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DAYTON - Tuesday’s preliminary election results showed that the Dayton School District’s $800,000 capital improvement levy proposal was trailing by 21 votes out of 1,099 cast. The Columbia County Auditor’s Office said 29 ballots remained to be counted. Addition ballots mailed by Tuesday may be added to that total. The remaining ballots will be counted and the election certified on May 12. The Times will have more election coverage soon on its website: www.waitsburgtimes.com....
DAYTON – The Columbia County Health System Board of Directors agreed last week at their monthly meeting that they need to move forward with a decision on how to spend the $5.5 million hospital levy approved by voters last fall. “One way or another, we need to make a decision tonight or by the next meeting on how we’re going to move forward,” said Ted Patterson, board president. “We promised the community we were going to do something with this money and we need to do it.” In February the board h...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's FFA chapter nabbed a $5,000 first-place check and a trip to the World Fertilizer Conference in San Francisco, Calif. last year, their first time competing in the Nutrients For Life Foundations Helping Communities Grow contest. The chapter culminated this year's contest submission with a Community Night at Waitsburg High School on April 20, where students shared what they had learned and done for this year's project. WHS Ag Science and Plant Science students welcomed c...
Dayton High School FFA students prepared last week for the annual FFA plant sale. The sale continues this weekend during the 12th annual 3rd Street Sale in Dayton on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Local churches and community organizations will participate in the blocks-long sale. Meanwhile Dayton sixth graders will sell lemonade at their own stands all along Main Street in Dayton on this day. The Blue Mountain Station Artisan Food Market is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The FFA plant sale will...
DAYTON – Dayton man Andrew J. Churchill, 43, pleaded guilty to multiple domestic violence assault charges last Friday in Columbia County Superior Court and was sentenced to seven months in county jail. Churchill was arrested in January after witnesses at Blue Mountain Station stated he’d pulled a gun on an adult male family member in the back parking lot where he and his wife operated a business selling items at the Port of Columbia facility just west of Dayton. According to the arresting doc...
DAYTON – The Columbia County Health System has hired Dr. Kurt Frauenpreis as the newest member of its team. Dr. Frauenpreis has just signed the contract and will begin seeing patients at Columbia Family Clinic, in Dayton, and at Dayton General Hospital in mid-July, according to CCHS interim CEO Jon Smiley. Dr. Frauenpreis, who received his MD from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 1988, comes to Columbia County from the Pinedale Medical Clinic in Pinedale, Wyoming. He completed his residency at the University of O...
8th grade: 3.25 & above Kelsey Alleman Carson Allessio Leena Baker Lexus Benson Mackenzie Forney Harmony Furrow Devon Harshman Austin James Daltin Lambert Scott Leamy Brayden Miller Riley Witt 7th grade: 3.25 & above Wyatt Bohlman Grace Coulston Seamus House Kirsten Miller Cason Nichols Bradley Sandau Avery VanBlaricom Kailyn VanPlake Brandan Weaver 6th grade: 4.0 Karsyn Russell 3.25 & above Koby Harris Riley Hubbard Teagen Larsen Annaka Moreland...
Ten Years Ago May 5, 2005 Senior Cardinal tracksters Matt Baker, Gabe Kiefel and Wade Bennett garnered multiple firsts to lead the Waitsburg boys to another meet win April 26 at Dayton. First place finished by Natasha Montgomery, Anna Hoffmann and Marci Jo Lanning helped the Cardinal girls team to third place. Thirteen Odako ladies met at the home of Deanne Johnson on Thursday evening, April 28. The business meeting consisted of committee reports from the spring luncheon and project committees. Project chairperson, Jackie Ely, showed a sample...
Local children celebrated Earth Day last week at Best Western Plus of Dayton . . ....
Waitsburg Nothing to report. Dayton Apr. 19 Suspicious yelling and possible gunshots or vehicle backfiring on Stockton Road; deputies responded and located several males working on demolition derby vehicle, yelling over the sound of a generator and vehicle backfires. Vandalism reported at the Dayton School District parking lot; somebody wrote on the sidewalk and blocked the parking lot entrance with cones and a detour sign. Theft of a cabinet from a carport on S. 6th Street. Apr. 20 Motorhome with expired plates partially blocking the alley...
April 30: Janice Wills, and Patti Eng. May 1: Josh Smith, Jennifer Jameson, Adam Erikson, Troy Larsen, Corinne Atkinson and Barbara Saxon Abbey. May 2: Kevin Davis, Patsy Fredericks, Bill Hopwood, Roger Hillis and TerriLynn Stensgar. May 3: Alexander Reese, Hanna Becker, Dorothy Wolfe and Andrew Peterson. May 4: Liya Senter, Tom Land, Anna Ray and Ashley Janovich. May 5: Jim Tuttle, Dian McQuade, Pamela Parsons, Todd Wood, Rhiannon Chapman, Kin Hofer, Kelly Thomas Ward, Jim Crawford and Kathryn Fry. May 6: Scott and Ellie Johnson, Betty...
1: Pancake Bar; Turkey Sub, Potato Salad 4: Breakfast Sandwich; Finger Steaks, Jojos 5: Biscuit & Gravy; Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese 6: Cinnamon Roll; Chili, Cornbread 7: Egg, Sausage, Hash Brown; Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza...
OLYMPIA - Rep. Terry Nealey, R-Dayton, and Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, co-sponsored a House resolution honoring the city of Waitsburg’s 150th anniversary. The resolution was adopted by the full House April 6. “Waitsburg is one of the gems of the 16th District,” said Nealey. “From its people, to its businesses, to its rich history, Waitsburg is a quintessential rural community in our part of the state. I am proud to sponsor this resolution and offer Waitsburg the recognition it deserves.” Waitsburg is the last Washington city to operat...
Roughly a week from now, your mailbox will start to fill up with graduation announcements from the high-school seniors in your life, which means that as you read this, some senior somewhere is busy licking envelopes and hunting down addresses. Depending on how much parental input is offered during the guest list formulation process, preparing invitations for mailing can be fairly time-consuming. The following is a list of tips that I wrote up for my little brother on this topic. I’ve seen his r...
U.S. grain markets, including wheat, corn and soybeans are reflecting some volatility, as they bounce in a 30-40 cent range, but essentially they have no direction. Wheat in Chicago has accomplished nothing since late January this year. Tuesday’s closing price was within two cents of the same level as the first day of February, nearly 3 months back. The world always waits to see if spring weather in the northern hemisphere will create a crop-scare. So far the prime ingredient, moisture, has shown up enough to at least prevent a disaster in m...
WAITSBURG – A recent rash of burglaries may adversely affect numbers for 2015, but crime statistics for Waitsburg dropped in nearly every category between 2013 and 2014. Walla Walla County Sheriff John Turner presented comparison statistics that evidence what he called a “pretty significant decrease” at the April 15 Waitsburg City Council Meeting. The only crime category to show an increase was motor vehicle theft which increased from zero in 2013 to three in 2014. Turner made special note...
Spring Clean-Up WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s annual Spring Clean-Up Day will take place, Wednesday, May 6. Volunteers should meet at the City Shop (across from Preston Park) at 8 a.m. and are requested to bring shovels, gloves and rakes, if available. Truck drivers are specially needed. A WSP work crew will assist with this year’s clean-up. Citizens may place woody yard debris (limbs and branches) in front of their homes for pick-up on May 6. The City will not accept leaves or grass as they will not go through the City’s chipper. Those wishing...
WAITSBURG – K. C. and Kris Ann Kuykendall are hosting a Family Discipleship Program that will begin May 7 and meet weekly through July. The course is open to singles, couples, foster parents or anyone wanting to grow in their ability to influence the children in their lives. The Christian-based workshop will offer practical tips for parents wanting to grow in their parenting knowledge and skills. Topics include How to Understand Your Child’s Love DNA, Creating Treasures of the Heart, Healthy Obedience, and other practical elements of hea...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Commercial Club will meet at Waitsburg Town Hall on Tuesday May 5 at 6:30 p.m. President Joy Smith will recap the last three years’ program of work and share plans for summer leadership transition. Incoming president, Deb Callahan, will present a summary of economic development. Dinner will be catered by “The Q.” Cost is $12 for dinner and there is no costs for the meeting only. Please RSVP attendance to ikbakeve@charter.net or call (509) 337-6546. Waitsburg Commercial Club is a 501c6, economic development non-pro...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg School bands are preparing for the annual Spring Concert which will take place Monday, May 11 at 7 p.m. in the Waitsburg High School auditorium. Four bands will be performing this year. The 5th and 6th grade bands will combine onstage for several pieces, including the new and dramatic “Sword of Fire.” The Preston Hall Band will perform pieces they played at the mass band festival earlier this year: the Colonel Bogey march and the complex Doppler Effect. In addition, they’ll play Katy Perry’s “Roar!” and the jazzy “Fu...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Commercial Club passed a unanimous ballot of officers for the 2015-16 term. Officers are: President, Deb Callahan; Past President, Joy Smith; 1st Vice President, Ron Groom; 2nd Vice President, Valerie Mudry; Secretary, Mark Pickel, Treasurer, Fred Gonzalez....
DAYTON – Azure Mountain made a subtle entrance to downtown Dayton retail this spring, opening a handcrafted, artisan soap shop next door to Manila Bay Café on East Main Street. No grand opening or "loud" signs or displays in the window have alerted visitors and locals to the new shop, which is just how Art and Brenda Hall want it. "We want people to see our sign and be curious enough to come inside and see what we have to offer," Brenda said. And the couple both work full time, so the shop is on...
DAYTON – Jeannie Lyonnais has joined the team in the Dayton Elementary School office this month as full-time secretary. Her smiling face is new to the front desk but not to the district. She has worked at the school for the last 28 years on and off. Jeannie and her husband, Kim Lyonnais, moved to Dayton in 1986. They were both born and raised in Spokane. Kim is now the Columbia County Planning Director, a department he has managed in the past but took a short break from to work in planning in W...
DAYTON – Anna Steinhoff is determined to find beauty even in everyday life. She makes rings and necklaces out of bullet casings and Swarovski crystals and crafts bracelets out of leather and metal. This Dayton mother and wife, though not, she insists, a "girly girl," has carved a niche in the local jewelry business – and her pieces are on sale now at Azure Mountain on East Main Street. "It's awesome to see something I made on a complete stranger," she said. Like Art and Brenda Hall, who hav...
A Washington State Penitentiary crew was hard at work, Friday, April 24, removing the old vinyl liner and fiberglass from the Waitsburg City Pool, in preparation for the installation of a new spray-in liner. . ....
