Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The Waitsburg Presbyterian Church was filled to the brim during the annual Community Christmas Program on Sun., Dec. 17....
DAYTON-At the end of this month, the Manila Bay Café is moving from its present location on Main St., to Suite B at the Blue Mountain Station. Restaurant owner Jonathan Betts told Port officials he would like to be open for business on December 27 or 28. The café will serve breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday, and on Saturday, from noon - 1 pm. The Manila Bay Café is available for catering as well. "I'm excited about the opportunity. I appreciate the chance," Betts said. Betts signed a...
WAITSBURG – At their regular Dec. 13 meeting, the Waitsburg School Board approved a replacement two-year enrichment levy of $2.71 per $1,000 of assessed value for 2019 and 2020. How much will actually be collected, however, is yet to be determined. Beginning in 2018, the state will begin collecting a state school levy of approximately $0.84 per $1,000 dollars of assessed value in Walla Walla County. According to the McCleary decision, passed in 2012 to “fully fund” education, school enrichment levies (formerly called maintenance and opera...
Havilah Grace Moser was born to proud parents Bret and Bethany Moser on Dec. 7 at 4:41 a.m. at home in Waitsburg. Havilah weighed 8 lbs and was attended by Hihgland Midwife Birth Services midwife Rebekah Pierson....
Dot, 99, passed away December 17, 2017 at her home in Wheatland Village, Walla Walla, WA. A Memorial Service will be Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Wheatland Village, 1500 Catherine Street, Walla Walla, WA 99362 with Chaplain Steve Cromwell officiating. Dorothy was born to Charles and Anna Grummett in Aberdeen, WA on July 3, 1918. She graduated from Grays Harbor Business College in 1939. Dorothy married Joseph Day Bodman on October 9, 1939 in Fairbanks, Alaska; they were married...
Ten Years Ago December 27, 2017 Photo caption: The Cardinal Players took a curtain call, basking in the applause following their “reader’s theater” presentation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” at the Liberty Theater in Dayton last Saturday night. Isaac Huether played Ebenezer Scrooge and each member of the cast stepped into the many roles required for the production. From left: Fred Cunz, John Gertsch, Wesley Hilton, Isaac Huether, Felicia Brown, Colton Townsend, Nathan Moon, Shawny Ingle, Tyson Cole, Dakota Hopkins. Narrator Ro...
WALLA WALLA – Walla Walla Parks and Recreation will offer a winter wrestling workshop for ages 5-13 will be held Dec. 26-28 at the Wa-Hi big gym wrestling room from 9-11 a.m. The camp is open to all skill levels and includes a free T-shirt. Sponsored by Cummins Athletic Supply. $40....
The Catholic parishes of St. Mark's, at 405 W. 5th St. in Waitsburg, and St. Joseph's, at 112 S 1st St. in Dayton, look forward to celebrating Christmas Eve with Mass at St. Mark's at 5 p.m. on Dec. 24, and Christmas Day Mass at 11:15 a.m., at St. Joseph's, 112 S 1st St, in Dayton. The Waitsburg Christian Church, at 604 Main St, will hold a regular 10 a.m. Christmas Eve Service, a Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m., and regular 10 a.m. service on New Year's Eve. The Waitsburg Chapel...
Dec. 17 A Dayton woman reported a theft from her Waitsburg storage unit. Dec. 14 Simple assault between teen girls at Waitsburg High School. Report of an assault at Jubilee Leadership Academy....
December 22: Micah Winnett, Kara Largent, Callie Dueñas, Forrest Mock, Gordon Bateman, Suzanne DeCoria. December 23: Tyler Hofer, Joyce Beckley, Claire Raven, Alta Daniel, Larry Bickelhaupt, Lorene Brown, Kim Douglas, Richard Bessey, Karen Lambert, Chelsea Gore. December 24: Shirley Kitterman, Carolyn O’Brien, Shane Hilton, Mary Conner, Barbara Wagener, Tracey Harper, Karen Stroobants. December 25: Solon Pietila, Donna Manley, Les Richardson, Sonia Borrowdale, Annette Becker, Carol Hevel, Dalton Carlisle, and Neil Maxwell. December 26: Sa...
by Don C. Brunell Christmas is an especially difficult time for anyone grieving for lost loved ones. It is especially painful for America’s military families whose son, daughter, spouse or parent was killed while serving in uniform. Normally, the fallen are remembered on Memorial Day, but thanks to a Maine family and over hundreds of thousand donors and volunteers, more than 1.5 million wreaths were laid on the tombstones of our fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen on December 16. The panoramic v...
DAYTON - The Touchet Valley Arts Council announces that, through the generosity of a group of donors, an endowment fund has recently been established with the Blue Mountain Community Foundation. The TVAC Endowment Fund will contribute, in perpetuity, annual support for the The Liberty Theater’s operations and capital projects. The Touchet Valley Arts Council is Columbia County’s nonprofit film and performing arts center, with a mission to provide cultural opportunities in Dayton and the surrounding area. Live performances including musical and...
COLUMBIA COUNTY – Kick off the New Year with a First Day Hike at Palouse Falls State Park at 10 a.m. on Jan. 1. Enjoy views of the official state waterfall while learning about area flora, fauna and geology during this guided one-mile hike. Palouse Falls is a 105-acre park featuring dramatic evidence of the Ice Age Floods. Leave No trace principles will be taught and practiced. Refreshments and prizes will be available following the hike. This is an “easy” hike. Dress for weather conditions and bring binoculars or a camera, water, and close...
WAITSBURG – The January Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon will be held at Waitsburg Town Hall at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 10. The meal is $10 and will be catered by Jennifer Hutchens of Pomeroy. Cathy Rasley, from Walla Walla, will talk about “Becoming the Woman You Were Created to Be.” Cleo Saenz will share in song. Rasley, who owns Hot Mama’s Espresso in Walla Walla will also provide a special feature on “The History of Coffee.” Reservations are needed by Fri., Jan. 5. Contact Judy at (509) 399-2005. Childcare is available by reservation....
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School FCCLA ( Family, Community, Career Leaders of America) is selling Cardinal ornaments as a club fundraiser. The shatterproof silver ornaments with a red Cardinal make a great gift for Cardinal fans, future graduates and alumni. The ornaments are $5 and may be purchased by contacting Nancy Bickelhaupt through the high school office....
Weller Public Library 212 Main Street, Waitsburg Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Storytime: Mon. 10:30 a.m. Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate (Fiction) – For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking and complex tale about two families, two generations apart. Based on one of America’s most notorious real-life scandals--in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country--Lisa Wingate’s riveting, wrenching, and...
Dayton Memorial Library 111 S. 3rd Street, Dayton Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs., 12-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Storytime: Wed., 10 a.m. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Mid Evil Queens, by Alison Weir (Nonfiction) – The lives of England’s medieval queens were packed with incident—love, intrigue, betrayal, adultery, and warfare—but their stories have been largely obscured by centuries of myth and omission. Now esteemed biographer Alison Weir provides a fresh perspective and restores these women to their rightfu...
Volunteers gathered at St. Jospeph's Catholic Church in Dayton on Saturday to assemble 100 food baskets to be delivered to area residents in need. Many recipients came to the church to collect their boxes, but volunteers delivered approximately 40 boxes to those without transportation. The massive undertaking is sponsored by Project Timothy, each December....
DAYTON – A spur-of-the moment call in to The Michael Smerconish Program on Sirius XM resulted in a nice bump in sales for Mary's Candies in Dayton, this month. Candy maker Nathanial Murphy was listening to the program when the hosts took off on a tangent bemoaning the lack of U.S. made goods. People began calling in and naming U.S. based companies they supported. Co-owner (and Nathanial's wife) Erin Murphy decided to call in and introduced Mary's Candies as a small U.S. manufacturer that uses al...
WAITSBURG – The holidays are typically the season for spreading good cheer, but for Ffrazure Earthworks Excavation, doing good deeds appears to be everyday business. Ffrazure Earthworks spent much of summer and fall in Waitsburg as a sub-contractor for Moreno-Nelson, which was contracted by the city to install sidewalks. Stories abound about how the company went “above and beyond” as they performed work in the city. Nancy and Jack Otterson, who live on W. 4th St., said they were “very aware” tha...
DAYTON—At the last CCHS regular board meeting in November, Stephanie Carpenter, RN, COO, spoke about a meeting she attended sponsored by the Aging and Long Term Care and the Alzheimer’s Association at the SonBridge Community Center in College Place. The purpose of the meeting was to learn about a statewide movement that empowers people with memory loss, and their families, and that helps them stay connected in the community. Carpenter said the goal is to plan for a dementia-friendly community in Columbia County. She said that businesses can...
DAYTON--It was confirmed by the BOCC at last week’s regular meeting that County Planner Greg Abramson has been terminated from his job at the County Building and Planning Department, with no reason given. Abramson has been a Senior Planner/Building Inspector for the county since 2015. When asked about the shortage of staff in the Planning Department, Commissioner Norm Passmore said, “We’re working on that.” When fully staffed the Planning and Building Department will have three employees; a director, an assistant and code enforcement officer...
DAYTON – First-year 4-H Robotics Coach Jeanne Walter is pretty proud of her group, and rightfully so! The group of seven kids, age 10-13, from both Dayton and Waitsburg, recently won the Research Award for their project at the First Lego League Regional Tournament in Pasco and will advance to the state competition in Cheney on January 13. The club, named the Venus Flytraps, includes Mikel Vance, Vaughn Walter, Juniper Kerr, Balian Walter, Phinneas Kerr, Hudson Reser and Joshua Reser. Of the 2...
WAITSBURG – Several adults attended the Wed., Dec. 13 Waitsburg School Board meeting to express concerns about bullying in the school district following an altercation that took place on the high school lawn earlier that day. The Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a simple assault between two teen girls at the high school on Wednesday afternoon. The two junior high students engaged in a physical altercation while other students stood by, watching. Neither student was phys...
WAITSBURG – The Pomeroy Pirates beat the Lady Cards 63-14 in a home-court match on Fri., Dec. 15. Devon Harshman scored seven points for the Cardinals, Deja Williams added four and Chloe Pearson pulled in three. On Saturday, the Lady Cards took another hard loss against Oakesdale, falling 54-16. Chloe Pearson was top scorer with 9 points followed by Devon Harshman with four, Kirsten Miller with two and Tayler Jones with one. The Lady Cards play Athena-Weston in Athena on Thurs., Dec. 21 and p...
