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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The public is invited to attend a public meeting at the Lions Club building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds on Thurs., March 10 at 7 p.m. Eric Zitterkopf from Anderson Perry & Associates will be available to discuss bridge rail design options for the Main Street Bridge replacement. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe reminds citizens that election caucuses are open until March 10. Declarations of Candidacy to run for mayor or city council will be available at City Hall from March 7 through March 18....
Wait-Hi students wrapped up National FFA Week by celebrating at the annual Harvest Ball on Saturday night. The FFA-sponsored Harvest Ball is a Sadie Hawkins-style event where girls ask boys and couples attend in matching T-shirts. FFA members celebrated all week with dress-up (or dress down) days and performed in an "Ag Olympics" competition during a pep assembly on Thursday....
Sentencing/Dismissals: Nicholas Anthony Beard, 26, Spokane; Originally charged of attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle, reckless driving, and driving under the influence in Oct. of 2014. Charges were amended to one count of failure to obey a police officer and one count of negligent driving in the first degree. Beard was sentenced to 24 months probation, drug and alcohol evaluation, and assessed $1230 in fines and fees. Ryan Phillips Timmons, 29, Dayton; case was dismissed with prejudice because the defendant’s right to a speedy trial...
Board members: Karen Tonne, Sara Fletcher, Leann Griffin, Eva Madrigal, Erik Young -Josh Neilsen made a presentation on the Apptegy app and platform to allow for better communication between the district and community. The board authorized Superintendent Cox to pursue pricing negotiations for the program. (See story, Page 7) -No athletes turned out for track but “lots” are signed up for Jr. High softball. Travis Crockett, Jose Gonzalez and Fernando Lopez were recognized as All-League players which, as Chairman Karen Tonne noted, was a fir...
The Dayton Historic Depot is featuring an exhibit of historic barns in our area, including the above photo of the Broughton Land Co. barn. The Depot's waiting room and ticket office are filled with a "Barns of Columbia County" exhibit. The exhibit was originally coordinated by Duane Dunlap and the photography is by Justin Jaech. Those who appreciate old rural architecture should not miss these photographs. The Dayton Historic Depot is open Wednesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4...
DAYTON—On Feb. 24, watershed stakeholders in Columbia County heard about an optional incentive-based program for protecting and enhancing critical areas, while promoting agriculture in the county. Bill Ehler, from the Washington State Conservation Commission, presented information about the Voluntary Stewardship Program, to roughly thirty people in attendance at the meeting, which was held at the county fairgrounds. VSP is a program that is allowed under the state Growth Management Act, and whos...
DAYTON—Beginning Tuesday, March 8, third, fourth, fifth and six graders in the Dayton School District can participate in an after school enrichment program. Students will meet three days a week, for four weeks, and be given the opportunity to explore a variety of activities including, art, dance, flag football, gardening, basketball and hoop shooting, soccer, and granola-making. The After School Task Force has been meeting regularly since April, 2015 to discuss plans for the program. In J...
DAYTON – Dayton resident Aidan J. Gemmell, 19, signed a plea agreement filed in Columbia County Superior on Jan. 20. Gemmell was originally charged with five counts of first-degree child rape, a Class A felony. He entered a guilty plea in an agreement that drops the charges to two counts of child molestation in the second degree, a Class A felony. Gemmell was charged with five instances of sexual misconduct with a minor under the age of twelve, between March and May of 2015. Each of those instances took place after he turned 18. Gemmell and h...
WAITSBURG – "Stick your finger right in that chamber there. Go ahead!" said Columbia County Health System Respiratory Therapist Tom Anderson to a student holding a human heart. Anderson, who is celebrating his one-year anniversary with CCHS, held Waitsburg fourth and fifth graders spellbound during a visit to their classrooms last week. And why wouldn't he? It's not every day that a visitor shows up with an actual heart and lung that students can touch and feel. Anderson looked like he was h...
PRESCOTT – Getting school notices home to parents – and then making sure they read them – is a challenge for most school districts. For Prescott Schools, the struggle is magnified because a large percentage of parents speak only Spanish. At the district's Feb. 25 school board meeting, the board previewed an app that claims to improve communications with parents, students, and the community-at-large. The mission of Apptegy, the app under consideration, is to "help schools build better conne...
PRESCOTT – At their Feb. 25 school board meeting, the Prescott School Board approved the purchase of 90 Chromebook computers to improve teaching efficiency. The computers come with a $35,000 price tag, but will be paid for through a federal grant that must be used or forfeited. Prescott Superintendent Brett Cox told the board that a staff survey indicated that teachers are eager to improve what they can do, from a technology standpoint, in the classroom. He said the staff voted to pursue the u...
Waitsburg Elementary School fifth grade students celebrated their graduation from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program last week. Deputy Ian Edwards runs the local D.A.R.E. program and has been visiting the classroom weekly since about mid-October....
3 S. 3rd Street, Dayton Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs., 12-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Storytime: Tues., 10 a.m. “My Life on the Road,” by Gloria Steinem (Autobiography). Gloria Steinem—writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader—now tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change. In prose that is revealing and rich, Gloria reminds us that living in an open, observant, and “on the road” state of mind can make a difference in h...
5 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon., 10:30 a. m. “The Girl in the Red Coat,” by Kate Hamer (Adult Fiction). Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens. Shattered, Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter, keeping on relentlessly even as the authorities tell her that Carmel may be gone for good. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a...
DAYTON – Columbia County Sheriff Rocky Miller was slightly injured last Thursday when he used his patrol vehicle to ram a vehicle attempting to flee the scene of a drug bust. Miller was treated and released from Dayton General Hospital Thursday afternoon after his car went over an embankment and crashed into a guardrail. According to a 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...
Crews from Trees, Inc. spent Saturday morning trimming the many trees that line Dayton's downtown Main Street. Trees, Inc. . ....
WAITSBURG – What is happening – or not happening – at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds has been a hot topic around town in recent months. Concerned citizens have the opportunity to become part of the solution by attending a public fairgrounds revitalization meeting on Thursday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lions Club Building at the fairgrounds. At the Jan. 6 community forum for the previously-proposed Waitsburg Raceway, Mayor Walt Gobel, along with fellow city council members, expressed frust...
WAITSBURG – Because Waitsburg is governed under its original charter, the city must elect, or re-elect, its city council and mayor each year. Deadlines for this year’s elections are quickly approaching and City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said there seems to be a renewed interest among citizens in running for public office this year. At the February 17 city council meeting, Hinchliffe informed the current council that the upcoming ballot slate will be set before the next council meeting. The...
WAITSBURG – Dayton, Waitsburg, and DeSales made a bid for State in the 2B Regional Knowledge Bowl meet at Waitsburg High School on Mon., Feb. 22. The Irish took the win and will represent regional 2B schools at the state meet in Arlington, Wash. in March. DeSales earned first place with a score of 83 points and Dayton trailed just behind with 77 points. Waitsburg placed third with a score of 59. Riverside took an easy first place with a score of 116 at the Feb. 22 1B Regional Meet. Pomeroy w...
WAITSBURG - Elizabeth Gonzalez says they can't recall the specific spark, but something caught her daughter, Andrea's, attention last fall, and Andrea has been obsessed with running a food drive ever since. The just-turned-eleven year old took advantage of her February 21 birthday to do just that. The Gonzalez family hosted a Star Wars party at the Plaza Theater, then went next door to Gleason's Galley for hot dogs, ice cream, cupcakes, and arcade games. Fred Gonzalez owns Silver Star...
DAYTON-Cottage Path Antiques and Collectibles is open in Dayton. In November 2015, Caroline McFarland moved her antiques and collectibles business out of the shop on her Tucannon River property and into the new digs at 125 East Main Street. McFarland's shop is filled to overflowing with antique furniture, Victoriana, glass collectibles, linens, dishes, and much more. There is also an extensive collection of toy horses. "I try to have something for everyone," McFarland said. McFarland said that...
DAYTON—The Dayton Historic Preservation Commission and the Dayton Planning Department will hold a series of workshops in February for property owners in the Washington Street and South Side Historic Districts. Dates and times for the workshops are: Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. or 5 to 6:50 p.m., prior to the commission’s regular meeting. Workshops are also scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p m., and on Monday, Feb. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. All workshops will be held in the Dayton City Council chambers at 111 South First Str...
DAYTON – The trees along Dayton's Main Street provide beauty and shade throughout downtown most of the year, but they can't do it without some professional help. That help arrived Saturday. According to Pacific Power's regional community manager, Bill Clemens, professional arborists from throughout the northwest converged on Dayton with two boom-truck crews to prune and clean up the trees – mostly London Plane – that line both sides of Main Street. "They come from Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Tri-C...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's Laht Neppur Brewing Company walked away with the People's Choice "Best Cure for Cabin Fever" award for the third year in a row at the Palouse Cabin Fever Brew Fest at the Palouse Community Center on Sat., Feb. 13. Laht Neppur won top honors with their Hot Chocolate Strawberry Porter and earned second place with their Bluewood Barley Wine. Third place went to Paradise Creek Brewery's Berliner Bar. Paradise's Invective Stout tied with Black Label Brewing Company's Piper's P...
WAITSBURG – A structural engineering report on the Waitsburg Fairgrounds grandstands indicates that the structure is in serious need of either repair or demolition, City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe told the Waitsburg City Council at their Feb. 17 meeting. Muran Engineering and Design completed the assessment and listed three recommendations: bring the structure up to standards, tear it down and remove it, or barricade it from public access, Hinchliffe said. Hinchliffe said the grandstands wer...
