Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Former Columbia County Sheriff 's Deputy Mark Franklin violated three aspects of his employer's policies and procedures, a misstep that would have triggered his suspension if he were still working in that capacity, Sheriff Walt Hessler said Tuesday. Franklin resigned in early June pending an investigation by the Asotin County Sheriff's Office into allegations that he conducted himself less than professionally during an incident at and near the Midway convenience store and fueling station in Waitsburg in February. Investigators, who...
James (Jim) Weeks was born August 19, 1940 in Dayton, Wash., to Jay and Fern Ford Weeks. He died June 25, 2011 in Greensboro, North Carolina. After serving in the United States Air Force, he worked at Radisco, the financing branch of the Chrysler Corporation, and then had his own Nationwide Insurance Company until retirement. He is survived by his wife, Donna, son, Brad Weeks, daughter and sonin law Karon and Allen Petty, stepdaughter, Cassie Norman and two grandsons, Alec and Collin, all of North Carolina. He is also survived by sisters Dona...
DAYTON - The Bul ldogs ma y have won the first Touchet Valley Ryder Cup, but the stage is set for a new tradition in a longstanding rivalry with the ball in the court of Waitsburg and Prescott. Dayton beat the "WP" contingent of community golfers 27.5 to 23.5 after three days of golf one player said "made for a very interesting format." The event featured players from Waitsburg/Walla Walla County against Dayton/ Columbia County in a European-style men's golf tournament. Three formats were used...
DAYTON - Jackie Penner believes God put her on earth to care for the animals that cross her path. A few years ago, Penner adopted a newborn starling and taught it to whistle Yankee Doodle Dandy. The starling also learned to say "be nice" just before it stopped coming back to the farm. She cried when it didn't return. "Imagine that," she says. "Sixty years old and I'm bawling because my bird is gone." Animals are one of Penner's two biggest passions. The other is art. Painting is where she...
Talking with a restaurateur in the town of Dayton today, about the behavior of some small town retailers who copy one another's ideas and seem to go about their merry way never realizing everyone in town is aware of their blunder. In the case of someone stealing another's menu ideas or successful product lines to serve in their own shops, it just shows a lack of respect for other retailers and one's own creativity. Have you perpetrators forgotten your own truth in the term, "culinary arts?" Back in 2002, no one in the entire Touchet Valley had...
Waitsburg/Walla Walla County &Dayton/Columbia County July 5 Animal Problem. Dangerous animal reported on W Brooklyn Avenue in Dayton. Theft. Vehicle Prowl reported on S. 2nd Street in Dayton. Fire. Report of a burn on Highway 12 by Johnson Hollow on a non burn day near Dayton.\Missing Person. Report of a missing person on Kendall Skyline Road, Dayton. July 6 Agency Assistance. Agency Assist requested on Murphy Street in Waitsburg. July 7 Unattended Vehicle Hit. Report of an unattended vehicle hit outside the Tuxedo Tavern on "D" Street, Prescot...
Ten Years Ago July 19, 2001 Honoring Ernest and Dorothy Kison's years of dedication to the community, Waitsburg's new gymnasium will be officially named Kison Court. A large crowd enjoyed a "One of a Kind" potluck picnic hosted by Andy, Denise, Jessie and Micah Winnett. With great food and great music, everyone had a great time! Twenty-Five Years Ago July 17. 1986 Darlene and Walt Norman of Prescott celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, enjoyed relatives visiting and a family reunion all in the month of June. Work is progressing...
STARBUCK- Homemade flower petal jellies and screen-printed Starbuck T-shirts resembling the coffee logo were just two of the unique items for sale in Starbuck's annual communitywide yard sale last Saturday. Motorcycles, old arcadestyle upright console video games, new boots, framed pictures, puzzles, household items, cookies and lemonade were also among the goodies for sale. The first yard sale greeting out-of-town visitors, located just off Highway 216, was at Zonia Dedloff's 40-year-old...
RESOURCE COUNCIL MOVES WAITSBURG - The Blue Mountain Resource Conservation & Development Council has moved from its office location in the Port of Columbia complex in Dayton to the Waitsburg Business Center, located at 111 Preston Avenue, Suite B., and our new phone number is 509-337-8968. According to Council board president Bruce G. Williams of Walla Walla, resource conservation and development councils across the county lost vital support when federal funding was abruptly cut-off on April 15th of this year when Congress passed the 2011...
Heart BEAT About Needs & Good Deeds T HORNTON, Wash. - Dennis Nostrant had not been feeling well all day. It was April 7, 2010. As an engineer for Hardcon Co based in Spokane, he was getting together with county officials, engineers, contractors and subs for a bridge construction project near Kettle Falls in Stevens County. But when it came time for the site meeting, he had to step behind one of the pickup trucks to throw up. He was shocked to see it was mostly blood. His liver had stopped...
We don't comment very often on letters submitted by readers, but in the case of the correspondence from Sharon Spenard of Dayton published on our opinion page this week we'd like to make an exception. This seems as good a time as any to shed a little more light on the situation in which Ace Landscaping owner John Palmer finds himself. County officials have approached him about possible zoning violations involving his new nursery off Highway 12 between Waitsburg and Dayton, following several complaints, presumable from local residents. Mr. Palme...
While I very much enjoy your publication, I was disturbed by the article on Ace Landscaping. Columbia County, and in particular Dayton, needs all the commercial business we can get. Bringing jobs to the county is of vital importance Ace Landscaping is trying to improve our county. Their business property is very well done and improves that portion of Highway 12. It will look even more attractive as it progresses. The Palmers are very knowledgeable in the nursery and landscaping business, having been doing this for a number of years. They give...
Editor's Note: This is the second in an occasional series about Columbia County Health System serving patients in the Dayton and Waitsburg areas. The series will focus on changes and developments since last year's management study and review. WAITSBURG - The night after Jeff Monyak filed his elections paperwork to run for a seat on the health district board of commissioners, he cal led incumbent Jack Otterson on the phone at home. He didn't know Otterson personally, but knew the reputation of...
DAYTON - A group of Dayton High School graduates came up with the idea to have an annual 'All Class Reunion.' In 1977, the event went from an idea to a reality. The 35th annual Dayton High School reunion is gearing up this weekend with events scheduled for July 16 and 17. Registration for alumni will be at several locations on Main Street on Saturday morning. Registration tables can be found on the corners of Second and Main beginning at 9 a.m. until the parade ends and at the Depot grounds....
DAYTON - When you hear Bobbi and Barney Chambers talk about Sophie, Cleo, Denny, Lone Star and Superdude, you'd think they're talking about a circus family of seven that's not getting enough quality time together. " We don't see them enough," Bobbi Jo Chambers says about her loved ones. "We're putting on too many of these shows." But the couple from Cottonwood, Idaho, a town about two and a half hours from Dayton, is actually pining after more time with their show mules, some of which they've had for almost a decade. It's unlikely the tan and c...
