Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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October 26 Halloween Fun at Running T Ranch, 802 N Touchet Rd., from 1-5 p.m. families are invited to a costume contest, pumpkin patch, fun games, candy and a maze for $1 per person. Between 6-9 p.m. older kids and adults welcome to the "scary" haunted maze. Dayton Elementary PTSO Fall Carvinal, from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Dayton High School gym. Tickets are 25 cents each for games and other fun activities. The whole community is invited to participate in the costume contests, cake decorating,...
DAYTON -- When Mi- chael Waiblinger was a boy, he begged his father for his first record – a copy of KC and the Sunshine Band singing “Keep It Comin’ Love.” Inside the 1979 vinyl shop, a Black Sabbath album was playing. “I thought, ‘this is really cool,’” Waiblinger recalls. And he convinced his dad to purchase both. “At the counter, the sales- man looks at me and the two records on the counter, and he says, ‘You’re going to play music someday, kid.’” That day unlocked a new world to the now 44-...
My chil- dren believe one word can explain w hat they love about Halloween: CANDY! Yet I would argue that sweets are just the icing on the cake. Halloween is a day for tasting forbidden fruits. What's more thrilling than permission to wear a costume in public, walk the streets af- ter dark, knock on strangers' doors and, yes, fill bulging sacks with free sweets? But beyond these thrills, Halloween is a day for rev- eling in the macabre and purposefully seeking a case of the chills, whether...
DAYTON - Dayton's girls came out on top in their first league home game of the season on Saturday, defeating Tri-Cities Prep 42-28. At one point in the fourth quarter, the Lady 'Dogs' lead jumped from five to 18 in just a few quick plays, which made head coach Clayton Strong proud. "It's a sign that we're really maturing as a team," he said. "That and also how well the girls shared the ball during the game, which they did better in this game than I've seen them do in the three years since I too...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District is struggling to engage citizens in a discussion of the $19.5 mil- lion bond levy measure the district is considering for the April 2014 ballot. Last Thursday was the second of three public fo- rums planned on the topic of the proposed facilities up- grade, but just nine citizens attended (more than half in attendance were employees of the district, sit on the school board, or are members of the committee that worked on the project plan). Though few voices wer...
