Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – After spending nearly three decades spraying crops for Touchet Valley farmers, Kevin Winger is passing the keys of Wing-Air to six-year employee Seth Murdock of Dayton. Murdock and his wife Paula, took over ownership on Monday, renaming the business Maco Aviation, Inc. after their two sons, Max and Connor. Murdock grew up in Alaska and learned to fly under the tutelage of his father, who was an airline pilot. He moved to Canada as a teen, but after graduating high school, he r...
Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon., 10:30 a. m. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne (Fiction): The eighth story. Nineteen years later. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and...
DAYTON-The Columbia County Health System Board of Commissioners formally adopted a new District Compliance Plan at their monthly meeting on Sept. 29. CCHS Chief Executive Officer Shane McGuire publically thanked Chief Compliance Officer Cheryl Skiffington for all the work that went into the plan. "This is a milestone moment. We are excited to get it out to our staff," McGuire told the commissioners. In a separate interview Skiffington said, "We had been operating with a previous plan that...
Home Grown Go Wild 4-H group leader Cindy Daves puts the finishing touches on a window display created by her club members in the Ten Ton Press building on Waitsburg's Main Street. The display is in recognition of National 4-H Week which is the first full week in October and will be judged against competing displays in Walla Walla. Daves said her group does "a little bit of everything" including canning, baking, art, rocketry and science. To learn more about her 4-H group visit the group's Home...
WALLA WALLA – Twenty-somethings Cody Clark, David Brock, and Jennifer Nichols agree that it's a shared drive, focus, and goal that make their band, Framing Fables, something special. "I've been in a lot of bands, but I've never been in one that works together this well," Clark said. With their first album, Away From Home, released in September, the group is one step closer to their dream of making a living through their shared passion of music. The trio began singing together last November, a...
Pacific Power recently awarded Waitsburg a $2,000 check toward the purchase of Celebration Days banners to line Main Street. The check will help purchase 22 street banners, six entry banners, and one large banner to go across Main Street. Pacific Power also recently awarded $2,500 to the Prescott Parks & Recreation District to go toward the purchase of new playground equipment. Above: Waitsburg City Manager Randy Hinchliffe (l) receives a check for $2,000 from Pacific Power Regional Manager...
People came from far and near to attend the Waitsburg Lions Club annual Salmon Bake last Saturday. The event went off without a hitch and the weather was the best it's been in recent years, according to one club member. The Salmon Bake, along with the Rib Feed, are the main fundraisers for the local club that provides strong support for the community. Club treasurer Kevin House said attendance was close to the same as last year, with approximately 630 tickets sold. He said the fish was more...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council was encouraging but said there was no way they could approve the 17-page Equestrian Use Proposal and corresponding community work day presented by the Friends of the Waitsburg Fairgrounds Committee at the council’s regular Sept. 20 meeting. Council members were impressed with the proposal, but called it conceptual and said there were many questions that still needed to be addressed, especially legally and contractually between the city and the proposed fairgrounds co-op entity. Equestrian Committee Cha...
Art Crawl Partake in the Art Crawl through a variety of venues downtown. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Artists will show their work in eight locations throughout downtown Dayton. Artist demonstrations will take place in Dingle's and the Wenaha Gallery. Kid's Fall Festival The Kid's Fall Festival will take place at 1st and Main. Activities include Face Painting, Bobbing for Apples, Pumpkin Art, and more. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides will be provided by A.J. Carriages during those hours. Historic...
Members of the Inland Empire Cello Choir played in the Prescott Plaza on Sept. 21. Members of the Walla Walla Symphony will play again on Wed., Oct. 4 from 5-7 p.m....
Waitsburg High School and middle school officers and representatives traveled to Pomeroy on Sept. 21 to participate in a leadership conference....
Trial Dates Set -Julia L Richardson, 32, Lewiston; charged attempting to elude a pursing police vehicle. Bench trial set for Oct. 13. -Brandon Wayne, John, 33; charged with escape in the first degree. Bench trial set for Dec. 9. -Johan Martin Filla, 50, Dayton; charged with 2nd degree assault – domestic violence, 3rd degree assault, domestic violence, and unlawful imprisonment – domestic violence. Trial re-set to Jan. 26-27, 2017. Plea Agreements Mary Anne Maier, 63, Dayton; charged with possession of Lorazepam, Possession of Clonazepam, and...
WAITSBURG – This weekend, for the third year running, area hobbyists will meet at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds to fly copies of the Sterling Ringmaster line-controlled model airplane. The model pilots will have their flight numbers added to those of hobbyists around the world as part of the Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon 2016. The Fly-A-Thon will take place in the parking area on the west side of the fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. until about 3 or 4 p.m. each day. Local model enthusiast J...
WAITSBURG – At their Sept. 20 regular meeting, the Waitsburg City Council approved a $4,500 purchase of design plans to aid in the structural assessment of the Waitsburg Fairgrounds grandstands, which have been deemed unsound. Council member KC Kuykendall said that structural engineer John Raby, who specializes in older, pole barn style buildings, had inspected the grandstands last month and was confident that it would be a “very doable renovation, with no reason that the building cou...
WAITSBURG – After hearing from Anderson Perry Project Manager Eric Zitterkopf, the Waitsburg City Council opted to stick with plans for just one sidewalk on the Main Street Bridge replacement. The council was faced with the options of deciding between a one-sidewalk or two-sidewalk design now, or paying an additional $18,000 for two separate sets of plans and deciding later. The original design plans submitted by Anderson Perry show one sidewalk, which is how the bridge plan currently stands. At community input sessions held earlier this y...
DAYTON – Main Street Salon stylists Melissa McCowen and Bridget House headed to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to attend Behind the Chair (BTC) Color, the largest single-stage hair show in the country, last weekend to showcase their EmBee Meche product line. In addition, House was nominated as a finalist in the Rainbow Haircolor category. House said that having the opportunity to attend the invite-only show is a huge honor. Nearly all of the booths are operated by "big" companies such as TIGI, L...
DAYTON-Dayton High School Youth and Government Club advisor Shayna Hutchens and her students, Colton Johnson, Cal Martin, Luis Ortiz and Alex Jenkins, were present for show and tell at the Dayton School Board meeting on Sept. 21. The students shared their experiences in Olympia in May, where they went to simulate the legislative process at the capitol building. Brent Gaither, the Washington State program director for Youth and Government Clubs was also at the meeting to give the directors a...
DAYTON--Jim Westergreen, the owner of Tucannon Meats in Dayton, is in the process of handing over day-to-day operations of the butcher shop on East Main Street to his son, and to his son's army buddy. "He's going to stick with us for awhile and make sure we're good to go," said Josh Westergreen, about his father's diminishing role. The younger Westergreen said the focus of the business will still be on custom slaughter, retail sales of cured meats, and processing of wild game. "We have already...
WALLA WALLA – The annual Frenchtown Rendezvous will take place Oct. 8 at the Assumption Church Parish Hall (2098 E. Alder, Walla Walla) from 1-5 p.m. Tickets are $35 and available online at tinyurl.com/frenchtownrv or by contacting any Frenchtown Historical Foundation board member. The annual gathering of descendants of the French Canadian and Native American communities of the Inland Northwest is the principal fundraiser for the preservation and maintenance of the Frenchtown Historic Site. M...
Pie judges (l to r) Paul Gregutt, Trevor Johnson, and Jack McCaw took their job seriously as they tasted from 12 submissions in the 2nd Annual Laurette McCaw Pie-Oneer Fall Festival Pie Baking Contest sponsored by Friends of the Waitsburg Pool. Laurie Withers took the grand prize with her rhubarb strawberry pie. First runner up was Sarah Groffman with a butterfly peach pie, second runner up was Camden Vorhees with a raspberry pie, and third runner up was Lily Maquire's apple pie. The pies were...
WAITSBURG – Karen Gregutt was selected to fill the vacant seat on Waitsburg's City Council at a special meeting on Sept. 15. Gregutt was sworn in as a council member and mayor pro tem Marty Dunn took the oath of mayor at the conclusion of the meeting. Gregutt was the first to submit an application to fill the vacancy left by Dunn when he took assumed duties of former mayor Walt Gobel, who resigned in August. Gregutt was also the next highest vote-getter in the last election, just nine votes s...
DAYTON—Port Manager Jennie Dickinson said a plan to write a five to 10-page strategy request, making the case to the Washington State legislature for funding for rehabilitation of the rail lines for the Columbia/Walla Walla short line railroad, is in the works. Chris Herman, Senior Director of Trade and Transportation for the Washington Public Ports Association, who also has background in the Rail Division at the WSDOT, is helping the port in that endeavor, said Dickinson. “I write, Chris rev...
DAYTON – On Sept. 14, Columbia County Superior Court Judge Jackie Shea-Brown ruled that the City of Dayton proved its burden in asking for an emergency temporary restraining order against Columbia County, requiring the county to continue providing municipal prosecution, and indigent defense services to the City. The judge cited real injury to health, welfare, and safety of citizens if prosecutorial cases are not handled in a timely manner. Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell informed the city earlier this month that, because of a dispute w...
WAITSBURG – The board of the Waitsburg Resource Center is always looking for more ways to serve the community. At their most recent meeting, they voted to utilize Second Harvest's Bite 2 Go program to provide weekend meals to elementary students in need. The WRC has spent several months investigating the idea of providing weekend meal kits for elementary school students from needy families. Board Chair Pam Conover said District School Superintendent Carol Clarke recently polled teachers, who c...
