Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Robotics Club Seeks Help DAYTON, Wash. – The Columbia County FIRST Robotics Club 4-H group, which won the Research Award at the state competition in Spokane last year, is looking for community help to meet several needs. First, in order to apply for a Boeing grant, the team needs to be mentored by a current or former Boeing employee. Coach Jeanne Walter said the mentoring time can be brief; as little as two hours. The club is also in need of new or used tools including: tool cabinet with w...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's youngest Celebration Days Queen officially passed the torch to 2019 Queen, Rebecca Holderman, at the Waitsburg Celebration Days Royalty Coronation Dinner on Fri. Feb. 23 at Waitsburg Town Hall. She may hold the title of Waitsburg's youngest Queen, but Barron probably also holds the record for representing Waitsburg in more places than any other royalty. During her reign, she traveled with her family, promoting Waitsburg Celebration Days and singing the National Anthem a...
As time goes by, we forget, as a people, how to do many things we once knew how to do: cobbling shoes, for instance, or dipping candles. And while we become experts at attacking cell phone keypads with our thumbs, we are literally all thumbs when it comes to various creative endeavors that many people were once very good at. "It's a dying art," we shrug, as if that solves the problem. But Jeremiah Colladay is not the kind of guy who shrugs away a problem, and when he discovered what he could cre...
What could you buy with an extra twenty-two thousand dollars? This was one of the topics that Chelsey Eaton, Columbia County Public Health Program Coordinator, discussed with the 4th and 5th grade students at Dayton Elementary this month. The Great American Smoke-Out is normally held on the third Thursday of November but Eaton wanted to tie the dangers of smoking with February’s National Heart Health Month campaign. Discussing the dangers of smoking often focuses on negative health impacts b...
WAITSBURG – With Waitsburg's city election process gearing up, The Times asked the sitting council and mayor to share their personal experiences as well as the pros and cons of serving as a community representative. Each council member responded to the same set of questions. Mayor Marty Dunn – Served since early 2000s. Mayor from 2004 to 2007 and 2016-2018. The Times: Why did you originally run for council? Dunn: Originally, I was on the planning commission and several council members were retir...
WAITSBURG – With over 20 years’ experience in the veterinary field, Sandra Farley feels she has finally found her niche in helping to strengthen the human-animal bond. Through her new business, Balanced Animal Massage, Farley strives to promote wellness while reinforcing the special connection between animal and owner. Farley graduated from Waitsburg High School, earned her veterinary technology degree at Eastern Wyoming College and became licensed in Washington state before going on to ear...
Resort employs 160 people during ski season COLUMBIA COUNTY – An early Tuesday morning interview with Ski Bluewood General Manager Kim Clarke found the leader working on parking lot preparations for Wednesday. This is nothing unusual. "Being a small resort, everybody pitches in everywhere, whether it be Ski School, food service or snow removal," Clarke said. Although small, relative to major resorts, Ski Bluewood employs about 160 people full and part time during the winter ski months. That s...
OLYMPIA – February 22 was the cut-off for bills to be voted out of the education committees in the House and Senate. Some key bills that made it through the cut-off include: SB 5343 Senator Mullet’s Facilitating High School Success bill seeks to establish equitable policies for enrolling student in advanced classes statewide as well as provide the structure, resources, and expectations to implement Freshmen Success strategies statewide. It is expected to be hear in the Ways and Means Committee this week. SB 5315 Gov. Jay Inslee’s bill would pro...
According to the College Board, in 2014-15 students paid an average of $42,419 to attend one year at a private university and live on campus. Since most families can’t cover those kinds of expenses, students end up borrowing and are saddled with student loans they spend years repaying. Instead of borrowing, it’s worth the time to invest in searching out and applying for scholarships. Below of some key facts about scholarships courtesy of www.savingforcollege.com. 5 key facts: 1. Private sch...
When a medical emergency occurs, the city of Waitsburg and its surrounding homes and farms face challenges, as do all rural areas, in EMS response times and transport times to an emergency room. This monthly column, written by former firefighter and paramedic Randy Charles, is aimed at providing area residents, who are faced with a medical or traumatic event, some knowledge and skills that can be utilized to help a stricken individual while waiting for EMS. OVERVIEW Uncontrolled bleeding (hemorrhage) is the number one cause of preventable death...
DAYTON-The lowest gas prices in the area and the tastiest chicken curry can be found at the Hot Spot gas station and deli, located at 401 W. Main St. in Dayton. Swarit Gaur and his father, Prasoon Sharma, have been busy planning a road map to success since taking over the business in January. This includes sharing their own special chicken curry with the customers. Gaur said he and his father use only the freshest ingredients in the curry, which includes onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, cream and...
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WAITSBURG – A Feb. 15 post on the Whoopemup Waitsburg and Whoopemup Walla Walla Facebook pages confirmed recent rumors that the popular Cajun-inspired Whoopemup Hollow Café, with stores on Waitsburg's and Walla Walla’s Main Streets has closed its doors for good. “We would like to extend our heartfelt love and appreciation to our Whoopemup family, friends, and customers. As they say on Broadway, it was a good run of the play! Whoopemup Hollow Café 2005-2019,” reads the succinct Facebook...
WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg School Board voted unanimously to appoint Randy Hinchliffe as a new school board member at their Feb. 13 regular meeting. Hinchliffe will replace Russ Knopp who moved from the district and is no longer eligible to serve. The position was an at-large position and open to any candidate residing in the Waitsburg School District. Hinchcliffe will fulfill Knopp's term which expires Dec. 2019. "I decided to apply because I want to help out the school and the community w...
Dayton photographer Vicky Zoller captured this pair of robins out playing in the snow in her backyard last week....
DAYTON-Items on the agenda at last week's city council meeting included an update on the city's Wastewater Treatment Plan Project. "We're getting closer in negotiations with some land owners," said Mayor Craig George. He said there will be an executive session to discuss property acquisition for the proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant Project at the March 13 city council meeting. George said a land swap is being conducted between the city and the county. He said the city will swap land owned nea...
DAYTON – Columbia County Fire District #3 quickly extinguished a house fire in the 700 block of East Main Street on Tuesday night. The fire is one of several blazes over recent weeks. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 18, Fire District #3 responded to a report of a structure fire and requested mutual aid from Fire District #2. Sheriff’s deputies were first to arrive on the scene and were able to use a fire extinguisher to slow down the fire, which was inside the wall, according to District #3 o...
February 2 Theft of parts from an ATV in the 1000 block of Preston Avenue. February 8 Generator stolen sometime during the night of 02/07/19 in the 60 block of East Maple in Waitsburg. February 13 Male subject stated he had been in jail and just got out and noticed some property missing from a house in the 200 block of N. “B” Street in Prescott. February 24 Waitsburg resident reported being scammed out of $2,000 for trying to purchase some dogs....
Wednesday, February 27 Pizazz, Paint and Pizza Party Waitsburg Town Hall 6 p.m. Find Tickets on Eventbrite.com Friday, March 1 Shamrock BINGO Waitsburg Elementary School multipurpose room Doors for the American Cancer Society Fundraiser open at 5:15 p.m., games run from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, March 2 Frenchtown Spring BBQ and Dance 155 Lower Dry Creek Rd., Lowden 6 p.m. - midnight Saturday, March 9 Dayton Lions Crab Fundraiser Dinner Columbia County Fairgrounds 5-8 p.m. Tickets are $30 and must be purchased by March 1 from Dingles or a Lions Club...
WALLA WALLA-Through their show, Sheets of Paper, resident artists at Studio Two Zero Two and Morell Family Wines are inviting the community to overcome the winter doldrums and experience new works. The show, on display through the month of February, unites three artists: Augusta Sparks Farnum, Penny Michel and Squire Broel, who typically work in different mediums to a relatable challenge: conquering a massive empty space. For a writer, a standard eight and half by eleven-inch sheet would be...
DAYTON-"They make them in fun, flavored colors. They are very easy to use and are very discreet, too," said Chelsey Eaton, a county public health program coordinator. Eaton was talking about "vaping," or smoking e-cigarettes, and why that practice isn't as harmless as it appears. Eaton said e-cigarettes were first developed in China to help people stop smoking and they arrived in the U.S. in 2007. "At that time they were using simple juices. They weren't yummy. They weren't colorful," said...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg's resident bluegrass band, Switchgrass Delta, will head to Ireland this June to study traditional Irish music and to perform at an Irish bluegrass festival. The group is busy raising funds for the long-awaited international trip. Nearly eight years ago, Chris Philbrook got Kate Hockersmith back in the bluegrass business when he knocked on her door saying he wanted to be a Troublemaker (a member the youth bluegrass band her son had participated in) and travel to Japan l...
WAITSBURG – The Feb. 13 Waitsburg School Board meeting was preceded by a superintendent search community input session facilitated by education consultant Dr. Bill Jordan. Jordan said applications and job postings are going out now, with an application close date of March 29. Jordan will vet applicants and perform background checks before bringing the applications to the board on April 8. On that day, the board will choose five to seven applicants for preliminary interviews. Those interviews w...
WASHINGTON STATE - The story of Colorado jogger Travis Kauffman, who managed to win out in a bare-hands battle against a mountain lion earlier this month, has taken the media by storm. Cougars don't typically attack humans and some accounts surmise that this may have been a starving, young mountain lion that had become separated from its mother. Regardless, Kauffman's self-defense response was impressive. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website states that there have been...
Secondary Principal Report (Mrs. Wooderchak) -Bluewood Ski days for Preston Hall and WHS are being organized. -A Running Start information night will take place at WHS on Mon., March 4 at 6 p.m. -The junior class and Dayton ASB are working together on a combined prom to take place at the Dayton Fairgrounds on April 20. -WHS will travel to the state Knowledge Bowl competition in Yakima on March 23. -Mr. Leahy, Ms. Ball and Mrs. Wooderchak will travel to Spokane to attend a job fair on March 13 in hopes of encouraging educators to explore...
