Please call 509-337-8875 if you have any questions....
DAYTON—Touchet Valley Television customers were surprised last week when their internet services quit working. Complaints and questions have begun to pop up more frequently on community social media platforms since the beginning of the year, including All Things Dayton, WA Facebook page, as customers try to figure out the next steps with their internet provider. Customers have been unable to reach TVTV owner David Klingenstein, with many people reporting that a “growing pile of mail and bills” can be found at the company’s office, 107 S 1st S...
DAYTON—Dayton School District invites school parents, guardians, and community members to a community forum taking place at 6:00 p.m for elementary and 7:00 p.m for middle and high school on Thursday, June 3rd in the Dayton High School Library. The purpose of the forum is to begin engaging in productive conversations around recent concerns regarding areas of need in Dayton’s schools. Topics will include class offerings, discipline, vaping, and substance use concerns. The June 3rd forum will be the first of several forums the district plans to...
Not Your Typical Dragon, by Dan Bar-el Crispin is not your typical dragon. On his seventh birthday, Crispin tries to breathe fire for the first time. His family is surprised when, instead of fire, Crispin breathes out whipped cream! Throughout the story, Crispin’s inability to breathe fire is treated as a problem by all of the adults in his life. His idea of a “real dragon” is deeply ingrained in his mind, and Crispin begins to believe that he will never be a real dragon himself. He leave...
DAYTON-The DW girls basketball team opened their season with a 50-46 overtime win against Walla Walla Valley Academy. Since then, they have dropped consecutive games against Mabton 67-38 and Riverview 56-45. They are better against the press this year, and the combination of sophomore Claudia Benavides and Senior Sadie Seney look to lead the team in scoring; if you watched them in their last season, that probably comes as no surprise. What came as a surprise was seeing 8th grader, Adisyn...
DAYTON-With the first week of play complete, the DW boys basketball team started with a 2-1 record on the season with wins on the road over Walla Walla Valley Academy 42-27 and Riverview 54-44. The only loss of the season so far came at home in Dayton against Mabton 33-29. The boys took an early lead in the Mabton game thanks to Mason Finney, who hit a three-pointer to open the scoring. They would lead in this one until the fourth quarter, still stuck at twenty-two points until five minutes to...
We did it! We opened the café! I’m so glad we started with our “friends soft opening” last Saturday; it was a smart move. We found the kinks, what works and what doesn’t (the meat slicer). Also, since it was a private party, guests could bring wine which helped soothe and stall as we worked out various kinks in real-time. Daniel, Jaime, and I each ran a marathon as we filled glasses, turned in orders, and delivered food. We also used the experience to do a test run of our payment system w...
Seven apple varieties, previously believed lost or extinct, have been found in old orchards in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, according to a joint press release by The Temperate Orchard Conservancy (TOC) and The Lost Apple Project (LAP). The re-discovered apples include the Almota, Carlough, Eper, Iowa Flat, Ivanhoe, Kay, and Steptoe. A team of volunteers from the LAP collected the apples in the fall of 2020 and passed them to the TOC, who identified them. The two cooperating projects have now...
The Illustrated History of Apples in the United States and Canada, by Daniel J. Bussey, is available at Jak Kaw Press. The seven volume set is currently on sale, priced at $150.00, originally $320. The series covers more than 16,000 varieties of apples found in the United States and Canada, and features nearly 10,000 synonyms and 1,400 life sized watercolor paintings, a few of which can be seen above. The author, Daniel J. Bussey, spent the last 30 years searching through countless libraries,...
Ten Years Ago May 26, 2011 [Headline] Dayton Parade a Go, Rodeo a “No”: Fear of equine virus prompts cancellation, parade to be horseless. “Thank you to all our Veterans who keep us safe and free.” Those were the words of parade co-announcer Fred Hamann Saturday morning moments after Perry Dozier flew his twin-engine Cessna Golden Eagle low over Main Street in a salute to Waitsburg and those who served their country in conflicts since World War II. April Students of the Month for Waitsburg Elementary are Sierra Vezina (4th Grade), Taylor...
In our garden, the nightshades have gone into the ground, and the countdown to tomato season has officially begun. There are few things about summer that I look forward to more than the first backyard tomato harvest. In the meantime, I will continue to make great use out of a much-loved pantry staple, canned tomatoes. From slow cooked Bolognese to zesty puttanesca, there are countless sauces that start by opening a can of perfectly ripe tomatoes. One such recipe that has garnered a cult...
DAYTON-Dayton Elementary fourth and fifth graders were bummed when they found out that COVID-19 had squashed plans for a winter skiing program, but their teachers weren't about to let a pandemic slow down hopes for outdoor fun. "Bluewood just wasn't comfortable with taking the risk," said Dayton Elementary teacher Wendy Davis-Richards. "Which was understandable. They wanted to keep their staff safe." Richards has helped facilitate the annual ski program and said that they immediately started bra...
WAITSBURG—Waitsburg Elementary Friday announced that the school would be closed to in-person instruction, effective June 1. All students in grade pre-k through fifth-Grade will participate in remote instruction until the end of the school year. The last day of school is June 15. The closure came after a drastic increase in COVID-19 cases in the district’s elementary population, resulting in multiple exposures and close contacts. On May 25, the school was informed that the entire second-grade class must be quarantined, along with their fam...
