Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Columbia County Commissioners fired Public Health Director David Riggs last week in an effort to fix a budgetary crisis in the department that's been escalating since the spring. In March, one of the county's half dozen public health employees was "stricken ill and has yet to return to work," according to Commissioner Chuck Reeves. The department's budget took several hard hits with this loss - first when the employee tapped into a sick-leave bank, then when the county hired a replacement and finally when the department dis...
Ten Years Ago October 19, 2000 Toga Day is just one of many events for Homecoming week at Waitsburg High. The week includes volleyball against Touchet and football versus Pomeroy, concluding with the Homecoming Dance Saturday night. A flurry of donations from individuals has moved Ye Towne Hall Roof fund to within $500 of reaching its goal before the $15,000 project starts on Oct. 23. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 3, 1985 An attempted break-in was reported to the marshal on October 1 at a local tavern. Someone entered the grocery store in...
A wave of burglaries has hit Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties in the past few months, prompting some local law enforcement officials and citizens groups to get better organized. They're asking for help from residents and hunters to be on the lookout for suspicious activities, hoping citizens' tips will lead to arrests. During the past several months, cabin owners, businesses and residential households alike in the mountains and down in the valley have experienced a spike in break-ins and vandalism. In Columbia County alone, 16...
STUDENT/PARENT NIGHT WAITSBURG - Parents will receive their first opportunity to meet with Waitsburg High School teachers to review student progress this Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This conference is arena style - no appointments will be set, and all teachers will be located in the gym. Parents are invited to come meet and eat chili and chips with the teacher and students. The next conferences will be March 9 and 10. These conferences are parent- and teacher-requested conferences. The last conferences of the 2011 school year are s...
Andria Marie Maxwell and David James Bridgett, PhD, were united in marriage on August 7, 2010. The ceremony was held at the home of Tony and Melanie Maxwell Bachart. The bride's brother, James Maxwell, officiated the ceremony and acted as the reception chef. The bride is the daughter of Ike and Joann Maxwell of Dayton. The groom is the son of Jim and Leanna Bridgett of Friendswood, Texas. The bride is a 1994 graduate of Dayton High School, attended Walla Walla Community College and will...
I recently stopped at Harvest Foods for a few lemons and then headed for home. As I turned the corner, I saw my 88-year-old father standing at my door. He had just driven all the way from Bethel Island, California, out in the Sacramento Delta, to visit me in Dayton. There he stood, in his familiar khaki pants and red Hawaiian shirt, sporting a goatee and giving me the peace sign. Dad was a Merchant Marine during World War II. He sailed the Pacific from San Francisco to Hawaii, barely escaping the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and he loves to c...
Ten Years Ago October 12, 2000 The American Legion and Auxiliary hosted a dinner to honor local girls and boys state representatives on October 9. Reports by Billie Jo Curtis and Juan Flores of Prescott and Mans Hofer of Waitsburg were enjoyed by the group. Ninety youngsters attended the two hours of festivities at the Waitsburg Elementary School celebrating National Children's Day October 8. Children enjoyed a bike rodeo, face painting, silly snacks, touring the Waitsburg Ambulance and seeing a fireengine, creating bookmarks, recycling a...
WALLA WALLA - The county and city of Walla Walla are considering formation of a joint permit processing agency which would be governed by a three-member board. One board member will be selected by the County Commissioners, one by the Walla Walla City Council, and the last will be jointly selected by the County Commissioners and City Council. The county and city continue to seek input upon whether to form the agency, and they also seek applications from persons who may be interested in serving on the agency governing board. This is a vo...
DAYTON - Two positions are open on the Dayton City Planning Commission. The city is looking for two or three people who are interested in seeing how the city develops in the next few years. The commission meets once a month on the third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. in city hall. Anyone interested may send a letter to the city indicating their interest: City of Dayton, 111 S. 1st Street, Dayton, WA 99328....
WAITSBURG - Adults or students interested in getting their Food Handlers' Permit are invited to attend a training session at the Waitsburg School District Library on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 2:40 - 4:15 p.m. The cost of the training will be $10 and will be provided by the Columbia County Health Department. Each person who completes the training will have a Food Handlers' Permit that same day....
DAYTON - The image of the Green Giant laid out in pavers on a hillside south of Highway 12 will undergo some cleaning and retouching this weekend. The image symbolizes the history of Waitsburg and Dayton as historic Green Giant towns when the company's canning plants were still in operation in the Touchet Valley. Owner and creator Gary Lowe says he can use a hand with the replacement of the patio pavers that form the large image and is hoping high schoolers will volunteer to refresh the Green Giant's shape. Volunteers will gather at the city...
STARBUCK - After a two-day search of the area around Starbuck last week, three dog teams from Idaho Mountain Rescue were unable to located Bob Bulota, the 64-year-old bachelor who has been missing from Starbuck since March and its presumed to have ended his own life. Columbia County Sheriff's Deputy Don Foley, who has been leading the missing person's investigation, said no sign of Bulota or his remains turned up in the last-ditch effort to findhim. Foley said the only hope now is that someone will find him during the upcoming hunting season,...
I ran into a fellow chef at the farmer's market this weekend who grows big, voluptuous red chili peppers. We talked of food trends and what's in and out for the approaching fall season. As we parted, he handed me a pinch of chili pepper flakes. This got me thinking, "How could I use these pepper flakes best in tonight's dinner menu?" Before leaving Walla Walla, I swung by the supermarket for a bottle of inexpensive cooking sherry and a pound of Andouille sausage. Driving along U.S. Highway 12, I saw winemakers Jay and Doug standing outside...
DAYTON - The local co-ed pool league will meet Monday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Dayton Eagles. Everyone is welcome, four people per team. The pool league meets once per week. Even occasional players are encouraged as the group is always looking for extras to fillin for absent team members. For information, call Ian at 509-386-8401....
DAYTON - Two young Dayton boys and their families will be on the minds of those in the community who meet Friday night after the Junior High football game in Dayton. The public is invited to this candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. on the football field to pray for and support 5-year-old Jayden Dedloff, who is in Children's Hospital with seizures, and 7-year-old Gio Gonzalez, who will be placed on the liver transplant list this week. Those attending should bring their own candles....
DAYTON - For $35 per person, guests can enjoy French cuisine followed by a screening of the new French comedy Micmacs, Friday, Sept. 24, at the Liberty Theater in downtown Dayton. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the film will play at 7:30. The event is part of an five-year project to raise money for converting the theater's projection system to digital. As many people know, the movie business is changing, and the theater board of directors says this means in the next five to 10 years the theater will struggle in finding 35mm prints to show at...
PRESCOTT - Several members of the Prescott Pioneers 4-H club were honored with ribbons at the 2010 Columbia County Fair. Here are those results: Morgan Forney: 4-H Junior Reserve Grand Champion 4-H Best Junior Doe in Show Mackenzie Forney: 4-H Grand Champion Goat Educational Poster Blues in Showmanship classes Megan Forney: Open Class Goat Pee-Wee division Blue ribbons in all classes Megan Forney also took fourth place among 10 local children who competed in Mutton Bustin' before the Bull Bash and first place in the greased pig contest d...
DAYTON - The Dayton Levee System, jointly operated and maintained by the city of Dayton and Columbia County, received an overall system rating of "minimally acceptable" this week following U.S. Army Corps of Engineers periodic inspections conducted in February. The levee system's rating means it remains eligible to apply for federal rehabilitation assistance if it is damaged in a flood or storm event. The Dayton Levee System consists of left and right bank segments along the Touchet River that were constructed in 1965. Inspections and...
WALLA WALLA - Twenty-three-year old Waitsburg man Keith Eugene Adams was charged with five felonies Friday afternoon following his arrest early that morning at his Preston Avenue home. Adams allegedly held a 21-year-old woman and her two infant children at gun point. Adams was accused in Walla Walla County Superior Court of first-degree assault, harassment and three counts of unlawful imprisonment. The Walla Walla Emergency Response Unit arrived at the Waitsburg home about 1 a.m. Friday. Witness information conveyed that Adams was "extremely...
Bob Chalfant has big shoes to fill. For almost three decades, Gary Lentz worked as the ranger in charge of Lewis and Clark Trail State Park. For years Lentz maintained the facilities while providing interpretive programs extolling his extensive knowledge of the history and biology of the region. But at the end of June, the Dixie man retired from his post. Now Chalfant, a 31-year veteran of the parks system, has been assigned to the task. "My goal is to enhance what Gary has done here," C...
DAYTON - Members of the Columbia County Public Hospital Board of Commissioners have lifted the health district's firing freeze placed in May following the firing of former Rural Clinics Director Julia Mead and the subsequent resignations of several medical staff, physicians and the director of nursing services. After a special executive session Thursday night at the St. Joseph's Catholic Church Fellowship Hall in Dayton, the board voted unanimously to reinstate CEO Charlie Button's full responsibilities as head of the health district. "I th...
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