Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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DAYTON - Touchet Valley Arts Council and the Liberty Theater are hosting cowboy poet and musician Joel Eliot to the Liberty Stage on Saturday, June 30, from 7 - 9 p.m. Eliot, a working ranch horseman, clinician and trainer in Sonoita, Ariz., is renowned for his expertise and love of horses. He brings the same level of craft and care to the stage as a singer and songwriter. Eliot appears in conjunction with the Buck Brannaman horse clinic which, will be held in Dayton June 29 through July 1....
DAYTON – A selection committee appointed by the Dayton School Board will interview four candidates on Thursday for the Dayton Middle School/High School principal position. Two applicants will be selected from that pool for a final interview process which will take place on Thursday June 28. Parents, students and community members are invited to participate in the process. Parents and community members are scheduled to meet with the two finalists on the 28th at 5:45 and 6:30 in the high school auditorium. Students will have an opportunity to m...
DAYTON--Family and friends crowded the Dayton High School gymnasium on Saturday to hear the Class of 2018 Salutatorian Morgan Riley and Class Valedictorian Emma Sierra deliver their speeches and grant well wishes to the graduating seniors. Salutatorian Riley thanked the parents, community members and teachers of DHS for supporting the Class of 2018. Riley said that if her feelings are any indication, graduating and going out into the world is probably the most terrifying thing for all the new...
WAITSBURG – On June 5, the Waitsburg Lions Club wrapped up their season with a Lady's Night dinner, award ceremony and induction of new officers. Following a thank-you dinner for the ladies for their behind-the-scenes help and support, Jesse Smit was named 2017 Lion of the Year, and Dan McKinley received the club's Melvin Jones Award. Outgoing President Randy Farley announced Smit's award. Smit has been a Waitsburg club member for only three years, but has shown great commitment. He is an a...
DAYTON – Anybody wandering into downtown Dayton Friday evening will be excused if they think they’ve entered a small-town time warp and jumped backward 50 years. Classic cars cruising Main Street and ‘50s and ‘60s music in the air will engulf visitors to downtown, as Dayton’s All Wheels Weekend revs up. Friday afternoon, cars will begin rolling into town for the weekend-long event. Registration starts at 4 p.m. in front of Bette Lou Crothers’ State Farm office at First and Main. This is Crothers’ 24th year leading the committee that puts on...
BRANDON BOUDRIEAU DAVE NICHOLAS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $500 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY $3,200 BRANDON WILL ATTEND WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY. CADE BRANSON DAVE NICHOLAS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $500 CADE WILL ATTEND THE NORTHWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTITUTE IN VACOUVER, WASH. THOMAS HOUSE DAVE NICHOLAS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP $500 THE MCGREGOR COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP $500 TOM WILL ATTEND WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. TAYLER JONES ALDER FAMILY DENTAL SCHOLARSHIP $500 WAITSBURG AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIP $500 WAITSBURG EDUCATION ASSOCIATION...
Cole John Ben & Sue Dickinson Memorial $500 Brandon Barton Memorial $300 Dayton High School Booster Club $500 Gailord & Jean Nelson $1,000 John Israel $500 Kay Preston Cochran Memorial $450 Ken & Shirley Golliher $500 Walla Walla Elks Vocational $500 Washington State Elks Association $1,000 WWCC Rasty & Nona Ketcherside Declan Russell WWCC Rasty & Nona Ketcherside Drake LaMere Blue Mountain Aerie #2618 Eagles $500 Emma Sandoval Sierra American Association of University Women $300 Blue Mountain Aerie #2618 Eagles $500 Columbia County Fund $1,500...
DAYTON—Former Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputy Don Foley appeared before the Columbia County Civil Service Commission on Monday to discuss his termination by Sheriff Rocky Miller last month. At the meeting, Foley requested a continuance in the matter to allow his attorney, David Rose, adequate time to prepare for a hearing. The Commission agreed, and a date for the hearing will be set between August 6 and August 23. Foley was terminated “for cause” by Miller on May 15, 2018, according to County Prosecuting Attorney Rea Culwell. That same we...
DAYTON— Columbia County Commissioner Merle Jackson has said it before, and he said it again last week, “How do we ever dig ourselves out of the hole if everybody keeps giving away our money?” The county has only two principle sources of tax revenue – property taxes and sales taxes – and the county commissioners have been seeking adequate revenue to cover the cost of essential services and pay for special projects. The commissioners had been anticipating a one-time bump in sales and use tax from construction of Columbia Pulp’s new straw pulp mil...
WAITSBURG – Rainy weather didn't put a damper on Waitsburg's 64th-Annual Waitsburg Livestock Show and Fair on June 9. A longstanding Waitsburg tradition, the event was well-attended by competitors and spectators alike. It was once known as the Waitsburg Livestock Show, and open only to 4-H and FFA members. However, the name was changed a few years ago to be more inclusive, and now welcomes open class entries. Walla Walla County youth and adults of all ages compete in a variety of animal c...
Showmanship 4-H goats: Bethany Bennett Champion Kate Kuykendall Reserve Champion 4-H beef: Amy Farley Champion Griffin Hinchliffe Reserve Champion 4-H hogs: Jasper Morrow Champion Hagen Taylor Reserve Champion FFA beef: Drew Farley Champion FFA hogs: Devin Harshman Champion Tom House Reserve Champion Round Robin Overall Showman Grand Champion 4-H : Amy Farley Reserve Grand Champion 4-H: Bethany Bennett Grand Champion FFA: Devon Harshman Reserve Grand Champion FFA: Drew Farley Market 4-H goats: Kate Kuykendall Champion Kate Kuykendall Reserve...
WAITSBURG – Nineteen anxious seniors, surrounded by friends and family, walked the length of Kison Court to receive their diplomas in Waitsburg High School's 122nd commencement ceremony on Friday evening. Music teacher Brad Green directed the band in Pomp and Circumstance for the final time before his upcoming retirement, as Class Marshals Seamus House and Bradley Sandau, siblings of the graduating seniors, led the proud processional of soon-to-be graduates. Associated student body president f...
DAYTON-Former Sheriff's Deputy Don Foley has announced his candidacy for Columbia County Sheriff. Foley will appear on the August primary ballot for sheriff along with Deputy Jeff Jenkins and Chief Deputy Joe Helm. The two candidates receiving the most votes will move on to the November general election. Foley said his training as a forensic interviewer has served him well in investigations of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse cases, and will serve him well in his role as...
WALLA WALLA – Columbia REA announced last week that its current chief operating officer, Scott Peters, has been selected as the electric cooperative's new CEO. He will step into that position on July 9, upon the retirement of current CEO Les Teel. Columbia REA conducted a nationwide search to replace Teel, after he announced his retirement earlier this year. Katie Wooldridge, chairman of the co-op's board of directors, said in a press release, "After looking at all of the candidates for the C...
Few elements in life are 100 percent universal, but jewelry is one of them. From the dawn of time, humans have adorned themselves with beads made of everything from bone bits to precious gems. And once people learned to work metals, the options multiplied exponentially. Whether we're a pharaoh or peasant, a financier or just a regular person without billions of dollars at our disposal, we're all attracted by bling. Dayton artist Mary Calanche has been creating jewelry for more than 25 years,...
DAYTON – New skiers and snowboarders will have an easier and faster ride at Bluewood next winter. Two new conveyor lifts will replace the comparatively slow platter-pull lift that serves the beginners’ area near the lodge. This is the first major upgrade to lift service since installation of the Triple Nickel chairlift in 1986. “The conveyor lifts—similar to moving walkways at airports—can transport 1,200 to 1,450 people per hour compared to the current platter pull, which can only handle 350 people per hour,” said Kim Clark, General Manager of...
Carla Rowe DAYTON – Dayton native Carla Rowe said she will bring her expertise in the field of accounting and bookkeeping practices to the position of Columbia County Treasurer if she is elected in November. For the past 14 years, Rowe has owned her own bookkeeping business, CJ Bookkeeping, where she performs full-charge bookkeeping as well as providing her Dayton and Waitsburg clients with specific accounting needs. "I have always taken a proactive approach for my clients, and I will bring t...
DAYTON—The overall financial picture for the Columbia County Health System is positive, according to Tom Dingus, with DZA and Associates, an independent auditing firm that works with the Hospital District. Dingus outlined the 2017 audit report with the CCHS Commissioners, and administrators at their regular meeting last week. The challenge for smaller Critical Access Hospitals, like Dayton’s, is getting the cost to provide patient care to not exceed payments, and CCHS is trending in the right direction, said Dingus. Dingus said there will be...
DAYTON – Columbia County Prosecutor Rea Culwell, came to an agreement last week with the College Place City Council to serve as prosecuting attorney for that city beginning immediately. Culwell told The Times she expects the College Place job to take about 10 hours per week, and she will do most of that work evenings and weekends. "They have a court docket twice a month, which lasts one to two hours each," she said. "Other than attending those, I'll do the rest of the work off hours." Culwell's...
