Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON—Dayton Alumni Weekend will take place the weekend of July 14-16 according to Dell Groom, who graduated from Dayton High School in 1957, and who serves on the Alumni Association Committee as Parade Chairman. On Friday, most of the classes work on their individual floats,” Groom said. On Saturday, an hour before, and during the parade, alumni will be able to register, pay dues, buy raffle tickets or visit on the corner of 2nd Street and Main Street. Money from the dues will go toward sch...
WAITSBURG – The July 6 Waitsburg Tree Committee meeting was short and sweet. Committee chair Kevin House, andmembers Ethan Carpenter and Kate Hockersmith briefly discussed current and upcoming tree-related projects and agreed to meet again in October. The committee was pleased to receive confirmation from Hockersmith that the Rural Youth Enrichment Services nonprofit organization voted "yes" to adding the Urban Forestry Project to their umbrella of enriching youth activities. Currently, RYES is...
Who hasn't at least wondered what it would be like to be a rock musician? Each year since 2009, 50 Walla Walla area teens get to find out firsthand what it's like to prepare and produce a Rock 'n' Roll concert by attending Walla Walla Rock Camp. The week-long intensive music experience is a joint venture of the Walla Walla Symphony, Walla Walla Public Schools, and the Walla Walla Blues Society, and is directed by Waitsburg's own Roger Garcia. The camp concludes with a free public concert on...
DAYTON – Things are pretty quiet around Dayton's historic Liberty Theater these days – at least when it comes to the air conditioning and heating system. Theater Manager Kirsten Schober says she is thrilled with the newly installed HVAC system that is not only ultra energy-efficient, but also "completely silent." Schober said that when the Touchet Valley Arts Council (TVAC) was formed, the organization agreed to put 5% of ticket revenues into a long-term maintenance fund for planned upg...
Forty youth and adult volunteers from Dayton and Waitsburg boarded a bus and headed to Malibu Club YoungLife Camp, located 100 miles north of Vancouver, British Columbia, last week....
Ant farms and aquatic bug farms were the topics at last Wednesday's program for youth at the Dayton Memorial Library. Above: Aeryelle Spring holds her daughter Avery as they check out bugs during last week's Summer Reading Program....
Waitsburg patriots, were greeted by a red-white-and blue clad crowd as they celebrated the 4th of July with the town's traditional Patriot's Parade. The procession was followed by a short gathering at the hardware store and a community potluck at Preston Park. Leading the parade were veterans....
WAITSBURG – Former F.B.I investigator turned apple detective, David Benscoter, will be in Waitsburg this fall, and he needs your help. Kate Hockersmith invited the celebrated heirloom apple expert to visit the Waitsburg and Walla Walla area and is putting together a list of site visits in advance. "We're looking for people who own old apple trees and think they might have something special," Hockersmith. Benscoter, whose accomplishments were even recognized in the New York Times in May, uses h...
CCHS will welcome applications from displaced Walla Walla General Hospital employees DAYTON-Phase 3 of the Dayton General Hospital renovation and enhancement project will come to an end in July. The total construction project is 83.57% complete, said CEO Shane McGuire at the June Hospital District Board meeting. "The parking lot is finished, and the new signs have been placed at the entrance. The new nurse work area is up and running in the Emergency Department. The lab has been cleaned, and...
Arraignments: Scott E. Watkins, 38, Dayton. Charged with second degree arson, two counts of attempted residential burglary, and third degree malicious mischief. Eyewitnesses allege Watkins attempted to enter two separate residences and tried to burn down a storage tent. In another case, Watkins is charged with third degree assault – substantial pain. Watkins was booked into jail in May where he is alleged to have gotten into a physical altercation with a family member that was already incarcerated. At the time, both parties told police the i...
DAYTON – Dayton’s Blue Mountain Station will be home to a new bake shop starting July 15th when Michelle Swan opens the doors of Mama Swan’s Sweet Treats to the public during the station’s FoodStock event. The shop will feature various baked goods, including: handmade cakes, cupcakes, cookies, cheesecakes, and other specialty deserts. Swan says they will also feature her signature sugar cookies, as well as offering wedding cake services. All of the baking done for the shop will be carried out by Swan herself, and the front-of-house will be ran...
Art students from Dixie, Walla Walla and Dayton took part in a five-hour watercolor workshop held on the grounds of the Boldman House Museum last week. The instructor was Joyce Anderson, a local art teacher from Walla Walla....
Twenty-five middle schoolers, and several chaperones, from Dayton and Waitsburg loaded up to attend Wyldlife Camp at the Washington Family Ranch located outside Antelope, Ore. Wyldlife provides youth the opportunity to have fun while developing relationships with caring, supportive adults who share the love of Christ....
WAITSBURG - In spite of a wetter-than-usual winter and spring, fire fighters have already been busy this season. Crews have been battling three wildfires, covering tens of thousands of acres south and east of Wenatchee. With the onset of warmer weather, burn bans have taken effect across the state. Columbia-Walla Walla Fire District No. 2 has imposed a bans on all open burning, effective July 3. The burn ban in Walla Walla County, which includes the City of Waitsburg, will be effective through...
Forty-two children enjoyed the Dino Digs Vacation Bible School at the Starbuck Community Church last week. Dayton and Waitsburg VBS programs will take place later this month. Maker Fun Factory The Waitsburg Christian Church and Presbyterian Church will join together to host Maker Fun Factory VBS July 17-21 from 9-11:30 a.m. a.m. But kids can get a head start on the fun by creating a robot for the robot contest by July 9. Robots can be made from any material, can be as large or small as you like, and can resemble a person or animal. Robots must...
The off-leash park is near completion thanks to strong community support DAYTON--Generous donations, grants, and volunteer efforts are paying off for the Friends of the Dayton Dog Park, as their dream of having an off-leash park for dogs is becoming a reality, said Carol Rahn, who is co-captain on the FDDP steering committee, along with Candy Jones. Rahn called the city's donation of land for the park, "a magical gift from heaven". The city also supplied dirt to the site, and the city crew...
Renowned horse trainer, Buck Brannaman, was in Dayton over the weekend, offering Colts, and Horsemanship 1 clinics. Brannaman is known worldwide for his successful training using the vaquero tradition; working with the horse's nature and using an understanding of how horses thing to communicate and train them. Brannaman led a clinic in Aintree, United Kingdom before his Dayton clinic and is in Corvallis, Ore. this week....
It wasn't quite the 4th of July, but June 27 was a true Independence Day for the brood of birds that began their life just outside the door of The Times. Mama Bird made her nest in the light fixture above our front door, just as she had the year before. But this year tragedy struck. Teeny (McMunn) came to work on June 22 to find the nest had fallen behind the newspaper box. She texted me, saying the birds were still alive but "I'm sure I should call Hospice." Two birds were still inside the grou...
In the summer months, there tends to be less 'hard' news and sports, which leaves room for columns and features, which I think are a lot more fun. In May, The Times received a head's up from 1964 Prescott High School grad, Phil Stevens, that former Waitsburg general store owner, Edward L. Powell, was the subject of a "Then and Now" feature in the Spokesman Review. I marked the email to take a look at later. When I finally got around to researching the story last week I was fascinated, not just...
DAYTON – Dayton artist Steve Henderson and his wife, Carolyn, were a bit apprehensive when their son, Jordan, announced his desire to visit Colombia. Now that Jordan is home safe-and-sound, his parents can breathe a sigh of relief and take pride and enjoyment in sharing the art Jordan created during his adventure. Steve and Carolyn had bicycled through Colombia 30 years prior, and felt they had little option other than to be encouraging and supportive when their son said he wanted a similar expe...
Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon. 10:30 a.m. Broken River, by J. Robert Lennon (Psychological Thriller) – A new family moves into the house years later seeking a fresh start, but distance isn’t enough to overcome the baggage and deception they bring along with them. Before long, both the mother and daughter, under pseudonyms on the same internet forum, begin to investigate what happened to the previous occupants, setting into motion a collision between the past and the p...
Over 100 people attended Waitsburg's first Free Family Swim Day on Saturday. Free swimming and lunch were provided by the Waitsburg Resource Center. The Friends of the Waitsburg Pool will sponsor a Free Family Swim Day on July 22 and the Waitsburg Lions will sponsor another on August 19....
DAYTON--On June 22, Chief Financial Officer Cheryl Skiffington presented the Columbia County Health System Board of Commissioners with the American Hospital Association and the Washington State Hospital Association positions regarding the U.S. Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, which is the Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The CCHS pays dues to both hospital associations, Skiffington said. “This is not partisan,” she clarified. Skiffington read...
POMEROY—Sharing emergency management services, as a cost-reduction measure, was the topic of discussion when the Columbia County Commissioners and Columbia County Emergency Management Director Lisa Caldwell met with commissioners from Garfield and Asotin counties, the Garfield County Emergency Management Director, two Greater Spokane Area emergency management deputy directors, as well as a representative from the Washington State Military Department, on June 13. The major area of concern for C...
WAITSBURG – Following nearly two years of planning and preparation, Waitsburg’s Main Street Bridge will finally close on July 5. Demolition and replacement will follow, with the expectation that a new bridge will be ready for use this fall, City Manager Randy Hinchliffe told city council members at their June 21 meeting. Environmental regulations require that work in the river takes place during the low fish window which, unfortunately, coincides with harvest. Hinchliffe said that in-stream wor...
