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NEZ PERCE COUNTY, Ida. - The body of a Dayton woman missing for nearly a week was recovered Saturday along the Snake River here. She was presumed to have drowned. Sharon Matthews, 66, was last seen July 6 at Geneva Bar, on the Oregon side of the river, about 50 miles south of Lewiston. Her body was discovered several miles downstream at a spot called Buffalo Bar, on the Idaho side of the river, by officers from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office. Local search and rescue officials from Oregon and...
DAYTON - Frog Hollow Band, one of the northwest's favorite alternative country bands will perform a free concert Saturday night at the Columbia County Fairgrounds during Mule Mania. The show will run from 8 p.m. until midnight and will include dancing in the beer garden. Frog Hollow Band includes musicians from Walla Walla and Waitsburg. They have a busy schedule this summer, including performing at the Umatilla and Walla Walla County Fairs....
DAYTON - Mule and donkey owners from the northwest and the U.S. are preparing to invade the Columbia County Fairgrounds for next weekend's fourth annual Mule Mania mule and donkey show in Dayton. The show runs July 17 through 20 and is free to the public. More than 150 mules and donkeys are expected to take part. Beginning early Thursday, mule and donkey owners will take part in a wide variety of competitions, from English Dressage and driving to barrel racing and the Fast Ass Express. Riding an...
WAITSBURG - Five Waitsburg teens returned home last week following a two-week mission trip to Guatemala. The youth are pleased with the work they accomplished there, but all five agree that they were receivers as well as givers. While those they served lacked material possessions, the teens learned the Guatemalans are rich in ways many Americans aren't. Chad (18), Nick (18) and Chloe Pearson (14) and Kavin (18) and Kassidy (17) Kuykendall, along with 13 other Walla Walla area teens, formed the...
DAYTON - The city of Dayton planning commission will hold a continuation of a public hearing next week regarding updating the city's zoning code to address marijuana production and sales. The hearing will be held during the commission's regular July meeting on Tuesday, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall. A revised draft city zoning ordinance will be presented during the meeting. Under the proposed rules, marijuana retail stores will be a permitted use in commercial zones in the city, but not...
Waitsburg Celebrates with Veterans' March WAITSBURG - Waitsburg residents are invited to join the Veteran's March on Main Street at noon on July 4, followed by a potluck in the park . A brief ceremony will take place in front of the Waitsburg Hardware Store before the march. All are welcome to participate - just grab a flag and join the parade. A potluck lunch will take place at Preston Park following the parade. Bring lawn chairs and a side dish, chips or dessert to share. Waitsburg Hardware...
DAYTON - During a special meeting on June 25, the Columbia County Commissioners heard a proposal from members of the Dayton Country Club to make significant changes to how the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton is operated. The group, which included Country Club board member Bill Savage and President Roger Trump, asked the commissioners to consider contracting grounds maintenance along with course management, beginning in 2015. Groundskeeping is currently done by county employees. The Country...
RAINIER, Ore. - Oregon State Police reported last week that Christopher Elliot, 30, of Waitsburg, was found dead on June 23 near Clatskanie, Ore., about 18 miles from Rainier, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Earlier in the day, police said, Elliot shot a Rainier police officer during a routine traffic stop here. According to the report, Officer Russ George, 45, was approaching Elliot's car during a routine traffic stop shortly after noon, when Elliot opened fire. A bullet passed through George's hand and was stopped by his...
DAYTON - Trucks carrying wind turbine components began moving along Highway 12 through Waitsburg and Dayton last week on their way to the new Tucannon River Wind Project. The project is being constructed north of Dayton by Portland General Electric Co. According to Franco Albi, PGE's project manager, deliveries to the site are expected to continue through the summer and end by early October. "The end date could vary slightly, depending on weather and other factors," he said. Shipments to the...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Lions wrapped up their year at an annual meeting last month where they installed a new slate of officers and presented awards. Mike Bergevin received this year's Lion of the Year Award and Terry Jacoy received the prestigious Melvin Jones Award. "The Melvin Jones Award is the highest award in Lionism," said Past President Guy McCaw. The award was founded in 1973 in honor of Melvin Jones, who founded Lions clubs International in 1971. Jones owned his own insurance agency...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Planning Commission decided on Monday night to revisit the issue of a proposed text amendment to the language in the AR-1 zone to add sales of agriculturalbased products as a conditional use. A public hearing on the matter was held June 9, and immediately thereafter the panel voted against a motion to recommend approval. But they also voted in favor of a motion to reconsider the issue at their next meeting. After several minutes of discussion on Monday, the commissio...
DAYTON - A little rain and chilly weather only dampened spirits slightly during last weekend's 20th annual All Wheels Weekend event here. Early registration for classic car entrants was about 40 higher than any previous year, but at least 50 fewer cars arrived than expected for Saturday's Show & Shine, according to event chair Bette Lou Crothers. Friday night's cruising was nearly rained out, as was the outdoor stage where live music was planned. The Ultimate Elvis concert Friday night was...
DAYTON - Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell dropped charges earlier this month against Walter Hartwell. He has been released from the Columbia County Jail. Hartwell, 38, was arrested in February and charged with two counts of first degree rape of a child. His trial had been delayed until next month. "We no longer have cooperation of the alleged victim," Culwell told The Times. Culwell said she believes Hartwell is guilty, based on recorded statements the child gave to CPS, but that evidence is not admissible in court. "The victim's...
PRESCOTT - The last, but certainly not the least, of the area high school seniors graduated Friday night as 19 Prescott Class of 2014 students walked amid friends and family gathered in the high school gymnasium to accept their high school diplomas. Commencement speakers were Valedictorian Emily Wilson, Salutatorian Erik Sandoval and High School Math Teacher and Senior Class Advisor Mark Grimm. Wilson, daughter of Jim and Rebecca Wilson of Waitsburg, graduated with a near-perfect G.P.A. of...
WAITSBURG - Finding a place to park when picking up or dropping off children at school may get a bit easier for Waitsburg residents this coming school year. At their June 11 Board meeting, the Waitsburg School Board approved an "add alternate" bid with the City of Waitsburg that will allow for a driveway directly from Main Street into the Academy Street parking lot. In mid-December Waitsburg City Council approved a grant agreement with the Transportation Improvement Board, accepting a $188,385...
WAITSBURG - As the first strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" were trumpeted from the mezzanine of Waitsburg High School's Kison Court, a hush fell over the near-capacity crowd. All present rose to their feet as the state and national flags were borne down the middle of the room to pedestals flanking a cluster of seventeen chairs. Two at a time, arms linked, boys in black robes and girls in red ones strode to the end of the room and took their seats. Thus began the one hundred and eighteenth...
DAYTON - All Wheels Weekend in Dayton is expected to be even better than those that have come before. If that's possible. The Dayton Chamber of Commerce and its All Wheels Committee are pulling out all the stops for the 20th version of Dayton's big car show and town blowout. 400+ custom and classic cars are expected to take part this year. The biggest new event is the free stage show on Friday night: "The Ultimate Elvis Live!" from Las Vegas. Justin Shandor is one of the top young Elvises in the...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office, with the help of the Walla Walla SWAT team, searched a home at 119 E. Commercial St. on Monday. The execution of the search warrant resulted in the arrest of three people, including two on drug charges. According to a press release issued by the Sheriff's Office, "Multiple occupants were in the home at the time the search was executed; three arrests were made without incident. Deputies located firearms and a substance that appears to be methamphetamine in the home. Deputies found no indication...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Planning Commission voted Monday night to recommend against a proposed amendment to the county's zoning code to add commercial uses to the Agricultural/ Residential-1 zone. The vote came after a public hearing in which more than a dozen people spoke in favor of the amendment. Several written comments in favor were also read into the record. No one spoke against it. The commission's recommendation will now go to the Columbia County Board of Commissioners, who will...
PRESCOTT - Patrons who haven't visited the Prescott library in awhile are sure to be met by a smiling face, though that face may not be familiar. The Prescott Branch of the Walla Walla County Rural Library District - which also includes branches in Plaza Way, Touchet, Burbank, Vista Hermosa and a Walla Walla service center - recently welcomed two new clerks and a new manager. Sharon Psenak, of Waitsburg, was hired as a substitute clerk in April, but moved into the Library Clerk position...
Touchet Valley area libraries are gearing up for their Summer Reading Programs, which begin later this month. This year's kids' Summer Reading Program Theme is "Fizz Boom Read."...
WAITSBURG - Bargain hunters will be out in force, roaming the streets of Waitsburg on Saturday, June 7, for Waitsburg's 17th Annual Community-Wide Yard Sale. Local buyers and sellers traditionally earmark the first Saturday in June to either clear their closets and basement of unwanted items or join the search for bargains (or both). The Waitsburg Commercial Club sponsored the first two-day event -- which boasted 46 sales - in 1998. City streets were literally bumper-tobumper, with many...
WAITSBURG - City Council members were informed at last week's Council meeting that Walla Walla County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Nagle is moving forward to press charges against an individual that logged several cords of wood from the City's watershed up the Coppei River. District court documents state that Nicholas J. Bradeen was charged with two counts of criminal trespass in the second degree and one count of third degree theft, regarding an incident that occurred on April 6. The first count is a misdemeanor and the second a gross...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Health System is considering a significant reconfiguration of the Dayton General Hospital building. In a press release issued last week, interim CEO John Smiley said that the Columbia County Hospital District Board of Directors tentatively plans to seek voter approval in November for a bond levy to provide funds for the project. The amount of the levy has not been determined at this point. It would affect property owners in the Columbia County Hospital Dis...
