Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Dear Editor, In response to Todd B. Sedam's comments that appeared in the October 23 issue of The Times regarding the cancellation of the Sheriff's Candidate Forum at the Waitsburg Lion's Club, he needs to know the facts before making false statements. I was deeply involved in making the decision NOT to invite the Sheriff candidates BECAUSE the Lion's Club is a civic organization. As a member of this outstanding Lion's Club for over 50 years and serving as a past president, our bylaws forbid us from being involved with politics. We are...
I n honor of the upcoming holiday, I present a list of the twenty spookiest things about senior year. 20: Class papers, which used to be cute little five-paragraph essays, have morphed into six-page behemoths that would just love to messily devour your free time. (Eeeek!) 19: Just when you thought the SAT was out of your life for good, there's suddenly an "SAT Practice" problem at the end of every lesson in your math book. (Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiie!) 18: Student loans are lurking just over the horizon....
This fall, the Columbia County Health System will celebrate its 50th birthday. Legally known as "Columbia County Hospital District #2," its humble beginnings were driven by residents who understood the value of health care and were determined to improve their rural communities, including Starbuck. Columbia County has a strong history supporting health care. Dayton Hospital began in 1909. The hospital was at the home adjacent to the Baptist Church, known today as Community Bible Church, across the street from the Post Office on Second Street. In...
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 Keith. November 3: Lori Bartlow, Barbara Erwin, Margaret Rohde, Geoff Baker, Don Abbey. November 4: Jim Nelson, Rick Davis, Taryn Streeter, Allyson Hurd, Victoria Brewer. November 5: Dwight Thomas. November 6: Josh Wilson, Greg Zuger, Dave Dilts, Albert Meyer, Pauline Tedrow, Sharon Bode, Jacob Mulhair, Heath...
Waitsburg Oct. 26 Two vehicle collision on Main and Academy Streets. Vehicle traveling sound on Main Street hit a vehicle parked on Main. No injuries and both vehicles were towed. A female on Coppei Avenue was arrested on Walla Walla Dept. of Corrections warrant. Dayton Oct. 21 Vehicle theft on S. 5th Street. Injury accident on Kellogg Hollow Road, Starbuck. Noninjury accident (no address), Suspicious activity o Hannan Street. Fraud reported to Col. Co. Courthouse. Unwanted subject on S. 3rd St. Attempt to locate on Hartsock Grade Road,... Full story
4 Dayton General Hospital Auxiliary Luncheon 1st Congregational Church (214 S. 3rd St., Dayton) 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Luncheon tickets are $8. Soup for the Soul First Christian Church (410 S. 3rd, Dayton) 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to come and enjoy a free community sponsored dinner on the last Friday of each month. For more info. contact Judi Brooks at 382-4771. For a ride call public transportation at 382-1647. NOVEMBER 1 Waitsburg Resource Center 106 Preston Avenue 9-11 a.m. The Center provides food and resources to families in the Waitsburg... Full story
Ten Years Ago November 4, 2004 Donna Keeney was presented her 50 year pin of faithful service to the Order of Eastern Star by Jean Miller, Worthy Matron of Chapter 9 in Waitsburg. Numerous friends of Ruth Phillips Durr and Roy Phillips gathered at the White Stallion in early October to reminisce with the former Waitsburg residents. Durr was a member of the Waitsburg High School Class of 1945 and now makes her home in Choteau, Mont. Phillips graduated with the Class of 1942 and now lives in Yakima. Gathering at the White Stallion Restaurant...
Gwen Sylvia Hooper was born Dec 21, 1932 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Franklin John Terrill and Isabel Williams Terrill. She married Ivan Roy Hooper Oct. 1952. They later divorced. They raised 7 children all of whom graduated from Dayton High School. Gwen worked seasonally at the Green Giant Company and at the Dayton Drive Inn movie theatre. She also worked as a cook at Robinson Nursing Home and later as a housekeeper at Booker Annex. She was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt...
WAITSBURG - Bernard Howard Donnelly was born July 29, 1926, in Newell South Dakota to Richard Henry Donnelly and Lucy Brott. In 1937, due to the dry and dusty weather conditions of the time, the family left their farm in South Dakota. They packed their own eleven children, a cousin, and all of their belongings into a 1926 Chev and headed west. A young cousin had preceded the family and found work in Dayton, Washington, so the family settled there. Bernard attended Pine Grove School, where he...
WAITSBURG - The Dayton Bulldogs and WP Cardinal volleyball players forfeited their traditional crimson and white warm-ups in favor of pink at last Thursday's game in Waitsburg. Fans on both sides got in on the act as well - donning pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness and to raise funds for Prescott's Berenice Mendoza who is battling the disease. WP coach Angie Potts said it meant a lot for her team to play hard since Berenice was in attendance at the game. The Cards lost, but fought hard...
DAYTON - According to Columbia County Health System clinic manager Cheryl Skiffington, more than 350 patients at the two clinics run by CCHS - the Columbia Family Clinic in Dayton and the Waitsburg Clinic - have been diagnosed with diabetes. The health system is highlighting that disease in November. As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, CCHS will mail each of those patients a "Dots for Diabetes" card. The card includes a "tic-tac-toe" board with medical checks patients need to complete to help c...
