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  • MINUTES

    Sep 20, 2012

    Dayton School Board Minutes Special Meeting Sept. 12, 2012 * The meeting was opened with the flag salute. *The board discussed possible staffing chang- es for the fourth grade and kindergarten. *The discussion was opened for public comment. *The board moved to accept Superintendent Doug Johnson's sug- gestion to make no changes in the kinder- garten staff and hire a full-time para-professional for the fourth grade. *The meeting was ad- journed....

  • AGENDAS

    Sep 20, 2012

    Dayton School Board When: September 19, 2012 Where: 609 South Sec- ond Dayton, Wa Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Consent Agenda Approve Minutes Sep- tember 5, 2012 & September 12, 2012 Approve September Bills Approve September Pay- roll Approve Soccer Volun- teer- Jorge Zuniga Reports Superintendent's Report -Operating Principles -Superintendent Goals -Board Calendar -Kindergarten Early Re- lease -180 Day Waiver Budget Status - PaulaMoisio Policy Review Policy 2005 - SchoolImprovement Plans (2ndReading) Policy 3413 - StudentImmunizations and life...

  • COMING EVENTS

    Sep 20, 2012

    FREE SHOOTING DAYS DAYTON - The Co- lumbia County Shooting Association will be offering free days to sight in your rifles in preparation for the coming hunting season at no cost to the public. Free days will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 15, from noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 23 and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 24. The range is on Patit Creek and Range Grade Road. A member of the as- sociation will be in attendance on those days. Contact 382-8926 for more information....

  • Dain Nysoe Is Newest Dayton Council Member

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 20, 2012

    DAYTON - Dayton's new- est city councilman, Dain Nysoe, has been interested in gov- ernment since he was a page for the Senate in Olympia when he was 12 years old. Nysoe was appointed to the city council at the Monday, Sept. 10 meeting. He said he had been interested in joining the council recently, but he didn't meet the requirement of living inside city limits for a year because Nysoe and his wife, Claudia Nysoe, lived just outside of Dayton. So, when the council seat opened up after Terry...

  • Parents Air Frustration Over Class Size

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 20, 2012

    DAYTON - The Dayton School Board voted Wednes- day night to hire a full-time para-professional to work with the now too-large fourth grade class and leave the kindergar- ten classes at half-day status. The decisions were based on recommendations by Superintendent Doug Johnson. The Dayton School District started the 2012-2013 school year with 12 fewer students then budgeted, com- ing in at 430 full-time enrollment students, which caused the district budget to be lower than expected, according to Johnson. The budget reduction made the long-term s...

  • McKenna Visits Dayton

    Sep 13, 2012

  • Fair Court Keeps Busy

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 6, 2012

    DAYTON - The Columbia County Fair Court has had its work cut out for its four local girls this summer keeping extra busy attending local fairs and events and spreading the word of Columbia County's best. The court consists of three freshmen from Dayton High School, Sierra Smith, Mor- gan Fatheree and Bryeanna Myrick and one sophomore from Waitsburg High School, Emma Philbrook. Smith enjoys horseback rid- ing in her free time and said she was excited to participate in the Columbia County Fair to...

  • AGENDAS

    Sep 6, 2012

    Dayton School Board When: September 5,2012 Where: 609 South Second Dayton, Wa Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Board Workshop 6:00 -6:30 p.m. Consent Agenda .Approve Minutes Au- gust 15, 2012 .Approve SeptemberBills .Approve August Bills .Approve EmilySchlentz - Volunteerfor Cheer Program . Approve JonathanDom - Volunteer forSoccer Program .Approve Scott Carson- K-12 Music Teacher Reports .Administrative Re- ports .Tech Report - DavePhillips & Scott Under- wood .Superintendent's Re- port -Certified Staff Recom- mendation -2012 State...

  • COMING EVENTS

    Sep 6, 2012

    WEDNESDAY WINE NIGHT DAYTON -- On Wednesday, September 5th from 5:00-8:00pm, Steve Brooks from Wal- la Walla's Trust Cellars will be joining the cafe to offer guests some tableside tastes of their boutique wines. Trust is located near the air- port and produces small batches of wine that has been well-received by the industry. Steve, a former CNN journalist, traded his fast-paced life in At- lanta for a slower life in the Pacific Northwest. Come chat with him about his product, his process or about wine and life, in general. ROCK AND ROLL OVER...

  • He Wants To Bike For A Cause

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 6, 2012

    DAYTON - After losing his legs to polio 60 years ago, David MacNall is ready to make a change and do some- thing big for the Dayton Food Bank and Project Timothy. On Aug. 13 when he woke up at 8 a.m., as usual, Mac- Nall, 62, heard about a man who biked 2,000 miles across the country to raise money for a cause on the Tri-Cities radio station KONA. The thought of biking across the country to help those in need struck MacNall as something he wanted to do and some- thing meaningful he could spend...

  • A New Deputy In Town

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Sep 6, 2012

    DAYTON - The newest member of the Columbia County Sheriff's Office is eager to learn and determined to do right in Dayton. The 26-year-old Tri-Cities man, Matt Weins, will fill one of the two recently vacated positions in the office and he said he is ready to learn everything he can to do a job he has been interested in for a while. Weins graduated from Kennewick High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps where he started his higher education, Weins said. After the Marines, Weins said he...

  • Macy’s Fundraiser Helps Heritage Society

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Aug 30, 2012

    DAYTON - The Blue Moun- tain Heritage Society joined forces with Walla Walla Macy's for the second time on Saturday, Aug. 25, as part of Macy's annual "Shop for a Cause" event. The heritage society sold 26 tickets for the event, Mountain Heritage Society member Elizabeth Thorn said. Tickets sold for the heritage society benefit the Smith Hollow School restoration project. Last year was the heritage so- ciety's first time participating in the event, which Macy's has been hosting since 2006, Thorn said. "It was a bit down from last year's number...

  • Dayton Seeks Part-Time City Planner

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Aug 30, 2012

    DAYTON - City plan- ning in Dayton is no longer being handled by Columbia County and now the posi- tion is open to qualified applicants. The city of Dayton listed the job posting last week, moving forward with the city-employed position. Short term regular city planning had previously been provided by Columbia County for $8,000 a year. The planning job is now in the city's hands because the contract for planning services between the city and the county expired and the renewal was declined by the city council. The proposed contract denied on...

  • Back to School Brings Smiles

    Aug 30, 2012

  • CLUB SCHEDULES

    Aug 30, 2012

    Want to have your club schedule posted each week in the Times right here? Call or email us your monthly meeting schedule by Tuesdays at noon and we'll get it in -- for free! Email: Community@waitsburgtimes.comCommunity@waitsburgtimes.com Call: 509-337-6631...

  • AGENDAS

    Aug 30, 2012

    Port of Columbia - Special meetingSeptember 5, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. - September 12 at7:30 p.m. Dayton City Council - Monday Septem- ber 10, 2012 Dayton School Dis- trict - September 5, 2012at 6:30 p.m. Columbia County Fair Board meeting - September 17,2012 at 7:30 p.m. Columbia County Board of Commissioners 1st and 3rd Wednes- day - September 5, 2012 - September 19,2012 - October 3, 2012 Starbuck SchoolDistrict - August 30th...

  • COMING EVENTS

    Aug 30, 2012

    COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR DAYTON -- The Columbia County Fair will be Sept. 7-9. Come celebrate the fair with exhibits, one of the best barbecues around, children's games, and an excit- ing Motocross race....

  • Man Arrested For Weapons Theft

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Aug 30, 2012

    DAYTON - Scott Watkins, a 33-year-old Dayton resident, was arrested by the Benton County Sheriff's Office on a warrant Tuesday, Aug 28, and faces 12 charges for burglary and theft of firearms, knives and video equipment, according to the Columbia County Prosecutor's Office. Watkins appeared before Judge William Acey on Thurs- day, Aug. 23 in Columbia Coun- ty, represented by Andrea Bur- khart of Burkhart and Burkhart firm. His appeal court date was set for 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept 6. Watkins...

  • A Trip For Veterans

    Aug 23, 2012

    DAYTON -- There will be a three-day, all expense paid trip to Washington, D. C. for World War II veterans to visit all of the War Memorials to honor all veterans of American Wars. The emphasis now, is on World War II veterans. The current plans for 2012 are two flights in October and one in November, weather permit- ting. Honor Flight candidates meet in Spokane. The flight is to Baltimore, Maryland with a round trip bus trip the next day to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials and a flight home the following day. Flights are financed by dona...

  • Sunday Night Sunset

    Aug 23, 2012

  • Kids Raise Money For Kenyan Orphanage

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Aug 23, 2012

    DAYTON - In the heat of the summer sun, it's easy in the Touchet Valley to take water for granted. But Reverend Marj John- ston of Dayton's First Con- gregational Church knows that isn't the case in some other countries. So she focused the fundraising for this summer's Vacation Bible School, hosted by the First Congregational Church and the United Methodist Church in Dayton, on bringing water to orphans at the Quest for Happiness Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. The participants went above and...

  • CLUB SCHEDULES

    Aug 23, 2012

    Want to have your club schedule posted each week in the Times right here? Call or email us your monthly meeting schedule by Tuesdays at noon and we'll get it in -- for free!...

  • MINUTES

    Aug 23, 2012

    Dayton School Board Aug. 15 *The meeting was called to order and opened with the flag salute. *Dian McClurg asked about a drama department and if there was interest in bringing a drama program back to the district. *Minutes for July 25, August bills and August payroll were approved. *The resignation of Cassandra Thompson as the middle school volleyball coach and the hiring of Cassandra Thompson as the high school assistant volleyball coach were ap- proved. *The hiring of Mikki Smith as assistant cook and dishwasher was ap- proved. * The hiring...

  • COMING EVENTS

    Aug 23, 2012

    COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR DAYTON -- The Columbia County Fair will be Sept. 7-9. Come celebrate the fair with exhibits, one of the best barbecues around, children's games, and an exciting Motocross race....

  • Sheriff: Lock Your Vehicles

    Morgan Smith, The Times|Aug 23, 2012

    DAYTON - Despite what may seem like a surge in the vehicle prowls in Dayton, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office reports the incidences of car break-ins are down from last year. Sheriff Walt Hessler said the numbers are decreasing because of the office's dili- gence on the streets. In the same time period in 2011, January to August, the sheriff's office received 30 reports of vehicle prowls out of the total 46 for the year, according to according to a release prepared by Dian McClurg of the sheriff's of- fice. The January to August total for...

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