Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON-Columbia County Health System Purchasing Manager Chris Dave and his assistant Matt Ott will be rewarded with a trip to Denver, Colo. in May, where they will be honored at the annual Intalere member conference as winners of the 2019 Intalere Healthcare Achievement Awards. Through its awards program, Intalere recognizes its members for their outstanding and innovative contributions to their patients, community and business partners in reducing healthcare costs, improving healthcare quality...
WAITSBURG-In just a few minutes of conversation with siblings Doug Biolo and Janet Laurence, it becomes clear that their new business is truly a labor of love. Nancy's Dream Garden Center, located at 503 W. 2nd Street, in Waitsburg, was born in memory of their mother, Nancy Aronson, who passed away in September. "Mom always wanted a garden center, but this is more than she would ever have dreamed," Laurence said. While the first big shipment of plants isn't due for another couple of weeks, the...
WALLA WALLA-Sherwood Trust is offering two free workshops to help organizations learn how to nurture and engage volunteers on Tues., April 23 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. and Wed., April 24 from 8:30 a.m. - noon. Workshops will be held at the Water & Environmental Center, Room 2023 at Building R on the Walla Walla Community College campus. Dinner, childcare and Spanish interpretation will be provided for the evening session. The same content will be provided on both days. Register online at...
WALLA WALLA-The Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days Royalty Court spent much of last weekend working at a yard sale to raise funds for their upcoming season of travel. The young ladies will represent Walla Walla throughout the Pacific Northwest, traveling as far as Cheyenne, Wyo. The court was selected in late October, and kicked off their season with appearances in the Walla Walla Veteran's Day Parade, followed by the Dayton and Waitsburg Christmas parades. Waitsburg High School senior Devon...
COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Wash. & Ore.—A gap in the federal contract that provides fish counting services will mean a delay in the web-posting of the counts of adult salmon passing through U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fish ladders this spring. A contract with Normandeau Associates of Bedford, N.H. ended Feb. 28, 2019 and a new fish-counting contract was competitively sourced and awarded to Four Peaks Environmental Science & Data Solutions from Wenatchee, Wash. The new contractor was scheduled t...
DAYTON-The Touchet Valley Golf Course is open for the season, with a new fee schedule that makes an already enjoyable course even that much more pleasurable. Previously, greens fees were $18 for nine holes and $22 for 18 holes. Now, a flat $20 fee gets all-day play. Power carts can be rented for $15. "One of the greatest things about this course is that it is so playable for all levels of players. It's a shorter course, that still challenging. It's walkable, and really, really good for seniors...
Two new candidates vie for seats against a slate of returning incumbents WAITSBURG-It was a good turnout for Waitsburg's City Council Candidates Forum at Town Hall on Mon., March 25. All candidates were in attendance except for Marty Dunn who is running unopposed for mayor. Jim Davison facilitated the evening. Candidates were asked to share briefly why they were running for council and what they hoped to accomplish. Introductions were followed by a meet-and-greet with the audience. First-time...
“Winter’s Last Gasp”, 2019. "Photographically speaking, this is my favorite time of year - green winter wheat contrasting with earth tones and the exquisite sensuous shapes of melting drifts and cornices. Everyone in Waitsburg knows this scene along Middle Waitsburg Road, which I consider to be the long and scenic driveway to my 'country estate.' We are incredibly fortunate to live in such an exquisitely beautiful place," said Waitsburg Photographer Bill Rodgers....
DAYTON—About forty people gathered in the Delany Room last week to help kick off the first in a series of discussions regarding the planned 9.7-mile Waitsburg-to-Dayton Multi-use Path. Alexandra Stone, a landscape architect with the National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program was the guest speaker at the Dayton Chamber-sponsored Cup of Joe. Stone said the main thrust of the meeting was to gather concerns and interests to let a steering committee begin more focused work, in a sustained way. “Think about a dream...
WAITSBURG—On March 14, Detective Tim Hollingsworth, the digital forensic examiner for the area, spent the afternoon speaking with Preston Hall and Waitsburg High School students about Cyberbullying and Social Media Concerns. That evening, he addressed the community on the same topic. Because digital forensic training is so expensive, Hollingsworth said he provides services throughout the region. Hollingsworth is also the ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) investigator, the tactical commander for the Walla Walla SWAT team and the law e...
DAYTON-Railroad enthusiast and author Thomas Hillebrant spoke about the history of the Walla Walla and Dayton Rails at the Dayton Historic Depot on Mar. 21. Hillebrant said there was a "great clamor" from local grain producers, early on, to tap into world markets by rail. He said the first local rail ran from Wallula to Touchet and had wood rails. Baker Boyer Bank Founder Dr. Dorsey Baker financed it and it was completed in 1875. A "spider's web" of competing rail routes soon ensued, including...
WALLA WALLA-The Blues Crews tackled its first project of the season by repairing and upgrading a section of trail at Bennington Lake on Sat., March 23. Twenty-one volunteers showed up to remove brush and place 16 tons of gravel. Blues Crews volunteer with the Blue Mountain Land Trust to improve the quality and accessibility of local trails. Anyone who wants to lend a hand is welcome. Upcoming work parties are scheduled at Fort Walla Walla Natural Area on March 30 and Rooks Park on June 1. Join...
Makenna Barron prepares to plant a pie in the face of dad Charlie Barron at the Waitsburg Lions Club Family Night last week. See Club Notes on Page 5....
WAITSBURG—In honor of National Library Week the Weller Public Library will host a coloring contest running April 8-12. Coloring pages can be picked up at the library on March 28 and April 1. Entries must be turned in by April 6 to the library to select the winner for a prize. Ages 3 through 13 are eligible....
This "Don't Smoke - Pet a Cat" poster by Skylar M. won the most votes in the Columbia County Public Health Department's Great American Smoke-Out Poster Contest. Her poster will soon be seen gracing a local billboard....
SPOKANE, Wash.—Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) was named as a finalist for the Democracy Awards by the Congressional Management Foundation. She is recognized for excellence in the “Life in Congress” – Workplace Environment category, which highlights offices that have established policies and cultures that enhance the work-life fit and professional development of their staffs. This is McMorris Rodgers’ second year to be recognized by the CMF. In 2018, she received the Democracy Award for Innovation. Twelve House and Senate of...
Show and Tell Board members received a summary of the training and implementation steps to recreate a highly capable K-12 program in the District. Emphasis is on adopting identification criteria expected by the state and determining project-based activities for those students identified as highly capable. That process will begin this year with assessment in the 5th grade. The board thanked Kirsten Frankie, Jeff McCann, Sara Ortuno and Amber Olson for their work with the program. Superintendent’s Report (Doug Johnson) -The District will s...
When a medical emergency occurs the City of Waitsburg and its surrounding homes and farms face challenges, as do all rural areas, in EMS response times and transport times to an emergency room. This monthly column, written by former firefighter and paramedic Randy Charles, is aimed at providing area residents, who are faced with a medical or traumatic event, some kind of knowledge and skills that can be utilized to help a stricken individual while waiting for EMS. OVERVIEW There are various types and degrees of burns. They can be caused by...
Columbia County Health System staff participated in live training on Wed., March 20. Staff experienced hazmat scenario training and worked with doctors on intubation, sutures and stapling. Staff members practiced suturing on chicken breasts and pig hearts, intubated pig lungs and used a videoscope to intubate dummies....
WALLA WALLA—On April 9, 2019 at 7 p.m. in Cordiner Hall, the Walla Walla Symphony will welcome award-winning mandolin player Sierra Hull as the guest artist for two new works by living composer Ofer Ben-Amots: Concertino and The Bluegrass Suite. Both of these lively works are infused with the styles of klezmer and bluegrass music and will also feature Walla Walla Symphony principal clarinet Shannon Scott and banjo player Keith Reed. The Walla Walla Symphony will also perform one of Beethoven’s most celebrated works, Symphony No. 3, “Er...
WAITSBURG-Martha Mason and Anne Haley have come together to share an assortment of artworks ranging from letterpress prints and monotypes to paintings and drawings. These works are on display now through April at Ten Ton Coffee on Main Street. "The theme of the show is how different we are," says Mason," we've been friends for years, but we're polar opposites." "Anne and I met in my design class. She's an amazing woman and a very bright lady who's talented in the fiber arts, knows design...
A column by Carolyn Henderson There's a lot more you can do with an old horseshoe than nail it over your doorway for luck. At least, if you're Annie Behlau of Milton-Freewater, who creates sculptures of everything from Scottish Terriers to modern dancers, using old horseshoes and their ilk. "I gather steel scrap from salvage yards, junk piles, yard sales, and farms," the artist, who raised her now grown family on a 100-acre farm just outside of Dayton says. "I also use horseshoes gotten from my...
DAYTON—It was a full house at the March 18 meeting of the Columbia County Rural Library Board as area residents showed up to voice concerns about library policies and practices. Board chair Tanya Patton thanked the community for their willingness to be involved, saying there were more people in attendance at the meeting than she had seen at all the meetings in 13 years prior. The meeting opened with an introduction of board of trustee members, their education and their work backgrounds. Sarah R...
DAYTON—If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, then why doesn’t the county have a dedicated human resources manager? Now, issues surrounding Shakira Bye’s termination from the library on Mar. 1 are prompting the county commissioners to take a more active role in library board operations. When the commissioners met with Library Board Chair Tanya Patton and Board Trustee Karin Spann last week, they wanted answers about practices and policies regarding library staff. Commissioner Chuck...
K.C. Kuykendall, Kevin House, Terry Jacoy, Jim Romine and Mayor Marty Dunn were present. Kate Hockersmith was absent. Public Comment -Walla Walla Conservation District Manager Renee Hadley said that a leadership group for the Touchet Valley will kick off with an event in Prescott on June 8. -Karen Gregutt thanked the City for support of Waitsburg Cottages over the last 11 years. -Joy Smith made available the Commercial Club’s annual program of work. Effective April 1, vendors will be able to sha...
