Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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JACOB DUNN Exchange Club Youth of the Year $1,000 Exchange Club Youth fo the Year for the Northwest District $1,500 Council 2 Union Scholarship $5,000 Washington State University $3,000 Waitsburg Lion’s Club Scholarship in Memory of Tom Baker $1,500 Hevel Waitsburg Scholarship $1,000 Fancuillo-Douglas Scholarship $1,000 Waitsburg P.E.O. Citizenship Award $1,000 Waitsburg Fireman’s Association $500 Jacob will attend Washington State University JARED FARLEY Odako Club Scholarship $800 (Jared is the final member of the Odako Club Scholarship and...
The Jackson Family put together a festive float for the Starbuck Cattle Company in the Dayton Days Parade on Saturday....
Hearings examiner reminds attendees that marijuana businesses are legal in county DAYTON—Emotions ran high at last week’s public hearing on the application for a conditional use permit by Trailhead Cannabis Co. owner Kathy Sali of Yakima. Sali plans to operate a retail cannabis store at 36711 Hwy. 12, in Columbia County, just west of Dayton. Sali was not present at the meeting, and no testimony from her was taken. Nine local residents spoke before the Columbia County Hearings Examiner And...
WAITSBURG – Thirty-three seniors will end their high school careers with a walk down Kison Court during Waitsburg High School's 121st commencement ceremony on Friday. Baccalaureate will be held at the Waitsburg Christian Church at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Jacob Dunn is valedictorian of the Class of 2017, and Taylor Hays is salutatorian. Skylar Wood and Selena Mercado are honor speakers. Dunn, son of Marty and Becky Dunn, holds the top grade average in a very competitive class with a GPA of 3.984. H...
WAITSBURG - More than 130 alumni, friends, and family members attended the 113th annual Waitsburg Alumni Reunion and Banquet held at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room on Sat., May 27. The Karen Huwe Mohney Alumni Exemplary Service Award for 2017 was awarded to Ivan Keve. Ivan was ill and unable to attend so JK Keve and Jani Keve accepted the award on his behalf. A huge wine barell-top clock, crafted by Frank Reser, was auctioned to highest bidder Bob Collins of Walla Walla, with...
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DAYTON – Columbia County Public Transportation will offer ride service on Saturdays starting June 3, both in Dayton and on a round-trip route from Dayton to Walla Walla. The decision to start this program was made in spite of CCPT not receiving a grant it had applied for to fund the service, according to Interim General Manager Dwight Robanske. Many people had requested the service to be available on Saturdays, as they are busy with work during the operating hours on weekdays. This will be the first summer that CCPT is offering this service. T...
GRAND MOUND, Wash. – Dayton High School SHEO (Students Helping Each Other) team was awarded the Impact Award from the Spring Youth Forum for spreading awareness and providing training about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and Resilience at Great Wolf Lodge on May 17. The students competed against 49 teams from across the state. The Impact Award is given to recognize leadership in implementing the team project reaching the largest audience and making the biggest difference in the c...
DAYTON--An issue with barking dogs within the city limits was brought up by Public Works Director Jim Costello at last week’s Dayton City Council meeting. “People don’t like listening to other people’s dogs barking,” said Costello. In the past two weeks, Costello said he has received five or six complaints about barking dogs, and he wants people to know about a city ordinance governing the issue, and that there are penalties in place for noncompliance. Costello said he will personally investigate complaints about barking dogs, and if he hears...
WAITSBURG – This year's annual American Legion/Auxiliary Memorial Day Service included the addition of two names, Mel R. OpBroek and John A. Lanning, to the memorial wall, and included a muster for graduating seniors, David Just and T.J. Morrison. Legion Commander Ron Standring and Auxiliary President Rose Engelbrite opened the ceremony which began with a flag lowering by the Swine Swaggers 4-H group. Standring led in the Pledge of Allegiance and Pastor Matthew Wyatt provided the invocation. T...
WAITSBURG – WHS senior Jacob Dunn was named 2016-17 Walla Walla Exchange Club Youth of the Year male recipient, receiving $1,000 towards his higher education. He also won the Exchange Club Northwest District Youth of the Year award and an additional $1,500 toward college expenses. This year's theme was "Inspiring Communities to become a Better Place." Participants were selected based on their theme-related essays, documented school activities, volunteer efforts, and academic achievement. Dunn i...
Council members KC Kuykendall, Terry Jacoy, Kevin House, Jim Romine, Kate Hockersmith, and Mayor Marty Dunn were all present -Kevin House was unanimously voted to retain his role as Mayor Pro Tem. -Unanimously approved a pay increase for pool employees to stay slightly above minimum wage. Lifeguard pay will be $11/hr and office manager/lifeguard will be $12/hr. There are currently no plans for the pool to be open on Saturdays since the donor who previously covered Saturday swims is no longer sponsoring them. Several local groups have offered...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg FFA Chapter held their annual banquet in the Waitsburg Elementary Multipurpose Room on Mon., May 23. Greenhand FFA Degrees: Carlos Norris, Cason Nichols, KevinJames Murphy, Annelise Miller, Kadin McGee, Cusic Lynch, David Lewis, Seamus House, Mackenzie Forney, Amy Farley, Thomas Elder, Timothy Daves, Haylee Crow, Grace Coulston, McKellyn Bradham, Logan Baker, Marley, Ahler. Star Greenhand: Seamus House Chapter FFA Degrees: Drew Farley, Dylan Knowles, Loren Negron, L...
The bills, sponsored by Rep. Terry Nealey, are aimed at preventing records request abuses OLYMPIA – Washington State Representative Terry Nealey (R-Dayton) recently had two bills he helped draft signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. The bills are the product of years of effort by Nealey to help address the issue of excessive public records requests that are meant to set local governments up for potential legal actions. A State Auditor’s report in 2016 said that local agencies received over 280,000 requests in the last few years. Nealey was...
Sunny skies and warm temperatures made for an enjoyable and well-attended Waitsburg Celebration Days weekend. Residents and visitors enjoyed live music, a festive parade, Classic Auto Show, Historic Sunset Cruise, community bonfire, Brewfest, food, games, and more. Preston Park was filled with over 70 car show entries on Saturday and over 200 poker hands were played during the Karen Huwe Mohney Memorial ATV Ride. See Last Page for more Celebration Days photos....
WAITSBURG – The late Tom Baker has held the honor of awarding the Waitsburg Commercial Club's Community Service Award for many years. While he wasn't present in body this year, he was very much present in spirit, at the May 16 award ceremony, where Jim Davison received the Community Service Award and Marci Perkins was awarded Business of the Year. Prior to reading their nomination letters, Joan Helm placed a pair of Tom's shoes on a table next to the podium, and commented that it would take t...
DAYTON-Paul Didelius, owner and commercial director of Frontier Rail, LLC, operator of the short line railroad between Dayton and Walla Walla, spoke about work progress and outreach to potential customers, at last week's meeting of the Port of Columbia Commissioners. Didelius said that 98% of a first rail bank grant has been used and the majority of the work repairing rails and bridges has been accomplished. He said that as soon as they receive the remaining two percent of the rail bank grant,...
Prescott High School held their first-ever college signing ceremony during a pep assembly on May 19. JP Thew opened the assembly by saying that Prescott has the highest number of students showing college intent this year, than in recent history....
May 17: Civil issue over property line fence and strawberry plants on West St. May 20: A female called to report her brother had pushed her before he left her house, on Orchard St. Deputies responded to a call on Buttercup Lane for a possible assault. May 22: Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding on Coppei Ave and E. Eighth St. The driver was arrested for an outstanding warrant....
COLUMBIA CO PORT DISTRICT COMMISSIONER #2 6-year term EARLE MARVIN PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT COMMISSIONER #1 2-year unexpired term BOB HUTCHENS COMMISSIONER #2 6-year term COLLEEN SPROUL COMMISSIONER #5 6-year term JACK KARL OTTERSON CITY OF DAYTON COUNCIL MEMBER #1 4-year term DELPHINE BAILEY COUNCIL MEMBER #3 4-year term MICHAEL L PARIS COUNCIL MEMBER #5 4-year term KATHY A BERG KYLE ANDERSON COUNCIL MEMBER #7 4-year term MATT WIENS TOWN OF STARBUCK MAYOR 4-year short and full term RICHARD A ELLS CLERK/TREASURER 2-year unexpired term JAN ELLS...
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DAYTON – Dayton's new XO Alambic distillery will be offering tours of their shop during Saturday's Blue Mountain Station Co-op Market, coinciding Mule Mania Weekend. The spirits distillery, which is expected to hold its grand opening later this summer, is located at Blue Mountain Station, west of Dayton. People taking part in the tour will be shown around the distillery and shown the various barrels, as well as the still and other equipment used in the making of the spirits. XO Alambic is run b...
Construction and maintenance projects are also on tap for this summer DAYTON – Eighth-grade math teacher Kristen Frankie gave a presentation at last week’s meeting of the Dayton School Board about a national middle-school math conference she recently attended. She said the purpose of the conference was to explore curriculum and support materials designed by MidSCHOOLmath, for middle school classroom use. Frankie demonstrated a sample lesson from the curriculum, which provides student-based lea...
DAYTON — At last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Commissioners, county department heads were asked by the commissioners to provide input into the discussion of raising revenue to pay for essential services in the county. Establishing a Park and Recreation District, raising the sales tax by three-tenths percent for law enforcement, and raising the levy lid, are ideas worth considering, according to the commissioners. Commissioner Merle Jackson said the number-one topic at meetings of the As...
On June 2, the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival will provide a free concert for people of all ages at 3:30 pm, in the Delany Room. On June 8, the Summer Reading Program kick-off event for all ages, featuring Blue Mountain Wildlife and their rescue raptor program, will take place at 3 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at Dayton Elementary School. On June 17, Book Chat, the not a book club book club, will meet at 6 p.m. in the Delany Room. On June 21, the Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library monthly meeting will be held in the Delany Room, at 4...
