Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – The Dayton High School Alumni Association held their 41st Annual Alumni Weekend festivities last weekend. While official events are only held on Saturday, alumni are in town reminiscing with their classmates beginning Friday and into Sunday. "Friday night, classes usually gather to put their floats together," Alumni Association President Roseann Groom said. "On Saturday, we had the parade, the annual meeting, the open house at the high school, and then in the evening the classes p...
WAITSBURG – In a workshop prior to their regular July 12 meeting, the Waitsburg School Board, along with other administrators, staff, and community members, met with architects to go over preliminary plans for a new field house at the WHS football field. The work session included a review of preliminary design elements, as well as discussion on the placement of the new facility at the complex, according to Board Chairman Ross Hamann. “We spent several hours in the work session and reviewed multiple potential elements that will go into the des...
DAYTON-The City of Dayton has received a certificate of appreciation from the National Park Service, marking the 50-year anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act. The city is one of 1,966 Certified Local Governments nationally, said Dayton Historic Preservation Commission Chairman Mike Smith at last week's council meeting. Mayor Craig George said there were 952 towns and cities in the state of Iowa, alone, who received this award, and that being recognized is an honor for the City...
Jean Rebecca Sunderland (Dahl), long time resident of Dayton, passed away January, 20, 2017 in Vancouver, Washington. She was born May 10, 1925 in Chehalis, WA to Arthur and Thelma Dahl and had over seventy one years of marriage to her college sweetheart, Arthur Sunderland. A "Celebration of Life" will be held on Saturday, July 22nd, 2:00 p.m. at Dayton United Methodist Church....
Ten Years Ago July 26, 2007 After going 7-3 during the regular season, the Windermere Girls Softball Team, won the 13-18U championship tournament by winning two games to capture the top trophy. The team consists of Morgan Beckman, Loren Eng, Mayra Ezpinoza, Kaz Grende, Alisha Marshall, Jackie Matson, Taylor Moon, Carissa Murphy, Kristin Ruffcorn, Ashley Wilson, and Megan Withers. Coaches are Angie Potts, Marvin Eng and Allen Wilson. Construction of the new Waitsburg Clinic is expected to break ground in October. A sign to publicize the...
DAYTON - A Large Helicopter Project is planned for the Tucannon River from July 24, and will be on-going for the following 5-7 days. There will be periodic road closures during that time when the helicopter is hauling trees and boulders over the Tucannon Road. Campground 5 will also be closed to camping during that time, because it will be used as the helicopter landing pad. For more information contact Kari Dingman, Assistant Wildlife Area Manager, W. T. Wooten Wildlife Area at (509) 843-1530....
WAITSBURG – Athletes interested in participating in cross-country in fall 2017 are requested to email Waitsburg Schools Superintendent Dr. Mishra at jmishra@waitsburgsd.org or call the main office (509-337-6301) as soon as possible. Numbers are needed for planning purposes....
DAYTON – The National Night Out event will take place in Dayton again this year on Tuesday evening, August 1. The public is invited to the Dayton City Part from 5 – 8 p.m. The Park will be filled with many activities. Free hotdogs courtesy of Banner Bank will be served by the Dayton Kiwanis and Lions Clubs. Free soft drinks will be provided by Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. Free cold bottled water will also be provided. On Hand will be Life Flight and National Guard helicopters, Fire trucks and ambulances from Columbia County Fire District 3 can be to...
June 21: David Dunn, Dick Harper, Tawnya Nettles, Peggy Brookshire and Anita Baker. June 22: Andy Winnett, Michael Spidell and Paul Cook. June 23: James Lehr, Teresa McConnell, Debbie Shaeffer, Delbert Porter, Michelle Bergevin, Lynn Savage, Jon Gibson and Heather Havens. June 24: Kathleen Seaton, Donna Surry, Rod Bailey, Suzanne Stonecipher-Sollars and Darien Hulce. June 25: Randy Pearson, Pat Allmon, Dan Estes, Margaret Monfort Shultz and Craig Adams. June 26: Ava Jean Gagnon, Judy Mulhair, Michelle Benson Brooks, Norma Bessey, Toni Chavez...
* On July 24, 1567, during her imprisonment in Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots is forced to abdicate in favor of her 1-year-old son, later crowned King James VI of Scotland. Twenty-five years earlier, while just six days old, Mary ascended to the Scottish throne upon the death of her father, King James V. * On July 25, 1832, the first recorded railroad accident in U.S. history occurs when a cable securing boulders snaps, throwing four people over a cliff on the Granite Railway in Massachusetts. * On July 26, 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers...
One of the great inventions of modern times is the string trimmer – better known as the weedeater. (Like kleenex and band-aid, I've stopped capitalizing it.) For a long time, I owned two. One, which I bought more than 20 years ago, is powered by a two-stroke engine, which operates about three inches from my right ear. It requires me to mix oil with the gas before putting the gas in the engine. Then I have to pull the starting rope multiple times before it fires up. It used to start on the s...
1. LANGUAGE: What is a kerfuffle? 2. MEDICAL: What are you suffering from if you have a condition called veisalgia? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which famous World War II general had a bull terrier named Willie (named after William the Conquerer)? 4. GEOGRAPHY: What ocean is the Coral Sea in? 5. MEASUREMENTS: How many cups are in 2 gallons? 6. FOOD & DRINK: What fish has varieties called skipjack and bonito? 7. PSYCHOLOGY: What causes spectrophobia? 8. LITERATURE: What was the setting for Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”? 9. MILITAR...
* It was best-selling author and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart -- the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean -- who made the following sage observation: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers.” * The elephant is the only animal that can be trained to stand on its head (other than humans, of course). * Historians of ancient Rome say that a three-man crew was required to handle a war chariot: The rein handler was responsible for managing the horses, and the...
I was on my way to a Columbia Cares meeting at the Delany building last Wednesday when a white van with the logo "Road Yeti" got my attention. The van turned right from 3rd St. onto Hwy. 12, and drove out of sight. Seconds later the van appeared around the corner of Clay St., back onto 3rd St., and into the parking lot at Dayton Cut and Wrap. I grabbed paper, pen, and my camera, and took off to see who was driving. When I got there nobody was in sight. There was a phone number on the van, which...
Pictured from left to right: Dayton Chamber of Commerce Director Justin Nix, County Commissioner Norm Passmore, Distiller Rusty Figgins, Port Commissioner Gene Warren, and Port Manager Jennie Dickinson cut the ribbon at the grand opening for XO Alambic Craft Distillery, at the Blue Mountain Station on Friday evening....
There were 60 youth from the Summer Recreation Program, and through the Dayton Memorial Library's Wednesday program for children, at the HomeStreet Bank Parking Lot Party last Wednesday. The children made Homemade windsocks, and had an ice cream party....
WAITSBURG – They drifted in slowly, in singles and pairs, but by the end of the night it was ten guys and a gal performing at Friday night's Mythical Movable Bluegrass Jam held at Suze Wood's Open Studio in Waitsburg. Another half-dozen folks, from a toddler to retirees, provided the audience, nodding and singing along with the tunes. "Jams are the epitome of live music. If you're not there at that moment, you'll never hear the same thing again. It's always different people playing different son...
DAYTON-Dayton Cut and Wrap is back in business doing mobile slaughter, and is under new ownership. Joe Nyce owned and operated the business with his brother in law Roger Trump since the 1980s, before the Westergreen family came on board with Tucannon Meats in 2006. The business became available in March of this year, and Scott Groom, a butcher from Walla Walla, bought the business from Nyce, and opened shop on June 1. Groom changed the name back to "Dayton Cut and Wrap." "I was here running it,...
DAYTON – This past Saturday saw Dayton's Blue Mountain Station play host to 20 vendors during its fourth annual FoodStock event. The event, which was originally held the same weekend as the famous Woodstock event, was moved after a conflict with a concert in Walla Walla two years ago. The day-long food, beverage, and craft festivities are now held on the same weekend as Dayton High School's Alumni Weekend, to give alumni and families another source for entertainment while in town, said Brad M...
I’m going to cheat this week and use a recipe I have used before. For several reasons, of which one is, it is a good dessert for this time of year: very lemony. I made this not too long ago and realized I had picked up two instant lemon puddings instead of one pudding and one Jello. I had a large box of lime Jello and used half of that. It was not a good idea. The lime flavor canceled out the lemon flavor so that neither one came thru. Zucchini are coming on so if you have any good recipes, please share. I have done the Chocolate Zucchini C...
An unidentified body was found in a mobile home that was consumed by fire early this morning in Dayton. Columbia County Sheriff's Office and the Columbia County Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire located at 603 Country Village mobile home park, at approximately 3:44 a.m. on Thurs., July 20. According to a Sheriff's Office press release, the home was fully engulfed when emergency personnel arrived. An unidentified body was found inside the mobile home during fire suppression... Full story
