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Board members Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger and Ross Hamann were present. Christy House and Marilyn Johnson were absent. Athletic Director Report (Stephanie Wooderchak): -continue to seek assistant volleyball and soccer coaches at the high school level. Concession stand position has also not been filled. Interested parties should contact Stephanie Wooderchak, Dr. Clarke or Susan Deruwe. - mandatory athlete, coaches and parent meetings are set for August 12 -football and cheer begin Aug. 20; cross-country, soccer and volleyball start Aug. 25...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's school board agreed last month that the District's 2001 Montana passenger van is due for replacement. Transportation supervisor Colter Mohney has since learned that finding the right rig for the job is more of a challenge than anticipated and is still on the hunt. The eight-passenger Montana is used regularly by District staff traveling to professional development workshops as well as by smaller groups such as FFA and Cross- Country. Mohney said the van has outlived its...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Chamber's Visitor's Center in its office in downtown Dayton is now open Saturdays. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Chamber office is located at 166 E. Main Street. Dayton Chamber Manager Andrew Holt said last week that the Chamber has hired Katrina James, of Dayton, to staff the center on Saturdays. James will be a senior at Dayton High School this year. The Chamber's Visitor's Center offers a wide variety of brochures and other information and assistance about sites and...
DAYTON - Jack Williams, who published the Dayton Chronicle newspaper for 33 years, died July 7. He was 74. Williams suffered a heart attack on June 29, and was transported to Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. He was transferred to a hospice on July 6. Williams had just retired in early June, after selling the Chronicle to Loyal and Charlotte Baker. A memorial service for Williams was to be held Wednesday morning....
DAYTON - The race for the District 3 position on the Columbia County Board of Commissioners has grown to three. Dayton resident Dwight Richter filed as a write-in candidate earlier this month. His preferred party is Republican. Voting in this year's primary election ends August 5, and if Richter is one of the top two vote getters, he will appear on the ballot in November's general election. Richter is a lifelong Dayton resident. He served 16 years as chairman of the Columbia County Republican Party, before stepping out of that role two years...
DAYTON - Jimmy Lloyd Rea and Switchmasters will perform Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m. as part of the Middle of Nowhere Sessions at Mace Mead Works in downtown Dayton. Rea, a native of Baker City, Ore., has been considered one of the top blues base players in the country for nearly 50 years. He has performed with artists such as Albert, Freddie, and BB King, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Big Walter Horton, Pete Karnes, Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker and others. He was bass player for the band...
DAYTON - When the pledge period ended for Reggie Mace and Beth Rahn's Kickstarter project on July 7, a total of $11,532 had been pledged by 163 backers. That put them barely over their pledge goal of $11,111. Thus the campaign was successful and they get to keep the money. As we reported in our June 19 issue, Mace and Rahn are raising money to build a live recording studio for their Middle of Nowhere Sessions at Mace Mead Works, on Dayton's Main Street. Mace told us this week that he is about to go shopping for new stuff, including a sound...
PULLMAN - College is typically a time for growth and new experiences. But for former Dayton High School valedictorian and athlete Malia Frame, tougher academics and new friendships weren't enough. The Business Administration and Agriculture Technology and Production Management double-major decided to experience a whole new world as an athlete as well - collegiate rowing. Frame said she heard about WSU's rowing team long before she considered trying out. She knew of several Dayton alumni who...
DAYTON - Jim Gallaher is a "Mule Guy." Only a Mule Guy would drive ten miles each way every day to check on his mule and feed her. "Every day," he said. "In the rain or in the snow; it doesn't matter." Gallaher bought his mule in May from a horse breeder in Pilot Rock, Ore. She's unbroken, and her name is Junie. ("I don't know how to spell it," he said. "I didn't name her.") He pronounces it "joo-nee," so The Times decided how to spell it (since we like making up our own spellings). Gallaher...
DAYTON - Dayton High School alumni will gather in Dayton next weekend, July 18 - 20 for the annual Dayton Alumni Weekend. According to Alumni Association President Merle Jackson, several classes from milestone years will gather on Friday night to prepare parade floats. Saturday's Alumni and Mule Parade starts at 10 a.m., and will include numerous class floats. After the parade, the Alumni Association will hold its annual meeting at the Dayton Depot courtyard. Classes from milestone years will hold private gatherings on Saturday evening. On...
DAYTON - Mark Holt will perform at the Grain House Grill in Dayton on Friday, July 18 at 5 p.m. Holt has been singing songs and playing guitar and 5-string banjos for 40 years, mostly in the western United States and Canada. Holt spent much of his youth opening for Bluegrass Legends like Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Mac Wiseman. Holt is a founding board member and past president of the Washington Bluegrass Association and is an advisory council board member of the Roots Music...
When I heard that Bluegrass singer Mark Holt will be performing at the Grain House Grill during the upcoming Mule Mania! Days I recognized it as the perfect opportunity to interview Grill owners Nathan and Dawna Krekula. The fact that my visit was perfectly timed so that I could enjoy my favorite Bacon Bleu Burger with their specialty beer-battered Sidewinder fries was a calculated bonus. The Krekulas moved to Dayton about three years ago and live with their four children, ages 10 - 16, on 25...
WAITSBURG - "Can I see you put some fruit or a vegetable on your plate? How about an orange?" encouraged a smiling Susan Wildey. The Summer Food Services Program Supervisor laughed as she turned her attention to the trio of boys anxiously awaiting seconds. "You beasts! Five more minutes and you're first in line." Waitsburg's first Summer Food Program has been a hit with many local kids, but Wildey says numbers will need to double in order to ensure the program continues next year. State...
DAYTON - Two Touchet Valley teens quite literally "brought it home" this month. Waitsburg's Emma Philbrook attended Evergreen Girls State while Dayton's Matthew Warren attended Evergreen Boys State - and each walked away with the state Samsung Legion Scholarship. High school juniors who are a direct descendent of a U.S. veteran who served during a period of war and are delegates to either American Legion Boys State or American Legion Auxiliary Girls State programs are eligible to apply for the...
DAYTON - Ensign Sara Schlachter was commissioned as an officer the United States Navy Sunday afternoon during a ceremony at the Columbia County Courthouse here. Schlachter, 26, and a 2008 Dayton High School graduate, was given her oath by State Representative Terry Nealey in front of the courthouse steps. Members of Dayton's American Legion Post 42 presented colors and stood by as her oath was taken. A crowd, including Schlachter's parents, Alan and Terri, and several other Legion members,...
PRESCOTT - The steering committee for Prescott's Vacant Lot project meat on Sunday June 20 for a debriefing, to pick a name for the lot and to decide on what needs to happen next. The lot was named The Prescott Plaza by a unanimous committee vote, according to committee member Patsy Adams. The committee will meet with Matanovic at noon at the Tuxedo Restaurant on July 8 to discuss the project, see what lessons were learned and to address unfinished work. Work left to be completed includes: caps on banner poles, make adjustments to two of the...
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute will offer free admission on Friday, July 4. Tamastslikt celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatill and Walla Walla tribes with dramatic exhibits, artwork, interactive exhibits and a Living Culture Village. Admission to the Institute is free to everyone the first Friday of every month....
More than 300 dancers and 25 drum teams will celebrate their heritage at the 20th Annual Pow Wow to take place at Wildhorse Casino July 4 - 6. Dancers will perform traditional dances Friday, July 4 from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, July 5 from 1 p.m. to midnight and Sunday, July 6 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Vendors will offer native arts and crafts, apparel and food. The event is free and open to the public....
WAITSBURG - When Imbert Mathee, former publisher of The Times, interviewed artist Gail Gwinn last August, Gwinn wasn't yet ready to display her art publicly. The move from Whidbey Island to Waitsburg, followed by home renovations and the building a studio left her needing time to ease back into her art. Time must have done its restorative work because Gwinn's works are now on display at both the Coppei Café and Treasure Artists Cooperative next door. Gwinn once painted photorealistic...
WAITSBURG - Well-wishers bid a fond farewell to Coppei Café owner Allison Bond, while serving up a warm welcome to new operators Emry and Sandy Kleck, at Sunday night's welcome/ farewell party. The café was filled with patrons who mingled, visited and laughed as they enjoyed good drinks and tasty tri-tip. "It was a great party! We even had people stop in who had never been down before," said Bond. Emry Kleck prepared specially seasoned tritip steak on his custom grill before a rotating a...
WAITSURG - Coach Jeff Bartlow wrapped up his 15th Kids Football Camp last week, and deemed it a "huge success." Thirty-five athletes participated in what Bartlow describes as "a rich tradition and one that the kids love to be a part of." Players work on basic skills as well as teamwork and sportsmanship. The camp was split into two sessions. Mornings were dedicated to offense (catching, throwing, running and blocking) and special teams (kicking, punting and snapping). Athletes then play two 7x7...
STARBUCK - The July Christian Women's Connection meeting will take place from 10 a.m. to noon at Judy Jackson's Yard at 825 Jackson Lane in Starbuck, Wash. Lunch is $10 and will be catered by the CWC Committee. Nancy Soltz of University Place, Wash. will be speaking. Sotlz is a former corporate secretary and travel agency owner who will speak on learning how to cope with the unexpected happenings of life. She will share about discovering, at age 15, that she was adopted and later finding her birth mother. She talks about being a wideow and how...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Resource Center will be hosting a Knock Out Boredom! (KOB) program with free summer fun activites, through the month of July. Activities will take place in the Waitsburg church basement and side yard on 6th and Main Street and are open to school age children in grades K - 12. The programs will run from 10 - 11:30 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week. Those who choose, may go straight from the program to the elementary school sponsored free lunch at the school cafeteria that runs from 11:30 a.m. to noon each...
WAITSBURG - Emma Philbrook - like most students - is quite familiar with the phrase, "Be all you can be." But her experience at Girls State last week left her walking away with the realization that she could be even more than she thought she could be - or at least something different. That and the state level Samsung American Legion Scholarship. Philbrook left for Evergreen Girls State, held at the Central Washington University campus in Bellingham, Wash., on Sunday, June 15 and returned home...
