Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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...
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 - 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...
WALLA WALLA - While he grew up in Southern California, John Turner remembers coming up for harvest and for Christmas to the Touchet Valley. It is, after all, whence his family hails. Turner's grandmother was Juanita Hofer, daughter of Friedrich Hofer, one of the area's homesteaders north of Prescott and also great-grandfather of Waitsburg's Gary Hofer, who taught Turner how to drive a tractor in the summers. As the newly sworn-in Sheriff of Walla Walla County, Turner comes full circle to these...
WAITSBURG WOMAN CHARGED WALLA WALLA - A Waitsburg woman charged last month with first-degree theft in Walla Walla County Superior Court will make her first appearance on the charge Jan. 10. Michelle M. Paul, 36, of 810 Walnut Street, Waitsburg, has not been arrested, but she was charged with stealing more than $9,145.13 in June from the Eastgate branch of Community Bank where she worked in Walla Walla, according to the Walla Walla police report. Paul, who was operations supervisor and a teller prior to being fired June 22, is accused of...
In its Nov. 18 suspension letter to the three volleyball coaches and its Dec. 17 ruling upholding the suspension decision, the Waitsburg School District charges that Jessie Buehler, Katie Buehler and Tressa Robbins purposely placed an athlete in a position of being harassed, intimidated and bullied by her teammates. But the statements from team players on which the district's charges were based give a much more complex picture of the controversial team meeting of Nov. 13. It's much less clear...
While attending a champagne tasting last week in Manhattan, New York, I was blown away by the exceptional differences in tastes and styles of the all-French tasting. After a visit and dinner with associates, I returned to my room with the nagging thought: What about bubbly here in Washington state? As soon as I landed at the airport, I met with Chad Diltz, owner/winemaker at Tru Cellars, the only producer of sparkling wine in Walla Walla. I sampled his Blanc de Blanc Me'thode Champenoise NV, and I was stunned. No wine at the New York tasting co...
3-20: Malicious Mischief. An unknown suspect over the weekend smeared feces and threw eggs on the east doors of the Waitsburg High School hallway between the school and the gym. Suspicious. Vehicle tracks on Touchet Valley Golf Course, Pine Street, Dayton. 12-19: Juvenile Problem. Kids throwing snowballs at passing cars on S. 4th Street, Dayton. Vehicle Theft. A resident on Valley Grove Road, Waitsburg, reported his dark green Buick Sentry stolen. The keys were left lying on the vehicle's floorboard. 12-18: Burglary. Residential burglary repor...
December 23: Tyler Hofer, Joyce Beckley, Claire Raven, Alta Daniel, Larry Bickelhaupt, Lorene Brown, Kim Douglas, Carl Smith, Richard Bessey, Karen Lambert. D ecember 24: Shirley Kitterman, Carolyn O'Brien, Ed Lawrence, Shane Hilton, Mary Conner, Barbara Wagener, Tracey Harper, Karen Stroobants. December 25: Solon Pietila, Donna Manley, Les Richardson, Sonia Borrowdale, Annette Becker, Carol Hevel, Dalton Carlisle, and Neil Maxwell. December 26: Sandra Farley, Sydney Claire Brookshire, Dr. Mel Laidlaw, Jennifer Nielsen, Margie Douglas....
Fo rec ast for e Washington: - National Weather Service Wednesday: Rain and snow likely, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Wednesday Night: Rain and snow likely before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 32. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a...
