Articles from the July 4, 2013 edition
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Dayton Should Expect Outages
DAYTON – The Columbia County Emergency Management Department issued a power outage alert to Dayton-area residents for Tuesday and Thursday this week. Public information officer Dian McClurg said Columbia REA’s work on the replacement of a ele...
Freshly Melted Gummy Worms
I t's been really, really hot lately. Hotter than I can remember it being at any point last summer. And humid, too. The quarter-mile trek from my house to my grandparents' farm has become nearly...
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Software
Dropbox L ast month I shared about Evernote, a note storing and syncing application that can be used in a variety of ways. This month I'll be talking about DropBox which, while similar in many...
Books
Michael Pollan Collection T his time of year most of my free time is devoted to tending the family gardens. The veg- etable garden covers roughly a half acre while a 12 foot wide by 300 feet long...
Junior Golf Draws 60 Kids
DAYTON - Sixty- plus aspiring golfers aged 7- 17 took to the links last Wednesday through Tuesday at Touchet Valley Golf Course to learn golf basics from a professional- club pro Max Reinland of Veter...
A Touchet River Blue River Fishery – Can It Be Done?
A soft morning mist floats just above the waterline as the sun begins to paint ridge tops with blending hues of orange and yellow, highlighting cliff swallow nests: pin-dot shadows in stark relief...
Dayton Takes Ryder Cup…Again
DAYTON - Dayton turned a one-match lead over Waitsburg on Friday into a rout by the end of Saturday and cruised to a 28 ½ to 23 ½ victory Sunday in claiming its third straight Ryder Cup championship....
Bluegrass at Mace Mead Works
The First Friday Bluegrass Jam at Jacobi's has moved to Mace Mead Works at 250 East Main Street, Dayton, WA, at 6:30 p.m. Have a bite to eat and pick a few tunes on the holiday weekend. Kids are welcome....
Initial Autopsy Findings Received on RV Fire Victim
DAYTON -- At approxi- mately 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 22, responders located the body of 52-year- old Gary Spainhower at the scene of a fire that destroyed a travel trailer at Shangra-La RV Park just west of Dayton on Highway 12. On July 1,...
Blue Mountain Station to Get Solar
DAYTON - The Port of Columbia is joining in a partnership with a group called Walla Walla Flat Roof Educational Energy - or "WW-FREE" - to install a solar power generation system on the roof of the...
Property Purchase Sought
WAITSBURG - At the June 19 meeting of the Waits- burg City Council, Richard Hines of Touchet Valley Restorations approached the city regarding the possible purchase of a small strip land running along Garden Street. The piece runs adjacent to the...
Temporary Walla Walla County Burn Ban
As a result of the Fire Weather Watch issued by the National Weather Ser- vice, Walla Walla County is declaring a temporary burn ban, to run from 10 a.m. July 2, 2013 through 6 a.m. Friday, July 5. The Walla Walla County Emergency Manage- ment...
Traditional Tamales in Waitsburg
WAITSBURG - There's something new cooking at Ye Town Hall these days - tamales! Anita Hernandez of Granny's Hot Tamales is utilizing the commercial kitchen at Town Hall as home base for her new ta-...
PIONEER PORTRAITS
Ten Years Ago July 3, 2003 Construction work on the renovation of Coppei Avenue from about Ninth Street to the Preston Avenue Bridge will begin July 7 with removal of trees and wrap up in late Septem- ber when the finished roadway is painted with...
BIRTHDAYS
July 5: Gina Wilson, Karen Gilson, Neil Carpenter, Sierra Segraves. July 6: Roger Beckel, Leo Cobb, Donna Groom, Milt Priggee. July 7: Joann Willis, Margaret Wilson, Tim Presler, Lloyd Keith, Louie Branson, Tawnya Richards. July 8: Allan Wilson,...
Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living
Bellowing across the Palouse, thundering into Touchet Valley comes summer. The grandkids running through the sprinkler while parents and grandma sit on the patio squeezing wedges of juicy fresh lemon into tall glasses of sweet tea. Yes, summer is...
CROPS
Better than expected bushel-per-acre yields are being reported for the US wheat harvest, as of this week. And harvest is very close to halfway completed in the US. The USDA says the 18 states that represent nearly 90% of the wheat produced in this...
Sheets & Lyons
Dr. Matt Lyons and Elizabeth Sheets were married on June 8, 2013 at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle. The reception was held at the Rainier Club in Seattle. Elizabeth’s parents are Mr....
Commercial Club Fundraiser
Tickets are available for the Plaza Theater Fundraiser on Saturday, July 6. Doors open at 6:30. Wine, hors d’oeuvres and an auction will be featured in addition to the sign-along version of the movie “Mama Mia!”. The cost per person is $10.00 and i...
Christian Women’s Club Brunch
July’s Christian Women’s Connection Brunch will be held July 10 at Judy Jackson’s home at 825 Jackson Lane in Starbuck, WA from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Speaker Victoria LaMar of Lake Stevens, WA will share how she discovered; even through the tw...
Washington State Travel Advisory
The Washington State Department of Transportation South Central construction, maintenance, and utilities travel advisory for the week of June 30 to July 8, 2013 is now posted. We invite you to visit our website often, as the report is updated...
POLICE NOTES
Waitsburg 6-28 Attempted burglary reported on Preston Avenue. Dayton 6-25 Employer received threats from ex-employee. An injuredanimal was found on Tucannon Street. Reckless driving wasreported on Highway 12. 6-26 Storage units on Highway 12 were...
Good Idea, Bad Argument
here's what i think E arlier this week, The Times received an editorial column from the office of Congresswom- an Cathy McMorris Rodg- ers. As we sometimes do with contributions from politicians who...
The Declaration
On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress of the 13 British colonies in North America approved a resolution to establish The United States of America as a free and independent nation. Two days later it adopted what has come to be known as "The...
