Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Acrobats, clowns, tighrope walkers, jugglers, and more, from the Wenatchee Children's Circus, performed in the rodeo arena on Friday night during the Columbia County Fair....
DAYTON - At the close of their Sept. 7 meeting, Columbia County Commissioners and Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell discussed the idea of seeking mediation to help overcome an impasse regarding how to utilize excess funds from a federally funded crime victim advocacy grant. The disagreement now threatens business as usual in Columbia County and Dayton. Last year the U.S. Department of Commerce tripled funding for crime-victim advocacy. In Washington, every county prosecutor's office receive...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council will choose from five applicants when they vote to fill a vacant city council seat during a special council meeting at 6 p.m. on Thurs, Sept. 15. Applicants include Karen Gregutt, Jeanie Miller, Lisa Morrow, Jim Davison, and Debra Callahan. The open council position became available when former Waitsburg Mayor Walt Gobel resigned last month. At their August council meeting, council members voted to have Mayor pro tem Marty Dunn fulfill Gobel’s term. Thi...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg welcomes each fall with its traditional one-of-a-kind Pioneer Fall Festival. The festival, a celebration of local history, takes place the third Sunday of each September on the Bruce House Museum lawn. The festival will open with an outdoor nondenominational church service on the Bruce Museum lawn at 11 a.m. Pioneers of the Year, siblings Velma Sickles and Delbert Mock will be recognized following the service. After the ceremony, guests will travel back in time as they t...
New goal regulation football goalposts were installed at the football field and are ready for the first Waitsburg home game on Fri., Sept. 16. The installation process was no small project! The Waitsburg School District would like to thank the Waitsburg Lions Club for purchasing the goalposts, Kevin House and The McGregor Company for use of the boom truck, and Ross Hamann, Pat Mohney, Tom Mathews, Jim Davison, Andy Winnett, Louie Gagnon and Jake Long for help with installatio...
Ten Years Ago September 21, 2006 Finding answers to important questions and making resulting decisions are in the Waitsburg City Council’s future in the aftermath of the portion of the Columbia Complex Fire that swept through the City watershed in the North Coppei Creek canyon in August. Questions revolve around water quality, reforestation and potential for flooding, according to Dan Katsel, Public Works Director for the City. The only cloud that cast a shadow on the Pioneer Fall Festival last Sunday was that its 2006 Pioneer of the year, t...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Commercial Club will kick of its new year with a meeting on Thurs., Sept. 15 at noon at The Q Wood Fired Grill on Waitsburg’s Main Street. Jennie Dickenson, manager of the Port of Columbia, will speak about the positive community development of the Blue Mountain Station. She will discuss how market needs are established, how products are selected, how building specs are determined to create economic interest and development, and how businesses are discovered and nourished. Lunch, which includes soup, sandwich, des...
DAYTON – A free mobile food bank will visit the Dayton Fairgrounds on Thurs., Sept. 29 from noon to 2 p.m. Bring a box or basket to take food home. Volunteers are needed to bag produce, open boxes, and help distribute food. To volunteer, contact Tim Klipfel at 529-8031 or email timothy.klipfel@thrivent.com or Janet Bye at 524-8456 or email jbye56@gmail.com The event is sponsored by the Blue Mountain Action Council, Thrivent Financial, and Redeemer Lutheran Church....
DAYTON – The Dayton Memorial Library is holding a surplus sale of unused items through Sept. 17. The sale is open to the public and library employees. A list of items and photos can be picked up at the library, along with bid cards for the items. Call (509) 382-4131 with any questions....
DAYTON – Join Alder Family Dental (202 E. Main) for Business After Hours on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 5:30 p.m. Meet Dr. Rachael Deininger, Dr. Patrick Sharkey and staff while enjoying a cheese plate from LC at the Green, Dumas Station Wine, and cookies. Bring a business card to enter giveaways for a Sonicare Electric Toothbruch, bleaching kit, movie tickets, $75 Alder Family Dental gift certificate, and a bottle of Dumas Station Wine, courtesy of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. No RSVP is necessary....
The Community Council will hold three meetings to prioritize ideas gathered from recent Community Conversation meetings held throughout the region. Community members are encouraged to attend and weigh in at one of these prioritizing workshops. Each workshop will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Mon., Sept. 19, Walla Walla County Fairgrounds Community Building (363 Orchard St.) Tues., Sept. 20, Milton-Freewater Community Building (109 NE 5th St.) Wed., Sept. 21, Dayton Fairgrounds Youth Pavilion (North Pine St.) Refreshments, child care, and...
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 Newbury, Monte Duncan, Robyn Dunleavy, Alex Solis. Sept. 21: Bob Rabern, Kenneth Crawford, Fred R....
Everything seemed to be coming up Gary Johnson when the week started. No one liked the two major party candidates. (OK, maybe not no one but lots and lots of people.) The first presidential debate was still almost three weeks off. It looked like there might be a real chance for Johnson to make the debate stage alongside Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump! Then Johnson went on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” And it all came tumbling down. Here’s the exchange between Johnson and Mike Barnicle: BARNICLE: “What would you do, if you were elected, about Ale...
Eight years ago, I wrote a medical report on the health of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose personal physician I had been for 22 years. That report was 276 words and described Obama’s health as excellent. I was derided for issuing such a brief report, but there was nothing of significance in the medical history of this healthy, 47-year-old male. Meanwhile, Republican John McCain - a 71-year-old with a history of skin cancer - made nearly 1,200 pages of records available for a group of reporters to review. Today, the two major c...
Last month, as Donald Trump showed his campaign manager the door (again) amid stalling poll numbers, the GOP nominee started trying to make amends for all the alienating things he had said about minorities and women. He apologized for causing “personal pain” with some of his remarks. He started courting black voters. He tried to “soften” his language on immigration. Finally, it seemed that Trump realized that he could not win in November with just the voters that had won him the primary. But Sunday’s new Washington Post-ABC poll shows tha...
Dear Editor, The upper windows on the front of Waitsburg Town Hall need be replaced to prevent weather damage to the structure as well as improve efficiency. The Board would also like to replace the street-level windows in the North and South Fireside rooms to improve efficiency. Town Hall is a non-profit trying to take in enough from rentals to cover operating and repair expenses—the same as all homeowners. Even though it has been a reasonably good year financially for Town Hall there are only enough funds to replace the upper windows at t...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Park and Recreation District will host members of the Walla Walla Symphony on four Wednesday evenings beginning on Sept. 14. Performers will play on the Prescott Plaza stage located on D Street, from 5-7 p.m. Seating is limited and guests are invited to bring a lawn chair. The concerts are free but a donation box will be available. Symphony members will perform from 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 14, 21, 28, and Oct. 5....
DAYTON—According to Mayor Craig George, the City of Dayton has filed an injunction, in Columbia County Superior Court, against the Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell, for breach of contract. The reason is because the PA has not given the required one year notice of intention to discontinue services to the city, Mayor George said. The injunction was filed Tuesday, and a hearing was expected to be held in Columbia County Superior Court on Wednesday....
DAYTON—In his report to the Hospital Board of Commissioners on Sept. 8, Columbia County Health System CEO Shane McGuire said active marketing by his marketing team is paying off in getting patients to utilize Dayton General Hospital for their health care needs. Marketing has been accomplished at Kadlec Medical Center, St. Mary’s Providence Hospital in Walla Walla, and elsewhere, since McGuire has instituted an active marketing plan, he said. McGuire attributed active marketing to a strong inpati...
DAYTON—The Dayton School Board heard about enrollment numbers from Superintendent Doug Johnson at their regular meeting on Sept. 7. Johnson said that school enrollment on the first count day was right at four hundred, higher than it was in September, 2015 and he said it is only the second time in the past nine years the count has been higher than the end of the prior year enrollment. “This is a very good sign for us,” Johnson said. Johnson said he is concentrating on the goal of making Dayton th...
DAYTON – The defense allowed a touchdown on each of its opponent's first three drives. The defense also gave up a total of 489 yards in the game. And the defense allowed its opponent to score 41 points in just over the first three-quarters of the game. But in the end, it was their defense that won the game for the Dayton-Waitsburg football team here Friday night against Columbia-Burbank, in a non-league matchup against a larger 1A division school. Clutching a slim 45-41 lead over the final t...
WAITSBURG – The WHS volleyball team hosted its annual Waitsburg Invitational tournament Saturday, and the Lady Cardinals had an outstanding day, placing second. They won their first four matches, before dropping the championship match to Irrigon. In pool play, Waitsburg beat DeSales, 25-10, 25-17; Touchet, 25-23, 25-22; and Irrigon 14-25, 25-13, 15-7. In the Championship bracket, the Lady Cardinals took on College Place in the semi-finals, beating them 25-23, 25-11. In the finals, a rematch with...
A team of Dayton alumni took on the Dayton High soccer team on Saturday, and showed the youngsters a thing or too. The Alumni won, 10-3....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg hosted Riverside on Sept. 8, in their first match of the season. The Lady Cardinals fell in three sets, 25-20, 25-19, 25-23. “For our first match, we played pretty well,” Coach Angie Potts said. “We had too many serving errors and that’s an easy fix. We still have some things to work on in order to get where we need to be by the end of the season but this was a good start against a comparable team. Game Stats: Ariel Sandau 6 aces, 11 assists, 6 kills, 6 digs; Devon Harshman 2 aces, 8 kills; Jade Alleman 3 kills, 4 digs; T...
