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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG - The Weller Public Library won't be annexed into the Walla Walla County Rural Library District anytime soon. Waitsburg City Adminis- trator Randy Hinchliffe said last Wednesday he received a letter from the library board of the Weller Public Library saying the board is not interested in annexing the city into the rural library district. The Times asked for a copy of the letter and Hinchliffe responded the correspondence "it is more or less just a handwritten note indicating the Library's Board desire not to join the Rural Library...
Dayton School Board Minutes Special Meeting Sept. 12, 2012 * The meeting was opened with the flag salute. *The board discussed possible staffing chang- es for the fourth grade and kindergarten. *The discussion was opened for public comment. *The board moved to accept Superintendent Doug Johnson's sug- gestion to make no changes in the kinder- garten staff and hire a full-time para-professional for the fourth grade. *The meeting was ad- journed....
Dayton School Board When: September 19, 2012 Where: 609 South Sec- ond Dayton, Wa Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Consent Agenda Approve Minutes Sep- tember 5, 2012 & September 12, 2012 Approve September Bills Approve September Pay- roll Approve Soccer Volun- teer- Jorge Zuniga Reports Superintendent's Report -Operating Principles -Superintendent Goals -Board Calendar -Kindergarten Early Re- lease -180 Day Waiver Budget Status - PaulaMoisio Policy Review Policy 2005 - SchoolImprovement Plans (2ndReading) Policy 3413 - StudentImmunizations and life...
FREE SHOOTING DAYS DAYTON - The Co- lumbia County Shooting Association will be offering free days to sight in your rifles in preparation for the coming hunting season at no cost to the public. Free days will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 15, from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 23 and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 24. The range is on Patit Creek and Range Grade Road. A member of the as- sociation will be in attendance on those days. Contact 382-8926 for more information....
DAYTON - Dayton's new- est city councilman, Dain Nysoe, has been interested in gov- ernment since he was a page for the Senate in Olympia when he was 12 years old. Nysoe was appointed to the city council at the Monday, Sept. 10 meeting. He said he had been interested in joining the council recently, but he didn't meet the requirement of living inside city limits for a year because Nysoe and his wife, Claudia Nysoe, lived just outside of Dayton. So, when the council seat opened up after Terry...
DAYTON - The Dayton School Board voted Wednes- day night to hire a full-time para-professional to work with the now too-large fourth grade class and leave the kindergar- ten classes at half-day status. The decisions were based on recommendations by Superintendent Doug Johnson. The Dayton School District started the 2012-2013 school year with 12 fewer students then budgeted, com- ing in at 430 full-time enrollment students, which caused the district budget to be lower than expected, according to Johnson. The budget reduction made the long-term s...
WAITSBURG - For one Waitsburg pas- tor, building an air- plane is a once-in-a-lifetime dream. Pastor Bret Moser of the First Presbyterian Church will be spending the next year of his life building an engine and putting the fin- ishing touches on a replica of the World War II Trainer Tiger Moth tandem airplane. Moser said this kind of plane was the first airplane that ca- dets in Canada and England trained in for battle. His plane is about 80 percent the size of the original. Moser doesn't plan...
WAITSBURG - After more than 40 years work- ing in Washington State government, 23 of which as an elected official, Sec- retary of State Sam Reed is ready to retire. But before his replacement is sworn in on Jan. 16 next year, Reed took one last tour of the state he spent his career serving. Reed toured the Bruce Mansion Wednesday, Sept. 12, during his visit to Waitsburg and said small towns are often underap- preciated. Reed said his experi- ence in the political system gave him an appreciation...
Waitsburg School Board Sept. 12, 2012 Board Members Present: Ross Hamann, Christy House, Marilyn Johnson, Greg Zuger I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Consent Agenda: Approved IV. Reports Elementary Principal's Report: Dr. Carol Clarke *The elementary school had a meet and greet with parents *The Intermediate Classes are helping children learn to keep schedules and organize themselves, kids say the day goes by more quickly *The sixth grade class is heading to Camp Wooten later this month Secondary Principal's Report: St...
WAITSBURG - Locals and tourists flocked to the Bruce House Museum Sunday to immerse themselves in Waitsburg history at the Pioneer Fall Festival. Sales and events up and down Main Street brought locals and people from out of town out to see the fare. The Bruce House and the Wilson-Phillips House run by the Waitsburg Historical Society was open for most of the day for festival-goers to tour. In the lawn around the museum, pioneer-themed vendors and exhibitions kept the audience moving while lo...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board decided last Wednesday night it would not be running a maintenance and operations levy this school year to maintain current staffing levels, as was suggested. Each school year, the school board adopts a list of goals it would like to carry out. Superintendent Dr. Carol Clarke said she shared the board's draft goals with the district staff members and it was suggested that the school board ask the taxpayers this school year to pay an extra tax to keep the current staff members employed at the dis...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg FFA Chapter has again been recognized as one of the top chapters in Washington and one member of the chapter is traveling to the National FFA Convention in October to accept the award in person for the first time. FFA Adviser Nicole Abel said the Waitsburg FFA chapter was rated two stars this year, one star being the highest and three stars being the lowest. The chapter's ranking puts it in the top 10 percent of chapters in the state. "We have earned this award severa...
Dayton School Board Minutes When: Regular monthly meeting on September 5, 2012 In Attendance: Steve Mar- tin, David Bailey, Marchand Hovrud, Tamara Fritze and Joe Huether ADDITIONS TO AGEN- DA: 1) Accept resignation from Des Jones as concessions director. 2) Add topics to Superintendent's Report - Collective Bargaining Agreements 3)Add policy 2024 regarding On Line Learning to Policy Review. 4) Add Policy 6891 regard- ing School Facilities to Policy Review. 5) List Cas- sandra Thompson as M/S Volleyball Asst Coach on the consent agenda items....
Dayton School Board When: September 12, 2012 Where: 609 South Second Dayton, Wa; District Boardroom Meeting starts at 5:15 p.m. Agenda: Discussion re- garding staffing for the 4th grade and Kindergarten. Action Items: Possible action on any decision made regarding staffing of 4th grade and kindergarten....
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Relay for Life returns to Dayton for the fifth time with 21 teams and more than 200 team members coming together to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The event begins with an opening ceremony at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 and runs through 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Dayton Sports Complex. The survivors lap will be at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, the luminary cer- emony will be at 8 p.m. Saturday and closing ceremony will be 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. The event is an over- night relay-style event,...
Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: September 11, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. In Attendance: Commis- sioner District 2: Perry L Dozier; Commissioner District 1: James K Johnson; Commissioner District 3 Chair: Gregory A Tompkins Others present: Randy Glaeser, County Public Works Department Direc- tor; Andy Porter, Union- Bulletin ROLL CALL -MOMENT OF SILENCE: Recognition for the victims of 9/11 - PLEDGE OF ALLE- GIANCE -ACTION AGENDA ITEM: Bid award 2012 Crack Seal- ing; Mr. Glaeser gave the background information. -MISCELLANEOUS: Some...
Waitsburg School District No. 401-100 When: Wednesday Sep- tember 12, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. New Business CONSENT AGENDA: 1) Minutes for August 8th Board Meeting 2) Ac- counts Payable 3) Payroll 4) Budget Status Reports REPORTS: 1) Elemen- tary Principal's Report 2) Secondary Principles Report 3) Athletic Director's Report 4) Facilities/Main- tenance/Transportation Supervisor's Report 5) Superintendent's Report NEW BUSINESS: 1) Enrollment Update 2) State Assessment Results 3) Food Service Co-op Agreement with Spokane School District 4) Goals for...
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg Commercial Club's first speaker and featured business for the meeting will be Claudia Abel, LMT of the Waits- burg Business Center. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, in Waitsburg's Town Hall....
WAITSBURG - This Sun- day's annual Pioneer Fall Festi- val will mix historical elements that tell Waitsburg's story with a new component - Main Street vendors and food. Jeff Broom, president of the Waitsburg Historical Society, said this year festival organiz- ers decided to tie in the festival, which takes place at the Bruce House Museum, with the rest of Main Street. He hopes the new change will make business owners and festival goers all happy. "We want to do the festival and have it be...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Fair Court has had its work cut out for its four local girls this summer keeping extra busy attending local fairs and events and spreading the word of Columbia County's best. The court consists of three freshmen from Dayton High School, Sierra Smith, Mor- gan Fatheree and Bryeanna Myrick and one sophomore from Waitsburg High School, Emma Philbrook. Smith enjoys horseback rid- ing in her free time and said she was excited to participate in the Columbia County Fair to...
Dayton School Board When: September 5,2012 Where: 609 South Second Dayton, Wa Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Board Workshop 6:00 -6:30 p.m. Consent Agenda .Approve Minutes Au- gust 15, 2012 .Approve SeptemberBills .Approve August Bills .Approve EmilySchlentz - Volunteerfor Cheer Program . Approve JonathanDom - Volunteer forSoccer Program .Approve Scott Carson- K-12 Music Teacher Reports .Administrative Re- ports .Tech Report - DavePhillips & Scott Under- wood .Superintendent's Re- port -Certified Staff Recom- mendation -2012 State...
WEDNESDAY WINE NIGHT DAYTON -- On Wednesday, September 5th from 5:00-8:00pm, Steve Brooks from Wal- la Walla's Trust Cellars will be joining the cafe to offer guests some tableside tastes of their boutique wines. Trust is located near the air- port and produces small batches of wine that has been well-received by the industry. Steve, a former CNN journalist, traded his fast-paced life in At- lanta for a slower life in the Pacific Northwest. Come chat with him about his product, his process or about wine and life, in general. ROCK AND ROLL OVER...
DAYTON - After losing his legs to polio 60 years ago, David MacNall is ready to make a change and do some- thing big for the Dayton Food Bank and Project Timothy. On Aug. 13 when he woke up at 8 a.m., as usual, Mac- Nall, 62, heard about a man who biked 2,000 miles across the country to raise money for a cause on the Tri-Cities radio station KONA. The thought of biking across the country to help those in need struck MacNall as something he wanted to do and some- thing meaningful he could spend...
DAYTON - The newest member of the Columbia County Sheriff's Office is eager to learn and determined to do right in Dayton. The 26-year-old Tri-Cities man, Matt Weins, will fill one of the two recently vacated positions in the office and he said he is ready to learn everything he can to do a job he has been interested in for a while. Weins graduated from Kennewick High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he started his higher education, Weins said. After the Marines, Weins said he...
