Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Outlook is good for elevators operating for the first time under NWGG banner DAYTON – Every year in the Touchet Valley and surrounding areas, the second half of summer is known as harvest season, which many refer to simply as "harvest." The season sees many teens and college students on summer break come back to work for local farmers during this labor-intensive season. On top of those who work cutting the fields themselves, are those who work for the elevators that store the product until it i...
WAITSBURG – Nestlé Natural Resources Manager Bruce Lauerman will discuss the company’s exploration of Waitsburg as a potential new site for a water bottling facility at Wednesday’s city council meeting. In a statement released Tuesday, Nestle said the facility, which would support the Arrowhead Spring Water and Nestlé Pure Life brands, would provide an estimated 50 jobs at full build-out. Nestlé estimates their projected water use at 150 million gallons annually, which they say “is a small fract...
Trucks from John Grant And Son farm were among the first to deliver to the Lyons Ferry elevator near Starbuck when The Times joined them for a ride-along last week. The pace has since picked up and harvest is well underway across the Touchet Valley this week....
School board responds to survey results by dropping capital improvements bond by $1 million WAITSBURG - A $4.8 million Waitsburg School District capital improvements bond fell a mere 13 votes shy of reaching the required 60-percent supermajority vote needed for passage in February. The Waitsburg School Board returned to the drawing board, sought additional community input, and will drop two projects – at a reduction of $1 million – and re-run the bond in November. At June’s regular meeti...
DAYTON – With Rep. Maureen Walsh seeking the State Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Mike Hewitt, five candidates have filed to fill her 16th District Position 1 house seat. In addition, two challengers have filed to face Rep. Terry Nealey, who is seeking reelection to the District 2 seat. This week, The Times presents profiles of all of the 16th District State House of Representative candidates on Page 5. The 16th District includes all of Walla Walla and Columbia Counties, as well as portions of Benton and Franklin Counties. See P...
POSITION 1 Mary Ruth Edwards, Republican Mary Ruth Edwards, 55, teaches first grade in the Prosser School District. She also serves on the Prosser City Council. She has a bachelor’s degree in business and a master’s in education. Edwards says she grew up an “army brat,” and later lived in the Marysville/Everett area before moving to Prosser in 2005. Edwards’ campaign motto is, “Lower taxes, less government, more freedom!” “If we don’t raise taxes, or impose new ones, the good people of the 16t...
DAYTON – Many alumni from various Dayton High School graduating classes made their way back to Dayton for Alumni Weekend. The annual celebration gives old classmates a chance to meet up and reminisce with high school friends. The weekend started with the alumni parade, which featured floats made by classes celebrating milestone reunions, such as 10th, 20th, or 25th. The parade saw a wide range of classes entered, ranging from classes of the 1950s all the way up to the Class of 2006. The p...
DAYTON – When Justin Wendt was a junior at Dayton High School, he spent a few months working an hour a day at Skyline Parts, on Dayton's Main Street, as part of the school's junior internship program. A little more than a decade later, he owns the store. "This is a real testament to Rob Moore and Steve McClean and the internship program they started," said departing store owner Dave Schreck, referring to the two former DHS teachers. Schreck said he was hesitant at first to get involved in the i...
WAITSBURG – Lane Hill debuted her newly remodeled 10 Ton Press studio, located on Waitsburg's Main Street, to a full house while hosting an ArtWalla Creative Network event on July 13. Artists from across the Touchet Valley showed up to see firsthand what is happening in the new space and to learn more about the burgeoning art scene in Waitsburg. In his introduction, ArtWalla board member Ted Cox referred to Waitsburg as "Artsburg" because of the number of artists living and working in the c...
Board members: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Russ Knopp, and Randy Pearson were present with Marilyn Johnson absent. Elementary Principal’s Report: *A small group of students have been visiting the library on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings to check out books and listen to stories with Eleanora Montgomery. Montgomery is supervising several students using an online reading program called Read Naturally, that was purchased with grant funds. Secondary Principal’s Report: *The district has started interviewing for the 6th grade teaching position, vac...
When I decided to take my boys to Walla Walla's virtual reality theater, Maskerade, I had no intention of writing a column about it. It just sounded like a cool experience that we would all enjoy. But after spending a few minutes talking with the theater's creator, Riley Clubb, I was pretty sure it was something that our readers would enjoy learning about, if not taking the time to visit themselves. Maskerade touts itself as "the world's first virtual reality theater." Clubb said most people...
DAYTON – Swimming has been a summertime favorite for area youth for many years. The Dayton Swim Team gives those kids a chance to put their skills to the test in a competitive and fun environment. The summer league team that competes from mid-June until the beginning of August has long been a staple of summertime recreation in Dayton. The team takes part in meets against other area teams such as Colfax and Pomeroy. The meets are usually hosted by the teams' local pools. Heats are run at differen...
DAYTON – The summer swim team season is underway, with Dayton playing host to its first home meet of the year on July 12th. The three-team meet also played host to Garfield-Palouse-Plummer-Oaksdale and St, John-Endicott-Lacrosse-Washtucna. Dayton finished the meet in first place, with a substantial 425 team points. This gave them the win over SELW, who finished in second with 375.5 team points. GPPO finished in third with 321.5 points total. The swimmers from Dayton had a strong showing in relay events, which helped elevate them to the top spot...
Blue Mountain Station’s third annual Foodstock celebration added even more fun to an already busy Dayton weekend. Visitors to the Artisan Market enjoyed live music, tie-dying and crafts, food trucks, local and consignment vendors, a bounce house, and face painting....
Clarence Stearns sits beside a box of newly delivered Hermiston melons at his produce stand off of Harmon Avenue in Waitsburg. The family has been selling produce from in front of their Preston Avenue home for several years. Over the last couple of years, they built a commercial kitchen, smoker, and cooling room behind the house and have expanded the business to include smoked meats and cheeses and wild and domestic animal processing. See story on Page 7....
WAITSBURG – A new football season will also see a new team take the field, as Dayton and Waitsburg High Schools are combining forces for the 2016 season. The kids had a chance to pad-up and play with their teammates for the first time during spring practices and camp. Head Coach Troy Larsen had 53 players sign-up for the team in the spring, showing a great interest from local kids. "Some will disappear and maybe play other sports," said Larsen. The team is made up of a good mixture of kids f...
WAITSBURG – Nestlé Natural Resources Manager Bruce Lauerman will discuss the company's exploration of Waitsburg as a potential new site for a water bottling facility at Wednesday's city council meeting. In a statement released Tuesday, Nestle said the facility, which would support the Arrowhead Spring Water and Nestlé Pure Life brands, would provide an estimated 50 jobs at full build-out. Nestlé estimates their projected water use at 150 million gallons annually, which they say "is a small frac...
DAYTON—On Monday night the Dayton City Council adopted a resolution to revise the 2016 Historic Preservation Policy Code, and Process Update Project schedule, for the purpose of dissolving the Dayton Register South Side Historic District and Dayton Register Washington Street Historic District, as “expeditiously” as possible. A motion to strike the language concerning retaining the historic districts from the resolution was made by council member Delphine Bailey, and seconded by council membe...
In last week’s Times we incorrectly stated that, during their June 29 meeting, the Dayton Historic Preservation Commission voted 2-2 on a motion to recommend to the city council to disband the two Dayton residential historic districts. While two members of the commission who were in attendance spoke in favor of making such a recommendation and two spoke against, the motion made was to make no recommendation to the council. That motion passed 3-1. (See above story.) We regret the error....
WALLA WALLA – Six candidates are in the race seeking election for the Walla Walla County Commissioner District 2 seat, currently held by Perry Dozier (R) of Waitsburg. Dozier is serving his second four-year term in office, which expires Dec. 31, and is not seeking re-election. District 2 covers the east side of the county and includes the cities of Dixie, Waitsburg, and Prescott. Republican candidates seeking Dozier’s position are Don Gibbard, Melissa Hansen, Todd Kimball and Jacob Radke. Mic...
Ballots for the Aug. 2 primary election will be mailed to voters on Thursday. For more information about upcoming elections in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties, contact the County Auditor’s Office or view this year’s races on the County Auditor’s website....
First Appearance/Arraignments -Justin Brady, 38, Dayton; entered a plea of not guilty to one charge of violation of the uniform controlled substances act – possession of methamphetamine. Bond was set at $10,000 10% security bond. Ominbus and trial setting are set for Aug. 3. Trials Set -David Wayne Goddard, 46, Dayton; charged with one count of unlawful imprisonment. Trial was reset to Aug. 25-26. -Marshall Hernandez, 55, Dayton; charged with arson in the first degree and reckless burning in the first degree. Trial reset for Aug 25-26. -...
When Mark Zuckerberg introduced Facebook live-streaming in April, it was with a cheery video from the launch room in which he talked about the great things people were already doing with the service. There was a stream of baby bald eagles and a guy who went live while he got a haircut. The mundane could become the suspenseful, Zuckerberg said, because viewers wouldn’t know what would happen next. In the months since, Facebook has celebrated go-live successes that include a watermelon exploding under rubber bands and a mom howling with l...
Society seeks help as they work to develop and promote the Bruce House Museum as an event space WAITSBURG – With big plans for the future, the Waitsburg Historical Society is in need of some helping hands. “We are a strictly volunteer organization and are very dependent on the community to step up and help fill needs,” said Historical Society President Richard Hinds. First and foremost, Hinds said the society is in need of a replacement for the current recording secretary. The recording secretary is responsible for taking and distr...
DAYTON – The Touchet Valley region is the lucky host of the New Old Time Chautauqua on July 18 and 19. The group, also known as NOTC, will be at the Lewis & Clark Trail State Park in between Dayton and Waitsburg. The Chautauqua group follows the social and cultural movements that spawned in New York during the 1870s and experienced great growth until the 1920s. They present many forms of so-called "cultural enrichment," including arts (such as dance and drama), lectures and music. Back in t...
