Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON—Vicki Zoller from the newly formed Friends of the Dayton Community Pool Committee was present at last week’s city council meeting to talk about efforts the committee is making to help raise funds for repairs at the Dayton City Pool. The city recently decided to close the pool because it has significant infrastructure problems. Zoller said the committee is working with the Columbia County Community Network to set up a 501c3 organization under their umbrella. “This will insure that all monies are used in proper accordance, and help to pr...
May 18: Becky Hodges, Dinah Lindsey, Virginia Reece, Vicki Ruley, Tessa Dutton, Tyler Knox, Sean Stonecipher-Sollars. May 19: Gerald Hawks, Tom Western, Gerald Collingwood, Terry John, Everett White, Walter Richard White, Joan Summers and Jimmy Crawford. May 20: Nektarios Reese, Wanda E. Johnson, Brandee Wheeler, Don Glover, Greg Reser, Judy Largent, Lyndsey Huwe and Vickie Hamann. May 21: Paul Powers, Johnathan Quigg and Jr. Eastwood. May 22: Nancy Startin, Victor Langdon, Kathryn Kirk and Reed Olsen. May 23: Allen Ford, Greg Bichsel, Kathy...
DAYTON—Washington state Governor Jay Inslee has proclaimed April 9 through April 15 Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Lisa Caldwell, Columbia County Emergency Management Services Director, would like to give a shout out for her staff, who are the critical link to providing life, and safety response, during times of crisis. “When people think about first responders, often you will hear them talk about law enforcement, fire, or ambulance. I believe this is because the 911 dispatcher is rarely seen. They are the voice that provides calm dur...
Ten Years Ago - April 3, 2008 Morgan, Naylor win for the Bluewood Blazers. The Bluewood Blazers ski team was spread all over the Pacific Northwest the weekend of March 22-23. Four athletes were at the Lookout Pass for the Emerald Empire Youth Ski League Finals, a pair at Mission Ridge for the Hampton Cup USSA race and ten were at Anthony Lakes for the Broadway Blast. At Anthony Lakes in a Super G, J3 racers Breanna Morgan and Alex Naylor each won in their events. Waitsburg-Prescott boys scored in every event and notched seven firsts and seven...
DAYTON-Kristie Korslund was hired in February to take over for Vicki Zoller, who took a job in the county's Emergency Management Services Department in January.While Korslund is performing many of Zoller's outreach duties, she is also helping with the after school programs and providing general customer service. Korslund is also in charge of the Bookmobile, and will be taking books to the senior center every month, beginning in April. She said working at the library is a good fit for her. "I...
Ten Years Ago February 21, 2008 Waitsburg’s John Gertsch has been named to the Blue Mountain League, All –Conference first team BML officials announced recently. Cardinal teammate Kathy Weston was named to the All Conference Second Team Former Times publishers Tom and Anita Baker were among numerous Washington state community newspaper people honored by a fellow former editor and publisher with contributions in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation. Turning a lifelong hobby into a viable business and escaping the rat rac...
January 19: Bob Deal, Lynda Hogan, Debbie Rubio, David Webber, Reina Bruce and Clint Reser. January 20: Joan Leid, Wilma Johnson, Judy Jackson, Justin Hill, Jack and Jill Largent, Becky Pearson, Tricia White, Ryan Abbey. January 21: Paige Wood, Haily Larsen, Vicki Christensen, Tony Scott, Amanda James, Joe Gagnon, Rick Davis, Bob Hillis, Geoffrey Kellman, Julio Mercado. January 22: Betty Bruce, Laverne Mayberry, Tammie Huwe. January 23: Eden White, Evelyn Munden, Kurt Baker, Brittany Zuger, Daniel Moser. January 24: John Liebermann, Faith...
DAYTON-The City of Dayton is known as "The Town that Still Believes" and to celebrate, the Dayton Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 11th annual Christmas Kickoff, which will take place on Fri., Nov. 24, and on Sat., Nov.25. From early Friday morning, until the end of the day on Saturday, the town will come alive with fun-filled activities for everyone, young and old. This year Santa's workshop will be at 250 E. Main St. from 1 - 5:30 .pm. on Friday, and from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday....
DAYTON – Dayton photographer Vicki Zoller will be at the old Mace Mead Works building (250 E. Main) on Dec. 2 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. to take pet and family photos as a fundraiser for the Dayton Dog Park. Families with or without pets are invited to get a holiday photo digital file for $25 for their personal use. Please call ahead to book times as (206) 399-8233. Walk-ins are also welcome. All funds will go toward fully completing and maintaining the new Dayton Dog Park. Building space for the photo shoot was donated by Blue Mountain Rea...
Gordon Farley enjoys a sweet stack of cookies at the Dayton Memorial Library's first annual 'Bake the World a Better Place' Cookie Recipe Exchange held on Friday Nov.3. Twenty-four recipes, along with two dozen cookies of each recipe, were shared and enjoyed by the public...
Kids of all ages had fun dressing up in costumes, decorating sweet treats and painting wooden masks at the Dayton Memorial Library last week. Waitsburg families had lots of scary fun at the first annual Home and School Association Monster Mash fudraiser on Saturday afternoon. the group sold 130 armbands and raised roughly $1,700 for district school supplies, according to HASA President Kristy Taylor. See Last Page for photos more Halloween photos....
DAYTON-Dayton natives, Carlos "Charlie" Oribio, and Sebastiana Radebaugh, are now working alongside Shakira Bye and Vicki Zoller, Head Librarian Dusty Waltner, and pages Don Fulbright and Andrew Price, at the Dayton Memorial Library. Dusty Waltner said Oribio learns quickly, has a lot of enthusiasm and has good customer skills. "His last employer said he is the ideal employee," she said. Oribio said he was happy to be working at the same library he spent many happy hours in as a youth. While in...
DAYTON - The Friends of the Dayton Memorial Library are sponsoring a star viewing party at the Blue Mountain Station, at 700 Artisan Way, in Dayton, on July 21. Guest speakers include; Marty Scott, Astronomy Instructor at Walla Walla College, Jeff Kissel, Controls Engineer at LIGO/Hanford, and members of the Tri-Cities Astronomy Club. The Astronomy Club will provide telescopes for viewing, but amateur astronomers may bring their own. Dinner will be provided by the Dayton Kiwanis Club at 6:30 p.m., and is free to the public, with the program to...
May 12: Katy Leid, Erin Dutton, Kazmira Grende, Jonathan Abbey. May 13: Lola Spirotas, Terry Bloor, Kevin Moormann, Jack Gawith and Lavina Meyer. May 14: Daniel Thomas Reese, Marge Tabor, Maggie Pietila, Lynna Larsen, Lee Fisk, Marilyn Robert, Barbara Wood, Suzie Payne, Debbie Fisher, Brian McKenzie and Alison Huwe. May 15: Pete Rohde, Charlie McCown, Tiffney Hawks, Bryce Scott and Ron Standring. May 16: Gladys Cadruvi, Helen Hall, Bobbie Jean Thomas, Sherrie Land, Genny Menino. May 17: William Keith, Sally Geiger, Kurt Wittman, Elizabeth...
DAYTON – Last year, Vicki Zoller, library assistant at Dayton Memorial Library, wrote a grant request to Umpqua Bank asking for help funding the library's monthly Family Story Time and Dinner. They responded with a $3,800.00 contribution. The money goes toward food for the dinner, provided by Melissa Weatherford of Grassroot Catering at Blue Mountain Station, and for new books each month for participating families, Zoller said. "Studies have shown that book ownership helps increase literacy, a...
DAYTON-Since September, a group of stakeholders has been meeting to develop a plan for improving the facilities at the Columbia County fairgrounds. Last week, a draft of the plan was presented to the committee for comment by Meagan Bailey, Columbia County Planning Assistant, who has been coordinating the effort. Her department has been tasked with the job by the Columbia County Commisioners. The purpose of the project, which is broken down into three phases, is: To provide a safe, healthy,...
Delores Elaine (Olds) Gohlman was born in Grass Valley, Oregon on November 13, 1917 to Rella (Marlin) Olds and Frank Olds. She entered Heaven's gates on March 2, 2017. Delores attended Milton schools and graduated from McLoughlin High School in 1935. She married Herman E. Gohlman on August 16, 1939. He operated Gohlman's Grocery with his brother, Kenneth, for 39 years. Delores worked in the store as both a bookkeeper and clerk. They lived in Waitsburg all her married life.She enjoyed cats, decor...
DAYTON-Good things have been happening at the Dayton Memorial Library, including a recent honor bestowed on the library by the American Library Association, for the Family Dinner and Story Program, which will be featured on the ALA website "Future Trends of Libraries". Since Dusty Waltner hired on as the Library Director in March of 2015 there have been many visible improvements at the Dayton Memorial Library. "My goal has been to increase programming and services, and boost awareness in the com...
Former Waitsburg resident Rita Donnelly slipped from this life Feb. 8 at the Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla. She was born January 24, 1924 in Camden, N.J. to Polish immigrants Joseph and Margaret C. Smith. Her sister Bernice was born in December 1924. Less than two years later, Margaret was widowed for the 2nd time, leaving her with two toddlers and five older children from her first marriage. A housekeeper when the depression came, she could no longer afford to care for the two young girls sti...
DAYTON - February is National Library Lovers Month, and the Dayton Memorial Library is celebrating that, as well as Valentine's Day, with "Blind Date with a Book." New books for men, women, young adults and children are wrapped in plain brown paper, with brief descriptions, or clues, as to what is inside, and are available for check-out. Many of the Blind Date with a Book picks are suggestions by well-known Seattle librarian and author, Nancy Pearl. Family story time is on Feb. 7, and begins at...
Ten Years Ago February 8, 2007 W.H.S. Senior Jeremy Nichols presented a $500 check to the Waitsburg A.S.B. Football Fund and Football Coach Jeff Bartlow this week. Nichols participated in the 2006 Qwest Leadership Challenge and performed 40 hours of community service. At a Seahawks football game last October, Nichols and a group of students from the region were honored on the field at Qwest Field. Though Nichols did not receive one of four $5,000 scholarships, he did bring home this $500 contribution from Qwest. On February 1, the fifth grade...
January 27: Diane Estes, Micki Box, Gayle Broom, Casey Acevedo. January 28: Tana Lynch, Jack Cyr and Jennifer Thames. January 29: Dan McKinley, Wm. Hoops and Marci Jo Lanning. January 30: Aaren Lindsey, Hudson Reser, Maxine Attebury, Bob Collins, Donald Want, Jill Ziegler, Michael Flanigan, Rachel Mercer, Kari Green and Travis Williams. January 31: David Hevel, Vicki White, Michael Watson and Ward Schacht. February 1: Bob Stewart, Tamara Doepker, Debbie Peck Russell and Adam Hermanns. February 2: Lacy Wood, Grant Garrett, Lauren...
January 20: Joan Leid, Wilma Johnson, Judy Jackson, Justin Hill, Jack and Jill Largent, Becky Pearson, Tricia White, Ryan Abbey. January 21: Paige Wood, Haily Larsen, Vicki Christensen, Tony Scott, Amanda James, Joe Gagnon, Rick Davis, Bob Hillis, Geoffrey Kellman, Julio Mercado. January 22: Betty Bruce, Laverne Mayberry, Tammie Huwe. January 23: Eden White, Evelyn Munden, Kurt Baker, Brittany Zuger, Daniel Moser. January 24: John Liebermann, Faith Mayberry, Barbara Huff, Darryl McCauley, Bill Davis, Treavor Zuger, Barbara Brown, Rita Donnelly...
DAYTON--A beginning sign language class is starting up on Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. in the Delany Room at the Dayton Memorial Library, according to Vicki Zoller at the library. Zoller said the class is for anyone who would like to learn an alternative method of communication with small children, or with family members who have lost the ability to communicate because of medical issues, such as stroke. Lois Farnsworth Whysong will teach the basic skills class. Additional monthly classes are being...
DAYTON—There are some new as well as some ongoing activities at the Dayton Memorial Library during the month of December, according to library assistant Vicki Zoller. Binge Boxes, each stuffed with Christmas themed movies and other movie enjoyment essentials, such as popcorn and candy, are available for check-out, Zoller said. “They are flying off the shelf,” she said. All the boxes have family-friendly movies in them, and patrons may check out one box per household for one week, Zoller said. Ongoing activities include Book Chat, the Not a Boo...
