Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA – Don Gibbard (R) moved to Walla Walla 28 years ago because the mix of agricultural, natural resources, recreational activities, and municipal experiences makes it a place where families can succeed. Prior to his work in telecommunications, Gibbard served 16 years as an ordained pastor and says that experience prepared him to work with a diverse set of expectations and opinions which are as present in county government as they are in the church. He has actively supported the c...
WALLA WALLA – Waitsburg resident Melissa Hansen (R) cites her experience managing her family's farm, operating a custom seeding, spraying, and harvesting business, and her recent graduation from the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program as strong foundations to build on in serving as commissioner. "The community of Waitsburg is my home and I will be available to Waitsburg residents to hear their concerns and make sure they are well represented at all times," Hansen said. H...
WALLA WALLA – Todd Kimball (R) is a sixth-generation Walla Walla County resident who returned to farming while continuing to work in accounting, after working in Boise as a CPA for four years. He is a DeSales graduate, earned his B.S. in Accounting from Whitworth College, and attended Gonzaga University for a Masters in Accounting. Kimball is active in the community as a coach and volunteer, and has held leadership positions with the Northwest Grain Growers Board, Walla Walla County Conservation...
WALLA WALLA – Thirty-five year old Republican Jacob Radke is currently deployed to Iraq and will return to Walla Walla in August. He served as a combat medic in the Washington Army National Guard for ten years and currently serves in the Oregon Army National Guard as a Warrant Officer and helicopter pilot. Radke has lived and worked in the Walla Walla area for 28 years. He is a Wa-Hi graduate and earned an AA degree from Walla Walla Community College and Bachelors in Health Science degree f...
WALLA WALLA – Forty-five year resident Randal Son (D) said he set roots in the Walla Walla Valley as soon as he was old enough to choose where to live. Son said he has worked in the fields, canneries, as a painter, and as a carpenter. At 62, he currently works as a transit operator for Walla Walla Valley Transit, but plans to retire if elected. "I"ll be a 100% full-time commissioner with no sideline distractions, working as long and hard as business owners and wage earners," Son said. Son s...
Walla Walla artist Penny Michel will be featured at the Wenaha Gallery in Dayton (219 E. Main) from July 18 - Aug. 13. Michel was born in Tunisia, North Africa and her art is heavily influenced by Roman and Phoenician artifacts. Her pieces have a huanting, other-worldly quality about them....
DAYTON – The Dayton Historic Preservation Commission last week met for the first time since property owners in the city’s two residential historic districts voted overwhelmingly to disband those districts. Despite those results, two of the four members present at the June 29 meeting voted against a measure that would have supported the vote results and recommended dissolution of the Southside and Washington Street Historic Districts to the Dayton City Council. With a 2-2 vote, the com...
WAITSBURG – Council members spent a large chunk of the June 15 Waitsburg City Council meeting evaluating current city codes to be considered for revision or repeal. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said the last comprehensive code review was approximately ten years ago and about half the code was stripped away at that time. Some of the proposed modifications were word changes, such as substituting the words “City Administrator” for “City Marshal” since the city no longer has a marshal....
Noah, and Daniel Moser wait for the "go" signal to walk and ride in Waitsburg's annual Fourth of July Parade of Patriots. The parade ends with a short ceremony in front of the Waitsburg Hardware Store and is followed up with a community potluck in the city park. See more photos on the Last Page....
WAITSBURG – At both the June Garden Club Meeting and City Council Meeting, Waitsburg resident Allison Bond raised the idea of Waitsburg pursuing designation as a Tree City USA. Bond said Tree City USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation would make many types of support available to the city, including free educational tools and grants. The program has been in existence since 1976 and provides the framework for communities to manage and expand their public trees. More than 3,400 communities across the United States have achieved Tree C...
DAYTON – During his time in the United States military, Jeff Monyak had a commanding officer that was interested in taxidermy as a hobby. Eventually, Monyak was sent to the east coast in a new role at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. It was in this so called home of "great white-tailed deer," as Monyak described it, that he decided to take up taxidermy himself. "I got my white-tailed deer and decided that I wanted to do the mounting myself," he said. "So I called up my old CO and asked him for d...
DAYTON – Teachers from the Dayton School District are in the process of gaining the National Board Certification. "It's the gold standard for educators" said Dayton Middle School English teacher Jeff McCann. "It is the national certification, and it is seen as the most rigorous and prestigious certification for teachers," he said. "You can get certifications for colleges, and even get assessed at the local and state levels, but the National Board is a way of proving that you know your craft well...
WAITSBURG – "I'm great with cars, I'm just not the best at marketing," said Bill Feather, owner of SteelFeatherAuto, located at 615 Preston Avenue in Waitsburg. Feather opened his auto repair shop last October, but many residents are unaware of his shop and the services he offers. The 38-year-old mechanic says he has always had an obsession with anything running. Feather grew up in Walla Walla and said he was lucky enough to have a neighbor who took him under his wing and taught him what he k...
PRESCOTT – Prescott City Pool got off to a good start this summer, and has more activities planned for the month of July. A recently announced $45,000 grant from Sherwood Trust for pool and park repairs and equipment leaves the longer-range future looking bright as well. Pool attendance has been excellent so far, with a large number of people using the pool as refuge from the warm weather, according to pool co-manager Yvonne Jackson. Fourth of July weekend saw many families hold picnics and s...
WAITSBURG – Local residents Rebecca Hoffman, Christy Poirier, and Waitsburg High School FFA Advisor Nicole Abel joined others throughout the region to help determine how they could better support agricultural education and their local FFA chapters at an Alumni Regional Development Conference in Burbank on June 25. The National FFA Alumni Organization hosted the conference to provide professional, personal, and alumni program development to local and state members. The conference was also a t...
DAYTON – Kevin Carson, a graduate of the Dayton High School Class of 1976, is a researcher of Pacific Northwest history. He will be at the Wenaha Gallery Saturday, July 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the Dayton Alumni Weekend. Starting at 1 p.m. he will read parts of his latest book, The Wild West Boys, which is a historical fiction story of World War I based upon real stories of the 91st Division stationed in Fort Lewis, which was comprised of many Dayton men. The book talks about the fore...
Thirty-two kids and seven leaders from Dayton and Waitsburg headed off to YoungLife Camp at Washington Family Ranch in Antelope, Ore. on Sunday morning....
WAITSBURG – The creek may not have overflowed, but the church pews sure did on Sunday when 190 people crowded into the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church to watch local kids perform the musical 'Down by the Creek Bank.' The performance served as the big finale for a popular, week-long Vacation Bible School created by co-directors Bethany Moser and Pam Conover. Moser said she and Conover were having a hard time deciding on what to do for VBS this year when they hit on the idea of a musical. Moser a...
WAITSBURG – After falling just 13 votes short of the required 60-percent supermajority approval needed to pass a $4.8 million capital projects bond measure in February, the Waitsburg School District is making one more attempt to determine which items voters will support. Mail surveys were sent to district patrons on June 24 with the hopes that the responses will allow the board to craft a bond proposal that voters can get behind. The school board will review the voter responses at their July 1...
DAYTON—June has been a busy month for the Columbia County Health System administrators and commissioners, and it will come to a close with a groundbreaking ceremony for the hospital construction project on Thursday at 9 a.m. Construction for the hospital enhancement and renovation project was a major topic of conversation at two hospital board meetings, held June 16 and 23. CEO Shane McGuire said that construction was to begin Monday. He said that initial construction would not be about ...
Arraignments -David Wayne Goddard, 46, Dayton; charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment – domestic violence, three counts of harassment – threats to kill, and one count of 4th degree assault – domestic violence. The charges stem from an incident on June 2, involving Goddard’s girlfriend. Goddard entered a not guilty plea to all charges. -Todd William Harshman, 51, Dayton; charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine. Police documents say that, following transport from Walla Walla County Jail and during booking into Columbia C...
DAYTON – While kids rejoice as the final bell rings to end the school year each June, a new question faces those kids and their parents: "What do I do now?" In a small town like Dayton, there is not a plethora of opportunities for children to pass the time during the three-month break from school. Blue Mountain Counseling is trying to provide an answer to that question. Their "Summer Rec" program, as it is known in the community, is a six-week program that gives kids a fun and safe place to m...
DAYTON-The community electronic reader board that many Dayton residents have been hearing about for months is about to become a reality. Martha Lanman, Administrator of Columbia County Public Health Dept., has finalized a deal with Dale Maron, the owner of All Your Building Needs on Main Street in Pomeroy, to purchase the electronic reader board located at his property there. "I was driving through town and saw the sign, and that the building was for sale," Lanman said. On May 2, Lanman called...
WAITSBURG – Colorful waving flags, cheery baskets of hanging flowers, and bright signs welcome locals and passers-by to the newly opened Homestead Farms produce stand located just off Highway 12, at Waitsburg's east end. Owners Debra and Jim Callahan have big plans for the little space and invite the community to join them for their July 1 grand opening event. "This is something we've always thought about doing once we retired," Debra said. "We've been making plans for the last year and a...
