Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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COUNCIL RENEWS POWER DEALS DAYTON - The Dayton City Council did not take action Monday night regarding an application by Columbia Rural Electric Association for a right-of-way permit in town. During the city's public hearing, two or three of the two dozen citizens who attended the meeting spoke, each expressing concerns with the application and raising questions for council members to consider. REA has proposed new electrical distribution lines through rival utility company Pacificorp territory in Dayton to furnish power to its own offices in...
DAYTON - Former Columbia County District Judge Charles Thronson was vindicated Tuesday afternoon after he spent more than two years defending himself against a civil lawsuit filed by his neighbors Gale Acers and Robert Hollingsworth. In a verdict opposed by just one of 12 jurors, Thronson was found "not liable" for damages to commercial timber owned by Acers and Hollingsworth who claimed it was damaged in a backfire set by Thronson on his Cahill Mountain property in August 2006. The backfire,...
DAYTON - After 37 years with Columbia Rural Electric Association, Glenn Hagfeldt will retired on January 31. He started with the rural energy cooperative on February 1, 1974. "I'm an engineer and I like book ends - nice even starts and stops," Hagfeldt said in explaining the precise date of retirement. And as he will be 63 this year, he'd like to get busy with projects and traveling plans. "I restore cars," he said. "It keeps me busy and broke. I must be the only guy from Montana who doesn't...
This morning I watched a gaggle of snow geese honk their way over the house, flying north. I looked up between their feathered underbellies, little orange legs tucked tightly under their bodies, and caught a glimpse of the lavender sky, dappled in violet hues against a backdrop of waving silvertip spruce and 40-foot dancing pines. It just took my breath away. It's this kind of subtle beauty that reminds us why we live here in Touchet Valley. By late afternoon, I'd baked an old-fashioned gingerbread, a request granted to my Wine Guy. The house s...
Ten Years Ago February 1, 2001 Recycling is catching on-use of recycling facilities in Waitsburg increased 62 percent in 2000. Some 35,320 lbs. of newsprint, 5, 180 lbs. of clear glass, 2,700 lbs. of aluminum, 4, 920 lbs. of brown glass and 10,720 lbs. of mixed paper, were recycled in 2000. City council members are investigating an RV park near the old mill for the upcoming Lewis & Clark tourism boom in three years. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 30, 1986 Waitsburg Lions voted to make vests available to new members and decided to smoke some...
DAYTON - When a building grows to be as old as the First Christian Church in Dayton, it collects stories. The 125-year-old structure has stood on the corner of Third and Park streets in Dayton overlooking the schoolyard across the street for so long, it has seen generations of Columbia County residents come forth into the world, mature into adulthood and sometimes move on. Nadine Warren, at age 84, is one who hasn't moved on. " I was raised in this church, I consider it my church, and I just don...
BMX ON THE AGENDA WAITSBURG - During the Waitsburg City Council meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Lions Club Community Building, city leaders will discuss the BMX track site location. They will also take their annual look at utility rates to determine whether an increase is indicated. The city will discuss adoption of the Walla Walla County Hazard Mitigation Plan. This emergency management plan, which has not been updated in several years, pertains to Waitsburg primarily on flooding issues. City councilors will also discuss payment for Alpine...
DAYTON - The contract for the fairgrounds has been signed, the chuck wagons have been lined up, the judges have been booked, a title sponsor has been found and the schedule for four days of activities has been set. Get ready for Mule Mania. The show "is a go," the event's initiator says. Bobbi Chambers of the Coyote Mule Company in Cottonwood, Idaho, was in Dayton Monday to meet with local organizers, government agencies and businesses in preparation of this first-ofits kind summer festival for...
Boaz Josiah Green, son of Paul and Carley Green, was born Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at Walla Walla General Hospital. Boaz weighed 7 lbs. 9 ounces and measured 20.5 inches. Proud grandparents include Kraig and CJ Horlacher of Waitsburg and Brad and Amie Green, also of Waitsburg....
January 13: Wes Romine, Janine John, Megan Withers, Kevin House. January 14: Maxine Cecil, Janice Davis and Greg Smith. January 15: Kayla Turner, Allene Severtsen, Glenn Baker, Wade Done, Melinda Lambert, Justin Kirk, Jesse Archer and Jack Sherlock. January 16: Colleen Mc- Coy, Patty White and Rueben Stokes. January 17: Anna and Anthony Reese, Bret and Bethany Moser, Kimmie Hamann, Zane Johnson, Dan Beckley, John Janovich, Tyler Woodworth, Eric Rich, Sheena Henze, Jeff Schulke, Jim Davison, Robert Maib and Jon Jensen. January 18: Kelley...
NEW HOMICIDE TRIAL DAYTON - Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell will try one more time to have 50-year-old James Colbert convicted of vehicular homicide in superior court March 7-8. Colbert was involved in a one-vehicle rollover on Tucannon Road on June 20, 2008. The police report puts this Spokane-area man behind the wheel of the 1975 Ford pickup pulling a camper at around 7:30 p.m. the night of the accident. Culwell alleges that Colbert was intoxicated and was therefore responsible for the death of his girlfriend, Patricia Reid, whom emerg...
Feeling a little blue this weekend having not been able to celebrate the holidays with family in California due to booked engagements, I pulled myself together and caught the 7:45 out of Pasco to Phoenix. I had agreed to speak to a room of guests at a Cancer Foundation Benefit in Scottsdale. Next day, I rented a car, put the case of Walla Walla wines I'd lugged along with me into the trunk, and headed out across the desert for Hollywood's winter playground, Palm Springs. I was booked to present a demonstration class to celebrities on the...
Ten Years Ago January 25, 2011 The Waitsburg Lions Club members discussed building a bicycle motocross course for young people as a community project. The roof project on Towne Hall is complete. Board members learned that Gillespie Roofing, Inc. of Walla Walla finished the reroofing of the72-yearold building at 121 Main. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 16, 1986 The Waitsburg School Board accepted a bid from Jerry Smith for a bus garage; Smith construction got the bid at $17,560 for the building only. The building on Main Street which housed the...
WAITSBURG - Al - though Cindy Hofer loves the beavers who visit the family farm on the banks of Coppei Creek, she gets nervous when they settle in. Last week, she and her husband, Gary, asked an expert to come take a look at one beaver dam clogging the creek behind their more than 100-year-old house. Ice coated the logs and branches where the half-frozen creek tried to move over, under and around the beavermade barrier. The dam hasn't been a problem yet, but the Hofers are worried about what...
FOOD BANK CENTER MEETING WAITSBURG - At 4:30 p.m. on Friday, organizers of the Waitsburg Food Bank will meet to discuss its relocation and expansion at its planned new AmericanWest Bank location. The new center's board had its first meeting on Dec. 28 with pastors Mike Ferrians and Bret Moser, Pam Conover and Christy House. Friday's meeting is open to anyone who wants to see the new space, help think through its layout and clean. A user agreement between the Food Bank and AmericanWest Bank is pending but seen as a formality. The new center is...
DAYTON - In December, business leaders, elected offi cials and citizens gathered at the Dayton Memorial Library for the annual Community Economic Development Strategy meeting. This group created a list of Columbia County projects successfully completed and organized a list of projects to focus on in the new year. 2010 Successes: -Port created master plan for Blue Mountain Station, including a marketing plan, pre-engineering study, and five potential start ups. -Permit granted for Lower Snake River Wind project -Beautification of the west...
DAYTON - The "power" struggle in Columbia County could come to a head in Dayton next week as city councilors review comments during a scheduled public hearing on Monday, Jan. 10, concerning Columbia REA's petition for a city right of way. REA's proposed new electrical distribution line through Pacific Power's current territory in Dayton drew attention in October. The current REA and Pacifi c Power franchise agreements with the City of Dayton expire in late January. Both companies have anticipated renewal discussions and consideration this...
he Pomeroy/ Dayton Junior Gun Club is sponsoring a youth trap-shooting series beginning Saturday, Jan. 8, at 8 a.m. The series will continue every Saturday for 10 weeks at the Pomeroy Gun Range located in Pataha, Washington, for a one-time $10 fee. A downtown "Meet & Greet" to benefit the Pioneer Park Aviary in Walla Walla is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Land Title Plaza. 10 The Dayton Chamber of Commerce presents its monthly Business After Hours event at home...
January 6: Maddie Callahan, Kurtis Reser. January 7: Cecil Webber, Erma Gilbertson, Patrick Donnelly, Jim Hofer, Alice Webber and Kristyn Scott. January 8: Steven Price, Esther Presler and Todd Larsen. January 9: Jennifer Nichols, Neil Henze, Angela Crawford, Tim Estes, Nicholas Carpenter, Gail Thames, Gerri Glover, Trevor McGee and Jarod Gagnon. January 10: Caden McCaw, Todd Harris, Cynthia Graham, Roddy Krause, Andy Hermanns, Kimberly Neal, Melissa Harting, Kyle Huwe, Amanda and Ashley Danforth, Kelly Zuger and Denise Winnett. January 11:...
Greetings from another winter food and wine event, in glorious Aspen, Colorado! Yesterday it was demonstrations in Agra-Agra, the vegetarian red ocean algae made into a gelatin used in making liquid-dessert molds. Tonight I cooked dinner for 16 private diners, my fifth year doing so, and tomorrow I am teaching a class in making flatbread and chutney. This evening, I lugged a case of Walla Walla wines with me to show off at dinner. At this all wine and food officials' appetizer-dinner, I was particularly happy to hear an exceptional response to...
Ten Years Ago January 18, 2001 State wheat growers honored Jay Penner of Waitsburg for his work with government and citizen's groups toward the goal of retaining wheat stubble burning as a production tool for farmers. Local 16th District Senator Mike Hewitt took the oath of office during opening ceremonies of the 57th Legislature on Jan. 8. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 2, 1986 Waitsburg's new postmaster, Venice Lee, will officially take over Jan. 17. Lee, a postal service employee of 22 ½ years, comes to Waitsburg from Eltopia. Workers...
