Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON-An ordinance addressing panhandling in Columbia County is on its way to being codified into law after unanimous approval by the Board of County Commissioners, on June 3. Panhandling The ordinance covers panhandling, begging, and solicitation, and states there has been an increase in aggressive panhandling and begging throughout the county, which has become extremely disturbing and disruptive to citizens at both residential and business properties and is contributing to the loss of access...
WAITSBURG-Licensed equine massage therapist, Suze Wood, recently returned from an educational expedition to western France. She traveled to attend practicum for certification as a master saddle fitting consultant. The learning took place in the picturesque Moutiers-Sous-Chantemerle, in the Deux-Sèvres region of France. The course offers a rigorous curriculum, 750 hours in total, which culminates in timed testing of saddle faults, conformation, gait analysis, testing the saddled areas for...
DAYTON-Personnel from the Pomeroy and Walla Walla Ranger Districts of the Umatilla National Forest hosted a public meeting in Dayton last week to share information about the Districts and discuss upcoming projects during the 2019 field season. The meeting was facilitated by Tyson Albrecht Fire Management Officer with the Pomeroy Ranger District. "Both Pomeroy and Walla Walla are unique in the Pacific Northwest, in that we manage land in both states, Oregon and Washington," said Walla Walla...
Skies were clear and the weather was warm for Dayton's 25th Anniversary All Wheels Weekend....
Waitsburg Elementary School students wrapped up the year with a well-earned field day on Friday, June 7....
WAITSBURG-It was a full house in the Lions Memorial Building as the Waitsburg Lions Club wrapped up its year with the annual Ladies Night dinner, award ceremony and induction of new officers. Following a thank you dinner of oysters and hamburgers, special awards were presented to Olson Brothers Exhaust Systems for its outstanding business partnership with the Waitsburg Lions, Kevin House was named Lion of the Year and Ken Cole Jr. received the distinguished Melvin Jones Award. Outgoing...
DAYTON—Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Dale Slack notified the public that the Benjamin Orozco murder trial has been re-set from July 8 to August 12, following a June 5 hearing. In his update, Slack said that Division II Court of Appeals Judge George B. Fearing, who sat by special appointment of the Supreme Court, made the decision based on a lack of disclosed evidence from the defense. Slack said that, prior to the afternoon of the hearing, the defense had not filed discovery, including witness lists, witness statements, expert witness r...
Winners from the selfie contest...
Muralist Don Brown, of Kennewick, recently completed this impressive mural on the side of Chief Spring's Brew Pub on Dayton's Main Street. The Times' Advertising Manager Teeny McMunn captures the process....
DAYTON—The recently advertised TVGC Scramble Tournament has been renamed the 1st Annual Gene Crothers Memorial Golf Tournament in honor of Gene Crothers, who recently passed. The tournament format has changed slightly and the event, formerly a guest/member tournament, is now open to the public. It is still a two-person scramble, with three flights including men’s, ladies and Jack & Jill (mixed). The event is a kick-start fundraiser for a new sprinkler system for the golf course. Registrations will be accepted through June 19. Entry fees are...
WAITSBURG—The Blue Mountain Pheasants Forever will host a free youth trap shoot on Sat., June 15 at the Waitsburg Gun Club. Dean Wass will present a firearms safety refresher beginning at 8 a.m. with the trap shoot immediately following. Youth age 18 and under are welcome to participate, including youth not yet a member of the Chapter. Participants not already a member of Pheasants Forever will receive chapter-sponsored membership enrollment. Clay targets and shotgun shells will be provided by Pheasants Forever. Adult family members or m...
RICHLAND—Sample new foods and see live music and dancing at the Celebrate! Faith and Cultures Festival on June 16 (Father’s Day), from noon- 5:00 p.m. at Howard Amon Park (500 Lee Blvd.(in Richland, Wash. The free family-friendly festival includes an afternoon of festivities that celebrate the diverse roots of the area. A full afternoon of stage performances includes opening and closing ceremonies by the Nixya’awii Dance Group from Pendleton, Oregon and a special performance by visiting Canadian Rock and Soul Songstress Laura Cole. Local perfor...
Last week's article on the DHS honor speakers Neylan Bryan and Tatumn Laughery was incorrectly attributed to Dena Martin. The story was written by Michele Smith....
DAYTON-Organizers have been hard at work preparing for Dayton's 25th Anniversary All Wheels Weekend, June 14-16, with the theme American Graffiti. The event, which takes place each Father's Day weekend, originated in the 1990s to bring tourism to Dayton's newly renovated Main Street and has continued to grow in popularity. Friday The event will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday evening with the Friday Night "Cruise for Gene. "Drivers will cruise through Dayton, stopping at checkpoints to collect...
WAITSBURG—The Huichica Music Festival will make its debut in the Walla Walla Valley this fall with a two-day festival at Stella’s Homestead, the former site of Jim and Geraine’s Hansen’s farm on the south fork of Coppei Creek. Located along the winding South Fork Coppei Creek and the foothills of the Blue Mountains near Walla Walla, Stella’s Homestead grew out of the historic Hansen wheat and cattle farm, established by Jim and Geraine Hansen in 1947. Today, their daughter Cheryl hosts eve...
DAYTON-Rolling Thunder, the Blue Mountain Rocketeer's (BMR) most popular event of the year, will take place over three days, June 21-23. Model rocketry enthusiasts from all over the Pacific Northwest are anticipated to attend the event that is open to all NAR/TRA and non-members as well as the general public. BMR was created in November of 1994, as a youth and family-oriented model rocketry club, and has consistently ranked among the five best rocketry groups in the nation during the annual...
Congratulations to Grace Coulston who won National Grand Champion and National Showmanship awards with her Sorghun Hollow Boer goats at the JABGA National Show in Grand Island, Nebraska. The JABGA National Show is one of the largest Junior Boer Goat shows in the country....
You have the power to decide which technologies are relevant to you. For example, you can just pass on Snapchat and Twitter. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. And that consumer power has always been there. More than ten years ago, I decided paying for checks to write out and then pay for other things was a useless system I wanted to no part of. Since then, digital payment technologies have blossomed and there's no going back. I do, however, accept checks. [Please make them...
WALLA WALLA—Outdoor enthusiasts looking for activities surrounding Walla Walla will do well to visit www.outsidewallawalla.com. Blue Mountain Land Trust member Gwen Dildine spent the last year and a half building the website that provides information on a multitude of activities in the Blue Mountains. The site provides information on hiking, biking/cycling, camping, fishing, water sports and snow sports in the area. Adventures can be filtered by proximity to Walla Walla and the level of d...
WALLA WALLA—The Frenchtown Historical Foundation will host its 8th annual celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day on Sat., June 22 at the Frenchtown Historic Site, located at 8364 W. Old Highway 12, two miles west of the Whitman Mission. The event is free and open to the public The feast day of Saint John the Baptist is the national holiday of Quebec and has been a midsummer festival in French-speaking countries for centuries. Join at the Frenchtown site to celebrate the heritage of French and French-Canadian immigrants to the Walla Walla V...
WAITSBURG-When the Girls Scouts of Waitsburg learned that the Lewis & Clark Trail State Park was the only park in the state without a flagpole, they set out to do something about it. The local service unit spent about a year-and-a-half raising approximately $2300 to purchase a pole for the park. For the last four years, troops from Dayton, Waitsburg and Walla Walla have camped out out at the state park. Last weekend's campout was made even more notable with the installation of the newly donated...
Waitsburg Elementary School's first annual Move Up Night was a big success with parents and students taking the opportunity to meet with next year's teachers and enjoying a meal together. Students were able to go home with a backpack donated by Walmart....
Swine – Fitting & Showing 4-H: Jasper Morrow – Champion Makenna Barron – Reserve FFA Advanced Cason Nichols – Champion Seamus House – Reserve FFA Novice Nathalie Abel – Champion Violet Smith – Reserve Overall Cason Nichols –Champion Seamus House – Reserve Swine – Market 4-H Makenna Barron – Champion Jasper Morrow – Reserve FFA Seamus House – Champion Chloe Gleason – Reserve Beef – Fitting & Showing 4-H Preston Hinchliffe – Champion Griffin Hinchliffe – Reserve FFA Amy Farley – Champion Drew Farley – Reserve Beef – Market Amy Farley – Ch...
WAITSBURG-Sunny weather and bright skies prevailed for the Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair this past Saturday. The fairgrounds were packed to the brim with pigs, ducks, chickens, goats, sheep, artists and, of course, cats. Festivities got underway shortly after 9 a.m. with the livestock judging contest, followed shortly thereafter by the FFA tractor driving exhibit and rabbit competition. Seamus House and Koby Harris from the Waitsburg FFA took first and second place in tractor driving for...
DAYTON-Family and friends crowded the Dayton High School gymnasium on Saturday to hear Class of 2019 Valedictorian Neylan Bryan and Salutatorian Tatumn Laughery deliver their speeches, and to cheer as their loved ones graduated from Dayton High School. "This class, over four years of high school together, has seemed to bond in an incredible and almost unheard of manner," said Bryan. Bryan talked about the many unique qualities of her classmates including the diversity of talent, the diversity of...
