Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The 68th Annual Chamber Awards Banquet will take place Thursday, Nov. 13 at the Running T Ranch. The Chamber will celebrate Dayton and all of its accomplishments during the past year. "Art in Blues" is this year's theme. Enjoy the art display, food, drink and learn more about Dayton's burgeoning art scene. Social begins at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and presentation program at 7:15 p.m. followed by awards. Submit nominations for Business of the Year, Employee of the Year, Citizen of the Year and Youth of the Year online at...
WALLA WALLA - AARP will be offering a Smart Driver Course, for drivers over the age of 50, at 1 p.m. on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 at Walla Walla General Hospital. Participants may be eligible to receive an insurance disount upon completing the course and should consult their insurance agent for details. The class fee is $20 and there is a $5 discount for AARP members. Call (509) 522-2424 to register for the Walla Walla class. For more information about the course in general or to find courses in other cities visit www.aarp.org/ADS2014 or call...
DAYTON - The Dayton Seventh-day Adventist Church (1525 S. 4th St.) is hosting a free health and Bible seminar, Secrets to Hope, Health & Happiness, at 7 p.m. each evening from Oct. 24 through Nov. 5. A free children's program is available for children ages one through nine. Presentations by Ray King begin Friday night with Ancient Scrolls Know the Future. Saturdays presentation is titled Inevitable Signs & Our Great Escape! and Sunday's topic will be By Accident or Fashioned in Love? Future topics will be announced. Ray Sample & Laurie will...
DAYTON - The kids' fishing pond at Dayton City Park is set to get a couple of major upgrades over the next few months. According to Steve Martin of the Lower Snake River Salmon Recovery Board, a new low profile screen will allow water to be pumped into the pond for a longer period during the summer, and a liner will be installed to keep underwater vegetation down. Martin said that water is currently pumped into the pond from the adjacent Tucannon river by a pump and screen system that was...
WAITSBURG - Dale Johnson has spent the past several months talking to people in Walla Walla County. He has gone door to door in most of the rural part of the county and is now doing it in Walla Walla. He also meets with groups throughout the county and spent about 60 hours talking to people at the Walla Walla County Fair. "I ask people two questions," Johnson said. "What do you want in a county commissioner, and what changes would you like to see in the county." He then listed a number of themes that ran through those conversations. "Safety...
WAITSBURG - Jim Duncan has served as Emergency Management Director for Walla Walla County since 2011. In his role as a county department head he has worked closely with the board of commissioners in budgeting and planning. As an emergency manager, he has worked with most of the other county departments in their contingency planning, particularly public works and law enforcement. He has also worked closely with local fire districts and with all four city governments in the county. Duncan says his county experience makes him especially qualified...
DAYTON - Clients visit Denise Lane at her Blue Valley Acupuncture Clinic here for many reasons. Some have injuries to joints, some have arthritis and some have chronic headaches or back pain. Some come just to relieve stress. "About 70 to 80 percent of my patients respond to acupunc- ture," Lane said, explaining that their pain or other symptoms are reduced after a series of treatments. "Some don't at all, some people's responses are temporary, but many patients have dramatic and permanent impro...
DAYTON - The new "Welcome to Dayton" sign next to Highway 12 at Dayton's west end was dedicated in a special ceremony Tuesday. State Representative Terry Nealey, awarded plaques to several people who were instrumental in making the sign a reality. The sign was a project of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, and was placed in October 2013. It replaced a wooden sign that was destroyed by an errant driver in 2012. A committee of Chamber board members - Nealey, Bette Lou Crothers and Dan Andrews - work...
WAITSBURG - At Wednesday night's American Legion Joint Installation of Officers, Kathryn Kuykendall was surprised to learn that she is the fourth Waitsburg student (and first Waitsburg homeschooler) to win the American Legion Auxiliary Americanism Essay at the national (Western Division) level. The other Waitsburg national essay winners include Emma Philbrook (2009), Meara Baker (2010), and Leena Baker(2013). The entire Kuykendall family attended the dinner under the pretense of providing...
WAITSBURG - There was a definite air of excitement in the Waitsburg cafeteria during lunch on Oct. 2. "I want to try everything!" said an enthusiastic elementary student waiting his turn at a tasting table filled with fresh, locally produced fruits, vegetables, goat cheese and honey. The majority of diners echoed the young man's enthusiasm, though a few of the less daring chose to pass on one or more delicacies, such as roasted beets, kohlrabi, kale chips or goat cheese. Approximately 250...
WAITSBURG -- Two eighth grade cowgirls - Devon Harshman and Ashleigh Hubbard - were selected to Waitsburg's 2015 Celebration Days court following tryouts on Sunday afternoon. "The girls were awesome! Riding and speaking skills on both parts are simply amazing. I'm very excited to have Devon and Ashleigh represent our community," said court advisor Beka Adams. The girls tried out before judges Walt and Gwen Gobel, Ann Adams, Kelly White and Joy Smith. "As a part of their tryout the girls had to...
DAYTON - Randy O. Lewis said he decided not to challenge incumbent County Prosecutor Rea Culwell for that position when the filing period was held in May because he hadn't heard from many local residents urging him to run. But after he received enough write-in votes in the August primary to qualify for the general election ballot, he said his phone began to ring. "A lot of people called and asked if I was going to run," he said. "A lot of them said they didn't know about the write-in rules, or I would have gotten more." In 2010, Lewis lost a...
DAYTON - Seeking her third term as Columbia County Prosecutor, Rea Culwell points to the strong record her office has in bringing criminals to justice. In her 11-plus years as a prosecutor - more than three as a deputy prosecutor in Benton County and nearly eight as Columbia County Prosecutor - Culwell has prosecuted over 1,500 cases. She has been successful in more than 80% of all adult felony cases and has a misdemeanor conviction rate of 57%. Both statistics are above the Washington state average. "In the last four years, I have had a 93%...
DAYTON - Dayton resident Teeny McMunn will lead a group for those who have recently lost loved ones. The group will meet on Wednesdays for 10 weeks, beginning October 15, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Dayton First Congregational Church. The book "Understanding Your Grief" will be used for the discussions. Book cost is $10, and there are no other charges. For more information or to sign up, contact Teeny McMunn at (509) 386-5287....
DAYTON - Columbia County residents are invited to participate in the Shoreline Master Program update process by attending a shoreline visioning workshop. Workshops will take place at three locations on October 9. - 1 to 2:30 pm at Starbuck City Hall 200 Main Street, Starbuck - 3:30 to 5 pm at the Last Resort Campground 2005 Tucannon Road - 6 to 7:30 pm at Camp Touchet 1130 N Touchet Road, Dayton Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield Counties, the city of Clarkston, and the town of Starbuck have formed a coalition to update and adopt their respective...
WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla County Republican Party will hold a harvest potluck and candidate meet and greet on October 13 in Waitsburg. The event will be held at the Waitsburg Lions Hall at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds and will start at 6pm. Guests are asked to bring a side dish or salad to share. Please RSVP by calling (509) 526- 0406 or emailing WWCountyGOP@gmail.comWWCountyGOP@gmail.com. The potluck will be followed by a short business meeting and then presentations by several local and legislative candidates. The event is free and open to...
PULLMAN - Waitsburg High School graduates Glenn and Sally (Chase) Baker, who graduated in 1960 and 1961, respectively, were recently recognized as lifetime Benefactors of the Washington State University Foundation at a recognition gala on Sept. 26. The Bakers were also privileged to join WSU athletic director Bill Moos in the AD's box for the WSU vs. OSU game on Saturday, Sept. 27 before heading to Waitsburg to rekindle old friendships at Waitsburg's Pioneer Fall Festival that Sunday. More than...
COLLEGE PLACE - On December 5, former Waitsburg resident Tom Richardson will be honored in a pictorial calendar and with a reception at the Governor's Mansion in Olympia. The honor is part of Richardson's selection as a Silver Spotlight Award recipient by the Washington Health Care Association. Richardson -- one of 11 Washington winners -- received the award on Aug. 25 in light of his many "contributions to humanity," including his years teaching English in Brazil, as a Peace Corps worker and on...
DAYTON - In April, a bond levy measure that would have financed a major overhaul of school facilities in Dayton was soundly defeated by voters. More than 72% voted no. After considering the results, and receiving feedback from members of the community, school administrators have begun work to prepare a scaledback plan to put before voters in 2015. "We heard the message loud and clear," said Superintendent Doug Johnson. "But that doesn't mean the issues with facilities have gone away. They...
Council members are: Marty Dun, K.C. Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karl Newell and Debra Callahan. Dunn and Newell were absent. Mayor: Walt Gobel. *Council rejected allocating city funds to kick off work on a third public art piece but approved the city administrator to continue fundraising efforts. (See more details at left.) *Approved legal services contract to retain Virtual In-House Counsel as the city's legal firm. Current city attorney Kris Hedine, will hand over city duties to his partner, Jared Hawkins, prior to taking his new position as...
WAITSBURG - At last week's City Council meeting city administrator Randy Hinchliffe requested the council award artist Jeffrey Hill $20,000 - an amount he anticipates will repaid through grants and community donations -- to allow Hill to start on his "Founding Fathers" sculpture. That motion was made, but died after failing to receive a second. Instead, council passed and approved a motion to support fundraising efforts to secure the piece contingent upon cash payments being paid from...
WAITSBURG -- ASB officers chose an unusual way to welcome fellow students to the new school year. At a morning assembly on the first day of classes, the song "Be True to Your School" blasted over the auditorium's loudspeakers. ASB President Owen Lanning busted moves in a vintage letterman's jacket, and the vice-president, secretary, and treasurer performed a synchronized backup routine with pom-poms. The students in the audience laughed, perhaps caught off guard by the occasionally silly moves t...
