Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Waitsburg welcomes each fall with its traditional one-of-a-kind Pioneer Fall Festival. The festival, a celebration of local history, takes place the third Sunday of each September on the Bruce House Museum lawn. The festival will open with an outdoor nondenominational church service on the Bruce Museum lawn at 11 a.m. Pioneers of the Year, siblings Velma Sickles and Delbert Mock will be recognized following the service. After the ceremony, guests will travel back in time as they t...
New goal regulation football goalposts were installed at the football field and are ready for the first Waitsburg home game on Fri., Sept. 16. The installation process was no small project! The Waitsburg School District would like to thank the Waitsburg Lions Club for purchasing the goalposts, Kevin House and The McGregor Company for use of the boom truck, and Ross Hamann, Pat Mohney, Tom Mathews, Jim Davison, Andy Winnett, Louie Gagnon and Jake Long for help with installatio...
DAYTON—In his report to the Hospital Board of Commissioners on Sept. 8, Columbia County Health System CEO Shane McGuire said active marketing by his marketing team is paying off in getting patients to utilize Dayton General Hospital for their health care needs. Marketing has been accomplished at Kadlec Medical Center, St. Mary’s Providence Hospital in Walla Walla, and elsewhere, since McGuire has instituted an active marketing plan, he said. McGuire attributed active marketing to a strong inpati...
DAYTON—The Dayton School Board heard about enrollment numbers from Superintendent Doug Johnson at their regular meeting on Sept. 7. Johnson said that school enrollment on the first count day was right at four hundred, higher than it was in September, 2015 and he said it is only the second time in the past nine years the count has been higher than the end of the prior year enrollment. “This is a very good sign for us,” Johnson said. Johnson said he is concentrating on the goal of making Dayton th...
WAITSBURG – Siblings Delbert Mock, 92, and Velma (Mock) Sickles, 89, have spent nearly their entire lives in Waitsburg, where their steady service has quietly touched the lives of many. This year, the Waitsburg Historical Society will honor the duo with the title of Pioneers of the Year at the city's annual Pioneer Fall Festival. Their father, Denzil C. Mock, was born in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, but the family eventually settled in the Huntsville area. Denzil's father, Augustus F. Mock, w...
WAITSBURG – On Sunday, the Laurette McCaw Pie-oneer Fall Festival Pie Baking Contest will make its second appearance, adding to the fun of the city's historic celebration while raising funds for a good cause. Waitsburg Friends of the Pool organized in August of 2015 and quickly devised the highly successful bake-off, which brought in nearly $1,200 last year. Friends of the Pool president Megan Brock said that last year the group purchased sun shades and seating to improve comfort at the pool. T...
Walla Walla Fair Swine: Jennifer Warren – made it to finals in Fitting & Showing Kianna Price – made it to finals in Fitting & Showing. Columbia County Fair Beef: Ben White – Grand Champion Market Beef, Reserve Champion Fitting & Showing Logan Hersey – Grand Champion Fitting & Showing, Round Robin Overall Showman Hayden Wooldridge – Reserve Champion Market Beef Katie Patton – 2nd Place Individual FFA Livestock Judging Swine: Kianna Price – Reserve Champion Market Swine, Grand Champion FFA Advanced Division Fitting & Showing Lane Wilkening – m...
Walla Walla Fair Fine Arts: Loren Negron- Champion Educational Display Emily Adams- Champion Wood Craft Livestock Judging: Tristan Newman - 6th Individual Devin Newman - 9th Individual Tom House - 10th Individual Horses: Emily Adams- High point- Trail, Grand Champion Western Equitation, Grand Champion Bareback Equitation, Grand Champion English Equitation, Grand Champion Hunter Hack, Grand Champion Idaho Figure 8, Grand Champion Pole Bending, Grand Champion Barrel Racing, Grand Champion...
Waitsburg kids had a successful weekend at the Walla Walla Fair....
DAYTON – When renovation of Dayton General Hospital is complete next year, the main entrance to the facility will be on the north side of the building, near the former emergency room entrance. That side of the building is a construction zone now, but one can begin to visualize the circular driveway entrance that will soon be in place. During a tour of the construction late last month, hospital officials described the work underway in Phase 1 of the renovation project, which includes constructing...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Fair opens Friday in Dayton. Fun is in store for everyone, so don’t miss it! Here are some of the highlights: Friday Free breakfast with paid admission – 6-9 a.m. Opening Ceremonies – 9 a.m. Livestock Showing – 9 a.m. Mutt Show – 5 p.m. Wenatchee Youth Circus – 7 p.m. Sponsored by Columbia REA Saturday Breakfast by Donation – 7-9 a.m. 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging – 9:15 a.m. Rascal Rodeo – 9:30-11 a.m. Market Livestock Sale – 12:30 p.m. Mutton Bustin’ – 5:30 p.m. Jackpot Rodeo – 6 p.m. Sunday Free breakfast with paid...
WAITSBURG - The City of Waitsburg is still accepting applications/letters of interest from Waitsburg residents interested in filling a vacant position on the Waitsburg City Council. The position was made vacant last month when council member Marty Dunn was appointed to fill the vacant mayor position. Any interested citizen is required to live within the corporate city limits of the City of Waitsburg and be a register voter in the Waitsburg district. An overview of the duties and regulations for city council members, along with an application...
WAITSBURG – The Pulpit Committee at Waitsburg Christian has announced that the church has extended an offer to Waitsburg native Matthew Wyatt to be its next pastor, and he has accepted. The offer is contingent upon approval by the full congregation. Wyatt, along with his wife, Krystal, and daughter, Mikaila, will be in Waitsburg this weekend, and will present the message to the church during Sunday's 11 a.m. service. Fellowship time will follow. Wyatt is a 1998 graduate of Waitsburg High School....
Junior Valdovinos, Selena Valdovinos, and Sara Ann Wilson (l to r) show off the blue ribbons they received at the Walla Walla Fair for their first-place giant pumpkin, which weighed in at 175 pounds. The kids worked with Waitsburg resident Gayle Broom for the past several months raising this and other giant pumpkins....
DAYTON-From Pioneer Days to Modern Ways is the theme of the 126th Columbia County Fair, and from the beginning of opening ceremonies at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, until the fair closes at 5 p. m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, expect to see a mix of new and traditional activities. New for this year are; a performance by the Wenatchee Youth Circus, sponsored by Columbia REA, a magic act featuring Professor Bamboozle, and a comedy juggling act called The Curt Show, performed by Curt Carlyle, as well as...
WAITSBURG – With no responses to the first set of bid requests for water line repairs under the Touchet River Bridge, Waitsburg’s city council voted to resubmit and try again. If repairs are not made soon, they will be pushed to next year and may happen while the Main Street Bridge is under construction, potentially causing water pressure issues. A leaking line under the Touchet River Bridge, located near Preston Park, was discovered last year, but does not seem to be getting any worse. It is...
DAYTON – Rev. William B. Graham wore many hats throughout the three decades he spent living in Dayton, where he served as pastor, mayor, council member, and concerned citizen. Graham passed away peacefully, at age 85, at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane on Aug. 24 and those who knew him and worked alongside him say the impact he had on his community is a legacy he can be proud to leave behind. Graham moved to Dayton in 1982 and served as pastor of the Dayton First Congregational C...
PRESCOTT – Local author, poet, and musician Susan Matley, known best locally as western singer Cimarron Sue, is celebrating the publication of her second novel. Matley released her first sci-fantasy novella, Small-g City, through Colorado micro-press Wolfsinger Publications in 2015. The second book in the series, Big-G City, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the City of Mount Olympus, the setting for her new novel. Matley has always loved creative writing, but began writing with the intent to publish in 1996. She began writing love s...
The Waitsburg School District staff was all smiles as they gathered in the elementary school library for an all-staff inservice on Tuesday morning. Prescott and Dayton schools started last week and Waitsburg will start their year on Tues., Sept. 6....
WAITSBURG – Back-to-school time can be both hectic and expensive, but the Waitsburg Home and School Association (HASA) is doing what it can to ease the burden for local parents. This year Waitsburg students can forget about trying to find all the items on the traditional back-to-school supply list. Instead, they are told to arrive with only a "backpack and a smile." For the second year in a row, Waitsburg's HASA has purchased all the school supplies needed for Waitsburg students. Last year, HASA...
Council members: KC Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karl Newell, Kate Hockersmith, and Mayor Pro-tem Marty Dunn were in attendance. Agenda Approval: - KC Kuykendall motioned for the addition of an executive session pertaining to staff performance. Dunn asked if the issue could wait until the issue could be addressed by the personnel committee. Kuykendall said the issue needed addressed right away by the council but would be “highly inappropriate” for public discussion. Hockersmith seconded the mot...
Preparations for livestock showing at Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days begins well in advance of the actual event. Waitsburg FFA and 4-H members spent Sunday afternoon washing lattice, decorating stalls, and hauling sawdust....
Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism camped overnight in Preston Park last weekend during their annual Newcomers event. The local SCA chapter, Barony of Wastekeep, hosts the campout to introduce beginners and interested individuals to the organization. SCA participants adopt a persona, dress in period costume, and practice arts and skills popular in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Kathy Carpenter of Waitsburg reigns as Baroness, Katherine of Akornebir. Carpenter became...
WAITSBURG – Following weeks of contention, protests, and the resulting resignation of the town's mayor, Waitsburg's City Council decided to cut short any involvement with Nestlé Waters North America at their Aug. 17 council meeting. Nestlé representative Bruce Lauerman said the company, which had hoped to evaluate Waitsburg as a potential site for a $50 million water bottling plant, said the company will leave quickly and quietly. Mayor Pro-tem Marty Dunn ran the meeting and immediately add...
DAYTON—Keeping junior high school students engaged was a hot topic for participants at the Aug. 17 Dayton School District board meeting. Dayton High School/Middle School teachers Jeff McCann and Kristen Frankie were on hand to provide the board and administrators their perspectives on keeping junior high school students engaged. Superintendent Doug Johnson said that informal data suggests that student failure to progress academically begins in the junior high school years, and the a...
