Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg School Board, like most in the state, is faced with trying to determine an appropriate enrichment levy request amount in the face of financial unknowns created by the McLeary decision, also known as House Bill 2242. The plan was enacted to “fully fund” education, but districts are still unsure how the changes will play out. ESD 123 Superintendent Darcy Weisner spoke with the board about potential ramifications in October and board members reviewed possible levy request...
Secondary Principal’s Report: District completed a two-day engagement review and the district will remain accredited. The committee was very complimentary of the district and community. An official report will be presented at the December school board meeting. Veteran’s Day program and LEOs/Lions food drives were scheduled for Nov. The juniors completed ASVAB testing. Preston Hall ASB hosted a “black-out.” The ASB is planning to move away from dances in favor of more activity-based events. Preston Hall completed all conferences, and the hig...
Winners of the annual Festival of Trees FFA fundraiser this year were: Corral Wranglers 4-H - 1st Place and Karl Law Office - People's Choice....
Santa Claus made his way through Waitsburg via fire truck on Saturday morning, delivering stockings door-to-door to all the children in town. The visit was sponsored by the Waitsburg Resource Center....
Public is invited to attend advisory meetings DAYTON-Last week, Waitsburg School District Superintendent Dr. Jon Mishra and Dayton School District Superintendent Doug Johnson spoke about progress the Dayton/Waitsburg Advisory Combine committee is making on a full combine between the two schools for sports and other activities.. On Mon., Dec. 4, the committee will have met five times since Sept. 2017, to plan for a full combine for the 2018-19 school year. Driving the process is the lack of adequ...
Youth goat breeder is selected to JABGA board and is highlightedin rural living magazine WAITSBURG – When Texas goat expert Fred Homeyer met Grace Coulston, he was immediately impressed and asked her to share about herself in the "Goat Tips" article in the November 2017 Ranch & Rural Living magazine. Homeyer was judging a Boer goat show in Corvallis, Ore. when he was introduced to Coulston, who he describes as a "bright and shiny young person." Anyone who knows Coulston will agree that the t...
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Members of the Walla Walla Choral Society spent Friday afternoon in Dayton singing Christmas Carols at several businesses. They are seen here singing in Rey's Roast Coffee Shop on Main Street. The group will be in Waitsburg on Saturday afternoon during the Hometown Christmas event....
DAYTON – The Columbia County Commissioners and the Dayton Country Club Golf Board have been meeting to discuss contracts and agreements and to establish policies to satisfy state requirements that the county not gift public funds to the golf course operations. The county's maintenance department manager, Dave Finney, summed it up: "The subsidization by the county is too much. What is the responsibility of the county and stakeholders, so it is not so burdensome to the general taxpayer? We need to...
WAITSBURG – Every year, the second weekend after Thanksgiving, families flock to Waitburg’s Main Street to experience the one-of-a kind delights of Waitsburg’s Hometown Christmas. This year’s 32nd annual event will have all the old favorite festivities, with a few new surprises thrown in. Hometown Christmas is an all-around volunteer effort with preparations beginning well in advance of the weekend. Main Street becomes a winter wonderland as fire department volunteers hang wreathes and garland o...
A grain silo on Lower Waitsburg Road ruptured Wednesday, depositing its contents across Lower Waitsburg Road. The spill caused two vehicle mishaps. The cause of the rupture of the silo, owned by Northwest Grain Growers was unknown. Lower Waitsburg Road reopened on Monday....
Each year Safeway accepts donations that are pooled to purchase entire Thanksgiving dinners to be donated locally. This year, ten of those dinners were given to the Waitsburg Christian Church to be distributed in Waitsburg. Above: Tanya Hulce helped organized the ten Thanksgiving dinners going to Waitsburg residents....
DAYTON – A public hearing for the proposed Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program 2018-23, the proposed 2018 County Arterial Preservation Program, and the proposed 2018 Annual Construction Program, will be held on Dec. 4, as set by the BOCC in October. County Engineer Andrew Woods said funding has been secured for the first six projects on the TIP. Number one on the TIP list is the South Touchet Road Project, which calls for improving the intersections at Harting Grade Road and Robinette Mo...
DAYTON--Ladies grab your daughters, sisters, mothers, and friends and head out for some fun on Monday, between 5 and 8 p.m., for Dayton's annual Ladies Night Out event. The idea for Ladies Night Out originated at a quilt shop called the Hawthorne Gallery, owned by Patti Eaton. Ladies would stop by the shop for wine and appetizers, and create a wish list for Christmas and for other occasions for family members to fill, said Village Shoppes owner Candy Jones. It has been an annual tradition ever...
Dayton attracted hundreds of visitors Friday and Saturday as it celebrated its annual Christmas Kickoff event under sunny skies and cool temperatures....
Small towns celebrate birthdays in a big way! It was standing room only at the Waitsburg Hardware store as community members turned out to celebrate LZ Conover's 90th birthday with him on Wed., Nov. 15. LZ was presented with a farm-themed birthday cake and several local ladies brought pies to share. Above: LZ Conover (center back) visits as community members stand in line for a piece of cake or pie....
WAITSBURG – The new Main Street Bridge on Waitsburg's north end was set to be complete last week, but a complication with the rails has resulted in a delay. A potentially significant delay, depending on how the weather cooperates. City Manager Randy Hinchliffe told council members at the Nov. 15 regular city council meeting that the bridge may be finished this year, but could take as long as next spring to complete. Hinchliffe attributed the delay to the windowed side rails. "The s...
DAYTON—There will be a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 29 in the Dayton High School auditorium to discuss the DW athletic combine. An update will be given by the combine committee, with a question and answer period to follow. “The committee has agreed upon many parts of the combine, including how to hire coaches, where some of the practices and contests will be held, and how to deal with mascots, name and colors. More work needs to be done as the combine becomes closer to reality for the...
DAYTON – Columbia County Health System CEO Shane McGuire was recognized as a 2017 Community Star for Rural Healthcare by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Healthcare (NOSORH). McGuire was nominated by Pat Justis from the Washington State Department of Public Health who said, "he brings a clear and cogent voice to the discussion with innovative ideas and a hopeful attitude." A portion of McGuire's biography as listed in the NOSORH 2017 Community Stars publication reads: "...
While reading through the Blue Mountain Heritage Society Fall 2017 newsletter, I noticed a request for Amazon.com users to support BMHS, at no cost to themselves, through the Amazon Smile program. While The Times always recommends supporting local businesses first and foremost by shopping locally, we realize there are times when you will need to order online. If you do, you may as well support a local organization while you're at it. I decided to check out the program and discovered that there a...
Naylor continues to teach forestry and support local communities through volunteer service WAITSBURG – Local volunteer Lisa Naylor traveled to Albequerque, NM last week, where she was presented with the Presidential Field Foresters Award for District 1 (Alaska, Inland Empire, Oregon and Washington) by the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The award is given to those who have dedicated their professional careers to and displayed uncommon talent, skill, and innovation in forest management. S...
It takes a lot of skill to be controlled yet simultaneously spontaneous. For oil painter Laura Gable, the best place to achieve this is outside, regardless of the weather, as she paints en plein air, the French term for painting outside. "I am currently obsessed with the landscape and light/shadow patterns," the Kennewick artist says. "I like the intimacy of close places and the vastness of large skies." Gable describes art as a form of language, one she developed as a child as a means of...
Council members: Terry Jacoy, Kevin House, Jim Romine, Kate Hockersmith, Mayor Marty Dunn. Council member KC Kuykendall was excused. -Sherwood Trust CEO Danielle Garbe and Grants and Programs Administrator Lydia Caudill discussed the Sherwood Trust grant program and expressed their interest in partnering with and supporting Waitsburg. Caudill noted that Sherwood Trust also offers community training and asked if Waitsburg would be interested in a leadership program training. The pair had engaged in a community meet-and-greet at Town Hall...
Wildmans hope new gathering spot will preserve history and create jobs STARBUCK-When Carol and Floyd Wildman open a restaurant in the century-old building at 211 Main Street in Starbuck, they hope to provide a much-needed gathering place and create a few jobs for some local people. Carol Wildman said the building was originally the Starbuck Drug Store and was owned and operated by Vernon Whiting and Son until 1926 when the building was purchased by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was...
WAITSBURG – How much money is too much to spend when it comes to planning and preparing for a natural disaster? That's the question the Waitsburg City Council must be ready to decide at their December meeting. Two years ago, Waitsburg approached the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) about completing a flood feasibility study for the city through a federal program that shares both the cost of the study (planning) and construction following the study. The program requires municipalities to pay half o...
