Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WAITSBURG—At a special meeting on June 13, the Waitsburg City Council voted to accept Patraic Slattery’s offer for the former city hall building. The offer included a project description: an organic wine bar on the ground floor and eight hotel rooms upstairs. Slattery is completing his remodel and rebranding of the former Weinhard Hotel, which will reopen as the Hotel Hardware this summer. His plans for the city hall building were similar to the Dayton project On Thursday, Council member Jillian Henze announced the agreement on her public pag...
WAITSBURG — The Waitsburg School District No. 401-100 is now receiving applications for the position of School Board Director for Zone 1 Only individuals who reside within the boundaries of Zone 1 may apply. Please submit a Letter of Interest to dwoods@waitsburgsd.org by July 8, 2024...
DAYTON-The Columbia County Rural Library District announced that Public Services Coordinator Charlie Oribio was selected to participate in the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute is a pilot program providing leadership opportunities for rural and small library workers. Thirty library professionals were selected from across the United States and Canada to engage in residential, online, and conference experiences over the next 18 months...
WAITSBURG-Time for dog owners to come and check out the town's new dog park at the old Waits Mill site. Waitsburg Parks and Recreation is holding a dedication ceremony for the Waits Mill Dog Park on Wednesday, June 19 at 11:30 a.m. Bring your dogs, leashes, and treats. This project was a partnership of Waitsburg Parks and Recreation District, which is providing the installation, and the city of Waitsburg, which has provided the funding and additional support....
DAYTON—Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist. Rotten Tomatoes critics gave this movie a 36% favorable rating, but audiences gave it 80%. It is rated PG for action/peril and mild thematic elements. Runtime is...
DAYTON — “IF” is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and what she does with that superpower — as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. “IF” is from writer and director John Krasinski, stars Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, and the voices of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell alongside many more as the wonderfully unique characters that reflect the incredible power of a child’s imagination. Rotten Tomatoes critics...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg High School Alumni Association held its annual WHSAA Banquet & Celebration over the Memorial Day weekend....
DAYTON – “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” breathes new life into this global, epic franchise. It is set several generations in the future, many years after Caesar’s reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. Rotten Tomatoes critics...
PORTLAND, Ore. —The USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Region will waive entry fees at most day-use recreation sites in national forests across Washington and Oregon on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in celebration of National Get Outdoors Day. National Get Outdoors Day aims to connect Americans with the great outdoors and inspire them to lead healthy, active lifestyles. By waiving fees on this day, the Forest Service hopes to encourage the public to take advantage of the many recreational opportunities available in their national forests. The...
DAYTON — “The Fall Guy” (Ryan Gosling) is a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life (Emily Blunt), all while still doing his day job. What could possibly go right? This movie has been rated highly by both the Rotten Tomatoes criti...
WALLA WALLA -Sherwood Trust will disburse more than $1 million in competitive Core grants to 11 local organizations, CEO Brian Hunt announced. The Trust also announced $226,101 in noncompetitive grants to three organizations. "We continue to be both amazed and delighted at the great work being done in The Valley with the intention of thriving and flourishing for all," said Sherwood Trust Board President Kazi Joshua. Sherwood Trust is a private foundation founded in 1991 to continue the legacy...
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg Citywide Garage Sale is coming up on Saturday, June 1. "The Times" will publish the go-to map for the event in the May 30, 2024, edition. The map will have addresses for all the participating garage and yard sales in Waitsburg and Prescott. It is free to be included on the map, so send your garage sale details to "The Times" to be included. Information must be sent to "The Times" by 3 p.m. Friday, May 24. Please email advertising@waitsburgtimes.com with all the necessary...
DAYTON — “Unsung Hero” is the true story of what happened after David Smallbone’s successful music company collapses and he moves his family from Australia to the States, searching for a brighter future. With nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and their love of music, David (Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives. Based on a remarkable true story, Helen’s faith stands against all odds and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs. With their own dreams on hold, Dav...
WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla County is seeking community members interested in applying for positions on the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Board of Directors. The vacancy is due to Chris Forbes’ resignation. A second seat on the board of directors will become vacant in September 2024 after Stan Bly completes his third term as a board member and is no longer eligible for reappointment. All applicants will be considered for appointment to fill the vacancy. Board terms are three years, with members eligible to serve up to a maximum of three ter...
WALLA WALLA – The Warren Community Action Fund at the Blue Mountain Community Foundation has approved 19 grants to support local nonprofits providing services in eastern Walla Walla and Columbia Counties. This is the seventh year of grant awards through the Warren Fund, with more than $400,000 distributed to support the community over the years. This year, awards were made to the following projects: • Abundant Life Childcare- $2,000 to support their childcare program • Blue Mountain Heritage Society- $2,500 for assistance in relocating the E...
DAYTON — “Murder’s in the Heir” is a live theater production of a murder mystery-comedy, which will be audience interactive. It is a gripping tale filled with mystery, intrigue, and plenty of plot twists. Set in a grand estate filled with secrets, the play follows the investigation into the murder of the wealthy tycoon Simon Starkweather. With a colorful cast of characters, including conniving relatives and suspicious servants, “Murder’s in the Heir” promises thrills and chills at every turn. This production is directed by Wolf Harter and fe...
WAITSBURG - Seven Waitsburg students traveled to Atlanta, Ga., at the end of March to compete in the National Amazing Shake competition at the Ron Clark Academy. They joined over 400 students from the United States, Germany, Honduras, and Canada who attended the event. After preliminary rounds, the top 50 competed, and a student from Germany won. This was the first time that students from the Waitsburg School District participated in the competition. Faculty advisors Dusty Wirtzberger and...
WAITSBURG — Community Yard Clean-up at the Bruce House on Main Street. Saturday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to noon The Waitsburg Historic Society is asking for volunteers to bring your gardening gloves, tools, including shovels, racks, hoes. Let’s make the museum’s grounds beautiful for Celebration Days weekend and the Quilt Show....
DAYTON – Residents and businesses in Dayton and Waitsburg will have the opportunity to participate in a glass recycling program with monthly collections at Blue Mountain Station. The initiative, spearheaded by local organizations and supported by community grants, aims to divert glass waste from landfills and transform it into new bottles and jars. The initial collection date at BMS is Saturday, May 11. Businesses and residents are encouraged to bring rinsed glass containers with everything r...
DAYTON — “The Long Game,” inspired by the book “Mustang Miracle” follows the true story of five young Mexican American caddies in 1955 who created their own golf course in the middle of the South Texas brush country. Despite outdated and inferior equipment and not professional instruction to begin with, they would go on to compete against wealthy, all-white teams and win the 1957 Texas State High School Golf Championship. This movie has high rating from both the critics (80%) and audience (97%) on the Rotten Tomatoes website. Their critics s...
WAITSBURG - Four bike riders stopped at Ten Ton Coffee in Waitsburg on their estimated 50-day journey to NYC. Bob Zalnis, Chris Watson, Lucas Murga, and Paul Brazeau began on April 24 after the riders and bikes arrived at the Seattle Airport. Chris Watson traveled the farthest, from Salisbury, England, to meet up with friends Brazeau and Zalnis from Wisconsin and Murga from California. The bike adventurers told The Times, "We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be...
WAITSBURG - Join us for the First Annual Waitsburg Historical Society Quilt Show at the Bruce House and Wilson Philips House on the corner of Main and 4th Street, in Waitsburg, Wash. The show will display beautiful, handcrafted quilts from talented quilters from Waitsburg and the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Guild. Learn about quilting, including patterns and fabric that are used. All ages can participate in the "Q is for Quilt" Scavenger Hunt. There will be historic self-guided museum tours of...
WALLA WALLA - Fort Walla Walla Museum will bring back a favorite Living History character, the turn-of-the-century madam Josephine Wolfe, for a Living History performance on May 5 in the Pioneer Village, weather permitting. Diane Somerville will portray the famed Walla Walla brothel owner and philanthropist. In 1859, Wolfe, a 23-year-old German woman, established one of Walla Walla's first and longest-running brothels at 11 W. Alder Ave. With miners and speculators pouring through town, there...
DAYTON — The epic battle is an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever. The critics at the Rotten Tomatoes website did not particu...
DAYTON - Last Thursday, Columbia County Parks and Recreation Pool District commissioners Ted Lowe and Katie Leid, and Dianne McKinley spoke at the Dayton elementary multipurpose room about the next steps in planning for a Dayton community pool. The commissioners asked the attendees for their top priorities from a list of amenities, including a heated pool, a seasonal or an all–year covered pool, 0-entry to depth pool, lap swimming, water aerobics, and six lanes or eight lanes. The tabulated r...
