Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The Dayton and Waitsburg 2017 Homecoming Courts made a chilly appearance at Friday night's homecoming game against Kittitas. (top l to r): Juniors Kesley Alleman & Brayden Miller (W), seniors Morgan Riley & Cole John (D), senior Queen Heidi Dobbs & senior King Gavin Walsh (D), senior Queen Olivia Ortiz & senior King Cade Branson (W), Chloe Pearson (in back) & Chris Philbrook (W). (bottom l to r): freshmen Chris Fulbright & Juniper Kerr (D), sophomores Teagan Larsen & Shawn Evans (W), sophomores...
U-Turn amendment is modified WAITSBURG – The topics of ATV/UTV use in the city and Main Street U-turns continues to make their way before Waitsburg’s city council. At the Oct. 18 regular meeting, the council prohibited unauthorized ATV use in the fairgrounds area completely and revised the fine for U-Turns. U-Turns While Main Street U-turns between third and first have been prohibited by city code for some time, there was never a specified punishment for doing so. In September, the council approved a first offense fine of $50, a second off...
DAYTON—Speaking before the Board of County Commissioners at last week’s regular board meeting on Mon., Oct.16, County Planner Meagan Bailey said some language was changed in the county’s Facilities Improvement Plan regarding potential impacts to the horse stalls ‘in order to be sensitive to the wishes of a select group”. Bailey also said language had been added stating, “The County will not and does not have any intention of competing with local enterprise regarding a possible RV Park.” The fairgrounds RV Park will only be open and available...
Walla Walla Corn Maze: 853 Five Mile Rd. Walla Walla. 12 and over $7, 4-11 $5, 3 and under Free. Scary hours begin at dark and rates are $10 per trip. See wallawallacornmaze.com for more information Fri., Oct. 27 Pumpkin Coloring/Carving Contest: Super 1 Foods (710 S. Ninth, Walla Walla), 4:30-6 p.m. Judging at 6:15 p.m. Ages 3-6 will color pumpkins and ages 7-12 will carve. Bring your own carving utensils and an adult to supervise. Pumpkins provided by Super 1 Foods. (Sponsored by Walla Walla Parks & Recreation) Sat., Oct. 28 Monster Mash...
WAITSBURG – Switchgrass Delta, the Jasper Mountain band and Grandma and the Boys will perform a free concert on Sun., Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. at the Plaza Theater (208 Main) in Waitsburg. The bands will perform as a thank you to the community for its support of the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music Project and Rural Youth Enrichment Services....
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s Town Hall Association is making it easier for families to get out the door to trick-or-treat while supporting the community at the same time. The Association will host its second annual Halloween Spaghetti Dinner on Tues., Oct. 31 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Last year’s dinner raised funds to replace the upper windows in the Town Hall building, located on Waitsburg’s Main Street. It is hoped that this year’s event will bring in enough funds to allow for replacement of the street level windows. Dinner, which includes spaghetti...
SPOKANE, Wash. – Pacific Northwest wheat growers are invited to attend Wheat U, a free, one-day, information packed educational opportunity at the Spokane Convention Center on Dec. 5. The event is structured as a combination of keynote speakers and breakout sessions with Dr. Pete Berry as the keynote speaker. Berry is a crop physiologist in the United Kingdom and is one of the world’s foremost authorities on high-yield wheat production systems. The program will begin with a panel of high-achieving grower leaders who will share production tip...
Ten Years Ago November 1, 2007 It has come to our attention that we do not have any birthdays listed for October 28. We are hoping to find someone with a birthday on that day. For the first person that calls The Times office, 337-6631, with a name to put on our birthday list for October 28, we will provide a cake mix, frosting and birthday candles. Towne Hall will be the beneficiary of funds raised by the Waitsburg Commercial Club at the 50th Salmon Barbeque in September. At a recent board meeting, Club leaders approved submitting up to $5,000...
D.A.R.E. Dinner Fundraiser: WALLA WALLA – The Walla Walla Sheriff’s Foundation will host their annual D.A.R.E. Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at Bacon & Eggs (57 E. Main, across from Macy’s) from 4-7 p.m on Oct. 31. Dinners are $5 each or a family of six for $20 and to-go orders are available. Menu includes: Frankenstein’s Spaghetti, Spooky Salad, Beastly Bread, Ghostly Soda. All proceeds will directly benefit the D.A.R.E. program....
Columbia County Superior Court October 18, 2017 Plea Agreements/Sentencing: -Marshall Hernandez, 56, Dayton; Charged with burglary and assault in the 2nd degree, strangulation in Nov of 2016 and charged with 1st degree arson and 1st degree reckless burning in Jan. 2015. Accepted a plea agreement. First degree burglary was dropped to residential burglary and 2nd degree assault was dropped to 3rd degree assault in the 2016 case. He was sentenced to 17 months on count one and 12 months on count two and was ordered to pay $1944.35 in fines, fees...
October 27: Warren Talbott, Nichole Zuger, Rod Bailey III, Quincy Larsen. October 28: Mary Senter October 29: Daniel Reese, Kaia and Ania Larsen, Paul Presler, Nicholas Lodato, Seamus House. October 30: Judy Bradley, Barbie Thompson, Ken Colby, Cindy Hofer, Robert Peddinani, Meghan Conrath, Aryn Davis. October 31: Virginia Nichol, Ben Lincoln, Pami Wallis, Sarah Henze, B.A. Keve. November 1: Connor Talbott, Phyllis Eaton, Courtney Mock, Curtis Johnson, Jack Osburn. November 2: Dean Hermanns, Richard Webber, Shane DuPree, Sondra...
Last month, Seattle Times aerospace reporter Dominic Gates wrote about the similarities and differences between Boeing’s corporate office move to Chicago and Amazon’s plan for a second headquarters. Boeing wanted to leave Seattle in an effort to separate its corporate leadership from manufacturing sites while Amazon, with an unusual strategy, plans to keep its headquarters here but set up a parallel operation elsewhere. Boeing hoped to find a more conservative business climate while Amazon wan...
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DAYTON-Since being elected to the Dayton City Council in 2000, nobody has run against her, until now, said Kathy Berg. Dayton business owner Kyle Anderson is in the running for that position. Kathy Berg Berg said the most important skill she brings to the city is her years of experience. Even before she was elected to the city council eighteen years ago, Berg said she attended council meetings to try and understand the issues. Berg said she has been on most of the committees and she has always...
-City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe presented the 2018 Budget Preliminary Revenues and Expenses. The budget will be presented again, in further detail, at the November council meeting. -Sheriff John Turner gave a Sheriff’s Office update. Turner suggested that individuals check the Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page to keep updated on heavy activity, roadblocks, etc. -Approved Ordinance 2017-1046 code updates pertaining to motorcycle/ATV use and U-Turn fines. See Page 1 for ful...
Fine art photography consists of much more than point and click, and a finished art piece involves as much time and effort in the printing, as it does in the field. “Digital cameras have opened the field of photography to so many more people,” Kennewick artist Barb Thrall observes. “I think some of the consequences of this are a devaluing of the medium – I think there has been a misunderstanding” (on the part of the public) “when photographers use Photoshop in the processing of their images.” Photo enhancement, Thrall goes on, has been arou...
WAITSBURG – The Dayton-Waitsburg football team was unable to claim their first win of the season on homecoming night Friday, as Kittitas-Thorp prevailed in their game here, 24-7. DW dug itself a hole on the first drive of the game, as Kittitas recovered a fumble on the fifth play and returned it 25 yards for a score. DW lost its second fumble on its next drive as well. Kittitas scored once each in the next three quarters and built a 24-0 lead late in the game. DW got on the board with 22 s...
WALLA WALLA – The Lady Bulldogs handed Walla Walla Valley Academy their first league loss of the season on the Lady Knights court on Oct. 18, but it was far from easy. The Bulldogs brought all they had to the court winning in five hard-fought sets 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-12. “It was a battle every set! We passed the ball pretty consistently so we were able to run our offense all night. Our defense stepped up and played the best we have all season. We finally competed in every game and...
MABTON – On Monday night, the DW football team traveled to Mabton for the second time this month, and this time a football game took place, with Mabton prevailing, 40-6. The two teams were scheduled to play here Oct. 6, and DW made the trip, but the game couldn’t be played, because no officials had been assigned to the game by the league. Mabton jumped out to an early lead, scoring two touchdowns each in the first and second quarters, and taking 26-0 lead into the half. Mabton was up 40-0 in...
WAITSBURG – The Lady Cardinals had a good week with a four-set league win against the Touchet Indians on Oct. 18, followed by a homecoming-week alumni game win on Friday. The Touchet Indians won the first set 25-21 but the Cardinals quickly recovered to win the next three 25-22, 26-24 and 25-18. “During the Touchet match, we struggled a little with consistency and had to play four sets, but overall the girls really played well and came together like they had early in the season. They’ve been run...
It was Dicie Hagerman, the Waitsburg School District Secretary for many years, who saw a need for winter coats and started collecting much-needed warm wear for kids and adults in the community. But three women, Anita Baker, Dona Jean Smith, and Betty Lou Branson, from the Presbyterian Church and the Christian Church also saw a need for providing food to people in the Waitsburg community. As a result they organized, in 1991, a food bank in the basement of the Presbyterian Christian Education...
DAYTON—At the outset of last week’s school board meeting, two candidates for the position vacated by Dan Andrews were interviewed by the Board of Directors. The candidates, Fred White and Amy Rosenberg, were asked a series of five questions regarding the role of the school board, the role of an individual on the school board, and how best to build relationship between the board and the community. They were also asked to identify the issues and challenges facing the board, and explain why the...
The Dayton School District was awarded the 2017 Outstanding Agriculture Program of the Year award for District VI at the Washington Association for Ag Education Summer Conference in Moses Lake, June 26-27. Ag teacher Kristina Peterchick received the award from her peers. "It is definitely an honor to be recognized by other ag teachers," she said. Left: Peterchick poses with her award at the Washington Association for Agriculture Educators summer conference. Know someone who's done something...
DAYTON--If passed by voters in Columbia County, Proposition 1 will provide for ongoing, stable funding for improvements, and maintenance of the county’s emergency response radio system and 911 emergency services operation through a county-wide sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent. For every ten-dollar retail purchase, Columbia County would receive 1 cent in sales tax. The impact to the average household is approximately $1 each month, or $12 a year,” according to Emergency Man...
First, before I start, I need to correct last week's pumpkin cookie recipe. I hope anyone who made it realized it had an error. I received a call from a lady who questioned whether 2/3 cup of flour was correct. Most of us who bake knows that didn't make sense so rather than ruining a batch of cookies, she checked. Since I was not at home, I asked her to Google it on Allrecipes.com. Sure enough, she found it and it should have been 2 ½ cups flour. I apologize and my only excuse it my head was not where it should have been. I wanted to...
