Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON-Artists Winnie Brumsickle and Kimi Bruzas will display their work in Dayton during All Wheels Weekend. The exhibit opens on June 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 143 E. Main Street. The show includes original collages by Bruzas and mixed media paintings by Brumsickle. Though they approach their work with unique visual vocabularies, their pieces share many elements that make the combined show cohesive. Bruzas and her sister Lori are well known for their shop The Gaudy Gals on Main Street in...
Since the bag-in-box method of wine packaging first arrived in this country about 15 years ago, the range and quality of offerings have steadily improved while prices have remained stable. One of the most reliable brands is Black Box, and you'll find a wealth of options at most local groceries. I'm singling out this Sauv Blanc because it is from Chile, which has carved out a nice niche with this newly-popular grape, and because it's being steeply discounted. A three-liter box is equivalent to...
MidSchoolMath addresses a critical time for students in relation to math education. DAYTON—The Dayton School Board held a work session meeting in the high school library at 6 p.m. on June 7, 2023. School board members present were Jeffrey McCowen, Zac Fabian, and Aneesha Dieu. Superintendent Rich Stewart and Business Manager Jana Eaton also attended. Korinda Wallace attended using Zoom. Grant Griffen was absent. The only action item on the meeting’s agenda was to approve the adoption of MidSchoolMath (MSM) for the 6-8 grades math cur...
WALLA WALLA—Whitman Mission National Historic Site (NHS) and Manhattan Project National Historical Park (NHP) will host a special event at Whitman Mission NHS from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 17. Rangers from both parks will celebrate people and stories often excluded from regional history. The rangers will offer fifteen-minute talks at the Whitman Mission visitor center every half an hour. Topics will alternate between Whitman Mission NHS and Manhattan Project NHP. Activities also include a family-friendly, untold stories-themed s...
Barney Ray Culbertson was born in Dayton, Washington to Irene and Joe Culbertson on March 25, 1952. Barney passed away peacefully and well taken care of at St. Mary's Hospital in Walla Walla, Washington on May 19, 2023 at the age of 71, unfortunately, due to cancer. Barney went to school in Dayton, Washington then moved to Sequim, Washington and graduated from Sequim High School in 1970. Barney worked at various places such as: Jolly Green Giant Cannery in Dayton WA, on a fishing boat in...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Board of Commissioners will hear comments on the petition to form a Columbia County Pool District. The public hearing will be held on Monday, July 3, 2023, at 10 a.m. at the Columbia County Commissioner’s Office in Dayton, Wash. Final approval of the proposal is pending the hearing....
DAYTON—Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, “Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse”. This is an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spiderman to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered. According to the Rotten Tomatoes website, this movie is well liked by both critics and audiences, with 96% favorable from both. The critic’s consensus was “Just as visually dazzling an...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg School’s Spring recital once again had the bounce and verve of Mrs. J’s direction. The K-5 students used the whole gym to move around with sweeping gestures, full voices, and lively dancing. They pulled all the stops out on lively pieces like “Boogy Woogy Boy of Company B” and “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” and sensitive pieces like Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird.” The audience couldn’t help but laugh and clap at the joy of it all. Principal Pickel acknowledged the students’ improved confidence and musical prowess (thanks to Mrs....
Seniors "ham it up" a little after the tradional cap & gowns pictures were taken....
WAITSBURG-Twenty-eight eighth-graders were recognized at the traditional promotion ceremony on Monday, June 12, in the Waitsburg High School auditorium. Principal Stephanie Wooderchak led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance, and then Academic excellence winners were announced. Dan Nechodom presented awards for math and Heather Ball White for ELA and U.S. History. Nicole Abel presented certificates for Intro to Ag and Onshape CAD program certificates, and Wooderchak recognized students for...
DW COMBINE-Coach Dan Nechodom presented track awards to his high school team on June 6. The team met at the track where Reuben Yutzy was named Outstanding Boy and Alyssa Hollingsworth was named Outstanding Girl. Hudson Reser received the Most Inspirational award and the Coaches' Award went to Marion Duncan....
WAITSBURG-Local artists Brenda North, Michele Smith, Lorna Barth, Ellen Heath, Rori Budden, and Heather Sterns will exhibit their work at Waitsburg Art Garden (WAG) on Saturday, June 17 from 8:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. Brenda North started painting in 2011 after moving to Dayton. She began with acrylic and oil, but for the last few years has focused on watercolor. "Although my subjects are varied, I love painting landscapes and florals." Michele Smith is principally a watercolor artist working in...
Ten Years Ago June 13, 2013 Graduation ceremonies are typically solemn occasions steeped in tradition and pomp, so the audience was at first startled, then delighted when the entire Dayton High School class of 2013 started singing “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” during salutatorian Samantha Harting’s commencement speech. Harting was describing various shared memories of the class that, for the most part, has been together since kindergarten. “I had asked a couple of classmates to start sin...
At our last Seattle apartment, I had a lovely container garden along the perimeter of our sunny, but narrow patio. Mixed among the pots of ornamental flowers I planted a selection of favorite culinary herbs. Being able to snip some sprigs to use in the kitchen always felt like a luxury. At the time, I could have only dreamed of having an edible garden as big as we have now. In fact, of all the things we love about our Waitsburg home, the amount of space we have for growing a variety of fruits, v...
