Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Project Timothy is collecting donations specifically to provide swim passes to the many young people looking to enjoy the pool this summer. Passes are $60 for an individual and $120 for a family pass. Donations may be mailed to their office at 249 E. Main Street, Dayton 99328....
DAYTON - Humanities Washington is partnering with the Columbia County Rural Library District to bring musician and storyteller, Hank Cramer to Dayton. The free event titled,"One Trail, Many Voices," will take place Saturday, June 21 at 3 p.m. in the Delaney Room at the Dayton Memorial Library (111 S. Third Street, Dayton). Cramer will share traditional folksongs of the various cultures who emigrated west for a variety of reasons - Irish, easterners, blacks, Germans and Italians - and explore how migration along the Oregon Trail affected the...
DAYTON - The Touchet Valley Golf Course is offering free golf lessons for boys and girls ages 7 -17 from Dayton, Waitsburg and the surrounding areas. Lessons will run the week of June 23 - 27. Ages 7-10, 9 - 9:50 a.m.; ages 11-14, 10-10:50 a.m.; ages 15-17, 11 a.m. to noon. Max Reinland, golf pro from Walla Walla will be the instructor. Golf clubs and balls will be provided. Sign up sheet is located at LC at the Green, the golf course restaurant or call (509) 382- 1076....
WAITSBURG - The Wai tsburg Ci ty Council meeting date has been changed from June 18 to Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m. at the Lions Club Memorial Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds. The council will consider and adopt a revision of the Official Six Year Road Program for the City. All interested citizens are invited to attend the hearing and present evidence in favor or opposition of the planned improvements. Complete copies of the proposed plan list are available at City Hall....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's summer reading program will kick off with free ice cream sundaes during registration on June 12 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Children of all ages are welcome. This year's program theme is " Fizz, Boom, Read!" Weekly activities will be finalized after registration when organizers have a better idea of the ages and number of participants. The program will run from June 23 through July 28. Weekly events, which will include a program and participation prizes will take place on Mondays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Preschool story time...
WAITSBURG - Pam Conover may have retired her role as elementary school teacher several years back, but she hasn't retired her passion for engaging young people. Conover has recently been busy organizing a Bicycle Rodeo and "Knock Out Boredom!" Summer Fun program through the Waitsburg Resource Center. On Monday, elementary school students enjoyed taking a step back in time at the Bruce Museum during the 4th Annual Pioneer Day - another of Conover's brainstorms. Conover said that Anita Baker had...
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-op, is working with the Port of Columbia to make the Artisan Food Center Market more like a store that is open on a regular basis, while maintaining the fun of a vendor-style, local foods market. Therefore, the co-op is expanding days and hours at the Blue Mountain Station to offer fresh produce, artisan food items and other local products twice per week, with expanded hours on Saturday. The ArtisanFood Center Market will now be open on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4...
DAYTON - The Dayton Memorial Library will host summer reading programs for children and teens. The theme for kids from pre-K through 6th grade is "Fizz, Boom, Read." The Theme for students 6th through 12th grades is "Spark a Reaction." Both programs will focus on learning about science. The program runs from June 23 through July 30. Regular weekly activities will include: Monday Marble Draw, Tuesday Trivia, Reading Wednesday, Thesaurus Thursday and Science Friday. Special activities during the Summer Reading Program include: June 9: "Page...
DAYTON - When you descend the stairs from the main level of the Dayton Memorial Library, you will enter what Jill Rourke, the new director of the Columbia County Rural Library District calls the "garden level." It was formerly known as the basement. The lower level in the library is envisioned as the gathering place for children and teens. Book collections for those groups would be housed there, the "teen room" would move there and reading programs for kids and young adults would be held there....
DAYTON - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' staff members are hosting monthly mobile office hours throughout eastern Washington during the month of June. Anyone who needs assistance with a federal agency or would like to voice an opinion about federal issues is encouraged to come by - no appointment necessary. McMorris Rodgers staff members will be at the Port of Columbia County Office (1 Port Way) in Dayton from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4....
DAYTON - The Dayton School District will again offer the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children this summer. Meals are available at no charge for children 18 and under. The program will be offered each weekday from June 16 through August 1, except July 4. Meals will be served at the Dayton School Cafeteria at 302 E. Park St. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which prohibits discrimination on the...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Commissioners met last week with horse owners who rent stalls at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. The county previously informed horse owners that stall rentals and use of the horse facilities at the fairgrounds would be closed to them over the summer months because of the many events that take place there. Leanne Litteral and Candy Jones described the importance of the fairgrounds facilities for training youth and disabled people and that hardship would be caused...
DAYTON - The Dayton Elementary School will introduce new multi-age classes next year, putting 2nd and 3rd graders into combined classes and 4th and 5th graders also into combined classes. The school's principal, Pam Lindsley, announced the changes earlier this month. Lindsley said that the new class configuration allows class sizes to remain low while making efficient use of teaching staff. Each grade combination will have three classes, with each class having fewer than 25 students. Li...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Elementary School students will soon spend their recesses "Walking for Water". This will be the second year that elementary students have participated in the program that raises funds to provide safe drinking water for the needy. Last year , students walked three days a week and raised $555, which funded a rainwater catchment and storage system for a school of 398 students in Kenya. This year, students hope to raise enough funds to purchase a Sawyer filter for a community in Guatamela....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's Annual Community Yard Sale will take place on Saturday, June 7 -- perfectly timed to coordinate with spring cleaning. Many households participate in the citywide garage sale that draws both local and out-of-town shoppers. This is the perfect opportunity to clear your home of clutter or head out in search of new "treasures." Call The Times at 337- 6631 or email tawnya@waitsburgtimes.comtawnya@waitsburgtimes.com with your address to have your sale included on the map that will be included in the June 5 issue of the p...
WAITSBURG - One hundred eighty-five Waitsburg alumni, guests and graduating seniors attended the 111th Waitsburg High School Annual Reunion and Banquet held at the Waitsburg Elementary Multi- purpose room on Saturday, May 24. A roll call of classes began with 75-year anniversary alumni Ivan Keve and Jim Hansen who graduated WHS in 1939. The pair began school together in first grade at Waitsburg Elementary School. Both were active in FFA in high school and Keve was basketball manager whi...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg Public Works Director Dan Katsel will receive one of five statewide "water pro" awards from the Department of Health at the May 29 Waitsburg City Council Meeting. Katsel will receive the Lifetime Achievement award for his 39 years of service with the City of Waitsburg. The presentation will take place at the Lion's Club Building (Waitsburg Fairgrounds) at 7 p.m....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's Friends of the Library (FOL) will be hosting a fundraiser yard sale during the Waitsburg Community Yard Sale on Saturday, June 7 and are looking for yard sale item donations from the community. All proceeds benefit the library. FOL is willing to pick up donations if necessary. Whatever is unsold will be donated to St. Vincent de Paul in Dayton. If you have items you are willing to donate, please contact Elizabeth Wright at (509) 540-9653 or Karen Huwe at (509) 386-6960....
WAITSBURG - The American Legion Memorial Day Program will be held Monday, May 26 at 11 a.m. at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. Two names will be added to the Veterans Memorial Wall: Andrew Cook, WWII and Robert Danforth, Korea. Guest speakers will be TSgt. James Crawford and his sister SSgt. Amanda (Crawford) Anderson and their spouses. TSgt. James Crawford, son of Sonia (Crawford) and Brian Segraves of Waitsburg, Wash. and Jim and Cindy Crawford of Sequim, Wash. is stationed at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. He is a Lead Propulsion Technician and has...
WAITSBURG - Two new programs were approved last week, which will help make summer even more enjoyable for Waitsburg youth. Waitsburg's School Board approved a summer food program that will provide both breakfast and lunch to students, while the Waitsburg Resource Center (WRC) mapped out a "Knock Out Boredom" Summer Fun program for the month of July. Because over 50% of Waitsburg students - 55% in the elementary school and 51% in the middle school -- receive free or reduced lunches, Waitsburg...
Friday, May 16 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. --Waitsburg Shopping Bag at Waitsburg Town Hall; multiple vendors, breakfast, lunch and snacks all day. 6:30 p.m. -- Free family entertainment at the Plaza Theater, Main Street Evening -- Antique Auto Show Cruise Saturday, May 17 8 a.m. -- Breakfast at Waitsburg Town Hall 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- Waitsburg Shopping Bag; multiple vendors, food all day 9 a.m. - All-City Dead Man's Hand Poker Ride: Check-in, registration and staging for parade at Rankin Park (North Main and East Bolles Road) Riders receive first card...
DAYTON - The next Christian Women's Connection Luncheon, sponsored by Stonecroft Ministries, will take place May 14 from 11:30 a.m. t0 1:30 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center (104 Green Giant Camp Rd., Dayton). Lunch is $10 and will be catered by Jennifer Hutchens. DeAnne Chambers of Newburg, Ore. shares through humor, her journey of "getting out of the pit" of depression. Her motto is "Loosen, Up, Lighten Up, and Laugh Together. Special Feature will be Janice Ripley, a hair stylist who will share hair products with us and will demonstrate a...
DAYTON - Dumas Station is hosting a pottery exhibit the weekend of May 2-4 -- Spring Release Weekend -- with artist Loren Lukens of Seattle. Lukens creates functional, useful pottery that is also beautiful and will display vases, bowls, mugs and tableware. Dumas Station will be releasing their new 20012 Merlot on Friday, May 2, and pouring this alongside other recently released wines. Friday also marks the beginning of no tasting fees at Dumas Station. "Since we're not on the main wine circuit in Walla Walla, we don't get all of the tourists....
