Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – Many people in Columbia County know what it's like to wake to the sound of roosters crowing. Even in some parts of town. For the caffeinated at heart in Dayton, a rooster in the morning means so much more. It means fresh coffee, conveniently located right off of Highway 12 on the western edge of town, served by the chipper, smiling and often psychic Judy Rowland. "People hardly ever have to order," Rowland said, claiming that she has memorized 95 percent of her customers' favorite d...
DAYTON – Executives with the Columbia County Health System are in the final stages of hiring an architect for the Dayton General Hospital upgrade approved by voters with a $5.5 million bond levy last year. Chief Operations Officer Shane McGuire reported to the hospital district board last week that two architects had replied so far to the ad that ran in both The Times and Dayton Chronicle for the last two weeks. The timeline for the project is to have an architect selected before the next b...
WAITSBURG – "But where do we put it?" That is the first questions parents ask insulin pump representatives, doctors, and diabetes educators when setting up a small child with a pump or continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to help to manage their diabetes. Pocket Innerwear owners believe they have the answer, and the company recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to help make that solution available on a larger scale. "It can be overwhelming for a parent to figure out how to help a kid maintain, m...
WAITSBURG – John and Marilyn Stellwagen are once again hosting Waitsburg's unofficial Fourth of July Veterans March parade followed by a community potluck at Preston Park. The event continues to grow each year, with nearly 100 people attending last year's festivities. Everyone, including organizations like Rainbow Girls, Boy Scouts, etc. is invited to join the parade. Wave a flag or decorate your bike, stroller, wheelchair, or anything else in red, white and blue. Parade participants line up i...
Board members: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger. *The board was presented with expected costs of facilities priorities as determined by architects in preparation for upcoming capital projects bond request. The board felt that the estimate of $5.1 million (as opposed to the $4.8 million that would keep taxes the same) was too high and requested additional info and clarification of costs. *In response to feedback from the community, the board discussed changing the time of High School graduation from 8 p.m....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's city council is in unanimous agreement that it would like to see the city totally out of the fire and ambulance business. At the June 17 city council meeting, the council approved Ordinance 2015-1031, which will initiate the process of annexing the Waitsburg City Fire Department into Walla Walla County Fire District No. 2. Voter approval of the annexation will also be required. Plans include transitioning the Waitsburg Ambulance Service (WAS) into the district as well. B...
A visitor and his son get a close-up photo of a '32 Ford Highboy Roadster during the Show N Shine at last weekend's All Wheels Weekend event in downtown Dayton. Crowds were large and the weather was great for the 21st annual event....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Tysen R. Beckner, 25, was arrested last week in Idaho and now faces a felony charge of child assault in Walla Walla County Superior Court. Beckner was allegedly involved in a fight at the new Whiskey Creek Bar and Grill in Waitsburg on the night of June 17 during which his girlfriend, Waitsburg resident Shaylynn M. Johnson, was arrested on a warrant, according to court documents. According to relatives, Beckner was left in charge of two young children in the h...
DAYTON – Anyone driving Highway 12 can see it. The wheat fields are ripening quickly. Gone are the rolling green plains. In their place are fields of shorter-than-normal, already golden grains. And it's still June. The heavens haven't blessed the Touchet Valley with rain in quite some time. And with temperatures predicted to reach the triple digits over the weekend, any additional moisture to the ground before harvest is improbable. Local farmers have mixed feelings about the drought. The s...
DAYTON – Do you know your county building and permitting rules? Columbia County suggests you reacquaint yourself with them because officials have asked the planning department to brainstorm a way of “adding teeth” to current ordinances. Jake Davis, Greg Abramson and Kim Lyonnais, with the Columbia County Planning Department, presented information last Wednesday to commissioners on a county-wide problem with building-code violations. Dilemmas include everything from residents running unlicensed s...
Senior Class 4.0 GPA Gales-Alexenko, Luke Z. Grant, Hannah G. Larsen, Talen T. Philbrook, Emma c. Shafer, Tyler Walker, Samantha R. 3.25 and above GPA Lanning, Owen L. Leroue, Chance O. Mercado, Sofia C. Grant, Michael F. DeRuwe, Mikala L. Edwards, Bailey Acevedo, Devin Fisher, Nicole M. Salazar, Analise Wood, Paige N. Junior Class 3.25 and above Walsh, Stuart J. Branson, Zion I. Jones, Caitlyn A. Sophomore Class 3.25 and above Hays, Taylor A. Pope, Aislynne M. Dunn, Jacob M. Wood, Skylar Farley, Jared E. Adams, Emily A. Mercado, Selina L....
Randy Hinchliffe was the winner of the Waitsburg Friends of the Library Father's Day raffle basket. . ....
Workers were busy installing new water lines along the east side of Main Street in Waitsburg Tuesday, making a trip to The Times office especially treacherous for visitors....
DAYTON – The cause of death remains unknown in the case of Shirley "Ben" Gano, the 88-year-old Oregon man whose body was found near Starbuck last week, Columbia County Coroner Rea Culwell told The Times on Monday. Preliminary results from Monday's autopsy, however, indicate that the manner of Gano's death was natural, according to Culwell. More tests will be conducted, but at this time the cause of death could not be determined "due to the condition of the body," she said. Gano's body was locate...
DAYTON – Columbia County has filed criminal charges against county resident Darlene M. Savage, 70, alleging that she has been maintaining an unpermitted salvage or junkyard on her South Touchet Road property for over a year. The misdemeanor charge, filed in district court on June 12, followed a report signed by the Columbia County Planning Department Director Kim Lyonnais earlier that week stating that this particular property has been a problem since at least 2011. The junk, vehicles and o...
Dayton WWII veteran Owen Agenbroad (top photo) was the first Everyday Hero to tell his story last Thursday at the Dayton Memorial Library as part of this summer's reading program . . ....
WAITSBURG – Izzy-the-camel owner Mickey Richards says he would love to one day to write a book filled with stories about Izzy. If he does, that book will undoubtedly include a chapter on Izzy's most recent adventure as a television star. Last week, Waitsburg's favorite cuddly camel was doused in fake blood (Karo syrup and food coloring) and transformed into a gruesome member of the walking dead to perform in an episode of the SyFy channel series "Z Nation." The series, which is filming its s...
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...
