Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Sorted by date Results 1651 - 1675 of 1905
DAYTON - Dayton High's Future Business Leaders of America club sent 26 students to the Southeast Regional Winter Business Conference in Kennewick on February 12. They were one of the two largest groups at the conference, and all 26 qualified to move on to the state competition in Seattle in April. The Kennewick conference included schools of all sizes from Southeast Washington, and it included competition in a wide variety of business-related categories. More than 100 competitive even...
DAYTON - Things seem to be going fairly well at Columbia County Senior Center. We were certainly surprised last week when we came for lunch to find there was a power outage. It didn't take too long to discover that some of us 'do not' cope when there is no coffee available! This didn't deter the guys playing pool. Any miscues (pardon the pun) were blamed on not seeing correctly. We had a good time reminiscing about yesteryear when we had no electricity, used kerosene lanterns, warmed up to a pot- bellied stove and the hand cranked wringer...
DAYTON - The next Christian Women's Connection Luncheon will take place at the Grain House Grill (232 S. Main Street, Dayton) on March 12 from 11:30 to 1:30. Janice Van Deist from Quincy, Wash. will share about organization, both daily and spiritually. Janice lives on a farm where she and her husband raise hay and grain. Special feature is Ruth Brush who grew up during the depression era and uses recycled materials to create beautiful things. Singer Maxine Larson from Lewiston, Idaho will entertain with song. The cost is $10. Call Judy Ja...
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-op Market hosted its third weekly Indoor Market on Saturday and attracted an enthusiastic group of shoppers. The market is held in the center community section of the Port of Columbia's new artisan food center. When a Times reporter visited, camera in hand, several vendors were eager to show off their wares, and musician Heather Stearns was playing her guitar and singing. Soup was being provided by Little Dipper Dairy, a tenant at BMS. Gypsy Girl G...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Fair Board will hold a Kickoff Dinner and Auction on April 26 in the Pavilion at the Fairgrounds. Festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. The event will include live and silent auctions and music by Rich and Nancy Monacelli. Tickets for the fundraising event will be $10 for adults and youth, and $5 for children 7 and under. The evening will include a pie/desert auction and a variety of silent auction items. On May 31, the fair board will present a BRN4D Barrel Racing event at the fairgrounds arena. Riders from ar...
DAYTON - In a special Monday meeting this week, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved a measure to allow emergency repairs to the ceiling and carpet in the courtroom of the Columbia County Courthouse, after accidental damage caused by a contractor. The measure allows courthouse Maintenance Supervisor Dave Finney to hire a local contractor for the repairs without going through the normal bidding process. In January, a worker with Pringles Power Vac of Walla Walla was cleaning d...
DAYTON - Three public hearings will be held next week to allow public input on a new Cooperative Park Master Plan for Columbia County. The plan is a joint effort of Columbia County, the City of Dayton and the Port of Columbia. The City will hold its hearing on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall board room. The county will hold its hearing on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Columbia County Planning office. The Port's hearing will be Thursday at 10 a.m. in the board room at the Port office. Comments may also be submitted in writing to the...
DAYTON - TVAC Productions is hosting a special event Saturday at the Liberty Theater called "Ebony and Ivories." Music begins at 7 p.m. with a collection of classical and contemporary musical pieces performed on piano by local musicians Jim Thorn and Randy Pearson with accompaniment provided by the Pearson family. After the music, the fun continues in the Liberty Annex where chocolate desserts will be served with champagne and/or sparkling cider. The event is being held to raise funds to purchase a piano for the Liberty Annex, which is u...
DAYTON - The Dayton City Council on Monday voted to reject a proposed ordinance to establish a special events permit for Dayton. The 6-1 decision came after the council heard several public comments in opposition to the measure and after considerable debate among council members. Councilman Dain Nysoe cast the lone dissenting vote on the motion to reject the ordinance. The ordinance was proposed by the council's Public Safety Committee, of which Nysoe is chair. It was a scaled-back version...
DAYTON - It's time for the Liberty Theater's annual Casino Night! From 6 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, February 8, games of chance - including blackjack, poker and roulette - will be packed with players at the Seneca Community Center, on the east edge of Dayton. Even those who aren't into gambling will find plenty of fun. Jim Thorn, Heather Sterns, Deb Fortner and Tammy Weppler are just a few familiar names providing the musical entertainment throughout the evening. A dinner of pulled pork sandwiches will be available along with a fully s...
DAYTON - The Dayton High School Future Business Leaders of America club is preparing for the regional Winter FBLA Conference, scheduled for Feb. 12. The conference is in Kennewick. Twenty-six FBLA members will attend the conference. Most have already completed projects, reports and/or team tests for the event. At the conference, itself, members will take individual tests, make a variety of oral presentations, and participate in workshops. Taylor Frame, local chapter president and state chapter vice president for the local region will con...
DAYTON - As a young man living near San Francisco in the 1960s, Bill Freeman worked as a machinist and trained horses on the side. In 1965, he got a job helping build Little Goose Dam. He lived in Dayton for a year and continued to train horses on the side - this time, at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Nearly 50 years later, Freeman has returned to Dayton, along with his son Dan, and their families. Bill and Dan run Bill Feeman Bits, which they've relocated from Rainier, Wash., so...
DAYTON - Jill Andrews' clients range from modest Dayton families to investors from Seattle and as far away as Missouri. But they share one thing - a love of Arabian horses. Andrews is a Dayton horse trainer who helps bring the best out of her clients' horses at regional and national shows. In February, Andrews and her husband, Dan, along with a group of her local clients, will travel to Scottsdale, Ariz. for the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show. "They expect about 2,400 horses there," she said....
Dayton students in grades six through 12 can win $200 by creating a video for Columbia County Health System's anti-smoking campaign. The top ten videos will be posted on the Health System's Facebook page and the video with the most likes will win. Guidelines: Contains an anti-smoking message One minute in length No profanity or nudity Submitted by Dayton students (grades 6-12) to Cheryls@ cchd-wa.org (Columbia County Clinic) by January 31. Video permission from parents required (forms are in the High School office)...
DAYTON - The folks who work in the healthcare field in Columbia County know that having a well-run hospital and clinic here is an important part of keeping our community healthy. But access to health professionals is only part of what's needed to improve the health of residents of our community. "Wellness and prevention are equally important," says Cheryl Skiffington, who is clinic manager for the Columbia County Health System. It's her job to make sure the Columbia Family clinic in Dayton a...
DAYTON - A new grief support group will begin January 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m at the First Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd Street, Dayton). The group will work through the book Understanding Your Grief and follow the format used by Hospice in Walla Walla. Books are $10 and a few used books are available. The group will meet for ten weeks, covering one chapter a week. Please call Teeny McMunn at 509-386-5287 with questions....
DAYTON - The Dayton Development Task Force announced that it has received $64,8xx in December through its newly implemented B&O tax incentive program. The money will be used to for a variety of projects and programs in Downtown Dayton. According to Task Force board member Marcene Hendrickson, who was instrumental in getting the group qualified for the state program, the total amount included a $50,000 contribution from Columbia REA. Other donors in 2013 included Elk Drug, Banner Bank, Dayton Mercantile, Crothers State Farm Insurance and...
DAYTON - The Washington State Parks Commission is planning a major change to the way it manages its parks in our area. The commission intends to form a "Mega Area," in which one manager will oversee a group of eight park facilities in southeast Washington. Gary Vierra will serve as Area Manager for the Blue Mountain Area. He will serve as manager for the following park facilities: Field Springs Camp Wooten Lewis and Clark Trail andCampground Lyons Ferry (to be open by2015) Palouse Falls Colum...
