Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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1 Library Card Signup Month Sept. 1-30 Dayton Memorial Library September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Residents of Dayton or outlying areas in Columbia County, stop by the library to get your free library card. Walla Walla County Fair And Frontier Days Sept. 1-2 Walla Walla County Fairgrounds Enjoy all of the tradi- tional fair events for just $3 to $7 per person, depending on age. Special events this year are con- certs by the Frog Hollow Band, wool busting and tractor pulls. For more...
Lloyd N. Rainwater Jr. passed away Sunday August 19th in Palm Springs CA. A native son of Dayton, Washington, he was the oldest son, of 5 children, born to Lloyd Rainwater Sr. and Kathryn Newell Rainwater on January 24, 1920. His grandfather, Jacob Rainwater was an early settler in Dayton in 1874, establishing a wheat farm, raising beef cattle and managing their large forested property. The Rainwater Ranch was awarded a Centennial Farm certificate in 1989. Lloyd attended schools in Dayton and graduated from Eastern State University in 19...
WAITSBURG -- The key to any big season is defense. You may have heard that offense wins over the crowd, but defense wins championships. Regardless of the sport, championships are won with great individual and team efforts on defense. And, that was the case this past year. I have team statistics for all my 13 seasons, starting in 1999, and this past season we stopped the run very well, giving up only 108 yards per game. Only the 2009 run defense that gave up 100.3 yards was better. Our total team defense (215.8 ypg) was also second ov...
WAITSBURG - As the WP football team is setting its sights on another state championship win, the WP cheer squad is also stepping up its spirit, stunts and dances with the hope of providing great support in the Tacoma Dome again. This year, the WP cheer squad boasts six varsity cheer- leaders and four junior varsity cheerleaders, said coach Vickie Hamann. The varsity squad is fairly young, with just three returning cheerleaders and two cheerleaders who have never cheered before, she said. But,...
DAYTON - The Dayton cheer squad this football season will be focusing on adding tougher stunts to their routines as well as supporting athletes of all sports in the school and throughout the community. Head Coach AJ Walker said he has eight cheerleaders for football and seven cheerlead- ers for basketball this year. He is assisted by Jana Eaton and Emily Schlenz, a 2010 Dayton High School graduate. From July 16 through July 21 the squad attended cheer camp and the team has been practicing since...
DAYTON -- If Dayton wants to repeat as league champions this year, they will have to do it with a var- sity squad half-composed of sophomores and freshmen. Fortunately for Dayton, all three projected sophomore starters saw significant time as freshmen on last years' title team. Two seniors and one junior return as well. The graduation loss of three impact players from 2011, how- ever, leaves 10th year Bulldog coach Shannon Turner with some holes to fill. Libero/Hitter Nicole Lambert, setter...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg- Prescott came oh so close to a state tournament bid in 2011, falling two points shy of a trip to Yakima in the district cham- pionship match versus Asotin, then losing their second chance to earn a state berth with a loss to DeSales in the loser-out final. The Lady Cards will have to make this year's attempt for Yakima minus the 1-2 scoring punch of departed senior hitters Ronnie Hulce and Dionna Baker and 3-year varsity setter Kayla Huxoll. And while there is still a...
DAYTON - With a small, young cross country team this fall season, coach Dan Nechodom expects his Bulldog runners to keep their heads in the competition this season. Nechodom has six runners this fall, three girls and three boys. One more boy has revealed some interest in participating and may join the team, he said. Two of the runners are in junior high. There are no team captains. And with just one returner, freshman Austin Krekula, Nechodom is excited for a young team he can mold into a grou...
WAITSBURG - With 15 WP cross country runners turning out for the fall season, the team and the coach are dreaming of their competitive opportunities. Coach Joanna Lanning, in her ninth year with the team, said she has 15 athletes, eight at the high school level and seven at the middle school level. The team boasts middle school athletes, athletes from Jubilee Youth Ranch and even an exchange student from Belgium, Lanning said. This year, the cross country team will be able to field a...
PRESCOTT - The pressure is on. Just more than two years into their successful combine soccer program, the Waitsburg- Prescott Tigers are now the state's defending champions. The young team famously beat the Providence Highlanders to win the state 1B/2B crown and bring it home to Prescott late last year. "Every game's going to be harder (this year)," head coach Mark Grimm said. "Everyone wants to take down no. 1." The Tigers, now going into their third year as a soccer power, will have to take on the league without the likes of ace goalie...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Health System Board of Commissioners moved to begin contract negotiations with CEO candidate Dale Polla of Missoula, Mont., af- ter a months-long search and a week of events planned to introduce Polla to the community. The board broke for execu- tive session during a meeting on Thursday, Aug. 23, to discuss Polla's candidacy and options for moving forward, Board President Ted Paterson said. The session began at 7:10 p.m. and the meeting reopened to the public at 8:05...
DAYTON - Practices are underway and after a weekend romp at Camp Wooten, the Dayton soccer team is preparing for the coming season with a winning attitude and a talented team. The team has already kicked the season off with a clinic, practices and a trip to Camp Wooten, where the team worked together and, most importantly, started to bond and mesh as a team, head coach DJ Frame said. There are 25 students signed up for the team this year, nine girls and 16 boys, 19 of which are returning fr...
DAYTON - The 2011- 2012 school year was Dayton's most successful year on the boys' side of athletics in quite some time, with a state tourney appearance in basketball and a near-miss in football. The same leading players- mostly seniors-filled out the rosters of both teams. Now that the likes of skilled players Colton Bickelhaupt, Hayden Fullerton and Joey Schlachter, and massive lineman Kroft Sunderland have moved on, this year's admittedly short-handed, 23-man Dayton football squad will...
WAITSBURG -- Waitsburg-Prescott lost six award-winning seniors from its undefeated and state championship- winning 2011 football squad. With the loss of so much skill, experience, and size on the lines, at quarterback, and at key defensive positions, it is perfectly reasonable to assume 2012 will be a rebuilding year for the Cardinals. But your assumption would be wrong according to WP head coach Jeff Bartlow. "We had a big junior class that played significant roles last year in the ch...
DAYTON - The Blue Moun- tain Heritage Society joined forces with Walla Walla Macy's for the second time on Saturday, Aug. 25, as part of Macy's annual "Shop for a Cause" event. The heritage society sold 26 tickets for the event, Mountain Heritage Society member Elizabeth Thorn said. Tickets sold for the heritage society benefit the Smith Hollow School restoration project. Last year was the heritage so- ciety's first time participating in the event, which Macy's has been hosting since 2006, Thorn said. "It was a bit down from last year's number...
DAYTON - City plan- ning in Dayton is no longer being handled by Columbia County and now the posi- tion is open to qualified applicants. The city of Dayton listed the job posting last week, moving forward with the city-employed position. Short term regular city planning had previously been provided by Columbia County for $8,000 a year. The planning job is now in the city's hands because the contract for planning services between the city and the county expired and the renewal was declined by the city council. The proposed contract denied on...
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Port of Columbia - Special meetingSeptember 5, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. - September 12 at7:30 p.m. Dayton City Council - Monday Septem- ber 10, 2012 Dayton School Dis- trict - September 5, 2012at 6:30 p.m. Columbia County Fair Board meeting - September 17,2012 at 7:30 p.m. Columbia County Board of Commissioners 1st and 3rd Wednes- day - September 5, 2012 - September 19,2012 - October 3, 2012 Starbuck SchoolDistrict - August 30th...
COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR DAYTON -- The Columbia County Fair will be Sept. 7-9. Come celebrate the fair with exhibits, one of the best barbecues around, children's games, and an excit- ing Motocross race....
DAYTON - Scott Watkins, a 33-year-old Dayton resident, was arrested by the Benton County Sheriff's Office on a warrant Tuesday, Aug 28, and faces 12 charges for burglary and theft of firearms, knives and video equipment, according to the Columbia County Prosecutor's Office. Watkins appeared before Judge William Acey on Thurs- day, Aug. 23 in Columbia Coun- ty, represented by Andrea Bur- khart of Burkhart and Burkhart firm. His appeal court date was set for 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept 6. Watkins...
WAITSBURG - Food and restaurant photographer David Reamer really wasn't sure what he was getting himself into on his trip to photograph locations in Waitsburg last Thursday. But that's typical. Reamer said he is often photographing places without much context because as a magazine photographer he has little to no contact with the writer. He does not know what the magazine article will even be about. Reamer was a profes- sional cook for 13 years and throughout the last six years he has been transitioning into a career as a food and restaurant...
Dixie School District No.101 When: Monday August 20, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. New Business ACTIONS: 1) Policy & procedure 1400: Meetings, notice, conduct. 2) Policy 1420: proposed agenda & consent agenda. 3) Policy & procedure 2022: Electronic resources (1st reading) 4) Policy 2220: School calendar 5) Policy & procedure 6801: Capital assets/theft-sensitive assets 6) Provision 2 lunch program DISCUSSION: 1) Captain Planet foundation grant Walla Walla County Board of Commisioners When: August 28, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. In Attendance: Commis- sioner District...
ANNUAL PIONEER FALL FESTIVAL WAITSBURG -- Mark your calendars! The Pioneer Fall Festival is right around the corner on Sunday, Sept. 16. The Lions Club annual salmon barbecue is Sept. 15. The Waitsburg Historical So- ciety is working hard to host a festival to include more of Main Street while keep- ing the event's traditional entertainment and church service. Don't miss out on all of the fun. Details to come in the Times as the date ap- proaches!...
