Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - When Dayton High School Principal Andy Maheras announced earlier this month that he was leaving to take a new job, he joined a long list of teachers and staff in the Dayton schools who have departed since the end of the school year. Maheras accepted a job as assistant principal at Goldendale High School. In an interview last week, Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson said that a big part of the turnover this year is due to retirements. "When you have a long period of stability,...
Dayton - The Dayton Kiwanis Club was recently recognized for their support of students and activities at the Dayton Schools, receiving the district's 2014 Community Leadership Award. Gary and Karen Schroeder accepted the award on behalf of the Kiwanis. Each year Kiwanis members participate in fund raising projects including hamburger sales at events and Turkey Bingo. During these fundraising events, students from clubs such as Youth and Government or FBLA work side by side with Kiwanis members. Kiwanis members have the opportunity to develop a...
DAYTON - Trains, planes and automobiles. And ships and rockets too. You can find them all - at least miniature versions - at Don's Blue Mountain Hobbies, a new shop on Dayton's Main Street. Don Johnson has been a hobby retailer for six years. He and his wife, Carolyn, recently moved from Snohomish, Wash. to Dayton, where he has opened his shop at 309 E. Main Street, the former home of Alexander's Chocolates. Carolyn Johnson is a mortgage operations specialist at Umpqua Bank. "I've been a model...
DAYTON - Dayton's First Congregational-United Church of Christ and First United Methodist churches have joined together to sponsor a Vacation Bible School from Aug. 5 - 8. The theme is Renew - Grow in Faith. Have Fun. Change the World. VBS is from 9 a.m. to noon on Tues - Thurs. and from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday. Children may be dropped off at the First Congregational Church on 3rd and Spring Streets in Dayton. Children ages 4-12 are invited to learn about the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-9) and what it teaches about growing in faith and...
DAYTON - It may not seem like wood carving and gardening have a lot in common, but for 19-year-old Jordan Henderson they each provide a creative outlet and are steps on the path to entrepreneurship. Henderson has spent this spring and summer gardening and selling his organic produce from Deer Pond Gardens while the wood carvings he crafted over the winter are on display at the Wenaha Gallery. Both are businesses he's envisioned for some time. Following his senior year in high school, Henderson...
Board members Randy Pearson, Greg Zuger and Ross Hamann were present. Christy House and Marilyn Johnson were absent. Athletic Director Report (Stephanie Wooderchak): -continue to seek assistant volleyball and soccer coaches at the high school level. Concession stand position has also not been filled. Interested parties should contact Stephanie Wooderchak, Dr. Clarke or Susan Deruwe. - mandatory athlete, coaches and parent meetings are set for August 12 -football and cheer begin Aug. 20; cross-country, soccer and volleyball start Aug. 25...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's school board agreed last month that the District's 2001 Montana passenger van is due for replacement. Transportation supervisor Colter Mohney has since learned that finding the right rig for the job is more of a challenge than anticipated and is still on the hunt. The eight-passenger Montana is used regularly by District staff traveling to professional development workshops as well as by smaller groups such as FFA and Cross- Country. Mohney said the van has outlived its...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Chamber's Visitor's Center in its office in downtown Dayton is now open Saturdays. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Chamber office is located at 166 E. Main Street. Dayton Chamber Manager Andrew Holt said last week that the Chamber has hired Katrina James, of Dayton, to staff the center on Saturdays. James will be a senior at Dayton High School this year. The Chamber's Visitor's Center offers a wide variety of brochures and other information and assistance about sites and...
DAYTON - Jack Williams, who published the Dayton Chronicle newspaper for 33 years, died July 7. He was 74. Williams suffered a heart attack on June 29, and was transported to Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. He was transferred to a hospice on July 6. Williams had just retired in early June, after selling the Chronicle to Loyal and Charlotte Baker. A memorial service for Williams was to be held Wednesday morning....
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...
-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...
