Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON—In the past, the winery has been closed from mid-December through February. Now, as they have grown, they merely took a two-week break and opened the tasting room back up on Thursday, January 9. Stop by for a visit and sample six wines that they are sure you’ll love to taste. The Winery and Tasting Room, located at 36229 Highway 12 near Dayton, is open Thursday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m....
DAYTON—Dayton voters are being asked to consider two levy measures on their February 11th ballots. The District is running an Educational Programs & Operations (EP&O) Levy and a Capital Technology & Facilities Levy. The measures are not new taxes. They will replace expiring levies approved by voters in 2016. If approved by voters, levy funds will continue to be used to maintain educational programs and facility expenses in Dayton schools not fully funded by the state. The EP&O Levy dollars support smaller class sizes, athletics and other e...
Touchet Valley Arts Council and the Liberty Theater start 2020 off right with a fishy two-act live stage comedy Foolish Fish Girls and the Pearl directed by Bev Startin with performances on January 24, 25 and 26. The play is written by Barbara Pease Weber. Stage veterans Deb Fortner and Kim Boggs return as former deep sea divas, Coral and Oceana, who didn’t exactly have the “happily ever after” storybook lives that the two erstwhile mermaids dreamed of when they rescued their handsome young sailors and swam ashore thirty years ago. Talk about...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Hospital (CCHS) Board of Commissioners heard a bit of good financial news at their December meeting. The Finance Committee received an adjustment letter from their Medicare intermediary, Noridian, saying CCHS owes Medicare $833,000.00, an amount considerably less than the 1.5 million that was originally thought. Matt Minor, the CCHS Financial Manager, said a $600,000.00 payment was made to Noridian, on Dec. 13, On Dec. 19 Noridian began withholding the remainder o...
Columbia County Search and Rescue is looking for volunteers who are willing to donate their time in service to their community, helping those in need who are lost, stranded or injured and need help. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office will hold their first Search and Rescue meeting on Jan. 9 at 6 p.m. at Fire District 3, 111 Patit Rd. in Dayton. For information about becoming a part of Search and Rescue contact Undersheriff Robbie Patterson by email at: Robbie_Patterson@co.columbia.wa.us...
DAYTON—Columbia County Health System CEO Shane McGuire said CCHS will be able to provide dental services to Medicaid patients by the end of the year 2020. McGuire said dentists in private practice find it challenging to provide care to Medicaid beneficiaries because the low reimbursement rates don’t cover their costs. Rural health clinics, like the Columbia Family Clinic and the Waitsburg Clinic, can provide dental care and receive reimbursement rates which are not based on costs, or on volume, or on fees for services. Reimbursement will be...
DAYTON—Blue Market Station is offering a produce delivery service with fresh organic fruits and vegetables from Spokane Produce and organically grown, but uncertified produce from Hayshaker Farm. Order by Monday, December 30 by 10 p.m. for Wednesday, Jan. 1 delivery. Items available include avocados, mangoes, pineapples, herbs, kale, swiss chard and more. Visit: https://tinyurl.com/uvoge8r to place your order....
The Dayton School Board gave a big thumbs up Wednesday night at their monthly meeting to approving the indefinite union of the Dayton-Waitsburg grades 7-12 combined athletic endeavors in all sports. By a vote of 5-1, the board agreed to approve the recommendation of the DW Athletic Combine Committee to continue the current partnership between Dayton and Waitsburg regarding their athletic programs. The committee had met the prior Monday and had come to a decision based on the results of a survey sent out to Dayton parents and participants....
The Affordable Housing Commission (AHC) was established via Ordinance 1952 on August 14th, 2019, codified in the Dayton Municipal Code (DMC) as Chapter 1-14. The City of Dayton established the AHC to enable the City Council to make well-founded decisions driven by community stakeholders regarding affordable housing. Housing is considered “affordable” if the household is paying no more than 30% of total income on monthly housing expenditures, including utilities. In the City of Dayton, 40% of owner-occupied households and 46% of ren...
DAYTON—Bluewood’s 40th anniversary ski season began on Friday, December 20, as the winter sports area welcomes skiers and snowboarders to the mountain. “We look forward to having our guests enjoy the slopes again,” says Kim Clark, General Manager. “Thinking back, we’d also like to thank the hundreds of people who’ve invested and worked hard over the last four decades to make Bluewood a reality and bring this mountain to life. This season is about celebrating all of those people and all of ou...
DAYTON—Might your child want to receive a letter FROM Santa Claus? Stop by the Dayton Memorial Library by December 14th to write a letter to Santa, or, simply drop one off by the deadline and Santa will write your child back. Parents can pick up their child’s Santa letter at the library between December 19-23. The Dayton Memorial Library is located at 111 S 3rd St., Dayton, WA....
DAYTON—Project Timothy is one of ten organizations to receive a $5,000 award through the Bayer Cereal Experts Grain for Good Sweepstakes, according to Erica Balmer, Public Relations Manager for Bayer Crop Science Division. To enter in the sweepstakes entrants had to grow 250 or more acres of cereal crops in eligible states. Gene Warren was one of ten entrants chosen to direct a donation to the organization of his choice. Warren said, “I’ve volunteered at Project Timothy and seen how it helps low-income people in our community. The agency provi...
Members of the United Church of Christ/First Congregational Church, located at 214 S. 3rd Street in Dayton, WA will be hosting a trifecta of Christmas events on Saturday, December 14. The church will feature the following activities. 8 - 10 a.m.- Breakfast with Santa - free 12 - 1:30 p.m. - Luncheon with homemade soups and sandwiches - $5 9 - 4 pm. - Bake Sale - A variety of baked goods ideal for gift giving - various prices...
New at the Blue Mountain Station and just in time for your Thanksgiving table are non-alcoholic sparkling ciders from Sheffield Cider Co., located in Mesa, WA. The Station is currently offering 4 varieties of their apple cider to choose from, including Vintage Dry, Harvest Crush, Apple Cherry, and Classic Sweet. Bring a bottle along for the kids, and they also make wonderful hostess gifts. New products from Pure Eire Dairy in Othello, WA include cream cheese, sour cream, buttermilk, and...
On Saturday, November 23, the Dayton Kiwanis Club will hold a Turkey Bingo fundraiser at the Dayton Elementary School. Doors open at 2:30, the event starts at 3:00 p.m. Your food donation equals one ‘flimsy’ bingo card. Girl Scout’s Brownies will assist....
DAYTON—Don’t forget to enter your house in Columbia County Public Transportation’s “Light Up the Town” competition. Winners are eligible to receive cash prizes. Registered participants will also be included on CCPT’s Home Lighting Contests and Bus Tour during the Dayton Christmas Kickoff. Call (509) 382-1647 or email megan@ccptransit.org before Friday, November 29 to be included....
Randy Mann, Duane Dunlap and Lowell Richter; each have long, unique histories with the Green Giant Company, participated in the Ribbon Cutting ceremony....
If you’re a member of the Bluewood Text Club, you have 40 chances to win a free lift ticket in the month of November—and 10 days beyond! Bluewood’s Guest Appreciation Month is November, but this year it will extend partway into December—for a total of 40 days. Why? Because this year Bluewood turns 40! So, each day in November—and for 10 bonus days into December—they’re giving away one Bluewood lift ticket, good for a full day of lift service any day they’re open during the 2019-20 season....
DAYTON—Basin Disposal will be picking up bagged leaves. The leaf pick up will not be part of the regular garbage route, it will be a different truck on a separate route. Tentative dates: Mondays: November 18, November 25, and December 2nd. Dates are subject to change for whatever reason. Leaves in bags only, no garbage, rocks, bricks, sticks, roofing, etc. Do not overload the bags, 40 pounds is plenty. If you have an alley, place the bags in the alley, if you do not have an alley, place the bagged leaves next to the curb or edge of the s...
DAYTON—Members of the community are invited to a dedication celebration for the Green Giant Pullout on Hwy. 12 west of Dayton, on Friday, November 15, at 11 a.m. A bus will depart from the Blue Mountain Station at 11 a.m. to take people out to the pullout for the ceremony. Refreshments will be served and the public will be able to see a collection of Green Giant memorabilia. A brief presentation on the history of the Green Giant Cannery in the Touchet Valley will be given at the Blue Mountain Station Co-op and Nursery, following the c...
DAYTON—The Blue Mountain Co-op Market and Nursery, located at 700 Artisan Way, Dayton, WA has announced its new winter hours which begin November 4th. They will be open Tuesday’s through Saturday’s 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. New products available include Joel’s Organics, who grow their own organic wheat and mill their own flours. Available are five and 25 lb. bags of bread, pastry, and all-purpose flours. Cream cheese, sour cream, buttermilk and seasonal eggnog are now in stock from Pure Eire Da...
SEATTLE, WA—Students from the Dayton area have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for Spring Quarter. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (out of 4). Students are notified that they have achieved this distinction when they receive their grades for the quarter. They are: Jenna Jeanne Phillips, a junior from Dayton, WA and Teresa Rose Meyers a junior from Pomeroy, WA. Congratulations, scholars!...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Health System is planning on a large Medicare take-back payment of around $1.15 million, which is not particularly unusual since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) operate on a cost-based reimbursement model. That is to say they front load money for patient care every year, based on the previous year’s data, and they can either collect the amount they overpay or make additional payments, if they underpay. It could be a “wash” if CCHS manages to coll...
DAYTON-Molly Weatherill-Tate has been a busy person since she started work as Dayton's new Chamber of Commerce Manager on October 7. "I'm trying to learn QuickBooks, and all kinds of things," she said. "I've jumped into the Awards Banquet and Christmas Kickoff with all the little parts that go along with that. I've hit all downtown in the last week, or so, handing out Halloween trick or treat banners." "My next step is to reach out to all the Chamber members," she said. "I'm getting myself up...
DAYTON—The Dayton General Hospital Auxiliary will host their annual salad luncheon fundraiser to benefit community medical scholarships and equipment needs on Fri. Oct. 25 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p. m. at the Dayton First Congregation Church at 214 S. 3rd St....
