Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Superintendent wonders how to engage community in school-upkeep conversation DAYTON – The Columbia County Auditor's Office counted 61 additional ballots last Friday, but the new results don't show much change for the Dayton School District's $800,000 capital improvement levy. The proposal now trails by 23 votes out of 1,160 cast, a slightly larger difference than was reported after the initial count last Tuesday when results trailed by 21 votes. This election requires a simple majority, or 50 pe...
Gregutt recalls club's history, including giving daisies spot of honor as city flower WAITSBURG – A good-sized group of ladies from the Waitsburg Garden Club spent a recent sunny Saturday morning beautifying the town in preparation for Waitsburg's Celebration Days weekend. Club members filled planters with posies from one end of Main Street to the other. As they worked, Garden Club founder Karen Gregutt chatted with The Times about the club's history. Gregutt, who is celebrating her 10th anniver...
DAYTON – This little community was abuzz with activity Saturday, both at the annual street sale on South 3rd Street as well as all along Main Street and beyond, where Dayton sixth graders hollered and coaxed passersby to support their cause and buy a glass of lemonade. One grinning young man pedaled about in the Weinhard Hotel's surrey with a tray of full lemonade cups in the front basket, his digital device playing music and a sign on the back reading, "Musical Lemonade Taxi." In front of C...
Haroldene Welch Dickerson was born November 2, 1933. She died at the age of 81 on April 16, 2015 at her home in Camas, Washington. Haroldene lived in Waitsburg and taught first grade at Prescott from 1973 - 1979. She relocated in Washougal where she continued to teach until her retirement. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Mike Dickerson. Her daughter Holly (Mike) Mayr of Elk, Washington, two grandsons, a great grandson and a great granddaughter. A memorial service was held in Camas on April 25, 2015....
Stephanie Hill and Oliver Ingersoll of Walla Walla Wash., a girl named Evelyn Ella Ingersoll weighing 6 lbs 5 ozs born on April 27, 2015....
WALLA WALLA – The Whitman Institute for Scholastic Enrichment is accepting applications for the August 9-11, 2015, program. This is a free program for local students who entering 9th grade in fall 2015. Participants stay on the Whitman College campus for three days and two nights, and all meals are provided. The WISE schedule includes classes with Whitman professors, workshops on preparing for college, an art project and recreational activities. Students first in their families to attend college are especially encouraged to apply. A workshop f...
DAYTON – Touchet Valley Arts Council is holding an informational meeting for the fall musical, The Wizard of Oz, directed by Mike Ferrians and Brenda Henderson. If you want to get involved (including behind the scenes) attend this meeting at the Liberty Theater at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 14. Ferrians and Henderson will explain the audition process as well as other ways to be a part of the show. Contact the theater at 382-1380 if you are unable to attend, but would still like to participate. Auditions will take place June 1-6, by a...
Bargain hunters lined South 3rd Street in Dayton on Saturday morning . . ....
Ten Years Ago May 12, 2005 As a board member and officer of the Days of Real Sport, Terry Hofer hasn’t seen a Saturday morning parade in over 20 years because he was working at the track preparing for the race meet. “Now I don’t get to see the parade either,” quipped Hofer, the 2005 DRS Parade Marshal. On the other hand, Hofer, 62, will get to see and wave to those who journeyed to Waitsburg for the parade and horse racing as he leads the parade on its circuitous route from the north Main Street Bridge through downtown and back again. Hofer pla...
DAYTON – A fundraiser to benefit Rascal Rodeo, a nonprofit organization that provides Exceptional Rodeos free of charge for anyone with mental and/or physical disabilities of all ages will be held at Woody’s Bar & Grill on Friday, May 22. The evening will include dinner and live music from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. followed by a live auction at 7:30 p.m. Dinner will include turkey legs, cowboy beans, coleslaw and ice cream. Tickets are $35 per couple or $20 per single. Auction and dancing only (no dinner), is $10. For tickets, call Woody’s at 382-236...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Community Library is offering a free Business Web Design class Thursday, May 14 from 4-7 p.m. The class covers website requirements, domain names, static IP addresses and hosting sites as well as rules for designing a good website. Seating is limited. Sign up at the library (103 S. “D” St., Prescott) or call (509) 849-2411 to register....
Waitsburg Nothing to report. Dayton Apr. 27 Theft of prescription pain medications from E. Patit Avenue; unknown suspect. Caller on E. Richmond Avenue reporting a suspicious male taking photos possibly of the caller; person was actually taking photos of city code violations. Deputies took a juvenile male into custody on a warrant. Apr. 28 Deputy assisted an individual in an electric wheelchair that stopped working. Apr. 29 Prescription medication reported taken from residence on S. 1st Street. Walla Walla driver Mara Pennington, 24, cited near...
May 8: Kay Wright, Bonnie Tower, Dean Done, Cathy Williams, Tony Witt, Monika Page and Lindsey Roberts. May 9: Donald Duncan, Patrick Manyak, Valerie Hamann, Dan Havens, Cody Havens. May 10: Walter Vennum, Mary Davis, Kristin Mock and Justin Zuger. May 11: Evelyn Ladd, Vance Price, Donna Hempel, Lynda Patton, Liv Leid, Ronald Leinbach and Melissa Ferrians. May 12: Katy Leid, Erin Dutton, Kasmira Grende, Jonathan Abbey. May 13: Lola Spirotas, Terry Bloor, Kevin Moormann, Jack Gawith and Lavina Meyer. May 14: Daniel Thomas Reese, Marge Tabor,...
8: French Toast; Turkey Sub, Potato Salad 11: Breakfast Sandwich; BBQ Pulled Pork, Corn on the Cob 12: Biscuit & Gravy; Chicken Nuggets, Potato Smiles 13: Longjohn; Bean & Cheese Burrito, Spanish Rice 14: Egg, Sausage, Hash Browns; Macaroni & Cheese...
Dear Friends and Neighbors: I wish I had better news to share with you. State lawmakers were supposed to finish their work on April 26 and conclude the 2015 legislative session. Instead, the Legislature adjourned two days early and the governor called for a special session to begin on April 29. This is a disappointing outcome. I am frustrated and I can understand if you are too. This will be the 11th special session in the last 10 years. While there is still a lot of unfinished business, the...
As graduation draws near, the term “future” gets bandied about more and more, and I increasingly find myself wondering what life will hold for me a couple decades down the road. The following scenario, while highly improbable, is ideal: Emma is a high-powered attorney and bestselling author who lives in a nice-but-still-easily-cleanable home in the suburbs of a larger city. She owns three corgis – Scout, Mimi, and Benedict – and is married to a gentle man with a sparkling intellect and a Natio...
DAYTON – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Bonneville Power Administration have scheduled a public hearing at 6 p.m. on May 14 in the Columbia County Public Works Office conference room, at 415 N. Guernsey in Dayton, to provide information and receive comments from the public about a proposed land exchange that could impact the county. BPA is building a major transmission line, known as the Central Ferry-Lower Monumental line, across a parcel of DNR-managed state trust land in Columbia County. BPA has agreed to acquir...
DAYTON – Columbia County road projects old and new were presented in April to county commissioners. To assist with one major new project, the county road department has hired two engineering interns for the summer to inventory and prioritize roads with clear-zone issues. The Federal Highway Administration defines a clear zone as the total roadside border area, starting at the edge of the traveled way, available for safe use by errant vehicles. This area may consist of a shoulder, a r...
DAYTON – Columbia County signed an interlocal agreement with the city of Walla Walla in April to share in the purchase and installation of a new computer-aided dispatch and records management system for the county dispatch center and sheriff’s office. The new system replaces an 18-year-old program that has reached “end of life,” according to Columbia County Emergency Manager Lisa Caldwell. For roughly $236,000 and a few thousand dollars per year in fees, Columbia County will gain access to a top...
WAITSBURG – For Pastor Mike Ferrians, ministry is as likely to take place around a schoolroom lunch table, while walking to get the mail at the post office or at the Waitsburg Hardware Store coffee klatch, as it is from the pulpit. A true pastor of the people, Ferrians' genuine and enthusiastic interest in the lives of others has had a positive impact on many – both churchgoers and non – in the Waitsburg community. On Sunday, May 17, the community is invited to a retirement celebration honor...
WAITSBURG – Karen Gleason took advantage of her recent medical retirement as an officer at the Washington State Penitentiary to follow her dream of starting an "old school" restaurant in Waitsburg. Gleason's Galley, a mini espresso bar and deli located on the AG- Link service station lot on the corner of Preston and Coppei is set to open on Sunday, for Mother's Day, if all goes as planned. Gleason was hired on at the penitentiary in 2002 but was recently forced into medical retirement. "When t...
PRESCOTT – The Waitsburg-Prescott baseball team dropped two games at home on Thursday to Tri-Cities Prep, 7-6 and 3-1. They followed a win against Riverside on April 28, 16-1. In game one Thursday, the cardinals were trailing 6-2 going into the seventh and final regulation inning. A four-run rally tied the score and sent the game into extra innings. TCP scored a lone run in eighth, and took the victory, 7-6. The bottom of the 7th was highlighted with a double by Devin Acevedo, a 2 RBI single b...
ASOTIN – The Dayton Bulldogs' softball team demolished the Asotin Panthers in Game 1 of Saturday's double-header here, 14-2. Pitcher Megan Robins held Asotin scoreless until the fifth and final inning, giving up just three hits. Dayton scored in every inning except the fourth. Taylor Frame was three for four at the plate, with five RBIs. Sarah Phillips, Lexie Ramirez and Heidi Dobbs added two hits each to Dayton's total of 12 hits. "The girls really showed up with the bats today," said Dayton a...
LEWISTON – The Waitsburg-Prescott track and field team sent ten athletes to the Meet of Champions here on April 30. The meet was an invitational, based on athletes' performances in earlier meets this season. WP sophomore Landon Callas significantly reduced his personal record times in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdle events. He was 8th in the 300 and 11th in the 110. Senior Owen Lanning was 5th in the 110 and 6th in the 300. "Landon Callas had a great day and is improving each week in the hurdl...
PRESCOTT – The WP girls' softball team took a lead into the seventh inning of game 1 of their double-header against Tri-Cities Prep here on April 30, but were unable to hold on. The Jaguars scored four times in the top of the seventh to take the win, 11-9. The game was highlighted by a three-run double by Paige Wood in the fourth inning, that built the Tiger lead to 9-5. Wood had three hits in the game. The big play of game two was a triple play by third baseman Hannah Grant. With the bases l...
