Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The proposed annexation of the City of Waitsburg Fire Department into Walla Walla County Fire Protection District No. 2 is just one step away from making it to the voters. Walla Walla County Commissioners are slated to take action on the proposal Monday morning and will determine whether or not it makes the ballot. The City of Waitsburg initiated the official annexation process when the council approved Ordinance 2015-1031, on June 17, which stated the city’s intent to annex. The ord...
DAYTON – County residents Julia and Skip Mead implored Columbia County Commissioners at last week’s public hearing to turn down an offer by Portland General Electric to pave a portion of Mead Road north of Dayton. “We are passionate about our freedom and privacy,” Julia Mead told all three commissioners and the boardroom full of listeners last Wednesday. “We don’t have to let PGE impose their liberal ways on us... Please, please, please do not pave Mead Road!” Commissioners Merle Jackson and D...
New service will specialize in providing care to clients in Waitsburg and Dayton WAITSBURG – Elizabeth Gonzalez hopes to put her 21 years experience as a Certified Nurse's Assistant (CNA) to work by pairing reliable home health care providers with patients in the Touchet Valley. Her new agency, Ameri, will provide in-home care services not only in Walla Walla, but also in Waitsburg and Dayton, where it can be more difficult to find reliable care. Business owners Elizabeth and Fred Gonzalez moved...
SEATTLE/PORTLAND – Lael Loyd, manager of Dayton's Wenaha Gallery, may have not known anyone else who took part in the Cascade Bicycle Club's 2015 Seattle-to-Portland ride, but she says she was far from alone. Loyd said she felt and experienced the presence of friends and family with every push of the pedal during the 206.2 mile ride earlier this month. "It was literally the best experience of my life," Loyd said of the ride. "I've finally found my thing. It took me 30-plus years to realize I h...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s school board continues to seek clarification and possible alternatives to the Conceptual Opinion of Probable Cost – which includes a $1.5 million line item just to provide air conditioning for the elementary school – submitted by Design West Architects in June. The board will use the analysis to determine what amount to bring before voters in an upcoming capital bonds request. Building bonds, used for the modernization of the elementary, middle and high school, will re...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident, Tysen R. Beckner, now faces additional charges for possession of child pornography, according to Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner, who spoke at Waitsburg’s July 16 city council meeting. Beckner previously faced charges for severely beating his girlfriend’s child, who was left in his care on the night of June 17. According to a Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Office report, medics were called to Beckner’s apartment on the morning of June 18, after a family membe...
WAITSBURG – Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner presented his quarterly report at the July 16 Waitsburg City Council Meeting, reporting that crime stats were “on par” to date as compared to last year, and that the WWCSO had worked 306.80 hours above the contracted hours in Waitsburg. Turner said that crime stats can be deceptive in that they don’t reflect things like the increase in illicit and prescription drug use and gang activity. Turner said crime stats were up in the cities of both Wa...
Dayton resident Alicia Walker helps her 5-year-old daughter, Audrey Walker, tie dye a t-shirt at their booth during Saturday's Foodstock 2015 festival at the Blue Mountain Station just west of Dayton on Highway 12. . ....
DAYTON – Don’t panic, says Dayton Public Works Superintendent Jim Costello. Washington may be locked in a record-breaking snowpack drought, but Dayton’s city wells are at the same level as they have been since 1982, he told the Dayton City Council last week. But don’t get complacent either, Costello added. “We are hammering the heck out of water in this community,” he told council. “And we can’t predict the future of our water. We’re pumping millions of gallons.” And how has our usage looked re...
Members of the Dayton High School class of 1960 rode their float past the courthouse during Saturday's annual Alumni Parade....
DAYTON - Firefighters were called Wednesday night to yet another house fire here, this time just west of town off Highway 12 on Bowman Hill Road. The flames were visible beginning at about about 10 p.m. from the highway, and a train of passers-by stopped their vehicles along the road and at Longs Elevator to view the hilltop as the fire consumed this home. A large crew of fire trucks ringed the structure, preventing the flames from spreading into neighboring fields. This is the fourth home...
The Waitsburg City Pool was the hot spot in town on its re-opening Monday afternoon . . ....
Beckner Pleads Innocent in Child Beating Case WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Tysen R. Beckner, 25, was arraigned in Walla Walla County Superior Court on July 6 where he pleaded innocent to severely beating a four-year-old boy. Beckner was allegedly involved in a fight outside the Whiskey Creek Bar and Grill in Waitsburg on the night of June 17, after which his girlfriend, Waitsburg resident Shaylynn M. Johnson, was arrested on a warrant, according to court documents. Relatives said that Beckner was left in charge of two young children o...
DAYTON – Dayton took the first step in a move toward allowing wheeled all-Terrain vehicles, or WATVs, on city streets at a public hearing in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Parish Hall on Monday night. City councilors approved the first reading, by title only, of an ordinance allowing licensed drivers 16 and older to operate WATVs on city streets with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less. Councilmember Kathy Berg opposed the ordinance. Such a move would put the city in line with Was...
WAITSBURG – For years now, elementary-age kids who wanted to play tackle football had to join a Walla Walla or Milton-Freewater team to compete in the Walla Walla Youth Football League (WWYFL). But Bryce Scott, who has fond memories of playing with the Waitsburg Giants when he was in 3rd and 4th grades, has decided to coach a Waitsburg-based team that will bring youth football back to the area. Scott, who currently lives with his grandparents, Jerry and Karla Scott, in Waitsburg, lived in D...
DAYTON – Scouts from Dayton Boy Scout Troop 332 returned home Saturday, following a week at BSA's Camp Baldwin, a high-adventure camp located on the eastern slope of Mt. Hood. The boys reported having a great time at what may be the troop's last campout, unless new leadership steps forward. Camden Costello of Dayton, and Tom and Seamus House, Skylar and Brayden Wood and Daltin Lambert, all of Waitsburg, spent last week at Camp Baldwin with Assistant Scoutmaster Bill Warren and parent c...
Sentencing/Resolution: Bobby G. Burgess, 49, Kennewick; sentenced to serve 40 months in state prison following guilty plea entered on charge of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Additional charges of second-degree criminal trespass and second-degree unlawful transportation of fish or wildlife dropped as part of plea agreement. Joshua A. Roska, 33, Dayton; sentenced to serve one day in county jail, with credit for time served, for possession of a dangerous weapon. Roska was originally charged with possession of a stolen firearm and...
WAITSBURG – Seven members of the Waitsburg Chapter of Rainbow Girls Assembly #68 spent last week at the International Order of Rainbow for Girls Grand Assembly, held at Yakima’s Sun Dome on July 7-12. Anna and Stephenie Nerf, Katelynn Martin, Kendra Smith, Kendra Roberts, Jessie Hopkins and Emma Philbrook represented Waitsburg at the annual jurisdictional (Washington and Idaho) convention. The girls attended formal sessions as well as fun events like talent shows and contests. Jessie Hop...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) is hosting a visit from the Northwest Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Clinic on Wednesday, July 29. The program provides free, urgent dental care to low-income children and adults who lack insurance or a realistic way to pay for treatment. The van is staffed by local dentists, assistants and van drivers who volunteer their time. Appointments will be scheduled between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., and must be made by July 29. Call Pam Conover at (...
Council members: Chuck Kimsey, Matt Tunell, Paul Forney, Douglas Venn, Val Jacobson, and Mayor Steve Heimbigner, with Forney absent. *Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner presented updated crime statistics and call records for the City of Prescott. Turner reported law enforcement had provided 63.25 hours above those contracted, year-to-date and that crime statistics were down. “Crime in the cities of Walla Walla and College Place is up but in the areas we’re responsible for, it’s down,” Turner said. *Turner said deputies will keep an eye on...
Jeff and Lori Bartlow headed off with a bus full of kids . . ....
DAYTON – Recent College of Idaho theatre arts graduate Edith Dull participated in her first theatrical performance on Dayton's Liberty Theater stage as a nine-year-old. That experience set her on her current educational path that she's hoping will extend to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. This weekend, Dull is hoping her fellow Idaho actors will experience the same enthusiastic support and encouragement that she grew up with on the Liberty stage. On July 18 and 19, Dull will d...
DAYTON – The Blue Mountain Station Co-op is sponsoring its second annual FoodStock event Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. FoodStock features food, live music and fun activities. Last year's event took place on the anniversary weekend of the famous 1969 Woodstock music festival. However, since that date conflicts with the Gentlemen of the Road Tour event in Walla Walla next month, FoodStock was moved up a few weeks, according to co-op board member Brad McMasters. "We didn't want to compete with t...
DAYTON – The annual gathering of Dayton High School alumni is this weekend. Festivities begin Friday night as classes celebrating milestone anniversaries gather to build their parade floats. Many activities are in store on Saturday, including: Alumni Parade – 10 a.m. on Dayton's Main Street – Members of classes with milestone anniversaries will ride floats down Main Street during the annual parade. Alumni Annual Meeting – 11 a.m. in the Dayton Historic Depot Courtyard Open House at the Depot ...
WAITSBURG - Now that the pool is up and running, swim lessons have been re-scheduled and will run for two weeks from Aug. 4-14. Lessons will run Tues. - Thurs. and classes will be scheduled between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.. Swim instructors are Devin Newman, Caitlyn Jones and Cameron Terry. Lessons are free to Waitsburg residents. Parents may sign children up for lessons at City Hall or may register by phone by calling Kelly at 337-6371. Pool swim times: Open Swim: Mon. - Sat. 1-5 p.m; 6-8 p.m....
