Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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8 - 20 Mule Mania! Dayton, WA See full schedule of events at http://mulemaniadayton.com 17 Dayton Lions Club 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Delaney Building YWCA Fun Factory Preston Park, Waitsburg 2 - 3:30 p.m. Free fun for kids ages 5-10. Crafts, games and fun activities. Every Thursday through July 31. Dayton Kiwanis 6-7 p.m. Delaney Building Teen & Tween Zone Zombie Carnival 1 p.m. Field View Park, Prescott Summer Reading Program activity hosted by the Prescott Library. Friends of the Library Meeting Prescott Library (103 S. D Street) 7 p.m. The Friend... Full story
Ten Years Ago July 22, 2004 New Waitsburg Superintendent Carol Clarke's first board meeting didn't provide much of a honeymoon as she and school district directors grappled with a difficult issue surrounding a 6-7 grade split. Dr. Clarke and new board member Ross Hamann were also sworn in at the meeting, attended by a number of parents of middle school-bound students. A once-familiar fixture of Waitsburg's Main Street has returned. The Odako Club bench once again graces the sidewalk in front of Weller Public Library. The refurbished bench was... Full story
DAYTON - Main Street will be alive with mules and former students Saturday morning, as the annual alumni and Mule parade rolls through town, beginning at 10 a.m. Mule Mania kicks off Thursday at the Columbia County Fairground, with more than 150 mules and donkeys, along with their owners, expected to participate. Many of the mules from the show will participate in the parade, including at least one eight-up team. Members of several of Dayton's graduating classes celebrating milestone year, will spend Friday evening assembling floats for the...
DAYTON - Sixty years ago this summer, Bud Groom and Marilyn Fletcher were preparing for their senior year at Dayton High School. This summer, Bud and Marilyn, who have been married 58 of those years, will lead the Dayton Alumni Parade as Parade Marshals. The combined Dayton alumni and Mule Mania Parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday on Dayton's Main Street. Many of the graduating classes with milestone anniversaries will prepare floats Friday night and ride them in the parade Saturday. When asked wh...
WAITSBURG - West Nile Virus is not as deadly or exotic as it sounds, but with three suspected cases recently diagnosed at the Waitsburg Clinic it's a good idea to know what to look for and how to treat and prevent infections. Mosquitoes that have become infected by feeding on diseased birds spread the disease, which is most prevalent May through October. The Washington State Department of Health is currently reporting no confirmed West Nile Virus infections in 2014 but mosquito samples recently...
NEZ PERCE COUNTY, Ida. - The body of a Dayton woman missing for nearly a week was recovered Saturday along the Snake River here. She was presumed to have drowned. Sharon Matthews, 66, was last seen July 6 at Geneva Bar, on the Oregon side of the river, about 50 miles south of Lewiston. Her body was discovered several miles downstream at a spot called Buffalo Bar, on the Idaho side of the river, by officers from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Nez Perce County Sheriff's Office. Local search and rescue officials from Oregon and...
