Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sorted by date Results 1701 - 1725 of 1899
DAYTON -- When Mi- chael Waiblinger was a boy, he begged his father for his first record – a copy of KC and the Sunshine Band singing “Keep It Comin’ Love.” Inside the 1979 vinyl shop, a Black Sabbath album was playing. “I thought, ‘this is really cool,’” Waiblinger recalls. And he convinced his dad to purchase both. “At the counter, the sales- man looks at me and the two records on the counter, and he says, ‘You’re going to play music someday, kid.’” That day unlocked a new world to the now 44-...
DAYTON - The Dayton City Council has set an in initial budget workshop for Monday at 6 p.m. at City Hall. The city's preliminary 2014 budget will be presented to council members at that time for their review and to make adjustments. No formal action will be taken at the workshop. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled to be held during the council's regular meeting October 28. A sec- ond budget workshop has been scheduled for October 30, but may be cancelled. Additional public hearings on the budget are scheduled for November. The council...
DAYTON - The Colum- bia County Public Health Office and the Columbia County Health System will offer training to anyone interested in becoming an in-person assistor to help local residents sign up for the new Washington Health Insurance Exchange. Representatives from Washington Health Benefit Exchange will be in Dayton October 22 to provide the one-day training, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Delaney Room at the Dayton Memorial Library. The trainers will return October 29 for certification of...
DAYTON - After an er- rant truck wiped out the cedar sign welcoming visitors to Dayton as they enter from the west, the Dayton Chamber of Commerce got to work on creating a new one. The result, now in place, is a much stouter concrete and brick structure that will be much more difficult for er- rant drivers to hit, and cause much more damage to their car when they do. The freshly painted sign, along Highway 12, just be- low Dayton Tractor and Ma- chine's shop at the Port of Columbia, is one of...
The Walla Walla County Lodging Tax Advisory Com- mittee has announced the availability of funds for the purpose of supporting tour- ism promotion-related events or projects in the county. $35,000.00 will be available for grants for 2014. Applica- tions for grant funds for 2014 projects will be accepted until December 2, 2013 and forms can be obtained from the county's website (www. co.walla-walla.wa.us) or by contacting the County Commissioners' office. The county currently has a lodging tax in place, with certain of the proceeds designated for...
WALLA WALLA COUNTY-- The Walla Walla County Commissioners will be meeting with those elected officials and department heads who have person- nel and other expenditures budgeted in the Law and Justice Fund, as well as the new fund created for collec- tions and expenditures of the proceeds of the one-tenth of one percent tax imposed for the purpose of providing for the operation or delivery of chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services and for the operation of therapeutic court programs and services. These open meetings...
DAYTON - Tickets for Peter Pan, the Fall Musical at the Liberty Theater, went on sale over the weekend. The show opens Novem- ber 15 and runs through December 1. With only 10 performances, seats will sell quickly so make plan your visit soon! Purchase tickets online or buy them at the theater box office. For more information, go to www.libertytheater.org, or call the theater at (509) 382-1380....
Four historic homes including the Boldman House Museum and the Historic Dayton Depot (the oldest train depot in the state). Go to DE- POT to pay your $10 AND receive your map. Travel between historic residences is self-guided, but helpful and informative docents will be lo- cated at each home. Residential Locations TBD. Art crawl 11-4, Free Numerous downtown venues will be display- ing local art. Pick up your Art Crawl stamp card/ map at any of the participating venues. Visit ALL locations for...
A drawing was held at the Columbia County Fair on Saturday, September 7th to support the Debbie Hays Medical Fund. A beautiful quilt was created with love and donated by the Wednesday Nite Quilt Guild. The lucky winner was Mary Laughery of Dayton. To all who honored Debbie by supporting this very worthy cause, we say thank you....
WALLA WALLA -- The Valley Girls Barrel Racings Association will end Oct. 5 at the Autumn Daze race at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds. The girls invite supporters to come to the finals and cheer the barrel racers on as they close the 2013 season....
DAYTON -- Dayton's annual Young Life dessert banquet and fundraiser will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, October 6, at the Running T Ranch. This will be a great oppor- tunity to learn about Young Life and how it enhances the spiritual growth of our high school students. Dayton High School students and graduates will be speaking about their experiences in Young Life and beyond. Everyone is welcome. To reserve a seat, please contact Marne Henderson at 509- 386-2365 or Gordon Gerlitz at 382-2755....
DAYTON - Eighteen teams took part this year in what organizers said was a very successful Relay For Life event in Dayton Satur- day and Sunday. The annual event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and helps support research to find a cure for cancer. Opening cer- emonies were at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Dayton athletic field, with the relay lasting through the night. Closing ceremonies were Sunday morning. Delphine Bailey, who helped organize the event, said that an estimated total of...
September 6, 7 & 8, 2013 Sew It! Grow It! Show It! Friday: 6 a.m. Cattlemen's free breakfast (with paid gate admis- sion) 9 a.m. Fairgrounds open 6 p.m. Local motorcycle races & ATV rodeo ($4 per per- son) 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Street dance on the midway with Vintage Saturday: 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. 4-H Marksmen Club Breakfast (bydonation) 9 a.m. Fairgrounds open 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 4-H "Best BBQ You'll Ever Have" (eightand over, $7; seniors, $5; seven and under, $3) 12:30 p.m. Livestock sale 6 p.m. Jackpot Rodeo (13 and over, $6; seven to 12, $5) 8...
DAYTON - Columbia County and Waitsburg area residents have a new source of help when applying for state aid. Pastor Marj Johnston, of the First Congregational Church in Dayton, received a grant in July to purchase computer equipment that will allow her and other volunteers to assist clients when they apply for pro- grams offered by the Wash- ington State Department of Social and Health Services. Using the new laptop or tablet computer, and with a volunteer's help, applicants can access DSHS prog...
DAYTON - More than seven years ago, Bulldog senior Heather (Lambert) Clarys tore her ACL in a state tournament basketball game in Spokane that ef- fectively ended her school athletics career. But it didn't dampen her passion for sports. After graduation, she went on to get a Bachelor's of Science in Exercise with a minor in coaching from Eastern Washington Uni- versity. She then worked as a personal fitness trainer in Tri-Cities. And now she's back, as her alma mater's new athletic director. Dayton's sports community couldn't be happier. "I...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Board of Commissioners Wednesday approved a motion that would allow Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties to work together to complete their state-mandated Shoreline Master Programs. The cities of Starbuck and Clarkston are also likely to join the effort. Each county and city in the state which has a waterway designated as a "shoreline of significance" - defined as a river, large lake or marine waterfront - must complete an SMP to meet the requirements of Was...
Relay For Life of the Blue Mountains has announced that its annual relay event will be held September 21 and 22 in Dayton at the high school athletic complex on South Cottonwood St. This year's theme is "Lights, Camera, A 'Cure'!" The overnight event will begin Saturday at 3 p.m. and conclude Sunday morning at 7. The event will kick off with a special "Survivors' Lap," to celebrate the victories of local cancer survivors. Those interested in taking part in the Survivors' Lap should call Survivorship Chair, Karen Huwe, at (509) 386- 6960 or...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Fair 4-H & FFA Livestock Sale will take place at the Dayton Fairgrounds at 12:30 p.m. on September 7. Raising a sale animal is a great learning experience for young exhibitors. This year there will be approximately 48 hogs, 10 goats, 12 lambs and 15 steers for sale. Those wishing to purchase an animal must make arrangements for butchering or to take the animal home. Tucannon Meats in Dayton would appreciate a call if you intend to use them, but are keeping a few dates open for "spur-of-the- moment" buyers. If you...
The Columbia County Rural Library District and The Liberty Theater in Dayton have come together to present a Banned Books Week kick-off event on Saturday, September 21. A free screening of the recently digitally re-mastered classic film, "To Kill a Mockingbird" will be offered. 11 a.m. at the Liberty Theater, on Dayton's Main Street. Before the movie, a group of local readers -Roslyn Edwards, Kirsten Schober, Dale Slack and Nyssa Zanger - will read selections from their favorite banned or challenged books. The public is invited to bring t...
DAYTON - A new grief support group will begin September 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Dayton. The group will use the book "Understanding Your Grief" and will follow the same format used by Hospice of Walla Walla. The class will run ten consecutive weeks and will be a closed group. There is also an open group that meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. If you or someone you know is struggling with grief, or if you have questions about either group, call Teeny at 386-5287....
DAYTON - The Liberty Theater and the Missoula Chil- dren's Theatre are busily preparing a cast filled with local youth for a live production of Robinson Crusoe this week- end. Robinson Crusoe will be presented to the public at 7pm on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 at The Liberty. Tickets are $5 & $7 and can be purchased at the box office and online at www.libertytheater.org For more information contact the Liberty Theater at 509- 382-1380 or via email at info@libertytheater.orginfo@libertytheater.org...
DAYTON - A drawing to win a beautiful chainsaw bear carving, created and donated by Terry Lee Woodworth of Waitsburg, was held July 20. The raffle was in support of the Debbie Hays Medical Fund and the lucky winner was Craig Moisio of Dayton....
SPOKANE - Final sentencing for 43-year-old Santiago Contreras Orozco, who was arrested in Columbia County in July 2011 at the scene of a large marijuana bust in the upper Tucannon River drainage, has been delayed at the federal court level. During the course of his trial, Orozco was overcome with severe depression and spent several months being evaluated a federal facilities. Since Orozco was found guilty but incompetent for sen- tencing, the federal rule mandates that he be detained for life without parole until such time as he can be found...
DAYTON - Patricia Becker remem- bers the smell like it was yesterday. On an early fall morning three years ago, she went to her son's home to get it ready for his return from a week at the hospital in Walla Walla. When she opened the door, an unpleasant odor struck her nostrils and she discovered that raw sewage was coming into the house on East Patit through two floor drains in the basement. "It went all the way up to the wall," Becker, who owns 306 East Patit, said in an in- terview this...
