Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Garden Club, organized by Karen Gregutt, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. The club will kick of 2016 with its first meeting of the season on Saturday, March 5 at 9 a.m., the home of Susan Donegan, at 209 W. 4th St. Gregutt has passed the reins of club president to Donegan this year. Gregutt started the club in 2007, shortly after moving to Waitsburg. She said she organized the club to support and appreciate the beauty of the town, especially its trees a...
WAITSBURG - On the morning of Feb. 24, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 705 E. Maple St., in Waitsburg, resulting in the arrest of Lonnie Marick, 39, of Waitsburg. According to a Columbia County Sheriff's Office press release, the search recovered numerous stolen items including: handtools, camping equipment, new and used tires, a door, lumber, vehicle parts, a battery charger, power tools, and plywood. Marick was...
Waitsburg resident Karl Newell brought this photo by The Times and said that Makenna Barron stopped by Waitsburg Hardware Store & Mercantile last Saturday to surprise Jack McCaw with a heart-shaped Valentine's cake. Newell said Makenna and Jack have performed together in many Liberty Theater productions, and have become close, and Makenna wanted to do something nice for Jack. It looks like he enjoyed the surprise....
Dayton passes improvements bond, Waitsburg bond is failing WAITSBURG – Dayton, Waitsburg, Dixie, and Prescott school districts all received strong voter approval on their replacement maintenance and operations levies, easily meeting the 50% plus one yes-vote needed to pass in the county’s Feb. 9 special election. Dayton also passed a four-year capital projects levy, but the outlook for Waitsburg’s 20-year capital projects bond is grim. Dixie’s voters showed the strongest support with a 72% yes...
DAYTON – What started out as a response to a call for a possible burglary in progress on Feb. 9, led Columbia County Sheriff's deputies to much more. Dayton resident Joseph (Joey) Richter, 31, was arrested and faces multiple charges, including first degree arson, for the fire that destroyed a house on 615 E. Washington on the morning of Feb. 8. Sheriff's Office reports say deputies responded to a burglary call in the 200 block of E. Spring Street to find Richter hiding in a carport and a...
DAYTON – Last year, a group of individuals led by Ski Bluewood owners Kelly and Michael Stephenson, formalized the ski resort’s outreach program into a nonprofit called Skyline Adventures. The group has met its first and second year goals and has big dreams for the future, including a “magic carpet” and possibly even a Wounded Warriors program. Through its outreach program Ski Bluewood has worked for years to provide at-risk youth with a day of skiing and snowboarding fun at Bluewood. By becomin...
Preston Hall Student Spotlight students for the month of January were (l to r) Mya Wood, 6th grade; Hannah Sullivan, 7th grade; Avery VanBlaircom, 8th grade. Preston Hall second quarter honor roll: 8th grade 3.25 or better Logan Baker Wyatt Bohlman Grace Coulston Veronika Grace Seamus House Braden Kitselman Kailyn Lewis Anna Miller Kirsten Miller Kevin Murphy Cason Nichols Bradley Sandau Sawyer Tardif Avery VanBlaricom 7th grade 3.25 or better Zach Bly Koby Harris Riley Hubbard Teagen Larsen...
DAYTON – For local watercolorist and co-founder of the Blue Mountain Artists' Guild Meredith Dedman, art is joy – something to be taught and shared. Through Sat., March 12, Dedman will share her art as the featured Pacific Northwest Art Event Artist at Dayton's Wenaha Gallery, with an artist's reception on Sat., Feb. 20. Dedman said she was drawn to watercolors for the most practical (and non-artistic) of reasons. She began taking nighttime art classes about 15 years ago and, after working all...
DAYTON--The Dayton Historic Depot is showing a new quilt exhibit for 2016. Tamara Fritze, museum director at the Depot, said there are 25 quilts in the exhibit and they range in age from almost 100 years old to just a few months old. A few of the quilts are older, but most are modern, she said. Fritze said the fabrics used in the quilts are traditional and modern. Reproduction fabric was used in some, as well as batik and flannel, she said. Sylvia Demaris' quilt, Burgoyne Surrounded, is a Civil...
WAITSBURG – Last Friday was a school day, but the slopes at Ski Bluewood were filled with students, and they weren't play hooky. Waitsburg fifth graders joined students from Dayton, Starbuck, and Jubilee Leadership Academy at Bluewood to focus on something other than the three R's – learning to ski. Ski Bluewood General Manager Kim Clark said Bluewood offers special school rates for multi-week lessons, as well as single-day field trips, to Touchet Valley schools. They also offer special group pr...
WAITSBURG – A discussion of the Feb. 9 special election results and a vote on the Dayton-Waitsburg 2016 football combine were top agenda items at the Feb. 10 Waitsburg School Board meeting. Special Election “We clearly need to celebrate the success of the maintenance and operations levy,” Superintendent Carol Clarke said. “We had really strong community support. That says we’re doing something right.” As of Tuesday, the levy, which will collect $559,000 in 2017 and $570,000 in 2018 was passing a...
WAITSBURG – Four Waitsburg teachers each recently received $200 mini-grants from the Walla Walla-Columbia School Retirees Association. The mini-grants, as well as scholarships for local students, are funded largely by the group's annual Teddy Bear Tea fundraiser. This year's tenth annual Teddy Bear Tea will take place from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 27 at the St. Francis Catholic Church Social Hall, located at 722 W. Alder Street in Walla Walla. According to group member Joan Helm, the ass...
Board members: Karen Tonne, Sara Fletcher, Leann Griffin, Erik Young, Eva Madrigal Leann Griffin was sworn in as a newly elected board member for Position/Seat 4. First reading of Policy #5401 dealing with sick leave. Discussed fees and utilities charges for district rental units. Superintendent Cox will follow up with Bill Clemmons and R.E.A. about solar panels. Superintendent Cox reported that last year approximately 15 junior high and high school students were active in sports. This year, 60 students are active. The school...
DAYTON - Students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities in the after school program coming to Dayton next month. The program will be offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from March 8 through March 31. Schedules and activities have not yet been finalized, but registration forms and program materials will be available through the Dayton Elementary School office on Feb. 23. Examples of possible activities include, gardening, arts and crafts, games, and sports. The After School...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Commercial Club is accepting nominations for Community Service Award and Business of the Year Award recipeints, now through March 17. The awards will be announced in April. This will be the second year the Business of the Year will be awarded. Last year, it was awarded to Dan and Trina Cole of Waitsburg Grocery. Kate Hockersmith received last year’s Community Service Award for her work with music and local youth. To nominate a business or community member, send a letter or note as to why you feel they are des...
Waitsburg's Town Hall was the happening spot in town on Sat. Feb 13 as community members enjoyed a fundraising Prime Rib Dinner put on by the Town Hall Association. All proceeds will be used for the operations and maintenance of Town Hall....
This report just in from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office: Dayton - On February 18, 2016 Deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, Quad Cities Drug Task Force, Garfield County Sheriff's Office, and the Washington State patrol Attempted to stop a 1999 Cadillac Deville in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel in Dayton Washington, and the vehicle had to be physically stopped when the driver attempted to elude officers. Officers were told that one of the occupants identified as...
DAYTON – Starbuck City Manager Candice Harrison met with the Columbia County Commissioners Monday morning and asked if the Town of Starbuck could contract with the county for legal services to help defend against a lawsuit regarding the Washington Public Records Act. As The Times reported last week, Starbuck, which has about 130 residents, has been sued by Spokane attorney Stephen Kirby for tens of thousands of dollars in fines because he claims the town failed to respond to two letters c...
John Mason was named Booster of the Year at Waitsburg's Senior Night at last Friday's basketball games. "John has given enthusiastically of his time and resources helping the students of Waitsburg. . . (Click on photo to read rest of caption)...
Hansen describes the international seminar as life-altering WAITSBURG – Having been home for only a couple of weeks, Melissa Hansen is still mentally and emotionally processing her recent trip to Thailand and Laos, but she knows for certain that it was life-altering. The trip, called an international seminar, was just one part of the 18-month AgForestry Leadership program that she will graduate from in May. The Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program (AgForestry) awards f...
Voters in the Waitsburg, Dayton and Prescott approved the M&O levies, according to preliminary results released Tuesday. The Dayton Capital Improvement Levy was also passing, while the Waitsburg bond levy, which needed 60% approval, was failing. Since the results were announced just as The Times was going to press Tuesday night, we will will have further coverage of the levy stories in our Feb. 18 issue. Waitsburg M&O Levy Proposition 1: Replacement Maintenance and Operations Levy yes -318 (68.2%) No - 148 (31.8%) Dayton M&O Levy Proposition...
WAITSBURG - City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe will ask the city council to choose a rail design for the soon-to-be-replaced Main Street Bridge a the upcoming Feb. 17 city council meeting. The public is invited to attend that meeting to offer input or to come by City Hall and let Randy know their preference in advance. Anderson Perry & Associates has submitted three options: a cross and circle pattern imprinted on the concrete (mimicing the look of the existing barrier), an open window...
Graduating senior winter athletes were honored at senior night in Waitsburg on Friday. They had some fun posing here for Dayton photographer Nick Page before the game. . ....
Arraignment: Kyle Robert Jamerson, 30, Walla Walla, entered a plea of not guilty to possession of methamphetaime, from an incident that occurred in July, 2015 and was released on bond. Eric VanZandt, 31, Dayton, entered a not guilty plea to charges of 2nd degree assault, violation of a protection order – 2 prior violations – domestic violence, and one count of 4th degree assault, domestic violence. The charges relate to a Jan. 29 altercation with his girlfriend. He is being held in the Columbia County Jail on $100,000 surety bond. Omnibus and...
DAYTON—At their meeting on Feb. 3, the Columbia County Commissioners heard from Public Works Director Andrew Woods about holding public hearings for citizens impacted by plans to replace the Vernon Smith Bridge on Rose Gulch Road, and by work that is scheduled to begin in 2016 on South Touchet Road. The commissioners approved an informational meeting to be held at the public works department at 415 North Guernsey Avenue in Dayton for anyone impacted by the Vernon Smith Bridge replacement p...
