Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON—During their regular session on Monday, Sept. 16, the Board of Columbia County Commissioners adopted the county’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan Update, and its three new ordinances regarding; water availability for the new building, critical areas, and zoning. Some of the Hirst decision language was incorporated into Ordinance 2019-04, regarding water availability for the new building, said Dena Martin, Planning Associate. “It generally doesn’t affect us, but it is in there,” she told the...
Times Business Manager Teeny McMunn recently traveled to her 50th class reunion in Miles City, Montana, this is the second article in a series. I am back home, with almost 2000 miles on my car and half of Montana’s bug population on my grill. I spent Friday and Saturday night in Spokane, and walked the fund -raiser walk Saturday morning. I left Sunday morning, traveling the route I had traveled many times, and it felt as comfortable as an old coat I found in the closet. I stopped at the $10,000...
The best part about getting ready for the Lion's Club Salmon Feed BBQ according to volunteer Dan McKinley? "All the great camaraderie between the Lion's Club members and the community," he said. "We have a lot of fun together." The most challenging aspect of preparing for an event that ultimately fed 750 people? "Making sure it's all set up – we've got a lot of ingredients to get ready, it can be quite the scramble," McKinley continued. "But we're getting better and better at it." A visit b...
This year's Pioneer Fall Festival was a perfect day....
The goods transport and vessel crisis due to a broken lock at the Bonneville Dam along the Columbia River now has an end date. According to the Portland District of the Army Corps of Engineers the Bonneville navigation lock will return to service, allowing vessels to pass through the lock, beginning 10 a.m. Sept. 30. "It's important to recognize the patience from our Columbia River users, who depend on this critical piece of infrastructure to run their businesses," said Portland District...
DAYTON—There was no unfinished or new business at the Dayton City Council meeting last week. The majority of the meeting time was spent addressing a letter written by Dayton residents Chuck and Peggy James about the alleged lack of qualifications of the City’s new Planner, Meagan Bailey, and the allegedly poor conduct of the City’s Administrator, Trina Cole, when Ms. James reached out to her by phone, the first week of September. The James’ letter was published in the Dayton Chronicle on Sept. 12. Councilman Mike Paris said, “I was appalled...
Featured quilter Jess Barry displayed his needle-turned applique quilts at the 20th Annual Walla Walla Valley Quilt Guild Festival held over the weekend at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds. Mr. Barry, aged 87, is a member 'emeritus' of the local Quilt Guild, and has been designing and hand quilting quilts for 40 years....
Dayton Senior Round Table Lunch Menu Dayton Senior Center 403 E. Patit St. 12 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 19 Roast Beef Mashed Potatoes Broccoli Roll Gelatin/Milk Tues., Sept. 24 Fried Chicken Mac Salad Peas & Carrots Salad / Roll Peach Cobbler/Milk Tues., Sept. 26 Pork chops Rst. Red Potatoes Green Beans Broccoli Salad Pie/Milk Tues., Sept. 17 Chicken Fried Steak Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Cookie Vegetable...
Correction to 9/12 issue captions for Columbia County fair photos Sadie Seney won Grand Champion Fitting and Showing, Kaleigh White won reserve grand champion fitting and showing....
This crew of goats stopped for breakfast at the last resort this morning!...
While nearly all communities depend on volunteerism in some form or another, I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that small towns like Dayton and Waitsburg would fail to function without the concern and dedication of the many volunteers that help keep them running. In this monthly column, The Times will highlight local volunteer opportunities in Waitsburg and Columbia County. With the annual Pioneer Fall Festival justcompleted, it seems appropriate to highlight the Waitsburg His...
WALLA WALLA—On Friday, September 20, the public, Veterans, and their families, are invited to come and honor former POWs and remember the MIAs for Walla Walla VA’s annual POW/MIA Recognition Day event at the Walla Walla Veterans Administration at 77 WainWright Drive. The colors will be presented by the Washington State Penitentiary Honor Guard at the beginning of the ceremony, and Walla Walla VA’s Associate Director for Operations, Mr. Ray Crawford, will provide opening comments. This year’s special guest speaker is Mr. Robert Brudno, whose b...
STARBUCK—The startup process for Columbia Pulp continues, with the business announcing on Friday, September 13th that contractor Allnorth Engineers signed off on mechanical completion of the pulp mill, and that general contractor PCI has completed their work and exited the site. Work on the boiler continues, with steam blow outs taking place this week. Once the steam blows have been completed, the steam turbine will be commissioned and the mill will commence making pulp. “This feels very muc...
DAYTON-Columbia County Public Health Administrator Martha Lanman said $1500 is all it would take for 28 students enrolled in the Starbuck School District to have lunch prepared by the Dayton General Hospital dietary staff and have them delivered four days a week for the entire 2019-2020 school year. That number is based on a cost of $3 per child, and all lunches meet the state requirements for nutrition, said Lanman. Last year lunch was delivered to Starbuck schools, twice a week, and this was...
"Our goal was to welcome people to a beautiful location, where they can listen to great music and experience a sense of community, " said Cheryl Hansen, owner of Stella's Homestead, the site of last weekend's Huichica festival. That goal was reached this past Friday and Saturday with the launch of this small scale family friendly festival. A dozen indie rock and folk acts performed, appearing on two stages. The scenic location along S. Fork Coppei Road is now an event space on what was the...
WALLA WALLA-Tights and capes were out en masse at the Walla Walla Superhero run held Saturday Sept. 14. "I think the people helping with traffic safety are all superheroes," said event organizer Nancy Walters. The event, hosted by the Walla Walla County Traffic Safety Coalition, supports WWCTSC programs that was well attended. "At least 78 people pre-registered, about 100 by opening," said Walters. And even as the races were getting underway, more heroes emerged from phone booths and sport...
WALLA WALLA-A pair of great blue heron walked by on spindly legs as we pushed off from the boat ramp at Bennington Lake on this, our fifth adventure aboard the African Queen. Gifted to us by Grandma Jo Shay, our inflatable raft seats three and came outfitted with reel holders and oar holders as well as a dry-bag. Grandma, in her infinite wisdom, also included life jackets and a patch kit in case we ran into anything too sharp. So far we haven't had to use the patch kit, thankfully, but as life...
First Time Pie-Baker's Experience I Did a Thing! So I did a thing. At the Pioneer Fall Festival in Waitsburg there is a Pie Contest to raise money to support the city pool. Danielle was in charge of it and was worried that there wouldn't be enough pies so I said I would enter. Now it's important to note that I have never baked a pie from scratch before. So I called upon my dear friend Kate, who is a master pie baker! I went to her house yesterday and she walked me through the whole thing, crust...
It's a blue ribbon weekend for FFA...
WAITSBURG-Community members and visitors can take a step back in time on Sun., Sept. 15 when they join the Waitsburg Historical Society for the City's 47th Annual Pioneer Fall Festival on the Bruce House Museum Complex lawn. The annual event, held on the third Sunday of September, is an opportunity to celebrate the local history that helps make Waitsburg one-of-a kind. This year's celebration kicks of at 11 a.m. with the Pioneer of the Year Award ceremony. This year's honorees are the...
DAYTON— With the budget deficit in mind the Dayton School District Board of Directors and Administration have agreed not to fill the vacant position for elementary school principal. At their monthly work session last week, Superintendent Doug Johnson discussed with them his plan to reassign some of the duties and responsibilities of that position. “Fortunately, there are many experienced and talented employees willing to accept new responsibilities,” Johnson said. At that meeting the board approved a plan for compensating those who are accep...
WAITSBURG—This year the Waitsburg Historical Society honors the Don Thomas Family as 2019 Pioneers of the Year. Thomas’ sons, Gary and Jay recently sat down with The Times to share a bit of family history and recount favorite memories. Don Thomas was born in 1915 in Urbana, Missouri to Elijah Streeter Thomas and Abigail (Clymore). When Don was 5, his parents and two brothers, Rod and Mike, moved to the area and soon purchased land near Prescott, on Smith Springs Road, from Elijah’s brothers, Oli...
Dayton Senior Round Table Lunch Menu Dayton Senior Center 403 E. Patit St. 12 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 10 Baked Fish/Pilaf Stewed Tomatoes Caesar Salad Roll Milk Tues., Sept. 12 Salisbury Steak Mashed & Gravy Capri Veggies Salad/Bread Cookies/Milk/Juice Tues., Sept. 17 Spaghetti Corn Caesar Salad Garlic Bread Fresh Fruit/Milk Waitsburg Senior Lunch Menu Waitsburg Presbyterian Church 504 Main St. 11:30 a.m. Tues., Sept. 10 Beef Taco Salad Fruit Cookie Vegetable...
DAYTON—The Port of Columbia is sponsoring a class in Home Buying 101 on Thurs., Sept. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Port of Columbia office at 1 Port Way in Dayton. Shawn Brown with Evergreen Home Loans and Julie Bickelhaupt with Blue Mountain Realtors will present information on what it takes to become a homebuyer and what to expect during the mortgage application process. To register for this free class contact Kathryn Witherington at Kathryn@portofcolumbia.org or by phone at: (509) 382-1871. In addition, the Washington State Housing F...
