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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Not long after the smoke clears from the Friday night All Wheels Weekend fireworks on the corner of Fourth and Main streets this year, the property from which they're launched will be the scene for another milestone celebration. At 11 a.m. the next morning, local officials and Daytonites will help investors Darrek and Christina Duke from Anderson, Nev., break ground for the new 50-room Best Western hotel expected to be up and running in the spring of next year. "We're looking forward to seeing the dirt moving and the sticks go up,"...
WAITSBURG - For the first time in the history of Waitsburg's Memorial Day ceremony, those who currently serve their country received special attention along with veterans past and present. Seventeen local families received a Blue Star Service Banner from the American Legion Auxiliary Chapter 35, a recognition the service men and women usually receive at a muster but not on Memorial Day. The Blue Star Service Banners were created in 1917 and were a common sight during World Wars I and II....
DAYTON - Welcome to all. Dayton's new Pastor Marj Johnston at Dayton's First Congregational Church says that is the no. 1 message she wants to convey. Johnston, who grew up in the small town of Raymond on the coast, is 52 and has already lived more than most people her age. Johnston, who grew up in a Christ-loving household, fought the ever-present desire in her to become a pastor for most of her life. Her journeys down other roads working at a funeral home and later with the homeless and in...
DAYTON -- Feral cats have become a public nuisance in the city of Dayton and the Dayton City Council agreed at its last meeting the issue needs a public forum to get community input and find a solution. Currently, there is no city policy or any holding facilities for feral cats in the city of Dayton. "From a personal standpoint, we've got feral cats crawling up on the roof of the house, sneaking into the basement, getting into the garage and attacking our cat, so it has become a real issue," said Dayton resident Dain Nysoe. "Those cats tend to...
The annual Waitsburg One-Of-A-Kind parade was held last Saturday on Waitsburg's Main Street. There were about 150 parade participants ranging from local rodeo princesses to the middle school band and plenty of classic cars. For the first year, the Fifth Annual Classic Auto Show was also held the traditional Days of Real Sport Weekend to provide more activities in town. The parade marshalls this year were Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hevel. The Hevels were nominated for the award because in addition to...
DAYTON - After 16 months in the executive director position for the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Claudia Nysoe has resigned just two weeks before Dayton Days -- one of the organization's biggest events. Neither Nysoe nor the board would offer public comment as to the reason Nysoe resigned. "I really did enjoy the position," Nysoe said last Monday. "I'm confident in what I accomplished." Nysoe said she will remain in the Dayton community because she loves the lifestyle it provides. Chamber Board President Bev Rising said in a message to chamber...
WAITSBURG - For the first year ever, the Waitsburg annual parade and Classic Auto Show will be held on the same weekend, so dust off your parade floats and wash and wax your classic car because it's going to be an event like this town has never seen. This Friday and Saturday will be jam-packed with autos, music, parade entries, candy and plenty of vendors and activities. This weekend marks the annual occurrence of Waitsburg's horse races, the Days of Real Sport. Because the past two years have...
DAYTON - The trial date is set for Daniel Baxter, a transient man charged with eight counts of burglary who had eluded police for many months in Columbia County. Baxter, a 34-year-old drifter with ties to Montana, California and Pennsylvania, will appear in front of a judge for his bench trial May 30, 31 and June 1. Baxter is facing 28 different charges from the Columbia County Prosecutor's Office. Those charges are eight counts of residential burglary, six counts of possession of stolen...
STARBUCK - The Starbuck community received some good news last week that its post office, which was in danger of being closed, will stay open. But, this good news is mixed with bad news because the post offices in Prescott, Dixie and Starbuck will see their operating hours reduced. Verna Foley, a Starbuck community member who runs Darver Tackle with Darcy Linklater, said she was thrilled to hear the news last Thursday that the small town's post office would stay open. "I do everything through the post office," Foley said. "I don't trust the...
Ten Years Ago May 9, 2002 Wanted: Your comments on Corps' Coppei Creek Flood protection proposal. The Coppei River left the stream bed, going over the north bank in the vicinity of the Days of Real Sport fairgrounds, flowing over and down Highway 12, through a residential area and collecting in the downtown area next to Preston Park, inundating the park, city pool and several Waitsburg Businesses. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 14, 1987 Days of Real Sports all set for this weekend; Fun Run, Drawings,...
DAYTON - One could find Rep. Terry Nealey on the court shooting hoops, talking about job creation at the Economic Development Steering Committee meeting, painting a wall to help a Dayton teen with his senior project or taking a ride around Dayton in his restored 1931 Hupmobile. Nealey, who has served on the state legislature since 2009, has announced he will be running again for his position in the 16th District. Nealey said he has worked hard on the state's budget and is focused on improving...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School District enacted a new policy relating to how and how close students can dance together at school events that has caused some tension between students and staff, and even between parents with different opinions, in the community. Secondary Principal Stephanie Wooderchak said last fall some parents of students at the high school and the middle school were complaining about the style of dancing taking place at school functions after hours. The dances had occurred in the fall and some parents said they had found th...
The Times DAYTON - Tipsy, deep in debt, recovering from a winter car accident and stressed out from a fight with his wife, Joseph Shuba snapped on Sunday evening, went into the couple's bedroom to get his .22-caliber pistol, returned to the kitchen where the couple had been preparing dinner and shot Suzanne Shuba in the head, according to police reports obtained by the Times. quot;Nothing could stop me from walking into that bedroom and doing what I did,quot; Shuba is quoted as telling Columbia County Sheriff's Deputy Don Foley on Monday mornin...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night in a special meeting to make several cuts across the spectrum that will impact personnel, elective courses, counseling for students and other areas and will hopefully save the district $330,000 in 2012-13. "Everybody (will) feel the reduction," said Board Member Christy House. "It's not just teachers." The budget was recently re-evaluated because the district received new budget projections that showed a drop in student enrollment from more than 300 this year to 279....
WAITSBURG - A youth choir that has brought many Touchet Valley teens together for a positive purpose is embarking on its last tour after 15 years. Pastor Mike and his wife Melissa Ferrians of the Waitsburg Christian Church have turned 15 groups of local teens into a singing sensation. The final tour of the Salt & Light Music Ministry embarks June 15 and ends with a home performance on June 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Christian Church. "There's something about kids and music and getting them up there...
DAYTON - A Dayton man was taken into custody early Monday morning on suspicion of fatally shooting his wife at the couple's 3rd St. home on Sunday night, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's office. Joseph Vernon Shuba, 58, who had moved to Dayton from Northern California several years ago, was booked into Columbia County jail on suspision of second-degree murder after deputies found the body of his wife, Suzanne Shuba, 59, in the home's kitchen. According to law enforcement officials and neighbors, the shooting took place at around 9...
DAYTON - The owners of the remodeled Woody's Bar & Grill, now called Threshers, said they have zero-tolerance for troublemakers and have banned four local individuals from the premises after a fight broke out on opening night Friday, April 13. "We've said time and again that we'll close the place down before we become a dive bar," co-owner Curtis Seiss said. "We don't want this sort of thing to happen." The otherwise successful re-opening of the bar following 10 days of remodeling ended an hour early when Columbia County Sheriff's deputies...
DAYTON - A group of Dayton students spent a day of their spring break to paint murals advocating for respect and the end of bullying. Amer icorps member Brittney Jacobs was assigned to complete a service learning project during her time working at Dayton Middle School and she had the idea to address a problem she has seen at the school - bullying. "It's something I personally see that needs help in the community," Jacobs said. Peggy Gutierrez, a prevention specialist with Blue Mountain Counselin...
WAITSBURG - It's Wednesday night. All is quiet throughout the tree-lined streets near Waitsburg's historic Bruce Mansion, except on the corner of Fourth and Orchard. You have to strain to hear it, but when you get closer to the home of Brian and Wendy Richards, the muffled thumps of the steady beat and bass notes emerge from somewhere underground. The weekly practice of the Frog Hollow Band, arguably the most popular country rock group in the Walla Walla Valley, is well underway. Down in the...
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DAYTON - Blue Mountain Station will soon be a flurry of activity. Blue Mountain Station, a proposed organic and natural foods processing facility and foodie attraction, has just been approved for $750,000 from the state legislature. And the Port of Columbia, which is behind the project, has a big to-do list. The ground was broken at the station's site in Dayton about this time last year. The site will hopefully one day have many buildings full of organic and natural food companies. And now,...
WAITSBURG - The state legislature recently approved $10.35 million to build the Southeast Area Skills Center at Walla Walla Community College that will hopefully allow its doors to open for Dayton, Prescott, Waitsburg, Touchet and Walla Walla students in the summer of 2014. The goal of the skills center is to enroll students in technical education to make them employable upon graduation. It will not cost families extra for students to attend. "This is to provide opportunities for kids who wanted to be ready after graduation," said Doug...
DAYTON - For the first time last weekend, Dayton High School teacher Steve McLean took four of his students to a regional robotics competition and came home with a trophy. "It's something like I've never seen before in my life," McLean said. McLean and his students, Alex Eaton, Demitri Tziouvaras, Lincoln Riley and James Costello, traveled to Central Washington University with their robot last weekend to go up against teams from Boise, California and even Seattle. Local cities Rosalia and...
WAITSBURG - For the second year in a row, there won't be any horse racing in the Touchet Valley. In February, the Washington State Racing Commission asked our local tracks to submit the dates they would like to hold races, but neither Dayton nor Waitsburg put their names in, sources say. The board that organizes Dayton Days and the board that organizes Days of Real Sport cannot afford to host racing events this year because insurance costs have more than doubled from two years ago, said Terry...
