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Ten Years Ago December 31, 2014 Ski Bluewood opened Friday and enjoyed "good crowds" which persisted through the post-Christmas weekend. Since opening, another 19 inches of snow have fallen. Bluewood's three lifts are running and 90% of the terrain is open. Pacific Power objects to plan Board of County Commissioners vote on rescinded power-switch decision. Seventy-Five Years Ago January, 1950 Winter Fishing Season Opens. Game Protector Bill Wooten reports that several steelhead trout were...
Ten Years Ago December 24, 2014 The general contractor for construction of the Columbia Pulp plant near Starbuck has been selected, financing through bonds is under way. No date has been set, groundbreaking for the approximately year-long, $35 million construction project, by general contractor Pacific Civil Infrastructure of Federal Way, is anticipated in early 2015. Dayton Elementary School students broke records this year with donations to the Dayton Food Bank. Students beat last year's...
Ten Years Ago December 17, 2014 Long-time Dayton attorney, State Representative and community supporter Terry Nealey will be retiring as an attorney with Nealey & Marinella at the end of this year. Nealey, 67, will be celebrating his 34 years of business and life in Dayton at a reception at the Seneca Activity Center. Five–term County Commissioner Charles G. "Chuck" Reeves, D. V. M. will be the guest of honor at a retirement Open House. Dr. Reeves, 66, opted not to seek re-election after 20 year...
Ten Years Ago December 10, 2014 Middle- and high-school members of Students Helping Each Other (SHEO) held a box wrapping get-together in the school library. The SHEO kids put decorative holiday wrapping on some 85 boxes which will be filled with food and other items and delivered to families in the community by Project Timothy. A Tri-Cities law firm, whose managing partner Brett Spooner of Gravis Law, has roots in Dayton and Columbia County, on his mother's side, is opening a law office in...
Ten Years Ago December 3, 2014 The interior of the home of Dee Lathim, located at 115 W. Washington Avenue was heavily damaged in by fire. Mrs. Lathim was able to exit the residence safely. The Commissioners of the Columbia County Hospital District directed hospital administrators to pursue direct private placement to fund the $5.5 million Dayton general Hospital and Booker Rest Home modernization project. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 1, 1999 The building in which Criss furniture and...
Ten Years Ago November 26, 2014 "The Town That Still Believes" The 2014 Christmas Season kicks off Friday and Saturday with Christmas bells ringing, hooves will be clopping and children oohing and aahing. The Dayton Community Christmas Tree will be carefully placed in the traditional spot on the Elk Drug corner by the crews from Pacific Power. The tree was donated by Broughton Land Company, and transported to town by Jake Adams and Justin Bly, and set up by Mark Jenkins and Keith Ingle, both...
Ten Years Ago November 19, 2014 Familiar faces at Elk Drug ride into retirement. Combined, their years of service add up to a number that's pretty close to the length of time Elk Drug has been in business. Paul Hendrickson, Kathy Berg and Sherry Groom – will celebrate their retirement at a reception honoring their years of service. Relay for Life chairwoman Delphine Bailey, accepted a check for $150, presented by Dayton Chronicle publishers Charlotte and Loyal Baker. The relay for Life raised a...
Ten Years Ago November 12, 2014 Two banks with deep roots in Walla Walla have announced a merger. A "definitive agreement pursuant to which American West's holding company will merge with and into Banner (Bank) and American West Bank will merge with and into Banner Bank." An alleged intrusion and thefts by two Dayton residents resulted in a lockdown of Dayton Schools buildings. John P. Gant, 30, and Heather N. Dame, 26, entered and exited the high school gym were suspected of stealing backpacks...
Ten Years Ago November 5, 2014 For decades, the World War I Service Banner waited, rolled around a wooden rod and stashed in the furthest corner of the First Congregational Church's attic. In 2002, a group of church members and Roslyn Edwards discovered the banner. Dallas Dickinson solicited support to frame the banner using archival methods so the banner will be protected and preserved. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 3, 1999 Volunteer with EXPRO, Mona Himmelberger, received the State Teacher...
Ten Years Ago October 29, 2014 Some thirty local business and property owners learned about energy conservation programs that are available through utilities and government agencies at the Energy Summit. Presentation detailed Pacific Power's "Wattsmart" incentive program, USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), and outlined how to navigate local zoning, permitting and historic landscapes. The Dayton City Council voted to establish a Transportation Benefit District. The newly established...
Ten Years Ago October 22, 2014 Dayton General Hospital upgrades lab equipment, an acetaminophen overdose can be diagnosed with a quick lab test, which give local physicians and the hospital the advantage of getting those results quickly. A fringe benefit for local health-care system users is not needing to travel to have lab tests performed. The formal dedication of an accessible Walkway and Fishing Pad at Lyons Ferry Marina, October 30. "This dedication will honor the vision of Donald "Gene" Tu...
Ten Years Ago October 15, 2014 Sparks from a fire pit on the South Touchet Road ignited grass, brush and timber, racing upward into sparsely timbered grassy hillside, eventually consuming 228 acres, while being fought by Fire district 3, Department of Natural Resources crews and others, whose efforts prevented the fire from spreading into heavily timbered areas. A small triangle burned at the intersection of Payne Hollow and Pettyjohn Grade roads, the roadways halted the spread of the fire...
Ten Years Ago October 8, 2014 Betty (Eaton) Keller, a proud Washington State College Cougar, and a member of the last four-year nursing class to graduate from the Pullman in 1958, was given a nice retirement send-off by her co-workers and clientele at the Aging and Long Term Care office in Dayton Twenty-Five Years Ago October 6, 1999 Future improvements to the Touchet River and possible loss of funds if I-695 passes, were cited by City Council as reasons for their signing approval for Dayton to...
Ten Years Ago October 1, 204 Dayton on Tour this Weekend. Five-residence Historic Homes Tour, to stimulate your senses a 13-gallery Art Crawl. In addition, artist demonstrations will be free to the public on the courtyard of the historic Dayton Depot, the state's oldest standing rail road depot, which will be the site of an artist reception following the popular Historic Homes Tour. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 29, 1999 The Yvette Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established at the...
Ten Years Ago September 17, 2014 A Waitsburg book, "The Waitsburg Family 1858-1900," written by Sandra Torres, has delved into the people who turned the "Wild West" into what is today. The book is generally about families who came here, their connections to one another and where they came from. Twenty-Five Years Ago September 15, 1999 Robin Dickinson-McQuary, a 1999 graduate of Dayton High School, was selected to receive a $1,000 Alumni Scholarship for the 1999-2000 academic year at Eastern...
Ten Years Ago September 10, 2014 Dayton High School's Future Business Leader of America (FBLA) representatives were hosted by the Dayton Kiwanis at the Delany Room in the Dayton Memorial Library. The FBLA organization members, Angie Dedloff, Angola Mascall, Matthew Warren, Taylor Frame, Keelin Hovrud, and FBLA Advisor Rob Moore, and Kiwanis President Joe Huether, recounted their experiences at the national convention in Nashville, Tenn., and activities they anticipate in the coming school year....
Ten Years Ago September 3, 2014 The 2014 Columbia County Fair Hostesses, Carissa Price, Haley Puckettt, Samantha Sweetwood and Stephenie Nerf, welcome all fair goers to the 124th annual extravaganza, one of Columbia County's biggest weekends of the year that has something for every member of the family regardless of age. The conditions were perfect for the 33 vintage speedsters in town for the "Cruise the Blues" Northwest Vintage Speedsters Endurance Run, based out of Dayton over the Labor Day W...
Ten Years Ago August 27, 2014 Columbia County Fair Hostesses Haley Puckett, Stephenie Nerf, Samantha Sweetwood and Carrisa Price work as a team promoting the 2014 Columbia County "Blue Jeans and Country Dreams." A $3,000 contribution from Pacific Power was recently made to the Port of Columbia's Blue Mountain Station to assist with marketing efforts for the new facility. Pacific Power has donated over $35,000 to the project since work began in 2007. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 25, 1999 Tommy...
Ten Years Ago August 20, 2014 New Fire station in the works for Fire District 3, located on the Patit Road. Remodeling of the former Green Giant and Columbia REA shop is to begin in mid-September and be operational by the end of the year, according to District 3 Chief Rick Turner. Plans are to adapt the former farm shop into spaces for training, offices and living quarters for up to six live-in firefighters. 'Labor of Love' results in refurbished 109-year-old Maloney Mountain barn. The...
Ten Years Ago August 13, 2014 Local student Lexus Ward, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Ward, has been accepted to the University of Jamestown, Jamestown, N.D. Ward is graduate of Dayton High School and is planning to major in chemistry and Lexus has been awarded the University's Knight Scholarship and Legacy Award. With the implementation of additional wind-powered generation capacity, the Bonneville Power Administration is constructing a 38-mile, 500-kilovot line to connect substations at Cent...
Ten Years Ago August, 2014 Quilt Camp, opened for youth from grades 4 through 12, with first priority given to 4-H youth and led by Carla Thorson of Walla Walla, was a week-long quilting experience sponsored by Columbia County Extension through the 4-H Program. All quilts made during the camp, including matching pillow cases, will be on display in the Youth Building at the Columbia County Fair. Graycyn Farm had seven horses competing at the Arabian Horse Association Region 5 Champion Show, Sidney Andrews, 15-year-old daughter of Dan and Jill...
Ten Years Ago July 30, 2014 Remodeling Dayton General Hospital to improve efficiency and delivery of services is the purpose of a $5.5 million capital project bond being proposed by the Commission of the Columbia County Health District at their monthly meeting. If approved by voters, the resulting tax increase would be no greater than 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Fifty acres of standing wheat, owned by Ron and Marilyn Groom of Huntsville and farmed by Dan Bickelhaupt, caught on... Full story
Ten Years Ago July 23, 2014 Andy Maheras, principal of Dayton High School since 2010, has accepted a position in the Goldendale School District and has submitted his resignation, said Doug Johnson, Superintendent of the Dayton School District. In celebration for Alumni weekend, the Oldest D.H.S. Graduate, Bill Floyd (Class of 1933) enjoyed a visit to Dayton and a gathering at the home of Kevin and Elizabeth Floyd. Additional family members celebrating were Mike Floyd (Class of 1963), niece...
Ten Years Ago July 16, 2014 Sharon I. Mathews of Dayton was recovered last Saturday from the Snake River, several miles downstream from their campsite on Geneva Bar, where she went missing during a family boating outing over the Fourth of July. Jackie Ross "Jack" Williams, the former publisher of the Dayton Chronicle, passed away on July 8, 2014. Jack relocated to Dayton in 1978 and began a weekly publication called the Touchet Valley News. In 1981, he and his wife Maureen May purchased the...
Ten Years Ago July 2, 2014 Newly commissioned Navy Ensign Sara Schlachter, Dayton High graduate, daughter of Alan and Terri Schlachter, was sworn into the U.S. Navy by former officer and State Representative Terry Nealey, in a ceremony on the Columbia County Courthouse lawn. Schlachter was honored by numerous local military veterans Joey Schlachter, Owen Agenbroad, former Army officer and State Representative Terry Nealey, Brian Black, Jim Gallaher, Chuck Amerein, Ron Fletcher, John Hutchens,...