Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Columbia County Commissioner candidate Tom Bensel can al- ready tout 18 years of ex- perience working with the county, making him a candi- date with special insight into the position. Bensel, a Dayton resident, has had work experience in many fields, from nuclear energy to street maintenance that he can draw on to help the county in a variety of ways if the public chooses him. If elected to the county post, Bensel said he has no major agenda of change. Although he does have an idea of...
DAYTON -- The Liberty Theater is preparing for the end of an era. As the film industry replaces 35-millimeter film with digital technology, theaters have been upgrading to digital projectors to keep up with the times and this includes Dayton's restored Liberty Theater. Liberty Theater Manager Kirsten Schober said the transition will require a costly new projector, which all together will come with a price tag of $69,450. Recent donations have made the projector within reach. Initially the...
DAYTON - Dayton's elu- sive squatter-burglar went for- ward with a plea agreement last Thursday in Columbia County Superior Court after previously sending a note to the prosecutor saying he had changed his mind. Daniel Baxter, a transient man, was arrested in February and charged with 28 burglary- related counts stemming from the seven months or so he spent breaking into vacant homes in the city of Dayton and squatting in them overnight. Last Thursday, Baxter did plead guilty to Judge William...
