Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON-Citing public health, safety and liability issues, the Dayton City Council voted last week to close the city pool for the 2018 summer season. The vote was unanimous. "The staff was heart-broken," said City Manager Trina Cole about the council's decision. The pool, which was built in 1982, is developing cracks on top and below the deck and in the crawl space, and is heaving in places. Cole said the entire pool needs to be sandblasted and repainted, and that work cannot be done before a...
WAITSBURG – Two years ago, Waitsburg School District staff, administration and community members participated in a visioning process coordinated by Educational Service District 123, which oversees schools in southeast Washington. A top priority identified through that process, was that the Waitsburg district should not only educate and engage students, but also the community at large. In recent months, the district has made great strides in meeting that goal. In his first year as Waitsburg School District superintendent, Dr. Jon Mishra has o...
DAYTON – Columbia County’s recycling program will be up and ready to begin receiving mixed paper/newspaper, aluminum, and cardboard as soon as Basin Disposal, Inc. places bins at the county’s new recycling station. The station is located in a fenced in area slightly north and east of the entrance to the transfer facility on S. Cottonwood St. BDI will place three bins there to receive corrugated cardboard, mixed paper/newspaper, and aluminum, and the site will be monitored by camera. That’s the good news. The bad news is the market for recycla...
Ten Years Ago - April 24, 2008 After operating as a Green Giant label vegetable processing center since 1934, the Senica Foods processing plant in Dayton is ready for a new tenant. Friday the Port of Columbia opens the doors to welcome interested businesses, entrepreneurs and residents to tour the former home to tour the former house of the largest asparagus cannery in the world. Ad reads---Grand Opening-Waitsburg Clinic , May 5th, Ribbon cutting, Refreshments, Tours of the Clinic. Meet your Partners in Health , Roy Myers, MD, Dawn Meicher,...
Josephine Elaine Thaut was born on March 9, 1943 in Colville, Washington to Harold and Helen Anderson. Known as “Joey” to many in her life, and as Elaine to family, she passed away on December 16, 2017 at her home in Dayton. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, William James. Joey is survived by her sister Aleta (Kent) Shockley of Dayton, son Scott (Paula) of Rosalia, grandson Derek (Valerie) of Colfax, a great-granddaughter, two nephews, great nephews, a great niece, and numerous friends. Shortly after the Anderson fam...
WALLA WALLA – Blue Mountain Action Council reports that it has Washington State Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program grant dollars available to help pay down heating bills for low-income individuals and families in Columbia, Garfield, and Walla Walla counties. Eligible parties must be at or below 125% of the federal poverty level. Households are eligible for assistance once a year through the winter, from Oct. 1 through June 30. BMAC will take appointments until June 30 or until funding is depleted. Those in need can contact BMAC at (...
DAYTON – Children of all ages and their parents are invited to make fun craft projects in honor of Earth Day at the Best Western Plus Hotel and Suites in Dayton on Friday, April 20, from 3:30-5 p.m. The hotel is located at 507 E Main St....
April 20: Chris Shaffer, Verla Bushnell, Doris Huffman, Scott Unholz, Mark Leroue, Elisha James, and Elizabeth Henderson, Kyle Martin. April 21: Tracy Keve, Brooklyn Butler, Rebecca Dunn, Joyce Zingle, and Dean and Deanna Keiser. April 22: Julie Yokel, Mary Cunningham, Marge Benson, Mary Mathews and Dawn Roberts. April 23: Claudia Cunningham, Juanita Gluck, Vera Webber, Sandra Cox, Caleb Durkee, Nico Harri and Lisa Kysar. April 24: Betty Callahan, Julia Manyak, Rick Huwe, Bess Harter, Geneva Pettichord, Jason Sickles, Cheyenne Frohreich. April...
Stop. Look. Think. While these three actions aren't necessarily the best way to cross a busy road, they constitute excellent advice for life itself, especially when it comes to viewing art. Many people, however, are nervous about looking at art, because their major "teaching" in how to do so comes from clips in movies, in which actors playing characters we're supposed to accept as believable stand around and concentrate on perplexing images of irrationality. Given that most normal people...
Dear Editor, In February of this year, 2018, an extraordinary thing occurred to benefit our dear town. By extraordinary, I mean something that doesn’t happen every day or even every year. Michael Haight and Cathy Lee-Haight decided to make some very large gifts for the good of our community. They gave to enrich and strengthen what we already have that is vibrant and to help a new organization get up and running. To the Dayton Historic Depot Society, they contributed $20,000 toward the operations endowment that the Depot has been working to i...
Dear Editor, Regarding the proposed water bottling plant, the commission looks at this decision as a “Land Use Issue” which I understand. In that regard here are points they need to consider: Use of the land is important, although the commission does not regulate morality, I doubt they would allow zoning for a house of prostitution. This is agricultural land, there is no industrial zoned area nearby. Wineries are agricultural and produce water as a product with added value. Irrigation returns the water to the ground from which it came. The irr...
DAYTON—Colby Litzenberger, of Tucannon Development, LLC, has stepped up to the plate with regard to building number two at the Blue Mountain Station, reported Port Manager Jennie Dickinson, during the Port of Columbia Commissioners’ meeting last week. Work on the building by Litzenberg’s family-owned construction company had stalled over a dispute with the Port about whose responsibility it was to provide electricity to the building. At a meeting with Port officials in February, Litzenberger’s father, Allen Litzenberger said he believe...
DAYTON—During last week’s meeting of the Port of Columbia Commissioners, Port Manager Jennie Dickinson reported that she has met with Adam Schmidtgall, Principal Engineer for Anderson Perry & Associates, to discuss an engineering design application for a $3.5 million bicycle trail between Dayton and Waitsburg. Dickinson said an application for funding of the design will be submitted to the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Local Programs, in early May. “We’re excited to get started on seeking funding for the Dayton to Waitsburg bike tr...
I have had this salad several times, with a few different versions, and I have enjoyed it each time. I think this recipe, which comes from Better Homes & Garden's All Time Favorites, is the quicker version, using packaged shredded cabbage. INGREDIENTS: 1 recipe Peanut Butter Dressing** 6 cups packaged shredded cabbage with carrot (Coleslaw mix) 1 c. sugar snap peas, trimmed and thinly sliced lengthwise ½ c. coarsely shredded peeled jicama ½ c. thinly sliced green onions ¼ c. sliced almonds, roasted Fresh cilantro...
WAITSBURG – The Dayton-Waitsburg softball team made quick work of Lyle-Wishram-Klickitat on Saturday in a double-header in Waitsburg. In the first game, a 21-0, three-inning rout, DW went to bat only twice, knocking in seven runs in the first inning and 14 in the second. The team had 14 hits, including three each by Hanna Becker and Megan Robins. Neylan Bryan had an in the park home run. Pitcher Robins gave up only one hit in her three innings pitched. “Along with being very aggressive on the base paths D-W had a solid defense and pitching day,...
