Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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8 Dayton School Board Meeting 609 S. Second Street 6:30 p.m. Meeting will be a work session to work on the Su- perintendent evaluation. 9 Columbia County Planning Commission Columbia County Planning Office, 114 S. 2nd, Dayton 7 p.m. Prescott Joint Park & Rec. Board Meeting PJPRD Activity Center, 101 S. D St. #A, Prescott 7 p.m. Set up strategic planning session, discuss 2014 fees, set computer use protocol. 10 Toddler and Preschool Story Time Dayton Memorial Library 10:30 a.m. Toddlers; 11:00 a.m. Babies Lego Night Dayton Memorial Library 7...
3 Toddler and Preschool Story Time (every Friday) Dayton Memorial Library 10:30 a.m. Toddlers; 11:00 a.m. Babies Perk Up for Diabetes Fundraiser Coppei Coffee ( 137 Main, Waitsburg) 6 p.m. Local musicians will provide entertainment and low and sugar-free desserts will be available. Funds go to the American Diabetes As- sociation. 5 Bluegrass at the Plaza Benefit Concert The Plaza Theater (208 Main Street, Waitsburg) 3 p.m. A Bluegrass Kids ben- efit concert featuring The Barnstormers and Kate & The Bluegrass Gentlemen. Tickets are $10 and can...
Waitsburg kindergarten teacher Pam Nolan- Beasley was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in December. Beasley was nominated by Waitsburg District Superintendent Carol Clarke for her hands- on, inquiry centered method of teaching and challenging students. Beasley will receive a cash award of $10,000 and will travel to Washington D.C. to receive her award in a special ceremony....
In late July, Columbia County Health System CEO Dale Polla abruptly resigned during a regular meeting of the organization's board of directors. He was replaced by Interim CEO Jon Smiley. Also in July, Chief Financial Officer John Hennessey left for a new job. He was replaced by Steve Geidl....
Waitsburg's Ambulance Service has reached a critical point. The Service Board shared that, for the first time since the volunteer based, non-profit service began in 1970, it was necessary to take out a loan to cover operating expenses. The Board hopes that an increase in annual memberships and community donations and memorials will soon have the service back in the black....
A facilities committee formed by the Dayton School District spent most of this year studying the need for renovating school facilities. They worked with representatives of BLRB Architects, and, in December, recommended a plan with an estimated cost of $24.2 million. Voters will be asked in April to approve a $19.5 million capital bond levy measure to cover most of the cost. The remainder will be covered by state matching funds. The project would include a complete renovation of Dayton High School, replacing the HVAC system in the elementary...
Two grants totalling about $700,000 -- $615,000 from the Department of Transportation and the remainder from the state Transportation Improvement Board - made it possible to complete a major update to West Seventh Street, between Main and Arnold Street. Five large trees were removed to allow for the street-widening project that included a new roadway, sub-surface drainage, sidewalk installation and signage....
Construction of Blue Mountain Station's Building 1, at Dayton's west end, began in April and was completed in December. Three tenants will be up and running in the new Artisan Food Center by January: Gypsy Girl Granola, Little Dipper Dairy and Mace Mead Works. Space is available for two more tenants. The building will also house a central retail space and commercial kitchen. Port Manager Jennie Dickinson began planning for the new artisan food center in 2007. In 2009, the Port received a $1...
Dayton's new Best Western Plus Hotel and Suites opened in May. It is an important addition to the Touchet Valley's business and tourism. The Hotel, developed by Dr. Derek Duke, has 50 rooms, conference space for up to 100 people and an indoor pool....
In May, the Columbia County Commissioners appointed former Washington State Trooper Rocky Miller as new Sheriff of Columbia County. Miller replaced Walt Hessler, who resigned about half way through his second term. Miller Took office July 1 and will be up for re- election in November 2014....
The loss of horse racing, which had been the centerpiece of the "Days of Real Sport" event for over a century, inspired Waitsburg to create a new event. The first Waitsburg Celebration Days, May 17 through 19, was a big success, thanks to many volunteers throughout the community. Weekend events included a Cowboy/Cowgirl Ball, Cowgirl Ranch Horse Racing, live music featuring Frog Hollow Band, classic car show and goat tail tying (shown)....
In late May, Portland General Electric Company announced that it would purchase a portion of the development rights for the Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project in Columbia County from Puget Sound Energy. The new project, now called the Tucannon River Wind Farm, will include 116 wind turbines, and have a “nameplate capacity” of 267 megawatts. The sale closed in early August and PGE began construction of roads and other infrastructure in September. PGE opened a new office in Downtown Dayton...
Ten Years Ago January 8, 2004 A severe winter storm began pounding the region on New Year's Day, bringing sub-zero temperatures, blow- ing snow and wreaking havoc with a number of scheduled events. In Waitsburg, the January 6 gathering of Commercial Club was canceled, along with weekend basketball games. Temperatures dipped into the -20s, according to local sourc- es early Monday morning, then warmed up to a few degrees above zero on Tuesday. Cole Lindsey and Bertha Poirier, both seniors at Waits- burg High School, were named the Walla Walla...
Ten Years Ago January 1, 2004 Congressional Candidate Cathy McMorris will speak at Commercial Club on Tuesday, January 6. McMorris is seeking the fifth District seat currently held by Rep. George Nethercutt Jr., a Republican, who will oppose Sen. Patty Murray in the 2004 elections. Nathan Hamann enlisted in the U. S. Navy, completed Basic Training at Great Lakes, Illinois in September of 2003. He is now serving on the U.S.S. Camden in Bremerton, WA. Nathan is the son of Fred Hamann, Waitsburg and Diana Bicker, Seattle. What a Christmas present...
I only have last minute shopping to do for Christmas. And keeping my shopping as local as possible, I visited The Winehard Hotel's lobby and it's "Wall of Wine," as I call it, for a bottle of Poet's Leap off-dry Riesling. In keeping with our cold winter nights, serving a white bean chili sounds yummy. Now, to find that original blue cheese cornbread recipe I developed in the kitchen of my Haight Ashbury flat in 1967. At the time of the recipe, California was just awakening to an early Napa Valley wine scene, and several "Cooking with Wine"...
End-of-year position adjustments coming up? Most very large futures traders are holding onto extremely heavy net short-sold positions in Chicago wheat. The other major wheat contracts in Kansas City hard red winter and Minneapolis spring also reflect net short speculative po- sitions, although less ponderous than Chicago. Since this category of traders is known for rapidly shifting from one side of the ledger to the other periodically, this big bulge in net-sold positions will ultimately lead to a run to the upside for wheat prices, probably...
Ten Years Ago December 25, 2003 Gabe Kiefel had a double-double - 12 rebounds and 10 points - against the Prescott Tigers last weekend, helping the Cards to a 59-32 win. Waitsburg opened league play on the road, winning at Jubilee Christian 65-46 Dec. 18 and now holds a 2-0 record. The Counterfeit Santa Claus, "a musical melodrama, was performed by members of Waitsburg Elementary Grades K - 5 in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium on December 18. The old-fashioned melodrama, in which the audience helps boo and hiss the bad guy and cheer the...
To coin the 1949 Christmas tune by Frank Losser, "Baby, its Cold Outside." I do hope you have plenty of wood chopped and stacked! Old timers I've talked to say they haven't seen it this cold for forty years! I visited Tucannon Meats today in Dayton. I bought four beautifully marbled grass fed clean beef steaks for dinner. As I drove out to Dumas Station winery for a bottle of Cow- catcher Red, I couldn't decide what to do with the steaks, except I knew I wanted the most beef flavor. Usually this would call for just salt and pepper, but in winte...
I f you find yourself waking down the centerline of a busy street, it is very useful to be aware of where the cars and trucks are (in both directions). And every once in a while it is good to look a couple of blocks ahead to be prepared for that big semi. For wheat owners and traders, it is an occupational haz- ard to lose perspective; to become caught up in the smaller, day-to-day information and action flow and to forget that the price range of the last several months is only a very small part of the whole picture. The market always tells us...
The Coalition for Youth and Families and Columbia REA are sponsoring a First Night Party on December 31 at 7 p.m. This is a night of fun for the whole family from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center. There will be games, food, music and prizes. Admission is free, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult....
The Liberty Theater is one again ushering in the New Year with a Black and White East Coast New Year's Eve Party. This year's clas- sic comedy, Some Like it Hot, stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as two Chi- cago musicians who disguise themselves as women to avoid being rubbed out by the mob after they witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. During their flight they meet up with a singer in a band, played by Marilyn Monroe, who dreams of marrying a millionaire. The movie be- gins at 6:55 and is followed by a champagne toast and reception at...
WAITSBURG -Turkey Bingo will take place at Town Hall at 4 p.m. on December 7. Doors open at 3 p.m. Turkey Bingo is a fundraiser sponsored by the Waitsburg American Legion Auxiliary Unit #35....
