Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON--"Yes, that is our bowling alley," said Dan Butler showing the County Commissioners the architectural drawings for the new Boys and Girls Club in Dayton, at the Feb. 6 commissioners' meeting. Butler and his wife, Ginny, bought the former bowling alley on W. Cameron St., in Dayton, last May. Construction on the Boys and Girls Club is due to begin this month, and the facility will be open for business on Sept. 4, said Ginny Butler. She said the Wolfe Architectural Group in Spokane donated...
WAITSBURG – At the regular Jan. 17 meeting, Waitsburg City Council members gave City Manager Randy Hinchliffe the go-ahead to explore development of a Park & Ride lot on the north end of town. The Park & Ride would be located on the site of the old county shop, just west of the newly replaced Main Street Bridge. Hinchliffe explained that the city is limited on how that space can be utilized. “After the 1996 flood, FEMA bought various parcels of land throughout the city and gave them to the city with the condition that they remain open so the...
Preliminary results, Feb., 13, 2018: Dayton School District Proposition 1 - (Two Years, $800,000) Capital Levy For Security, Health And Efficiency Improvements Yes 771 64.2% No 430 35.8% Waitsburg School District Proposition 1 - (Two Years, $1,083,279) Replacement Educational Programs And Operation Levy Yes 224 62.4% No 135 37.6% Prescott School District Proposition 1 - (Two Years, $1,150,600) Replacement Educational Programs And Operation Levy Yes 87 70.73% No 36 29.27% Proposition 2 - (Two Years, $191,500) Capital Levy for Technology...
WAITSBURG – Fire destroyed a shop and badly damaged an adjacent home in Waitsburg early Saturday morning. The fire is believed to have originated at the wood stove in the shop. The home and shop are owned by City of Waitsburg Public Works Director Jim Lynch and his wife Becky. According to Columbia County Fire District 3 officials, the shop is a total loss, and the house sustained major damage. Walla Walla County Fire Districts 2 and 8 also were called to the scene. Donations accepted M...
Ten Years Ago February 14. 2008 A picture of a handsome young fella turning 50 on the 17th is none other than Loyal Baker Columbia County Health Systems is excited for their second speaker in the “We Can Do It, Get Fit, Get Well, Get Educated” series on Thursday, February 21 at the Liberty Theater from 6:30 to 7:30. Photo caption-front page The Whetstone Public House, owned by Travis and Deb Larson, and managed by Charleen Taylor, wants to reflect old-world neighborhood pub-charm as a gathering place for locals to enjoy. Twenty Five Years Ago F...
Kenneth “Ken” Beasley, 73 of Waitsburg, died Friday, February 9, 2018 in the Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla. Arrangements are pending and are entrusted to Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA. 99362....
Marell Patricia Hubbard was welcomed into this world by her loving parents Miles Hubbard & Stephanie Thomas and her brothers Doyle Vaughn & Jasper Streeter Hubbard on December 22, 2017 at 9:29 p.m. She weighed 8lbs.2oz. and was 21.5 Inches in length....
Dayton: 425 E Dayton Ave, Costello, Gloria: Install air handler and heat pump. 208 E Washington St, Nautilus Investment Properties: Re-sheetrock upstairs, repair sagging floor, remove load bearing wall replacing with engineered beam. 102 W Patit Ave, LaTour, Jo Dene & Carlson, Steve: Repair/replace 12 x 16 roof over back porch deck area, replacing with 2x6 and tin. 127 E Main St, Bartlett, Clarence: Construct one bathroom. Remove one wall, sinks, and mop closet, associated with the business. 102 E Patit St, Brown, Lee: Replace heat pump and...
February 15: Ephraimia Reese, Andrew Wertz, Neta Henze McKenzie, Joe McCown Jr., Ansehl Hofer, Christina Hofer, Jack Otterson, Stacy Ashcroft and Wanda Witt, Andrew Wertz. February 16: Jason Eaton, Mike R. Mayberry and Loren Eng. February 17: Loyal Baker, Jack Rodgers, Chris Blair, Mathew Kurth, Betty Sauer, Angela Webb and Larry Lawrence. February 18: Cole Lindsey, Greg Schuler, Lauri McKinley, Michael and Philo Murphy, Nancy Powers, Ann Ahler and Charles Mead V. February 19: Carrie Abel, Margaret Osterero, Rick Harper, and Mark Johnson....
WALLA WALLA – The 43rd Annual American Association of University Women book sale will take place at the Marcus Whitman Hotel Feb. 16-18. Children 14 and younger each receive one free book from the children’s section. The sale includes approximately 40,000 books divided into more than 40 categories. Prices range from $0.50 to $4. On Sunday, all regular books will be $10/bag and collectible books will be half-price. Proceeds from the sale fund local scholarships for women returning to college as well as local educational projects and events. The...
WALLA WALLA – A new session of Love & Logic parenting classes, beginning Feb. 27, will focus on raising teenagers. The classes will be hosted by Pioneer Middle School and will run on Feb. 27 and March 6, 13, 20, and 27, from 5:30-8 p.m. The free classes are in English and Spanish and provide tools to help parents and caregivers achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their teenage children. Childcare, meal, materials are provided. Contact Pay Clayton at pclayton@wwps.org for more information....
DAYTON--Warmer, milder weather is going to allow county crews to start spring maintenance, earlier than usual, said Public Works Director Andrew Woods at last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Commissioners. County crews are to begin digging ditches, cleaning culverts, cutting brush, and applying herbicide to the shoulders of paved roads in the next few weeks. Road grading has begun in the north part of the county, which is pretty typical, Woods said. He said the county is going to purchase dry calcium chloride and use county labor to a...
DAYTON – Columbia County Public Transportation will hold a public meeting on Feb. 23 to invite input from area residents regarding transportation needs. The meeting will be held at the Delany Room at the Dayton Memorial Library, from 4 – 6 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to help set funding priorities and select alternatives to improve specialized transportation services in our region. According to CCPT manager Dwight Robanske, attendees will hear a brief presentation from the Palouse Regional Transportation Planning Organization reg...
Exhibit at Dayton Historic Depot features historic maps of Dayton and Columbia County DAYTON- Tamara Fritze, Museum Director of the Dayton Historic Depot Museum is putting the finishing touches on an exhibit of early maps of Columbia County, which are open for public viewing now through the end of the year. Three Sanborn Fire Insurance maps from 1898, 1909, and 1916, military road maps, and maps of Huntsville, Starbuck and Columbia County produced by George Baker, who owned the title company in...
WALLA WALLA – Waitsburg students and teachers are often the pleased recipients of scholarships and mini-grants from the Walla Walla-Columbia School Retirees Association. The awards are funded largely by the organization's annual Teddy Bear Tea. This year's twelfth annual Teddy Bear Tea will take place from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Sat., Feb.24 at the St. Francis Catholic Church Social Hall, located at 722 W. Alder Street in Walla Walla. The popular event features a four-course tea, a shopping are...
DAYTON—When the Columbia County Commissioners met last week, Public Works Director Andrew Woods gave an update on progress toward reinstating the county’s recycling program. “The grant funds are there,” he said. Woods said his department is waiting for the “thumbs up” from the state Department of Ecology so bids can be solicited for some fencing that needs to be done, before the county can accept recyclables at the new recycling station at the county’s transfer facility. “We’re waiting to hear back. As soon as they say ‘yes’ we will get...
Dayton Boys DeSales 82, Dayton 31; Jan. 30 Dayton 6 12 9 4-31 DeSales 19 23 23 17 -82 DAYTON (31) - Helm 14, Andrews 10, B. White 5, Seney 2. DeSALES (82) - F. Miedema 17, Mahan 14, Wylie 10, Baumgart 9, Warden 8, Montero 6, Holtzinger 6, Leahy 4, Rodriguez 4, M. Miedema 2, Mauiri 2. 3-point goals - Dayton 3, DeSales 9. Total fouls - Dayton 14, DeSales 14. Fouled out - none. Technical fouls - none. Liberty Christian 66, Dayton 26; Feb. 2 Dayton 10 6 2 8-26 Liberty Christian 12 20 18 16-66...
These were served at our church coffee hour and were very tasty. The comment was that these could replace sugary desserts and also have nutritional value. I am a confessed sugar addict. I plan my nighttime tea and desserts like some do their drug addiction. If there is no dessert, then there is always plain ol' chocolate chips. So the goal is to reduce the sugar intake, and these seem to be a good start. I have all the ingredients and I like everything in them. The recipe says it makes 20....
Waitsburg residents Lynne Carpenter and Ann and Lanny Adams served for Laht Neppur Brewery at the Palouse Cabin Fever BrewFest at the Palouse, Wash. Community Center on Sat., Feb. 10....
