Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA – On Monday, the Walla Walla County Commissioners voted unanimously to move forward an application by Waitsburg-area farmers Perry and Darlene Dozier to amend the county zoning code to allow use of their owned water rights for water bottling. The application will be included in the final list of proposed changes to the county’s development regulations, to be up for approval later this year. Last month, the Walla Walla County Planning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend denial of the Doziers’ requested zoning change. Two of the commi...
DAYTON— Angie Sanchez, Managing Principal with Financial Consulting Solutions Group in Seattle, has been working with the City of Dayton for the past year to complete a water and sewer rate study. Speaking at last week’s city council meeting, Sanchez said, “The goal of the study is to provide counsel to help the community make informed decisions. Financial sustainability can be achieved over the long term.” The rate study used data which included the city’s population growth, along with utilities revenue, expenses, reserves, contingen...
WAITSBURG – At their regular March meeting, the Waitsburg School Board opted to table discussions about the possible sale of several school properties, including the District House located next to Preston Hall. Discussions were set aside due to a strong initial negative response from some community members. Late last year, the District began evaluating the possible sale of two parcels of land on Coppei Avenue, along with the District House. In January, the board voted to have the properties appraised and requested that Maintenance Supervisor Co...
Ten Years Ago-March 27, 2008 Jack McCaw recently received a phone call from an old war buddy, Joe Plemons of Catoosa, OK. It has been decades since the two spoke. Jack had served on the USS LSM 268 during World War II, along with Plemone. The two reminisced and McCaw said it was surprising how many names the two of them could conjure up. The upper Touchet Valley Webelo’s and Cub Scouts from pack 332 of Dayton and Waitsburg competed in the Pioneer District Pinewood Derby races held in Walla Walla at Assumption Grade School Gym on Saturday, M...
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Elementary School will hold kindergarten registration for the fall of 2018 during the week of March 26-29. Registration will be in the elementary office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, and from 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. All children who turn five on or before August 31 and live within the Waitsburg School District boundaries are eligible to register for kindergarten for next school year. A current immunization record and an official birth certificate will be needed to register. Official...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Commercial Club will announce its 2018 Community Service Award and Business of the Year Award at their annual meeting on April 17. The Commercial Club is inviting nominations now for both awards. Last year, Jim Davison was honored as Citizen of the Year, and Waitsburg Business Center, owned by Marci Perkins, was business of the year. Annual meeting will be held at Waitsburg Town hall, beginning at 6 p.m. Nominations for this year’s awards can be emailed to waitsburgcc@icloud.com, messaged to Commercial Club on Fac...
Coming Saturday and Sunday, BASH transports us back to the 80s--neon colors, big hair and, like, the coolest music ever. The popular pond skim splashes down on Saturday (conditions permitting), along with a beer garden, 80s costume contest, and live music by Froghollow Band. Sunday offers family-friendly games and activities, such as scavenger hunts, body bowling and duck races. Both days include raffles, sweet swag from sponsors, and BASH T-shirt giveaways (only 500 total--first come, first served). For more info, go to blu...
March 23: Jayce Bayer, Sally Baker, Mary Hunziker, Beryl Witt, Ron Bishop, Seth Straayer, Jennifer Pierson, Sandy Baker. March 24: Michael Smith, Fred Hamann, Chloe Pearson, Kim Iverson, Randy Sorick, Jeff Harper, John Dodson and Lacey Maki. March 25: Marilyn Johnson, Lee Brannock and Richard Basel. March 26: Whitney Baker, Rod Estes, Emma Brookshire, Dottie Frohreich, Chet Bond, Jim Kessler, Dawn Nichols and Kris Lytle. March 27: Bill Laughery, Rachel Halley, Emory Flathers, Tammy Brown, Samuel Donnelly and John Mason. March 28: Natalie Faye...
DAYTON-Kristie Korslund was hired in February to take over for Vicki Zoller, who took a job in the county's Emergency Management Services Department in January.While Korslund is performing many of Zoller's outreach duties, she is also helping with the after school programs and providing general customer service. Korslund is also in charge of the Bookmobile, and will be taking books to the senior center every month, beginning in April. She said working at the library is a good fit for her. "I...
Dear Editor, Several groups have offered input concerning the fairgrounds. The latest, the Grandstand Advisory Committee, was created by council. It was created to exist for a limited time which, I believe, has expired. Due to busy lives this committee met no more than a half-dozen times and never had all members present. There were varying opinions by Committee members at the last meeting regarding public interest. That led to the request for an advisory vote on the city election ballot. Currently the grandstands are a potential liability. Som...
DAYTON—The first quarter of the year has been busy for the staff at the Columbia County Planning and Building Department. Planning Director Meagan Bailey outlined some of the projects her office is working on during a recent interview. Land Swap The planning office is working on an adjustment to Dayton’s urban growth area, involving a land swap. The plan is to incorporate additional land just outside Dayton’s east city limit into the UGA, which is expected to be developed in the next few years. A comparable amount of land just west of Dayton th...
Starbuck 1351 Hwy. 261; Columbia Pulp LLC; Fire suppression Waitsburg 214 W 6th St; Francesco, Ron; Mechanical 216 Main St; Hill, Lane; Plumbing 315 Coppei Ave; Reser, Frank; Remodel Dayton / Columbia County 1123 S 3rd St; Buroker, Dale Jr; Addition 503 N 1st St; Whysong, Van & Lois; Mechanical 111 S 1st St; City of Dayton/Community Food Bank of Dayton; Remodel 703 W Commercial Ave; Nelson, MJ; Mechanical 1401 S 5th St; John, Thomas; Mechanical 528 W Cameron St; Boys & Girls Club of Dayton; Remodel 612 E Richmond; Quade, James; Garage 425 E...
Dayton/Waitsburg Baseball Saturday, March 24 at Pomeroy Noon One Game Dayton Softball Thursday, March 22 At Columbia Burbank 4 p.m. One Game Wednesday, March 28 at Colton 2 p.m. DH Dayton Track / Waitsburg Track Saturday, March 24 MacDougall Invite, Colfax 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 27 Dayton Small Schools Invite 1 3:45 p.m....
DAYTON – Bill and Teresa Ayotte grew up in food service. "Teresa's mother ran a café in Garibaldi, Ore.," Bill said. "I worked at a Spudnut shop in Richland as a teenager." Bill and Teresa are the new concessionaires at the Touchet Valley Golf Course, and their new venture, Chicken Bill's BBQ Cafe, is open for business. The café is currently open for lunch from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. seven days a week. The menu includes burgers and sandwiches, as well as daily barbeque specials. "I do my own bar...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg School Board opened bids for the 2017 Bond Project on March 6 and received a pleasant surprise. The project, which includes work on all three district buildings and a new field house at the athletic field, was awarded to DGR Grant Construction, which came in well under the projected cost. Besides DGR, the district received competitive bids from Wellens Farwell Construction and Total Site Services. Base bids ranged from $2,169,000 from DGR to $2,383,897 from Wellens Farwell. “Traditionally, it is considered a very competiti...
WAITSBURG - Para professional Cathy Schirm and students gave a presentation about the morning enrichment program that began in November. Schirm said that six to eight children attend regularly and enjoy help with reading, homework and are building relationships. Secondary Principal Report (Stephanie Wooderchak): -Conferences at Preston Hall and WHS will be completed this month. -National Honor Society inductions will be held March 21. New inductees are Kirsten Miller, Kailyn Lewis, Cason Nichols and Grace Coulston. Current members have been...
After last week's long recipe, this will be short, comparatively. It is the old fashioned Bisquick coffee cake recipe that used to be on the box and no longer is. I was looking for something quick and easy for coffee hour that I didn't have to go to the store for. We had a large box of Bisquick we had not used for awhile, so went with that. Speaking of "awhile", there are two types of people: those who believe that a pull date or expiration date is there for a reason (which is me) and those who...
