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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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At Saturday's home game against Colton, Waitsburg Booster Club President Ross Hamann was named 2016 Booster of the Year. Hamann was recognized for his many hours of volunteer service to the Waitsburg community, students, and staff of the Waitsburg School District. Some of Hamann's volunteer efforts include: building the pressbox at the football field, designing the Cardinal on the gym floor, serving 16 years as Booster Club president, serving 13 years on the Waitsburg School Board where he is...
DAYTON – More than 100 people crowded into a meeting room at Dayton’s Best Western Hotel Monday evening to hear about a regional trails-planning process that has begun, and to provide their own ideas about where non-motorized transportation improvements are needed. The Blue Mountain Region Trails, Bike Routes, Sidewalks Plan is a joint effort of several agencies in Columbia, Walla Walla and Umatilla Counties. Local planning agencies in the three counties have joined with the National Park Ser...
WAITSBURG – During its Jan. 25 Annual Meeting, Walla Walla Conservation District Manager Renee Hadley spoke about the direction the district will be taking in 2017 and beyond. Hadley said that, over the past decade or more, the district was able to install a significant number of on-ground projects involving irrigation efficiency and projects related to fish passage. The majority of those large projects have been completed. She said the district will be shifting away from the larger e...
DAYTON – At their regular meeting on Jan. 23, the city council adopted a formal proposal from the Friends of the Dayton Dog Park for the Dayton Dog Park, which is situated on a 0.6 acre site, south of the fish pond, in the Pietryzycki City Park. The site has been leveled, dirt has been delivered, and the irrigation has been completed, Dayton Dog Park Co-chair Carol Rahn told the council. Rahn said that the next step for the FDDP is to identify the money needed to install a four-foot chain l...
DAYTON—A special meeting of the Dayton City Council was called last Thursday to approve a resolution allowing Mayor Craig George to contract with local law firm Gravis Law, PLLC, to provide the city with prosecutorial services. The agreement is for a one year. Gravis will provide all municipal prosecutorial services, with the exception of domestic abuse and DUI cases, Mayor George said....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School National Honor Society raised over $1,000 this school year by hosting potato bars during basketball and volleyball games. "We are very happy with that!" said NHS advisor Liv Leid. Last month, the group donated $500 to the Waitsburg Resource Center. NHS members also take turns serving at the resource center on a monthly basis. "This is a substantial donation. We are very grateful for their help and donations," said Resource Center board chair Pam Conover....
Bands donate time to raise funds for Prescott man PRESCOTT – The FrogHollow Band and Framing Fables are donating their time to play a fundraising concert at the Tuxedo Bar and Grill (105 S. D. St, Prescott) to raise funds for medical expenses for Nathan Stueckle. The event will be held Fri., Feb. 10 from 7-12 p.m. and the $10 cover charge will be donated to Stueckle. Nathan, son of Tuxedo owner Pam Stueckle, underwent emergency open heart surgery earlier this month and is still recovering in t...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott School Board spent much of Fri. Jan. 27 planning for the future of the district. A morning work session was followed by a lunchtime board meeting. According to District Superintendent Brett Cox, several issues were discussed during the work session. “We heard ideas for long-term goals for the district and looked at the possibility and costs of running a preschool. We also discussed possible facility needs such as a separate lunch room, which would allow the use of the...
WAITSBURG – Last week The Times wrote about the new fundraiser organized by the Waitsburg Friends of the Library. The Friends are soliciting donations from individuals, groups, and clubs to sponsor one month’s worth of library book purchases at $200. Thanks to generous donors the months of January and February have already been sponsored. Friends of the Library president Karen Huwe asked for someone to match her initial $100 donation to cover the month of January and Laurie Richardson ste...
Four starting seniors on the Dayton Lady Bulldogs' Basketball team posed for a happy photo after coming out of the game late in their team's win over Tri-Cities Prep Friday night....
DAYTON—At the outset of last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Health System Commissioners, Bob Hutchens, President of the Commission, reported on the board’s recent performance evaluation of CEO Shane McGuire. Hutchens said the commissioners concluded, by consensus, that CEO McGuire’s accomplishments in 2016 were good and the board was pleased with his progress, both as an individual and as an administrator.” “The board looks forward to continued progress in the administrative management...
WALLA WALLA—In January the Columbia County Commissioners signed a contract with Blue Mountain Action Council of Walla Walla to provide low-income homeowners with the opportunity to have small repairs made to their homes. “There are people in Columbia County who need the help,” said Commissioner Merle Jackson about the BMAC Home Repair Program. The commissioners are testing the waters in 2017, with an initial $20,000 investment, according to Jackson. “That was just seed money,” he said. “We...
WAITSBURG – It was a last-minute, whirlwind weekend to say the least, but Tiernan Pearson says attending the 2017 presidential inauguration with his wife, Sarah (Henze) Pearson, was an experience he couldn't pass up. Tiernan said he had read online that people could request inauguration invitations and he sent a request to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers's office shortly after the presidential election. However, he didn't learn that he would receive an invitation until about a week-and-a-half before...
Rivers swelled, but there was no significant flooding as feared, last week. Foot thick "icebergs" blocked Coppei Creek and found a home in the pasture owned by Kyle and Margaret Terry on the south end of Waitsburg. The icebergs looked even more out of place once the water receeded. See photo on Page 5....
WAITSBURG – Families making summer vacation plans will be wise not to make reservations immediately following the planned last day of school. Weeks of winter storms and icy road conditions have caused school closures across the valley. To meet the state requirement of 180 school days, the cancellations have resulted in end-of-year makeup days for most schools. As of publication, Waitsburg schools have had three closures: on Dec. 12, Dec. 15 and Jan. 18. They have also had two late starts, on J...
WAITSBURG – Thanks to plenty of cooperation and helping hands, roads, walks, and lots in Waitsburg stayed relatively safe during the recent weeks of icy, snowy weather. At December’s Waitsburg School Board meeting Transportation Supervisor Colter Mohney expressed concern that the district didn’t have the manpower or equipment necessary to move and then deal with the unexpected amount of snow and ice that had already covered the school lots and sidewalks. Mohney explained that more care is neces...
DAYTON-What will be the last product you ever use? You are on the right track if you are thinking about a container to hold your remains after death. Local business owner Vicky Beckmeyer, of Snapdragon Floral and Gifts in Dayton, has found a niche in the more affordable range, for the cremation urns she has been turning out since 2007. Last summer, Beckmeyer and her daughter, Cara Watts, attended a seminar for funeral directors in Marysville, Wash. They received kudos from the funeral directors...
Arraignments: -Dante A Martinez, 21, Dayton. Charged with one count of possession, delivery or manufacture of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and one count of resisting arrest. Entered a plea of not guilty to both charges. Trial setting is set for Feb. 15. -Michael J. Testerman, 19, Dayton. Charged with one count of harassment – domestic violence and one count malicious mischief, third degree – domestic violence. Charges are related to a Dec. 5 incident when the suspect allegedly attempted to break into a home and threatened to burn it...
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DAYTON - There is only one thing tongue depressors, cotton balls, and bouncy ball musical chairs have in common, and that is YoungLife. On Sun., Jan. 22, over 60 area teens met in the Dayton High School gymnasium for one of three 2017 Dayton/Waitsburg YoungLife All Area Clubs. At the end of every club the leaders give a 10-20 minute talk about what is really important to them. Jesus! Cougar Henderson gave the talk, Sunday night. The high schoolers had fun playing games and teaming up in a dance...
DAYTON-A year and a half later, the dream is still true for Manila Bay Café owners Christina and Jon Betts. "I still love doing what I do," said Chef Jon Betts. "I love creating stuff. We use local produce from vendors like Hidden Garden Farms, Frog Hollow Farm, Rey's Roast Coffee, Hayshaker Farm, Little Dipper Dairy and Mary's Candies, to create specialty items." Christina Betts said she thinks Dayton is a great place to raise their three children. "This is a nice, quiet town. We're settled....
DAYTON – Owners or representatives of five local businesses were up after midnight on Jan. 1, not only to celebrate the new year, but also to make funding commitments to help improve downtown Dayton. As a result, The Dayton Development Task Force is set to receive $85,000 in 2018 through the Washington State B&O Tax Incentive Program for historic downtowns in the state. Dayton Chamber of Commerce Director Andrew Holt also serves as manager of the Dayton Main Street Program on behalf of the D...
WAITSBURG – Last spring, city council member Karen Gregutt organized the Waitsburg Windows of Art program, which filled empty downtown buildings with works by featured artists. But those aren't the only art-filled windows in town. Kazmira Grende has been putting her artistic skills to work celebrating holidays and events with paintings on the windows of the Waitsburg Grocery store for years. And Hanna Peterson, who regularly creates event and special sign boards at Whiskey Canyon Sports Bar & Gr...
WELLER PUBLIC LIBRARY 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon. 10:30 a.m. “The Bear and the Nightingale,” by Katherine Arden (adult fiction) – At the edge of the Russian wilderness Vasilisa spends long winter nights listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. After her mother dies, her father brings home a new wife from Moscow. The fiercely devout, city-bred stepmother forbids her family from honoring the household spirits. The family agrees, but Vasilisa is frightened and senses that more hinges on their rit...
Dayton Memorial Library 111 S. 3rd Street, Dayton Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs., 12-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Storytime: Wed., 10 a.m. “Fabulously Fractured Fairytales,” by Jade Wolff (adult fiction) – Fairytales are meant to be fractured, or changed. Some fairytales are drastically diffrent than they were over a thousand years ago.Following this unique storytelling tradition “Fabulously Fractured Fairytales” gives you seven new spins on old favorites. And if you ever wondered about the origins of the tales, yo...
