Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The race for the District 3 position on the Columbia County Board of Commissioners has grown to three. Dayton resident Dwight Richter filed as a write-in candidate earlier this month. His preferred party is Republican. Voting in this year's primary election ends August 5, and if Richter is one of the top two vote getters, he will appear on the ballot in November's general election. Richter is a lifelong Dayton resident. He served 16 years as chairman of the Columbia County Republican Party, before stepping out of that role two years...
DAYTON - Jimmy Lloyd Rea and Switchmasters will perform Friday, July 25 at 8 p.m. as part of the Middle of Nowhere Sessions at Mace Mead Works in downtown Dayton. Rea, a native of Baker City, Ore., has been considered one of the top blues base players in the country for nearly 50 years. He has performed with artists such as Albert, Freddie, and BB King, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Big Walter Horton, Pete Karnes, Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker and others. He was bass player for the band...
DAYTON - When the pledge period ended for Reggie Mace and Beth Rahn's Kickstarter project on July 7, a total of $11,532 had been pledged by 163 backers. That put them barely over their pledge goal of $11,111. Thus the campaign was successful and they get to keep the money. As we reported in our June 19 issue, Mace and Rahn are raising money to build a live recording studio for their Middle of Nowhere Sessions at Mace Mead Works, on Dayton's Main Street. Mace told us this week that he is about to go shopping for new stuff, including a sound...
PULLMAN - College is typically a time for growth and new experiences. But for former Dayton High School valedictorian and athlete Malia Frame, tougher academics and new friendships weren't enough. The Business Administration and Agriculture Technology and Production Management double-major decided to experience a whole new world as an athlete as well - collegiate rowing. Frame said she heard about WSU's rowing team long before she considered trying out. She knew of several Dayton alumni who...
DAYTON - Jim Gallaher is a "Mule Guy." Only a Mule Guy would drive ten miles each way every day to check on his mule and feed her. "Every day," he said. "In the rain or in the snow; it doesn't matter." Gallaher bought his mule in May from a horse breeder in Pilot Rock, Ore. She's unbroken, and her name is Junie. ("I don't know how to spell it," he said. "I didn't name her.") He pronounces it "joo-nee," so The Times decided how to spell it (since we like making up our own spellings). Gallaher...
DAYTON - Dayton High School alumni will gather in Dayton next weekend, July 18 - 20 for the annual Dayton Alumni Weekend. According to Alumni Association President Merle Jackson, several classes from milestone years will gather on Friday night to prepare parade floats. Saturday's Alumni and Mule Parade starts at 10 a.m., and will include numerous class floats. After the parade, the Alumni Association will hold its annual meeting at the Dayton Depot courtyard. Classes from milestone years will hold private gatherings on Saturday evening. On...
DAYTON - Mark Holt will perform at the Grain House Grill in Dayton on Friday, July 18 at 5 p.m. Holt has been singing songs and playing guitar and 5-string banjos for 40 years, mostly in the western United States and Canada. Holt spent much of his youth opening for Bluegrass Legends like Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Mac Wiseman. Holt is a founding board member and past president of the Washington Bluegrass Association and is an advisory council board member of the Roots Music...
When I heard that Bluegrass singer Mark Holt will be performing at the Grain House Grill during the upcoming Mule Mania! Days I recognized it as the perfect opportunity to interview Grill owners Nathan and Dawna Krekula. The fact that my visit was perfectly timed so that I could enjoy my favorite Bacon Bleu Burger with their specialty beer-battered Sidewinder fries was a calculated bonus. The Krekulas moved to Dayton about three years ago and live with their four children, ages 10 - 16, on 25...
DAYTON - Two Touchet Valley teens quite literally "brought it home" this month. Waitsburg's Emma Philbrook attended Evergreen Girls State while Dayton's Matthew Warren attended Evergreen Boys State - and each walked away with the state Samsung Legion Scholarship. High school juniors who are a direct descendent of a U.S. veteran who served during a period of war and are delegates to either American Legion Boys State or American Legion Auxiliary Girls State programs are eligible to apply for the...
DAYTON - Ensign Sara Schlachter was commissioned as an officer the United States Navy Sunday afternoon during a ceremony at the Columbia County Courthouse here. Schlachter, 26, and a 2008 Dayton High School graduate, was given her oath by State Representative Terry Nealey in front of the courthouse steps. Members of Dayton's American Legion Post 42 presented colors and stood by as her oath was taken. A crowd, including Schlachter's parents, Alan and Terri, and several other Legion members,...
DAYTON The Touchet Valley Arts Council has released the cast list for their fall musical, Rodgers & Hammersteins Cinderella, directed by Elizabeth Arebalos-Jagelski. Cinderella Katrina James Queen Sherry Choate Prince Chad Pearson King Michael Luce Stepmother Roslyn Edwards Stepsister Portia Samantha Edwards Stepsister Joy Chloe Pearson Princess Hopefuls & Shoe Girls: Hallyn Boggs, Alishia Johnson, Savannah McFarland, Emma Philbrook, Isabel Radebaugh, Melody Reeves, Rebecca Smith, Iris Turnipseed, and Samantha Sweetwoo...
DAYTON Reggie Mace and Beth Rahn are Dayton entrepreneurs who love music and think that production of live concerts and recorded music has a future here. For the past few months they have been presenting live shows at Mace Mead Works on Main Street, called the Middle of Nowhere Sessions. We wanted to bring the most talented emerging artists we could find, Mace said, to perform, literally, in the middle of nowhere And the'yve done it. Theyve put on 18 shows since February, featurin...
DAYTON - Project Timothy is collecting donations specifically to provide swim passes to the many young people looking to enjoy the pool this summer. Passes are $60 for an individual and $120 for a family pass. Donations may be mailed to their office at 249 E. Main Street, Dayton 99328....
-Bailey John: Elks Vocational Grant $500, Dayton Booster Club $450, Elks State Vocational Grant $1,300, John Israel $500, Columbia County Fund $500, Steve Edwards Creative Arts $500 -Brightne Partlow: DHS Alumni One Year $1,000, John Israel $500, Ben Dickinson Memorial $1,000, Schulyer Rebekah Lodge $500, Columbia County Fund $500, Floyd & Eugenia Norgaard $500, WWCC Columbia County $900, Ralph and Elsa Emigh $1,000 -Courtney Mings: Elks Vocational Grant $500, Dayton Booster Club $450, WWCC...
DAYTON - Downtown Dayton underwent a transformation in the early 1990s. Main Street, between the Touchet River Bridge and Fourth Street, was closed for six months while the road surface and the utilities underneath it were replaced. New curbs and sidewalks were added, trees were planted, street lamps and street furniture were put in place. Downtown Dayton's historic buildings and its beautiful new streetscape were a showplace waiting to be shown off. In 1995, the Dayton Chamber of Commerce was...
FRIDAY EVENTS DOWNTOWN 4 -7 p.m. - Early car registration at the corner of 1st and Main Street 7:30 p.m. - Opening Ceremony at the AmericanWest Bank parking lot on Main Street 7:30 - 9 p.m. - Presentation of Cars at the AmericanWest Bank parking lot on Main- Street (Trophy for Coolest Cruizer will be awarded on Saturday at the Depot during Trophy Presentation) 9 - 10:30 p.m. - ELVIS Live from Las Vegas "The Ultimate Elvis" sponsored by Pacific Power, RES America, Puget Sound Energy & Portland General Electric SATURDAY EVENTS DOWNTOWN 7 -10:00...
DAYTON - Washington State Supreme Court Justices Debra Stephens and Mary Yu will tour the Hells Canyon Circuit on Monday, June 16. Their itinerary will be: 8 a.m. Tour the offices of the main Asotin County Courthouse. 8:45 a.m. BOCC Chambers at the Asotin County Courthouse Annex for a press conference and to meet with commissioners. 11 a.m. Garfield BOCC in open session in their chambers and a tour of the courthouse. 1 p.m. Columbia County Courthouse Superior Courtroom for a press conference and to tour the offices. 1:30 p.m. Reception at...
DAYTON - Humanities Washington is partnering with the Columbia County Rural Library District to bring musician and storyteller, Hank Cramer to Dayton. The free event titled,"One Trail, Many Voices," will take place Saturday, June 21 at 3 p.m. in the Delaney Room at the Dayton Memorial Library (111 S. Third Street, Dayton). Cramer will share traditional folksongs of the various cultures who emigrated west for a variety of reasons - Irish, easterners, blacks, Germans and Italians - and explore how migration along the Oregon Trail affected the...
DAYTON - The Touchet Valley Golf Course is offering free golf lessons for boys and girls ages 7 -17 from Dayton, Waitsburg and the surrounding areas. Lessons will run the week of June 23 - 27. Ages 7-10, 9 - 9:50 a.m.; ages 11-14, 10-10:50 a.m.; ages 15-17, 11 a.m. to noon. Max Reinland, golf pro from Walla Walla will be the instructor. Golf clubs and balls will be provided. Sign up sheet is located at LC at the Green, the golf course restaurant or call (509) 382- 1076....
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-op, is working with the Port of Columbia to make the Artisan Food Center Market more like a store that is open on a regular basis, while maintaining the fun of a vendor-style, local foods market. Therefore, the co-op is expanding days and hours at the Blue Mountain Station to offer fresh produce, artisan food items and other local products twice per week, with expanded hours on Saturday. The ArtisanFood Center Market will now be open on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4...
DAYTON - The Dayton Memorial Library will host summer reading programs for children and teens. The theme for kids from pre-K through 6th grade is "Fizz, Boom, Read." The Theme for students 6th through 12th grades is "Spark a Reaction." Both programs will focus on learning about science. The program runs from June 23 through July 30. Regular weekly activities will include: Monday Marble Draw, Tuesday Trivia, Reading Wednesday, Thesaurus Thursday and Science Friday. Special activities during the Summer Reading Program include: June 9: "Page...
DAYTON - When you descend the stairs from the main level of the Dayton Memorial Library, you will enter what Jill Rourke, the new director of the Columbia County Rural Library District calls the "garden level." It was formerly known as the basement. The lower level in the library is envisioned as the gathering place for children and teens. Book collections for those groups would be housed there, the "teen room" would move there and reading programs for kids and young adults would be held there....
DAYTON - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' staff members are hosting monthly mobile office hours throughout eastern Washington during the month of June. Anyone who needs assistance with a federal agency or would like to voice an opinion about federal issues is encouraged to come by - no appointment necessary. McMorris Rodgers staff members will be at the Port of Columbia County Office (1 Port Way) in Dayton from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4....
DAYTON - The Dayton School District will again offer the Simplified Summer Food Program for Children this summer. Meals are available at no charge for children 18 and under. The program will be offered each weekday from June 16 through August 1, except July 4. Meals will be served at the Dayton School Cafeteria at 302 E. Park St. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which prohibits discrimination on the...
