Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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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Lance Corporal Morgan T. Baker, U.S. Marine Corps, was recently promoted from Private First Class. Baker, the son of Loyal Baker of Waitsburg and Kathy Berry of College Place, and a 2009 graduate of Waitsburg High School, is currently assigned to the 1st Marines, 7th Battalion, Twentynine Palms, Calif. He is deployed overseas on the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Baker is the grandson Tom and Anita Baker of Waitsburg and Joan and Larry Summers of Walla Walla, and the late Ted Berry....
Sept. 16: Lois Mettler, Kevin Steffanson, Bruce Harris, Jerry Mock, Pam Davis, Dan Bickelhaupt. Sept. 17: Gustavo Reese, Tom Duckworth, Elizabeth Alleman, Mindy Eaton, Nathan Hansen, Nathan Hamann. Sept. 18: Ashley Wilson, Jeff Pietila, Rob McKinney, Naomi Davis, Eric Laughery, Clinton Davidson, Annika Garbe. Sept. 19: Teighan AnPOLICE Tom Wagner, Kelly Price, Robbie Ezell, Marina Huff, Paul Hall. Sept. 20: Owen Senter, Rhonda Newbury, Monte Duncan. Sept. 21: Bob Rabern, Kenneth Crawford, Fred R. Gritman, Diana Larsen. Sept. 22: Marty Dun...
What do MFK Fisher, Angelo Pellegrini and Alice Waters all have in common? Answer: They are 20th century food writers who have contributed to the way we think about and eat food today.Recently I was invited to speak on behalf of the Okanogan Valley Wine Alliance in British Columbia, where the majority of the beautiful wines of Western Canada are produced. The attendees were wine producers from Canada and around the world, and food and wine writers from the U.S. were in attendance. After my dissertation, I spent the remaining afternoon...
Ten Years Ago September 2, 2000 Corrie Gagnon, the 18-year-old daughter of Joe and JoAnn Gagnon of Waitsburg, received word that the "Western Duster" she stitched won her first prize in the "Everyone Loves Sulky" Challenge 2000 contest. A new sewing machine and about $1,000 in merchandise were among the prizes Corrie received for her creation. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 12, 1985 The Pioneer Fall Festival will be held on the 15th of Sept. with a beef barbecue instead of the popular buffalo. Cost of buffalo is up this year. Free liver and...
When Waitsburg's Jim Hansen returned to Spokane from three extraordinary days in the nation's capital this weekend, he and about 90 other World War II veterans were greeted by a crowd so large and festive, he thought "there was another war we just won." The 89-year-old, who was the second Waitsburg veteran to go on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., recently, said the hundreds of people and musical bands at the airport "were so great to us because of what we had done. It was unbelievable."...
WALLA WALLA - Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center accountant J.R. Lieuallen portrays Lowden area pioneer A.P. Woodward in a Living History performance on Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. in Fort Walla Walla Museum's pioneer settlement. Enjoy 19th century popular music with the Oregon Trail Band at 1:30 p.m. Then on Sept. 26 Diane Kaye portrays Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence in a Living History performance at 2 p.m. in Fort Walla Walla Museum's pioneer settlement (indoors in the Grand Hall in the event of inclement weather). The museum is located o...
WALLA WALLA - The 2010-11 season of the Walla Walla Symphony, the oldest continuously operating symphony west of the Mississippi, features nationally known guest artists Nathanial Rosen, cellist, and Lindsay Deutsch, violinist, as well as the Nutcracker, and The Celtic Tenors. Season tickets and single concert tickets are on sale now and are available by going online at www.wwsymphony.org, by calling the Symphony office at 509-529-8020, or visiting the Symphony office in the Barrett Building at 13-1/2 E. Main Suite 201 in Walla Walla....
WALLA WALLA - Bridie Monahan Hood, candidate for Walla Walla County District Court Judge (P/T), will be at the Walla Walla Farmer's Market this Saturday to meet the community and answer questions. Monahan Hood, a 1988 graduate of Walla Walla High School, has been practicing law in Walla Walla since 1996. Bridie recently partnered with her father forming Monahan-Hood Attorneys at Law in Walla Walla and has been in a solo practice for the past year. Her appearance Saturday will be between 9 a.m. and 1 pm. The market is located in downtown Walla...
DAYTON - Veterans of Columbia County will have a Flag Disposal Ceremony at 507 E Main Street (old Patit Creek Cellars) on Sept. 18 at 1 p.m....
DAYTON - Monday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m., a group of administrators, coaches, parents and students will meet in the district boardroom to review and discuss potential changes to the Dayton School District's activity code. The code contains guidelines for student participation in athletics and co-curricular activities such as FBLA and FFA. The committee will provide a recommendation to the Board of Directors sometime later this fall or winter regarding changes to the code. Then on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 3:10 p.m. administrators, teachers, p...
WALLA WALLA - Carl G. Bell Jr., the 31-year-old Walla Walla man who took up residence at 519 Coppei Ave., in Waitsburg, this summer, pleaded innocent in Walla Walla County Superior Court to 15 felony charges earlier this week. Bell is scheduled for trial Nov. 3 and 4 on 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. Walla Walla police have accused Bell of taking inappropriate pictures of a 1...
The Times erroneously reported last week that the Mill Creek brewery in Walla Walla does not allow minors. In fact, it does for the exception of its bar area selling liquor....
Ten Years Ago September 14, 2000 Lions members are busily getting the fish and all the fixings ready for the much anticipated Salmon Bake tonight. Tennys Bickelhaupt will be honored at the Fall Festival this Sunday as Pioneer of the Year. The Lions Club buffalo barbecue is a crowd pleaser, with its music, the auto show and vendors. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 29, 1985 Bob Stewart, 1967 graduate of Waitsburg High School, is starting a new business here in what was formerly the shop of the Keith Wrecking yard. The new shop will take care of aut...
DAYTON - Several homeowners were evacuated from the Tucannon River valley last Thursday evening as close to 175 firefighters and emergency personnel from at least three counties battled wildfiresthat spread across nearly 10,000 acres northeast of Dayton. A fire that started off Patit Road last Tuesday and was thought to be under control flared up again Thursday afternoon and grew rapidly with winds of up to 35 miles per hour fanning the flames through wheat-land stubble, grass, brush and t...
DAYTON - The civil trial involving landowners on Cahill Mountain Road has been pushed back to because the visiting judge had a conflict. The new date is Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011....
DAYTON - Columbia County Sheriff Department and Blue Mountain Counseling, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, are sponsoring a Columbia County Drug Take Back Day on Sept. 25. The Columbia County collection site will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Sheriff Department, on the ground floor of the courthouse. Deputy Jeff Jenkins will be on site to accept unwanted and unused pharmaceutical drugs, including prescription medications. For more information about the Drug Take Back...
WAITSBURG - Adelle Smith is resigning from her position in the Waitsburg School District library. She has worked for the school district for 18 years. LaVerne Obenhaus will be our half-time librarian in the mornings as she teaches business education at the high school in the afternoons. Returning to our district are two former staff members - Deanna Coulston will be teaching 5th grade (replacing Pam Conover who has retired after 25 years of service in the district) while Dan Groom will teach Spanish and other core subjects at the high...
