Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – Columbia County Commissioners have agreed to join a group of local and Walla Walla County stakeholders in opposing a decision made last month by the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership that could adversely impact junior water rights holders across the Touchet Valley. The commissioners decided at their regular workshop on Monday to pledge up to $5,000 of county funds at this time in support of this opposition group, with the understanding that money donated to the cause from a...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Auditor’s Office will mail out ballots by week’s end asking voters to decide on the Dayton School District’s 2015 capital levy. The election officially takes place on Tuesday, April 28, and the measure requires a 50 percent yes vote to pass. This is the only measure on the ballot. The district is requesting $800,000 in property tax payer’s money – spread out over 2016 and 2017 – to make improvements to the district’s facilities. This amounts to approximately 6...
WAITSBURG – Local historians are probably aware that the village of Delta (later founded as Waitsburg) grew up around a flour mill, built by Sylvester Wait, which began operations in 1865. But did you know that Wait's Mill set a truly impressive world record in 1908? Or that, on the way here, Sylvester Wait lost the saddlebags containing his life savings – the money he was going to use to start operations at Wait's Mill? To learn more about that world record and to find out what happened to tho...
Children of all ages congregated at the Port of Columbia's Blue Mountain Station . . ....
Vida L. Petersen, 100, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Dayton General Hospital surrounded by family and friends. She was born December 23, 1914, in Wirth, Arkansas, to Ray Ellis and Elizabeth Cunningham (Hill). Vida married Thomas H. Petersen on March 28, 1940, in Yuma, Arizona. Vida and Tommy traveled the world together, visiting France, Spain, Switzerland, Malaga, and more, enjoying their favorite hobby of playing the best golf courses in the world. In 1974, Vida and Tommy moved to...
Don & Carol Foley of Waitsburg, WA, and Tony & Debbie Hoilman of Starbuck, WA, announce the engagement of their daughter Stephanie LeeAnn Hoilman to Tyson Lee Cole both of Waitsburg. Tyson is the son of Dan & Trina Cole of Waitsburg and Marty & Becky Dunn of Waitsburg. The bride to be graduated from Eastern Washington University and currently works as an Audiology Assistant at the Walla Walla Clinic. The groom to be graduated from Northwest Lineman College and currently works as a custom...
WAITSBURG – TEAM Relay, the American Cancer Society Dayton/Waitsburg Relay for Life team raised $1,600 during their annual Shamrock BINGO fundraiser held March 14 at the Waitsburg Elementary School. The funds will be donated to Dayton’s Relay for Life event to be held Sept. 19, 2015. Companies and individuals that donated money and gifts for prizes: Waitsburg Hardware, Blue Crystal Screen Printing, Wilbur-Ellis, McGregors, Laht Neppur, tony’s Sub Shop, Safeway, Bicycle Barn, Puget Sound Energy, The Tuxedo Bar & Grill, Kenna’s Etched Glass,...
WALLA WALLA – Community members are invited to the Southeast Area Technical Skills Center (SEA-TECH) for a drop-in open house on Monday, April 20 from noon to 6 p.m. High school students taking courses at SEA-TECH are immersed in the latest technology and trends in Digital Media, Manufacturing and Welding, Sustainable Energy Technology (specializing in Electrical Systems), and Health Sciences. SEA-TECH is a branch campus of Kennewick School District’s Tri-Tech Skills Center. Students from Walla Walla and partner districts of Dyaton, Wai...
Ten Years Ago April 14, 2005 Waitsburg Cardinals Natasha Montgomery and Matt Baker captured firsts in the high jump and 110 High hurdles, respectively, at the Milton-Freewater Carnival of Speed last Friday, April 8. Montgomery bested competitors from 20 schools from Washington, Idaho and Oregon, and Baker finished first ahead of hurdlers from 22 high schools. Twenty-nine members of 55 Plus enjoyed potluck and bingo at Ye Towne Hall, Friday, April 8. Lois Metler and Jo Polumsky were hostesses. The group welcomed back Kay Pettichord and Margaret...
Waitsburg Nothing to report. Dayton Mar. 29 Suspicious people with flashlights in the area of construction on Tucannon Street in Starbuck; deputies were unable to locate. Theft of box from front porch on E. Jackson Street by woman in a blue outfit driving an older white sedan; deputies were unable to locate the woman described. Mar. 30 Theft of air compressor and battery taken from front porch on S. 3rd Street sometime in the last few days. Vehicle prowl reported on N. 4th Street; nothing appears to be missing but the glove box was opened and...
April 10: Bob Wardrip, Larry Loundagin, Dwight Penner, Mike DeCoria, Jennifer Mathews, Kelly Cook, Paul Green, Lauren DeRosier. April 11: Bill Huston, Mrs. Dale Rodgers, Lavonne Hamilton and Jessica Robinson. April 12: Carla Nordheim, Nathan Bartlow, George Pulliam, Doug Long, Kelly Lambert, Clarece Newbury, Lynn Fenton, Andrew Chase Baker, Andrea Jacoy, Molly Baker, Betty Katsel and Jennifer Cooper. April 13: Kris Halley, Teresa Abel, Charie Flanigan, Teresa Allen, Justin Land and Jocelyn Leid Erikson. April 14: Marnie Ng, Jason Kenney,...
1: No School 13: Breakfast Sandwich; BBQ Chicken, Bacon, Cheddar on a Roll, Sunchips 14: Biscuit & Gravy; Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes 15: Longjohn; Ham & Potato Casserole, Roll 16: Egg, Sausage, Hashbrown; Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza...
A little over a year ago, voters in the Dayton School District soundly defeated a $25 million bond levy measure that would have funded a major renovation to Dayton’s school facilities. The message was clear: taxpayers weren’t willing to pay for a project that they deemed much more luxurious than what the schools needed to do their job of educating our kids. This month the Dayton schools are again asking voters to approve a levy measure, but on a much smaller scale. The district is asking for...
Artistic types go through “phases.” Picasso is the most famous example. He had his Classical Period, then his Blue Period, then his Red Period, and then several others whose names I have forgotten since my second-grade art class. I consider writing a sort of art. You do your best to make it pretty, it takes obnoxious amounts of time, and people who do it for a living are generally broke. I believe that that’s all the qualifiers which one needs to declare something “art.” In any case, a few weeks ago, I entered what history will remember...
Requesting: $800,000 in a two-year levy for tax year 2016 & 2017 Cost to taxpayers: 2016: 66 cents/$1,000 assessed property value = $400,000 2017: 65 cents/$1,000 assessed property value = $400,000 Example: A $200,000 home would cost the owner $132 each of the two years. Note: These are estimates. The new wind turbines will come on the tax roll during this time period and drive the cost per thousand lower – the county assessor has no estimate of how much. Timeline: Projects could begin summer o...
Waitsburg Easter Bunny (aka Rick Ferguson). . ....
WAITSBURG – Gabriel F. Hofer, 36, of Waitsburg was sentenced to 240 hours of community service by Walla Walla Superior Court Judge John Lohrmann on March 30 for one count of harassment, a Class C felony. Hofer was originally charged with1st degree assault for allegedly beating Richard W. Perez, who he believed supplied drugs to his sister, Mariah Hofer, who died of an overdose in January of 2014. Hofer pleaded guilty to an amended charge of harassment on March 17, for threatening to kill Perez and placing him in reasonable fear that the t...
One-year-old Ryleigh Fabian of Dayton . . ....
First Appearance: Leonard L. Lytle, 24; entered not guilty plea on charges of 2nd degree theft of an access device (debit card), four counts of 2nd degree identity theft, and two counts of forgery; all seven of these charges are Class C felonies. He was also charged with four counts of 3rd degree theft and one count of use of drug paraphernalia, both gross misdemeanors. These crimes allegedly occurred in February and early March. Bond was reduced to $15,000 cash or surety. Joshua J. Berdar, 23; charged with obtaining a legend (prescription)...
DAYTON – The Dayton Development Task Force is looking for volunteers to help with a Community Spring Cleanup this Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. until noon. Volunteers should bring family and friends, gloves, rakes, shovels, clippers, garbage bags, brooms, blowers, weedeaters, and other cleanup tools to the Caboose Park, next to the Historic Depot. From there, volunteers will divide into teams to work in various locations – parks, public landscaped areas, and Main Street – to spruce up town in preparation for the spring and summer touri...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer a free park dayon Earth Day, April 22. Visitors will not need to display a Discover Pass for day use visits to state parks on that day. Free days are in keeping with the legislation that created the Discover Pass, a $30 annual or $10 one-day permit required for use on lands managed by Washington State Parks, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) or the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR). The Discover Pass legislation provided that State Parks could designate up to 1...
WAITSBURG – The Northwest Medical Teams International Mobile Dental Clinic, sponsored by the Waitsburg Resource Center, will be in Waitsburg on Friday, May 1. The program provides free, urgent dental care to low-income children and adults who lack insurance or a realistic way to pay for treatment. The van is staffed by local dentists, assistants and van drivers who volunteer their time. Patients will need to set up an appointment prior to the van’s visit. Contact Pam Conover at (509) 337-8876 to schedule an appointment....
DAYTON – Fruitland, Idaho, teacher Paul Shaber will join the Dayton School District team as middle school/high school principal in July. "This is a great opportunity for me and for my family," Shaber said in an interview with The Times last week. "I'm looking at it as a chance to go make something of myself." Shaber's wife, Angelina, currently teaches special education in Fruitland but plans to return to school and care for the couple's four children, ages 7, 5, 3 and 1. Shaber has taught m...
DAYTON – An attempted traffic stop at the intersection of West Main Street and Wagon Road in Dayton at 2 a.m. last Wednesday, April 1, led to a high-speed car chase westbound on Highway 12 through Waitsburg and Dixie, in Walla Walla County, before the driver and two passengers were apprehended. Columbia County Deputy Jason DeVoir planned to pull the driver over on the western outskirts of Dayton to speak to him about his yellow headlights, which are illegal per state law. Instead the driver, 1...
Third graders from Touchet Elementary visited the Fish & Wildlife acclimation pond and dam . . ....
