Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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ESCAPEE CAUGHT IN SPOKANE COLFAX - The Whitman County inmate who escaped Saturday evening while on outdoor work duty and may have spent part of the weekend in Columbia County, was captured and arrested Monday in Spokane, according to the Whitman County Sheriff's OfficeTuesday afternoon. Twenty-nine-year-old Ronald Alan Rutledge had just 18 days left on a four-month prison sentence for burglary. Rutledge may have been involved with two incidents that occurred in Dayton on Sunday, according to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, including a res...
DAYTON RINGS IN XMAS SEASON DAYTON - All are invited to join the Dayton community on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving for a Homespun Holiday Celebration during the town's annual Christmas Kickoff featuring classic Main Street shopping, Christmas Light bus tours, holiday barrel tasting, Friday night Lighted Parade and Fireworks, and tours of some of Dayton's new businesses. Children (and their parents) can take a mule-drawn wagon hay ride through the streets of Dayton both Friday and Saturday, and Friday evening enjoy a new lighted...
I noticed Dayton's organic gardener, Wild Bill, walking down Dayton Avenue this morning. I pulled up alongside of him, and we chatted about Seed Savers, an organization in the Midwest that saves and generates heirloom vegetable seeds. I ordered some Yukon Gold potatoes and a bunch of Ruby Red beets from Wild Bill, and headed for Wally, where I was to cook lunch and dinner for Beta House on Whitman Campus. Yes, I am cooking for the boys again, and just what is it they want me to cook? Meat and potatoes, of course! So, after I whipped up a qu...
DAYTON - Columbia REA, Pastor Steve Edwards, Theater Manager Reid Helford and Singer Cougar Henderson were winners of this year's Community Awards given out at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce's Annual Banquet. They won their recognition for Business of the Year, Citizen of the Year, Employee of the Year and Youth of the Year respectively. The fifth award for Historic Preservation was split by Puget Sound Energy for the restoration of its downtown office in the commercial category and by...
Ten Years Ago November 18, 2000 In a double-ring ceremony, Sherrie Reedy and David Morris exchanged wedding vows in the First Christian Church with Rev. Michael Ferrians officiating. The daughter of the late Bob and Velma Sickles, the bride graduated from Waitsburg High School. The groom has roots in Dixie, Wash. Jon Van Vogt, the owner for the Pataha Flour Mill, spoke to the City Council on Nov. 15 about possibilities of the future of Wait's Mill. A similar presentation is slated for the Waitsburg Lions Club meeting. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
DAYTON - In a sign that the Touchet Valley economy is still in recession, Ski Bluewood drew its largest crowd ever for it annual job fair this weekend. More than 140 job seekers came for the two-hour event at the Seneca Activity Building on Sunday afternoon, with many sounding eager to find work, even if it's just for the ski season. "We had a great turnout," said Travis Stephenson, Ski Bluewood's new general manager, who interviewed and took applications for up to 60 positions, or half...
SEX ABUSE TRIAL DATE MOVED WALLA WALLA - The trial for recent Waitsburg transplant Carl G. Bell Jr. has been moved from this month to Jan. 6 and 7. Bell has been charged with 15 felony counts in a sex abuse case in Walla Walla County Superior Court. Bell is charged with three counts of first-degree rape of a child, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. ADAMS PLEADS GUILTY WALLA WALLA - Waitsburg resident Keith E. Adams, 24, of 360...
DAYTON - Ten years ago, a local couple met and married while on the set for "The Music Man" at the Liberty Theater in Dayton. A baby, nicknamed "The Music Man Baby," was in the womb throughout rehearsals and production. This year, the Touchet Valley "theater family" is bringing back Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" for the theater's 10-year anniversary. And this time the show is a tribute to the director of that first production, Steve Edwards. Edwards was planning to direct this...
The Dayton Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet at the Seneca Activity Center, themed "We Are Thankful," takes place Thursday, Nov. 4. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. with beer, wine and music, dinner at 6:30 and the community awards presentation at 7:15. Tickets are available at the chamber office and at the door for $25 per person. Also presented will be historic preservation awards. For more information call 509-382-4825. 5 Opening at Willow, a boutiqu e an d ar t gallery o n Ros e Stree...
Driving back from cooking demos in Seattle this weekend, I was happy to see the Blue Mountains dusted in snow. I love this time of year, when local kitchens smell like cinnamon, and everyone dresses in layers of Black Watch flannel, Sherpa and tufted down. My Wine Guy, who's been out of town all week, met me at the door with a bottle of my all-time favorite: Ridge Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Yum! However, I am impressed by one of our local winemakers, Richard Funk, who's produced a fantastic 2007 Cabernet Sau...
November 5: Dwight Thomas. November 6: Josh Wilson, Greg Zuger, Dave Dilts, Albert Meyer, Pauline Tedrow, Sharon Bode, Jacob Mulhair, Heath Pierson. November 7: Dan Wood, Robin Hilton, Stan Mock, Roberta Collingwood, Desiree Zuger, Maybelle Leinbach, Kelsey Tarp. November 8: Bruce Gentry, Melvin Keiser, Jennifer Harwood, Kristen Baker, Weir. November 9: Frances Scott, Robert Hawks, Jodee Liebermann, Alan Jackson Jr., Corrie Cozier. November 10: Ruth Hansen, Kaitlin Vaughn, Ruby Potter, Stephanie Zuger, Nathan Stroobants. November 11: W...
We wish to thank our friends for the cards, flowers, meals, visits and wonderful care given to me during my recent hip fracture accident. Jean Bob Miller...
Ten Years Ago November 16, 2000 It was déjà vu at the high school when rains came last week between the jobs of tearing off old roofingand building the new roof. The same scene occurred a few years earlier at the Preston Hall renovation. Plans are for project completion by Sept. 20, 2001. An Oregon company is proposing a 250-foot lattice tower on top of Buttercup Hill. Mericom, out of Wilsonville, Ore,. advises the tower provide four platforms for radio transmitting antennas or similar equipment. Community organizations have started getting re...
DAYTON - Often what's good for business is good for the whole town. One of Dayton's newest downtown business projects should turn out to be just that, its organizers say. Good for downtown, great for tourism and much appreciated by residents. A quick peek at the plan reveals one obvious segment of the local population likely to enjoy it. The brand new, 80 by 50 foot playground adjacent to the depot should be a hit with the kids. "There is no playground on the north side of town right now, so...
COWBOY COWGIRL WIN AWARDS DAYTON - Dayton's Kellyo Gallaher competed in 20 days of Northwest Senior Timed Event Rodeo this summer to win Sombrero Arena All Around Champion Saddle, Butch Wise Memorial All Around Cowboy Winter Horse Blanket, 50-59 All Around Cowboy Silver Buckle, 50-59 Tie-Down Roping Champion Buckle, 50-59 Breakaway Roper Champion Buckle, 50-59 Ribbon Roper Champion Buckle, and 50-59 Heeler Champion Buckle. Rosie Gallaher won the Butch Wise Memorial All Around Cowgirl Winter Horse Blanket, 50-59 Ladies Barrel Racing Resident...
Army Private Ryan W. Timms, a 2010 Waitsburg High School grad, has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, as well as experience in the use of various weapons and we...
This morning the thermometer pushed 34 degrees. Burr! No wonder I felt a chill around my ankles! This is slow-food season, and today I am making a couple of family favorites: Black Bean Chili and Caramelized Acorn Squash Cake. At about 5 p.m., Wine Guy walked in the kitchen with a bottle of Sleight of Hand Winery's 2008 Magician Gewürztraminer, a blend of 85 percent Gewürztraminer and 15 percent Dry Riesling. Wine Guy jumps in to help with dinner, tossing together a wild greens salad with...
Ten Years Ago November 9, 2000 The Flour Mill Bakery, at 120 Main, opened its doors to the public this Sunday. Owners Micheaelle and Scott Huxoll endured months of planning, labor, expense and frustration to make this endeavor a reality. This turn-of-the-century building has been the location of Shuham Harness Shop, Bailey Funeral Home, Ray Funeral Home and DeWitt Funeral Home at different times. Republican Mike Hewitt unseats Sen. Valoria Loveland in the 2000 general election. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 24, 1985 Louis Donnelly, son of...
DAYTON - Although they're toeing the line, Merle Jackson and the Dayton city finance committee believe they'll be able to hold for another year without losses. Monday night, city council member Jackson, representing the committee, presented the town's proposed 2011 budget to his fellow council members and a small audience at city hall. The first draft of this definitive document was well received by those present. "I think we are blessed in this city," said Dayton Mayor Craig George. "Times are tough, and they're going to get tougher." Was...
GROUPS HONOR WAITSBURG HIGH WAITSBURG - Waitsburg High School has once again been recognized as a School of Distinction by The Center for Educational Effectiveness and Washington's chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. An awards ceremony is planned in Pasco on Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 2-3 p.m. The program is now in its fourth year. Waitsburg has been honored three times, demonstrating outstanding improvement over five years and sustained improvement over multiple years of the award. To receive this award, schools must be performing at least at the state...
TUCANNON VALLEY- Another opening weekend of deer-hunting season in the Touchet Valley has come and gone. The numbers indicate that while the sport certainly hasn't decreased in popularity, it isn't growing much either. Many believe the long-term effects of the economic slump are to blame. But for Phyllis Rothauge, co-owner of The Last Resort Camp Store and Blue Mountains KOA Campground on Tucannon Road just inside the Columbia County line, it was still a crazy, busy weekend. "I think the...
Ten Years Ago November 2, 2000 Voters head to the polls this week to decide political races. Voters have many varied opinions published this week as they face a presidential election year, national and state senatorial races, local political contests and a number of state initiatives. Waitsburg tracksters made a good showing at the District 5-7-9 meet in Spokane. Jeremy Bobber, a senior cross country runner, finished in the top 20 to qualifiy for the state meet. Robert White finished the final race of his senior year in 20:19. Jim Callahan...
