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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
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)...
