Articles from the June 12, 2014 edition
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Get “All Shook Up” with The Ultimate Elvis
DAYTON - All Wheels Weekend has always included live oldies music. But Dayton has never seen anything like what's coming Friday night. A new community stage has been built (by Roman Schmidt of Summit...
Cars We Wish We Hadn’t Sold
The following column, which I wrote, originally appeared in the June 2007 issue of Blue Mountain News under the heading "One More Thing." In honor of All Wheels Weekend and the 50th anniversary of...
Baby Mateo is Home!
WAITSBURG - Six months 20 days; 28 weeks, 4 days; 200 days; 4800 hours - however you want to count it down, it's been a long time coming. Those calculations track the time Baby Mateo, son of Taryn...
Swim Season Starts Now!
Waitsburg Pool Update WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City pool will open for business at 1 p.m. on June 16. Lifeguards for the 2014 season are Zac Brown, Paige Wood and Devin Newman. Rosie Warehime will ho...
Volunteers Needed for Prescott Vacant Lot “Build”
PRESCOTT - Milenko Matanovic, founder and director of the Pomegranate Center, will return to Prescott on June 19 - 22 to oversee the "build" phase of the Prescott Vacant Lot Project. The Steering Committee is hoping for a large turnout of local...
Prescott Academic Awards
Scholar Athlete (U.S. Army Reserve) Emily Wilson, Alberto Sandoval English/Mrs. McRae: Bressida Ayala Rebelledo, Selena Duran English/Mrs. Choate: Haley Akes, Jessica Villanueva Drama: Anna Flores, Emily Wilson, Selena Duran, Erik Sandoval Science:...
Dayton Academic Awards
6th Grade English: Kylee Laughlin, Joslin Haggins 6th Grade Math: Tayven Seney, Kira Boggs 6th Grade Science:Tayven Seeney, Kylee Laughlin 6th Grade Social Studies: Tayven Seney, Kylee Laughlin, Alex Jenkins 7th Grade Math/Pre-Algebra: Kailey...
Waitsburg Academic Awards
English: Taylor Hays (9), Stuart Walsh (10), Hannah Grant (11), Heidi Miller (12) Social Studies: Lexi Brannock (9), Alex Hallee (10), Luke Alexenko and Emma Philbrook (11), Heidi Miller (12) Math: Skylar Wood, Jacob Dunn, and Taylor Hays (9),...
The Graduates
-Bailey John: Elks Vocational Grant $500, Dayton Booster Club $450, Elks State Vocational Grant $1,300, John Israel $500, Columbia County Fund $500, Steve Edwards Creative Arts $500 -Brightne...
The Graduates
-Rebekah Adams: Walla Walla Community Foundation Farrier Science Scholarship $1,200, Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Royalty Scholarship $1,000. Will attend WWCC. -Nathan Bartlow: WWCC...
20 Years of Success
DAYTON - Downtown Dayton underwent a transformation in the early 1990s. Main Street, between the Touchet River Bridge and Fourth Street, was closed for six months while the road surface and the...
Dayton’s 20th Annual All Wheels Weekend!
FRIDAY EVENTS DOWNTOWN 4 -7 p.m. - Early car registration at the corner of 1st and Main Street 7:30 p.m. - Opening Ceremony at the AmericanWest Bank parking lot on Main Street 7:30 - 9 p.m. - Presentation of Cars at the AmericanWest Bank parking lot...
Flag Disposal
WAITSBURG - American Legion Post #35 will dispose of any flags that are worn out and need to be retired. Contact Ron Standring at (509) 520-9350....
School Board Work Session
WAITSBURG - The Board of Directors of the Waitsburg School District will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, prior to the regularly scheduled Board Meeting at 7 p.m. The purpose of the work session is to review and discuss the alternate...
Wyldlife Fundraiser Yard Sale
WAITSBURG - This Saturday there will be a yard sale to benefit middle school students wanting to attend Wyldlife Camp. Wyldlife provides young people the opportunity to discover their purpose in life through developing relationships with caring,...
Vacation Bible School
WAITSBURG - "Blast- Off! Launching Kids on a Mission of God's Love" is the theme for this year's joint Christian Church and Presbyterian Church VBS which will take place June 20 - June 22, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The program is open to all children...
Waitsburg Youth Walk for Water
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Elementary School students wrapped up the school year by raising over $500 in their second annual Walk for Water fundraiser. Kindergarten teacher Pam Nolan-Beasley started the...
Waitsburg Graduates Recall Fond Memories
WAITSBURG - As the first strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" were trumpeted from the mezzanine of Waitsburg High School's Kison Court, a hush fell over the near-capacity crowd. All present rose to...
Justices to Visit
DAYTON - Washington State Supreme Court Justices Debra Stephens and Mary Yu will tour the Hells Canyon Circuit on Monday, June 16. Their itinerary will be: 8 a.m. Tour the offices of the main Asotin County Courthouse. 8:45 a.m. BOCC Chambers at the...
Voices of the Oregon Trail
DAYTON - Humanities Washington is partnering with the Columbia County Rural Library District to bring musician and storyteller, Hank Cramer to Dayton. The free event titled,"One Trail, Many Voices," will take place Saturday, June 21 at 3 p.m. in the...
Free Junior Golf Lessons
DAYTON - The Touchet Valley Golf Course is offering free golf lessons for boys and girls ages 7 -17 from Dayton, Waitsburg and the surrounding areas. Lessons will run the week of June 23 - 27. Ages 7-10, 9 - 9:50 a.m.; ages 11-14, 10-10:50 a.m.;...
Turner’s Actions Justified
Dear Editor, Jerry Votendahl's letter of June 5 regarding Tom Cooper not working full-duty as a deputy for nearly two years is clearly intended to implicate Sheriff Turner for revealing confidential information. Missing from Votendahl's letter is...
Ken Graham: From the Publisher
The Columbia County Planning Commission considered a proposal this week to make a significant change to the zoning code in Columbia County. On Monday the commission held a public hearing to take comments on a revision that would allow on-site sales...
You’ve BeenTricked by an 11th (I mean 12th) Grader
As you read this, there is a little "12" beside my name in the school district's student enrollment spreadsheet. Impossible, right? I mean, if school years could get cited for speeding, the 11th...
