Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg LEO's club has been sponsoring a competitive penny drive between classes at the High School. The total collected was $210.44 with the freshmen winning by a good margin. Freshman: $120.70 mi- nus $18 (paper money) = $102.70 Sophomores: $32.32 minus $1 (paper money) = $31.32 Juniors: $7.91 minus $7 (paper money) = $0.91 Seniors: $16.51 minus $9.51 (paper money) = $9.51 The LEO's Club will be deciding this week where the funds will be donated. Possibilities include supporting the hardware store in their work sheltering...
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-Op Market (700 Artisan Way, Dayton) will hold their first Winter Farm- er's Market on February 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The winter market will feature locally produced foods, crafts, music, and more. Biker B's soaps, Wood Therapy Creations, and Nick Page Photography are just a few of the slated vendors. Locati Cellars will be offering wine tasting, Terrisa Churchill will offer homemade soups and Granny's Tamales will be serv- ing their secret-recipe tamales. Local musicians will provide entertainment. "I...
WAITSBURG - From "kind of" teaching herself guitar as a child to organiz- ing and directing the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Proj- ect, Kate Hockersmith is one of those people who sets out to meet a need when she sees it. Hockersmith had set her childhood guitar aside until about five years ago, when she picked it up again to support her son's musi- cal interests by providing him guitar backup at area Bluegrass Jams. But Hock- ersmith hasn't limited her support to her own children; she is curre...
WAITSBURG - Waits- burg Commercial Club will meet on Tuesday, January 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Waits- burg Town Hall (121 Main Street, Waitsburg). Keri Isaacson, Executive Direc- tor of the Blue Mountain Foundation will be the fea- tured speaker. Please RSVP dinner reservations to ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net or 509-337- 6546. Dinner is $12.00 per person and there is no charge to attend the program only, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501c6 Chamber of Commerce representing the business interests of the...
The Coalition for Youth and Families and Columbia REA are sponsoring a First Night Party on December 31 at 7 p.m. This is a night of fun for the whole family from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center. There will be games, food, music and prizes. Admission is free, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult....
The Liberty Theater is once again ushering in the New Year with a Black and White East Coast New Year's Eve Party. This year's classic comedy, Some Like it Hot, stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two Chicago musicians who disguise themselves as women to avoid being rubbed out by the mob after they wit- ness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. During their flight they meet up with a singer in a band, played by Marilyn Monroe, who dreams of marrying a millionaire. The movie begins at 6:55 and is followed by a champagne toast and reception at 9...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District is struggling to engage citizens in a discussion of the $19.5 mil- lion bond levy measure the district is considering for the April 2014 ballot. Last Thursday was the second of three public fo- rums planned on the topic of the proposed facilities up- grade, but just nine citizens attended (more than half in attendance were employees of the district, sit on the school board, or are members of the committee that worked on the project plan). Though few voices wer...
In Memory of Duane Remus From: Patsy Mercer, Janet Hewitt, Norma Zier, Patricia Slark, L & G Ranch Supply, Leota Lightfoot In Memory of James "Jim" Burres From: Roger & Laura Jean Hevel, Amy & William Fenley, Sally Chase Baker, Erma Lee Smith In Memory of Robert "Bob" Hulce From: Glenn & Sally Baker, Mary Phillips, Floyd & Sylvia Fouss, Roger & Laura Jean Hevel, Mr. & Mrs. Howard P. Smith, Sr. In Memory of Richard Donnelly From: Rose & Sam Worth In Memory of Betty and Albert Land From: John & Elaine Reese In Memory of James "Jim" Wood From:...
A benefit concert for the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project will take place at the Plaza Theater (208 Main Street) in Waitsburg on Sunday, January 5 at 3 p.m. The concert will feature The Barnstormers and Kate & The Bluegrass Gentle- men. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Waitsburg Hardware and Coppei Cof- fee. Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project (TVAMP) is a traditional music program and part of the Rural Yuth Enrichment Services (RYES) - 501c3 Non-profit....
DAYTON -- Columbia County Health Systems is holding Certified Nursing Assistant Classes from January 6 to January 24. Appli- cations are being accepted through December 31. Inter- ested persons should contact Stephanie Carpenter at 509- 382-3212....
WAITSBURG -- In this holiday season, typically abounding in sweet confections like no other, Waits- burg High School senior Heidi Miller is taking a serious look at how those treats can significantly af- fect the lives of individuals that struggle with diabetes. Miller, whose senior project centers on learning more about the disease, has orga- nized a night of live music at the Coppei Café on January 3, with hopes of raising money for diabetes research and sharing some of her new-found...
WAITSBURG - City res- idents will see an increase in their water/sewer statements come January - but only about half of what was origi- nally proposed. At Monday night's City Council meeting the board approved a water/ sewer increase of 3% to begin with the January 2014 statement. City Administrator Ran- dy Hinchliffe proposed an increase of $4.90, either to be initiated with the January bill or phased in over time. The amount was arrived at by evaluating the rate of inflation over the last 10 years and determining what a rate increase would...
WAITSBURG - Dayton and Waitsburg students col- lected 1,093 pounds of food and nearly $600 in cash donations for local food banks this past weekend, during a new, joint-community event coined "The Battle Against Hunger." The two school districts were looking for an extra, non-league basketball game and hit upon the idea of a Cardinals-versus-Bulldogs match (boys and girls) and involving both communi- ties, according to Stephanie Wooderchak, Waitsburg High School athletic director and secondary...
WAITSBURG - Out of 15 area schools - large and small alike - Waitsburg's Knowledge Bowl team currently ranks third, only one point shy of second place. "I'm impressed," said Knowledge Bowl Coach Brad Green. "We held our own even against the mighty Hanford High School." Waitsburg took first place in their first two meets of the year - the first with a score of 88 and the second with a score of 100. The next meet will take place in Dayton against an unlimited number of teams. In February teams...
WALLA WALLA - The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (VAWW) in Walla Walla is offering free credit monitoring for up to 1,519 Veterans whose personal information, including social security numbers, was inadvertently emailed to an external education partner on November 1st. "VA places the highest priority on safeguarding the personal information of our Veterans," said Medical Center Director, Brian Westfield. "When an incident such as this is discovered, we will immediately take prompt remedial action such as notification to t...
DAYTON - A survey is available online in which Columbia County residents can weigh in on their preferences regarding future development of parks and recreation facilities in Dayton, Starbuck and Columbia County. The survey is available at www.surveymonkey.com/ s/2RM86PD. For more information, contact Zam DeShields, of the Eastern Washington University Graduate School of Planning, at (208) 771-4585....
The Columbia County Rural Library District is pleased to announce that they have been selected as a World Book Night distribution site. World Book Night U.S. is part of an ambitious campaign to encourage reading and giving. A half million free paperbacks will be handed out across America all on one day - April 23, 2014 - by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book lovers to promote reading by personally giving specially printed books to light or non-readers and to those without the means or access to them. The 35 World Book Night U.S. titles for...
DAYTON - During their November 25 meeting, the Dayton City Council adopted a budget for 2014 which included slight utility rate increases for water, sewer and garbage. Water rates increased two percent, sewer 2.5% and garbage 3%. Council member Dain Nysoe cast the lone dissenting vote on each increase, claiming he felt that existing reserve funds could cover any increased costs the city faces in delivering utilities to residents. In an interview this week, Dayton Mayor Craig George said he f...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District plans to introduce two new programs next year to enhance students' understanding of human rights and civil rights issues. These efforts come after two highly publicized incidents involving racial and ethnic slurs. In January, a program called "Living Voices," on the topic of civil rights, will be presented to Junior and Senior High School Students. The program is scheduled to coincide with the Martin Luther King holiday, according to School Superintendent...
Another Hometown Christmas has come and gone. And if the smiles on the faces of those visiting with friends, enjoying the entertainment, sampling cookies and checking out the wares at Town Hall were any indication, it was a success. Last week I spoke with Commercial Club President Joy Smith to prepare a schedule of events for the paper. In the course of that discussion Smith commented that Hometown Christmas was the "easiest project I've ever been in charge of." Smith recently took over org...
