Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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10-29 Dayton Christmas Kickoff See full schedule in MONTHLY insert. 28 Cookies on Parade Dayton Memorial Library, Delaney Room 1-4 p.m. Homemade Christmas cookies and candy for sale. Soup for the Soul First Christian Church (410 S. 3rd, Dayton) 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to come and enjoy a free community sponsored dinner on the last Friday of each month. For more info contact Judi Brooks at 382-4771. Transportation is available. For a ride call public transportation at 382-1647. 29 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9-11 a.m. The...
PRESCOTT - Preliminary results from the Nov. 4 General Election show the Prescott Pool Maintenance and Operations levy passing easily with 69.04% of Walla Walla and Columbia County voters approving the levy. A 60% super majority is required to approve the pool's annual $110,000 levy, which translates to about 37 cents per $1,000 of evaluation, down slightly from 40 cents per $1,000 last year and 45 cents per $1,000 in 2012. "I'm delighted that the 2015 levy results show a 69.04% yes vote. It will be great to continue our excellent programs for...
WAITSBURG - The first knowledge bowl meet between the eastern small schools of ESD 123 took place at the Waitsburg Christian and First Presbyterian churches on Tuesday. Students from Waitsburg, De- Sales, Prescott, Dayton, Clarkston and Pomeroy faced off in the intellectual sparring match. Waitsburg Knowledge Bowl coach Brad Green said that, unlike football and basketball, where crowds of spectators follow the action and celebrate the heroes, Knowledge Bowl teams play unnoticed for the most...
DAYTON - The Touchet Valley was touched by early snows this past week and temperatures plummeted into the teens over the weekend, but the long-range forecast for our area doesn't look much like the weather we've had since Thursday. In fact, temperatures are predicted to warm into the 40s later this week. Before Wednesday's cold spell settled in, the weather station at the Dayton Middle School registered temperatures in the 60s and very low 70s in the first week of November. "This pattern looks...
2 Dayton Senior Round Table Senior Center (403 E. Patit St.) 12 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Meals are $4 for those over 60 and $7 for those under 60. Enjoy a hot meal in a social setting. Play pool, cards or spend time visiting. Call 382-2836 to RSVP by the day prior. Dayton Kiwanis Delaney Building 12 p.m. Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 2-4 p.m. The Center provides food and resources to families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. 22 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9-11 a.m. The Center provides food...
4 Dayton Senior Round Table Senior Center (403 E. Patit St.) 12 p.m. Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 2-4 p.m. The Center provides food and resources to families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. 2014 Dayton Chamber Awards Banquet Running T Ranch 6-9 p.m. Contact the Chamber at (509) 382-4825 for tickets. Col. Co. Planning Commission Planning Comm. Office 7 p.m. 15 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9-11 a.m. The Center provides food and resources to families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts....
7 Veteran's Day Assembly Waitsburg High School Auditorium 2:30 p.m. The WHS Theater Arts class and the WHS band will present a Veterans Day assembly celebrating the 200th anniversary of our national anthem. 8 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9-11 a.m. The Center provides food and resources to families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. African Children's Choir Starbuck Community Church 10 a.m. Free performance with goodwill offering taken. Artisan Food Market Blue Mountain Station, Dayton 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 9 Praise...
WAITSBURG -- Council members present were: K.C. Kuykendall, Kevin House, Karl Newell and Mayor Walt Gobel. Debra Callahan and Marty Dunn were absent. --Sheriff John Turner gave a quarterly update noting that deputy hours are currently 403 above contracted. Crime statistics for Waitsburg show a significant drop over 2013 numbers with the only increases in narcotics and motor vehicle thefts. Turner noted that vehicle theft, as well as vehicles recovered from other jurisdictions, was up county wide. --Council members, Sheriff Turner and City...
DAYTON - Collection week for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes is Nov. 17 - 24. Twenty-one years ago David C. Cook decided to pack simple gifts in a shoebox for child victims of the Bosnian war. To date, over 100 million shoeboxes have been given to needy children around the world. Operated through Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child is the world's largest Christmas project of its kind. Dayton-Waitsburg Prescott area donors gave 295 shoeboxes last year - over a hundred more than the year prior. To participate, decide if you would...
DAYTON - The Best Western Plus in Dayton was received the M.K. Guertin Award, the Champion Customer Care Award and the Champion Green Award at Best Western International's 2014 convention. The hotel is one of only six hotels, of more than 2,100 properties in the U.S. and Canada, to receive all three awards. The Guertin is awarded to properties with exceptional service, quality, value and brand commitment. The Champion Customer Care Award honors properties providing exceptional service and care...
4 Dayton General Hospital Auxiliary Luncheon 1st Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd St., Dayton) 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Luncheon tickets are $8. Soup for the Soul First Christian Church (410 S. 3rd, Dayton) 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to come and enjoy a free community sponsored dinner on the last Friday of each month. For more info. contact Judi Brooks at 382-4771. For a ride call public transportation at 382-1647. NOVEMBER 1 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9-11 a.m. The Center provides food and resources to families in the Waitsburg...
5 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 2-4 p.m. The Center serves families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. Pink Out Fundraiser Waitsburg Gymnasium 6 p.m. "Pink Out" the gym to help the Lady Cards raise donations for a local mom who is battling breast cancer. 24 Morton Family Benefit Dinner Waitsburg Elementary Multipurpose Room 4:30-7:30 p.m. Suggested donation of at least $5 per person and $20 per family. All proceeds benefit the Morton family. A silent auction will also be held during the evening. 25 Waitsburg...
WALLA WALLA - Blue Mountain Community Foundation announced this month 78 discretionary grants they will award to 65 organizations in Walla Walla, Garfield, Columbia and Umatilla counties. Two grants will be awarded to Waitsburg based organizations: $1500 for musical instruments for the school band to the Waitsburg School District, and $1200 to the Blue Mountain Resource Conservation & Development Council for environmental education - Camp Wooten and Environthon. Prescott Elementary School will receive $4700 for its After School program. And...
9 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9 - 11 a.m. The Center serves families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. Saturday Market Blue Mountain Station 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Strawberry Waffle Supper Dayton Senior Center (403 E. Patit Ave.) 5-7:30 p.m. $5 Donation. Enjoy strawberry waffles & sausage and help raise funds for new flooring. 20 Story Time (every Monday) Weller Public Library, Waitsburg 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. 21 Dayton Library Story Time Dayton Memorial Library Baby & Toddler storytime at 10 a.m. and Preschool storytim...
9 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 2-4 p.m. The Center serves families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. Columbia County Planning Commission Planning Office 7 p.m. Prescott Joint Park & Rec. Board 101 S. D St. #A, Prescott 7 p.m. Regular session will resume at 8 p.m. following a 7:10 executive session. 11 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9 - 11 a.m. The Center serves families in the Waitsburg and Prescott School Districts. Saturday Market Blue Mountain Station 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Live Music with Bandit &...
WALLA WALLA - This year's First Thursday concerts will commence October 2 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church (323 Catherine Street). The program, which runs from 12:15 to 12:50 will feature Mark Brown, a jazz pianist and vocalist. The concert is free, however donations are appreciated and will go to the Friends of Children of Walla Walla, the performer's chosen charity....
DAYTON - The Wenaha Gallery (219 E. Main) will be hosting two prominent artists at a reception on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The reception will feature Janene Grende of Sandpoint, Ida. and Craig Whitcomb of Lewiston, Ida. Grende is featured at Leanin'Tree Cards, the Bradford Exchange and Wild Wings. Whitcomb is a world traveler and teacher who has been painting for more than 50 years. Both artists will be doing demonstrations and refreshments will be served....
DAYTON - Master photographer John Clement, of Kennewick, will be offering a photography workshop on Oct. 11 - 12. Clement has received more than 60 national and international awards for his fine art and commercial photography. The weekend will include a catered dinner, fieldwork instruction, a photo shoot and portfolio review. The two-day workshop is $175 or $$275 for the deluxe package (which includes one night's lodging at Dayton's Best Western). Sign up in person at Wenaha Gallery by calling (509) 382-2124 or emailing art...
DAYTON - YoungLife would like to invite local citizens to attend their annual fundraiser pie auction and banquet and learn how God is working among local high schoolers. Dayton and Waitsburg students traveled to camp together this summer and invite the public to join them in this "Road Trip" celebration. Four Dayton graduates will share about their life with Christ at the event which will take place Sunday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. at Running T Ranch. There is no cost to attend, though donations are welcome. The banquet is a fundraiser, but also...
WAITSBURG - Hundreds of musicians will come together in Waitsburg on Wednesday, October 22, for the Southeast Washington Music Educators (SEWMEA) High School MASS Band and Choir 2014. The musicians will perform that evening. This year's distinguished conductors are Jason Rose and Richland High school bands and Julie Jones from Walla Walla Community College choirs. They will rehearse and direct large groups in concert - about 75 in the MASS choir and 200 in the band. Groups from about a dozen small southeastern Washington schools have rehearsed...
DAYTON - In a ceremony last week, Dayton resident Gary Schroeder was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor for Division 54 of the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis International. He was sworn in by District Governor Bob Munger, of Portland. Division 54 includes eight clubs in southeast Washington: six in Tri-Cities and one each in Walla Walla and Dayton. As Lt. Governor, Schroeder said he will assist all of those clubs in planning, goal setting and membership growth. "I will attend meetings with...
WALLA WALLA - Sheep to Shawl, a free, popular family festival exploring how ancestors made their clothing from wool, will be held at the Kirkman House Museum on Sat. Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors will see demonstrations in wool carding, dyeing, spinning and weaving as well as lace making and knitting on a vintage sock machine. The museum will be open for free tours throughout the day. Children's activities include making potato head people, coloring and paper weaving and sheep, sheep...
LOWDEN - The annual Frenchtown Rendezvous will take place Saturday, from 1-5 p.m. at Frenchtown HallinLowden.Thebenefit,whichincludesa4p.m. dinner, wine, beer, entertainment, historical displays and a silent auction and raffle, is a fundraiser for the Frenchtown Historic Site. The site is currently raising capital to complete the restoration and interpretation of "The Prince's Cabin" which was moved to the site in the fall of 2013. According to the Frenchtown website, it is oldest cabin of...
