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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – Patience paid off for local skiers, who enjoyed an awesome opening day at Ski Bluewood on December 26. A pre-Christmas storm dumped nearly two feet of snow at the ski area 20 miles south of here, with more falling as The Times went to press Monday. At 5 a.m. Monday, Bluewood was reporting light powder, with 29 inches of snow at the base and 40 inches at the summit. Temperatures have been in the low 20s, and are expected to fall this week. Bluewood will be open daily through January 4...
WAITSBURG – A Waitsburg man was arrested Sunday afternoon and is being held in Walla Walla on suspicion of committing a string of recent, local burglaries. Mason James Bates, 31, was charged in a preliminary hearing Monday with two counts of residential burglary, theft in the third degree, malicious mischief in the third degree, and possession of burglary tools. A resident of Waitsburg's W. 6th Street contacted Walla Walla County deputies Sunday after he discovered his home had been b...
WAITSBURG – Losing a public works director with 40 years on-the-job experience is bound to be a big blow to a city, but that hit is softened significantly when the incoming director has 20 years experience of his own. At the Dec. 17 city council meeting, the council approved a recommendation from the personnel committee, consisting of Walt Gobel, Randy Hinchliffe and Marty Dunn, to promote city crew staffer Jim Lynch to public works director. Lynch, who replaces longtime director Dan Katsel, b...
DAYTON – Dayton’s Wenaha Gallery is gearing up for its sixth annual food drive to raise nonperishables for the Dayton Community Food Bank. This year’s month-long drive will from Jan. 3-31. During the drive, the Wenaha Gallery will offer a $2 discount on framing for every canned item brought in (up to 20% off the total framing job.) Last year, the gallery raised 550 pounds of food that they delivered to the food bank located in the former fire station next to Dayton’s City Hall. The bank is a volunteer organization. “We distribute food to c...
Ten Years Ago January 6, 2005 Western and wildlife artist Jackie Penner has been featured in the Wheat Life Magazine December 2004 issue. The article titled “On the Penner wheat farm, a crop of Western art,” highlights how farm life and artistic talent are woven together to make a complimentary lifestyle. Local customers of AmericanWest Bank in Waitsburg and Dayton have been seeing a new face in the loan officer’s office. Waitsburg native Todd Wood has been serving as commercial loan officer for the two branches of the eastern Washi...
Waitsburg Nothing reported. Dayton Dec. 22 Assault reported between residents at Booker Rest Home; case referred to Adult Protective Services. Fraud reported after victim received a consumer line of credit he had not applied for from Boeing Credit Union. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office stated that BCU has had over 400 similar complaints recently. Littering reported on Starveout Road; an unknown subject dumped 10 plastic bags of leaves on the side of the road sometime since Dec. 17. Non-injury collision occurred when a vehicle struck a d...
The Waitsburg city crew will begin picking up Christmas trees the week of January 5. Trees may be placed in front of homes, near the roadway, similar to where garbage cans are placed. Trees must not be flocked and should be free of all ornaments....
January 2: Joy Hill. January 3: Mary Olona, Guy Antonius. January 4: Meagan Zajac, Loegan Harshman, Andrea Payne, Ben Kiefel, Carol Clarke. January 5: Fred Rankin, Barb Colby, Willard Cameron, Terry John, Aaron Jones and Ted Seaton. January 6: Kurtis Reser, Maddie Callahan. January 7: Cecil Webber, Erma Gilbertson, Patrick Donnelly, Jim Hofer, Alice Webber and Kristyn Scott. January 8: Steven Price, Esther Presler and Todd Larsen....
DAYTON – The next Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon will take place January 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Seneca Activity Center (104 Green Giant Camp Road, Dayton). The cost is $10 and the meal will be catered by Louann Truesdale. Cathy Rasley from Walla Walla will share the many lessons gleaned from her mother and grandmother in a talk titled, “Why I Owe My Mother.” Cleo Saenz will provide musical entertainments and the special feature will be a presentation from the nonprofit organization, Friends of the Library. Call Judy Ja...
This issue of The Times marks, for me, the completion of two years as the paper’s editor and one year as its owner and publisher. For once, the new year brings no big change in my role here. It has been a great pleasure to help bring news and information to our readers in Walla Walla and Columbia Counties the past two years. (And let me not forget the many readers around the country who read The Times to keep up with what we’re doing here.) It’s a privilege to be able to provide a voice for w...
I sat in the living room thumbing through a seed catalog. I contemplated ripping out the order form and sending for a few choice varieties of tomato when I remembered that I would be heading off for college right before they were in season. The floor was littered with shreds of wrapping paper. A brother and a couple assorted cousins were sprawled on the floor and furniture. A paused frame from the credits of a Christmas movie flickered on a TV screen. It was getting warm, and I was getting...
Dear Editor, I’m in full agreement with Joyce Anderson’s letter (“Stricter requirements needed for pot processing” / Union-Bulletin / December 26, 2014). In addition to the 1965 Walla Walla Avenue location (mentioned in her letter), here are two more examples of unacceptable locations for pot retail shops: 927 West Main Street. Tangletown Holdings (Seattle) plans to open in March 2015. This address is in a residential and small business neighborhood. A church is across the street. And The Salvation Army and St. Francis Catholic Church are abo...
DAYTON - As 2014 winds to a close, we look back on a year that brought increased economic strength to the Touchet Valley, and some momentous voting results at the ballot box. Dayton and Columbia County again put on a great string of community events. Here we go with a look back at some major stories out of Columbia County: Columbia Pulp Moves Ahead In our Dec. 19, 2013 issue, we broke the news that a new straw pulp plant was in the works for Columbia County. It was to be built near Lyons Ferry,...
WAITSBURG - Council members include: K.C. Kuykendall, Marty Dunn, Kevin House, Debra Callahan, Mayor Walt Gobel. Karl Newell was absent. Delores Nettles expressed concern about the tipping Christmas trees along Main Street during public comment. Council briefly discussed the recent planning commission gathering and asked why there weren’t enough commission members present to establish a quorum for the meeting. Approved the early payoff of playground equipment which will save the city approximately $1,200 in interest. Approved the promotion o...
DAYTON – On Dec. 23, the Dayton girls' basketball team hosted defending state champion Colfax, and suffered a 39-28 loss. It was the second straight loss for the previously undefeated Lady 'Dogs. They are now 6-2. Dayton tool a 13-12 lead into the first quarter break, but their offense began to sputter. They scored only seven points over the next two quarters, and trailed Colfax 36-19 after three. The Lady 'Dogs suffered cold shooting for most of the game, going 8 for 30 from the field, i...
WAITSBURG/PRESCOTT – Twenty-fourteen has been a year of change, from the transfer in ownership of The Times at the beginning of the year, to the pending dissolution of the WP sports combine agreement reported just last week. With a new sports bar and restaurant taking shape on the east side of town, a trio of bronze sculptures being readied to adorn Main Street in time for the City's 150th anniversary celebration and the potential to break ground on a new subdivision, it appears that 2015 w...
