Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
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...
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...
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 - 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...
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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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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....
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...
DAYTON – Angie Dedloff has been crafting for as long as she can remember. An avid 4-H member since she was in fourth grade, 14-year-old Dedloff makes crafts and enters them into the Columbia County Fair every year. “I’ve always been doing crafts,” Dedloff said. Dedloff said the fair is a great experience because she has the opportunity to see what everyone else crafted and get ideas for new crafts. She said she enjoys mak- ing recycled crafts in 4-H and at home. Newspapers, magazines and eve...
Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners When: Tuesday 14,2012 Meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday 9: 00 County Commissioners -Chairman Tompkins Roll call and establish a quorum, Pledge of Al- legiance 9:05 County Sheriff - John Turner Presentation re: current and possible vehiclesfor use in Sheriff's of- fice activities 9:45 County Commissioners Review of present andfuture Aging and LongTerm Care (ALTC) de- livery systems in WallaWalla County - LoriBrown, Director of SEWashington Office ofALTC Reports, Other Dayton City Council Monday, Aug....
'CINDERELLA' DAYTON -- The Missoula Children's Theater production of "Cinderella" will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug 17, and Saturday, Aug 18 at the Liberty Theater. ANNIVERSARY PARTY DAYTON -- Mace Mead Works will have its first anniversary par- ty on Saturday, Aug 18, with live music and a DJ later in the evening. BOOSTER CLUB BANQUET DAYTON -- The Dayton Boosters will be holding a Back to School Banquet spaghetti dinner and silent auction 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug 18, in the multi-purpose room....
DAYTON - Mace Mead Works is preparing for its one year anniversary on Saturday, Aug 18, with a ceremony fit for a wine lover of religious proportions and tentative plans to move to the Blue Mountain Station. Owner and Operator Reg- gie Mace started making wine at Dunham Cellars in 2008 where he learned to hone his wine-making craft and these skills carried over into his mead-making. Mace said he started looking for a building for his own wine bar in early 2010 and after eight months the space...
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...
