Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The weather was warm and skies were blue (rather than filled with smoke) for Dayton's Columbia County Fair & Rodeo last weekend. See more fair photos on the Last Page....
Annual community event takes a step back in time WAITSBURG – On the third Sunday of each September, Waitsburg takes a step back in time to celebrate history with its one-of-a-kind Pioneer Fall Festival. This year's 45th annual celebration, to take place on Sun., Sept. 17, is shaping up nicely. The festival will begin at 11 a.m. with the traditional non-denominational church service held on the Bruce House Museum lawn. Waitsburg Christian Church pastor Matt Wyatt will officiate. Pioneers of t...
DAYTON – More than 50 people showed up Monday evening for a public hearing held by the Columbia County Planning Commission on the final draft of Columbia County Fairgrounds Facilities Improvement Plan. About a dozen people spoke to the commission and the audience, conveying their hopes and concerns about potential improvements to the fairgrounds facility and Touchet Valley Golf Course near Dayton's west end. Many expressed concerns about horse stall rentals becoming too expensive, and t...
WAITSBURG - The next Whoopemup Wednesday event will be Sept. 20 from 6-8 p.m. The $15 dinner includes summer vegetable pasta bake with roasted heirloom tomato sauce, fontina and fresh mozzarella, Caesar salad, garlic bread and mini timamisu cupcates. $15 per person. Call (509) 337-9000 or email waitsburgcc@icloud.com to reserve....
Wayman Sinden, 88, died August 31, at his home in Walla Walla. Wayman taught chemistry, physics, and was an FFA Advisor at Waitsburg high School from 1955-1958. Wayman’s service will be held at 9:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 8, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1821 S. 2nd, Walla Walla....
Jean Ruth (Cloke) Bicknell, 69, of Prescott, passed away on Sept. 5, 2017, at her home. She was born in Wisconsin, on June 25, 1948, to William and Dorothy Cloke. The family later moved to Prescott where Jean graduated from high school and made her home. She married James Bicknell in 1967 and was a devoted mother to her children, James (Jamie) and Janean. Jean's great love for animals, especially dogs, was exceeded only by her love for her family. She was known to do whatever she could to...
Ten Years Ago September 20, 2007 Another beautiful – albeit breezy – September Sunday played host to the Pioneer Fall Festival at the Bruce Memorial Museum. The corn on the cob was lip-smackin’ good and smiling folks were abundantly welcoming to the well-attended fall classic. The case of the missing Lewis and Clark Silhouette has been solved. The Silhouette of the two famous explorers, positioned in the parking strip near the Main Street Bridge was discovered missing Monday morning by local citizens. By Tuesday the iron silhouette, craft...
WAITSBURG – The First Aid/CPR Class at Waitsburg High School on Wed. Sept. 27 will now begin at 4:30 p.m. and is a 3 ½ to 4 hour course. The cost is still $30. Please contact Stephanie Wooderchak at the high school to register. 337-6351....
Arraignments: --Alonzo Grant Snicer, 44, Dayton. Charged with third degree assault and resisting arrest. Court documents state that deputy Foxe was dispatched for a welfare check on Aug. 9. When he arrived, Snider allegedly prevented Foxe from exiting his vehicle by holding the door closed. When Foxe exited the vehicle he used a tazer on Snider, then hit him. Foxe then went to the ground and a non-striking bullet was fired from his gun. Witness accounts say that Snider pushed Foxe to the ground while kicking and hitting him. Foxe was treated...
Sept. 10 At 1:10 a.m., deputies cited and released a male on Coppei Ave. and Preston Ave. for driving while license suspended....
Sept. 15: Brooke Hoon, Bessie Tate, Sharon Merrow, Lynn Piersol, Gini Clarno Walters, George Gagnon. Sept. 16: Lois Mettler, Kevin Steffanson, Bruce Harris, Jerry Mock, Pam Davis, Dan Bickelhaupt, Carter Henry. Sept. 17: Gustavo Reese, Tom Duckworth, Elizabeth Alleman, Mindy Eaton, Nathan Hansen, Nathan Hamann. Sept. 18: Ashley Wilson, Jeff Pietila, Rob McKinney, Naomi Davis, Eric Laughery, Clinton Davidson, Annika Garbe. Sept. 19: Teighan Anderson, Tom Wagner, Kelly Price, Robbie Ezell, Marina Huff, Paul Hall. Sept. 20: Owen Senter, Rhonda...
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At last count firefighters were battling 82 major wildfires in 10 western states. The fires have already scorched 2,300 square miles of forests and range lands, dislocated thousands of people, and burned hundreds of homes and buildings. This has been the third worst forest fire season on record prompting western congressional members to add billions to emergency hurricane relief legislation It isn’t over yet. The cost of fighting fires already broke this year’s U.S. Forest Service budget. It...
Unfortunately, autocorrect was less-than-helpful in last week’s edition of The Times. Eleanora Montgomery shared that she, Karen Huwe, and friends, went river rafting in Riggins, Idaho. We must have made a typo and Word then “corrected” the word “rafting” to the word “farting.” The ladies would like it made clear that they went rafting, not farting. At least we were able to add a bit of levity to an otherwise gloomy week of national news. On the positive side, this gives us the opportunity to include a submission we received from a staffer who...
Dixie farmer Bob Brock garnered some attention when he stationed himself holding a flag, alongside his Patriot Jeep, just outside Dixie on Monday, Sept. 11, in honor of Patriot's Day. Several people posted on Facebook asking who he was and we even received a call at The Times office, inquiring about him. Brock drove his jeep across the country to ride in the Washington D.C. Memorial Day parade earlier this year and has continued to honor veterans at parades and events since. He records many of...
New fall banners grace Waitsburg's Main Street, courtesy of the Waitsburg Historical Society. The banners welcome fall on one side and advertise the annual Pioneer Fall Festival on the other. The Waitsburg Celebration Days committee is planning to purchase winter banners, displaying a cardinal on a snowy branch, as well....
DAYTON – Everyone with a four-legged-friend is invited to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Dayton Dog Park on Tues., Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. The dog park is located just south of the fishing pond near the city park. Kiwanis will furnish free hot dogs and there will be snacks and gifts for both humans and their furry friends. Dog owners will have the opportunity to register their pooches and to visit win Dr. Kennie Reeves. A special thanks to the Friends of the Dayton Dog Park, the City of Dayton, and the many v...
WALLA WALLA - Providence St. Mary Medical Center will host a free community health fair on Sixth Avenue next to St. Patrick Catholic Church Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The event will include 30 health care booths with lots of giveaways and free screenings for blood sugar, cholesterol, blood pressure and heart health, as well as information about free mammograms for low income people, advance care planning, respiratory health and physical therapy. For more information, call 897-2940....
DAYTON – As we head into fall, things are heating up at Dayton's historic Liberty Theater. With a spectacular new musical, film festival, and a visit from a premier musical act, there should be plenty of entertainment to keep everyone happy as the days get shorter and the nights get colder. There is no one else quite like the Doo-Wah Riders; for over 30 years they have been riding their own patch of the musical range throughout the west, building an impressive grass-roots fan base along the w...
DAYTON-Savonnah Henderson has been around art her whole life. Her father, Steve Henderson, is an internationally known fine artist. She has two paternal uncles and one paternal sister who are artists. Her brother Jordan has recently shown his Colombian-trip-inspired wood carvings and charcoal drawings at the Wenaha Gallery, and her father has several of his paintings on display there, now. And Savonnah is now employed at the gallery as a framer and manager-in-training, according to Pat Harri...
COLUMBIA COUNTY – Columbia County Commissioners have decided not to place a proposition on the November ballot imposing a sales and use tax for costs associated with law and justice. While Municipal Court Judge Scott Marinella, Sheriff Rocky Miller, and Civil Deputy Tim Quigg see the needs associated with it, they have said the timing is not right, according to Commissioner Merle Jackson. The commissioners are, however, moving ahead with a proposition to impose a sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent, which is to be used solely for t...
DAYTON—Representatives of the Umatilla Confederated Tribes came before the BOCC at last week’s regular meeting to present and discuss a proposed Memorandum of Agreement for the Rainwater Wildlife Area, which, if enacted, would establish a formal working relationship between the tribes and the county. Since 1997 the tribes, in conjunction with the Bonneville Power System, have acquired land in the Rainwater Wildlife Area, of which 10,835 acres lie in Columbia County. The lands have been purchased for the purpose of mitigation for impacts on fis...
WAITSBURG – This year's Fall Festival Pioneers of the Year most certainly meet the definition of pioneers. Dorne and Dorothy Hall, have ties to the area dating back to the early 1800s, earlier even than Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. Dorothy's family, the Dauphins, settled in the area in 1835 and Mathew Dauphin was a signer of the early Indian treaties at Frenchtown, according to Dorothy, who is active in the Frenchtown Historical Foundation. Dorothy's great grandfather, on her mother's side, M...
WHS freshman Amy Farley was named champion for her 4-H Equine Individual Presentation at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup on Sunday. Amy will advance to represent Washington Sate at the Eastern Equine 4-H Roundup in Kentucky in November....
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' volleyball team started the season at home last week, sweeping their match with Garfield-Palouse (25-18, 25-13, 25-17) on Tuesday and beating Athena Weston in five sets (19-25, 25-15, 29-27, 14-25, 15-4) on Thursday. Senior Hannah Becker dominated the net in both games, getting 14 kills, 13 assists and eight blocks against GP, and 17 kills, 17 assists and five blocks against AW. Megan Robins was 14 of 14 serving in the GP match, with two aces, and she was 24 of 26 s...
