Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG—Preschool teacher Marci Jo Lanning shared photographs of her students during a recent field trip to Klickers for pumpkins. Secondary Principal Report – Stephanie Wooderchak Parent-teacher conferences for middle and high school are Oct. 24 and 25. Character Strong Preston Hall Middle School and Waitsburg High School students and staff have been working with a new program called Character Strong. Middle school students and staff, and high school students and staff, are working together to learn the value of kindness, community and sup...
Some people have very few nice things to say about broccoli. Culinary preferences aside, it's worth looking at broccoli closely to marvel at its makeup: each head consists of many little heads – florets – repeated over and over In the world of mathematics as well as art, this is called fractalization: the repetition of the same shape, in various sizes and formats, to create a cohesive whole. "Both cauliflower and broccoli are one big shape, and when taken apart, they are still the same sha...
Students and their parents were honored for their hard work so far this DW football season on Senior Night. Newly renovated commercial kitchens at the Waitsburg School District Open House held Oct. 19. The Kenneth M. Zuger Field House dedication ceremony....
DAYTON—The Delany Room was packed on Monday night as the Columbia County Planning Commission heard from the public and from stakeholders interested in a Site Plan Development Agreement Application for a proposed bitcoin mining center to be located on Columbia Rural Electric Administration property east of Dayton. After a short presentation from Leonard Ruff, the architect for the applicant, Eastern Mineland LLC, and followed by a lengthy Q&A session, the three members of Planning Commission present deliberated on the merits of the bitcoin m...
DAYTON— Columbia County Planning Director Meagan Bailey presented a list of 10 final docket items for inclusion in the 2020 Comprehensive Plan update to the board of county commissioners last week. However, Docket Items 8 and 9, which drew the most negative response from the public during an October 8 planning commission meeting, were removed. Bailey told the commissioners that Docket Item 8 was a request from the planning staff to revise the AR-2 minimum parcel size, which is a 10 acre/dwelling unit maximum density, and is more commonly called...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Public Transportation Board of Commissioners has placed General Manager Dwight Robanske on paid administrative leave without giving any explanation as to what is being investigated, or why. County Commissioner Mike Talbott said that an investigation will begin this week when attorneys from the state risk pool are brought up to date on the issue. “We don’t know anything, and we’re not going to know anything, until they make their decision,” said Talbott. Meanwhile the CCPT staff will cover duties normally performed...
DAYTON-Chelsey Eaton has been busy since beginning work three months ago as the program coordinator for the county public health department. Eaton said the health department just received a grant for $6,000 from Puget Sound Energy Foundation to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) replacement batteries and pads, for the ones already in use, and for training personnel in how to use them in real life situations. "I went around the community and quite a few were expired," said Eaton....
Main Street wouldn't look the same were it not for the outstanding efforts of Pacific Power Lineman Doug Hinds. Hinds has been busy wrapping the lamp posts on Dayton's Main Street with LED light strings. He said he will soon begin placing the Christmas banners on the lamp posts, and he will trim the Christmas tree in front of Elk Drug with lights for Christmas Kickoff, and the Christmas season. He will also help Dayton Elementary School kids hang Christmas decorations on the...
DAYTON—The state of Washington has recognized the Dayton Elementary and Dayton Middle School for sustained improvement in student assessments over a five year period. “So that’s something to be happy with,” said Superintendent Doug Johnson at last week’s school board meeting. The Educational Service District will host an award ceremony for the schools in their region sometime in the near future, he said. Johnson also said that there are some students in the district experiencing homelessn...
Oct. 17, 2018 Present at last week’s meeting of the Waitsburg City Council were Mayor Marty Dunn and Council members K.C. Kuykendall, Terry Jacoy, Kevin House and Kate Hockersmith – as well as student representative Leena Baker, who has returned to the Council for another year of service. The meeting began with a presentation by a representative of the Walla Walla County Department of Community Health concerning a recently released report on the department’s spending in areas related to affor...
WAITSBURG-The Society for Creative Anachronism held its Baron's Ball at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds Oct. 6 and 7. King Christian and Queen Héléne hosted combat competitions and vendors in authentic garb. The SCA is an international education society that started in 1966. The group selectively recreates pre-seventeenth-century European life, including combat, archery, equestrian activities, costuming, cooking, metalwork, woodworking, music, dance, calligraphy and fiber arts. The kingdom of An T...
DAYTON—The Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation has released a list of ten courthouses to receive grants for rehabilitation projects, and the Columbia County Courthouse is on the list. If state legislators include the rehabilitation projects in their Capital Budget for 2019-21, there could be a new HVAC system installed at the courthouse in November 2019, said county Maintenance Director Dave Finney. Finney said the county has been talking about replacing the aging...
( The Bluegrass Kids meet Wednesday afternoons to practice classic songs with mentor Kate Hockersmith....
Sometimes, when we're nervous about how a particular endeavor will turn out, we close our eyes and hope for the best. And while this technique does work now and then, it's not the best plan when you're creating an acrylic pour painting. According to Walla Walla painter Joyce Klassen, it takes "imagination, spontaneity, the willingness to get down and dirty in the process, and the courage of knowing when to quit." Specifically, you pour a number of different colored acrylic paints in a cup, then...
DAYTON—Forty businesses participated in the first of its kind Main Street Open House, during Dayton on Tour, according to Chamber Director Melissa Bryan. And as a result, there are several sale offers pending, she said. Bryan said that local hotels and motels were at, or close to, full occupancy during the event. “The Art show at Wenaha Gallery was a smashing success, with 75 folks listening to the astronaut (Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger),” said Bryan. AJ Carriages provided event goers free...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg Parks and Recreation Board is now hosting public meetings on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Present at the most recent meeting were board members Danielle Carpenter, Justin Stegall, Wyatt Withers and Sandra Morrison. Treasurer Wyatt Withers reported a balance of $1,417, with no deposits or debits pending. Old Business The board discussed possible postponement for the planned levy initiative, due to the Dec. 14 deadline fast approaching. A proposed budget w...
City official Jake Adams works to update Waitsburg's Main St. fire hydrants. Following last month's fire, fire fighters had trouble stemming the flow due to gravel in the line. The gravel was thought to have been leftover from a previous fire. The excavation pictured has since been paved over....
DAYTON—The Dayton chapter of the American Association of University Women held a Candidates’ Forum to allow voters in Columbia County to hear from and ask questions of candidates for local races. Candidates for Columbia County Sheriff, Columbia County Commissioner from Dist. 3 and Columbia County Treasurer all appeared, along with candidates for two local seats in the Washington State House of Representatives. Columbia County Sheriff Columbia County Chief Deputy Joe Helm and Narcotics Deputy Jeff Jenkins share many ideas on how to move the She...
WAITSBURG-National 4-H week is underway in Walla Walla County. Local groups are taking to storefronts to create displays representing their areas of expertise. "Our club, Homegrown Go Wild, does...everything," said general leader Cindy Daves during the installation. This year the group added shooting sports to their already impressive repertoire. "We became the Walla Walla County Shooting Sports Club on top of doing livestock, cooking, food preservation, photography, science, art and public...
WAITSBURG-Waitsburg musician and wine writer Paul Gregutt, has released a single and accompanying video for his song "Lights Out." The song was written by Gregutt and recorded at Super Plaid Studios in Walla Walla. The video's scenes were filmed by Gregutt's wife, Karen Stanton-Gregutt, in Seattle's homeless encampments. It was edited by Moe Shore, who overlaid somber shots of Gregutt strumming his acoustic guitar under a spotlight. The lyrics paint a picture of a general homeless character, as...
DAYTON-Former astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger was at the Wenaha Gallery Saturday during Dayton on Tour to present "Rocks to Rockets," the story of her evolution from a third grader inspired by geology and the astronaut Sally Ride to becoming part of a crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. In April 2010 the Discovery, with a crew of 13, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center with six tons of equipment and supplies for the International Space Station. "This was really an awesome time,"...
On Saturday, founder and master distiller Rusty Figgins released his new brandy, Clos Sainte-Rose XO, Edition No. 2, at XO Alambic, a distillery located at the Blue Mountain Station in Dayton. Figgins said this brandy is named after the historic St. Rose Mission in the Walla Walla Valley. Figgins said mission clergy blessed and served their own supply of brandy, after their communion wine had spoiled during the long trek westward. Clos Sainte-Rose XO received the Gold Medal for Best Brandy in...
DAYTON-Woodcarver Tom Schirm won Best of Show and Best in the Nation for the Year, at the National Fish Carving Championship, for his decorative life-sized carving of a west slope cutthroat trout. The event took place Sept. 8 and 9, in Vancouver, Wash. Schirm also won Best of Division for all Miniatures, and Judge's Choice 2nd Best of Show, for his carving of a miniature brown trout, Schirm is a habitat biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Dayton. He has been carving...
DAYTON-Western music artist Dave Stamey will perform at the Liberty Theater in Dayton at 7 p.m. on Oct. 18. Stamey was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame in 2016. He has been voted entertainer of the year seven times, male performer of the year seven times and songwriter of the year five times by the Western Music Association. In 2010, 2011 and 2013, True West Magazine named Stamey best living western solo musician, and Western Horseman has declared his Vaquero Song to be one of the...
This Sunday, the Waitsburg Christian Church chose to forgo regular church service and instead performed various service projects for the community. The two big projects were clearing out the empty lot between the Anchor Bar and Whoop em Up restaurant, as well as clearing out the lot at 101 Main St. They also painted a porch, mowed lawns, and removed debris from yards. "The smiles and laughter I heard from those cutting trees, pulling weeds, and trimming shrubs was exactly what I needed to fill...
