Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG-The Walla Walla Regional SWAT Team raided a home on Main Street in Waitsburg last Thursday. Skylar I. Glasby, 32, originally from Dayton, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful imprisonment and domestic violence assault charges following an investigation performed by the Walla Walla County Sheriff's office (WWCSO). The regional SWAT team included deputies from WWCSO, officers from the Walla Walla Police Department, and a police K9 from the Pasco Police Department. Armored SWAT...
A blazing sunset caught by the Columbia and Walla Walla County Fire Department #2. The trucks were out for a sunset photo shoot to take images to use on their Facebook page and website at CWWFD2.org....
Virtual activities planned DAYTON—It has been “overwhelmingly” decided by The Club’s board of directors, not to open to coincide with the Aug. 25 start of school, but to delay opening for up to four weeks, depending on the local COVID-19 situation. “I agree with their very thoughtful decision. It wasn’t an easy one to come to,” said Jim Pearson, Director of The Club, on Monday. The board met on Aug. 11 and discussed all the complicating factors, as they considered whether to open or not. He sa...
WAITSBURG—Waitsburg Elementary will hold preschool-5th grade registration for Fall of 2020 on August 25th-27th from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Registration will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) at the elementary school. The registration dates are for new and returning students. Face masks will be required for entry into the building. If you cannot wear a face mask, the school will deliver a registration packet to you outside of the building. All children who turn 5, on or before, August 3...
DAYTON—On Aug. 4 Pacific Power Community Regional Manager Bill Clemens shared information with the Port’s Economic Development Steering Committee about a proposed rate settlement, which could provide more than 137,000 customers in central and eastern Washington with lower bills and rate stability. The proposed settlement requires final approval by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Committee and includes an agreement from Pacific Power not to file another general rate case before 2023. Clemens said, if approved, the all-party settlemen...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg Home and School Association (HASA) will be supplying basic school supplies to students at the start of the school year. K-3 students will receive a pencil box filled with crayons, pencils, glue sticks, and scissors. Fourth and fifth-grade students will receive a pencil box with glue sticks, scissors, pencils, and colored pencils. Middle and high school students will receive a pencil pouch filled with highlighters, erasers, pencils, and pens. The HASA will be providing teachers with spiral notebooks and paper. HASA m...
DAYTON—Over the past few years, Port of Columbia officials have been working on a plan to increase broadband access to people in the local community. A broadband feasibility study was completed by the Port in February of this year. The result is a $2 million plan for the Port to build a broadband infrastructure, which can then be used by private internet service providers to provide high-speed internet service at an affordable rate. The Port will hold a Broadband Informational Meeting scheduled on Zoom on Aug. 31, at 6 pm, and is seeking i...
Paige's Floral and Gifts to open the end of Sept. DAYTON-"Who can go into business with their daughter? How often does that happen?" asked Laura Auckerman, who took time out from learning the business at SnapDragon Floral and Gifts for an interview last Friday. Laura Auckerman and her daughter, Paige Auckerman, will be taking the business over from mother/daughter dynamic duo Vicky Beckmeyer and Cara Watts at the end of September. The Auckermans have to jump-in the same way Watts and Beckmeyer...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg City Council met August 13 via conference call. The Council discussed many resolutions and agreements, and heard public comments from concerned citizens. Former Councilmember Terry Jacoy spoke during the public comment, with questions about the recent utility tax increase. At the July meeting, the Council approved a $5/month utility tax that would increase in January 2021. The Council approved the tax increase to help fund flood control efforts. Jacoy stated that he was o...
Dear Editor: Mike Mitchell has earned the vote for Superior Court Judge. His experience and the respect from the community he knows make him the most qualified for this position. I have known Mike for over 50 years. My connection to Mike is both professional and personal. Mike was the Corporate Attorney for my company, Tate Transportation, and we grew up together in this community. Mike was born and raised in Walla Walla. He continues his family’s distinguished legal and civic legacy. Mike’s great uncle Roy Raley was one of the founders of the...
Editor, Before anyone takes the 8/13 Times’ reading suggestion of Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility, they might consider reading John McWhorter’s review of the book in The Atlantic, titled The Dehumanizing Condescension of White Fragility. It’s a great companion piece. Seth Murdock Dayton Editor’s note: The article mentioned can be found at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/y8hrumeq...
The 2020 Census deadline is September 30, 2020, so you still have time to shape the next ten years of your community. The power to change Waitsburg, Walla Walla County, and SE Washington is in our hands. We can all help inform funding for each of the next ten years for public services like healthcare; law enforcement; employment and training; agriculture; food programs like school meals and SNAP; childcare; special education; transportation; roads; emergency assistance; and community development. Emergency flood assistance and most of the...
After reading the article in last week’s Times about science at Waitsburg Elementary, a number of people asked me, “Doesn’t Waitsburg teach science in the elementary school?” The short answer, yes. But I thought a little history might be in order. Over the last 40 years, that curriculum has changed, and to the good: good for the teachers, good for the students and good for science, even Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). What was once thought to be best practice from a textbook, science became what was considered hands-o...
DAYTON—During the regular Dayton City Council meeting last week, special guests Judi Pilcher and Dianne McKinley requested and received authorization to move forward with a research and compatibility study to use the two most southern bays of the City Hall Fire Department garage for expansion of the Food Bank. The Columbia County Food Bank has seen an increase in service from 40 families each week to 185 families, and the current facility is not adequate to meet the increase of needed food stock...
August 6 Deputies handled a non-criminal inquiry related to a social media post. Burbank August 12 Deputies took a report of identity theft. Walla Walla County August 14 Deputies responded to a hit and run incident in the area of Offer Road during the night. Walla Walla Deputies responded to trespassing reports in the 200 block of Preston Avenue. The suspect left prior to officers’ arrival, and was later located and arrested in the 500 block of Main Street. Waitsburg August 15 An adult male was taken into custody for assault in the fourth a...
While the pandemic has kept most of the City facilities inaccessible to the general public since March, City Staff and crew continue to work to keep the City running; ensuring clean and safe drinking water and sanitary sewer services. Capital projects continue to move forward, and crews are on-site working on a variety of projects around the City. This summer will mark the largest expansion of the City’s water system in many years, whereby new 8” water mainlines will be installed in the eastern portions of the City, greatly increasing wat...
Dayton-Licensed Massage Therapist Kahla Harrington describes herself as an introvert. She can appear shy, but she's acted on stage before. She's apprehensive about being in front of crowds, but her smile can light up a room. And behind that smile lies a competitive spirit that strives for excellence. She has been an athlete all her life, playing soccer for 15 years and then distance running. In the first year of her work as a massage therapist, she once was told, "You'll never be better at this...
WALLA WALLA-Have you ever considered the way location affects recreational activities and sports? Clearly, it stands to reason that living on a snowy mountain would invite more skiing and snowboarding than, say, outdoor beach volleyball, but there are some regional differences that are a bit more subtle. Being born and raised in Tennessee, I grew up learning about bluegrass (turf or lawn), which is a big deal when the grass is bluer on the other side of the fence (Kentucky), as well as...
DAYTON–When Levi David Sowerby was 17 years old, a physician told him that a spinal injury he suffered during a gymnastics competition, was so severe it would result in paralysis. He would never walk again. Despite having been raised in a profoundly religious family where authority was not questioned, Sowerby knew at that moment that he could not accept that diagnosis. Though he continued to experience pain related to the injury, he was still walking. From that day to this, Sowerby's journey h...
A disappointing two weeks find the Mariners in last place in the American League West. After a promising 4-4 start to the season, the Mariners have lost thirteen of the last sixteen games. Like in the previous year, pitching has been the issue. The team is currently allowing six runs per game, which ranks twenty-seventh out of thirty teams. Only the last-place Red Sox and Giants allow more runs per game. The next three series against the Dodgers, Rangers, and Padres will determine if the Mariners stay relevant past August in the AL West. The tr...
I understand that half a loaf of bread is better than none, and half-baked ideas may be better than no idea, but half a kitchen is just frustrating. As scheduled, the cabinet installers showed up Tuesday morning, and I was ecstatic, to say the least. The installer was the dourest man I have ever encountered, and obviously, he did not appreciate my excitement. I was like the entire town in The Music Man, singing and dancing enthusiastically at the arrival of the Wells Fargo Wagon. He just...
STREAMING—Though it would make a great band name, Future Man and The Umbrella Academy are two different television series now at your streaming fingertips. The two shows tackle time travel and its ramifications in a way that is absorbing. Part of the richness in the quality of these shows is the fastidious attention to detail both in sets and costume design. Their characters are icing on the cake. Netflix’s Umbrella Academy follows a very peculiar event on one particular day in 1989 when 43 inf...
In about a week, on August 27th, Cookie will turn ten years old. I remember when I celebrated my tenth birthday, my main gift request – the thing I wanted most in the world—was a baseball glove. I got my wish, but that didn’t seem quite right for Cookie, who doesn’t need a glove to catch a ball. She’s a natural-born center fielder. A birthday doesn’t really mean much to a dog, but that is true of many humans as well, which has never stopped me from attaching special importance to birthdays,...
DAYTON—Museum Event Coordinator Shellie McLeod said the Sat. Aug. 1 benefit for the Dayton Historic Depot was a resounding success. A game was played where attendees were shown an architectural element of a particular Dayton building, and then asked to identify it, using the chat function on Zoom. The first person to answer correctly won a pair of Depot wine glasses, beer glasses, or coffee mugs, of their choosing. McLeod said Emcee Shawn Brown did an outstanding job of keeping things light and...
Ten Years Ago September 8, 2011 This year’s Columbia County Fair will be held September 9-11 will bring new entertainment, more education, bull bash, and beer garden that will surely delight fairgoers. I was behind the counter at the Coppei Coffee shop last week when he walked in. He donned a well-worn canvas hat, a big backpack, and two sticks that looked like ski poles. With all that gear on, the diminutive elderly man stepped right up to the cash register and made his inquiry. [Photo caption] Between Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Deputy Ger...
