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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – Emily Adams won all four of her events at the District 9 track and field meet in Dayton on March 29. Adams took firsts in the 100, 400 and 800 meter races, as well as the triple jump. Also for the Cardinal girls, sophomore Clarissa Espana took third in the 1600 meter race, and junior Stephanie Nerf was fourth in the 300 meter hurdles. Landon Callas had a big day for the Cardinal boys, winning both the 110 and 300 meter hurdle events, as well as anchoring the winning 4 X 100 meter r...
WAITSBURG – State Representatives Terry Nealey and Maureen Walsh stopped by The Times' office last week to discuss the on-going 2016 legislative session and some of the sticking points that are keeping legislators at work past the scheduled 60-day deadline. Nealey and Walsh are both Republican members of the House, representing the 16th Legislative District, which includes Columbia and Walla Walla Counties. The Republican-led Senate and the Democratic-led House of Representatives failed to a...
DAYTON – After spotting the Prescott Tigers four runs in the top of the first inning of the first game, the Dayton Lady Bulldogs fought back to take a 10-7 win on the way to a sweep on Saturday. Prescott took a 6-3 lead into the fourth inning, but the Bulldogs came up with seven runs in the fourth and fifth, to seal the win. "The girls chipped away and got the job done," said Dayton assistant coach Desirae Jones. "Kellie Moore had 2 hits with 3 RBIs in the first game." Savannah McFarland and Des...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls’ softball team overcame a four-run deficit to defeat Colton here Monday night, 9-8. The winning run came on a walk-off RBI single by Kellie Moore in the bottom of the seventh inning. Colton scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning to take a 7-3 lead. The Lady Bulldogs got one back in the bottom of that frame, and then tied it in the sixth with three runs on a bases-clearing double by Heidi Dobbs. After a scoreless seventh, the game went to extra innings. Col...
Here at The Times we sometimes complain to ourselves that there’s not much news in Waitsburg. It often seems like not a whole lot is going on, and so we must get our lazy selves off our behinds and venture out in search of news. Don’t get me wrong. A lot of what qualifies as news you don’t want happening in your town. “Quiet” and “laid-back” are often virtues, not faults. But the last few weeks here in “The Burg,” our job has gotten easier. The news is coming at us at a rapid pace. And that ne...
WAITSBURG – Coach Jeff Bartlow says he is very optimistic about the strong performances he expects from his track and field athletes this year. "We should have a great team this year," he said. "I expect to win some meets, and to send a lot of these kids to state." As of this writing, the Waitsburg track roster includes 21 boys and five girls. The team includes one athlete each from Prescott and Jubilee Academy – both boys – and the rest from Waitsburg. Travis Crockett, a junior and veter...
DAYTON – By the time David Frame was a freshman at Dayton High School, he knew he wanted to be a professional photographer. Six years after his 2010 graduation, he's well on his way. "I got my first digital camera when I was 10," he said. "I really got into it in high school." Frame's love of wildlife and the outdoors has fit perfectly with his love of photography. He has already had his work featured on the covers of two outdoor publications, as well as in a book featuring the natural history o...
YAKIMA – For the second year in a row, the Dayton girls' basketball team was knocked out of the state tournament in the round of sixteen, after a 58-44 loss to Mabton here Friday. A win would have sent the team to the Hardwood Classic tournament in Spokane next weekend. The Lady Bulldogs' defense couldn't slow down Mabton's outside game, as the Vikings sank 11 three-point shots in the game, accounting for more than half their points. The Dayton girls led 18-16 after the first quarter, but a 2...
DAYTON – Columbia County Sheriff Rocky Miller was slightly injured last Thursday when he used his patrol vehicle to ram a vehicle attempting to flee the scene of a drug bust. Miller was treated and released from Dayton General Hospital Thursday afternoon after his car went over an embankment and crashed into a guardrail. According to a Sheriff’s Office press release, the incident began when a car associated with a man wanted in Lewiston on a felony warrant was spotted in the parking lot of the...
Earlier this month, the New York Times ran a piece in its travel section entitled “Reinvention in Walla Walla’s Wine Country.” (If you have any Google skills at all you can easily find it.) The article was written by a writer from Seattle named Mike Seely and, funny thing is, he spent about 90 percent of his article talking about Waitsburg and Dayton. Readers from New York (or Toledo, for that matter) might be initially disappointed by Mr. Seely’s detour to our little valley that’s actually...
DAYTON – The trees along Dayton's Main Street provide beauty and shade throughout downtown most of the year, but they can't do it without some professional help. That help arrived Saturday. According to Pacific Power's regional community manager, Bill Clemens, professional arborists from throughout the northwest converged on Dayton with two boom-truck crews to prune and clean up the trees – mostly London Plane – that line both sides of Main Street. "They come from Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Tri-C...
SPOKANE – The Dayton girls' basketball team earned a trip to the state tournament over the weekend with two wins at the District tournament here. The victories gave Dayton the third seed coming out of Districts. On Friday night, the Lady Bulldogs took on a Lind-Ritzville-Sprague team that beat them earlier this year, and looked to be headed to defeat again. Struggling to get anything going on offense, the Dayton team trailed 20-14 at the half, and was still down by six, 29-23, after three q...
I’m definitely not a socialist, but I’m still secretly hoping that Bernie Sanders wins the election this year, because if he does, I’m going to dump this newspaper gig and get myself back into the university. It’s going to be free, you know. I loved going to college when I was young. It was one of my favorite times in life. Actually two of my favorite times. After I graduated the first time, I worked for a few years, then went back to graduate school, because that was way more fun, even though...
DAYTON – In a low-scoring defensive battle, the Dayton girls' basketball team fell to the St. George's Dragons Monday afternoon, 38-30. Despite the loss, the Lady Bulldogs are guaranteed to play twice this weekend. On Friday at 3:15, Dayton will face Lind-Ritzville-Sprague at Mead High School in Spokane. Win or lose, they will play again Saturday at Mead. On Monday, the Lady 'Dogs played evenly with the Dragons in the first half. With less than a minute to play before the break, the score was t...
DAYTON 46, WWVA 34 DAYTON – The Dayton girls’ basketball team hosted Walla Walla Valley Academy on Feb. 9, in the first round of the District 9 sub-regional playoffs, and coasted to a 46-34 win. The victory set up a Friday rematch with co-league champion DeSales. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 15-7 lead after the first quarter, and held on to lead 19-17 at the half, before going on an 18-4 run in the third quarter. For the game, Jenna Phillips lead her team with 16 points, including a three-p...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg boys' basketball team came up short twice last week and was knocked out of the SE District 9 sub-regional playoffs, with losses to Asotin Tuesday and Walla Walla Valley Academy Friday night. Against WWVA, in the DeSales gym, the Cardinals trailed early and were unable to mount a rally, losing 48-33. Waitsburg trailed after a low-scoring first quarter, 9-5, and were down 24-17 at the half. For the game, Kyle Gradwohl led the Cardinals with 12 points, including a t...
DAYTON – Starbuck City Manager Candice Harrison met with the Columbia County Commissioners Monday morning and asked if the Town of Starbuck could contract with the county for legal services to help defend against a lawsuit regarding the Washington Public Records Act. As The Times reported last week, Starbuck, which has about 130 residents, has been sued by Spokane attorney Stephen Kirby for tens of thousands of dollars in fines because he claims the town failed to respond to two letters c...
DAYTON – A new restroom facility will soon open next to the Dayton Historic Depot. Flower Baskets will beautify Main Street again this summer. Four Main Street Buildings will have a new look out front. These and many other improvements to Dayton's downtown are completed or in the works, thanks to donations from local businesses through Washington's B&O tax incentive program. The program allows businesses to receive a credit on their B&O taxes equal to 75% of any donation they make to a q...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg and Dayton traded leads through three quarters in their matchup here Friday night, before the Cardinals went on a 13-0 run in the fourth to pull out a 59-45 win. The loss ended Dayton's season with a 4-8 record in the SE 2B District 9 league and a 6-14 overall record. The Cardinals ended the regular season with the fourth seed, going into the league tournament. They sport a 6-6 league record, 11-9 overall. The Cardinals trailed Dayton 23-20 at halftime and moved into a 3...
WAITSBURG – The Dayton girls breezed to a 58-29 win over Waitsburg here Friday night, ending their regular season as co-league champions, along with DeSales, with an 11-1 record. After pulling out to a 20-10 lead in the first quarter, the Bulldogs blew away the Cardinals in the second, outscoring them 27-3, to take a 47-13 halftime lead. Dayton's second string held on for the win in the second half. Waitsburg ended its season season with a 4-16 record, while Dayton moves on to the playoffs t...
WALLA WALLA – The Walla Walla Police Department reported Monday that they have arrested 20-year-old Kyle Zenk, of Waitsburg, on felony charges of vehicular assault and hit and run, along with several misdemeanor charges, after an incident in which a 15-year-old female passenger in his car was injured. According to the WWPD, Zenk was arrested at a friend's home in Waitsburg Sunday night without incident. He "was tracked down by the new Career Criminal Apprehension Team (CCAT) of the Walla W...
DAYTON – The Dayton Girls' basketball team rolled over Prescott, 69-26, in a home game Friday night. After a win at Asotin Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs are now 13-2 overall and 8-0 in SE 2B District 9 league play. Against Prescott, Dayton jumped out to a 30-5 lead against the Tigers after the first quarter. They led 42-18 at the half. With their reserve players in for most of the third quarter, the Bulldogs scored only two points in that frame, but held the Tigers scoreless. Sidney Andrews led D...
DAYTON – The Dayton boys' basketball team hung on against an onslaught by Prescott's Travis Crockett to beat the Tigers 62-54 Friday night. Crockett ended the game with 31 points, including seven three-point shots. Teammate Jose Gonzales added 19 points, including three three-pointers. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 16-10 first quarter lead, and took a 34-28 lead into halftime. Crockett got hot in the third quarter, however, as the Tigers pulled to within two, 44-42, with a quarter remaining. D...
COLLEGE PLACE – Waitsburg travled to College Place to take on the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights on Saturday, and cruised to a big 55-36 win. The Cardinals had a big first half, outscoring WWVA, 32-19. Waitsburg held the Knights to two third-quarter points as they built an 18-point lead after three. Kyle Gradwohl led the Cardinals with 13 points. Jason Carter and Jacob Dunn both added 12. Dunn knocked down two three-point shots, and also pulled down 13 rebounds. The Cardinals sport a 4-3 lea...
DAYTON – Kyle Gradwohl scored 26 points Friday night, 15 of which came on five three-point shots, as the Waitsburg Cardinals knocked off Dayton, 45-36. The Bulldogs led for most of the first half, taking a 19-17 lead into intermission. But a 19-6 outburst in the third quarter by the Cardinals was too much for Dayton to overcome. Besides his big scoring night, Gradwohl also pulled down eight rebounds. Jacob Dunn added seven points for Waitsburg. Dayton's Ben Kleck had a big night as well, d...
