Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Santa Claus arrived in Dayton Friday and set up shop at the Village Shoppes on Main Street. Here he joined a local family for a photo in the store's front window....
DAYTON-County Emergency Services Director Lisa Caldwell is leaving her position to go to work as a Subject Matter Expert for the Michael Baker Institute, starting Jan. 7. Caldwell said the Michael Baker Institute is headquartered in Pittsburg, Penn., and works in the area of public safety and mapping with Geographic Information System Technology (G.I.S.) She said she will work from her Dayton home as part of a virtual nation-wide team. "My job will be building relationships and providing...
WAITSBURG-The 33rd annual Hometown Christmas is upon us. Of course this means a weekend of activities along Main Street, including Santa's first official appearance of the season. Sponsoring businesses, along with many volunteers, are busy hanging garland and lights. Waitsburg Elementary students will take turns hanging their ornaments Friday, reaching the highest branches with the assistance of far-reaching Pacific Power employee Doug Hinds. Saturday Festivities begin at 9 a.m. in Town Hall,...
Ten Years Ago-December 4, 2008 During the winter sports season, the Waitsburg-Prescott Athletic Combine may be referred to as Waitsburg-Prescott, W-P or the W-P Cardinals, according to superintendents Carol Clarke of Waitsburg and Carolyn Marsh of Prescott. While the W-P Combine will continue to keep community tradition and history alive through dual mascots, it has been determined that media reporting would be easier if the teams could identify a single mascot, the superintendents announced....
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg Resource Center, with the assistance of the Walla Walla Columbia Fire District 2, will be offering free Christmas stockings to all children in Waitsburg December 1 from 9-11 a.m. Listen for the fire engines coming down your street....
DAYTON—The Dayton First Congregational Church will host its annual Christmas Bazaar and Luncheon on Sunday, Dec. 2, from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Baked goods, handiwork, decorations and gently loved items for re-gifting will be available for purchase. The cost for lunch is five dollars per person for soup, half deli sandwich, fruit and a cookie. The church is located at 214 S 3rd St. in Dayton....
DAYTON—The public is invited to share ideas with the County Planning and Building Department staff at a series of Comprehensive Plan Update workshops on Thursday in Starbuck and at the County Fairgrounds Youth Building. The Kickoff for the Town of Starbuck is at 4 p.m. at Starbuck Town Hall. The Kickoff for Columbia County is at 6 p.m. And the Kickoff for the City of Dayton is at 7:30 p.m. Both will be held in the Youth Building....
November 29: Lewis Neace, Sherrie Morris, Pat Huwe, Scott Lambert. November 30: Betty Prock, Betty Hofer, David McKenzie, Cameron McConnell. December 1: Debbie Hunter, Linda Rohde, Martin Sauer, Michelle Saranovich, Jean Hinchliffe. December 2: James Liebermann. December 3: Veronica Deal, Angela Smith, Chuck Riddle, Kim Ary, Adam Rich. December 4: Teagen Larsen, Barbara Weaver, George Young, Robert Johnson, Sean Mathews, Corrine Miller, Jaimie Winnett. December 5: Anthony Henry, Des Witt, Laura Jean Hevel, Wendy Richards....
Nov 30: Pancake on a Stick; Potato Soup, Crackers Dec 3: Breakfast Sandwich; BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich, Baked Beans Dec 4: Biscuit & Gravy; Corn Dog, Tater Tots Dec 5: Long John; Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Dec 6: Breakfast Pizza; Chili, Cornbread...
Creativity takes courage....
Dear Editor, I’m part of a group looking into the possibility of establishing a community garden in Waitsburg. Our vision is for an accessible gathering place where people of all ages can come together and enjoy this activity. Right now, the biggest hurdle we face is finding the land to set the project up on. It would be a raised-bed garden, so the quality of the soil isn’t an issue. But we’d need some way of getting water for the plants (a spigot onsite, for example). If you own or know of a piece of land that we might be able to use, pleas...
By Jennie Dickinson, Executive Director, Port of Columbia At a recent public hearing regarding a conditional use permit for a proposed new business locating in Columbia County, two themes kept coming up that have caused the Port district concern. The first one was "How is this business helping the community?" and the second one was "The windmills have done nothing for us." The first statement was in regards to a potential blockchain business locating here. Many in the audience seemed to think...
Dayton's Christmas Kickoff...
DAYTON-Community education can make all the difference in the quality of life for people living with dementia, and for their loved ones. That was the message Katie Roughton delivered to a group of business leaders, caregivers and patients at two workshops in Dayton on Nov. 7. "This is so you as a community know how to approach a dementia patient who is out and about," she said to those in attendance. Roughton said there are 85 different types of dementia, and they are caused by structural and...
By Don C. Brunell While massive wildfires are historic, they are more dangerous today. As our population grows, they are a greater threat to communities adjacent to wildlands. This year, with nearly 4.8 million acres already burned in the U.S. and wildfires finally contained in California, is shaping up to continue a trend that has seen the 10 worst fire seasons since 1960 in terms of acres burned, U.S. News reports. AccuWeather predicts the total economic loss to California when everything is...
Waitsburg Hometown Christmas Past...
I'm making this recipe an official "My Recipe Box" tradition for the week after Thanksgiving. Here are my lead-ins for the past two years: "If this sounds familiar, it is. I used this recipe last year about this time. It's worth repeating." (November 2017) "I used to make this after Thanksgiving when I had a family and trying to stretch all the leftovers I could. It's very good and would be handy if there is still "leftover" company." (November 2016) INGREDIENTS: 1 pkg 8 oz thin spaghetti 4...
5 Main Street, Waitsburg (509) 337-8149 Email: wellerpubliclibrary@yahoo.com Hours: Mondays & Thursdays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Story Time: Monday 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. WAITSBURG-Waitsburg's Library was started in 1884 by the Ladies Library Association. Around 1930, it moved to the Bruce House, thanks to the generosity of Miss Fanny and Mrs. Martin Weller. In 1947, it then moved to the back room of its current building, which was then City Hall. When City Hall moved across the street, the library expand...
