Articles from the August 7, 2014 edition
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PRESCOTT CAR SHOW
PRESCOTT - Everyone is invited to bring their car, truck or motorcycle to a car show in Prescott's Field View Park on August 9. Cars may begin parking at 12 p.m. and judging will take place at about 3:30 p.m. There is no entry fee and trophies will...
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Historic Depot has New Manager
DAYTON - Tamara Fritze comes to the Dayton historic Depot after a long career as a college instructor and professor. She hopes to put her passion for studying history to good use in her new job as... Full story
QUILT CAMP A HIT FOR 4-H-ERS
DAYTON - Melody Reeves likes spiders and skulls, and she has incorporated them into the quilt she made for this year's Columbia County Fair. Against her grandmother's wishes. Reeves took part in the...
MANDATORY SPORTS MEETINGS
WAITSBURG - A mandatory sports meeting will take place for all fall athletes and their parents at 7 p.m. on Monday, August 11 at the Waitsburg High School auditorium. Athletes and parents will meet with fall coaching staff, receive practice and...
WAITSBURG ADOPTS SCHOOL BUDGET
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board unanimously approved Resolution 073014 to accept a $4.37 million budget for the 2014- 15 school year at a July 30 special budgeting meeting. The budget was approved as follows: General Fund $3,780,540 ASB Fund $...
IT’S PARR FOR THE COURSE(S)
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg fifth grade students will be seeing more of a familiar face than usual this year. Long-time substitute Wenda Parr has been hired as the full-time fifth grade teacher for the...
Gabe Kiefel Comes Full Circle
WAITSBURG - They say "what goes around comes around," and in the case of Gabe Kiefel's association with Waitsburg schools that sentiment certainly rings true. This year, Kiefel will begin the first...
FULLER CENTER CYCLISTS VISIT DAYTON
DAYTON - A bevy of bicyclists invaded Dayton for a short time on Monday afternoon. The orange clad bikers are part of the 7th Annual Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure through the Fuller Center for Housi...
SWIM THE SNAKE STILL ON FOR SATURDAY
STARBUCK - The second annual Swim the Snake swim will take place at 11 a.m. on August 9 across the Snake River from the former Lyons Ferry State Park site to the Lyons Ferry Marina. This challenging open-water event, which gives participants the oppo... Full story
GRAIN INSPECTION CRITICAL TO E. WASH.
WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) released the following statement after sending a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack expressing concern over stoppages to official grain inspections at the Port of Vancouver. "Wheat... Full story
SECOND OPINIONS
[Editor's note: The following are excerpts from newspapers around the Pacific Northwest about Washington Governor Jay Inslee's recent move, which effectively blocked inspection of grain at the Port of Vancouver.] hellip;just as Washington's wheat...
EMMA PHILBROOK: STUDENT LIFE
I 've never been much of an athlete. You can ask any of my classmates. It took me seven years to beat the sit-up count I had in the first grade. When I played tag, I frequently got told stuff like, "Emma, we both know you're never going to catch...
KEN GRAHAM: FROM THE PUBLISHER
Even at the ripe old age of 136 years, it wasn't too late to give The Times a facelift, or so we thought. So this week we bring you a new, more colorful and hopefully more engaging newspaper layout. We now have full color on all our pages, and our... Full story
WEEKLY CALENDAR
7 Dayton Senior Round Table Noon Senior Center (403 E. Patit St.) Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call 382- 2836 to RSVP by the day prior. 9 Downtown Farmer’s Market Lawn at Banner Bank 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy produce, food, crafts, and music in the Historic...
BIRTHDAYS
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, Dean Smith, Glynn Davis, Alan Jackson, Sr., Janice Bode. August 11:... Full story
POLICE
Dayton July 29 Suspicious person reported on Bundy Hollow Road. Suspicious circumstance reported on Harlem Road. Domestic violence on S. Willow Street. Suspicious circumstance reported on E. Tremont Street. Domestic violence on E. Richmond Ave. Repor...
MAIN STREET ART PRESENTATIONS
WAITSBURG - Four artists will present their visions for a Main Street art piece at jimgermanbar on Wednesday, August 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The four finalists were selected by the Waitsburg Art Commission and will vie for the right to create one... Full story
