Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Weller Public Library, Waitsburg “The Martian,” by Andy Weir (Science Fiction): Astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars but after he’s nearly killed in a dust storm and his crew evacuates and leaves him for dead, he may be the first to die there as well. Stranded alone on Mars with a limited food supply and no way to signal Earth, Mark uses ingenuity, his engineering skills, and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit, as he confronts one obstacle after another. “Rogue Lawyer” by John Grisham (Fiction): Sebastian...
WALLA WALLA – Tyler Paul Judd, 32, was arrested on multiple child rape and drug charges in Walla Walla on Nov. 17. Judd lists his address as 512 W. Second St. in Waitsburg. According to police reports, an officer observed Judd exiting a Walla Walla residence, followed closely by a fifteen-year-old girl. Judd is a registered sex offender, and the officer questioned the girl and Judd about their relationship. Both allegedly admitted to having had sexual relations on numerous occasions beginning i...
WAITSBURG – According to Operation Christmas Child shoebox media coordinator Fay Smith, this was a big year this year’s collection drive, coordinated by Samaritan’s Purse, which culminated Thanksgiving week. A record 18,084 gift-filled Christmas Shoeboxes were given by residents of Dayton, Waitsburg, the Tri-Cities, and eastern Oregon. There were 1,270 more boxes donated this year than last year and a record 196 came from the Waitsburg and Dayton area. That is a increase of 44 above last year’s local collection. The shoeboxes were brought...
WAITSBURG – If Brandon Kelly gets his wish, Waitsburg will become the home base for regional dirt-track car racing events. Waitsburg's city council was intrigued enough to invite Kelly back to give a more detailed presentation at their Dec. 16 council meeting, but councilor K.C. Kuykendall called the enterprise a "long shot." Kelly approached the city last month about the possibility of modifying the fairgrounds horse racing track to use for car racing events. City Administrator Randy H...
Pacific Power lineman Doug Hinds (left) is confronted with a lineup of Dayton Elementary School students wishing to have their ornaments hung on the highest possible branch. Hinds helped set up the Dayton Community Christmas Tree in front of Elk Drug last week. Lights have been strung and ornaments are in place....
DAYTON-There is a wealth of material in possession of the Elizabeth Forest Day Club about that women's civic and educational organization, and much more in the Dayton Public Library about the town's founding mother, for which the club is named. In 1913, the Draper Club was formed by local women for the purpose of promoting civic and educational activities. Meetings were held in individual homes, and membership was by subscription to ten-volume sets of "Draper's Self Culture" books, which...
Local families came together at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room on Saturday morning to prepare and deliver Thanksgiving dinner boxes as part of the third annual Kids’ Big Give. The group provided turkey dinners for 25 families this year....
WAITSBURG – Bev Rising addressed the Waitsburg Commercial Club last week to discuss Banner Bank and the conversion of Waitsburg's AmericanWest Bank to Banner Bank. Bev is the Dayton Banner Bank branch manager and was a teller for 23 years. Rising said that Banner Bank merged with AmericanWest Bank on Oct. 2 but the final conversion will not take place until February of next year. She said that federal regulations prevented Banner from taking over over the Dayton AmericanWest Branch because B...
Students at the Dayton schools spent much of last week building gingerbread houses for the Dayton Christmas kickoff competition. Entries will be on display this weekend in the former Grainhouse Grill building on Main Street. The public is invited to vote for their favorite houses. Winners will get a free ice cream party thrown by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce....
WAITSBURG – The heavily utilized restrooms at Preston Park are out of commission after being vandalized earlier this month. The restrooms, located just off of Highway 12, are a popular stop for tourists and the city hopes to have them re-opened in time for the holiday weekend. At the Dec. 16 city council meeting City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said that vandals “took every piece of metal they could get their hands on,” stripping the restrooms down to the bolt on the deadbolt plate. The vandals even jerked the heaters from the walls, leavi...
DAYTON—At their regular meeting on November 18, the Dayton School District board of directors continued their discussion about the M&O levy, capital projects, and the technology levy. They also talked about ways to reduce costs for some of the items on the list that was presented to the community by Superintendent Doug Johnson on Nov. 16. The directors authorized Superintendent Johnson to proceed with the wording of the M&O levy. According to Johnson, the levy would increase, closer to $1.46 m...
8th grade High honors: 3.6 & above Logan Baker Grace Coulston Kirsten Miller Cason Nichols Kailyn VanPlake Honor roll: 3:25 & above Wyatt Bohlman Seamus House Braden Kitselman Kevin Murphy Bradley Sandau 7th grade High honors: 3.6 & above Koby Harris Riley Hubbard Teagen Larsen Annaka Moreland Karsyn Russell Hannah Sullivan Honor roll: 3:25 & above Zach Bly 6th grade 4.0 Kiley Curran Megan Forney High Honors: 3.6 & above Caleb Barron Charlie Judy McKenzie Lewis Braden Mohney Mya Wood Honor roll: 3.25 & above Theo Anderson Jessie Atteberry Alex...
Columbia County Superior Court November 18, 2015 First Appearance/Arraignment: Fred James Martin, 42, Pasco; entered a plea of not guilty to one count of burglary in the second degree, and one count of assault in the third degree,. The charges stemmed from an altercation at the Rawhide Bar N’ Grill in Starbuck on Oct. 4. Hector Vela, 53, Dayton; pleaded not guilty to one count of distribution of a controlled substance to a person under 18 years of age, one count of violation of uniform controlled substance act – delivery/man...
WAITSBURG – At October’s city council meeting City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe was given the go-ahead to prepare the city’s 2016 preliminary budget to include adjustments to compensation and longevity benefits. Those adjustments are now up for discussion at a workshop scheduled for Mon., Nov. 30. With council members Marty Dunn and K.C. Kuykendall absent from the October meeting, the proposed changes were to be reviewed again this month. The preliminary budget came before the council, along with resulting proposed updates to the city...
WAITSBURG – Whether you want to give or receive, the due date to participate in Waitsburg’s annual Christmas basket program is quickly approaching. The deadline for filling out a donor or recipient card is Monday, Nov. 30. Families, groups, individuals, or businesses who wish to provide a Christmas basket to a Waitsburg family must fill out a donor card. Those wishing to receive a basket, or are aware of a family in need, should fill out a recipient card. The cards are available at the Waitsburg Presbyterian, Christian and Catholic chu...
Council members K.C. Kuykendall, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, Karl Newell, and Debra Callahan, and Mayor Walt Gobel were in attendance. Brandon Kelly presented a proposal to modify the fairgrounds horse track to host monthly car racing events. See story on Page 1. Held a public hearing on property taxes. Hinchliffe said there is basically no change to property taxes, based on current projected value assessments. Approved 2015-653 property tax resolution. Held a public hearing on 2016 preliminary budget. Next year will be a planning year with few...
Board members are: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Randy Pearson, and Greg Zuger. All were present. First grade teacher Dinah Lindsey and kindergarten teacher Pam Beasley reported on their experience at the K-1 Literacy Retreat in Vancouver B. C. Both were enthusiastic and said that even after as many years as they have taught, they found changes they could make. They anticipate being able to have 90% of their students reading at grade level by second grade. Board approved an out-of-endorsement assignment for Gabe Keifel,...
DAYTON – The Dayton Chamber of Commerce held its 69th Awards Banquet at Running T Ranch south of here Thursday evening. The theme of the banquet was "Education – The door to the future." A nearly full house enjoyed dinner and a presentation by the Dayton School District. Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson and principals Paul Shaber and Pam Lindsley made a presentation at the banquet to show the variety of programs and services the schools offer to Dayton's kids. They also showed several v...
Karl and Marianne Newell's grandchildren had plenty of laughs while jumping in the leaves during a visit with grandpa and grandma on Saturday....
Bill Clemens, of Pacific Power (r), presented a check for $5,000 Monday to Dayton Development Task Force President Bette Lou Crothers. The money will be used by the Task Force for installation of flower baskets on Dayton's Main Street next summer....
PRESCOTT – The Prescott School District is actively seeking grants and donations to fund the renovation of the dilapidated and underused tennis and basketball courts located at the primary building playground, just across Highway 124 from the pool. The current facilities would be replaced with a middle school soccer field and a multi-sport court. "This project would provide much-needed space for our middle school soccer program and create a multi-sport playing surface that can be enjoyed by t...
WAITSBURG – At their October meeting, the Waitsburg City Council approved a design and engineering contract with the engineering firm Anderson-Perry for work on the city's Main Street Bridge. Anderson-Perry Technical Manager Howard Boggs discussed the beginning stages of the process ahead and explained the City will have decisions to make in the future. In June, the state legislature appropriated $1.7 million to replace the 90-year-old bridge that is a flood hazard for the city. Unfortunately, t...
DAYTON – Students in Shayna Hutchens classroom aren't likely to be told to "sit down and be quiet." They may be required to be quiet, but they can choose whether to stand or sit. And often, being quiet isn't important, either. One way Hutchens engages her students is by providing them with options to learn in the ways they learn best. Hutchens moved from Portland, Ore. to Dayton last year and began teaching middle and high school social studies and high school English at DHS. Among her first p...
WAITSBURG – "Richard Irvine from Hill Campbell married Eliza Hay from Horn Head." This one short line, in a tome of family history, was the lone clue that led Waitsburg resident Susan Donegan on a recent quest to Ireland in search of details to her maternal ancestry. After countless hours of research, Susan traveled to Ireland last month to see what she could learn firsthand. Within hours of arriving on the peninsula of Horn Head, through the kindnesses of a series of strangers, Susan had v...
