Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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....
DAYTON – Investigators from Walla Walla will try Thursday morning to determine the cause of a fire that seriously damaged a home here early Wednesday. The house at 119 E. Commercial St., owned by longtime Dayton resident George "Bill" Waltermire, was reported ablaze by passers-by just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to local officials. Waltermire has said he was out at a convenience store when he heard the news, Columbia County Sheriff Rocky Miller said. The fire, though primarily contained t...
DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners declared an emergency Friday afternoon following an early morning fire at the county transfer station on South Cottonwood Street that destroyed most of the necessary operational equipment and seriously damaged the integrity of the main building. "Basically we did this because otherwise we'd have to go through the official bidding process to get the cleanup and repairs done," Commissioner Dwight Robanske said. "We're dealing with the health and safety of t...
Local veterans led the way in Waitsburg's Fourth of July Veteran's March on Saturday morning. . ....
DAYTON – The city of Dayton is considering allowing licensed all-terrain vehicles, or ATVs, on city streets. City Clerk Trina Cole said she has drafted an ordinance, with input from the council's safety committee, that will go before the city council, and the community at three public hearings, before the council will vote on it. The first hearing will be the Monday meeting next week at 7 p.m. Dayton resident and ATV aficionado Matt Wiens spoke to the city council last month urging city l...
WAITSBURG – June ended on a high note for the City of Waitsburg when the Washington State Legislature appropriated $1.7 million to replace Waitsburg's Main Street Bridge. That funding was secured in the 2015-17 capital budget approved in Olympia on June 30. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said he has been working to see the bridge replaced for three to four years and that the city has been working on it, off and on, for the better part of a decade. In addition to being narrow, the 9...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg residents will want to mark their calendars now for the evening of Tuesday, August 4. Each year, on the first Tuesday in August, over 37 million people, across the nation, participate in National Night Out, an anti-crime and anti-drug event. And this year, for the first time, Waitsburg will be joining in the fun. Waitsburg city councilmember Deb Callahan and Fire District No. 2 Fire Commissioner Deb Fortner are organizing the event which will take place at Preston Park on t...
Thirty-two kids attended the three-day "Outback Rock" Vacation Bible School hosted jointly by the Waitsburg Christian and the Waitsburg Presbyterian Churches. . ....
Children enjoy science experiments, reading aloud, crafts and more at Waitsburg's summer reading program from 2-4 p.m. each Monday afternoon....
DAYTON – For several months, community leaders have discussed plans for an after school program for Dayton school children. Planning has been a collaborative effort, and funding has not yet been secured, but the ball is still rolling. School officials tried, at the end of the school year, for a grant to help fund the program but were unsuccessful. “I think it would be a good thing to continue planning to meet and discuss options for the future of some type of program,” Superintendent Doug Johns...
PRESCOTT – "I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world. I don't know how I ended up where I did, but I sure am glad," said NASCAR race car builder and crew chief, Chuck Carruthers. After 40 years in the industry, Carruthers is more than satisfied with life in Prescott, also known as "The Center of the Universe" on his business attire, website, and even the company car. Carruthers began building cars on the side, while attending Cal Poly Pomona College as a mechanical engineering major in the earl...
WAITSBURG – The summer food program at the Waitsburg Elementary School cafeteria is going strong in its second year, with the number of participants doubled over last year, according to Food Service Director Susan Wildey. "The program is great because children have a safe, fun place to enjoy free meals with their friends while networking and interacting with children they may never see or some they may never even have met," said Wildey. Breakfast and lunches are free to children age 18 and u...
A single combine was working in a field off of Ferris Road, south of Waitsburg on Tuesday. This year's start of harvest is one of the earliest ever....
Investigators are still searching for the cause of a fire late Sunday night that destroyed two homes on East Washington Avenue in Dayton. "Honestly I don't know if we'll ever find out what started it," Fire Chief Rick Turner, of Columbia County Fire District 3, told me on Monday afternoon. "We're still working on it, but the fire completely destroyed the house, and any little bit of evidence there was is probably gone." Nobody was injured in the fire, which started at 11:25 p.m. in an...
WAITSBURG – Two years ago, Councilman K.C. Kuykendall approached Waitsburg’s city council with a proposal to transfer management of the horse facilities at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds to a nonprofit organization that would oversee the creation and development of what he hoped would become the Blue Mountain Equestrian Center. That agreement was approved, with the city agreeing to a five-year commitment. At last month’s council meeting, Kuykendall announced he was ready to call an early end to the a...
SEATTLE – It may be a challenging trip, but 94-year-old Murray Fisher didn't hesitate a moment when he was invited to be honored by the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field as part of their "Salute to Those Who Served" program. Fisher will be recognized on July 25 for the role he played during WWII as a top secret code breaker – secrets he's now free, and proud, to share. Fisher attended school in Waitsburg until his senior year, when his father, who worked for the railroad, was transferred to Day...
