Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON – The Columbia County Hospital District board of directors last Thursday approved a final site plan for the upcoming major renovation of Dayton General Hospital. This plan shows the reconfiguration of hospital departments, though final details are still to be determined The new layout reflects significant changes from the original plan presented to voters more than a year ago. In the design approved last week, the emergency room area will be moved to the east side of the building, near wh...
DAYTON – Richland watercolorist Lisa Hill, who is the Wenaha Gallery Art Event artist through Oct. 17, will be in the gallery, Sat., Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., giving live watercolor demonstrations as part of Art Walk. Local jewelry artist Anna Steinhoff of Blue Mountain Made will join Lisa during the Art Walk event. Hill became a student of art before becoming an artist and is fascinated with the science of watercolors. "I'm going out on a limb here since I haven't painted with oils or acr...
DAYTON – One of Dayton's favorite events – Dayton on Tour – will take place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents and visitors are invited to bring the whole family and participate in this free event, sponsored by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce and the Dayton Historical Depot Society. This year's free activities include an Art Crawl, kids' fall festival, museum tours, wagon rides, artist demonstrations and horse drawn wagon rides. Tickets for the historic home tour, featuring four exceptiona...
PRESCOTT – Some may consider Prescott the middle of nowhere, but in the late 1800's, many considered it halfway to somewhere. Beginning in 1869, Prescott residents Benjamin and Malinda Flathers provided a forage station and accommodations for travelers along the Mullan Road. Their station was called Halfway House because it was located halfway between Fort Walla Walla and the road's Snake River crossing near Lyons Ferry. Last Friday, Walla Walla 2020 Historic Sites & Markers Project c...
WAITSBURG – "Being flung unwillingly through the air has a very specific feeling. Like you're stuck inside a lurching brutal gyroscope, with flashes of light and color, but no image you can process." Those words, written by Suze Wood in a blog post entitled "Cheating Death," describe the feeling of being hit by a speeding truck, while riding her beloved Bay gelding, Duke. Both Wood and Duke miraculously survived the traumatic event, but Wood is now trying to raise funds for necessary d...
The Cardinals had a great race despite the heat at the Big Cross meet in Pasco on Wed., Sept. 23, said Coach Ann Adams. Landon Callas ran the hilly, sandy 5k course in 18:32, a PR for the course. His time earned him 3rd place, as he passed another runner at the finish line. Skylar Wood tackled the course in 21:29 for a 11th place finish. It was a tough race for him but he pushed through and finished faster than last year at this time in the season. Next across the line was Joe Leamy with a...
PRESCOTT – The Tigers volleyball team took home their first win of the season in a home non-league match against the College Place Hawks on Tues., Sept. 22. The Tigers took the win in four sets: 22-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-15. The tigers were led by senior Athziry Amezcua with 13 service aces and junior Michelle Cardenas with eight. "I'm so proud of the girls. They lost the first set but came back to sweep the next three. They finished strong and didn't allow the Hawks to gain confidence. We hope to...
Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon., 10:30 a. m. Library of the Souls: The third novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Young Adult Horror): Time is running out for the Peculiar Childrenwho are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions to save their beloved Miss Peregrine. Features more than 50 all-new Peculiar photographs. Friction by Sandra Brown (Adult Fiction): An extraordinary novel about t...
My favorite summer read wasn't a frothy love story or a sassy bit of chick lit. Believe it or not, the book I couldn't put down was a fun, smart and entertaining book about English grammar. It's true. I must confess that I am a bit of a grammar geek. I revel in the intricacies of the English language. I actually enjoyed diagramming sentences in high school English class and fully respect the power of well-placed punctuation and thoughtful word choice. Mary Norris, a veteran copy editor for the...
DAYTON – On Sept. 9, Anthony John Nieto Sr., 56, entered a guilty plea to reduced charges stemming from a stabbing incident in Nov. of 2014. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison, with credit for time served. Nieto was arrested on Nov. 8, 2014, after deputies were called to the alley behind Woody’s Bar and Grill, at 214 E. Main Street in Dayton, after reports of a group of people fighting. After deputies separated the group, witnesses reported that one man had been stabbed in the neck. Tysen Beckner was taken to Dayton General Hospital wit...
WAITSBURG – “As a board, we have made a decision that it is our goal that it will not raise taxes,” said Waitsburg School Board Chairman Ross Hamann. The statement was made during the Sept. 23 community forum held to determine community priorities for future capital improvements. With the 1999 $1.62 million capital improvements bond nearly paid off and the 2016 expiration of the 2014 maintenance & operations levy, the district must determine what projects to tackle next as they ask resid...
Gary Richard Grendahl left us to be with the Lord on September 25th, 2015 at his Ranch in Dayton, Washington. Gary was born on October 4th, 1945 in Tacoma, Washington to his loving parents Glen Orville Grendahl and Delores Leone Grendahl and was blessed with his brother Jan. He married Carol Andrews in 1964 and had two daughters, Cheryl and Terri. Following the end of his marriage he married JoAnn Wade Grendahl of which he then became stepfather of her two children Jim and Shelli. Gary and his...
Ten Years Ago Oct. 6, 2005 Mark Shively has served on the Waitsburg City Council since being appointed to fill a vacancy in 2002, a job he approached with energy, compassion and humility, noting that the experience would be “educational.” Beginning next week, Shively will begin a new stage in his life’s education as he begins a 10-week program with the Washington State Department of Services for the blind. An architect has been retained to begin design of the new Waitsburg Clinic, said Bruce Grimshaw, CEO of the Columbia County Health Syste...
Waitsburg Sept. 23 Vehicle collision on 400 block of Coppei Ave. Vehicle stopped at crosswalk and was rear-ended by another vehicle. Suspicious circumstances reported on 200 block of Dewitt Road. Unknown subjects entering an unoccupied residence. Complainant requested extra patrol. Dayton Sept. 20 Report of verbal domestic dispute on 500 block of E. Tremont. Parties agreed to separate for the night. Suspicious activity on 1400 block of S. 4th; report of male yelling for over an hour. Deputies located subject in garage, singing to loud music...
October 2: Ted Collins, Quinton Pettichord, Harry Peterson, Lane Savage, Travis Larsen, Kellen Gerke, Holly Robinson. October 3: Coe Richards, George Hodges, Dorothy Mays, Lee Nora Finch, Carolyn Thompson, Heather Jackson, Stacey Vaughn. October 4: Jeff Nichols, Tom Collins, Sharon Speiss, Amanda Marshall. October 5: Mary Hansen, John White, J.K. Keve, Larry Conover, Cindi Putnam, Rita Lenhart. October 6: Maye Hofer, Shane Rasmussen, Thelma Katsel Needham, Grace Reece, Howard Carson, Andy Hermanns. October 7: Terrie Mason, Rachel Townsend....
In the eleven months since voters in the Columbia County Hospital District approved a $5.5 million bond levy for a major remodel of Dayton General Hospital, I’ve heard from a number of readers who are concerned that nothing much seems to be happening. It’s true that most of the action has been behind the scenes so far: a lot of design and budget decisions remained to be made after the vote. But those pieces are mostly in place now, and the curtain will soon lift on a show that’s certain to be action-packed. As we report in the front-page this...
U.S. national winter wheat planting reached 19% as of Sept. 20, down 4% from last year and only 1% off the five-year average. USDA on the 21st rated topsoil moisture in Kansas at 59% adequate to surplus, Oklahoma’s at 49% and Texas at 32%. Washington’s winter wheat crop is 55% in the ground, versus a 56% five-year average. Idaho 27% in v. 24% normal, Oregon 19% v. 15%. There is no stress on the market from these stats! Corn harvest is just beginning to roll, with 7% done versus the 15% five-year average. Soybeans 3% in the bin versus 7% nor...
WALLA WALLA – Each year the Blue Mountain Community Foundation awards grant money to a wide variety of organizations to help support programs that benefit local communities. Several organizations in Waitsburg, Prescott, and Dayton were the recipients of the foundation’s recently awarded 2015-16 discretionary grants. The City of Waitsburg received $1,200 for its sesquicentennial celebration. Waitsburg’s Cardinal’s Nest after-school program, received $5,000. The Waitsburg Historical society received $1,000 toward a new security alarm system....
WALLA WALLA – Students from Walla Walla Valley schools will have the opportunity to show off their entrepreneurial talents and possibly take home a $500 prize by competing in Pitch It!, Walla Walla’s version of Shark Tank. The Pitch It! competition, now in its second year, challenges students to hone their entrepreneurial skills by developing and presenting realistic business models. Students will participate in workshops to help hone their ideas and pitches before competing in a preliminary competition, divided by grade bracket, on Nov. 4. Gra...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Friends of the Library will host a Friends Fall Fundraiser (FFF!) on Sat., Oct. 3 from 4-6 p.m. at the Lions Community Building. The event will include soup and rolls and cornbread and chili for purchase, as well as beverages. A silent auction of donated crafts, new items, and services will be up for bid during the event. Donations include wine baskets, bottles of wine, handmade tutus, handmade baby blankets, girl’s pajamas with matching doll pajamas, a crocheted child’s dress, homemade peanut brittle and much more....
DAYTON – Washington State poet laureate, Elizabeth Austen, will give a free poetry workshop, “Poetry for All,” on Sat., Oct. 10 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Dayton Memorial Library. No previous writing experience is necessary, however class size is limited. Please sign up at the library in advance....
DAYTON – YoungLife leaders will host the group’s 11th annual dessert fundraiser, to benefit Waitsburg and Dayton youth, on Sun., Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at Running T Ranch (802 N. Touchet Rd.), just outside Dayton. The event is also an opportunity to learn more about the YoungLife program and about the many ways adults can become involved. In addition to a pie dessert, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on an auction for 14 pies, a dessert of the month for a year, and an image by Photographer John Clement titled “Heaven’s Declare.” The limit...
