Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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3 Waitsburg Summer Reading Program Registration Weller Public Library 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Visit the library to enjoy free root beer floats from Laht Neppur Brewery while you register for the summer reading program. All ages are welcome. Columbia County Planning Commission Col. Co. Planning Office 7 p.m. A Parent's Guide to Preventing Underage Marijuana Use Liberty Theater, Dayton 7 p.m. Dr. Leslie Walker will speak on this critical issue. The event is free and all are welcome. Sponsored by the Coalition for Youth and Families. 13 Prescott High...
5 Dayton Lions Club Delaney Building 12:30 p.m. Dayton Kiwanis Delaney Building 6 p.m. Waitsburg High School Baccalaureate Service Waitsburg First Christian Church 7 p.m. 6 F4: First Friday Flick Four Prescott Library 4 p.m. Visit the library for a family-friendly movie. Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival Dayton Memorial Library 5 p.m. Listen to the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival as they present a free concert in the library. Dayton Baccalaureate Dayton First Christian Church 7 p.m. Waitsburg High School Graduation Waitsburg High School...
11 Waitsburg City Council Lions Building, Waitsburg Fairgrounds 7 p.m. 30 Toddler Storytime (every Friday) Dayton Memorial Library 10:30 a.m. Baby Storytime (everyFriday) Dayton Memorial Library 11 a.m. 31 Saturday Market Blue Mountain Station,Dayton 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A farmer's-style marketwith artisan foods, locallymade wine and local entertainment. Downtown Farmer'sMarket Dayton Historic DepotCourtyard 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy produce, food,crafts, and music in the Historic Depot Courtyard. Barrel Racers National4D Meet Columbia Cou...
4 Dayton Lions Club Delaney Building 12:30 p.m. Gadget Menagerie Dayton Memorial Library 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Learn how various eReaders, tablets and other devices work. Discover what they have in common, how they differ, and learn basic tips. Bring your own device or explore one from the Washington State Library Gadget Menagerie, including (subject to availability) Kindles, Nooks, Galaxy Tablets, iPads, Microsoft Surface and Chromebook. Prescott Joint Park & Recreation District Regular Meeting PJPRD Activity Center (101 S. D Street, #A, Prescott)...
7-18 Waitsburg Celebration Days See complete schedule on the Last Page. 16 Toddler Story Time (every Friday) Dayton Memorial Library 10:30 a.m. Baby Story Time (every Friday) Dayton Memorial Library 11 a.m. Bluegrass Jam Coppei Coffee ( 137 Main, Waitsburg) 6:30 p.m. New musicians welcome. 17 Saturday Market Blue Mountain Station, Dayton 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A farmer's-style market with artisan foods, locally made wine and local entertainment. Vacant Lot Planning Meeting Prescott Lions Hall 4 p.m. The community is invited to attend this planning...
DAYTON - The Touchet Valley Arts Council (TVAC) is preparing for their upcoming musical, "Rodgers & Hamerstein's Cinderella," coming to the Liberty Theater this fall. Based on the classic fairy tale, this popular Rodgers & Hammerstein production was written for television, originally airing in 1957 starring Julie Andrews. Elizabeth Arebalos-Jagelski will return from her one year sabbatical to direct the play. Auditions will take place in early June and Jagelski encourages performers young and old to try out for one of the many roles. "This is a...
DAYTON - In response to the Columbia County Health Department's focus on Women's Health for the month of May, Dawn Meicher, ARNP, of the Waitsburg Clinic shared updated cervical and breast cancer screening recommendations with The Times. According to Meicher, it is now recommended that the first PAP test be done three years after engaging in unprotected sex or age 21, with annual PAP's until age 30. However, after three tests with normal results, testing may be slowed to every three years and can be discontinued at around age 70, if testing...
8 Dayton Lions Club Delaney Building 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. The Neuroscience of Addiction Liberty Theater, Dayton 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join the Coalition for Youth & Families as they spend an evening with Dr. Kevin McCauley who will share how the brain constructs pleasurable experiences and what happens when this process goes wrong. Columbia County Planning Meeting Columbia County Planning Office (114 S. 2nd) 7 p.m. 10 Saturday Market Blue Mountain Station, Dayton 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A farmer's-style market with artisan foods, locally made wine and...
WA L LA WAL LA COUNTY -- Walla Walla County is seeking persons interested in filling a vacancy on the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Board of Directors that has been created due to the death of Mike Humphreys. Board terms are three years, with members eligible to serve up to a maximum of three terms (nine years). Members of the fair board meet once a month, or as needed; however, members perform board-related duties approximately ten hours a month during the year, then at a minimum, sixty hours a month in the weeks just before, during, and...
Walla Walla County (Four-year term, paratisan) Commissioner 3 Gregory A Tompkins Assessor Debra Antes Auditor Karen Martin Clerk Kathy Martin Coroner Richard Greenwood Prosecuting Attorney James L. Nagle Sheriff John Turner Treasurer Gordon Heimbigner Walla Walla Co. District Court (Four-year term, non-partisan) District Court Judge - Full Time John Knowlton...
1 Waitsburg City Cleanup Day 8 a.m. Yard debris should be out to your curb by 8 a.m. for pickup by Waitsburg City Staff and community volunteers. Volunteers should meet at City Shop (across from Preston Park) to gather and spruce up the town. Kiwanis Delaney Building, Dayton 6 p.m. The Dayton High School FBLA Chapter will make a presentation. First Thursday Concert St. Paul's Episcopal Church (323 Catherine St. Walla Walla) 12:15 The Walla Walla University harp ensemble will perform, directed by Chelsea Spence. Admission is free. Donations are...
WAITSBURG - "You can get us some money for the pool," said City Clerk Randy Hinchliffe at a City Council meeting last fall, responding to community activist Joy Smith who had asked what she could do to help. Smith took the request to Blue Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council Executive Director Lisa Naylor, who did just that. Naylor, who is also responsible for procuring the PP&L grant that funded the recent painting of the fairgrounds, attained a $4500 Pacificorp Foundation...
Ten Year Ago April 29, 2004 Jill Bickelhaupt, the daughter of Dan and Nancy Bickelhaupt, and Gabe Keifel, the son of Michael and Kristi Kiefel, were the recipients of the Junior Achievement Award presented by Masonic Lodges of Southeastern Washington. Cole Lindsey, the son of John and Dinah Lindsey, Waitsburg, has received the merit-based Academic Honors Scholarship from Eastern Washington University in Cheney. The scholarship is awarded to students with exceptional records. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 27, 1989 Don McAlpin was introduced at the...
7 Dayton Developmental Disabilities Leadership Reception Dayton best Western Plus Hotel and Suites 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Open house with WA State Representative Maureen Walsh, for people and families that have children with developmental disabilities. The focus is specifically for people and families that have special needs or a disability, not other political agendas. This is not a fundraising event, but seed money donations will be accepted. 26 Drug Take Back Day Waitsburg Fire Station (Main Street) 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your old and...
TOUCHET VALLEY - The Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program recruiting volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children Walla Walla and Columbia counties. On April 22-23, 137 pinwheels will be placed on the Walla Walla County Courthouse lawn to represent each child in need. Volunteers must take 30 hours of training, provided at no cost. Volunteers commit to one year of service and usually spend 10 hours per month on one child's case. For more information on how you can help, contact CASA Program Manger Jane Sporleder at (509)...
WA L LA WAL LA COUNTY -- In compliance with a request by Governor Inslee to acknowledge the terrible losses from the March 22 Oso, Wash. landslide, Walla Walla County will lower flags at county buildings from noon on April 15 through Tuesday, April 22. Flags will be lowered to half-staff to show support of and sympathy for the families of those who lost their lives and the remaining area residents. Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition....
8 Kiwanis Delaney Building 12 p.m. Teen Literature Day Prescott Library The library will be giving a prize to anyone who checks out a teen/young adult book. 18 Tour of Walla Walla (April 18-20) Northwest Collegiate Cycling Championship Annual bicycle race through town. Learn more at www.tofww.org Bluegrass Jam Coppei Coffee ( 137 Main, Waitsburg) 6:30 p.m. New musicians welcome. 19 Easter Egg Hunt Preston Park (Waitsburg) 10 a.m. Annual egg hunt at Preston Park with prizes, candy, eggs and the Easter Bunny. Saturday Market Blue Mountain...
1 Columbia County Planning Commission Columbia County Planning Office 7 p.m. Prescott Joint Park & Recreation District Board Meeting PJPRD Activity Center (101 S. D Street, #A, Prescott) 7 p.m. 11 Dayton General Hospital Auxiliary Easter Bake Sale 9 a.m. to noon Dayton General Hospital Lobby Buy baked goods for Easter and support the hospital. Donations welcome. Please have baked goods delivered by 8:30 - 9 a.m. 13 Commun i ty Input Meeting for Prescott Vacant Lot Project Prescott Lions Hall 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Residents from Prescott and...
Next month, a group of business people from Goldendale, Wash. will come to Dayton to tour its beautiful downtown and talk to local officials and businesspeople about how they’ve been so successful in restoring and promoting downtown Dayton. Among other things, they’re going to learn about the restoration of the Columbia County Courthouse and the huge project undertaken to renovate Dayton’s Main Street. The Main Street Project, completed in the early ‘90s, was an expensive and disruptive job...
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DAYTON - If Dayton's school modernization tax levy passes later this month, property taxes in the Dayton School District are projected to increase by $2.53 per thousand dollar valuation. That means that the owner of a $100,000 home in Dayton would pay an additional $253 per year, or about $21 per month. In Dayton, combined school special levy tax rates in 2014 are $2.33 per thousand dollar valuation. (That includes the current M&O levy plus a capital technology bond.) If the bond levy passed and all other rates remained unchanged (they...
Parade marshal nominations sought WAITSBURG - Celebration Days is just around the corner and this year's parade will include a new pre-parade event. A Kiddie Parade will light up Main Street at 9:30 a.m. on May 17 - followed by the traditional 10 a.m. Celebration Days Parade -- to kick off the weekend events. Because this year's parade once again falls on Armed Forces Day, "Celebrate America in Waitsburg" has been chosen as the theme. Young entrants are encouraged to decorate bikes, trik...
"Know Thy Trend" is an ancient and still valid advice. If a trader of wheat identifies a trend using consistent criteria, he will be able to make decisions in harmony with the market instead of against the current. This does not guarantee profits, but it does help reduce the risk of major losses. Over time, most experienced marketers will tell you that if you can stay in a market and avoid the catastrophic error, "The Big Stupid Trade", you are more likely to survive long enough to get lucky. For my money, knowing the trend of a market is...
3 Kiwanis Delaney Building 12 p.m. Microsoft IT AcademyGetting Started Class Weller Public Library 5:30 The class will allow patrons to see what is availablethrough the free MicrosoftIT Academy and will provide assistance in setting upan ITA account. Studentsmay then work through lessons from home or they mayaccess their ITA accountthrough a library computerif they don't have access athome. 5 Winter Farmer's Market Blue Mountain Station 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Local music, food, andmuch more. 6 American LegionSpring Conference Waitsburg Town...
