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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Preston Park was a beehive of activity on a sunny Saturday morning as families turned out for the annual Easter Egg hunt sponsored by the Waitsburg Grange and Commercial Club. Above: Children swarm the lawn after the Easter Bunny blows the whistle. More photos on page 7....
WAITSBURG – Preliminary election results for Waitsburg's mayor and city council members were tallied Monday night, with a few upsets resulting. Incumbent Mayor Marty Dunn received 239 votes, easily holding his position against challenger Debra Callahan, who received 66 votes. But there will be some new faces on the city council, with Terry Jacoy and Jim Romine taking seats on the board. Longtime council frontrunner Kevin House easily retained his title as top vote-getter, receiving 253 votes. S...
DAYTON – Columbia County planning commissioners have received plenty of feedback – mostly negative – in response to the conditional use permit recently filed by Kathy Sali, to open a marijuana store just outside Dayton. A public hearing is planned, though date is yet to be set, to help determine the conditions that will be imposed on the shop. It is to be located at 36711 U.S. Highway 12, just west of the city limits. While many residents would like to see the store banned, Planning Director Kim Lyonnais said that’s not an option. In Septemb...
WAITSBURG – How to deal with a reported increase in water meter tampering became a topic of discussion at the March 15 city council meeting. The council is hopeful that the problem can be mitigated when the meters are replaced in the future. In his monthly update, City Manager Randy Hinchliffe, said that the city was working on the water meter replacement project and has met with a vendor who provided a cost estimate for replacement and installation of the city’s water meters in excess of $300,000. Last October, Hinchliffe told the council tha...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Home and School Association is hosting their annal school carnival on Fri., April 21 from 5:30-7:30 in the Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room. Funds from the event will help pay for all the school supplies for all 2017-18 Waitsburg School District students. Enjoy a cake walk, games, food and a silent auction. The HASA will also be collecting canned food and hygiene items for the Waitsburg Resource Center....
WAITSBURG – The WHS National Honor Society will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Mon., April 24 from 1-6 p.m. at the WHS gymnasium. The goal for the drive is 28 units and it is requested that donors pre-sign. Donors can schedule an appointment online at www.redcrossblood.org by entering code “waitsburg” or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS. Donors may also register with NHS advisor Liv Leid by calling (509) 337-6351....
WALLA WALLA – A free screening for skin cancer will be held May 10 from 5-7 p.m. at the Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer Center. Registration begins April 25. If anything of concern is discovered, patients will be referred back to their primary care physicians for follow-up treatment. Patients already under the care of a dermatologist or with pre-existing conditions are not eligible for the free screening. Appointments are required and low income will be given first priority. Call the Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer at (509) 897-5700 t...
WAITSBURG – Mark your calendars! Waitsburg Elementary and Middle School students will share their talents and skills in the second annual Waitsburg’s Got Talent! event on Mon., April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. This night of family fun is free and open to the public. Admission is a non perishable food or hygiene donation to the Waitsburg Resource Center. Preston Hall students held their own talent competition on April 14. McKenzie Lewis was judged first place winner for her ballet, Natalie Teal took second place for sin...
Ten Years Ago April 26, 2007 When the movie “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” was released in 2000, the country witnessed a revival in true American music-bluegrass. It also inspired a group of young people from Waitsburg to learn to play that type of music. Today, those young people have established their own bluegrass band: The Blue Mountain Troublemakers.. . Chris Carpenter, Zach Beasley, Nick Carpenter, Austin Beasley, John Hockersmith, and Will Garcia make up the band, which will leave October 3 for Sasayama. Photo caption: All of you mus...
April 10: Sex Offense - At approximately 1120 hours, deputies responded to the Jubilee Youth Academy for a report of an assault. The investigation is continuing. April 12: Obstructing/ False Statements – At approximately 1140 hours, a local high school student falsely reported being in a vehicle collision with an elk in attempt to avoid being in trouble with his parents, on Coppei Ave. April 14: Assault - A man assaulted his girlfriend and left the scene with their infant child on Coppei Ave. Traffic Complaint - On April 13, between the h...
April 21: Tracy Keve, Brooklyn Butler, Rebecca Dunn, Joyce Zingle, and Dean and Deanna Keiser, Nico Harri. 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 and Lisa Kysar. April 24: Betty Callahan, Julia Manyak, Rick Huwe, Bess Harter, Geneva Pettichord, Jason Sickles, Cheyenne Frohreich. April 25: Sharon Pauley, Nancy Meyers, Bernice Mock, Richele Heilburn, Randy Schuster, Michael Bessey April 26: Charlie Baker, Ernest...
For the past few years, I’ve sat in New Orleans high school classrooms watching students debate the fairest way for government to raise revenue. They role-play - first as management consultants advising legislators; then as lawmakers, weighing what to tax: property vs. sales vs. income. Are there limits on what or who can be taxed? Is a flat tax or a progressive rate structure fairer? Sometimes their discussions are heated. These teenagers, however, have an edge that many adults don’t: basic tax literacy. Guided by Tulane law students, the hig...
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With a mellifluous name suggesting bucolic tranquility, Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican, is an unlikely object of the caterwauling recently directed at him and the House Freedom Caucus he leads. The vituperation was occasioned by the HFC’s role rescuing Republicans from embracing an unpopular first draft of legislation to replace Obamacare. A decisive blow against the bill was struck by the quintessential Republican moderate, New Jersey’s Rodney Frelinghuysen, chairman of the Appropriations Committee whose family has inc...
Dear Editor, Waitsburg citizens, across the board, are concerned about the future of the city. Marty Dunn summed up the purpose of the mayor and city council when he told the Times, “The biggest challenge and needs currently facing the city is maintaining our infrastructure.” I particularly enjoyed his humorous conclusion, when he added, “Without having to raise the taxes and fees…” That’s funny; without raising taxes and fees. What a kidder that Marty is. Humor aside, the future revolves around the reality of the present. Only those persons at...
There was a good turn-out at the Developmental Disabilities Services Fair held in the Delaney Room at the Dayton Memorial Library last week. The fair was sponsored by the Walla Walla Valley Disability Network and the goal was to link agencies, caregivers, and the community together in support of developmentally disabled individuals....
DAYTON--Monica Mitchelle is the new Dayton School District After School Program/Drug-Free Grant Coordinator. She is replacing Shakira Bye, who has taken a job with the Dayton Memorial Library. Mitchelle is originally from the small farming community of Condon, Ore., where she was heavily involved in 4-H Youth activities, "my entire life." In 2014 she graduated from Montana State University with a BS in animal science and a minor in agriculture economics. She started her career as a 4-H Youth...
Children filled the Dayton City Park to hunt for thousands of colored Easter eggs on Saturday morning. The annual hunt is sponsored by the Dayton Kiwanis Club and Washington Federal Bank....
DAYTON - On Friday, April 21 the Friends of the Library will host a used book sale, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and, again, on Sat., April 22, from 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Also on April 21 learn how clouds affect weather and the importance of their role in our climate at an Earth Day Cloud Observation Event at the library at 3:15 p.m. On Sat., April 22, bring water, binoculars, and cameras, and wear comfortable shoes and appropriate apparel, for a two-hour bird watching hike, along the Touchet River dike, with the Blue Mountain Audubon Society. Meet in the...
DAYTON—Action was taken at last week’s city council meeting to award the South First Street Reconstruction Contract. The contract was awarded to the lowest responsive bidder, which was POW Contracting, of Pasco, for an amount not to exceed $1,167,431.32. The project start date is tentatively set for June 1, according to Mayor Craig George. The city council also authorized the transportation improvement board supplement consultant agreement for the construction phase of the South First Street Reconstruction Project with Anderson/Perry & Ass...
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WAITSBURG – At their March meeting the Waitsburg School Board approved a lighting upgrade purchase in Preston Hall that will save the district thousands of dollars each year. An energy incentive kick-back from Pacific Power will allow the district to recoup the investment in its first year, alone. In January, District Facilities, Transportation, and Maintenance Supervisor Colter Mohney, approached the board about checking into options for replacing the deteriorating lighting in Preston Hall. M...
WAITSBURG – Local youth bluegrass band Switchgrass Delta will join with other local talent in a fundraising concert at the Plaza Theater in Waitsburg on Sun., April 23 at 4 p.m. Funds from the concert will help pay for the band's upcoming trip to Sasayama Japan in October. Switchgrass Delta is part of the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project (TVAMP). Band members include: Emma Philbrook on mandolin, Chris Philbrook on banjo, Robert Walsh on standup bass, and Kaleb Kuykendall on fiddle. The band...
DAYTON – In two double-headers over the past week, The Dayton softball team came away with four wins, allowing only two runs. Dayton hosted the Mabton Vikings on April 10 and shut them out twice, winning 19-0 and 23-0. Both games were ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. In the first game Dayton had the hot bats, scoring 13 runs in the second inning as they went on to dominate. Heidi Dobbs led the Bulldogs in RBI's with four on two hits. Megan Robins and Kaleigh White each had two h...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg softball team played a tough Colton team three times last week, and dropped all three games. On April 11, the Lady Cardinals traveled to Colton and were defeated 13-3. The Cards struggled to find their offense coming off spring break, putting up just three hits in the game. On Saturday, Waitsburg hosted Colton in a double-header. In the first game, Waitsburg hit the ball well, putting up 11 hits. Ariel Sandau led the way with three hits, followed by Tayler Jones, T...
