Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The Waitsburg Resource Center helped keep kids fed and entertained during winter break by offering free lunches and activities on Tues., Wed., and Thurs. each week of break. The resource center served 80 lunches. Children made airplanes and lid ornaments, colored, played games, put together puzzles and built with LEGOs. Older kids, grandparents and community members helped Pastor Matt Wyatt with the children. "The kids were a joy to be around. This is possible not just because WRC sponsors the...
WAITSBURG – The College Football National Championships played second fiddle for community members concerned about the fate of the proposed 2018-19 Dayton-Waitsburg full athletic and activities combine. Local sports took precedence as more than 50 people skipped the NCAA game in favor of speaking their mind at a community meeting held at the Waitsburg Elementary School library on Jan. 8. One of the most repeated and passionate sentiments expressed at the meeting was that parents should bow out, trust their elected officials, and allow both s...
DAYTON—Columbia County Health Services CEO Shane McGuire said the district is on pace to finish the year around $21.5 million in gross patient revenue, conservatively, and around $16.5 million in net patient revenue, which represents a 24% increase in year-over-year gross patient revenue. This is also a 30% increase in net patient revenue before expenses. “We’ve had a lot of growth. We’ve also had some expenses, as well,” McGuire said. “Expenses have increased by 30% year-over-year and our operating loss increased by 21% over last year, as of N...
WALLA WALLA - The public is invited to celebrate the completion of the Blue Mountain Region Trails Plan at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds Community Building. The celebration will begin with a brief presentation of the plan’s findings and recommendations. The plan is the result of a year-long initiative between Blue Mountain region cities, counties, health departments, ports, and state and federal resource agencies, to develop a non-motorized trails and transportation plan. The goal is to enhance community c...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Noxious Weed Board will hold its annual meeting on Jan. 25 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds Pavilion from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.. The meeting is free and open to the public. Items covered will include: Weed Board Update, Weed Management in Cereal Production Systems, Post Fire Weed Control and Improving Rangeland Health, Weed Quiz (with prizes), Fayton FFA Ag Issues Team, Cover Crops as a Rotation Cropping System and Evaluating Your Biocontrol Strategies and Effectiveness of Current Biological Control Agents. The...
Ten Years Ago January 17, 2008 Jack Cyr, Mr. Recycling around Waitsburg, will cease recycling newspaper and cardboard as of April 1, 2008, blaming high gas prices. Cyr informed The Times through a Letter to the Editor. “They say we’re going to have $4 gas by summertime,” Cyr said this week. The 82-year-old’s route is usually from Waitsburg, where he picks up cardboard at the blue box near the Waitsburg City Shop and other locations, through Dixie and to various stops along the way into Walla Walla. One of Waitsburg’s most notable landmarks...
The Citizens for Community Projects - Friends of the Fairgrounds is having a fundraiser yard sale in the Youth Building at the Columbia County Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Fri., Jan. 19, and from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., on Sat., Jan. 20. The CCP-FOTF is a nonprofit charitable group of citizens interested in working to update and improve the fairgrounds facilities. Please come out and support this great cause!...
Jan 4 A man reported a game trail camera mounted on the side of his house was stolen on W. Fourth St....
Arraignments -Robert Lee Lambert, Jr., 27, Dayton (in custody). Charged with one count of intimidating a witness, one count of harassment and one count of 4th degree assault. Charges stem from police being shown a video of the accused allegedly beating a woman on the porch of her home for calling the police on him. Lambert was on probation at the time. The 4th degree assault charge was amended to 2nd degree assault and Lambert entered a not guilty plea. Trials Set -Blake Charles Wallace, 17, Richland. Charged with one count of first degree...
January 12: Scott Reese, Alice Davey, Ron Miller, Yvonne Gusse, Nicholas Leid and Molly Payne. January 13: Wes Romine, Janine John, Megan Withers, Kevin House. January 14: Maxine Cecil, Janice Davis and Greg Smith, Jaylee Dunleavy. January 15: Kayla Turner, Allene Severtsen, Glenn Baker, Wade Done, Melinda Lambert, Justin Kirk, Jesse Archer and Jack Sherlock. January 16: Colleen McCoy, Patty White and Rueben Stokes. January 17: Anna and Anthony Reese, Bret and Bethany Moser, Kimmie Hamann, Zane Johnson, Dan Beckley, John Janovich, Tyler...
3: French Toast; Mozzarella Cheese Stix, Marinara Sauce 15: NO SCHOOL 16: Biscuit & Gravy; Orange Chicken, Stir Fry Veggies 17: Longjohn; Chili, Cornbread 18: Breakfast Pizza; Chicken Quesadilla, Spanish Rice...
Thanks to Terry Jacoy for his vote against entering into an agreement with the Corps of Engineers to fund a study of Waitsburg’s flooding by the Touchet River and Coppei Creek. Councilman Jacoy’s dissent of this study shows someone is thinking with open eyes that such knowledge is at the exclusion of wisdom. Waitsburg’s $225,000.00 share in a $550,000.00 package would go a long ways in lessening this city’s flood damage in order to clean out and deepen the river bottom in and beyond city boundaries. Doing what is needed, not “studyi...
By Don C. Brunell Our parents drilled into our heads that saying “please” and “thank you” were not only part of everyday life, but were essential to operating a successful business. They are the basic ingredients of “Good Manners.” For more than 30 years, our family owned and operated the garbage collection business for Walkerville, a small incorporated Montana city north of Butte. It was part-time operation, which required about 8 hours a week. In the early 1950s, our family posted a $100 bond...
* On Jan. 18, 1778, English explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands when he sails past the island of Oahu. Two days later, he landed at Waimea on the island of Kauai and named the island chain the Sandwich Islands, in honor of the earl of Sandwich. * On Jan. 21, 1855, John Moses Browning, sometimes called the “father of modern firearms,” is born in Ogden, Utah. When he was 24 years old, Browning received his first patent, for a rifle that Winchester manufactured as its Single Shot Model 1885. The...
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DAYTON—Ken Graham, owner and publisher of The Times newspaper in Waitsburg, has been appointed interim director of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce by the chamber board. “I told them I need to be done at the end of March and I will leave sooner if they find somebody sooner. This is so the board didn’t feel it had to be in a big hurry,” Graham said. Graham said the next chamber event is the annual Brix and Brew fundraiser, in March, and it is in the capable hands of Chairperson Ann Walsh, Chamber...
Christmas may be the season for giving, but it's not the only one. And while January seems an unlikely candidate for altruism, at Wenaha Gallery, it's the perfect time for the community to give back to the community through the gallery's Annual Canned Food Drive. "We purposely chose January as the month for our food drive because during the Christmas season, there is so much focus on gift-giving and celebration that once you are over the seasonal holidays, people are almost burnt out," says Pat...
Dayton Basketball Fri., Jan. 12 Liberty Chr. @ Dayton Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 Mabton @ Mabton Girls 5 p.m./Boys 6:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 18 WWVA @ Dayton Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Waitsburg Basketball Fri., Jan. 12 St.John Endicott @ LaCrosse Girls 6 p.m./Boys 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 13 Oaksdale @ Waitsburg Girls 5 p.m./Boys 6:30 p.m. Tues., Jan. 16 Athena-W @ Waitsburg Girls Only 7:30 p.m. Prescott Basketball Thurs., Jan. 11 Kahlotus @ Prescott Girls Only 6 p.m. Fri., Jan. 12 Pomeroy @ Prescott Boys V 7:30 p.m./JV 6 p.m./Girls...
It was all eyes on the ball as the Lady Cards and Lady Tigers wait for a rebound during Friday night's game on the Tiger turf where the Cards outscored the Tigers 47-42. On Saturday, Colton played in Waitsburg, taking the Lady Cards 63-16. The Waitsburg boys' basketball team was short players and was unable to play both Prescott and Colton....
DAYTON – Washington State Poet Laureate, Tod Marshall will visit Dayton on Jan. 19. Marshall will make presentations at the elementary and high school during the day, with an evening presentation at the Dayton Memorial Library at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Marshall is the fourth Washington State Poet Laureate and is the first from Eastern Washington. He lives in Spokane where he is a professor at Gonzaga University. He has authored three award-winning poetry collections: Dare Say (2002), The Tangled Line (2009), and B...
DAYTON-Stylists, colorists, and inventors Melissa McCowen and Bridget House still work and travel together even though House has moved from the Main Street Salon, into her own digs at 242 East Main St. House said she simply needed more space for the filming and picture taking she does for hair product companies to use in their advertising. "It was too disruptive. But, yes, I still love them," she said about moving out of the Main Street Salon. In 2014, House and McCowen created a tool they...
WAITSBURG – After hearing from both parties involved and engaging in a brief discussion at their Dec. 20 meeting, the Waitsburg City Council decided to hand a noise ordinance issue over to the Planning Commission for review. The issue arose when the manager of the apartments located behind Whiskey Canyon Sports Bar & Grill, which is commercially zoned, complained that trucks parked overnight at the restaurant with their engines idling disturbed apartment residents. The complaints have been o...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg School District capital improvement projects are on track and building permits were submitted to the city last month, Design West Senior Project Architect Ned Warnick told the school board in a work session prior to their Dec. 13 regular board meeting. The projects, which encompass all three of the district school buildings as well as the athletic field, are slated to go to bid in early February. Due to uncertainty in the bid market, Warnick strongly suggested that s...
First, I have not made last week's soup recipe, because I had not picked up the garam masala spice, only to find out that my back alley neighbor has some she is willing to share so I will make the soup soon. I have not made this recipe either, but will for the church potluck. I think this is an old recipe that has been around for a while. Some of the comments were that it is a tradition for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas gatherings. I would think also for a Valentine's get together. They call it...
* It was Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress, who made the following sage observation: “Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism: The right to criticize; The right to hold unpopular beliefs; The right to protest; The right of independent thought.” * According to historians, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill slept on silk sheets and...
