Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – On Monday, ag students from Dayton High School took a quick trip to the Columbia Compost facility a mile north of Dayton, on Eager Road. There, Steve Martin, Columbia Compost's owner-operator, explained to the students the process for turning yard waste into compost for use as a soil ammendment. To begin with, he explained, yard waste must be ground up, so it's dense enough to allow bacteria to feed, but loose enough to allow oxygen to circulate. Then water must be added – not too lit...
DAYTON – Seventeen participants, including private forest landowners, agency specialists and members of the public, attended a Forest Health Field Day on Oct. 8. Attendees were able to observe, analyze, and discuss forest health issues with field specialists. Forest insect and disease specialists Lia Spiegel and Mike Johnson shared professional advice and local logging contractors Dan Cully and JimBob Blumfield provided information on logging equipment capabilities, harvest costs, and c...
DAYTON—On Oct. 7, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution making October National Disability Employment Awareness Month. This was done in order to raise awareness about disability employment issues and celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities. As stated in the resolution, activities during October will reinforce the value and talent of people with disabilities in the workplace and in the community, and affirm Columbia County’s commitment to an inclusive com...
DAYTON-At their regular meeting on Oct. 7, the Dayton School District Board of Directors approved Dan Butler to fill board Position 3, recently vacated by Marchand Hovrud when she resigned at the beginning of September. During the board meeting Butler fielded a series of questions posed to him by the directors. Butler spoke about his 35 years experience in education, as well as his vision for the school district. "Education is my hobby, my life. Everything I do is around education," he told the...
DAYTON-Former Dayton School District Elementary Principal Katie Leid is running for the "at large" school board position currently held by Director Joe Huether, and one he will defend in the upcoming November election. Both Leid and Huether have considerable education and experience to bring to the Board. Recently retired from the Dayton School District Leid has been involved in education for a total of twenty-two years. She received her teaching credentials in 1991 through Washington State...
Photo by Ken Graham A worker prepared to install seat bottoms to a row of new seats at Dayton's Liberty Theater on Tuesday. The theater has been closed for a week, and will reopen with all new seats in the lower level on Friday....
DAYTON – The Blue Mountain Station Co-op has partnered with Kiwanis of Dayton to organize an outdoor Oktoberfest celebration at the Blue Mountain Station (700 Artisan Way) on Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. "The forecast calls for temperatures in the low 70's, zero percent chance of rain and 100% chance of a good time," said BMS Co-op Vice President Brad McMasters. The Dayton Kiwanis members will grill and sell Tucannon Meats bratwursts for $5 each. German Potato Salad, Red Cabbage Slaw, and apple...
DAYTON—According to Columbia County auditor Sharon Richter, election ballots should be mailed out by Thurs., Oct.15. Those ballots contain several twists that Columbia County voters should be aware of with regard to Position 2, and Position 3, on the Dayton School District board. First, Marchand Hovrud’s name will appear on the ballot for school board Position 3, but because she has resigned from the board, Richter said that she will need to resign, again, after the election is certified. Dan...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Board of Commissioners is close to an agreement with Seneca Foods Corp. to purchase between 15 and 20 acres of land at the east end of Dayton from Seneca. The property includes the Seneca Activity Center and labor camp buildings, and lies adjacent to the property that includes the county engineer's office and shop. Commissioner Dwight Robanske made a report to the Columbia County Economic Development Steering Committee Tuesday, in which he explained the basics of the...
DAYTON – Katie Chavre, who joined the Dayton Chamber of Commerce staff this week as Chamber assistant and event coordinator, helped put on the biggest event southeast Washington has seen in many years. As a staff member at the Walla Walla Parks Dept., Chavre helped with the planning and setup of the Gentlemen of the Road Tour Stopover that was held in Walla Walla in August. Chavre started her new job in Dayton last week, replacing former event coordinator Linze Greenwalt, who left the Chamber l...
DAYTON – The Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band will perform a fundraising event at The Liberty Theater on Sat. Oct. 17. Proceeds will go to the Touchet Valley Arts Council, which owns and operates the theater. The award-winning female western music trio is known for their fun presentations that bring the Wild West to life. Since the spring of 2000, the band has produced five award-winning albums and has performed across the United States and Canada. The group's latest recording; "My Horse Knows the W...
DAYTON – Watching a movie or live event at Dayton’s Liberty Theater will soon be even more enjoyable than it already was. This week, the theater was closed to allow for the installation of new, modern seating, complete with cup holders. The new seats replace historic chairs that came from a western Washington theater in 2001. “Those chairs served the community well this past fourteen years, but the internal springs, difficult and costly to replace, have broken down over time,” theater manager Ki...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Hospital District board of directors last Thursday approved a final site plan for the upcoming major renovation of Dayton General Hospital. This plan shows the reconfiguration of hospital departments, though final details are still to be determined The new layout reflects significant changes from the original plan presented to voters more than a year ago. In the design approved last week, the emergency room area will be moved to the east side of the building, near wh...
DAYTON – One of Dayton's favorite events – Dayton on Tour – will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents and visitors are invited to bring the whole family and participate in this free event, sponsored by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce and the Dayton Historical Depot Society. This year's free activities include an Art Crawl, kids' fall festival, museum tours, wagon rides, artist demonstrations and horse drawn wagon rides. Tickets for the historic home tour, featuring four exceptiona...
DAYTON – On Sept. 9, Anthony John Nieto Sr., 56, entered a guilty plea to reduced charges stemming from a stabbing incident in Nov. of 2014. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison, with credit for time served. Nieto was arrested on Nov. 8, 2014, after deputies were called to the alley behind Woody’s Bar and Grill, at 214 E. Main Street in Dayton, after reports of a group of people fighting. After deputies separated the group, witnesses reported that one man had been stabbed in the neck. Tysen Beckner was taken to Dayton General Hospital wit...
DAYTON – During their regular meeting last week, the Columbia County Hospital District board named interim co-CEOs to fill in after the departure of current CEO Jon Smiley. Smiley resigned effective Sept. 30. Chief Financial Officer Lee Holter and Chief Operations Officer Shane McGuire will serve as co-CEOs until the board names a permanent replacement for Smiley. That decision is expected to be made later this year. According to CCHS Human Resources Director Steve Stahl, the committee reviewing applications for CEO has narrowed the list of can...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Commissioners held a workshop Monday to consider regulations on the growing, processing, and sale of marijuana in the county. The session was set up last week after the board voted down a motion to ban pot businesses in the county. The commissioners met with County Planning Director Kim Lyonnais and Prosecutor Rea Culwell to discuss changes to county ordinances that will address regulation of recreational marijuana businesses, along with medical marijuana in g...
DAYTON – Defense Attorney Michael De Grasse petitioned Judge Scott D. Galina to dismiss all charges against archeologist Richard Lee Lyman in Columbia County Superior Court on Sept. 16. Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell requested that the case proceed to trial but said charges against Lyman’s associates, Dave Schmitt and Matthew Boulanger, would be dropped. The three out-of-state professional archeologists were charged in July with theft of prehistoric artifacts from the Uma...
The following is a list of 4-H and FFA members who entered still life exhibits in the Youth Building and entered various activities/contests during the 2015 Columbia County Fair and the awards they received. 4-H Baked Foods Lindsey Newhouse: Sweepstakes, 3 blue Rebecca Smith: Sweepstakes, 2 Reserve Sweepstakes, 7 blue Mackena Culley: 2 blue, red Kiley Curran: blue Cayle Davis: 2 blue Samantha Davis: 2 blue McKenzie Dobbs: red Daltin Lambert: blue, red Jessika Lambert: Cloverbud Award McKenzie Lewis-Seal: red Sagelyn Kilts: red Sadie Seney:...
Two new park-style benches were recently installed at the Smith Hollow Schoolhouse grounds in Dayton. The benches are courtesy of the Anderson family of Dayton, friends & supporters for the late Rob Anderson, and Columbia REA. They compliment the recent bike rack/hitching post memorial for Rob Anderson. The green metal benches match existing public seating on Dayton's Main Street. The concrete pad for the benches was installed by Tanner Steinhoff of Steinhoff construction. Jack Himmelberger, a...
DAYTON – Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Green Zebra, Brandywine. One of these or a dozen other heirloom tomato varieties could be this year's winner at the Third Annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting Competition and Dinner event this weekend in Dayton. The main event begins Sunday at 4 p.m. at TamiJoyFarm, near the south end of S. Fourth St. Guests will be able to taste up to 15 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, entered by local area growers. Heirloom tomatoes are grown from non-hybrid seeds, and come i...
