Articles from the August 6, 2015 edition
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National Night Out Means Fun for Everyone
It's not every day you get to drive a real, live sheriff's patrol boat. Cody Coulston, cheered on by big brother Tyler, took obvious pleasure in the opportunity to play deputy at Waitsburg's very...
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Arson Unlikely in Several Dayton Fires
DAYTON – Arson has been ruled out in four of the five suspicious fires here between June 28 and July 22, according to incident reports released by Columbia County Fire Marshal Kim Lyonnais on M...
Waitsburg and Dayton Talk Football
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg School District's July 29 budget hearing was followed by a brief public discussion "entertaining the idea" of combining Waitsburg and Dayton for middle school football. Those i...
Health System to Lose Two Leaders This Fall
DAYTON – Leadership changes are in the works for the Columbia County Health System. Board Chair Ted Paterson and interim CEO Jon Smiley will both leave the organization at the end of September. The r...
Deputies Arrest Wanted Subjects After Pursuit
DAYTON – Three wanted subjects were arrested in Dayton last Friday after attempting to flee from a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Deputy. The deputy had planned to pull over the gray Chevrolet Lumina in the 100 block of North Front Street, but the...
Pioneer Portraits - August 6, 2015
Ten Years Ago August 11, 2005 Fire fighters from all over the country are streaming into Pomeroy this week to fight the 41,000 acre School Fire, which started last Friday in School Canyon along the Tucannon, and, aided by heavy fuel loadings of timbe...
Project Timothy Receives Grant
DAYTON – Project Timothy has received two grants to assist in meeting the basic needs of individuals and families in Dayton and the surrounding areas. The grants were contributed by the “Live United” mini grant from the United Way of Walla Walla...
WHS Fall Sports Meeting on Monday
WAITSBURG – A parent information meeting for all Waitsburg Cardinal fall sports will be held Monday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. A coaches meeting (for all coaches, assistants and volunteers, for all sports for the s...
Waitsburg Makes the Cut
WAITSBURG – According to the OnlyInYourState website, Waitsburg ranks among “20 of the Most Beautiful, Charming Small Towns in Washington.” A July 29 post on their website listed Waitsburg as one of the small-town Washington communities filled with...
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....
Police Notes - August 6, 2015
Waitsburg Nothing to report. Dayton July 26 Caller reported 16-year-old female at Cameron Courts out of control and yelling at her mother; deputies cited the juvenile female for disorderly conduct and released her to her father’s custody. Open d...
Birthdays - Week of August 6
August 7: Dale Ford, Tim Huwe, Kevin Richardson, Brooklyn Smith. August 8: Ginny Butler, Jeremiah Bennett. August 9: Kaye Wagoner, Tish Hulce, Adam Rogers, Tracy Gluck, Robert Anderson. August 10: Skylar Wood, Connie Langlo, Tyson Cole, Jim Leid,...
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
Emergency services have been on the minds of Touchet Valley residents a lot this summer, what with four major building fires in Dayton and the Blue Creek Fire in Walla Walla County. None of the...
Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
I’m an avid Dear Abby reader, and I’ve always thought that I’d be good at writing something like that. The only problem seems to be that nobody wants my advice. So I’ve decided to write down everyth...
Moose on the Loose!
Greg Butler nabbed this shot of recent visitors to his home at Shilo Farm, just west of Lewis & Clark Trail State Park, last month. . ....
State Champions
Jacob Dunn, an incoming junior at Waitsburg High School, pitched a complete game Thursday to lead the Walla Walla Bruins American Legion baseball team to the Washington State Junior AA state...
Missoula Children's Theatre Returns
DAYTON – The Missoula Children’s Theatre is returning to Dayton to mount a production of its original play, Aladdin, at the Liberty Theater. Auditions will take place at the Liberty on Monday, Aug. 10. Youth entering first grade through their sen...
FireWise Workshops Scheduled
WALLA WALLA– The Walla Walla County Emergency Management Department, in partnership with Walla Walla County Fire District 4, has scheduled a FireWise workshop at Walla Walla County Fire District 4 – Station 45 on Aug. 11 from 6-7:30 p.m. The add...
Frozen Fans Unite!
Temperatures topping 100 degrees did nothing to melt the enthusiasm of fans of Elsa from the movie "Frozen." Youngsters flocked to Whiskey Creek Sports Bar & Grill on Sunday afternoon to join Elsa...
Architects Selected for Hospital Remodel
DAYTON – Columbia County Health System leaders have selected an architect team for the planned $5.5 million Dayton General Hospital upgrade, they announced last week. Two architects responded to t...
Teen Scene: 'What We Did for Summer Vacation'
DAYTON – When teachers at Dayton High School ask their students to write an essay on what they did over their summer vacation, more than two dozen will have a ready answer: Teen Scene. Teen Scene i...
Limagrain: 'Working Locally for Local Growers'
WAITSBURG – During the months of July and August, the Touchet Valley is buzzing with activity as farmers harvest their crops, reaping the rewards of the year's labor. Even those not actively involved...
Waitsburg School Board Update
Board members: Ross Hamann, Greg Zuger, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson and Christy House with Zuger absent. *Superintendent Carol Clarke read a letter from OSPI congratulating the district’s transportation department for receiving “exceptional result...
Waitsburg School District Approves 2015-16 Budget
WAITSBURG – During the July 29 public budget hearing, the Waitsburg School Board unanimously approved the proposed $4.1 million budget for the 2015-16 school year. The 2015-16 budget is based on a t...
A Rude Awakening
When Arrah Lee Wilson and Benjamin Moser arrived to clean the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church on the morning of Thursday, July 30, they entered to find the sanctuary "covered with hundreds of tiny...
