Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's city council is in unanimous agreement that it would like to see the city totally out of the fire and ambulance business. At the June 17 city council meeting, the council approved Ordinance 2015-1031, which will initiate the process of annexing the Waitsburg City Fire Department into Walla Walla County Fire District No. 2. Voter approval of the annexation will also be required. Plans include transitioning the Waitsburg Ambulance Service (WAS) into the district as well. B...
A visitor and his son get a close-up photo of a '32 Ford Highboy Roadster during the Show N Shine at last weekend's All Wheels Weekend event in downtown Dayton. Crowds were large and the weather was great for the 21st annual event....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Tysen R. Beckner, 25, was arrested last week in Idaho and now faces a felony charge of child assault in Walla Walla County Superior Court. Beckner was allegedly involved in a fight at the new Whiskey Creek Bar and Grill in Waitsburg on the night of June 17 during which his girlfriend, Waitsburg resident Shaylynn M. Johnson, was arrested on a warrant, according to court documents. According to relatives, Beckner was left in charge of two young children in the h...
DAYTON – Anyone driving Highway 12 can see it. The wheat fields are ripening quickly. Gone are the rolling green plains. In their place are fields of shorter-than-normal, already golden grains. And it's still June. The heavens haven't blessed the Touchet Valley with rain in quite some time. And with temperatures predicted to reach the triple digits over the weekend, any additional moisture to the ground before harvest is improbable. Local farmers have mixed feelings about the drought. The s...
DAYTON – Do you know your county building and permitting rules? Columbia County suggests you reacquaint yourself with them because officials have asked the planning department to brainstorm a way of “adding teeth” to current ordinances. Jake Davis, Greg Abramson and Kim Lyonnais, with the Columbia County Planning Department, presented information last Wednesday to commissioners on a county-wide problem with building-code violations. Dilemmas include everything from residents running unlicensed s...
Beverly L. Hampson, 84, entered into eternal peace on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at her home in Eagle, Idaho. Beverly was born on August 26, 1930, a daughter of the late Selma and Merrill Landess. Beverly married the late Richard K. Harper in 1951, and was later married to Walter L. Hampson in 1982. She is preceded by her beloved husband of 31 years, Walter, who left us in 2011. She leaves her loving memories to be cherished by her loving and devoted children, Tracey Ryan, Judy Deines, Jeffrey Harper, and Rick Harper; and step-children, Linda...
Senior Class 4.0 GPA Gales-Alexenko, Luke Z. Grant, Hannah G. Larsen, Talen T. Philbrook, Emma c. Shafer, Tyler Walker, Samantha R. 3.25 and above GPA Lanning, Owen L. Leroue, Chance O. Mercado, Sofia C. Grant, Michael F. DeRuwe, Mikala L. Edwards, Bailey Acevedo, Devin Fisher, Nicole M. Salazar, Analise Wood, Paige N. Junior Class 3.25 and above Walsh, Stuart J. Branson, Zion I. Jones, Caitlyn A. Sophomore Class 3.25 and above Hays, Taylor A. Pope, Aislynne M. Dunn, Jacob M. Wood, Skylar Farley, Jared E. Adams, Emily A. Mercado, Selina L....
Randy Hinchliffe was the winner of the Waitsburg Friends of the Library Father's Day raffle basket. . ....
Ten Years Ago June 30, 2005 Two hundred years ago, perhaps one way to describe the foods eaten by members of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery is “basic.” The menu choices of those days of yesteryear will be the topic of a Fourth of July cooking demonstration entitled “Buffalo Innards and Weeds.” The 33-strong Salt & Light Music Ministry group performed its homecoming concert in Waitsburg last Friday evening before a full house, culminating a five-day tour of Northwest cities that included Hood River, Ore., Beaverton, Ore., Monmout...
Waitsburg Nothing to report. Dayton June 7: Missing juvenile reported on S. 3rd Street; located and returned. Fence posts removed from property on Eckler Mountain/Cougar Canyon Road; posts burned in pit and garbage also left on property. Dayton resident Marcos Acevedo, 37, arrested on E. Clay Street on suspicion of driving under the influence and on a suspended license. Unwanted subject reported at Cameron Court. June 8: Caller reporting medications taken from vehicle during prowl that occurred in May; theft may have taken place near milepost...
I’m sure I don’t totally understand how emergency services operate in and around Waitsburg, but here’s how I can best explain it: The city of Waitsburg has a fire department that puts out fires and responds to other emergencies within the city limits. The area of Walla Walla County surrounding Waitsburg has its own fire department (WW Co. Fire District 2) that responds to emergencies outside the city, but within the county. Then there’s an area in Columbia County that’s nearer to Waitsburg...
There are pros and cons to computers. One pro, of course, is that you can work on multiple things at once. One con, however, is that you can work on multiple things at once. Take this seemingly simple dovetail: Working on signing up for college classes while trying to write a chapter for a “collaborative fiction project.” I started off by booting up the Internet and attempting to log into my course manager. While that was loading, I typed a few paragraphs, trying to flesh out my character withou...
Workers were busy installing new water lines along the east side of Main Street in Waitsburg Tuesday, making a trip to The Times office especially treacherous for visitors....
DAYTON – The cause of death remains unknown in the case of Shirley "Ben" Gano, the 88-year-old Oregon man whose body was found near Starbuck last week, Columbia County Coroner Rea Culwell told The Times on Monday. Preliminary results from Monday's autopsy, however, indicate that the manner of Gano's death was natural, according to Culwell. More tests will be conducted, but at this time the cause of death could not be determined "due to the condition of the body," she said. Gano's body was locate...
DAYTON – Enough public interest was shown in the discussion last week regarding whether to pave Mead Road north of Dayton that Columbia County Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing to discuss the matter further during their next board meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15. Portland General Electric, which owns the wind turbines recently constructed off Mead Road and surrounding properties, has proposed to pave Mead Road – the main county roadway used during construction of the Tucannon River Wind Farm. Seth Walker, assistant cou...
WAITSBURG – July’s Christian Women’s Connection luncheon will take place July 15 at the Waitsburg Town Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The theme is “Christmas in July.” Lunch is $10 and will be catered by Gleason’s Galley. July’s speaker is Nancy Gabert from Bend, Ore., whose talk is titled, “What’s in Your Backpack?” Bethany Moser of Waitsburg will share her vocal talent, and Lael Loyd of Dayton will share about “Operation Christmas Child.” Reservations are needed and childcare can be provided by reservation. Call Judy at (509) 399-2005...
WALLA WALLA – Banner Bank wants to make its customers aware of a wide-spread phone scam in which Banner Bank customers and non-customers receive automated calls stating that there is a problem with the recipient’s debit or credit card. The robo calls, which may show as Banner Bank on a caller ID, request the recipient to press “1” for an operator, then ask for the recipient to enter his or her card information. Do not do so. “These robo-calls are part of a phishing scam attempting to obtain bank account and personal information,” said Dianne...
DAYTON – The city of Dayton hopes to “unveil” a freshly redeveloped website next week, on June 30. The address of the website will remain the same: www.daytonwa.com, but the site will feature a more contemporary design, new tabs and current photos, City Clerk Trina Cole said. “The site will be more user friendly,” she said. “It will have a search engine, so people can find things more easily....
DAYTON – Columbia County has filed criminal charges against county resident Darlene M. Savage, 70, alleging that she has been maintaining an unpermitted salvage or junkyard on her South Touchet Road property for over a year. The misdemeanor charge, filed in district court on June 12, followed a report signed by the Columbia County Planning Department Director Kim Lyonnais earlier that week stating that this particular property has been a problem since at least 2011. The junk, vehicles and o...
Dayton WWII veteran Owen Agenbroad (top photo) was the first Everyday Hero to tell his story last Thursday at the Dayton Memorial Library as part of this summer's reading program . . ....
WAITSBURG – Izzy-the-camel owner Mickey Richards says he would love to one day to write a book filled with stories about Izzy. If he does, that book will undoubtedly include a chapter on Izzy's most recent adventure as a television star. Last week, Waitsburg's favorite cuddly camel was doused in fake blood (Karo syrup and food coloring) and transformed into a gruesome member of the walking dead to perform in an episode of the SyFy channel series "Z Nation." The series, which is filming its s...
WAITSBURG/DAYTON – Guatemala City missionary David Beam cites "enjoying the wide open spaces and the beauty of the land" as a favorite experience in his recent visit to the Touchet Valley. The valley's rolling hills and waving wheat fields are a stark contrast to the "4 million people and horrible traffic" he and his wife left behind, he said. In a fun case of role reversal, David and his wife, Damaris, recently spent several days enjoying local landscape, people, events and points of i...
WAITSBURG – Troy Larsen knows a thing or two about coaching football. He has been an assistant coach – both volunteer and paid – for the past 15 years for the Waitsburg and WP teams. Larsen takes over head coaching duties next season, after the resignation of longtime head coach Jeff Bartlow. "He's been with me since my second year," Bartlow said of Larsen. "Troy is a deep seated Cardinal. He is a community guy and has a love for Waitsburg. He's the right man for the job." Larsen is a Waits...
FREE SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM Monday - Friday Breakfast 8-8:30 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m. – noon All children 18 & under receive meals free of charge....
June 26: Ava Jean Gagnon, Judy Mulhair, Michelle Benson Brooks, Norma Bessey, Toni Chavez and Shalyne Bentley. June 27: Lisa Christensen, Sarah Monfort Torrens and Cameron Collins, Travis Eaton. June 28: Kendra Roberts, Terry Dunn, Kathleen Walborn, Heather Ferguson, Jordyn Prince. June 29: Wanda Mattice, Linda Herbert, Gina Fluharty. June 30: Jeff Bartlow, Pete Kinder, Ralph Jones and Erin Mellish. July 1: Gary Hofer, Ellen Atteberry, Scott Clayton and Lynn McCaw. July 2: Marc Zuger, Jeannie Hurd, Corlene Scoggin, Patrick McConnell and...
