Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Due to unavoidable delays in the application of the new pool liner, the City Pool has been forced to postpone its opening date until Monday, June 29. Once open, pool hours will include a new parent/tot swim time from noon-1 p.m. on Saturdays....
DAYTON – Eager Road, which links Highway 12 and Whetstone Road just east of Dayton, will be closing to thru traffic beginning June 22. Construction on Eager Road is expected to last up to six weeks, so the road may be closed through August 3. Traffic will be detoured around the project (continue east on Highway 12 and turn left on Whetstone Road). Contact the Columbia County Public Works office for more information at (509) 382-2534....
WALLA WALLA – The Grand Cinema in Walla Walla is offering family-movie fun this summer every Wednesday and Thursday morning beginning June 17 with its Summer Movie Program. Ten kids’ films will show, including The Lego Movie, The Lorax, Paddington, The Croods, Turbo, Shrek, Hotel Transylvania, Despicable Me, Ice Age: Continental Drift, and Spongebob: Sponge Out of Water. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Shows start at 10 a.m. Admission is $1. Go online to learn more at wallawalla.hallettcinemas.com....
WAITSBURG – This year’s Vacation Bible School will be a three day event with the theme “Outback Rock.” The VBS will be hosted at the Waitsburg Christian Church and is a joint effort of the Waitsburg Presbyterian Church and the Christian Church. Children age pre-school to 5th grade are encouraged to attend and go on a trek to discover God’s love . . . right in their own backyard. Middle school and high school students, as well as adults, are welcome to participate as Crew Chiefs for this three-day Outback adventure. Outback Rock takes place Fri...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Friends of the Library is holding a Father’s Day Gift Basket fundraiser raffle to help support library programs. The basket is on display at AmericanWest Bank and tickets may be purchased at the bank or from the following individuals: Karen Huwe (509-386-6960), Elizabeth Wright 509-(540-9653), Betty Remus (509-200-1096), or Jill Thomas (509-438-1753). Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. The drawing will take place June 17. Friends of the Library raises money to purchase books, contributes to the summer reading program, and...
DAYTON – The Dayton School District will again offer free breakfast and lunch this summer to all kids 18 and under. Meals will be served in the Dayton Elementary School Cafeteria Monday through Friday from June 22 through July 31, except July 3. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 – 8 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to noon. For more information, or to learn about the program’s non-discrimination policy, call the Dayton School District at (509) 382-2543....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg children will once again be able to receive free lunch and breakfasts through Waitsburg school district’s participation in the Simplified Summer Food Program for children. Waitsburg participated in the program, for the first time, last summer and the district agreed that it was successful and beneficial to the community. Waitsburg School District Food Services Manager Susan Wildey will once again oversee the program. Breakfast will be served from 8-8:30 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to noon at the Waitsburg Ele...
WALLA WALLA – The Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival returns for its eighth season, performing at more than 30 events in Walla Walla and the Touchet Valley, during June 4 – 27. While most of the performances require an admission fee, there is no charge for open rehearsals, children’s events and outreach concerts that are open to the public. Of the 10 open rehearsals, held place from 10 a.m. to noon, one will take place at jimgermanbar, on Waitsburg’s Main Street on June 16. Other open rehearsals include: Whitehouse-Crawford Restaurant, June 8;...
WALLA WALLA – Providence St. Mary Rehabilitation Department, Providence Medical Group and the Walla Walla Public Schools are partnering to provide inexpensive exams at a convenient location for student athletes and their parents. Area students in need of sports physicals for the 2015-16 school year will be able to get them for only $10 at the Walla Walla High School gymnasium on Friday, May 29, from 3:30 to 7 p.m. They will be conducted by family practitioners, physical therapists, athletic trainers, physician assistants and therapy a...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School senior Hannah Grant, along with DeSales senior Hannah Leahy, received Exchange Club of Walla Walla Youth of the Year Awards for the 2014-15 school year. The recipients received a commemorative plaque and a $1,000 scholarship. Hannah Grant holds a 4.0 GPA, was treasurer of NHS in 2013-14 and is president of Leo’s Service Club. She is active in FFA, student government and Knowledge Bowl, has been a scholar-athlete throughout and was 2014 Prom Queen. She plans to study bioengineering at Washington State Uni...
STARBUCK – June’s Christian Women’s Connection meeting will be a brunch meeting at Judy Jackson’s home (825 Jackson Lane) in Starbuck from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m on Wednesday, June 10. Please make note of the time change for this meeting. June’s theme is “Four P’s in a P.O.D. Yours for the Taking” presented by Evelyn Burt from Silverdale, Wash. Debbie Hoilman of Starbuck will provide musical entertainment, and Holley and Audrey will showcase their “Swedish Weaving.” Brunch is $10 and may be reserved by calling Judy Jackson at 509-399-2005 by Fri...
DAYTON – Auditions for Touchet Valley Arts Council’s fall musical, The Wizard of Oz, will take place June 1, 3, 4, and 6 at the Liberty Theater (344 E. Main, Dayton). Call co-director Mike Ferrians at (509) 520-9561 to schedule an audition or to let him know you’d like to be part of the crew. The show opens Nov. 13 and runs through Dec. 5. Rehearsals typically begin in late summer....
STARBUCK – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers invite the public to a reopening celebration at Lyons Ferry State Park, along Highway 261 near Starbuck, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 5, at the day-use park. Participants are invited to bring along a lunch and make a day of it. The day will kick off with a speaker program featuring State Parks and Corps officials and tribal and community representatives, as well as remarks by special guest Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler, R...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s annual American Legion Memorial Day program will take place, Monday, May 25 at 11 a.m. at the Waitsburg City Cemetery. The program will recognize Karen (Huwe) Mohney who was instrumental in building the Veterans Memorial Wall, located at the cemetery. The American Legion Auxiliary will provide a potato bar luncheon at the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room following the program....
WAITSBURG – The first Saturday in June marks Waitsburg’s 18th annual community-wide yard sale. For this year’s June 6 event, it’s free to be listed on the yard sale map, but the deadline is coming quick. To be included in the free directory printed in next week’s issue email dena@waitsburgtimes.com by Monday, June 1, with your address....
WAITSBURG – The deadline to enter items in Waitsburg’s 61st annual Livestock Show and Fair is just around the corner. Last year’s show boasted approximately 70 exhibitors, and the Applied Arts Building earned the coveted Washington State Fair Commission black-and-white ribbon as an outstanding display. This longstanding Waitsburg tradition – originally known as the Waitsburg Junior Livestock Show – was once open to only 4-H and FFA members, but now welcomes open class entries from youth and adults in Walla Walla County. Exhibitors compete in a...
PRESCOTT – The Community Club of Prescott will take over the third weekend breakfasts from May through September, before returning the project to the Prescott Lions Club. The Community Club serves the “regular breakfast” with something special each month. May’s breakfast will include: breakfast casserole, biscuits and gravy, hash browns, sausage, bacon, eggs, pancakes, juice, coffee and tea. Breakfast will be served May 16 and 17 from 8-11 a.m. at the Prescott Lion’s Club Building located at Highway 124 and “D” Street in Prescott. Mea...
Columbia County Superior Court May 6, 2015 Sentencing: Leonard L. Lytle, 24, Dayton; sentenced to six months in county jail following guilty plea on one count of 2nd degree theft of an access device (debit card), one count of 2nd degree identity theft, one count of forgery, and two counts of 3rd degree theft. These crimes occurred in February and early March. Lytle may substitute day-for-day jail time for drug and alcohol treatment; seven other charges filed in March were dismissed as part of Lytle’s plea agreement. First Ap...
WALLA WALLA – The Whitman Institute for Scholastic Enrichment is accepting applications for the August 9-11, 2015, program. This is a free program for local students who entering 9th grade in fall 2015. Participants stay on the Whitman College campus for three days and two nights, and all meals are provided. The WISE schedule includes classes with Whitman professors, workshops on preparing for college, an art project and recreational activities. Students first in their families to attend college are especially encouraged to apply. A workshop f...
DAYTON – Touchet Valley Arts Council is holding an informational meeting for the fall musical, The Wizard of Oz, directed by Mike Ferrians and Brenda Henderson. If you want to get involved (including behind the scenes) attend this meeting at the Liberty Theater at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. Ferrians and Henderson will explain the audition process as well as other ways to be a part of the show. Contact the theater at 382-1380 if you are unable to attend, but would still like to participate. Auditions will take place June 1-6, by a...
DAYTON – A fundraiser to benefit Rascal Rodeo, a nonprofit organization that provides Exceptional Rodeos free of charge for anyone with mental and/or physical disabilities of all ages will be held at Woody’s Bar & Grill on Friday, May 22. The evening will include dinner and live music from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. followed by a live auction at 7:30 p.m. Dinner will include turkey legs, cowboy beans, coleslaw and ice cream. Tickets are $35 per couple or $20 per single. Auction and dancing only (no dinner), is $10. For tickets, call Woody’s at 382-236...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Community Library is offering a free Business Web Design class Thursday, May 14 from 4-7 p.m. The class covers website requirements, domain names, static IP addresses and hosting sites as well as rules for designing a good website. Seating is limited. Sign up at the library (103 S. “D” St., Prescott) or call (509) 849-2411 to register....
