Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago August 1, 2002 The Waitsburg Downtown Revitalization Committee (WDRC) has raised $25,000 to initiate planning on a proposed downtown streetscape renovation in just its first year of existence. Revitalization efforts got a big boost with a $15,000 grant from the Washington Office of Trade and Economic Development (OTED). The $25,000 will be used to hire professionals to create a phased plan that can be a springboard for qualifying for other grant money. When the next step is complete, the WDRC will be eli- gible to apply for...
Cody James Lynch and Caris Leigh Cole married June 9, 2012, at the Wine Valley Golf Course in Walla Walla. A reception followed overlooking the beautiful golf course. The Reverand Jack Wood of Mead, Wash., offici- ated. The bride is the daughter of Ken and Eliza- beth Cole of Waitsburg. She is a 2009 graduate of Waitsburg High School and is now attending Walla Walla Community College. The groom is the son of Jim and Becky Lynch of Waitsburg. He is a 2006 graduate of Waitsburg High School. He is...
SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTRACT UPDATE WAITSBURG - During the Waistburg City Council meet- ing last Wednesday Mayor Walt Gobel suggested asking how much the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office will ask for if the city contracts for 40 hours of service per week. Last month, City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe said the current contract with the sheriff's office for coverage is too expensive at 40 hours a week and suggested reducing the new contract hours to 30. Hinchliffe said Wednesday he did not know how much 40 hours would cost or how beneficial the...
WALLA WALLA - Richard Wernette, who is running for Superior Court Judge for Department 2 in Walla Walla County, believes he would best fill the position because he has been in front of juries for 26 years. "I'm at my prime right now," Wernette, age 52, said. "I'm go- ing to go for it." Wernette, who grew up on a potato farm in the Southeast Idaho town of Firth, said he has wanted to be a lawyer since he was in high school. Even though he is very familiar with agricul- ture and rural cities, he...
There is no sign from the wheat market that the great price rally of summer 2012 is complete -- no chart "sell-me" formation, no measureable change in the weather pattern that has sizzled up the wheat price in Chicago $3 per bushel to $8.95 in 20 trading sessions, and few traders with the gusto to actually sell into the path of such a "Northbound Express" freight train. So what accounts for the growing contrarian emo- tion, the drive to anticipate a selling point and capture the high? We know that prices cannot go up forever. We know that the...
DAYTON - Citizens of Columbia County are invited to the Dayton City Park from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.7, to join with thousands of communities nationwide for National Night Out. National Night Out is an annual anti-crime, anti-drug event sponsored by the National As- sociation of Town Watch and co-sponsored locally by Columbia County Sheriff's Of- fice and the Columbia County Friends of 9-1-1. Last year nearly 1,000 people attended National Night Out in Dayton. National Night Out is designed to heighten crime- and drug-prevention awareness,...
DAYTON -- Billy Joe Cook Jr., 24, has been of- fered a plea bargain that could put him behind bars for about five years. Cook was arrested on May 21 for a series of crimes starting with the April 3 burglary. His plea agreement with the state will require him to plead guilty to burglary in the second degree, theft in the second degree, posses- sion of stolen property in the second degree and malicious mischief in the third degree. These charges are related to alleged crimes committed April 3, April 23 and May 9 that included breaking into a gara...
DAYTON - For plead- ing guilty to squatting in vacant homes in the city of Dayton and eluding police for months, Daniel Baxter has been sentenced with 40 months in prison. Baxter, age 34, pleaded guilty in June and was sen- tenced last Thursday to give victims to his burglaries a chance to make comments. Baxter pleaded guilty to seven of the 28 total burglary- related charges in June. Those charges were making false or misleading statements to a law enforcement officer, five counts of...
The weekend: Eighty-six percent of the United States is in a drought. You might ask how this catastrophic mid western event will affects us. For one, watch for higher food prices. In the meantime, you might visit the Saturday Dayton Farmers Market with its boxed leafy vegetables, cherries, squash and potatoes. Maybe bring out the canning jars and save some of these beautiful summer foods today for the fall and winter months ahead. Who doesn't love a syrupy sweet dribble of plump wild cherries over vanilla ice cream in December? The winery:...
Ten Years Ago July 17, 2002 The Block Watch watermelon feed pulls a big crowd.The Block Watch Program is building momentum andgrowing with each event. At the last meeting, there were75 citizens interested in moving forward with the organiza- tion of the Waitsburg Block Watch. The next step will befor persons who attended a June organizational meetingto take sections of Waitsburg and contact others in thoseneighborhoods to network that whole town with watchingcitizens. The next event will be a community barbeque onAugust 6 in Preston Park....
DAYTON -- After 16 years serving the city of Dayton as a city councilman and mayor, Bill Graham was ready to hang up his hat. But after sixmonth retirement from serving the city, he now is back in the council seat again. Graham, who has lived in Dayton for 30 years as of this August, retired from city council on Jan. 1. His position was listed as vacant and after the city tried to fill it and failed to find any interested residents, Graham said he decided to reapply and was appointed to the...
DAYTON -- The final three candidates for the Co- lumbia County Health Sys- tem CEO position will be touring Dayton before they are introduced to the hospital board during its meeting on Tuesday, July 24. The CEO search has been underway since Charlie But- ton's resignation in May. But- ton left the district to take on a new job at Star Valley Medical Center in Afton, Wyo. The in- terim CEO filling in until a new CEO is hired is Jon Smiley. The health system's board put together a selection committee, comprised of board, staff and community...
HOMEROOM ASSIGNMENTS OUT WAITSBURG - Waitsburg parents of fourth, fifth and sixth graders should be checking the mail because the district mailed out homeroom assignments last Friday. The paperwork on its way to parents includes who will be their child's homeroom teacher for the intermediate classes, the schedule for each school week and a supply list. For more information, contact the school district at 509-337-6461. MORE EARLY RELEASE DAYS WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School Board has agreed to an extra seven early release days for the 2012-13...
WAITSBURG -- Waits- burg's own eight-year-old Mya Wood is heading to Tacoma this August for a chance to represent Washington State in the National American Miss pageant. The state competition for her age group, seven-to-nine-year- olds, will be Aug. 9 through 12 at the Murano Hotel in Tacoma, Wood said. "I'm kind of nervous but I'm excited about the competition," she said. Wood's first grade teacher Dinah Lindsey said she thinks Wood has a real possibility of becoming the next Miss Wash-...
WAITSBURG - The Friends of the Weller Public Library have a bit of a prob- lem - there are few members and the current members are ready to move on. The friends members who are left are spreading the word about the library's needs hoping to gain more community support and new members who can commit to keeping Waitsburg's little library stocked with new books. Rosie Warehime, the li- brary's manager, said the friends have only held a couple of meetings this year and there's not much interest at the present time in new people joining the board....
DAYTON -- Blue Moun- tain Counseling and the Columbia County Sheriff's Office have partnered up to create the team Full Throttle and to raise money for Relay for Life. They will be holding a Full Throttle fundraiser event Sunday from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the Dayton Depot, Blue Mountain Counseling Administrative Assistant Michelle Swan said. The event will feature a barbecue for $4.50 per person or $20 for a family of five. The Faith Street and Grace Band will be playing from 1 to 3 p.m. Swan said. Sheriff Walt Hessler will be running the...
DAYTON -- Dayton City Councilman Bill Graham returned from retirement and was reappointed during the city council meeting Monday, July 9. Mayor Craig George said after Graham retired and the position was vacated, no applications were turned in by prospective councilmen or women. Gra- ham decided to return to the council and was reappointed by George. Former councilman Terry Herrin's resignation was ac- cepted by George and the council during the meeting on Monday. His position will be listed and interested parties can contact city hall to...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District budget for 2012-13 does not include any staff cuts and maintains the sta- tus quo amid a down economy, district officials say. The Dayton School District has managed to plan a scrupulous budget that, with the help of the community and the staff members, will be able to put more money away for a rainy day or in case of an emergency. "Three years ago, we ended the year with about $10,000 in cash reserves," Superintendent Doug Johnson said. "Now we're back up. Our goal was $250,000. We reached it last year and...
PRESCOTT - Two Prescott School District mothers received some much-deserved praise last month for their vol- unteer work. Berenice Mendoza and Maria Sanchez are two mothers who live in Vista Hermosa and have children who attend school in Prescott. Mendoza and Sanchez were honored as outstanding parent volunteers at the Southeast Washington Association of School Administrators Honor- ary Awards Banquet on June 16 at the Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland. "I don't think there are enough word...
DAYTON -- Dayton golfers sizzled in the heat and on the course last weekend, claiming victory in the second annual Touchet Valley Ryder Cup with a final score of 29-19. The Waitsburg team was anxious to claim victory over Dayton, last year's winner, with a final score of 28.5-24.5. But Dayton retained their trophy in this annual matchup of Walla Walla versus Columbia county golfers, coordinator Evelyn Himmelberger said. "Waitsburg is really going to be out to get them next year," she said....
