Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – At their February regular meeting, the Waitsburg School Board made it official: the new Waitsburg Field House will be named for lifelong Waitsburg resident and WHS star football player Kenneth Marcus Zuger. Several years ago, an anonymous donor made $40,000 available toward building a new much-needed field house at the Waitsburg Athletic Field. The one stipulation was that the building must be named for Kenneth M. Zuger, better known as Kenny. The donor has since passed away, but his...
DAYTON - Rep. Terry Nealey, R-Dayton, announced Tuesday he will not seek another term to the Washington State House of Representatives. Nealey, a former Columbia County prosecuting attorney and coroner, has served the 16th District as state representative since he was first elected in 2009. An attorney with an office in Dayton, Nealey retired from his private practice in 2015. "It has been an honor and a great adventure to serve the citizens of the 16th District and the state of Washington....
DAYTON-The world of virtual medicine was on CEO Shane McGuire's mind during the regular meeting of the Columbia County Health System Commissioners last week. As reported earlier, CCHS already has three tele-health units on site: one in the Emergency Department and one in each of the two outpatient clinics, assisting clinicians in patient care. Now plans are in the works to add tele-psychiatry and tele-hospitalist services to the list. McGuire said he has been working in conjunction with the...
Dorothy Eilene (Littlejohn) Lambert, a longtime Waitsburg homemaker, passed away at the age of 89 surrounded by her family, on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the Booker Rest Home in Dayton, where she had lived for just a short time. Dorothy was born July 3, 1928 in Wellston, Ohio, to Harry and Frances Leach Littlejohn. She had a difficult start to life, when her father was killed in a coal mine when she was about eight years old. That left her mother on her own with eight small children. She married...
Ten Years Ago - March 13, 2008 Photo caption: The Prescott-Waitsburg Softball team started workouts on February 25 and is bats first at Weston-McEwen on Friday, March 14. Returning letter winners are from left, Nicole Hall, Val Hamann, Sarah Paul, Kirstin Ruffcorn, Morgan Beckman, Alisha Marshall, Angelica Hermandez. Angie Potts will manage the team, assisted by Marvin Eng All Star Construction of the Tri=Cities has been awarded the contract for the Waitsburg Downtown Streetscape Renovation Project, the City Council decided at its March 5...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Home and School Association is hosting a Mother/Son Superhero movie night at the Plaza Theater on Main Street in Waitsburg at 6 p.m. on March 9. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and a screening of Iron Man and Captain America: Heroes United will begin at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per mom and boys are free. Each boy will receive a superhero tattoo at the door and admission includes popcorn, water and the movie. Pizza and candy will be available for purchase. Moms (or grandma, stepmom, aunt, etc.) and sons should come d...
DAYTON – A free seven-week Strengthening Families program, for parents and youth 10-14 years of age, will be offered in Dayton beginning Thurs., March 3 and ending Thurs., May 3, with one week off for spring break. Each session will begin with a family meal at 6 p.m. followed by classes for parents and youth, which will conclude by 8:30 p.m. Strengthening Families can hep your family learn to manage emotions, set goals, avoid peer pressure, make better decisions and create better relationships. You will learn how to show love while setting l...
Do you live close to a waterway? The Touchet River and Patit Creek are two main waterways inside the City of Dayton. It is our responsibility to care for the habitats of these waterways by not dumping any material, organic, or not, within the banks of any waterway inside city limits. Keeping these areas clean improves aesthetics and helps maintain the fish population in streams and rivers. The full text of the applicable laws can be found in Title 6 Chapter 9 of the Dayton Municipal Code. For more information visit Code Compliance Officer...
March 9: Larry Johnson, Robert Langdon, Steve Pierson, Jennifer Bennett, Kay Baker. March 10: Bill Gluck, Win Deanna Anderson, Frank Reser and Casey Worth. March 11: Jacqueline Klaas, Catherine Donnelly, Kelly Lodato, Aaron DeFord, James Kenworthy, Dan David Oliver and Adraine Michels. March 12: Cherie Kurth, David Donnelly, Ben and Bill Brown, Susan Webber, Jimmie Young, Walt Warehime, Elizabeth Abbey, Teresa Johnson and Lory Duckworth. March 13: Corey Puckett, Susan Watson, Kathy Logeman, Darla Fischer, Ryan Shweid, Dan Mortimore, Darin...
After enormous public outcry, stirred by newspaper editorials across the state, Gov. Jay Inslee vetoed Senate Bill 6617, the Legislative Public Records Act. There's a great deal of misinformation disseminated about the bill, what it would and wouldn't do, and the newspapers have drawn into question the lawmakers who supported it. I'd like to explain why I voted for this bill. Since the Public Records Act (PRA) passed in 1972, the Legislature has maintained it is an independent branch of governme...
For this month’s article, I thought I would focus on one of the city most unique attributes; our city election. Since the city still operates under its original 1881 charter, we are governed by a slightly different set of rules when it comes to a variety of tasks; one of them being our election. The charter lays out the basics process of the Election in that it will be held annually on the first Monday in April for the position of Mayor and all five council members. Where this deviates from the rest of the state is in that other elected o...
DAYTON-The Dayton Historical Depot Society is currently showing a collection of 10 paintings and drawings that were owned by late Darlene Broughton. They are on display on the first floor at the Dayton Historic Depot until the end of the month. The watercolor, oil, and pen and ink drawings depict a few of the many historic buildings in Dayton. Works created by local and regional artists Vivian Eslick, Richard Hashagen, Mary Ann Nyborg, Gerald Snapp, Patti Eaton, John Remington and Lucy Jones...
During Kenny’s funeral, in 1998, former Waitsburg resident Michael Keifel read a poem he wrote: We would not be afraid to see his spirit, whether he should suddenly be standing at the edge of his driveway. Watching a youngster squint through the twilight at the basket for just one more shot before hustling home for dinner. Or appear on the bleachers, a cup of coffee in his yet strong grasp. Slapping his knee with the other hand and laughing at a Cardinal shooting past the defense for the goal. We would be glad to see him once again, shirt o...
DAYTON-Terry Bartlett is planning an April 1st opening for his new Italian "Trattoria-style" restaurant on Dayton's Main Street, to be called My Dad's Place. Bartlett and his wife Lu Ann have recently moved to Dayton from Corvallis Ore. and are bringing with them some special sauce recipes Terry developed for the pasta, pizza and sandwiches he is planning to serve at the restaurant. Bartlett said he will source local products for use in the restaurant, including the wheat flour for the pasta....
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Waitsburg teens Tom and Seamus House, and Tim Daves, got a firsthand taste of the legislative process as they represented Walla Walla County in the 4-H Know Your Government (KYG) program in Olympia on Feb. 17-21. The teens participated in a mock legislative process, but their results are often considered by the "real" Washington State Legislature. Know Your Government is a civic education program that rotates annually between learning about the legislative system, the j...
WAITSBURG – The public is invited to attend a special screening of Paper Tigers at the Waitsburg Plaza Theater (on Main Street) at 6:30 p.m. on March 19. The award-winning documentary explores the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and toxic stress on struggling teens. Due to graphic content and language, the showing is limited to adults only. Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students and in the process has become a promising model f...
This recipe sounded pretty good and straightforward, so I threw it out there for dinner a few days ago. However, we made a simpler version, which I will share in my notes. It came out delicious, with enough for leftovers, which are always good because you get a free pass for "what's for dinner." INGREDIENTS: 2 pounds lean ground beef 1 c. sliced fresh mushrooms 1/3 c. finely chopped green bell pepper 1 c. sour cream 1/3 c. finely chopped onion ½ c. milk 2 eggs 2 Tbsp browning sauce 1...
