Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - Waitsburg fifth grade students will be seeing more of a familiar face than usual this year. Long-time substitute Wenda Parr has been hired as the full-time fifth grade teacher for the 2014-15 school year. Parr replaces Jennifer Fischer, who has taken a special education position in College Place, closer to her home. Parr, who is no stranger to challenges, looks forward to tackling this new chapter in her life. Parr grew up in LaGrande, Ore., then lived with her husband in California...
WAITSBURG - They say "what goes around comes around," and in the case of Gabe Kiefel's association with Waitsburg schools that sentiment certainly rings true. This year, Kiefel will begin the first job of his teaching career in not only the same building, but the very same classroom where he attended preschool as a four-year-old. Kiefel has been hired to fill the part-time sixth grade language arts and math position at Preston Hall. Kiefel moved to Waitsburg when his dad, Michael, accepted a...
DAYTON - Columbia County residents are invited to join Sheriff Rocky Miller and his staff at National Night Out in the Dayton City Park on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Free hot dogs, chips and drinks will be served, and more than 30 displays and informational exhibits will be presented in the park. Some of the featured attractions this year include Lifeflight and Medstar helicopters flying in for display and tours. The WSP bomb robot will be conducting demonstrations. Dayton General Hospital will have their decontamination tent up and running cool...
Public Comment -Keith Parkins, owner of the former Waitsbur Inn, requested a utility rate cap on his property, which has been converted to apartments. Council will hear proposal discussion next meeting. -Cindy Hofer approached the Council about revising a recently amended ordinance stating that only licensed monument companies may lay markers in City cemeteries. Hofer would like individuals to be able to hire licensed and bonded workers to place monuments. New Business -The Waitsburg Art Commission chose four semi-finalists to submit proposals...
WAITSBURG -- The Waitsburg School District is making several changes this year, largely in response to parent and teacher input received at a number of work sessions held by the school board during the past school year. A new ¾-time teacher was added to the staff, which will allow the district to do away with split classrooms this year. Instead, there will be one class per grade level in grades kindergarten through sixth grade. Additionally, the sixth grade will move from the grade school building, to Preston Hall Middle School. Gabe Kiefel...
DAYTON - When Dayton High School Principal Andy Maheras announced earlier this month that he was leaving to take a new job, he joined a long list of teachers and staff in the Dayton schools who have departed since the end of the school year. Maheras accepted a job as assistant principal at Goldendale High School. In an interview last week, Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson said that a big part of the turnover this year is due to retirements. "When you have a long period of stability,...
Dayton - The Dayton Kiwanis Club was recently recognized for their support of students and activities at the Dayton Schools, receiving the district's 2014 Community Leadership Award. Gary and Karen Schroeder accepted the award on behalf of the Kiwanis. Each year Kiwanis members participate in fund raising projects including hamburger sales at events and Turkey Bingo. During these fundraising events, students from clubs such as Youth and Government or FBLA work side by side with Kiwanis members. Kiwanis members have the opportunity to develop a...
DAYTON - Trains, planes and automobiles. And ships and rockets too. You can find them all - at least miniature versions - at Don's Blue Mountain Hobbies, a new shop on Dayton's Main Street. Don Johnson has been a hobby retailer for six years. He and his wife, Carolyn, recently moved from Snohomish, Wash. to Dayton, where he has opened his shop at 309 E. Main Street, the former home of Alexander's Chocolates. Carolyn Johnson is a mortgage operations specialist at Umpqua Bank. "I've been a model...
Football: Aug 20 - 21, 4-8p.m.; Aug. 22 - 23, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-4, 3:30-5:30. Cheerleading: Aug 20 - 21, 4-8p.m.; Aug. 22 - 23, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-4, 3:30-5:30. Cross-Country: August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-5, 3:30-5:30. Soccer: August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sept 2-5, 3:30-5:30. Volleyball: August 25 - 29, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.; August 30,...
WAITSBURG - A mandatory sports meeting will take place for all WP fall athletes and their parents at 7 p.m. at the Waitsburg High School auditorium. A meeting for all high school and junior high coaches (head, assistant and volunteer) will take place at 8 p.m. at the Waitsburg High School auditorium....
WAITSBURG - Keith Parkins, owner of the apartments located at 731 Preston Avenue, approached the City Council at the July meeting regarding their prior decision not to renegotiate utility rates for his building. "I can't afford to pay over 25% of my gross for water/sewer/ garbage," he said. "Especially when I'm not using it." Parkins sold and then repossessed the property that he described as a "real dump" prior to taking back what was previously the Waitsburg Inn. He made extensive...
WAITSBURG - At 8:55 last Tuesday morning, the mercury was already pushing 80. Twenty local students clustered in the cool shade of Waitsburg's First Christian Church, happily chattering as they waited to be signed in to the Waitsburg Resource Center's "Knock Out Boredom" program. According to Pam Conover, the program's director, that's a small crowd. "We've been having 40 kids come in," she said. Emily Wilson, a recent Prescott High School graduate, comes in on the Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and...
WALLA WALLA COUNTY - The cities of Prescott, Waitsburg and Walla Walla are required to update their Shoreline Master Program regulations by June of 2016. As part of this process, community visioning meetings will be held over the next two years. These meetings are an opportunity for citizens to discuss and express their preferences for shoreline uses. The next local visioning meeting will take place at Tuesday, July 29 at 7 p.m. in the Waitsburg Lions Club Memorial Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. A drop-in informational open house will...
NOTICE: Waitsburg City Hall will be closed July 24 - July 28. In case of emergency, please call Columbia County Dispatch or the oncall public works employee at 382-2518....
WAITSBURG - Wouldn't it be fun to relax with library namesake Fanny Weller over a game of checkers or to stand alongside Waitsburg founding fathers, William Preston, Sylvester Wait and William Bruce as they peruse the town? Soon, you will be able to do just that. Waitsburg's Main Street Art Project, which will commemorate these historical figures, is finally underway. The city first approached Sherwood Trust for public art funds last year, but withdrew the application when they realized they...
DAYTON - Dayton's First Congregational-United Church of Christ and First United Methodist churches have joined together to sponsor a Vacation Bible School from Aug. 5 - 8. The theme is Renew - Grow in Faith. Have Fun. Change the World. VBS is from 9 a.m. to noon on Tues - Thurs. and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday. Children may be dropped off at the First Congregational Church on 3rd and Spring Streets in Dayton. Children ages 4-12 are invited to learn about the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-9) and what it teaches about growing in faith and...
DAYTON - It may not seem like wood carving and gardening have a lot in common, but for 19-year-old Jordan Henderson they each provide a creative outlet and are steps on the path to entrepreneurship. Henderson has spent this spring and summer gardening and selling his organic produce from Deer Pond Gardens while the wood carvings he crafted over the winter are on display at the Wenaha Gallery. Both are businesses he's envisioned for some time. Following his senior year in high school, Henderson...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's Weight Loss Support group began last month with just RN Karla Scott and ARNP Kortney Killgore-Smith staying after work on Wednesday nights to encourage one another in their quest for good health. "It slowly grew to 3, 4, 5 . . . now we're up to about 7 people and we'd love to have more!" said Killgore-Smith. The group, led by Scott and Killgore-Smith, meets every Wednesday from 5:30 to 6 p.m. in the clinic lobby and is open to both males and females. Members may use the...
WAITSBURG - "I'm so great at swim lessons!" announced Alyssa Araya as she exited the dressing room following her Level 3 swim class at the Waitsburg City Pool on Tuesday morning. That statement - along with the fact that 60 children participated in lessons this year -- is a testament to the success of Waitsburg's swim program. This year Waitsburg offered one two-week session of swim lessons, from beginners at Level 1, to the more advanced Level 4 swimmers. Lessons are taught by guards Zac...
