Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Incumbent Karl Newell was elected to the city council under the 2010 Truth & Trust slate and is running for his seventh term. Newell moved to Waitsburg from Boardman, Ore. in 2005. He began his career working as a journeyman electrician in 1962 and spent 1966-68 in the army doing “a little bit of everything.” He said his extensive work experience provides him with an understanding of zoning, covenants, layout, and building and housing requirements, which has come in helpful at council mee...
Incumbent council member KC Kuykendall moved to Waitsburg from Colorado in 2010 and quickly became active in the community. He first ran and was elected to council in 2013. "I come from a blue-collar family of loggers, truck drivers, and construction workers, while my wife's family has been farming and ranching around Pendleton and Athena for many generations. We love this land and the rural communities of Eastern Washington," Kuykendall said. "My career in engineering and business management...
WAITSBURG – Anderson Perry & Associates engineer Eric Zitterkopf was on hand at a March 10 community meeting in Waitsburg to answer questions surrounding design plans for the Main Street Bridge that is scheduled to be replaced in the summer of 2017. The meeting was initiated after the city council was asked to choose railing designs at their February meeting. Council members wanted to know why detailed design decisions are required so early in the process, and requested more time to seek p...
Dog walkers crossed Waitsburg's Main Street under a stormy sky on Tuesday afternoon....
DAYTON – At their meeting on March 9, Port of Columbia Commissioners heard from port manager Jennie Dickinson that progress is being made to turn rail operations for the Palouse and Coulee City short rail over to Frontier Rail, LLC. Dickinson said the current rail operator, Watco, is completely willing to turn rail operations over to Frontier, but that the process is still in legal review. Dickinson said there are 39 miles of rail, with eight bridges and their approaches, for the new railroad o...
Preston Hall Student Spotlight Students of the Month for February were (l to r): Violet Beckman, 6th grade; Riley Hubbard, 7th grade; McKellyn Bradham, 8th grade....
Courtesy Photos Waitsburg and Prescott school district's inducted new members into the National Honor Society at a ceremony at DeSales High School on March 9....
DAYTON - "Fresh-picked," "sour," "leafy," "crunchy," "spherical" and "spikey" are just a few of the adjectives students in Ms. Wamble's Kindergarten/first grade classroom used to describe the smell, appearance, taste, and sound of a variety of salad greens and oranges they sampled at last week's presentation by Vickie Hodgson, a health educator with the Columbia County Health Department. Since the fall of 2015, Hodgson has been making interactive presentations every six weeks, in all four K-1 cl...
DAYTON--A book chat for people who like to read, reading with a dog for children, and a contest to help design new library cards, are in the works at the Dayton Memorial Library. "Sit, Stay, Read" is an activity that will help children improve their reading skills and reading confidence, according to the children's librarian Carolyn Laib. Laib said that on Fridays at 3:30 p. m., beginning on March 18, children can cuddle up and read with Tex, Laib's three-year-old Australian shepherd. Tex has...
DAYTON-At the regular school board meeting on March 2, Superintendent Doug Johnson administered the oath of office to its newest school board director, Justin Jaech, Sr. The directors also presented outgoing director Steve Martin with a plaque in appreciation of his many years of service on the board. "If anybody deserves recognition, you do," said board chairman Dan Butler. Martin told the directors that his availability to meet the requirements of serving on the school board had been getting...
WAITSBURG – School Board Chair Ross Hamann urged fellow board members to keep discussions on the recently failed capital projects bond a priority at last week's board meeting. Topping his concerns is the potential loss of funds donated to help replace the district field house – one of the items included in the failed bond levy. In a prior interview with The Times, Hamann explained that, in 2011, an anonymous donor gave $40,000, administered through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation, to the...
WSU's Global Services Director, Cheryl Hansen, reflects on her journey from Waitsburg to the world The following is adapted from a speech recently given by former Waitsburg resident Cheryl Hansen, who is the Director of Global Services at Washington State University. Cheryl, daughter of Geraine and the late Jim Hansen, addressed college students at a recent professional sharing night, describing how she, a small-town girl from eastern Washington became interested in the world and ended up...
DAYTON - For watercolorist Jill Ingram, who grew up on a farm and married a farmer, art is as much of her life as wheat and pigs. The daughter of Dayton artist Iola Bramhall, Ingram dabbled with painting and drawing throughout her childhood, but things became more serious when she turned to art as part of her healing process after a horse accident. Ingram has made a name for herself in the art world. For several years she operated Jill Ingram Watercolors in downtown Dayton and sold her work nationally and internationally through galleries in...
Waitsburg first graders posed with teacher Dinah Lindsey and parapro Carol White during Wacky Wednesday at Waitsburg Elementary School last week. Students went from classroom to classroom, listening to Dr. Suess stories and participating in different activities in each room, in honor of Dr. Suess. The pledge below was read by Supt. Carol Clarke during an end of the day assembly. The Readers’ Pledge I promise to read Each day and each night. I know it’s the key To growing up right. I’ll read...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Mayor Walt Gobel was quick to let the public take over discussions about the Waitsburg Fairgounds at a March 3 public forum on the topic. After saying how "awesome" it was to see the more than 30 community members in attendance, Gobel said the first step in promoting use of the city's fairgrounds – even before beginning discussions – would be to form a Fairgrounds Advisory Committee. Waitsburg Commercial Club President Joy Smith said she would be willing to serve as tempo...
WAITSBURG – Filings to run for City Council opened Monday and several new contenders wasted no time tossing their hats into the ring. Current council member Debra Callahan is running for mayor while Karen Stanton-Gregutt and Kate Hockersmith will compete for first-time seats on the council. Mayor Walt Gobel has only been opposed once during his tenure as mayor. The Truth & Trust slate of candidates, then made up of Mayor Walt Gobel and council members Kevin House, Orville Branson, Marty Dunn, K...
DAYTON--In his report to the school board on March 2, Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson said he met with maintenance supervisor John Delp to develop a potential timeline to complete some of the items on the list of capital projects. Funding for those projects was approved by voters last month. It was decided by the school principals and the board that replacing the communication system should take priority over other projects on the list. Elementary school principal Pam Lindsley said...
Waitsburg's FFA team took fifth place, competing against 15 teams, in a Metal Art competition at Columbia Basin College last week. FFA Advisor Nicole Abel said this was Waitsburg's first time competing in the event. This year's competiton was done "Junkyard Wars style" with teams grabbing materials from a pile of scrap metal. Waitsburg team members chose an old bike frame and a piece of sheet metal as their construction materials. They had from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m to design and complete their art...
Arraignments Geovanni Sanchez, 22, Hermiston; Alex L. Ahumada, 30, Lewiston; Elijio A. Mendoza, 29, Hermiston; and Julia L. Richardson, 31, all entered not guilty pleas to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver. Richardson also plead not guilty to attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. (See story below.) Trial setting is scheduled for March 16. Lonnie Marick, 39, Waitsburg entered a not guilty plea to charges of second degree burglary, first degree theft, and first degree malicious mischief. See story on Page 7. Trial...
DAYTON – Four suspects arrested in a joint-agency drug bust at the Best Western Hotel in Dayton on Feb. 18 entered not guilty pleas in Columbia County Superior Court on March 2. According to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office press release, the incident began when a car associated with a man wanted in Lewiston on a felony warrant was spotted in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel in Dayton Columbia County Sheriff personnel, joined by members of the Quad Cities Task Force, were watching when four people returned to the car and the off...
DAYTON – By the time David Frame was a freshman at Dayton High School, he knew he wanted to be a professional photographer. Six years after his 2010 graduation, he's well on his way. "I got my first digital camera when I was 10," he said. "I really got into it in high school." Frame's love of wildlife and the outdoors has fit perfectly with his love of photography. He has already had his work featured on the covers of two outdoor publications, as well as in a book featuring the natural history o...
DAYTON-Did you know the City of Dayton has two residential zones? Do you know what animals city residents can keep and house in each zone? The City of Dayton has a new code compliance department, staffed by a new code compliance officer, who is going to provide answers to those questions, and more, and who will make sure public nuisance, animal control, street, building and zoning ordinances are complied with inside city limits. Clint Atteberry was hired on Feb. 18, to tackle municipal code viol...
WAITSBURG – WHS seniors Megan Morrison and Stuart Walsh were honored at a Boys and Girls State Honor Night at Town Hall on Mon., March 7. The event was hosted by the Waitsburg American Legion Post #35 and the Legion Auxiliary, which sponsor Waitsburg and Prescott students each year. Megan Morrison attended the 2015 American Legion Auxiliary Evergreen Girls State at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Wash. last June. Morrison said she was initially unsure about applying to attend b...
WAITSBURG – One of the reasons the Waitsburg Resource Center doesn't refer to itself as a food bank is because its mission is to serve the community in as many ways as possible; not just by providing food, according to resource center treasurer Bret Moser. Most recently, the center added "emergency preparedness" to its resume of helpful endeavors. Last week the WRC received a shipment of 60 emergency blankets that will be stored by Columbia-Walla Walla Fire District No. 2. The blankets, which a...
WAITSBURG - A Waitsburg man entered not guilty pleas to charges of burglary, theft, and malicious mischief in Columbia County Superior Court last week. Lonnie Marick, 39, was arrested on Feb. 24, when a Columbia County search warrant resulted in the discovery of multiple stolen items at his residence. According to police reports, a warrant was requested following a burglary at commercial buildings located on Highway 12 in Columbia County. Walla Walla and Columbia County Sheriff's office...
