Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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We hear a lot about the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, to the point that someone created a clever acronym – STEM – for verbal emphasis. Lately, STEM has changed to STEAM as art was added to the mix, and to painter Steve Henderson, art is far more than one little letter in an acronym. "The world needs art," the Dayton artist, who sells his original paintings and prints nationally and internationally, says. "It sounds trite, but I believe it deeply. It has alw...
WAITSBURG-As reported recently in The Times, Mrs. Hinchliffe's first grade students are raising salmon with the help of Andrew Bassler from the Tri-State Steelheaders. So far, the salmon eggs have half-hatched and progressed to the alevin stage. Alevin have a yolk sac attached to their bellies which is to be their nutrient source for the following 30 days. They hide among the gravel, avoiding predators, or in this case excited young onlookers. Students worked with Bassler to create booklets...
Nov. 14, 2018 DAYTON—The Dayton City Council held the first of three public hearings for the city’s proposed $7,078,230 budget for 2019, during their monthly meeting last week. The budget reflects an increase of 3.9% over 2018’s, and it includes rate increases for water and sewer utilities that will go into effect in January. The proposed increase is $5.95 for sewer and $4.05 for water, for a residential unit within the city limits. Mayor Craig George said the purpose of the increase is to help...
WAITSBURG—Waitsburg’s Homegrown Go Wild 4-H club took home gold at 4-H’s Achievement Awards night, winning Small Club of the Year and First Place Window Display for their displays in a storefront on Main Street. William Hong won a project medal for science. Sarah Hong-Daves won the Farm Bureau Garden Award and gained project medals in Science, Gardening and the Food & Nutrition categories. Timothy Daves garnered the position of Washington State 4-H Ambassador Representing the Southeast Distr...
Waitsburg High School hosted an assembly honoring Veterans Friday. Associated Student Body leadership shared background information about the holiday which originated as "Armistice Day" on Nov. 11 1919 as the first anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1926, Congress passed a resolution for an annual observance beginning in 1938. This year, the American Legion was recognized for its outstanding service to the community....
DAYTON—During a presentation to members of the public last week, Washington State Parks Planner Laura Moxham gave an overview of plans being developed for three area state parks: Lyons Ferry, Palouse Falls and Lewis and Clark Trail. Before inviting the public to share their ideas for the parks, Moxham discussed some of the pros and cons of each park. She said that since being designated the state’s official waterfall in 2014, increasing numbers of people are visiting Palouse Falls State Park, up from 85,000 visitors in 2010, to around 190...
DAYTON—Dayton is known as “The Town that Still Believes,” and to celebrate the holidays once again, the Dayton Chamber of Commerce is putting on the 12th annual Christmas Kickoff celebration the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. On Friday the Backroads Club in Dayton will hold its Ugly Xmas Sweater 5k walk/run, on a 3.2 mile course around town, starting and ending at the Columbia County Courthouse. The race is dog, stroller and wheelchair friendly, and there are cash prizes in individual and group-related categories, said organizer Rache...
Many of us here have seen Markeeta Little Wolf on her frequent walking excursions around Waitsburg. Of late she has been out and walking more than usual. Her husband, Mike Hubbard, tells The Times that she has just completed her goal of walking a million steps in a month – actually doing it in 28 days, a million and change. Mike, who has been sitting in a chair, supporting her effort from the sidelines, adds that Markeeta would cross streets diagonally or sometimes circle in order to gain m...
Inspiration strikes at the oddest times, often when we're doing something supremely ordinary. For artist Sheryl Parsons, who creates holiday sculptures from gourds, driftwood, clay and repurposed objects, inspiration whisked in while she was chopping wood, back when she lived in North Pole, Alaska. "I noticed that some of the slabs that chipped off when I missed the center of the logs had a shape that would lend itself to painting Santa figures on," Parsons remembers. "The flat sides only needed...
More than two years ago, members of the Dayton Kiwanis Club had a vision to send high school students to Washington D.C. to reinforce leadership skills and give them an inside look at democracy in action using the nation’s capital as a living classroom. The club received a donation and a grant from Blue Mountain Community Foundation. The group is called Dayton Kiwanis Road to Leadership. Working with Dayton High School and the Close Up Washington D.C. nonprofit organization, the group offered s...
DAYTON-Dayton Mayor Craig George was given the Citizen of the Year award last week at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce's annual Awards Banquet. George, who is in his third term as mayor, was traveling, and unable to attend the banquet. George recently announced that he will be stepping down from his position early next year. In her introduction to the award, Chamber Manager Melissa Bryan said that George "has shown complete dedication to Dayton, advocating for our community locally and statewide....
WAITSBURG-Students at Waitsburg Elementary are taking on a new responsibility this year: raising salmon. First-grade teacher Stephanie Hinchliffe is leading the project with the help of Andrew Bassler from the Tri-State Steelheaders. The project made its way onto Waitsburg Elementary School radar through a chance meeting. "My husband [Waitsburg city administrator Randy Hinchliffe] heard about this organization looking for a teacher willing to raise these salmon and I said-uh, yeah I want to...
DAYTON-Whimsical costumes, confectionary props and a 70s vibe will captivate the audience that turns out to see the Touchet Valley Arts Council's 18th-annual fall musical production of "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka," which will debut at the Liberty Theater on Nov. 15. The show is based on the book, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," by Roald Dahl, and tells the story of the enigmatic Willy Wonka, who stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five candy bars made in his candy factory. The pr...
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DAYTON-Judy Miller, a former Center Manager for Lincare in Walla Walla, is the new Clinic Director for Columbia Family Clinic and Waitsburg Clinic. Miller has been on the job Oct. 22, getting to know the staff in the clinics and hospital. An assessment of the clinics was recently performed by an outside consulting firm, and Miller said she and the staff will be looking into changes that will enhance the patient experience. Miller and her husband, Miles, like to spend time viewing the area...
DAYTON—An endowment to pay for all annual 4-H memberships has just been announced by WSU Dayton Extension Agent Paul Carter. In 2017 the state instituted an annual $25 membership fee for attendance in 4-H, a move Carter says was discriminatory to families having financial difficulties. So he set about to see what could be done to help them Carter said he recently met with the Blue Mountain Community Foundation to start the process of creating an endowment. The initial need is for $10,000 to e...
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg Home and School Association hosted their annual Halloween Monster Mash on Oct 26 featuring a costume contest and a cake walk. Costume contest winners: best Disney character Audrey Kiefel "Merida" most creative Arrow Groom "Shark Bite" and judge's choice "Scuba Baby." HASA wishes to thank the community for their continued support. HASA's will return for the spring carnival....
Travis Bramer istalls new signage on Main St, Waitsburg. This, along with lights will complete the festive look for the upcoming season....
October 25, 2018 WAITSBURG—Board members Danielle Carpenter, Justin Stegall, Wyatt Withers and Sandra Morrison were in attendance at the Oct. 25 meeting. Treasurer Withers reported a balance of $1,417, with no deposits or debits pending. New Business: The board unanimously passed a motion to postpone seeking a levee this spring until further budget research and a two-to-five-year strategic plan is developed. The board is drafting a letter of intent to present the city council with regarding t...
WAITSBURG-The Plaza theater was haunted by all sorts of spirits Sunday during the annual Boograss concert held by the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project (TVAMP). About 80 people attended the concert to see performances from local musical groups and bid on donated items in a silent auction. The lineup began with the youngest musicians: the TVAMP kids fronted by Noah Moser who sang classic "I'll fly away." Noah said he was not nervous to play in front of so many people. "I've been doing it all...
DAYTON-Kim Clark, General Manager of Ski Bluewood wants to get the word out about $400,000 worth of facility improvements that are sure to make this year's skiing even more "uplifting." "We have just completed the first lift improvement since 1986," he said. Clark said the old platter-pull has been removed and replaced with two conveyor-type lifts, one of which is the 120 ft. Easy Rider, with two separate teaching pods. The other is a completely covered, 400 ft. long, teaching area. The idea is...
DAYTON-Charles Eaton and his wife, Nancy, are looking into housing availability before they leave their home in the Portland area and he begins work as Columbia County's new public works director on Dec. 3. Friday will be Eaton's last day as the Engineering Director for the City of Milwaukee, Ore, he said. The Eatons both agree that living in a small community is preferable to the Portland "rat race." "This looked like the perfect job for me," said Charles Eaton. "I worked in Amity, Ore. for a...
Nina Jake, Lane Gwinn, Issaac Jake, and Lu Murano don their handmade masks at Ten Ton Coffee Saturday. The event was the first of its kind in the area and an instant hit....
DAYTON—The Columbia County Health System is close to signing a lease for the Port-owned building formerly occupied by Columbia County District Court, according to CEO Shane McGuire. During last week’s hospital district board meeting, McGuire said that the space will be used for the Certified Nursing Assistant program, as well as for an offsite education facility. McGuire told the hospital district commissioners that the first round of payments have been received from Washington Rural Health Acc...
WALLA WALLA-Waitsburg artist Bill Rodgers volunteered at the fourth-annual Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. The two-day event, held on Walla Walla's Main street Saturday and Sunday, included a live DJ, a Shakespearean-themed "Pageant of the Dead" performed by local student groups, vendor booths, face-painting, food trucks and a steamroller printmaking event. For only five dollars, a person 12 or older could carve their own plate and have their design printed. Fabric prints are made by inki...
