The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON -- The Christian Women's Connection will meet at 11:30 a.m. on September 10 at L.C. @ The Green (209 N. Pine St., Dayton). Lunch is $10 and will be catered by LouAnn Trousdale & Chase Hudson. This month's speaker is Tanja Gorham of Island...

Ten Years Ago August 26, 2004 Life-long Waitsburg resident Randy Hinchliffe has been hired as the new City Clerk for the city of Waitsburg, announced Mayor Marty Dunn at the August 18 city council meeting. He will start in the position on August 30....

Ten Years Ago August 19, 2004 In the heat of summer, ice is a real treat. Fort Walla Walla Museum's fourth annual Olde-Fashioned Ice Cream Social is on Sunday, August 22. Waitsburg's Blue Mountain Troublemakers will present their special brand of... Full story

Born to Jordin and Ty Gratlin of Dayton, a girl, Talia Reece Gratlin. Born on August 8, 2014 weighing 4 lbs 3 oz.... Full story

WAITSBURG - Four artists will present their visions for a Main Street art piece at jimgermanbar on Wednesday, August 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The four finalists were selected by the Waitsburg Art Commission and will vie for the right to create one... Full story

Ten Years Ago August 12, 2004 Local grain producers are approaching the 70% point in the 2004 harvest, estimates J.E. Mc- Caw, local manager of the Northwest Grain Growers' Waitsburg Branch. Depending on Mother Nature, there could be another week to... Full story

DAYTON – The public is invited to a community potluck at the First Congregational Church-UCC (214 S. 3rd St., Dayton) on Monday, August 4 at 6 p.m. in order to welcome bicyclists from the Fuller Center for Housing, a nonprofit Christian housing m...

Ten Years Ago August 5, 2004 Waitsburg teacher Becky Wilson has been awarded a week in Montpelier, Virginia, as one of 20 teachers from Washington state chosen to attend a week-long, all-expensepaid Summer Institute at James Madison's Montpelier...

DAYTON - The Missoula Children's Theater will arrive at the Liberty Theater early next month to begin preparations for its annual performance featuring local kids. This year the group will present Rapunzel. They will arrive with sets, lights,... Full story

DAYTON -- Diner's can enjoy a "harvest dining experience" at this year's Evening at the Depot's Farm to Table Dinner right in the courtyard of the Historic Dayton Depot. The fundraising event takes place on August 2, with a social hour at 6 p.m. and... Full story

DAYTON - The Dayton Seventh-day Adventist Church (1525 4th Street) is hosting a free 5Days in Dayton vacation bible school, beginning at 9 a.m. on August 4. Children will learn from the heroes of the faith, with special visitors and activities. Show...

Ten Years Ago July 29, 2004 Area farmers are harvesting at a good clip, according to J.E. McCaw, branch manager, Northwest Grain Growers, and are seeing No. 1 test weights, good quality and "quite good" yields. One field north of Waitsburg reported...

Ten Years Ago July 22, 2004 New Waitsburg Superintendent Carol Clarke's first board meeting didn't provide much of a honeymoon as she and school district directors grappled with a difficult issue surrounding a 6-7 grade split. Dr. Clarke and new... Full story

Ten Years Ago July 15, 2004 Three Waitsburg students made the most of the 2004 Evergreen Boys State, taking advantage of both its seriousness and its opportunities for fun. Representing Waitsburg last month at Central Washington University were Gabe...