Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Station Co-Op Market (700 Artisan Way, Dayton) will hold their first Winter Farm- er's Market on February 1, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The winter market will feature locally produced foods, crafts, music, and more. Biker B's soaps, Wood Therapy Creations, and Nick Page Photography are just a few of the slated vendors. Locati Cellars will be offering wine tasting, Terrisa Churchill will offer homemade soups and Granny's Tamales will be serv- ing their secret-recipe tamales. Local musicians will provide entertainment. "I...
The Coalition for Youth and Families and Columbia REA are sponsoring a First Night Party on December 31 at 7 p.m. This is a night of fun for the whole family from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center. There will be games, food, music and prizes. Admission is free, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult....
The Liberty Theater is once again ushering in the New Year with a Black and White East Coast New Year's Eve Party. This year's classic comedy, Some Like it Hot, stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two Chicago musicians who disguise themselves as women to avoid being rubbed out by the mob after they wit- ness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. During their flight they meet up with a singer in a band, played by Marilyn Monroe, who dreams of marrying a millionaire. The movie begins at 6:55 and is followed by a champagne toast and reception at 9...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District is struggling to engage citizens in a discussion of the $19.5 mil- lion bond levy measure the district is considering for the April 2014 ballot. Last Thursday was the second of three public fo- rums planned on the topic of the proposed facilities up- grade, but just nine citizens attended (more than half in attendance were employees of the district, sit on the school board, or are members of the committee that worked on the project plan). Though few voices wer...
DAYTON - A survey is available online in which Columbia County residents can weigh in on their preferences regarding future development of parks and recreation facilities in Dayton, Starbuck and Columbia County. The survey is available at www.surveymonkey.com/ s/2RM86PD. For more information, contact Zam DeShields, of the Eastern Washington University Graduate School of Planning, at (208) 771-4585....
The Columbia County Rural Library District is pleased to announce that they have been selected as a World Book Night distribution site. World Book Night U.S. is part of an ambitious campaign to encourage reading and giving. A half million free paperbacks will be handed out across America all on one day - April 23, 2014 - by enlisting 25,000 volunteer book lovers to promote reading by personally giving specially printed books to light or non-readers and to those without the means or access to them. The 35 World Book Night U.S. titles for...
DAYTON - During their November 25 meeting, the Dayton City Council adopted a budget for 2014 which included slight utility rate increases for water, sewer and garbage. Water rates increased two percent, sewer 2.5% and garbage 3%. Council member Dain Nysoe cast the lone dissenting vote on each increase, claiming he felt that existing reserve funds could cover any increased costs the city faces in delivering utilities to residents. In an interview this week, Dayton Mayor Craig George said he f...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District plans to introduce two new programs next year to enhance students' understanding of human rights and civil rights issues. These efforts come after two highly publicized incidents involving racial and ethnic slurs. In January, a program called "Living Voices," on the topic of civil rights, will be presented to Junior and Senior High School Students. The program is scheduled to coincide with the Martin Luther King holiday, according to School Superintendent...
DAYTON - The Co- lumbia County Sheriff's Office is asking all citizens who are still missing property from recent unreport- ed car prowls to call (509) 382-2518 and make a for- mal report. After recent arrests, a cache of property was recovered by deputies, some of which has yet to be linked with victims. Sheriff's deputies ar- rested three Dayton men on November 30, whom they believe may be linked to a rash of car prowls here in November. The suspects are currently in jail and awaiting trial. Between September 1 and the end of November, Dayton...
DAYTON - The Tri-Cit- ies Steel Band Association will be performing a steel drum concert at Harvest Christian Center (653 Wagon Road, Dayton) on December 14 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Community Food Drive. All are welcome. Call Tony Sykes at (509) 382-1803 for more information. Learn more about the band at tcsba.org....
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Dayton Chamber After Hours sneak peek event Wednesday, December 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Artisan Food Center at Blue Mountain Station. A large open house event for the food center will be held in the spring of 2014. At that time, businesses and residents from all over the northwest legislators, state funding agencies, and even the governor will be invited to attend. In the meantime, residents can come and take a peek in- side the building on Wednes- day evening. A ribbon cutting...
DAYTON - The Colum- bia County Board of Commissioners will hold two public hearings on December 18 in the Commissioners' Of- fice in the Columbia County Courthouse. The first hearing, at 2:30 p.m., will consider an ordinance amending Title 3 of the Columbia County Code re- lating to revenue and finance to create sales and use tax for chemical dependency, men- tal health treatment services or therapeutic courts. The second hearing, at 2:45 p.m., will consider a separate ordinance, also amending Title 3, to create sales and use tax for criminal...
DAYTON - Dumas Station Wines is hosting a "Five Artists" exhibit dur- ing the next two weeks. The show features local artists, including mother & daughter Iola Bramhall and Jill Ingram, along with Judy Robertus, Monica Stobie, and Anne Strode. Mediums vary from pastels, photography, oils and acryl- ics; to mixed media and wax paintings. The sizes also vary from small tabletop con- structions and 8" x 10" paint- ings, to larger paintings and mixedmediaupto3x4feet. The Dumas Station Winery at 36229 Highway 12 will be open and the artwork avail-...
DAYTON - What would you do with an extra day? The members of Dayton's First Congregational Church decided they would use it to provide care, comfort and hot food to the community. So on February 29, 2012, Pastor Marj Johnston and her congregation provided their first free community soup and bread dinner. "It was meant to be a simple meal," Johnston said. "A safe place and a good, hot meal. We wanted to create a place of welcome at a time of year when people tend to be isolated." Dozens of...
A record number of gift- filled Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Shoeboxes were collected from throughout the Tri-Cities/Eastern Oregon region on Monday and loaded into trucks for the next step of a long journey to needy children in 130 countries worldwide. A total of 14,803 Christ- mas Child Shoeboxes were counted by late Monday evening, surpassing the 2012 collection by 2,161 shoeboxes when a total of 12,642 were donated. Monday's tal- ly also exceeds the region's 2013 goal of 13,777 shoeboxes, said Tricia MacFarlan, OCC regional coordinator....
DAYTON - At Lyons Ferry Marina, near Star- buck, the boat slips are in need of repair. In Day- ton, the swimming pool is closed all winter. Out in the farmland around Day- ton, it's hard for hunters to know where one property ends and another begins. These are some of the concerns that local residents lining up to attend Turkey Bingo on Saturday were presented with as they prepared to buy their bingo cards. There were several others. Two students from East- ern Washington Univer- sity's school...
DAYTON - A free com- munity Thanksgiving dinner will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 601 S. Third Street, from noon until 2 p.m on Thanksgiving day. The dinner is a way for those who don't have family or friends nearby, to share a meal to- gether. All are welcome. Those planning to attend should call organizer Kathy Jacobson at 382-1452, so she knows how much food to prepare. The dinner is made possible by donations from local churches, businesses and individuals....
