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ROUTE BUS DRIVER Minimum qualifications: Class B CDL, air brake restriction lifted, student endorsement, passenger endorsement. Training may be available. For additional information please contact: Colter Mohney at (509) 337-6301 ext. 3400 cmohney@waitsburgsd.org Positions are open until filled. Waitsburg School District has immediate openings for substitute school bus drivers, substitute teachers, substitute classroom para-educators, substitute custodians, and substitute food service assistants. plication materials are available online @...
WAITSBURG-Facebook was filled with posts of multiple sightings of a mama bear and cub on the southeast end of Waitsburg on the evening of June 13. Residents lined the streets to get a look at the pair. Facebook posts, several with photos, caught the duo between Seventh and Ninth streets. At one point, the cub reclined near the porch inside a fenced yard on Seventh Street. Mama bear was also seen standing watch near the field house at the football field. Multiple residents reported the sightings...
WALLA WALLA—The Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) will offer two free workshops at The Little Theatre of Walla Walla on June 25 and 26. First up is an Acting Workshop on Tuesday, Wednesday 26 from 2:45pm to 3:30pm. Participants will learn some basic tools of an actor's trade: observation, memorization, concentration, and imagination are presented and explored in an entertaining manner. Students participate in fun exercises, learning how to apply the tools to both performance and everyday life. Next is an Improvisation Workshop on Thursday, Jun...
COLUMBIA COUNTY-One of the Port of Columbia's many projects was helping to organize a successful Career Day event, with representatives of twenty-seven different careers, at Dayton High school in May. It is hoped that the event will serve as a launching pad to rebuild the former Dayton High School internship program. Earlier this month, the Port recognized Starbuck/Lyons Ferry Marina KOA owners Wally and Joanne Knouff for passing a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's inspection with zero findings. "A...
DAYTON—On Monday the BOCC adopted Resolution 2019-34 establishing a countywide Flood Control Zone District (FCZD) and Resolution 2019-35 adopting a ballot measure establishing a general excess levy for the operations and maintenance of that District. In November, voters will be asked to approve a permanent general excess levy of 10 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, to fund the FCZD. The ballot measure will require a supermajority (65%) to pass. County Engineer Charles Eaton, who is the administrator of the FCZD, said the $100,000 generated e...
WALLA WALLA COUNTY—The Washington State Legislature re-authorized the Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership, for two years, which will be a time of transition for the organization. The organization was also allocated $500,000 in funding, which will be used to develop a long-term plan and fund a new organizational structure for the Walla Walla Watershed. The partnership will report to the legislature in the fall of 2020 with reorganization recommendations as well as suggestions for activities that will best increase water flow to serve t...
Public Comment Parks & Recreation Board Chair Danielle Carpenter provided an update regarding the Parks & Recreation Board. Carpenter said the committee has decided to focus on events and engagements in the near future and will take over maintenance or recreation facilities slower than originally planned. Carpenter will attend the June 19 council meeting with more definitive plans. Meeting minutes and updates are available on the Waitsburg Parks and Rec. Facebook page. Louie Gagnon provided the council with a photo of why a “substantial d...
OLYMPIA, Wash.—The Blue Mountain Region Trails Plan was one of 13 2019 Smart Communities Award winners recognized by Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday. The honor is given to programs that promote smart growth planning and projects that contribute to thriving communities, a prosperous economy, and sustainable infrastructure in Washington. The 2019 Blue Mountain Region Trails Program was one of three winners in the Smart Partnership Award category, which are given to joint public projects that implement a comprehensive plan. The BMRT plan was d...
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. "Courting Mr. Lincoln," by Louis Bayard (Historical Fiction) - Told in the alternating voices of Mary Todd and Joshua Speed, and inspired by historical events, Courting Mr. Lincoln creates a sympathetic and complex portrait of Mary unlike any that has come before; a moving portrayal of the deep and very real connection between the...
If you think 101 Dalmatians is impressive, you should see 103 carved fish. That's how many wooden fish sculptures Tom Schirm, a habitat biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, has carved over the last 25 years. Considering that each sculpture takes between 80 and 200-plus hours, that's a lot of time with both hand and power carving tools, airbrushes, and paint to turn several pieces of exotic hardwood into not only a fish, but the habitat in which it lives. Because, you...
DAYTON-An ordinance addressing panhandling in Columbia County is on its way to being codified into law after unanimous approval by the Board of County Commissioners, on June 3. Panhandling The ordinance covers panhandling, begging, and solicitation, and states there has been an increase in aggressive panhandling and begging throughout the county, which has become extremely disturbing and disruptive to citizens at both residential and business properties and is contributing to the loss of access...
WAITSBURG-Licensed equine massage therapist, Suze Wood, recently returned from an educational expedition to western France. She traveled to attend practicum for certification as a master saddle fitting consultant. The learning took place in the picturesque Moutiers-Sous-Chantemerle, in the Deux-Sèvres region of France. The course offers a rigorous curriculum, 750 hours in total, which culminates in timed testing of saddle faults, conformation, gait analysis, testing the saddled areas for...
DAYTON-Personnel from the Pomeroy and Walla Walla Ranger Districts of the Umatilla National Forest hosted a public meeting in Dayton last week to share information about the Districts and discuss upcoming projects during the 2019 field season. The meeting was facilitated by Tyson Albrecht Fire Management Officer with the Pomeroy Ranger District. "Both Pomeroy and Walla Walla are unique in the Pacific Northwest, in that we manage land in both states, Oregon and Washington," said Walla Walla...
Skies were clear and the weather was warm for Dayton's 25th Anniversary All Wheels Weekend....
Waitsburg Elementary School students wrapped up the year with a well-earned field day on Friday, June 7....
WAITSBURG-It was a full house in the Lions Memorial Building as the Waitsburg Lions Club wrapped up its year with the annual Ladies Night dinner, award ceremony and induction of new officers. Following a thank you dinner of oysters and hamburgers, special awards were presented to Olson Brothers Exhaust Systems for its outstanding business partnership with the Waitsburg Lions, Kevin House was named Lion of the Year and Ken Cole Jr. received the distinguished Melvin Jones Award. Outgoing...
DAYTON—Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney Dale Slack notified the public that the Benjamin Orozco murder trial has been re-set from July 8 to August 12, following a June 5 hearing. In his update, Slack said that Division II Court of Appeals Judge George B. Fearing, who sat by special appointment of the Supreme Court, made the decision based on a lack of disclosed evidence from the defense. Slack said that, prior to the afternoon of the hearing, the defense had not filed discovery, including witness lists, witness statements, expert witness r...
Winners from the selfie contest...
Muralist Don Brown, of Kennewick, recently completed this impressive mural on the side of Chief Spring's Brew Pub on Dayton's Main Street. The Times' Advertising Manager Teeny McMunn captures the process....
DAYTON—The recently advertised TVGC Scramble Tournament has been renamed the 1st Annual Gene Crothers Memorial Golf Tournament in honor of Gene Crothers, who recently passed. The tournament format has changed slightly and the event, formerly a guest/member tournament, is now open to the public. It is still a two-person scramble, with three flights including men’s, ladies and Jack & Jill (mixed). The event is a kick-start fundraiser for a new sprinkler system for the golf course. Registrations will be accepted through June 19. Entry fees are...
WAITSBURG—The Blue Mountain Pheasants Forever will host a free youth trap shoot on Sat., June 15 at the Waitsburg Gun Club. Dean Wass will present a firearms safety refresher beginning at 8 a.m. with the trap shoot immediately following. Youth age 18 and under are welcome to participate, including youth not yet a member of the Chapter. Participants not already a member of Pheasants Forever will receive chapter-sponsored membership enrollment. Clay targets and shotgun shells will be provided by Pheasants Forever. Adult family members or m...
RICHLAND—Sample new foods and see live music and dancing at the Celebrate! Faith and Cultures Festival on June 16 (Father’s Day), from noon- 5:00 p.m. at Howard Amon Park (500 Lee Blvd.(in Richland, Wash. The free family-friendly festival includes an afternoon of festivities that celebrate the diverse roots of the area. A full afternoon of stage performances includes opening and closing ceremonies by the Nixya’awii Dance Group from Pendleton, Oregon and a special performance by visiting Canadian Rock and Soul Songstress Laura Cole. Local perfor...
Last week's article on the DHS honor speakers Neylan Bryan and Tatumn Laughery was incorrectly attributed to Dena Martin. The story was written by Michele Smith....
DAYTON-Organizers have been hard at work preparing for Dayton's 25th Anniversary All Wheels Weekend, June 14-16, with the theme American Graffiti. The event, which takes place each Father's Day weekend, originated in the 1990s to bring tourism to Dayton's newly renovated Main Street and has continued to grow in popularity. Friday The event will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday evening with the Friday Night "Cruise for Gene. "Drivers will cruise through Dayton, stopping at checkpoints to collect...
WAITSBURG—The Huichica Music Festival will make its debut in the Walla Walla Valley this fall with a two-day festival at Stella’s Homestead, the former site of Jim and Geraine’s Hansen’s farm on the south fork of Coppei Creek. Located along the winding South Fork Coppei Creek and the foothills of the Blue Mountains near Walla Walla, Stella’s Homestead grew out of the historic Hansen wheat and cattle farm, established by Jim and Geraine Hansen in 1947. Today, their daughter Cheryl hosts eve...
