Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG/DAYTON – Guatemala City missionary David Beam cites "enjoying the wide open spaces and the beauty of the land" as a favorite experience in his recent visit to the Touchet Valley. The valley's rolling hills and waving wheat fields are a stark contrast to the "4 million people and horrible traffic" he and his wife left behind, he said. In a fun case of role reversal, David and his wife, Damaris, recently spent several days enjoying local landscape, people, events and points of i...
WALLA WALLA – The Department of Ecology has made no official decision yet regarding a request that the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership be allowed to lease water from the Touchet Eastside-Westside Irrigation District temporarily. This request has been opposed by several groups locally. “There are some inherent problems with what they’re asking Ecology to do,” said Eric Hartwig, regional water master for the Washington State Department of Ecology. “We received 14 official letters o...
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners signed the Blue Mountain Station development agreement last week with the Port of Columbia following an uneventful public hearing earlier this month. Little discussion took place regarding the 20-year plan for the property owned by the port just west of Dayton city limits. County commissioners unanimously agreed to the plan, which details how the phased development of Blue Mountain Station aligns with the county’s current comprehensive plan and zoning res...
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Updated June 18, 2015 STARBUCK – Columbia County Sheriff Rocky Miller has released further details on the local search leading to the discovery of missing Oregon man Shirley “Ben” Gano, whose body was located in a ravine several hundred feet from his vehicle near Starbuck on Monday. Gano was last seen in Colville on May 30, driving home to Rainier, Ore, in his SUV – a blue BMW X5. For more than two weeks, law enforcement and citizens across the state aided Gano’s family in searching for the 8...
GOATS: MARKET Grand Champion – Bethany Bennett Reserve Champion – Grace Coulston GOATS: SHOWMANSHIP Grand Champion – Sydney Fowble Reserve Champion – Grace Coulston RABBITS: SHOWMANSHIP Grand Champion – Miriam Bennett Reserve Champion – Serena Jacob POULTRY: SHOWMANSHIP Grand Champion – Nathaniel Bennett SHEEP: MARKET Grand Champion – Braden Kitselman Reserve Champion – Taylor Jones SHEEP: 4-H SHOWMANSHIP Grand Champion – Codi Armstrong Reserve Champion – Chloe Brown SHEEP: FFA SHOWMANSHIP Grand...
[Editor's note: Beginning this week, The Times will feature regular updates to the 2015 Drought, including interviews with water experts, farmers, ag specialists, climatologists, business owners, residents and others, to keep you informed on how the record-low snowpack this winter will impact us all in the coming months.] WALLA WALLA – Eric Hartwig is worried about what the rivers in the Walla Walla and Touchet valleys are doing. They are drying up – and fast. "We are setting all-time low flo...
PRESCOTT – A delayed start due to a sound-system glitch did little to dampen the high spirits of the seniors and audience in attendance at Prescott's Class of 2015 graduation ceremony in the Prescott gymnasium on Thursday evening, June 11. But then, it may be hard to bring down the spirits of a class whose motto is, "We dream of a better tomorrow where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives." Ten pairs of seniors walked to the traditional strains of 'Pomp and Circu...
A new handicap-accessible walkway now leads from the Prescott Park lot to an enlarged picnic pad area, complete with a handicap- accessible barbeque that can be rotated for easy access....
Jessica Iglesias: Sea Mar $1,000, Aiyeku-Turner/Jackson Family Scholarship $660 Alesandra Diaz: Blue Mt. Comm. Found. T.B. Elliott $2,500, Salutatorian Award $100, Jacobson Family Scholarship $200, Prescott Education Assoc. Scholarship $800 Jonathan Escalante: Blue Mt. Comm. Found. Roberta Bell Kraemer $750 Selena Duran: Blue Mt. Comm. Found. William and Delora Harpe $1,750, Blue Mt. Comm. Found.Kenneth Garner $1,750, Sea Mar $1,000, Valedictorian Award $150, Prescott Lions Scholarship $800, Jacobson Family Scholarship $200, Gailord and Jean...
DAYTON – The cast is mostly set for this year's fall musical. The Wizard of Oz will be performed at Dayton's Liberty Theater in November and December. Co-director Mike Ferrians just released the following cast list: WIZARD OF OZ: TVAC PRODUCTIONS 2015 Directed by Mike Ferrians and Brenda Henderson CAST LIST: Dorothy Gale - Savannah McFarland Dorothy Understudy - Melissa Petrello Hunk/Scarecrow - Cougar Henderson Hickory/Tinman - Chad Pearson Zeke/Lion - Tony Sykes Wicked Witch - Roz Edwards G...
DAYTON – Dayton resident John Garrett Waltermire, 24, was sentenced in early June to 12 months and one day in state prison after a year of multiple arrests, evasion from local law enforcement and months spent in the county jail. He admitted in Columbia County Superior Court several weeks ago to breaking into the Inland Cellular store in downtown Dayton on March 2, not long after his release from jail on bail after a separate burglary at the city dog pound in December. Waltermire was most recentl...
DAYTON – Cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis, have been on the rise in Walla Walla County all year; this month Columbia County Public Health has confirmed a case of pertussis in a Dayton Elementary School student. It is the only case of whooping cough reported in Columbia County this year, but the disease is contagious and potentially life-threatening in infants and very young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And even people who have been previously i...
Dayton Memorial Library kicked off its summer reading program on Friday with a visit from the noble Knights of Veritas of Ellensburg. After the program, children held a real sword and tried on a metal helmet. The summer program is sponsored by the Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library....
DAYTON – Summer swimming is in full swing, and city staff have been working to ensure not only a good experience for guests to the Dayton City Pool but also save the city money. The city purchased a new chlorination system that is not only easier and safer to use but much more cost effective, according to pool manager Emily Schlenz. The original system consisted of 50-gallon barrels containing a concentration of about 12 percent chlorine mixed with water. Now workers use tablets that are a c...
DAYTON – Blue Mountain Counseling won't know for another week or so about the $25,000 State Farm grant it hoped to win with community support via online voting last month, but directors are determined not to let the outcome of the grant stop them from providing another year of summer recreation for local children. "Dimita (director of BMC) said one way or another we will have the Summer Youth program because this community needs it," said Laura Tolman, prevention coordinator with Blue M...
WAITSBURG – On June 1, Margie Douglas and her fourth grade class made a special trip to deliver Monster Cookies to Waitsburg's graduating seniors. "Their eyes lit up at the sight of them," said Douglas. And at Douglas' retirement party on June 10, guests were handed Monster Cookies from cloth-covered baskets. So what's with the cookies? It's not simply that they taste amazing (which they do!). In Waitsburg, Monster Cookies, 4th grade and Mrs. Douglas all go hand-in-hand. The cookies, which D...
WAITSBURG – A dream that has been years in the making is about to become reality for Stacy Just, as she, her family and advisory board prepare for the grand opening of Just Another Chance Ranch five miles south of Waitsburg on Saturday, June 27, from noon to 5 p.m. The grand opening celebrates phase two of the ranch's mission, the launch of the ranch's first youth mentorship program. The Just family moved to Waitsburg from Roy, Wash., about four years ago, when Stacy's husband, Jason, a...
Waitsburg High School seniors toss their caps into the air at the end of their graduation ceremony on Friday, June 5....
WAITSBURG – Twenty-two members of the Class of 2015 made the traditional march down Kison Court to receive their diplomas at Waitsburg High School's 119th commencement ceremony on Friday. Surrounded by friends and family, the exiting seniors spoke to relationships, dreams and excellence as they bid their fellow schoolmates farewell and proudly joined the ranks of WHS alumni. Honor Speaker Luke Alexenko reflected back on the many memories shared by the class. "We've grown not only as i...
DAYTON – Thirty-four new adults venture forth into the world of adulthood this week. They are high-school graduates, award-winning scholars and high-caliber athletes. They are the Dayton High School class of 2015; and they are Bulldog proud. Last Saturday afternoon they received their diplomas, performed their speeches and tossed their caps into the air. They have completed all the many rituals of growing up in the Touchet Valley and are ready to take on the world. "Not to brag, but I think t...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Mason J. Bates, 31, has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Walla Walla County Superior Court last week to multiple burglaries in his hometown at the end of last year. He will be on probation – community custody – for three years after his release from prison and must successfully complete a drug-offender treatment program. Bates had no prior felony convictions. Bates was arrested on Dec. 28 after a resident on Waitsburg’s West 6th Street filed a residential-burglary report. Other t...
DAYTON – The Rocking D Riders Horse 4-H group in Dayton is offering a Family Horse Camp June 23-25 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. The special instructor will be Tara Johnson. The cost is $30 per day, per person, or $20 per day, per person for the evening ride only. The event begins Tuesday, June 23, with a participants’ meeting at 7:30 a.m. Every day, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. will be the riding classes. One of the classes is riding with Johnson in the outdoor arena. Another class is in-hand showmanship at the indoor arena with the Wal...
Dayton High School Class of 2015 Scholarships Alena Pena $400 Columbia County Fund $1,500 WWCC Rasty & Nona Ketcherside Amanda Bren $100 John Hinchliff/Pheasants Forever $300 Guy & Nyda Prater $400 Columbia County Fund $500 Elks Dave Nicholas Memorial $500 Lions Club Vocational $700 Ward & Vera Hoskins Memorial $1,800 WWCC Columbia County $2,000 Vernon Marll Charitable Trust Ashley Dougherty $500 Guy & Nyda Prater $1,000 Dayton High School Alumni $1,000 Kiwanis Bonnie Laib $100 John Hinchliff/Pheasants Forever $150 Emory Clapp Memorial 4-H...
DAYTON - The 21st All Wheels Weekend car show and extravaganza is coming to downtown Dayton (and the fairgrounds) Father’s Day weekend. You won’t want to miss it. The Times brings you a complete schedule below: FRIDAY, JUNE 19th (all events downtown) 4:00 -7:00 pm - Early car registration at the corner of 1st and Main Street 6:00 -9:30 pm - Live Music 2nd St and Main – Bad Motor Scooter 7.0 7:30 pm - Opening Ceremony at the AmericanWest Bank parking lot on Main Street 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Presentation of Cars at the American West Bank parking lot o...
