Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Waitsburg is gearing up for its annual Waitsburg Celebration Days weekend which takes place the third weekend in May each year. The weekend includes a parade, car show, live music, an ATV poker ride and sunset cruise, museum openings, and more. Watch upcoming issues of The Times for a complete schedule of events and times....
WAITSBURG – City council members voted three to one to approve a rail design for the Main Street Bridge replacement on the north end of town. Councilors Kevin House, Marty Dunn, and Deb Callahan voted in favor of approving an open window pattern submitted by engineers Anderson Perry & Associates. Councilor KC Kuykendall voted in opposition saying he still didn’t understand why he was being forced to approve a rail when the city hasn’t approved an overall bridge design yet. “At this point,...
Traveling preacher Randy Boehmer piqued a great deal of interest as he drove through Waitsburg, and then Dayton last week in his two covered wagons pulled by a team of Belgian draft mules. Boehmer has been traveling back and forth across the continent with his five mules and two dogs since 2008....
DAYTON— An organization in Walla Walla called the Community Council is meeting to work on strategies for enhancing outdoor recreation opportunities. Based on their 2015 report, Enhancing Outdoor Recreation Opportunities, the Council is recommending development of a network of connected trails for hiking and biking. Their focus is on Burbank to Dayton and from the Snake River to Milton-Freewater. “Trails are getting more popular and we want to tie in to that,” said Columbia County Senior Plann...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Fairgrounds was the hot topic of the night at a well-attended Monday Waitsburg City Council meeting. Friends of Waitsburg Fairgrounds Committee (FWFC) chairperson Lane Hill opened the topic by presenting the board with a request from the FWFC. In a written statement the committee asked the council to approve the following requests: Approve the FWFC as an Advisory Committee under article 1.02.108 of the Waitsburg City Ordinance Agree to give all due consideration to a...
Arraignments Dustin L. Conley, 47, Dayton; entered pleas of not guilty on to one count second degree burglary, one count third degree theft, and one count third degree malicious mischief. According to police reports video captured Conley throwing a rock through the window of Washington Federal Bank April 6, breaking a display case in the ATM vestibule and removing a time capsule. Police reportedly found the capsule in Conley’s home when they went to arrest the suspect. Michael Dean Wallace, 59, West Richland entered pleas of not guilty to o...
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DAYTON-Stephanie Wamble's K-1 class science project was the star attraction for Show and Tell at the Dayton School Board meeting last week. Wamble's students have teamed up with Kristina Knebel's high school ag-science students to investigate the lifecycle of a duck. The students had to provide written and oral documentation about their observations, while learning new words like waddle, and webbed, she said. "The coolest part was using a flashlight to see the inside the egg," Wamble said. The...
Dayton's All Wheels Weekend will feature a vehicle raffle again this year. The vehicle to be given away is a 1955 Willys flatbed pickup. This truck has just over 50,000 original miles and still sports its original paint job. It now has brand new wheels and tires and new side racks. This truck has its original four-cylinder engine, and the four-wheel drive works great. The transmission is a 3-speed with a high-low transfer case, which means six forward gears. The Willys was purchased new by a far...
WAITSBURG – Board members of Artist Trust, based in Port Townsend, Wash., recently held a weekend retreat in Walla Walla, and were impressed with the burgeoning art scene they witnessed during an evening spent in Waitsburg. Artist Trust is a nonprofit group with the mission of supporting and encouraging artists working in all disciplines in order to enrich community life throughout Washington State. They accomplish that goal by offering grants, serving as a professional information resource f...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Historical Society held its annual meeting on March 29. Attendees walked away with plans for new events and displays as well as the realization that it would be helpful for community members to step forward and lend a hand with a few projects. First on the list of needs is a replacement for current recording secretary Debra Callahan who recently resigned. The recording secretary is responsible for taking and distributing meeting minutes and sending notifications. The s...
WAITSBURG – Mark your calendars! Waitsburg Elementary School students will perform in a “Waitsburg’s Got Talent” talent show at the Waitsburg High School auditorium room on May 13 at 6:30 p.m. Kindergarten through fifth grade students were sent home with letters explaining act criteria (such as no bad language or dangerous acts) and tryouts took place last week. Twenty-two students will display their skills on May 13. The talent show is free and open to the public. Acts include singers, dancers, gymnastics, hula hoops, a comedy act, an artist,...
Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon., 10:30 a. m. “The Nest,” by Cynthis D’Aprix Sweeney (Adult Fiction) – This is a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down. In this tender, entertaining, and deftly written debut, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life to illuminate what money does to relationships, what happens to our ambitions over the course of t...
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WAITSBURG – From the Isle of Dominica in the West Indies to a farmhouse along Whetstone Springs outside of Waitsburg, Mark and Eleanora Montgomery have been gardening and beekeeping together for 30 years now. These days, they market organic honey and hardneck garlic, while raising garden crops and flowers for their own enjoyment. Mark grew up in the Seattle area and his dad raised bees as a hobby. He attended college at WSU where he earned a degree in agricultural economics. After graduation i...
DAYTON—The Dayton Historic Preservation Commission held a meeting last week to provide a forum for property owners in the South Side Historic District and the Washington Street Historic District. Commission members were to answer questions about an advisory ballot asking property owners to state their preferences to the Dayton City Council about the future of the two districts. There were about nine property owners in attendance. The ballot asks property owners to choose from among three o...
WAITSBURG – With a declining general fund balance and staffing well over state apportionment allocations, Waitsburg School District Superintendent Carol Clarke informed school board members that they have a deadline of May 15 to make decision regarding possible staff cuts for the 2016-17 school year. Nearly all of the district’s certificated teaching staff was in attendance at the April 13 regular board meeting. Clarke reminded the board that “75-80% of any school’s budget is based on personnel,” and that enrollment generates staffing allocatio...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Elementary School students spent the last two weeks gathering pennies to help former WHS student Cody Washburn in his battle with cancer. The drive is an offshoot of a coin drive inspired by the high school Leos club, who raised $150 for Washburn in March. The competitive elementary school penny drive was organized by teacher Gabe Kiefel and students have been enjoying the ability to sabotage other classes. Students get credit for pennies donated, but silver coins added t...
DAYTON--Since their arrival in Dayton on April 15, forty-four juniors from Yamate High School in Yokohama, Japan, have been living with host families in Dayton and experiencing life in rural eastern Washington. In July, ten to fifteen Dayton High School students will travel to Yokohama, live with host families and attend Yamate High School, according to teacher Kristine Warren, who is the Yamate Program coordinator. Activities planned for the students from Yokohama while they are in Dayton were...
Mom looks outside system to get help for her son DAYTON-Sherri Huwe said she will be forever grateful to the many people who helped her wage a long and complicated battle to help her developmentally challenged son, Ben, keep his business intact. Ben lost the funding for his job coach in January 2015, when his greeting card business at Elk Drug in Dayton was deemed unviable by developmental disability services experts. "We were upset about that, of course," Huwe said. Huwe said she tried for...
DAYTON—Port of Columbia County commissioners heard from Port Manager Jennie Dickinson and Economic Development Coordinator Brad McMasters about their recent trip to the 2016 Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, Calif. There they spent three days with over 70,000 other attendees, looking at products and learning about the connection between producers and distributors. Most people at the expo were seeking distributors for their products, Dickinson said. “Many natural and organic food labels have bee...
WAITSBURG – With the logistics of the 2016-17 Waitsburg-Dayton football combine largely decided, it is time for the cheer squads to do the same. At the April 14 regular Waitsburg School Board Meeting, Athletic Director Stephanie Wooderchak shared the in-process 2016-17 cheer combine proposal with board members. Varsity Cheer Squad Through negotiations with Dayton, it has been agreed that Dayton will host the varsity squad of no more than 12 athletes, with Dayton providing the coach. Practices w...
WAITSBURG – A group of students and parents attended last week’s school board meeting to vocalize their support for high school girls’ basketball coach J.T. Elsey, whose performance was on the agenda for review during executive session. Sophomore athlete Chloe Pearson served as spokesperson for fellow players Taylor Hays, Devon Harshman and Tayler Jones. Pearson read the following prepared statement on behalf of the team. I have played both years in this program and J.T. has improved our team...
