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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Waitsburg Elementary School Students of the Month for November....
DAYTON – Anyone looking for an energizing, non-traditional, dose of holiday spirit is in luck! The Tri-Cities Steel Drum Band Association (TCSBA) band, Bram Bratá, will perform a free Christmas concert at Faith Chapel (653 Wagon Rd., Dayton), formerly Harvest Christian Center, on Saturday from 2-3:30 p.m. The Tri-Cities drum bands Bahuru, Baduku, Bram Bratá, and OK2Botay are known throughout the Columbia region for their fun, musically rich performances. The steel drum band performed a sum...
I have fond memories of my oldest son and I selling hot dogs and cookie-in-a-jar mixes at Hometown Christmas years ago, while raising funds for him to participate in the Sasayama Sister City exchange program. It's not that I love standing behind a booth selling things – I don't. It was the support and encouragement we received from the community, which helped make his once-in-a-lifetime trip a reality, that still warms my heart. As I strolled through Town Hall during last weekend's c...
DAYTON – The Dayton boys' basketball team gave their new coach, Will Hutchens, his first victory in their first outing this year, beating St. John-Endicott at home, 64-36. Junior guard Ben Kleck, who missed all of last season with an injury, led the Bulldogs with 31 points, including two three-pointers. "It was a good confidence builder for the team," Hutchens said of the win. "We've got a lot of things we still need to improve, but you can't ask for a better first game than that." The Bulldogs...
DAYTON – The Dayton girls' basketball team notched its first victory Saturday night, beating a tough St. John team, 40-33, at home. The Lady Bulldogs were led by juniors Shayla Currin and Sidney Andrews, who each had 11 points. Currin also pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds. "I'm pretty sure that's the most rebounds by a player in a game in my time here," said Dayton coach Clayton Strong. After trailing 12-8 at the end of the first quarter, Dayton came back to lead 19-18 at the half. S...
WAITSBURG – Cardinal wrestling coach Lanny Adams, in his fifth year with the program, is pleased with the turnout for this year's team and excited about the possibilities for the season ahead. A new assistant coach, eighth graders competing at the high school level, and the program's first female wrestler should make for an interesting year. Ten boys and one girl have been hitting the mats in preparation for the season ahead. In addition to many returning faces are two eighth grade boys, one g...
PRESCOTT – The Lady Cardinals basketball won their first game of the season against the Prescott Tigers on Fri., Dec. 4 on the Tiger court with a score of 65-26. The Cards dominated the first quarter, ending with a score of 17-0, with freshman Devon Harshman scoring 10 Waitsburg points. Prescott freshman Briseida Ayala made the first Tiger goal at the top of the third – a three-pointer that brought an enthusiastic Prescott crowd to its feet. Prescott warmed up to score 12 points in quarter two...
DAYTON—During their regular meeting on Dec. 2, the Dayton School Board heard from Superintendent Doug Johnson about the proposed capital projects levy and replacement M&O levy. The directors approved resolutions for both levies, to appear on the February, 2016 ballot for voter approval. Johnson said the current $ 1,300,000 M&O Levy covers such items as materials and supplies, operating costs, maintenance, salaries for teachers and administrators beyond state support, athletics and activity c...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Resource Center shelves are filled to the brim following a food drive sponsored by the Waitsburg High School Leos and the Waitsburg Lions clubs. The Leos and Lions collected just under 1,000 lbs. of non-perishable food items which Leos advisor Gabe Kiefel says will be matched pound-for-pound by the Blue Mountain Action Council. Add that to the 300 pounds Preston Hall students recently donated, and the resource center will receive well over a ton of food. Kiefel said t...
DAYTON – Charges have been dismissed against the last of three archeologists charged with theft and destruction of prehistoric artifacts from the Umatilla National Forest and Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness in 2013. Charges were dismissed against Richard Lee Lyman in a plea agreement filed in Columbia County Superior Court on Dec. 2. Lyman, 64, is a professor and chair of the department of anthropology at the University of Missouri. On July 22 he was charged with second-degree theft and s...
DAYTON – The Dayton United Brethren Church choir will perform the cantata “Christmas Alleluia” on Sun., Dec. 13 at 8:30 a.m. and again at 9:45. The church is located at 1106 S. 4th St. in Dayton and all are invited. For more information call 382-4009....
Ten Years Ago December 15, 2005 Retiring Port of Walla Walla Commissioner Ken Jantz was honored as a Life Member of the Washington Public Ports Association during its 2005 annual meeting in Tacoma recently. Jantz, of Waitsburg, has served on the commission for 24 years. “The Sound of Music” was received by an appreciative Waitsburg audience at the Waitsburg High school Auditorium last weekend. Mike Ferrians played stern Capt. Von Trapp who falls for his childrens’ governess, Maria, played by Shelly Franklin. Support for many worthwhile commu...
Waitsburg Dec. 4 Window of business shot with B.B. gun on 100 block of Main Street. Dec. 5 Driver cited for driving while suspended in the third degree, during a traffic stop on Taggart/Maple. Dec. 7 Two-vehicle collision on Main and W. 4th St. Driver of vehicle causing collision was issued an infraction for failure to stop at a stop sign. Prescott Dec. 7 Generator, air compressor, toolbox, and tools taken from shed on 100 block of N. “E” St. Dayton Nov. 28 Vet needed for injured dog on 300 block of E. Main. Nov. 29 Hatch open on car with no...
December 11: Carl Baker, Robert Ezell, Tim Mayberry, Niko Matthee, Caleb Solis. December 12: Ernest Brunson, John Archer, Allen Huwe, Chad Fry, Dawn Ronning, Patricia Thomas, Ben Antonius, BethAn Wood. December 13: Patsy Weber, Marilyn Wilson, Elena Perry, Richard Done, Donald Thiery, Helen Duckworth. December 14: Shirley Wilson, Joy Leisure, Susan Herion, Heather Harris, Jay Lewis, Sasha Sickles, Imbert Matthee. December 15: Agnes VonCadow, Jason Henderson, David Hevel Jr., Carl Smith Jr., Stacie Huwe, Betty Young. December 16: Katie Ford,...
Dec 11: Cook’s Choice; Cook’s Choice Dec 14: biscuit & Gravy; Orange chicken, Stir Fry Veggies Dec 15: Continental Breakfast; Grilled Chicken Nuggets, Potatoes Dec 16: Longjohn; Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza Dec 17: Continental Breakfast; Cook’s Choice...
“Hyperlocal” has become a popular term to describe the kind of news that newspapers like The Times present to our readers. Here’s a definition of the word from Wikipeda: Hyperlocal connotes information oriented around a well-defined community with its primary focus directed toward the concerns of the population in that community. The term can be used as a noun in isolation or as a modifier of some other term (e.g. news). The “well-defined community” that The Times serves is actually a group of communities we call the Touchet Valley. We take gre...
I jab at the majority Republicans in Congress when they don’t do their job, so I should give them credit when they do. A five-year highway bill has been sent to the president. That’s something Republican Congresses since the 1990s (and the Democratic ones in 2007-2010) have found difficult to do. Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz makes a reasonable argument against the way the bill is funded, but I agree with Kevin Drum of Mother Jones on this one: Muddling through is good enough. Up next is an education bill. Legislators have had rev...
Old people are absent-minded. Old people are grouchy. Old people can’t learn new things. If you believe these stereotypes, you may be at higher risk for Alzheimer’s, two new studies show. The studies, published in a paper Tuesday in the journal Psychology and Aging, show that people who have negative beliefs about aging are more likely to have brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Looking at healthy, dementia-free subjects from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, the nation’s longest-running scientific study of aging,...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council will take a fourth attempt at reaching an agreement on issues surrounding employee compensation, at a workshop for that purpose on Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. At October’s council meeting, City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe was given the go-ahead to prepare the city’s 2016 preliminary budget with adjustments to city employee pay and benefits. Council members K.C. Kuykendall and Marty Dunn were absent at the October meeting. When the preliminary budget came before...
WAITSBURG – The next regular meeting of the Waitsburg City Council will be held Thurs., Dec. 17, rather than on Wed., Dec. 16. Meetings are held at the Lions Memorial Building at the Waitsburg Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. The agenda will include a public hearing on the 2016 city budget. Citizens are invited to present evidence in favor or opposition of the proposals. A complete copy of the budget and resolution is available at Waitsburg City Hall....
DAYTON – The Dayton Historic Depot is planning an exhibit next year of quilts made by people living in Dayton and Columbia County. This will be the third consecutive quilt show hosted at the Depot. In 2014, quilts in the collections of the Depot and the Boldman House were on display. In 2015 historic quilts owned by people living in Dayton and Columbia County were on display. The new exhibit will begin in January and will run through December. Quilts will be on loan to the Depot for the exhibit. Quilts can be of any age and any style. They c...
