Articles from the July 16, 2015 edition
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LIFE IS GOOD!
The Waitsburg City Pool was the hot spot in town on its re-opening Monday afternoon . . ....
Beckner Pleads Innocent in Child Beating Case
Beckner Pleads Innocent in Child Beating Case WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Tysen R. Beckner, 25, was arraigned in Walla Walla County Superior Court on July 6 where he pleaded innocent to severely beating a four-year-old boy. Beckner was a...
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ATV Ordinance Receives Support
DAYTON – Dayton took the first step in a move toward allowing wheeled all-Terrain vehicles, or WATVs, on city streets at a public hearing in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Parish Hall on Monday nig...
Youth Football Coming Back
WAITSBURG – For years now, elementary-age kids who wanted to play tackle football had to join a Walla Walla or Milton-Freewater team to compete in the Walla Walla Youth Football League (WWYFL). But B...
Hall and Shanahan Wedding
Emma Cathleen and David Edward met while going to college at Treasure Valley Community College. David is employed by the ZX Ranch in Paisley, Ore. Emma will be employed at the ZX Ranch in Paisley...
Dayton Addresses Street Repairs
DAYTON – Dayton City Council will go ahead with two grant applications through the state Transportation Improvement Board for street repair, Mayor Craig George said Monday. The grants would fund work on both North Front Street and South First S...
Pioneer Portraits - July 16, 2015
Ten Years Ago July 14, 2005 Retirement agrees with retired postal employees Lupe and Sandra Torres of Waitsburg and it shows on the radiant smiles that emanate warmly from their faces. The couple have turned their hobby into a relaxed retirement...
Birthdays - Week of July 16
July 17: Mack Garrett, Bill Hamann, Emily Hubbard. July 18: Andrew Estes, Jean Krause, Mike Hinchliffe, James Hamilton, Connie Maiden, Judy Groom, Courtney Gritman, Stephanie Thomas. July 19: Ray Johnson, Jessica Hofer, Jacob Johnson, Adam Mellish,...
Police Notes - July 16, 2015
Dayton July 5 Eggs thrown at vehicle on W. Patit Avenue. Report of intoxicated person about to drive a vehicle; person did not drive off. Deputies attempted to assist Whitman County with a gas drive off. Disturbance reported on S. 4th Street;...
Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
Hey, everybody, guess what day it is! (Well, not today, necessarily. I think it might be this weekend, or it might have been last Monday, but it’s this week and this is a weekly newspaper, so just p...
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
Back in the fall of 2010, the Dayton City Council and many city residents had a contentious debate over whether to allow limited use of off-road vehicles on some city streets. In the end, in a split...
A Note of Thanks
Dear Editor Just a note of thanks. After twenty five years working for Government at Hanford, (father also worked thirty years there) and several years for Boeing, I retired and with wife Olga bought the small lavender farm here. Yes, we are new...
An Exhilarating Thought
Dear Editor, I find it positively exhilarating having been informed that Bill Clinton’s wife, Hillary, plans to invite Caitlyn Jenner to be her vice president. Imagine their apparelers’ grins as these grand ladies stroll the inaugural runway amo...
Boy Scouts Enjoy High-Adventure Camp
DAYTON – Scouts from Dayton Boy Scout Troop 332 returned home Saturday, following a week at BSA's Camp Baldwin, a high-adventure camp located on the eastern slope of Mt. Hood. The boys reported h...
Court News - July 8, 2015
Sentencing/Resolution: Bobby G. Burgess, 49, Kennewick; sentenced to serve 40 months in state prison following guilty plea entered on charge of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Additional charges of second-degree criminal trespass and...
Coming Soon: Pay City Bills Online
DAYTON – Dayton residents who pay city water and sewer bills will soon have access to their accounts online and the ability to pay monthly utility bills with credit cards. Dayton City Council approved a contract with InvoiceCloud on Monday, which w...
Rainbow Girls Attend Grand Assembly in Yakima
WAITSBURG – Seven members of the Waitsburg Chapter of Rainbow Girls Assembly #68 spent last week at the International Order of Rainbow for Girls Grand Assembly, held at Yakima’s Sun Dome on July 7-1...
WRC Hosts Mobile Dental Van Visit
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) is hosting a visit from the Northwest Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Clinic on Wednesday, July 29. The program provides free, urgent d...
Prescott City Council Update
Council members: Chuck Kimsey, Matt Tunell, Paul Forney, Douglas Venn, Val Jacobson, and Mayor Steve Heimbigner, with Forney absent. *Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner presented updated crime statistics and call records for the City of...
'Tomorrow, Tomorrow' on the Liberty Stage
DAYTON – Recent College of Idaho theatre arts graduate Edith Dull participated in her first theatrical performance on Dayton's Liberty Theater stage as a nine-year-old. That experience set her on h...
FoodStock Coming Saturday
DAYTON – The Blue Mountain Station Co-op is sponsoring its second annual FoodStock event Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. FoodStock features food, live music and fun activities. Last year's event t...
Alumni Weekend is Here!
DAYTON – The annual gathering of Dayton High School alumni is this weekend. Festivities begin Friday night as classes celebrating milestone anniversaries gather to build their parade floats. Many a...
Waitsburg Swimming Lessons Begin Aug. 4
WAITSBURG - Now that the pool is up and running, swim lessons have been re-scheduled and will run for two weeks from Aug. 4-14. Lessons will run Tues. - Thurs. and classes will be scheduled between...
Another Dayton Home Destroyed by Fire
DAYTON – Investigators from Walla Walla will try Thursday morning to determine the cause of a fire that seriously damaged a home here early Wednesday. The house at 119 E. Commercial St., owned by l...
