Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
WAITSBURG - The city of Waitsburg is seeking grant funding for kiosks that would honor the memory and history of Wait's Mill and the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery. The city, with the help of Jeff Broom, the president of the Waitsburg Historical Society, recently applied for a $13,000 grant from the state Community Economic Revitalization Board. Broom said the grant opportunity came across City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe's desk and he decided to take a shot at it. "It sounded good," B...
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Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday's meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and recesses at noon. Afternoon session begins at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday workshop begins at 9:00 a.m. Where: Walla Walla County Public Health and Legislative Building, 314 Main St. Tuesday .PROPOSAL: 1) Considering amendments to the 2012 County Budget. 2) 2012 09-04 EMD - Authorizing Emergency Management Department Director Jim Duncan to enter into Memorandum of Understanding agreements with agencies wishing to use Walla Walla County Em...
ANNUAL PIONEER FALL FESTIVAL WAITSBURG -- Mark your calendars! The Pioneer Fall Festival is right around the corner on Sunday, Sept. 16. The Lions Club annual salmon barbecue is Sept. 15. The Waitsburg Historical Society is working hard to host a festival to include more of Main Street while keeping the event's traditional entertainment and church service. Don't miss out on all of the fun. Details to come in the Times as the date approaches!...
WAITSBURG - As summer draws to a close, the city of Waitsburg is contemplating how it can alleviate the cost burden of operating the city pool every summer. City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said at the last city council meeting that the city is looking into finding other options to fund the pool - he even mentioned raising property taxes to do so. At the meeting Hinchliffe said the city could ask the voters to approve a small increase in local sales tax to generate money to operate the pool. And some think it's a good idea. "We are g...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg City Councilman Scott Nettles believes bringing barrel racing to the Waitsburg Fairgrounds could revive the facility and possibly bring back the horse races of Days Of Real Sport. Nettles mentioned at the most recent city council meeting that he is working with some barrel racing contacts to start planning events. Nettles told the Times that he has several friends involved in the equestrian sport and that the facilities in the area for this kind of racing are li...
DAYTON - The Blue Moun- tain Heritage Society joined forces with Walla Walla Macy's for the second time on Saturday, Aug. 25, as part of Macy's annual "Shop for a Cause" event. The heritage society sold 26 tickets for the event, Mountain Heritage Society member Elizabeth Thorn said. Tickets sold for the heritage society benefit the Smith Hollow School restoration project. Last year was the heritage so- ciety's first time participating in the event, which Macy's has been hosting since 2006, Thorn said. "It was a bit down from last year's number...
DAYTON - City plan- ning in Dayton is no longer being handled by Columbia County and now the posi- tion is open to qualified applicants. The city of Dayton listed the job posting last week, moving forward with the city-employed position. Short term regular city planning had previously been provided by Columbia County for $8,000 a year. The planning job is now in the city's hands because the contract for planning services between the city and the county expired and the renewal was declined by the city council. The proposed contract denied on...
Want to have your club schedule posted each week in the Times right here? Call or email us your monthly meeting schedule by Tuesdays at noon and we'll get it in -- for free! Email: Community@waitsburgtimes.comCommunity@waitsburgtimes.com Call: 509-337-6631...
Port of Columbia - Special meetingSeptember 5, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. - September 12 at7:30 p.m. Dayton City Council - Monday Septem- ber 10, 2012 Dayton School Dis- trict - September 5, 2012at 6:30 p.m. Columbia County Fair Board meeting - September 17,2012 at 7:30 p.m. Columbia County Board of Commissioners 1st and 3rd Wednes- day - September 5, 2012 - September 19,2012 - October 3, 2012 Starbuck SchoolDistrict - August 30th...
COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR DAYTON -- The Columbia County Fair will be Sept. 7-9. Come celebrate the fair with exhibits, one of the best barbecues around, children's games, and an excit- ing Motocross race....
