Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Cardinals football team moves on to the playoffs this week after a dominating performance against Tri-Cities Prep Thursday night, beating the Jaguars 41-15. Waitsburg's Travis Crockett had a career game, scoring five touchdowns and accounting for 365 total yards in the game. Crockett scored the game's first points with a 59-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter. Late in the second quarter, playing defensive back, picked off a TCP pass and returned it 7...
WAITSBURG – On Senior Night in Waitsburg, the Cardinal football team came up short against a much-improved Asotin team, losing 42-14. The Panthers rushed for 243 yards and scored five touchdowns on the ground. Trailing 14-0 in the second quarter, the Cardinals scored on an impressive 19-yard pass from Quarterback Jacob Dunn to Brandon Penner. But on the ensuing kickoff, Asotin got those points back with an 82-yard kickoff return. The Cardinals trailed 22-6 at the half. Waitsburg's second touchdo...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Monday met with County Planning Director Kim Lyonnais to discuss potential changes to the county’s zoning ordinance to identify where marijuana businesses can be located. The Commissioners gave direction to Lyonnais to establish the following zoning designations for marijuana businesses: Marijuana growing operations will be allowed in all “A” (agricultural) zones, but not in “AR” (ag/residential) zones. Marijuana processing businesses...
Dramatic Bulldogs’ special teams play is not enough to catch up to explosive Knights DAYTON – The Dayton Bulldogs football team struggled Friday night against an offensive onslaught by Sunnyside Christian. The Knights scored four touchdowns in each of the first two quarters, as they led 58-12 at halftime, on the way to a 72-18 victory. The only bright spots for the bulldogs were a pair of kickoff returns for TDs in the first half. The first came after Sunnyside Christian’s first score, as Tanne...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Hospital District board of directors has narrowed its search for a new CEO to three candidates. Last week, Tom Tomasino, who recently left his CEO position at Whidbey General Hospital and Clinics in Coupeville, Wash., was interviewed by the board and met with community members in Dayton and Waitsburg. This week, the other two finalists, both internal candidates, were interviewed by the board. They are Lee Holter, who is currently Chief Financial Officer, and Shane M...
DAYTON – On Monday, ag students from Dayton High School took a quick trip to the Columbia Compost facility a mile north of Dayton, on Eager Road. There, Steve Martin, Columbia Compost's owner-operator, explained to the students the process for turning yard waste into compost for use as a soil ammendment. To begin with, he explained, yard waste must be ground up, so it's dense enough to allow bacteria to feed, but loose enough to allow oxygen to circulate. Then water must be added – not too lit...
WALLA WALLA – The Waitsburg Cardinal football team held off a tough DeSales squad Friday night, beating the Irish 20-13 in their first league game of the year. After a scoreless first quarter, DeSales built a 13-0 lead in the second quarter on consecutive drives leading to rushing touchdowns. The Cardinals were able to cut the lead to 13-7 in the final minute of the half on a three-yard Travis Crockett running touchdown. The Cardinals' defense stepped up in the second half, as they held the I...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Cardinals football team was cruising along with a 21-0 lead when halftime homecoming festivities arrived Friday night. But all of those points were needed, along with three more from a third-quarter field goal, as the Columbia-Burbank Coyotes came roaring back to nearly spoil the Cardinals' night. Two third-quarter touchdowns, with successful two-point conversions, allowed C-B to close the gap to eight. And with 21 seconds left in the game, the Coyotes scored again, b...
DAYTON – For yet another game, the Dayton Bulldogs defense struggled to contain an opponent early on Friday night, as Colton racked up 36 unanswered first-quarter points. However the Bulldogs offense came to life in the second half, as Dayton fell, 72-40 in their homecoming game. The Bulldogs were led by freshman running back Eli Williams, who scored three touchdowns. Three other backs, Tristen Willis, Jeffery Tate and Tanner Bren, also reached the end zone. Quarterback Bren also started off a...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Board of Commissioners is close to an agreement with Seneca Foods Corp. to purchase between 15 and 20 acres of land at the east end of Dayton from Seneca. The property includes the Seneca Activity Center and labor camp buildings, and lies adjacent to the property that includes the county engineer's office and shop. Commissioner Dwight Robanske made a report to the Columbia County Economic Development Steering Committee Tuesday, in which he explained the basics of the...
DAYTON – Katie Chavre, who joined the Dayton Chamber of Commerce staff this week as Chamber assistant and event coordinator, helped put on the biggest event southeast Washington has seen in many years. As a staff member at the Walla Walla Parks Dept., Chavre helped with the planning and setup of the Gentlemen of the Road Tour Stopover that was held in Walla Walla in August. Chavre started her new job in Dayton last week, replacing former event coordinator Linze Greenwalt, who left the Chamber l...
BENTON CITY – The Waitsburg Cardinals got their wings clipped by a dominant Kiona-Benton Team Friday night, losing 39-0. The defense for the Bears, a state Class 1A team, stifled the Cardinals’ passing attack. Quarterback Jacob Dunn was held to only 4 of 21 passing, for 39 yards. Travis Crockett was a workhorse at running back, picking up 83 yards on 22 carries. But that was the majority of Waitsburg’s total of 138 yards rushing. “The good news from the game is that our mistakes are fixable and...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Hospital District board of directors last Thursday approved a final site plan for the upcoming major renovation of Dayton General Hospital. This plan shows the reconfiguration of hospital departments, though final details are still to be determined The new layout reflects significant changes from the original plan presented to voters more than a year ago. In the design approved last week, the emergency room area will be moved to the east side of the building, near wh...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Commissioners held a workshop Monday to consider regulations on the growing, processing, and sale of marijuana in the county. The session was set up last week after the board voted down a motion to ban pot businesses in the county. The commissioners met with County Planning Director Kim Lyonnais and Prosecutor Rea Culwell to discuss changes to county ordinances that will address regulation of recreational marijuana businesses, along with medical marijuana in g...
The Times was approached recently by an employee of the Walla Walla Cannabis Co. about the possibility of running ads in our paper, and also placing a paper box at the business. My first reaction was the same as it always is when a new potential advertiser approaches us: Hooray! Another customer means more money for us. But my enthusiasm was tempered as I considered the reaction we might get from some of our readers. I know that many people in our area are uncomfortable with having businesses...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Cardinal offense stumbled against Weston-McEwen Thursday night, gaining only 101 total yards, as the Cardinals fell to Weston-McEwen 27-13 in a non-conference home game. Waitsburg Quarterback Jacob Dunn was sacked four times and suffered five other negative-yardage plays in the game. The Cardinals also lost two fumbles. The Cardinals got off to a good start, scoring on a Travis Crockett 12-yard run after Jordan Garrity recovered a fumble on the Tiger-Scots' first p...
DAYTON – Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, Green Zebra, Brandywine. One of these or a dozen other heirloom tomato varieties could be this year's winner at the Third Annual Heirloom Tomato Tasting Competition and Dinner event this weekend in Dayton. The main event begins Sunday at 4 p.m. at TamiJoyFarm, near the south end of S. Fourth St. Guests will be able to taste up to 15 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, entered by local area growers. Heirloom tomatoes are grown from non-hybrid seeds, and come i...
WHITE SWAN, Wash. – After a scoreless first quarter, the Waitsburg Cardinal football team got hot in the second, scoring 21 unanswered points on the way to a big 35-6 victory. In the second quarter, quarterback Jacob Dunn completed touchdown passes to Brandon Penner for 36 yards and Jason Carter for 13 yards. Running back Travis Crockett added a three-yard touchdown run prior to intermission. In the third quarter, Crockett scored again on a 44-yard pass play from Dunn. Dunn added a ten-yard r...
DAYTON – The Dayton Bulldog football team is reeling this week from not only a 62-0 loss to Pomeroy Friday, but also to possible season-ending injuries to three of its top players. In Friday night’s game in eight-man play, the Pirates rolled up 40 first-half points on the way to its big rout. The pirates had 398 total yards on offense, compared to the Bulldogs’ 129. Dayton’s first game starting quarterback, Cal Martin, did not play against Pomeroy, after it was discovered he had fractur...
The Grizzly Bear Complex Fire mostly stopped growing a couple of weeks ago, but it still covers about 116 square miles of the Wenaha Tucannon Wilderness and surrounding lands. While many areas in the interior of the fire still smolder away, fire crews from around the country, and even the world, are keeping the perimeter from growing. Last Thursday I got a close-up look at the efforts of some of the more than 1,000 people who were either fighting the fire then, or supporting the firefighting...
First of all, let’s give a big giant 195 pound “BOO” to the judges of the biggest pumpkin contest at the Walla Walla County Fair. What they did was “un-Fair.” (See our Page 1 story for more details.) I would think that fair officials could trust a bunch of hardworking kids who put that much effort into the grand pumpkin to believe them when they say the entry form was mailed on time. But enough about that. We’re coming up on weekend number two of local fair season. Preparations are underway fo...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Planning Commission gave its approval last month to a proposed new county ordinance which would add much-needed teeth to the county’s ability to enforce its zoning and health codes. The proposed code-enforcement ordinance would be a completely new document for the county, according to County Planning Director Kim Lyonnais. It stemmed from a need shared by his office and the county prosecutor’s office, he said. Lyonnais said that he and his staff have become very frus...
WAITSBURG – New Waitsburg head coach Troy Larsen got his first win in a big way last Thursday, as his Cardinal team trounced the Mac-Hi Pioneers 45-7. The Cardinals’ junior quarterback Jacob Dunn had a stellar night, completing 17 of 20 passes for 323 yards and five touchdowns. Junior running back Travis Crockett rushed for 155 yards on 17 carries, and scored twice. Larsen had special praise for his offensive line. “The one similarity on the night is the WHS line of scrimmage and the offen...
DAYTON – The Dayton Bulldogs opened their eight-man football schedule Friday with a 48-16 loss to Elgin. The Huskies blew the game open early with three first-quarter scores to take a 20-0 lead. They led 26-0 at the half. The Bulldog offense finally got going in the second half when quarterback Cal Martin connected with Tanner Bren for a 16-yard scoring pass in the third quarter. Martin ran in the two-point conversion. In the fourth quarter, two Martin runs of 23 and nine yards, set the B...
DAYTON – A 2,700 acre wildfire continued to burn this week in the Tucannon River valley about 20 miles east of here. The Tucannon Fire came close to several structures along the Tucannon Road Saturday night, including those at the KOA Last Resort RV Park. However, as of Tuesday, no homes or other structures had been lost. According to Information Officer Jeff Sevigney of the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team, the fire was called in about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. It a...
