Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon., 10:30 a. m. “Night School,” by Lee Child (Adult Fiction) – Jack Reacher goes back in time to 1996 when Reacher is still in the army and is sent back to school. His three-man class is a front for a secret mission to uncover the plot behind a message intercepted in Germany which reads “the American wants 100 million dollars.” Reacher recruits the best soldier he has ever worked with: Sergeant Frances Neagley to get their man and save the wo...
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 “The Littlest Bigfoot,” by Jennifer Weiner – Lonely twelve-year-old Alice Mayfair is shipped off to boarding school where she saves Milli Maximus from drowing in the lake. Millie is a Bigfoot, becomes her friend and Alice swears to protect Millie’s secret. But a league of Bigfoot hunters is on her trail, led by a lonely kid named Jeremy. In order to survive, Alice and Millie have...
Students at Waitsburg Elementary School, Preston Hall, and Waitsburg High School enjoyed a special day of fun activities on Monday, Dec. 19....
DAYTON – A recent settlement with Warren Orchards will help make major environmental improvements to the Touchet River near Dayton, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Ecology. The department says the river provides critical habitat for threatened steelhead. Warren Orchards was fined by Ecology for illegally watering their 100-acre apple and pear orchard along the river, after being ordered to stop irrigating during the state’s historic drought in 2015. As part of the settlement, Warrens agreed to take 20 acres of...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg School Board defined district priorities for the 2016-2018 school year in a work session prior to the board’s Dec. 14 regular meeting. Replacement of retiring district superintendent Carol Clarke and guidance with implementation of the capital projects funded by the $3.8 million capital improvements bond, approved in November, topped the list of priorities. Superintendent’s Search Topping the list of priorities was the “completion of a successful superintendent search by the end of March 2017.” The new superinte...
DAYTON – At last week’s Port of Columbia County board meeting, Port Manager Jennie Dickinson said there will be no groundbreaking for Columbia Pulp in December. “Since the election, the bond market is in turmoil,” Dickinson said. “They are wading their way through that tumultuous market. Interest rates on the bond offerings have sky-rocketed, not based on any facts, but just based on speculation and uncertainty, and they are still trying to sort their way through the bond market,” she said. “You go from a 4.5% interest rate, to an 8.5% inter...
DAYTON-Suzi Tasker has opened a new business in Dayton. Beginning last February, Tasker undertook a nine-month course through the Nutritional Therapy Association in Olympia, to become a nutrition practitioner. On May 31, she and her husband, Duane, closed Aardvark Granola Blue Mountain Station, to allow her to concentrate on her studies, she said. Tasker said that two years ago, she was struggling with some health issues that included two major surgeries to remove a benign but recurring tumor....
DAYTON— At last week’s meeting of the Port of Columbia Commissioners, the director of the regional Small Business Development Center in Walla Walla spoke about work he does with potential and established businesses. Joe Jacobs is a Certified Business Advisor and Accredited Business Planning Advisor, and he is part of a statewide network of organizations helping people to start and expand businesses. He also helps companies get ready to sell, he told the commissioners. Since 2012, Jacobs sai...
DAYTON – The “First Night” New Year’s Eve celebration will be held in the Dayton Elementary School Multipurpose room on Dec. 31, from 6 to 9 p.m. The theme for this year is Family Game Night. Offerings include life-size games, family table games, basketball shoot, and team competitions. A cake walk, photo booths, and music and light show, are also planned. Columbia County Health System is providing hot dogs, chips, cookies and water. Drawings will occur at 7, 8 and 9 p. m., with a total of 12 door prizes. Drawings will be done in several...
Waitsburg students celebrated their final day of school before winter break with fun and community service. Grade school children celebrated Polar Express Day by participating in activities based on the popular children's book and watched Homeward Bound at the Liberty Theater. Middle school students decorated cookies, read books, played games, and held a dance-off. High schoolers played games, enjoyed root beer floats courtesy of the Waitsburg Resource Center and a concert by Framing Fables....
WAITSBURG – Should students be allowed to access their cell phones during class? As it currently stands, Waitsburg students must store their phones in a holding box prior to entering their classes. But that may change. Or not. During the public/board comment portion of December’s regular school board meeting, board member Christy House suggested that the district take a closer look at its cell phone policy. House said that the primary way coaches communicate with athletes is via Facebook, but...
Annual Organization Meeting -Unanimously elected Ross Ha:mann as Board Chair. -Unanimously elected Christy House as Vice Chair. Budget Status Report: -Dr. Clarke reported a “relatively strong” General Fund balance of $607,974. Clarke said that in January, appropriations will use actual rather than budgeted numbers and the district will likely see an increase due to a higher actual enrollment than budgeted. Elementary Principal Report: -The lunch ladies transformed the cafeteria into a Candyland and Cocoa with Santa was a success. -El...
Community members enjoyed a winter program by Waitsburg Elementary Students in the WHS auditorium on Dec. 19. Kindergarten students sang SANTA, Hello, Reindeer, and We All Clap Hands Together. The first grade sang Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, and I've Got Peace in My Fingers. Second graders sang Up on the Rooftop, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The third Grade performed Jingle Bell Rock, Silver Bells, and Holly Jolly Christmas, and fourth...
Angels and wise men surrounded Mary and Joseph at a living nativity scene, sponsored by the Waitsburg Christian Church, on the the Bruce Museum lawn Sunday evening....
DAYTON—The Columbia County Commissioners have signed off on the City of Dayton’s proposed lawsuit settlement agreement regarding prosecution services. Commission Chairman Merle Jackson signed the agreement during a budget workshop meeting on Dec. 5. “The agreement is settled with the city and we can move on,” Jackson said. On Dec. 8, Judge Jackie Shea-Brown ruled that the county is not responsible for County Prosecutor Rea Culwell’s legal fees associated with the lawsuit, because Culwell c...
WAITSBURG – With no one, aside from one board director's wife, willing to brave the cold and attend the Dec. 7 Town Hall Association Annual Meeting, the board remains unchanged for 2017, according to board secretary Jim Davison. The 2017 board includes: President Ron Standring, Vice President Jim Romine, Secretary Jim Davison, Treasurer Larry Johnson, and board members Ron Griffen. Karl Newell, and Jim Walsh. Waitsburg's Town Hall is operated on a 100-percent volunteer basis, and is supported s...
Winter hit the Touchet Valley hard last week with more snowfall than has been seen in recent years. Area schools were even closed on Monday. Many people took to Facebook to share photos of beautiful, snow-covered scenery, rulers and measuring tapes with snow hitting the 9" mark, and fun times building snowmen, sledding, and snowmobiling....
Arraignments - Marshall Hernandez, 56, Dayton; charged with first degree burglary and assault in the second degree – strangulation. Charges stem from an incident on Oct. 29 in which Hernandez is accused of kicking open the door of a home and accusing a woman of taking his hair conditioner. He allegedly became enraged and pushed and strangled the victim. Hernandez reportedly told officers he suffers from blackouts when stressed and may have blacked out during the incident. He entered a plea of not guilty. Omnibus and trial setting are s...
Ski Bluewood opened for the season on Friday afternoon. Bluewood will be open daily from Dec. 15 through Jan. 2, with the exception of Christmas Day, when they will be closed. They will also close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve....
DAYTON-Columbia County Commissioner Dwight Robanske is calling it quits after 16 years of service to the county. Robanske said there have been many ups and downs during that time, but he has mainly enjoyed working with the citizens and employees of Columbia County. Robanske said his interest in promoting economic development in the county and in Dayton was the reason he ran for a seat on the board in 2000. "I served on the Dayton Economic Development Steering Committee with Jennie Dickinson in...
DAYTON – The Dayton Chamber of Commerce presented results of their recently completed "Tourism in Dayton" survey on Tuesday evening. The event was held at the Liberty Theater. The Chamber's tourism survey was conducted in the late summer and fall. Questionnaires were given to visitors in town, and sent by email to people who have previously visited Dayton in the past two years. According to Dayton Chamber Director Andrew Holt, more than 1,000 responses were received, including 300 locally and m...
DAYTON—There are some new as well as some ongoing activities at the Dayton Memorial Library during the month of December, according to library assistant Vicki Zoller. Binge Boxes, each stuffed with Christmas themed movies and other movie enjoyment essentials, such as popcorn and candy, are available for check-out, Zoller said. “They are flying off the shelf,” she said. All the boxes have family-friendly movies in them, and patrons may check out one box per household for one week, Zoller said. Ongoing activities include Book Chat, the Not a Boo...
WALLA WALLA – Walla Walla County Commissioner Perry Dozier was appointed to serve as interim manager of the Walla Walla Fairgrounds at the commissioner’s regular meeting on Dec. 5. Dozier, who did not run for re-election, will end his term as county commissioner on Dec. 31 and assume fairground duties on Jan. 1. A prepared statement from the Board of Commissioners said it is expected that Dozier will serve as interim manager for approximately three months while the search for a new manager takes place. The position has been vacant since mid...
County Commissioner Mike Talbott and Fair board president Matt Johnson receive a check from Jim Cooper at Columbia Rural Electric Association in the amount of $10,000. The check will help offset costs associated with the new HVAC system at the Fairgrounds Pavilion....
Creatively decorated trees, part of a Waitsburg FFA Festival of Trees fundraiser, line Waitsburg’s Main Street. A few especially creative entries include:...
