Articles from the July 23, 2015 edition
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County Considers Funding Starbuck City Hall Renovations
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners are considering a request by the Starbuck Town Council to assist with renovations to Starbuck City Hall, following a letter received earlier this month r...
Celebrating 35 Years of Adulthood
The Dayton High School class of 1980 made sure the crowd at this year's annual Alumni Parade in downtown Dayton knew who they were. . ....
Council Approves Free Swimming
WAITSBURG – In response to a delayed pool opening, followed by a quick closure and re-opening, Waitsburg's city council agreed to allow free swimming for the remainder of the summer, at their July 1...
Fire Closes Transfer Station
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners declared an emergency Friday afternoon following an early morning fire at the county transfer station on South Cottonwood Street that destroyed most of the n...
Dayton Home Destroyed by Fire
DAYTON – Investigators from Walla Walla were on scene last week trying to determine the cause of a fire that seriously damaged a home here early last Wednesday. The house at 119 E. Commercial Ave., o...
Prescott School District Budget Hearing
PRESCOTT – The Prescott School District will review the proposed 2015-16 budget at their regular board meeting/budget hearing on July 23 at 6 p.m. in the Prescott School District board room. All district residents are invited to be heard for or a...
Proposed EMS Levy Public Hearing
HUNTSVILLE – Fire District No. 2 – Columbia and Walla Walla Counties – will hold a public hearing on the proposed EMS levy tax on July 27, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the kitchen shelter at Lewis & Clark Trail State Park day use area (36149 Highway 12, D...
Swim the Snake Fundraiser, August 8
STARBUCK – The third annual Swim the Snake event will take place August 8 at the Lyons Ferry Marina. The fundraising event is held jointly by the Dayton and Pomeroy Summer Youth Swim Programs and the Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and D...
Hand Picked Performs at Field View Park
PRESCOTT – The Gospel/Bluegrass group, Hand-Picked, will perform a concert at Prescott’s Field View Park on Wednesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. This will be the third year that the popular family group has performed in Prescott. The performance is fre...
Pioneer Portraits - July 23, 2015
Ten Years Ago July 28, 2005 Michael Turner has already coined a new moniker for folks who live in Waitsburg. No, not Waitsburger; not Waitsburgite. True to his wine-making passion, he wants to welcome “Waitsburgundians” to the Bodega-Turner Winery, n...
Police Notes - July 23, 2015
Waitsburg Nothing reported. Dayton July 12 Report that someone took a vehicle from Harlem Road without permission; vehicle was returned when the subject was confronted by the caller’s daughter. Set of keys found in the Dayton Mercantile parking l...
Birthdays - Week of July 23
July 24: Jo Ellen Watson, Jessica Duncan, Mason Palmer. July 25: Karen Wilkins, Evelyn Singer, Tim Pettichord, Lester Doering, Brendan Hiatt. July 26: Kay Witt, Susan Palmer, John Straley, Hazel Brown, Ross Estes, J.J. Dunleavy. July 27: Charles...
Waitsburg school Breakfast/Lunch
FREE SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM Monday - Friday Breakfast 8-8:30 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m. – noon All children 18 & under receive meals free of charge....
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
As The Times was going to press on Tuesday, many of our local firefighters and emergency responders were busy helping out at the Blue Creek Fire, east of Walla Walla. That fire was called in shortly a...
Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
I am supposed to be folding the clothes right now. I’m also supposed to be running a few errands and getting ready to vacuum the carpet in my grandparents’ motorhome. I have done none of that yet. But...
County to Address Fire Dept. Annexation
WAITSBURG – The proposed annexation of the City of Waitsburg Fire Department into Walla Walla County Fire Protection District No. 2 is just one step away from making it to the voters. Walla Walla Coun...
No Pavement for Mead Road
DAYTON – County residents Julia and Skip Mead implored Columbia County Commissioners at last week’s public hearing to turn down an offer by Portland General Electric to pave a portion of Mead Roa...
Gonzalez Opens In-Home Care Agency
New service will specialize in providing care to clients in Waitsburg and Dayton WAITSBURG – Elizabeth Gonzalez hopes to put her 21 years experience as a Certified Nurse's Assistant (CNA) to work by p...
Lael Loyd Tackles the 'Impossible'
SEATTLE/PORTLAND – Lael Loyd, manager of Dayton's Wenaha Gallery, may have not known anyone else who took part in the Cascade Bicycle Club's 2015 Seattle-to-Portland ride, but she says she was far f...
School Board Struggles with Capital Expenditure Quotes
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s school board continues to seek clarification and possible alternatives to the Conceptual Opinion of Probable Cost – which includes a $1.5 million line item just to provi...
Beckner gets Porn Charges
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident, Tysen R. Beckner, now faces additional charges for possession of child pornography, according to Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner, who spoke at Waitsburg’s July 1...
Sheriff's Office Update
WAITSBURG – Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner presented his quarterly report at the July 16 Waitsburg City Council Meeting, reporting that crime stats were “on par” to date as compared to last...
Feelin' Groovy at Foodstock
Dayton resident Alicia Walker helps her 5-year-old daughter, Audrey Walker, tie dye a t-shirt at their booth during Saturday's Foodstock 2015 festival at the Blue Mountain Station just west of Dayton...
Daytonites Urged to Conserve Water
DAYTON – Don’t panic, says Dayton Public Works Superintendent Jim Costello. Washington may be locked in a record-breaking snowpack drought, but Dayton’s city wells are at the same level as they have...
Full of Jive!
Members of the Dayton High School class of 1960 rode their float past the courthouse during Saturday's annual Alumni Parade....
