Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA – Corrections experts say that a large percentage of jail inmates suffer from mental health and/or chemical dependency illnesses which negatively impact their ability to function as contributing citizens. Walla Walla County Commissioners, the County Corrections Department, and the County Department of Community Health have recently established new programs to provide behavioral health treatment and support for those inmates. “Having these services made available in the jail is something the Board was interested in, to allow inm...
DAYTON – Everyone is welcome to attend a free Thanksgiving dinner at the Dayton Senior Center (403 E. Patit Ave.) from noon – 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Please call 382-2225 or 382-2836 to RSVP so the cooks can get an accurate head count. Public transportation will be provided at no charge. Call 382-1647 to arrange a ride....
WAITSBURG – Entries for Waitsburg’s 30th Hometown Christmas parade will be accepted through Friday, Dec. 4. Particpants are invited to enter lighted floats, animals, vehicles, bicycles or whatever strikes their fancy. Parade registration forms can be found at www.cityofwaitsburg.com under Community Events. Scroll down to Hometown Christmas for the parade form link. Participants will line up at 4:30 p.m. on the north end of Main Street near the Main Street Bridge. Contact Joy Smith at (509) 39-8773 for more information. Updates on Hometown Chr...
DIXIE – The Dixie Community Christmas Bazaar will be held Sat., Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Dixie Fire Hall. Vendors are wanted and tables are $5 each. Call LaRonda at (509) 386-3733 or Sarah at (509) 520-3586 to register....
DAYTON—On Monday evening, Jennie Dickinson, Media Chairperson for the Coalition for Youth and Families, and Sergio Hernandez, from the Walla Walla Valley Children’s Resilience Initiative, hosted a screening of the documentary film Paper Tigers at the Liberty Theater, with a question and answer session afterward. Paper Tigers follows several students at Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla for one year after a new model for approaching discipline was put into practice when LAHS Principal Jim Sporleder attended an educational con...
WAITSBURG – Jim Romine was added as a board member of the Waitsburg Town Hall Association at the association’s annual meeting on Thur., Nov. 12. New officer positions will be decided at the board’s Dec. 10 meeting. The board has been short one member since 2015 President Karen Mohney passed away last spring. Since then, Vice-president Ron Standring has served in her place. Both Rose Englebrite and Jim Romine put their names in the running for the empty volunteer board position. “As so often happens, the new guy won out over the one who has ser...
WAITSBURG – Groups or individuals with merchandise, baked goods or craft items are invited to set up a booth at Waitsburg’s Town Hall during Hometown Christmas on Sat., Dec. 5 and Sun., Dec. 6. Table and booth space ranges from $5 to $20, after rebates and early payment discounts. Detailed pricing and location information as well as information on set-up and tear-down may be found on the Waitsburg Commercial Club Facebook page. Contact Waitsburg Commercial Club President Joy Smith at (509) 539-8773 with questions or to reserve a tab...
WALLA WALLA – Fourteen teams from six schools faced off their first Knowledge Bowl meet of the year at St. Patrick’s Church in Walla Walla on Tues., Oct. 20. Dayton placed second, just two points behind DeSales, who won the match. Waitsburg, Dayton, and Prescott KB teams were joined by DeSales, Clarkston, and Pomeroy at Tuesday’s match. DeSales 1 placed first with 80 points. Dayton1 and Waitsburg 1 were right behind with 78 and 76 points, respectively. The remaining teams placed as follows: Dayt...
PRESCOTT – At their November board meeting, the Prescott Joint Parks and Recreation Board agreed to make gift cards for 2016 pool passes available for the public to purchase as Christmas gifts. During the months of Nov. and Dec. PJPRD will offer passes at reduced prizes. Family pass (two adults and their minor children) and grandparent’s pass (two adults and all their grandchildren) gift cards may be purchased for $100. That is $10 off the regular price of $110. Cards for individual passes, which are normally $55, may be purchased for $50. “Th...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott School Board has changed the time of their November school board meeting from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m. in order to be able to attend the Fall Sports Awards at Vista Hermosa later that evening. The board meets in the school library....
