Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - The Columbia County Health System may be facing a 10 percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement funding from the state that would reduce the hospital's budget by $55,000 to $60,000 each year. Usually, the state gives about $38 million to critical access hospitals like Dayton's each year to fully reimburse these hospitals. Based on how much the state gives these hospitals for Medicaid, the federal government also matches some of that money. District CEO Charlie Button said a large proposed cut last November of 76 percent of Medicaid... Full story
By Imbert Matthee the Times SPOKANE - The Dayton Bulldogs are guaranteed a state trophy after defeating the La Conner Braves in a riveting 39-37 come-from-behind victory. They now advance to the 4th/6th place game against Wahkiakum, which beat Lake Roosevelt 65-60 in an equally tight playoff Friday afternoon. After trailing 0-8 in the first quarter against the Braves, the Bulldogs appeared to wake up from their slumber and began firing on all four, evening the score 16-16 at the break and surpassing LaConner 29-20 in the third. The Dogs, who...
The Regional Knowledge Bowl 1B and 2B meet occurred last Tuesday at Waitsburg High School. Dayton, Waitsburg, and Pomeroy High Schools advanced to State. The 2B schools competing were Dayton HS with 85 points, Waitsburg with 79, and DeSales with 63. The top two teams advance. The 1B schools competing were Pomeroy HS with 85 points, Prescott with 42, and Touchet with 34 points. Just one team advances to State from the 1B schools. The State Knowledge Bowl Meet will be at Spokane Falls High School on March 17. Dayton's team is coached by Mr. Doug...
DAYTON -- The Inland Northwest Series of the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) completed its final sanctioned competition at 49 Degrees North last Saturday and Sunday in Chewela. Forty- three athletes competed in various age classes in slopestyle; the aerial stunts and tricks event known in USASA competitions on Saturday. Michael Thomas, Kennewick won the Breaker Boys (12-13) snowboarder age class, qualifying for Nationals. Ethen Whattam, from Richland placed fifth in Skier...
The sun comes up and the sun goes down, the hands on the clock go round and round...Life gets teejus, don't it! (Thanks, Hank.) But here's the thing; There is always opportunity, no matter what the world says on the Internet, or talk radio, or CNBC. Never mind how dark the political rhetoric gets. "The market" goes on. In our world there is an extreme need for honest price discovery that is fair and available to anyone for stuff we all need every day. Ultimately, it cannot be dependent on government permission, subsidies or requirements. But...
WALLA WALLA - The Dayton Lady Bulldogs fought tooth-and-nail for a trip to the big show, but were overpowered by the fast and furious Brewster Bears, 71-37, last Saturday night to end their season with a 9-15 record. Dayton's McKayla Bickelhaupt was first to light the board with her infamous pull up jumper from the top of the key. The Bulldogs were able to hold off the Bears for the next 2 minutes until the Bears' hot hands stole the ball away from the Bulldogs to lay it up at the other end for the Bears' first bucket. The Bears' man- to- man... Full story
WALLA WALLA - Perhaps the only way anyone could have leveled the playing field between the WP Cardinals and the Lake Roosevelt Raiders was to raise the hoop board by at least a foot every time 6-foot, 8-inch Raider Ty Egbert stepped inside the key. "We just didn't have the people to match him up," Cardinal Billy Brown said. "It was frustrating." Thanks to the towering Egbert, a senior who has been recruited as a college basketball player by the University of Idaho, the Raiders smashed WP's playoff aspirations, 70- 53. No number of Zach Bartlow...
DAYTON - For McKayla Bickelhaupt, the2012 basketball season started to turn around when she began to trust her new coach. To the junior Bulldog that didn't mean following Clayton Strong blindly. Rather, it meant dropping what she thought was right for her or for the team and doing what he thought was right. It was during the Christmas break, after the team had fallen to a rock bottom, 0-8, record and the naysayers in town were louder than ever. Just then, before the pivotal matchup against Lacro... Full story
WALLA WALLA - The WP Lady Cardinals ended their dreams of a state title with a 44-50 loss to the Riverside Christian Crusaders last Saturday night, leaving the Cardinals with a 19-5 season record. The Cardinals got off to a hot start in the game Saturday when Taylor Doepker connected with Ronnie Hulce at the top of key who put the ball through the hoop for the first WP bucket. WP's Dionna Baker then ripped down a defensive rebound that she dished off to Kristin Potter who drove down the court...
WALLA WALLA - For the first time in 17 years, the Dayton Bulldogs are going to Spokane for the Hardwood Classic state basketball championship tournament starting Thursday. After resoundingly beating the Riverside Christian Crusaders from Yakima, 59-41, in front of a predominantly hometown crowd Friday night at Walla Walla High School, the Dogs are now in the Final 8 of their 2B division. "We've worked hard since fifth grade and this was our goal," senior Joey Schlachter said when he emerged from the locker room after the hard physical match... Full story
DAYTON - Ski Bluewood is looking for financial support through donations or grants to get power lines or another power source out to the ski area to lessen the noise, make the ski lifts faster and provide summertime entertainment. Mike Stephenson, an owner of Bluewood, told the Economic Development Steering Committee in Dayton last Friday there has been great snow and lots of skiers and snowboarders this January and February. He added that he would like to continue to expand the ski resort and...
March 1: Bill Zuger and grandson Jacob Dunn, Norma Chapman, Joan Bottles and Bill Keith. March 2: Alina Reese, Dean Atkinson, Kyla Winger, Rich Fry, Sandy Startin, Peter Mercer, Bill Callahan, Mike A. Mayberry and Jessica DeCoria. March 3: Sarah Moser, Mike Vennum, Michelle Miller, Cameron Pearson and Kristy and Kelly Hays. March 4: Bill Poirier, Marilyn White, Burdette Huwe, Kathy Jansen, Ryan Jacoy and Nicholas Newbury. March 5: Dick Baker, Jean Miller, Larry Wayne Bunton, Paul Fischer and Kristen Danielson. March 6: Marianne Newell, John P....
2 Lego-Rama Dayton Memorial Library 6:30 p.m. Bring your Legos and head over to Dayton Memorial Library to put together Legos for different events. You can also choose to use the library's Legos. This event is held each first Friday of the month. The library is located at 111 S. Third St. in Dayton. The Lentil Brothers Skye Book and Brew Molly and Abby will play folk and Indie music at the brewery in the evening on March 2. The ladies provide vocals and play the guitar, banjo, piano, ukulele,...
Carol Coleman Hoffmann, 90, passed away February 21, 2012 at home. Carol was born November 7, 1921 to Anna & Alexander Coleman in Laredo, Texas. Carol attended high school in Denton, Texas and graduated from Texas State College with a degree in Child Development and Sociology. On April 12, 1941 she married Curtis Hoffmann in Hollywood, California and moved back to Texas while her husband was away at the war. She returned to the farm near Eureka, Washington with Curtis after the war where they...
Waitsburg 2-22 700 block Coppei, possible violation of an order for protection. Dayton 2-21 Prisoner work crew on North Pine Street. Theft of batteries reported on Tucannon Road. Unwanted subject reported on South Third Street. Cooling plate of brownies stolen off of a front porch on South Second Street. False information provided to a police officer on South Third Street. Suspicious person/circumstance reported on South Sixth Street. Reckless driving reported on North Front Street. Driving while suspended in the third degree on Highway 12....
How can anyone deny a wine tasting from a winery that calls its self, Cupcake Vineyards? Cupcake is a Soledad, Calif., winery introduced nationally in 2008. Winemaker Adam Richard says his hobby is the culinary arts and it shows with his food friendly wine profiles. Using words like "rich, creamy and indulgent," Richard encourages those drinking Cupcake to "live deliciously!" With wines named, Red Velvet and Angel Food, how can you go wrong and for under $20 a bottle? Cupcake Vineyards recently created a spirits division, Underdog Wine and... Full story
Ten Years Ago February 28, 2002 In this issue, Glenn Vogt is featured showing a beautiful steelhead he caught in the Touchet River near Huntsville. Weighing in at seven and a half pounds, the fish measured 29 inches. Now living in Walla Walla, Vogt graduated from Waitsburg. The community is gearing up for the City Caucus on Tuesday. With several vacancies expected interested citizens will have an opportunity to get into politics. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 12, 1987 Kermit D. "Colly" Jones, long-time area spray pilot and worker at the Days of...
DAYTON - A convicted, level 3 sex offender who has previously lived in Waitsburg and Walla Walla has moved to Dayton. Jason Jan Lujan, 31, now resides in the 700 block of Richmond Avenue in Dayton. Lujan is a white male, 5-feet, 6-inches tall, about 160 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. The former Waitsburg resident lived in Walla Walla after he was released from custody in January 2011. Lujan was sentenced in 2007 in Walla Walla County for burglary with sexual motivation and two...
REPTILE MAN WAITSBURG - Scott Petersen, the Reptile Man, will visit the Waitsburg High School gym at 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 5. Petersen will bring a king cobra, alligator snapping turtle, albino python, American alligator, large diamondback rattlesnake and many more. Admission is $1 per person. Photos with reptiles will be available. Petersen holds a degree in zoology and educations and is the current director of the Washington Serpentarium Reptile Zoo outside Monroe. For more information, visit his website at www.reptileman.com. PRESCHOOL...
Photos of Dayton senior basketball players and cheerleaders in the Feb. 23 issue of the Times were credited to the owner of the photos. The photographer was Scott Kirk.... Full story
Words cannot express the gratitude and love we felt from this community at the loss of our dad, Neil Witt. We want to thank each and every one of you for the help, food, cards and prayers during this hard time in our lives. It was truly a wonderful tribute to our dad and a huge gift to all of us knowing how much he was cared for. Thank you, The Witt family...
Dear Editor, I would like to say a big thank you to the Waitsburg Fire Department for their prompt action on our chimney fire on Sunday. Thank you, Maxine Buchite, Waitsburg... Full story
This week's column quotes from Bill Gulick's "Chief Joseph Country" I visited the site of the Lewis and Clark encampment with the steel silhouette sculptures featuring 80 artistically detailed silhouettes depicting a typical campsite of the Corps of Discovery as they passed through on May 2, 1806. I noted on the plaque at the site that they traveled 19 miles that day. Inside Lewis and Clark Trail State Park "In early May of 1806, Lewis and Clark passed through here on their return from the Pacific Ocean heading east." They traveled on the trail...
Presenting Coppei Cafe! I n early February, Coppei Coffee reached its first big milestone. We marked our first half year in business! Needless to say, lots of people ask us: well, how is it going? The honest answer? We're off to a very decent start, considering we launched at the tail end of the busy travel season and headed straight into fall and winter. Lots of Waitsburgers, some Daytonites and a number of customers from Prescott and Walla Walla have embraced us wholeheartedly. Some patrons... Full story
