Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON-Good things have been happening at the Dayton Memorial Library, including a recent honor bestowed on the library by the American Library Association, for the Family Dinner and Story Program, which will be featured on the ALA website "Future Trends of Libraries". Since Dusty Waltner hired on as the Library Director in March of 2015 there have been many visible improvements at the Dayton Memorial Library. "My goal has been to increase programming and services, and boost awareness in the com...
DAYTON – Thirty-two year old snowboarder, Able Cortinas, of Richland was reported missing at Ski Bluewood at 6 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 11 when he failed to arrive at the car of the group he was traveling with. He was found safe the following morning. Ski Bluewood partnered with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, LifeFlight, U.S. Forest Service, Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office, and local volunteers and initiated a search Friday evening. Cortinas had last been seen at 4:30 p.m. in an area k...
Arraignments: -Benjamin Glen Smith, 33, Dayton; charged with rape of a child in the third degree, second degree child molestation, and third degree child molestation. Smith, a Washington State Penitentiary corrections officer, was arrested outside his home on Jan. 23. Court documents allege that Smith had ongoing sexual relations with a child between 14 and 15 years old and had sexual contact with that same child and another child between the ages of 12 and 13. Smith is being held in Benton Franklin County Jail on $100,000 bond. He entered a...
DAYTON – When radiochemist, Jane Holly Estrada, hangs up her lab jacket for the day, she enjoys relaxing by capturing moments in nature and transforming them into a state of permanence. The Richland, Wash. artist creates jewelry and shaped dishes inspired by freshly fallen leaves. Estrada presses a real leaf into the clay, shapes it into a unique dish, and paints them with a watercolor style underglaze, before firing multiple times and adding her signature gold accents. Estrada also paints m...
DAYTON—After weighing the pros and cons of reapplying for an additional five years of the Drug Free Communities Grant, the Coalition for Youth and Families decided not to do so at this time. “Basically, the extra requirements of the grant are so huge, and we don’t have enough people who have the time to dedicate to the application,” said Peggy Guiterrez, the grant coordinator, about the decision not to apply. “We also don’t have the technical assistance we had when we wrote the original fi...
DAYTON - February is National Library Lovers Month, and the Dayton Memorial Library is celebrating that, as well as Valentine's Day, with "Blind Date with a Book." New books for men, women, young adults and children are wrapped in plain brown paper, with brief descriptions, or clues, as to what is inside, and are available for check-out. Many of the Blind Date with a Book picks are suggestions by well-known Seattle librarian and author, Nancy Pearl. Family story time is on Feb. 7, and begins at...
DAYTON-Last week, the conference room at the Best Western Hotel in Dayton was packed, for the first of a series of public workshops hosted by the Blue Mountain Regional Trails – Ridges, Towns, and Rivers organization. Work is underway to establish a non-motorized trails plan for walking, biking, hiking, and horseback riding, that would include all of Columbia and Walla Walla counties, and northeast Umatilla County. Representatives from the City of Dayton and Columbia County Planning D...
DAYTON— In her report to the Dayton School Board, Elementary Principal Pam Lindsley said the students have been hard at work making posters to advertise the Candy Gram Sale, which will take place between Feb. 6 and 13. The students will sell the candy grams before school, during lunch, and after school. The curriculum committee will meet on Feb. 6 to look at several different curricula. The committee has found an on-line site with a tool to evaluate and score them, Lindsley said. Lindsley s...
DAYTON – More than 100 people crowded into a meeting room at Dayton’s Best Western Hotel Monday evening to hear about a regional trails-planning process that has begun, and to provide their own ideas about where non-motorized transportation improvements are needed. The Blue Mountain Region Trails, Bike Routes, Sidewalks Plan is a joint effort of several agencies in Columbia, Walla Walla and Umatilla Counties. Local planning agencies in the three counties have joined with the National Park Ser...
DAYTON – At their regular meeting on Jan. 23, the city council adopted a formal proposal from the Friends of the Dayton Dog Park for the Dayton Dog Park, which is situated on a 0.6 acre site, south of the fish pond, in the Pietryzycki City Park. The site has been leveled, dirt has been delivered, and the irrigation has been completed, Dayton Dog Park Co-chair Carol Rahn told the council. Rahn said that the next step for the FDDP is to identify the money needed to install a four-foot chain l...
DAYTON—A special meeting of the Dayton City Council was called last Thursday to approve a resolution allowing Mayor Craig George to contract with local law firm Gravis Law, PLLC, to provide the city with prosecutorial services. The agreement is for a one year. Gravis will provide all municipal prosecutorial services, with the exception of domestic abuse and DUI cases, Mayor George said....
Four starting seniors on the Dayton Lady Bulldogs' Basketball team posed for a happy photo after coming out of the game late in their team's win over Tri-Cities Prep Friday night....
DAYTON—At the outset of last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Health System Commissioners, Bob Hutchens, President of the Commission, reported on the board’s recent performance evaluation of CEO Shane McGuire. Hutchens said the commissioners concluded, by consensus, that CEO McGuire’s accomplishments in 2016 were good and the board was pleased with his progress, both as an individual and as an administrator.” “The board looks forward to continued progress in the administrative management...
WALLA WALLA—In January the Columbia County Commissioners signed a contract with Blue Mountain Action Council of Walla Walla to provide low-income homeowners with the opportunity to have small repairs made to their homes. “There are people in Columbia County who need the help,” said Commissioner Merle Jackson about the BMAC Home Repair Program. The commissioners are testing the waters in 2017, with an initial $20,000 investment, according to Jackson. “That was just seed money,” he said. “We...
DAYTON-What will be the last product you ever use? You are on the right track if you are thinking about a container to hold your remains after death. Local business owner Vicky Beckmeyer, of Snapdragon Floral and Gifts in Dayton, has found a niche in the more affordable range, for the cremation urns she has been turning out since 2007. Last summer, Beckmeyer and her daughter, Cara Watts, attended a seminar for funeral directors in Marysville, Wash. They received kudos from the funeral directors...
DAYTON-A year and a half later, the dream is still true for Manila Bay Café owners Christina and Jon Betts. "I still love doing what I do," said Chef Jon Betts. "I love creating stuff. We use local produce from vendors like Hidden Garden Farms, Frog Hollow Farm, Rey's Roast Coffee, Hayshaker Farm, Little Dipper Dairy and Mary's Candies, to create specialty items." Christina Betts said she thinks Dayton is a great place to raise their three children. "This is a nice, quiet town. We're settled....
DAYTON – Owners or representatives of five local businesses were up after midnight on Jan. 1, not only to celebrate the new year, but also to make funding commitments to help improve downtown Dayton. As a result, The Dayton Development Task Force is set to receive $85,000 in 2018 through the Washington State B&O Tax Incentive Program for historic downtowns in the state. Dayton Chamber of Commerce Director Andrew Holt also serves as manager of the Dayton Main Street Program on behalf of the D...
Dayton Memorial Library 111 S. 3rd Street, Dayton Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs., 12-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Storytime: Wed., 10 a.m. “Fabulously Fractured Fairytales,” by Jade Wolff (adult fiction) – Fairytales are meant to be fractured, or changed. Some fairytales are drastically diffrent than they were over a thousand years ago.Following this unique storytelling tradition “Fabulously Fractured Fairytales” gives you seven new spins on old favorites. And if you ever wondered about the origins of the tales, yo...
DAYTON—The capital facilities plan for 2017, budget review for 2016, a public hearing about surplus property, changes to personnel policies, and election of officers were topics of discussion at last week’s meeting of the Port of Columbia Comissioners. As part of the capital facilities plan, the commissioners agreed to the purchase of a new HVAC system for Industrial Park Building No. 3. The system will cost about $8,000 and work will be done in the spring of 2017, Port Manager Jennie Dickinson...
Indian cooking and baby food-making classes are planned for February and March DAYTON – Fifteen attendees braved icy temperatures and freezing rain to attend last weekend’s Planning Your Garden class at the Blue Mountain Station in Dayton. The class was just one in a series of low-cost classes being offered as part of the BMS Co-Op educational series related to food and sustainable practices. The gardening class was facilitated by Fred Crowe and Lydia Caudill. BMS Vice-Chair Brad McMasters said participants enjoyed what they were learning and...
DAYTON--The 4-H Columbia County Robotics team, the "noobs," is one of 15 teams advancing from the Tri-Cities Regional FIRST LEGO League Robotics tournaments to the Eastern Washington State Robotics Tournament in Spokane on Jan. 21. On Dec. 10, the "noobs" competed against twenty-nine mid-Columbia teams, comprising over two hundred and fifty students, at Richland's Chief Joseph Middle School. The theme for 2016's 11th annual robotics competition was "Animal Allies," and the project goal was to...
DAYTON--The Dayton City Crew cleared all the streets in Dayton at least once, and sanded street routes daily as needed, during last week's snowy and cold weather, according to Dave Elkins at the city public works department. "We're doing just fine. We've had a few broken water pipes, and have had to turn off some water meters," Elkins said. County Emergency Management Services Director Lisa Caldwell reported a higher volume than normal of 911 calls due to stuck vehicles, but nothing...
DAYTON – The Liberty Theater's production of "Bingo! The Winning Musical" will bring a welcome respite from the dark and dreary days of winter. The fun and zippy comedy debuts Jan. 27 and runs through Jan. 29. The production is directed by Liberty veteran Bev Startin, who has produced eight variety shows and the last three Nunsense productions. "This is a great comedy, and working with this cast has been a blast," Startin said. The musical takes place on a dark and stormy night in a Missouri V...
Arraignments -Dante Brown (Martinez), 21, Dayton; violation of conditions of community custody. Charged with delivery/manufacture/possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and resisting arrest. Police reports allege that on Dec. 27 officers stopped a car with a missing license plate and center brake light, and that Brown, the passenger, jumped out and fled the scene on foot. Brown was apprehended hiding in a backyard. Reports allege that, days later, a caller reported finding a black bag containing a notebook, drugs, and paraphernalia...
Special to The Times by Carolyn Henderson It takes a special kind of person to volunteer at the Dayton Community Food Bank. But not so uncommonly unreal that everyday humans need not apply. Indeed, regular, compassionate, intelligent human beings are what keep the food bank, which has been in operation for more than 30 years, successfully reaching out to some 550 Columbia county residents -- 160 households -- every Tuesday. "What are the requirements to be a volunteer?" muses food bank...
