Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA – The Walla Walla Downtown Farmers Market will offer a new benefit to SNAP/EBT (formerly known as food stamps) customers during Saturday markets through October. The program will resume in May and be offered for the entire 2016 farmer’s market season. Through the Fresh Bucks program, for every $5 in SNAP/EBT purchases made at the market, customers will receive an additional $2 in Fresh Bucks to use on fruits, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms and vegetable starts. SNAP/EBT customers must first purchase tokens from the market’s infor...
DAYTON – The Dayton School District is looking for a director for the sixth-grade camp this school year, which will be held at the Camp Wooten Retreat Center in northeast Columbia County. The joint three-day camp, including Dayton and Touchet students, is held in May each year. Approximately 50 students are expected to attend this year’s camp. According to Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson, the camp director will be responsible for recruiting volunteers, including teachers, the food service manager and chaperones. He or she will als...
DAYTON – Richland watercolorist Lisa Hill, who is the Wenaha Gallery Art Event artist through Oct. 17, will be in the gallery, Sat., Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., giving live watercolor demonstrations as part of Art Walk. Local jewelry artist Anna Steinhoff of Blue Mountain Made will join Lisa during the Art Walk event. Hill became a student of art before becoming an artist and is fascinated with the science of watercolors. "I'm going out on a limb here since I haven't painted with oils or acr...
WALLA WALLA – Each year the Blue Mountain Community Foundation awards grant money to a wide variety of organizations to help support programs that benefit local communities. Several organizations in Waitsburg, Prescott, and Dayton were the recipients of the foundation’s recently awarded 2015-16 discretionary grants. The City of Waitsburg received $1,200 for its sesquicentennial celebration. Waitsburg’s Cardinal’s Nest after-school program, received $5,000. The Waitsburg Historical society received $1,000 toward a new security alarm system....
WALLA WALLA – Students from Walla Walla Valley schools will have the opportunity to show off their entrepreneurial talents and possibly take home a $500 prize by competing in Pitch It!, Walla Walla’s version of Shark Tank. The Pitch It! competition, now in its second year, challenges students to hone their entrepreneurial skills by developing and presenting realistic business models. Students will participate in workshops to help hone their ideas and pitches before competing in a preliminary competition, divided by grade bracket, on Nov. 4. Gra...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Friends of the Library will host a Friends Fall Fundraiser (FFF!) on Sat., Oct. 3 from 4-6 p.m. at the Lions Community Building. The event will include soup and rolls and cornbread and chili for purchase, as well as beverages. A silent auction of donated crafts, new items, and services will be up for bid during the event. Donations include wine baskets, bottles of wine, handmade tutus, handmade baby blankets, girl’s pajamas with matching doll pajamas, a crocheted child’s dress, homemade peanut brittle and much more....
DAYTON – Washington State poet laureate, Elizabeth Austen, will give a free poetry workshop, “Poetry for All,” on Sat., Oct. 10 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Dayton Memorial Library. No previous writing experience is necessary, however class size is limited. Please sign up at the library in advance....
DAYTON – YoungLife leaders will host the group’s 11th annual dessert fundraiser, to benefit Waitsburg and Dayton youth, on Sun., Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. at Running T Ranch (802 N. Touchet Rd.), just outside Dayton. The event is also an opportunity to learn more about the YoungLife program and about the many ways adults can become involved. In addition to a pie dessert, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on an auction for 14 pies, a dessert of the month for a year, and an image by Photographer John Clement titled “Heaven’s Declare.” The limit...
DAYTON – The Dayton School District is seeking to improve communication between citizens and the school district through a new initiative called Bulldog Alliance. The Bulldog Alliance will include parents, downtown business leaders, senior citizens, farmers, civic leaders and other community members with an interest in an open exchange of information between the district and community members. The district will pass on news about the successes and challenges within in our school district, as well as listen to what community members think a...
DAYTON – Mark your calendars and set aside Sat., Oct. 3 to spend the day roaming the streets of Dayton. Four historic, private residences will be part of an enjoyable, educational walking tour. Tickets are available for $15 and may be purchased at The Depot (222 E. Commercial St.) on the day of the event. Additional events include artist demonstrations, horse-drawn wagon rides, and a kids fall festival. Local museums will be open as well as the County Courthouse. Several downtown venues will participate in an Art Crawl. Maps may be picked up a...
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking individuals to serve as Area Representatives in their local community. ASSE provides academic year and semester exchange programs in the United States for high school students, ages 15 to 18, who have passed a serried of academic and character requirements. Area Representatives recruit and screen prospective host families, interview students and supervise the exchange students in their community. Representatives are compensated based on the number of students they are supervising. For...
WAITSBURG – Nine-year-old Makenna Barron sang “The Star Spangled Banner” at all Big 4 Rodeos this year and is now among the top ten contenders to sing the national anthem at the Wrangler NFR Las Vegas rodeo. Barron, who submitted a video audition to the NFR Las Vegas rodeo, was in competition with 21 other youth competitors. The competitors, whose auditions can be heard at the WNFR website, were narrowed down by popular vote, with Barron making the top ten. The first round winners were announced on the Official NFR Experience Facebook page...
DAYTON – The Liberty Theater and the Dayton Memorial Library have joined together to offer a free screening of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone at 7 p.m. on Wed., Oct. 30 in honor of banned book week. Brief readings from three banned books will kick off the evening....
WALLA WALLA - A Take Back Weekend will be held at several locations of the weekend of Sept 26-27. Crime Watch will be collecting prescription drugs, old bikes and parts for reconditioning, cell phones, computers and electronic devices. A shred truck will also be available on site to shred documents. On Sunday, flu vaccinations will be available at Walla Walla General Hospital. On Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., two locations will be available. Walla Walla Police Department (54 E. Moore): Will accept prescription drugs, old bikes and...
DAYTON – Political Cartoonist Milt Priggee, formerly of The Spokesman Review, will speak at the Dayton Memorial Library on Thurs., Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. Priggee will give a talk entitled, “Cartooning the Evergreen State: A Conversation about local political cartoons and what is considered acceptable commentary of the 21st century.” Priggee provides informative and fun presentations about the past, present, and future of editorial cartooning. “I show insightful, controversial, supposedly libelous and some rejected or killed cartoons and answer...
PRESCOTT – On Friday, Sept. 25, a sign along Hwy. 124 will be dedicated honoring the Flathers’ Halfway House. Beginning in 1869, Benjamin and Malinda Flathers provided accommodations for travelers along the Mullan Road. The station was called the Halfway House because of its location approximately halfway between Fort Walla Walla and the Mullan Road’s crossing at Lyon’s Ferry. Dedication of the sign will begin at 3:30 p.m at the Prescott Elementary School , in Room 504, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the sign which is located on the...
DAYTON – Forestry experts will offering a forest health field day at the Columbia County Fire Station conference room (111 Patit Road, Dayton) at 10 a.m. on Thurs., Oct. 8. Following an overview and introductions at the fire station, attendees will visit the forestlands of several local private landowners to discuss issues related to forest health in the field with specialists. Lia Spiegel, Lead Forest Entomologist and Mike Johnson, PhD forest pathologist from the USDA U.S. Forest Service will be available to review, examine, diagnose and o...
COLLEGE PLACE – IMPACT! Life Transitions Program is offering free educational classes for those who need to re-enter the workforce or who just want a fresh start. The classes are held at SonBridge Community Center (1200 SE 12th St., College Place) each Tues. and Thurs. from Oct. 6 through Nov. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. To register call (509) 386-9533....
WAITSBURG – A free showing of the movie Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, and Charles Lindbergh will be held at 3 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 20 at the Plaza Theater on Waitsburg’s Main Street. The documentary, based on a book by James Newton, recalls a lifetime of friendship with five pioneers of the twentieth century. The film, which was broadcast on public television in 2000, is narrated by Walter Cronkite....
LOWDEN – The annual Frenchtown Rendezvous will take place Sept. 26 at Frenchtown Hall, just behind L’Ecole No. 41 winery in Lowden. The event features family history tables that tell about life in early Walla Walla, a tri-tip buffet, live music, and living history performances. The meal will be catered by Marty Bray’s “A Chef’s Creation.” Adult tickets are $30 and children 12 and under are admitted free. ID-bearing college students may attend at a reduced price of $20. All tickets are sold in advance and may be purchased by calling Judith Fort...
DAYTON – The Inland Northwest Orchestra will hold a performance at Dayton High School auditorium at 4 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 10. The performance is free and open to the public. The orchestra will perform four pieces including: “Cowboy Rhapsody” by Morton Guild, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” by Elmer Bernstein, “Jubilee” by Ron Nelson, and “Rhapsody for English Horn and String Orchestra” by Gordon Jacobs. The performance will be directed and conducted by R. Lee Friese. The Inland Northwest Orchestra is part of the Inland Northwest Musicians group,...
PRESCOTT – The Prescott Friends of the Library is hosting a Friends Fall Fundraiser (FFF!) on Oct. 3 from 4-6 p.m. at the Lions Community Building. The event will include soup and rolls and cornbread and chili for purchase, as well as beverages. A silent auction of donated crafts, new items, and services will be up for bid during the event. For questions or to donate items or services for the auction, contact the Prescott Library on Tues., Thurs, Fri., or Sat. at (509) 249-8411 or call Prescott Friends of the Library president Joan Tatum at (...
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg Commercial Club will hold their first general membership meeting of the Sept. – May season at noon on Thurs., Sept. 17. The no-host lunch meeting will be held at Whiskey Creek Sports Bar & Grill located at 701 Preston Ave. Incoming President Deb Callahan will chair the meeting. Please RSVP to BA Keve at ikbakeve@charter.net or (509) 337-6546 so the restaurant can be notified of how many will attend. Dues for the 2015-16 season are due in Sept. of each year. Dues are $25 for business memberships and $10 for individual mem...
Are you struggling with grief and not sure how to move past it? Join Dayton’s Grief Group on Sept 23 at 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in the Fireside Room. Signs will be posted. The group will follow the format that Hospice in Walla Walla uses with their grief support groups. It will work with the book, Understanding Your Grief, which has 10 chapters. Therefore the class will last 10 weeks. For more information, or to find out if this class is for you, call Teeny McMunn at 509-386-5287....
A new national program encourages families and classes to visit national parks by allowing 4th grade students to obtain free annual passes to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks, monuments and historical sites. From Sept. 1, 2015 through Aug. 31, 2016, 4th grade students can visit www.everykidinapark.com and play a game to access their Every Kid in a Park annual pass. They can then use the pass to treat their families to thousands of parks and sites across the country at no charge. The website also includes...
