Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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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....
WAITSBURG - For those who love the amber waves of grain in Waitsburg, you may be interested in staying a weekend in a grain elevator turned home. The grain elevator on Lewis Peak Road outside of Waitsburg has become a landmark for the area when it was turned into a home 10 years ago by Bob and Jan Ash. Jan Ash said her husband is both an artist and a builder and when the 1942 grain elevator came up for sale, he believed that he could turn it into a won- derful home. "He has vision," Jan Ash...
WAITSBURG - Chad and Nicholas Pearson say they view the world differently after a recent trip performing missionary work, building houses and fixing toilets in the South American country of Guatemala. The Waitsburg High School incoming juniors, both age 16, visited Guate- mala City, Antigua, Panaja- chel and a couple of small villages from June 17 through June 30. Traveling outside of the United States the first time and seeing poverty up close, made the Pearson brothers more grateful for what...
July 12: Judy Townsend, Dick Surry, Lynette Newbill, Bill Duckworth, Deandra Smith, John A. Wood, Gayle Durkee, Bruce Anderson, George Downing. July 13: Tom and Gracie Lyman, Terri Schuler, Ron Kessler, Tom John, Janis Austin, Steve Low, Gary Vaughn, Kimberly Williams, Tucker Gleason. July 14: Karen Gregutt, Brett Tuttle, Pat Davis, Me- gan Price, Lauren Rohde. July 15: Howard Hays, Velma Sickles, Steve Witt, Mary Duncan, Ray Clayton, W.L. Clayton. July 16: Margaret Fitze- kam, Judy Bauerlie, Karlee Young. July 17: Mack Garrett, Bill Hamann,...
Waitsburg 7-03 Three gas cans taken from an unlocked garage wasreported on Coppei Avenue. 7-04 Fourth-degree assault between a boyfriend and girl- friend was reported on Second Street. The boyfriendwas arrested. 7-06 Burglary was reported on Preston Avenue. Entrywas gained to a locked garage but nothing was taken. Dayton 7-03 A driver who hit a deer causing his car to be inoper- able was reported on Millrace Road. A fraudulent IRStelephone scam was reported on Fifth Street. Straycows were reported on Johnson Hollow Road. A civildispute was...
The weekend included working in the garden turn- ing the earth with organic compost matter, making a deep rich row for sugar pumpkin starters; perfect for fall casseroles and pieshellip;yum! The winery: family owned and operated, Morrison Lane of Walla Walla, a winery that has been providing grapes to winemakers and for its own estate grown- wines of Rhone Valley and Italian finish, since 1997. Tasting room at: 1249 Lyday lane, Walla Walla, 509- 526-0229. The wine: 2010 Morrison Lane Viognier, a palo- mino white, clean and bright, exhibiting...
Cody Murdock and Libby Hutsell, together with their families, are pleased to announce their engage- ment. Libby is the daughter of Scott and Debbie Hutsell of Davenport, Wash., and Cody is the son of Bruce Murdock of War- den, Wash. and Corinne Wood-Stevens of Waitsburg, Wash. The future bride is a graduate of Daven- port High School and is currently employed as a paralegal with Brock Law Firm, PS in Davenport. Her fiancé is a graduate of Waitsburg High School and Eastern Wash- ington...
DAYTON -- The city of Dayton and its leaders are getting frustrated. The city has just six years to solve a wastewater problem that seems unsolvable. Dayton's wastewater treatment plant, located at the west end of Commercial Drive, was built in 1938 and has had several tune-ups since that time. Mayor Craig George said many people have a big misconception about the current treatment plant, thinking it is a brand new facility. "New things were added in 2000," George said. "But it was basically just a face- lift. Repairs are expensive and don't...
DAYTON -- The search for a CEO of the Columbia County Health System is progressing into its final stages as the hospital board prepares to meet the top three candidates at their July 24 board meeting. The candidate pool was narrowed down from more than 30 initial candidates to eight, Board Member Lisa Naylor said. One of those eight has already taken another po- sition leaving seven candi- dates to be interviewed in the coming weeks. The seven candidates have been provided with a packet about Dayton from the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, Naylor...
WAITSBURG - Despite some recent cold, wet weather, attendance numbers at the public swimming pools in Prescott, Waitsburg and Day- ton are holding steady. Len Conlee, the manager at the Prescott pool, said the facility opened on June 9 and "we've been doing pretty well." The pool offers swim les- sons and water aerobics and is open seven days a week. The pool is averaging 15 to 20 swimmers during open swim each day, he said. And on a hot day, the pool has seen as many as 125 swim- mers. "It...
