Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG-It's been a chilly past couple of weeks, with temperatures dipping into the negatives and the National Weather Service reporting as much as 18 inches of snowfall at the end of December. As a result, the streets of Waitsburg became packed with snow, which eventually turned into ice, making it difficult to leave the driveway and navigate the roads. According to Waitsburg City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe, the city does not provide snow removal services for several reasons. One is the...
WAITSBURG—After almost two years of inactivity, the Waitsburg Commercial Club (WBCC) is taking steps to return to business, acting as the city’s Chamber of Commerce and encouraging economic development. The club held two meetings in December. In March 2020, just before COVID-19 changed the way the world does business, Commercial Club members gathered and held an election for officers and board members. Club members present at the meeting elected new officers for president and vice president, secretary, and second vice president. Two new mem...
DAYTON—For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man. This movie has good reviews with Rotten Tomatoes critics giving this a 94% favorable, and the audience at 98%. The critic's consensus is that this is “a bigger, bolder Spider-Man sequel”. The cast inclu...
WALLA WALLA—Gesa Power House Theatre presents TAKE3 in concert on Friday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. With a flair for the wild and unexpected, genre-defying trio TAKE3 brings the refinement of rigorous classical music background and infuses it with rock-star charisma. Known for their infectious and down-to-earth onstage personalities, this threesome leaves its indelible mark on captivated crowds around the country performing their arrangements of top pop hits, Americana, and classical favorites. TAKE3 are Lindsay Deutsch (violin), Jason Stoll (pi...
WALLA WALLA—Walla Walla County Department of Community Health (DCH) and local healthcare partners will transition the Providence Southgate vaccine clinic to a Thursday, Friday, Saturday schedule beginning January 6, 2022. Clinics will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Saturday, January 15, which will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Most clinics will be for anyone 12 years and older, with occasional clinics offering Pfizer vaccine to children ages 5-11 years old. Everyone interested in scheduling an appointment at Providence Southgate should v...
Letter to the Editor - I am writing to say THANK YOU to the two Columbia County Commissioners, Marty Hall, and Ryan Rundell, who stood up for their community now and for the future, by voting yes to provide money for the broadband project in our county. The launch of this project is critical to our community. Commissioners Hall and Rundell understand that. They see the importance of the project, and they see the future that so many in the community can see. So, again, thank you for resolving this prior to the year’s end. I am disappointed b...
Columbia Grain International, Central Ferry terminal, presented the Dayton Foodbank with a donation this week. "This was done on behalf of the Columbia County farmers that deliver grain to my facility at Central Ferry," said Ted Lowe, CGI Central Ferry manager. "Wishing everyone a happy holiday from CGI."...
OLYMPIA—Washington state is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases, and experts predict increased transmission in the coming weeks. While it is still too early to tell how much of the increase is due to Omicron, epidemiologists with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) agree it is most likely the dominant strain. While the state waits for complete data from county health departments, the highest single-day of new cases was reported on December 24, with 6,140 new COVID-19 cases. Despite the increase in testing for the holidays, offici...
Byron Gene Kaczmarski, 75, of Dayton, WA passed away December 19, 2021 at Brookdale Assisted Living in College Place, WA. Byron was born December 31, 1945 in Woodworth, North Dakota to James & Irene (Aichele) Kaczmarski. He grew up and attended school in Pettibone, ND. Following high school graduation, he attended the University of North Dakota where he received his BSBA degree in accounting. After college Byron moved to Portland, Oregon where he began his accounting career with Haskins and Sell...
I knelt on the edge of the precipice with my knee dug into a sandy spot beneath a massive aromatic sagebrush while Finn ravenously lapped water from a small, green collapsible bowl. Behind and below us, the Columbia River wound lazily between lush, orderly, emerald orchards, jagged rock faces, and scree slopes. My friend Chas stood slightly downhill to my left, packing away a massive wild chukar that he had come to harvest with a combination of Finn's good work and a peck on the cheek from Lady...
This past week of rough weather has been an important lesson and slapped down my hubris. I recently discovered, or instead, learned the hard way, that over confidence was a huge mistake. It seems we’ve had a year’s worth of weather in the last week, with snow, a little warming sun, below zero temperatures, howling winds, followed by more snow falling right now. I was confident my new snow tires made my car impervious to snow; evidently, I was wrong because it is currently a snow-bound scu...
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Dive into the complex family dynamics of siblings Olga and Prieto Acevedo, who are taking New York City by storm. Prieto is quickly climbing to stardom in the local politics scene, while Olga is a wedding planner, serving the city's elite. Their lives are turned upside down when their radical activist mother, Blanca, returns to the rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood where the kids grew up. With their mother back in town, the siblings must revisit...
My mother's family has roots in Texas, which often influences our holiday gatherings. In Texas, as with much of the South, eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is thought to bring good luck and fortune in the coming year. We often serve them simmered with bacon, along with a big hunk of my aunt's famous cornbread. This year, I wanted to try a twist on this family tradition, one that included a nod to my Latino heritage. The result was flavorful spiced black-eyed peas stuffed into flakey...
Ten Years Ago January 5, 2012 Joanna Lanning is getting ready to take the plunge. Last year, Lanning, and two Waitsburgers, Patty Hazelwood and Vicki Hamann, took a dip in the Columbia River to raise money for Special Olympics of Washington. Lanning is the WP cross country coach, Hazelwood is a special education teacher and cheerleading coach, Hamann is a paraprofessional at the high school. Lanning raised $800 last year. This year her goal is $1,000. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 9, 1997 For a...
