Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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WALLA WALLA—The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center’s Chaplain Service is hosting a virtual community clergy training program June 23 from 8-10 a.m. for clergy throughout the Jonathan M. Wainwright VA’s catchment area (which covers 16 counties in 3 states). The purpose of the training is to provide support to rural clergy and educate them on the readjustment and other needs of returning Veterans and their families so we can collaboratively serve and support them together. Presentations include: suicide prevention, presented by Jo...
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary. Rotten Tomatoes critics rate this movie at 74% favorable, and 86% of the audience agrees. The audience summary is Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness delivers all the action and visual excitement you...
DAYTON—The 4th Annual Gene Crothers Memorial Golf Tournament will be teeing off in Dayton on June 25. Since 2019, the tournament has helped raise money to install an underground irrigation system at the Touchet Valley Golf Course. The Touchet Valley Golf and Recreation (TVGR) has raised more than $250,000 from tournament proceeds, donations, and grant awards, said TVGR Treasurer Sean Thurston. The irrigation project was split into three phases, fundraising and planning, irrigation reservoir construction, and underground sprinkler system i...
WATISBURG- Jimmy Smith, of famed Austin, Texas alt-country band, The Gourds, is playing at American 35 this Thursday, June 16th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. with his bandmate Pat McKay, as "Smith/McKAy All Day." "Smith/McKay All Day is a genre-defying two-man band from Missoula, MT. They may look and sometimes act the part, but they're not your eccentric cousin and his buddy plunking away on instruments next to the shed while frying pork chops on the hot plate nestled between them. No, sir. These guys...
WAITSBURG-The Waitsburg Historical Society was excited about the visit of three Sherwood Trust representatives on Tuesday morning, June 7, at the Bruce Mansion on Main Street. The plan was to welcome the visitors and arrange a photo accepting the recently awarded grant from the Trust. The Historical Society had applied for a grant to help pay for painting and repairs to the Bruce Mansion. Before the traditional check presentation photo, Sherwood Trust Project Manager Julia Leavitt gave the...
This movie is of particular interest to Downton Abbey fans. The original principal cast of Downton Abbey will all once again return for this second film. In addition to the original cast, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, and Dominic West will join the cast. A critic on Vulture.com said, “It should surprise no one to learn that Downton Abbey: A New Era includes a joyous wedding, an equally joyous marriage proposal, more than one health scare, news of an unexpected inheritance (the gold standard of Downton Abbey storylines), and the u...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Rural Library District in Dayton, WA, has been awarded a grant for $20,000 from the American Library Association (ALA) COVID Library Relief Fund, one of 77 grants awarded to libraries that continue to experience substantial economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund awards grants to academic, correctional, public, school, and tribal libraries from 32 states and Puerto Rico. The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund is one of the largest non-federal grants available to libraries. C...
DAYTON— In February, Washington State legislators adopted a new congressional and legislative map, removing Columbia County from Legislative District 16 and placing it in Legislative District 9, with Franklin, Adams, Spokane, Whitman, Asotin, and Garfield counties. Columbia County voters will be asked to return incumbents Rep. Mary Dye (R) Pomeroy and Rep. Joe Schmick (R) Colfax to the state legislature next January. Both Dye and Schmick are running unopposed for the following two-year terms. Columbia County remains in U.S. Congressional Distri...
WAITSBURG—The Waitsburg School District offers a Summer Food Service Program, serving meals free of charge to any child aged 18 and younger. Meals will be served at the Waitsburg Elementary School cafeteria. The program runs Monday through Friday, beginning June 27 and ending on July 29, 2022. There will be no food service on July 4. Breakfast is from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Lunch is 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This program is open to all Waitsburg residents; children do not need to be students in the s...
DAYON—The Columbia County Rural Library District (CCRLD) in Dayton, WASH., has been awarded a “Virtual Reality in 360” grant providing the library with the tools and specialized training needed to create a virtual experience. The experience should tell a story about something that has importance to the community. The library will partner with the Dayton Historical Depot Society to create a virtual reality (VR) tour of the Depot so anyone, anywhere can explore the oldest standing train depot in Washington. Once created, the tour will be hoste...
WAITSBURG—On May 30, Waitsburg-youngster Jace Grende was life-flighted to Harborview Medical Center with a spontaneous brain bleed. There, it was discovered that Jace had a brain tumor, and a successful surgery removed most of the glioma that was discovered. A secondary tumor was found on his thalamus and is inoperable. Jace has a long road ahead of him, but he’s a tough kid and is giving cancer the biggest fight yet. Jace, his parents, Brad and Abby, and his two little brothers live in Wai...
OLYMPIA—The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission invites visitors to enjoy a state park on Saturday, June 11 in celebration of National Get Outdoors Day, Sunday, June 12 in recognition of Free Fishing Day, and Sunday, June 19 in honor of Juneteenth. Visitors are not required to display a Discover Pass for day-use visits to a Washington state park or on lands managed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) or Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on these dates. Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation o...
WALLA WALLA-Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) has announced the completion of a comprehensive search for a new director of the college's highly acclaimed Institute for Enology and Viticulture. Stylianos Logothetis is slated to begin his new role at WWCC on July 6. Logothetis has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, including work as an oenologist, university professor, and industrial consultant to the wine industry. He holds a Master of Philosophy and a Ph.D. degree in Yeast...
SEATTLE-The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences held its 2021 Northwest Regional Emmy Awards in Seattle, Washington, on June 4, 2022. KOMO News, the ABC affiliate in Seattle, won the Morning Newscast category for large markets for its July 14, 2021, 6 a.m. newscast, "Spreading Like Wildfire." Holly Menino anchored the winning newscast alongside her co-anchor Ryan Yamamoto. "Television news is very much a team effort, so this is a team award," said Menino. "During a time when there w...
WAITSBURG—Waitsburg residents may, or may not, notice a slight increase in sales tax starting July 1. The Transportation Benefit District (TBD) has been in place for the last ten years. It funds transportation improvement projects, including sidewalks, road maintenance, and major reconstruction projects like the millrace grade crossing improvements completed in the previous year. The city council approved a resolution on November 17, 2021, to put a ballot measure for the February 2022 special election asking voters to authorize a sales and u...
DAYTON—After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw...
Neighbors United for Progress hosted an ice cream social after the Dayton Days parade. A crowd gathered at Caboose Park to learn about the new political PAC and meet Columbia County Commissioner candidate Jack Miller....
DAYTON – The Dayton School Board held two special board meetings, the first at 5 p.m., May 26, 2022, and the second at 3 p.m., May 27, 2022. All were present at the first of two meetings, Zac Fabian, Grant Griffen, Chair Jeffrey McCowen, Korinda Wallace, and Superintendent Guy Strot. Aneesha Dieu joined the meeting on Zoom sometime during the executive session. For the second meeting, Strot attended by Zoom, Zac Fabian, Grant Griffen, Chair Jeffrey McCowen, and Dieu were present in person; Wallace did not appear to be present for the public o...
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goo...
DAYTON—A town hall meeting to discuss Dayton’s wastewater treatment plant upgrade project will be held Thursday, June 2 at 6 p.m. in the Dayton Elementary School Multi-Purpose Room. A panel will be on hand to present the history of the upgrade project and plans going forward, and to discuss state requirements. The panel will also take questions from the public. Panelists will include: • Department of Ecology- Lucy Peterson • Department of Commerce- Cynthia Wall-Fuller • Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation - Anton Chiono ...
I am excited to announce I am running for the position of Walla Walla District Court Part Time Judge. I served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for Walla Walla County from 2013 to 2020. In April 2020, I started my own law firm. My primary area of practice is public defense in Walla Walla Superior Court. As a deputy prosecutor, I appeared weekly in district court. I handled cases from inception to resolution. That included pursuing trials - both before the judge as well as before a jury. As a...
WALLA WALLA—The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (Walla Walla VA) is holding a VIRTUAL Memorial Day Service on Thursday, May 26 at noon. The event will be streamed LIVE on Walla Walla VA’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/vawallawalla). This year, and every year, it is important for us to remember and honor those who were lost in service to this Nation, and for the sacrifices of their families whose loved ones are no longer here. The special guest speaker will be Trina Parrish, a U.S. Army Gulf War Veteran, who is currently the...
DAYTON—The Dayton branch of HomeStreet Bank has donated $5,000 to The Club to support financial assistance for students to attend The Club’s summer program. HomeStreet Bank has been a longtime supporter of The Club’s programs. “We are so grateful to HomeStreet Bank for helping to keep our programs accessible to anyone who wants to attend, “ said Jim Pearson, The Club’s Executive Director. “Homestreet has been a strong community partner, and we are so thankful for their continued support....
LOS ANGELES—The casting team for a new feature film - 1975 Music Therapy Film (Working Title) is announcing a nation-wide casting call. They are looking to cast paid, speaking roles to play various characters in the film. The film’s director is committed to finding original and authentic new talent, and is therefore open to those with little or no acting experience. The roles they are casting include characters who have an affinity for music, so they are especially seeking musicians with particularly distinctive looks and personalities. The...
SPOKANE—Nonprofit organizations that serve children in Columbia County are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia County Children’s Fund at Innovia Foundation. Applications close on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The Columbia County Children’s Fund supports organizations that address one of the following program areas: educational enrichment and special needs programs (with preference given to elementary school-aged children); guidance, counseling and therapy to children and their families; or medical and dental services and/or supplies (...
