Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's Terry Hofer and Karl Newell could be considered a slightly more laid back version of The History Channel's American Pickers, Mike and Frank. The pair spends several days a week visiting auctions and sales, then return to Hofer's farm just south of Waitsburg where they wait for just the right person to come along and find treasure in their trash. Hofer has been buying and selling for more than 20 years and ran Classic Auctions with Karen Mohney for six years. Newell s...
DAYTON – Brad McMaster's last civic activity in Dayton will be handing out candy to kids on Main Street during Halloween, and it will also be his last day on the job. McMasters, who has been the Economic Development Coordinator for the Port of Columbia County since Feb. 2015, said he will join United Way of Walla Walla as the Director of Development on November 13. "So much of the work in economic development is capacity building and community development and making the community a more vital an...
McMasters also announced that Melissa Weatherford is leaving her position as the Blue Mountain Station market manager, for a job with the veteran's administration in Walla Walla. "This new opportunity will offer her more quality time with her family, benefits and security," McMasters said in his most recent BMS E-Newsletter. McMasters said, "Change is hard, and change can be scary (both Melissa and I are feeling that), but as Bernard Shaw wrote, 'Progress is impossible without change.'"...
WAITSBURG – With winter weather just around the corner, the Waitsburg School District has updated their emergency weather procedures with the intent of advising the community and staff of the impact of weather and road conditions on the school day as early as possible. Under normal situations, decisions are made no later than 6:30 a.m. and the district will notify radio stations first, then principals and supervisors. If it is necessary to revise a decision, such as changing from a delayed start to a cancellation, that decision will be made b...
DAYTON—In October, the Board of Columbia County Commissioners received exit recommendations from personnel with the state auditor’s office, for the audit period Jan, 1, 2015 – Dec. 31, 2016. There were no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses for cash, revenues, and expenditures, and controls were in place to ensure financial statements are materially correct, and which had no material misstatements, according to the auditors. It was recommended that the county work to track internal t...
It was almost exactly a year ago I shared this recipe so if it sounds like a repeat, it is. It is a good recipe for this time of year because squash and apples are fall items so I thought I'd repeat it. INGREDIENTS: 2 acorn squash-halved and seeded 4 oz mushrooms, chopped 1 TBSP butter, melted 2 apples, cored and chopped ¼ tsp garlic salt 1 c. fine breadcrumbs ¼ tsp sage ½ tsp sage 1 lb. pork sausage (regular seasoning) salt and pepper ½ c. onion 1 egg beaten 1 celery rib, finely chopped 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley,...
These Waitsburg residents went all out with their Halloween decorating this year....
Each year the penitentiary donates pumpkins to K-3rd graders in surrounding schools....
This year's first-ever Home and School Association Monster Mash fundraiser was a roaring success on all fronts. Attendance was high, kids and parents had a great time, and the association raised approximately $1,700 toward purchasing school supplies for all three Waitsburg School District schools. "The main goal of the Home and School Association is to support the community. Thank you for being there," said HASA President Kristy Taylor....
