Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The folks who work in the healthcare field in Columbia County know that having a well-run hospital and clinic here is an important part of keeping our community healthy. But access to health professionals is only part of what's needed to improve the health of residents of our community. "Wellness and prevention are equally important," says Cheryl Skiffington, who is clinic manager for the Columbia County Health System. It's her job to make sure the Columbia Family clinic in Dayton a...
DAYTON - A new grief support group will begin January 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m at the First Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd Street, Dayton). The group will work through the book Understanding Your Grief and follow the format used by Hospice in Walla Walla. Books are $10 and a few used books are available. The group will meet for ten weeks, covering one chapter a week. Please call Teeny McMunn at 509-386-5287 with questions....
HUNTSVILLE - Local dancer Morgan Breland and her mother, Cara Watts, celebrated New Year's Day in London this year. Breland - a 15 year-old- sophomore at Walla Walla High School - auditioned at a Universal Dance Association camp last August to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Instead, she was invited to travel to London to perform in front of more than 200 million television viewers and a half million people lining the streets in London's New Year's Day Parade. Watts and B...
DAYTON - The Dayton Development Task Force announced that it has received $64,8xx in December through its newly implemented B&O tax incentive program. The money will be used to for a variety of projects and programs in Downtown Dayton. According to Task Force board member Marcene Hendrickson, who was instrumental in getting the group qualified for the state program, the total amount included a $50,000 contribution from Columbia REA. Other donors in 2013 included Elk Drug, Banner Bank, Dayton Mercantile, Crothers State Farm Insurance and...
DAYTON - The Washington State Parks Commission is planning a major change to the way it manages its parks in our area. The commission intends to form a "Mega Area," in which one manager will oversee a group of eight park facilities in southeast Washington. Gary Vierra will serve as Area Manager for the Blue Mountain Area. He will serve as manager for the following park facilities: Field Springs Camp Wooten Lewis and Clark Trail andCampground Lyons Ferry (to be open by2015) Palouse Falls Colum...
WAITSBURG -- Dr. Carol Clarke, Superintendent of Waitsburg School District, will be the featured speaker at the next Waitsburg Commercial Club meeting to take place January 21, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held at Waitsburg Town Hall, 121 Main Street and are open to the public and Commercial Club Members. The cost for dinner is $12.00 per person and there is no charge for program only attendance. Please RSVP your reservations to ikbakeve@charter.netikbakeve@charter.net or 509 337-6546. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501C6 Chamber of C...
DAYTON - Small communities often have a big population of gun enthusiasts, and the Touchet Valley is no exception. Access to good places to shoot is important for these folks. But throughout the country, small gun ranges are fighting to stay open. A 2012 article in Outdoor Life maga- zine stated that public and private shooting ranges face many challenges these days - though interest in the sport is not the problem. Among more than 500 ranges interviewed in 2011, 42.4 percent said the volume of...
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:...
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...
