Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
WAITSBURG -The WP Cardinals volleyball team hopes to be "in the pink" (literally!) at their Oct. 23 home game against Dayton. The team has traditionally dressed the part for at least one game during Breast Cancer Awareness month but has decided to raise more than just awareness this year - they are working to raise funds for a local family struggling to beat the disease. Varsity team co-captains Samantha Fedderson, Paige Wood and Caitlyn Jones spoke with The Times about the motivation behind the...
DAYTON - The Dayton chapter of the American Association of University Women will present a candidates' forum on October 1 from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Liberty Theater. Candidates for legislative and county offices will speak and answer questions from the audience. The forum will be moderated and a strict time limit will be enforced. The forum will begin with an introduction of local unopposed candidates. They include: Sharon D. Richter, Columbia County Auditor; Chris Mills, Columbia County Assessor; Susan J. Marinella, Columbia County Clerk; Rocky Mi...
DAYTON - When you walk through the front door, you immediately get a creepy feeling. Witches hover in front of you; spiders and skeletons dangle in the shadows; spooky black cats lurk in dark corners. Halloween is coming, and Croft's Floral and Gifts, Dayton's normally cheerful downtown flower shop, had taken on a haunted quality. Croft's offers a great selection of Halloween decorations and gifts year round. (Same goes for Christmas stuff.) But when October rolls around, the creep factor...
WAITSBURG - After eight long years in the making, Sandra Torres' "baby" will make its debut at this year's Pioneer Fall Festival, where Torres will be signing and selling copies of her recently published book, The Waitsburg Family 1858 - 1900: The Beginning. The book focuses on the individuals -- and their connections to one another -- that made up Waitsburg (or more accurately, Waitsburgh, with an "h") in the town's earliest days. Torres moved to Waitsburg with her husband Lupe eleven years...
WAITSBURG - "There were men from sixty different countries. They were all in business suits, and I'm just walking around in my boots, and I'm like, 'I don't belong here.'" In some ways, Waitsburg High School senior Mikala DeRuwe had a good reason to feel out of context. She, WHS graduate Kimmie Hamann, and WHS FFA advisor Nicole Abel were about to give a presentation before global leaders in the agriculture industry. The venue would be the sumptuous Grand Ballroom at San Francisco's Westin St....
DAYTON - Clara McQuary graduated from Dayton High School in 2004 and then attended Western Washington University in Bellingham. Before completing her degree, she decided to embark on a few years of adventure. "A friend said she was moving to Australia, so I said, 'I'm coming too!'" After returning to the states nearly a year later, McQuary worked in Alaska for a few months, and then spent three years working for a cruise ship line in Hawaii, mostly working with youth programs. She later spent...
DAYTON - If you search online for "Jay's Garage" you'll find more information that you could possibly want about former Tonight Show host Jay Leno and his massive automobile collection. But in the Touchet Valley, Jay's Garage has become the go-to place for car and light truck repair, after only two months of existence. And there are no TV stars in sight. Dayton resident Jay Ball opened his new shop at the Port of Columbia in early July. (It's in the former home of Hammerdown Fitness.) He's...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School will host Mr. Robert Vaughn of Prevention Solutions (Red Cross) in a 2.5 hour First Aid/CPR Class on September 29 at 6 p.m. The training and/or refresher course is available to anyone interested. The cost is $31.50 and interested parties should contact Stephanie Wooderchak by email at swooderchak@waitsburgsd.orgswooderchak@waitsburgsd.org or by phone at 509-337-6351 to RSVP to ensure there are enough books for everyone....
DAYTON - Columbia County Port Commissioner Dale McKinley died on September 11. He was elected to the Commission in 2009 and was nearing the end of his first six-year term. McKinley was raised in Dayton, graduating from Dayton High School in 1967. He was the brother of John, Dan and David McKinley, and Jean Jones, all of Dayton or Waitsburg. After attending Washington State University, McKinley worked in the seed production industry for many years. He worked at the Seneca Foods seed division in Dayton at the time of his death. Port Manager...
DAYTON - This year's annual Relay for Life will begin Saturday, Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Dayton Athletic Complex and run through the night to end at 7 a.m. Sunday morning. The event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and helps support cancer research, education, advocacy and service. Relay for Life symbolizes the hopes that people lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face the disease have support, and that one day cancer will be cured. The theme for this year's fun, overnight event is "Finish the Fight -...
WAITSBURG - The after school Kids' Bluegrass Club will begin meeting at 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17 in the high school band room. Kids from 4th grade through high school are welcome to join. The group will meet Wednesday afternoons in September and October. Bluegrass music is traditionally played on guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass and fiddle. Most of the bluegrass kids own their own instruments but TVAMP has a few instruments available for loan. The Kids' Bluegrass Club is free and more info is available from Kate Hockersmith at...
DAYTON - A porcine virus, never before seen in the U.S., has added to the challenge of raising fair pigs. But Dayton community members have come together to help ease the burden for local 4-H and FFA members. The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), which affects only swine, was first diagnosed in the U.S. in March 2013. According to npr.org, the virus is responsible for killing more than seven million piglets in the past year and has been found in 30 states. Scientists are still unsure of...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce, the Dayton Historic Depot and the Port of Columbia are partnering for the second annual Heirloom Gardeners Food and Wind Weekend, to be held here September 19-21. The event will showcase food, wine and tour offerings from the Touchet Valley. The event is sponsored by Pacific Power and Northwest Public Radio. The Saturday evening dinner features TamiJoy- Farm-raised pork brats on rolls made at Dayton's Weinhard Café and Bakery, salads with freshpicked farm produce, and hand-made individual berry pies....
WAITSBURG - For the first time in five years, representatives from Waitsburg's Rainbow Chapter have been appointed to state level Grand Offices. Current Worthy Advisor Kendra Roberts and Past Worthy Advisor Jessie Hopkins were appointed to Grand Offices earlier this summer and will represent Washington and Idaho at state assemblies. Roberts' sister Lydia, who held the positions of Grand Love, Grand Faith and Grand Camps, was the last Waitsburg Rainbow member to hold a Grand Office. Both Hopkins...
WAITSBURG – A handful of individuals in every community make their mark by fulfilling the call to civic responsibility by working with clubs and organizations and/or holding public office in order to serve the needs of society. These people deserve our gratitude, appreciation and honor. Even less common than the handful is the singleton who forgoes public and organized service in favor of making a conscious effort to touch lives and show love to all who crossed his path. Such is the case with W...
