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Ten Years Ago May 21, 2014 Local resident Bob Allbee, a 1984 Dayton graduate who is employed by the U.S.F.S. Pomeroy Ranger District, took command of the Oso Disaster area, a land slide covering nearly a square mile and as deep as 80 feet. A main highway blocked, a large river diverted and flooding other terrain creating a 50-acre lake, missing people, and destroyed homes. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 19, 1999 P.E.O. member Mrs. Pat Donohue presented the Citizenship Awards to Carleen Goodrich,...
Ten Years Ago May 16, 2014 Will Hutchens, a 1995 graduate of Dayton High School, penned a book about Portland's coffee culture. In Caffeinated PDX, Hutchens outlines what he describes as the unique coffee culture of the Portland area coffee houses and what has been labeled as the third wave of the coffee industry. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 12, 1999 Four Dayton Elementary School EXPRO math teams attended the fourth annual competition Mathematics Olympiad held at Eastern Washington University....
Ten Years Ago May 7, 2014 Dayton High School seniors Courtney Mings and Guy Spalinger were named recipients of the 2014 P.E.O. Citizenship Award, presented by Chapter BJ of Dayton. The Dayton Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America did well at the recent state conference. Ian Smay placed first in Computer Applications. Taylor Frame was elected State Parliamentarian and Keelin Hovrud is S.E. Region Vice President. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 5, 1999 The new moderate and middle income...
Ten Years Ago April 30, 2014 The Dayton High School FFA Chapter members Jennifer Warren, Bonnie Laib, Matthew Warren, Cal Martin, Cruz Ramirez, Anissa Holmberg, Levi Laib, Zane Patton and Lexie Ramirez assisted Walla Walla Pheasants Forever by planting pheasant habitat friendly plants–250 trees and shrubs–on Frame property along Highway 261. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 2, 1999 Students enrolled in the Dayton Early Childhood Education program have been learning about moving machines and community h...
Ten Years Ago April 23, 2014 Port Launches Artisan Food Center with Grand Opening. The development strategy at Blue Mountain Station, located on the edge of historic Dayton, houses several business. Rey's Roast coffee is the newest company to lease space at the Station, the Little Dipper Dairy with goat cheese products, Gypsy Girl Granola, the production area for wine and mead at the Experimental Fermentation Company Twenty-Five Years Ago April 21, 1999 A local woman was bitten by what may have...
Ten Years Ago April 16, 2014 Will Hutchens pens book about Portland's coffee Culture. Will Hutchens, a 1995 graduate of Dayton High School, outlines what he describes as the unique coffee culture of the Portland area coffee houses and what has been labeled as the third wave of the coffee industry. The 1984 Dayton Days Parade Marshal has been living in the foothills of the Blue Mountains for most of 83 years, and has been riding horses since he was five, loves to fish and hunt and "knows pretty...
Ten Years Ago April 9, 2014 Residents of Smith Hollow, Prater, and Messner roads have requested a speed reduction on the county roads north of Dayton. The roads are posted at 50 mph per state law, due to the numerous hills and curves, as well as children and barn access and the increase in the number of vehicles traveling faster than road conditions allow, the residents are requesting a speed reduction. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 7, 1999 The winners of the Annual Dayton Easter Egg Hunt were...
Ten Years Ago April 3, 2013 Bank of America trustee Kevin Paulson VSP, presented a summary of income money from the farm in the W. W. Day Trust for the crop year 2012. The farm has 1379.2 tillable acres. The trust had $136,000 for disbursement with the school and health districts each receiving check for $68,000. Edith Dull, a 2010 graduate of Dayton High School, recently sang with the Chamber Choir from College of Idaho at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 1, 1999 The...
Ten Years Ago March 26, 2014 Mike Mathews, after serving 15 years on the Columbia County Planning Commission, is retiring. Mathews's involvement on the Planning commission took place during a period of change for the county and he feels his greatest contribution was providing oversight and input on the siting if the wind turbines in Columbia County. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 24, 1999 All three Dayton teams competing in the "Odyssey of the Mind" (OM) 1999 Mid-Columbia Regional Tournament won...
Ten Years Ago March 19, 2014 Living out the dream on the field, for two Dayton High School graduates, Miles Lytle (2009) and Dain Henderson (2011), are both part of the Washington State University Athletic Program as football student equipment managers. Two High School students, Marisa Klein and Angie Dedloff, were inducted into the National Honor Society. Membership is an honor bestowed upon eligible students that have a minimum grade point average of 3.60, demonstrate character becoming of a m...
Ten Years Ago March 12, 2014 Dayton was recognized by True West magazine as number three in a top ten ranking of True Western Towns for 2014. The distinction was given to cities that have made an important contribution to preserving their Old West Heritage. The current exhibit at Dayton Historic Depot is "Our Old Quilts: Patterns of Love & Memory". The exhibit consists of 20 quilts from the permanent collections of the Dayton Depot and the Boldman House Museum. A new National Park Service...
Ten Years Ago March 5, 2014 Cooperative Park Master Plan for City, County and Port defined. Increasing recreational opportunities to promote tourism and spur economic growth is listed as the main goal of the Cooperative Park Master Plan, as approved by Columbia County, the City of Dayton ad Port of Columbia. Stop-smoking poster contest winner is Fifth Grader Sadie Seney, who received a $100 cash reward, sponsored by Columbia County Wellness Project. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 3, 1999 Allyson...
Ten Years Ago February 26, 2014 Art Sunderland, Columbia County Extension Agent, and his wife Jean were recognized for his lifetime of achievement in the arena of Natural Resource Conservation and service to the citizens of Columbia County. Art and family came to Columbia County in the summer of 1954 because they wanted to settle in a community where agriculture was prominent, where they could engage with families and make a difference on the land and in the community. Sixty-nine years ago,...
Ten Years Ago February 19, 2014 The 2014 Columbia County Fair Hostesses have been selected to represent the county: Haley Jo Puckett, 16, daughter of B.J. Garcia and Amanda Dobbs; Stephanie Nerf, 16, daughter of Belinda Cook and a student at Waitsburg High School; Sam Sweetwood, 15, daughter of David and Leslie Sweetwood; and Carissa Price, 15, daughter of Derrick and Zandra Price. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 17, 1999 Gov. Gary Locke visited Port facilities here in Dayton and voiced his...
Ten Years Ago February 12, 2014 Dayton's fifth graders last ski day at Bluewood this season was Del Avery's last day of work. Del shared that he wanted to keep working long enough to drive our young skiers to the Mountain. TVAC Productions invites members of the community Ebonies and Ivories, a benefit concert and reception at the Liberty Theater. Columbia County has contracted with Emergency Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
Ten Years Ago February 5, 2014 Local farmers Jack Wright, Curtis, Will Wright and Jason Lynch gained a new perspective of two elements, soil and water, two elements crucial to farming after the opportunity to harvest wheat, barley and canola seed in Australia. The Dayton High School Robotics Team is sending a distress signal through the community asking for help programming the C++ software in the 2014 FIRST Robotics competition. "We don't have any team members with this kind of experience,"...
Ten Years Ago January 29, 2014 Members of the Dayton School Board learned the emergency repair on a steam pipe that ruptured in December cost the District $62,500, with a discussion on how to cover the unplanned expense. Poet shares healing power of poetry with students. Jordan Chaney, a professional beat slam poet from the Tri-Cities area visited Dayton High School students to share how he turned the circumstances of his youth into a passion for poetry. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 27, 1999 Pa...
Ten Years Ago January 22, 2014 Grant Griffen, Bob Budig's grandson installed the final work, to adorn the Dayton Veteran's Memorial. The half bronze silhouette of a solider kneeling at the boots of a fallen comrade, holding the dog tags of the deceased with a bowed head, connecting the two. The silhouette is positioned just inside the memorial upon the main rocks inside, with lights to highlight the memorial at night. Jennifer Warren, a freshman at Dayton High School, will spend a week...
Ten Years Ago January 15, 2014 With future recreation opportunities at Lyons Ferry Marina the Commissioners for the Port of Columbia approved goals for recreation presented by Manager Jennie Dickinson. Adoption of recreational goals will help the Port be eligible for grants through the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. The Commissioners also accepted a Capital Industrial Facilities plan for the Port, which includes upgrades to the industrial buildings with items such as...
Ten Years Ago January 8, 2014 After submitting an estimated 250,000 signatures in early October, sponsors of a gun-control measures and another 95,000 signatures to our Elections Division, one day before Friday's submission deadline for initiatives to the 2014 Legislature. Dayton is challenged with how to manage growth with a projected 180 or more employees of the anticipated Columbia Pulp plant. Columbia County Planner Kim Lyonnais suggests a building land analysis be performed. While some...
Ten Years Ago January 1, 2014 The Dayton Chronicle Shopping Spree for 2013 are Britney Wyatt, Chris Cloin, Betty Bailey, JoLyn Richords and Cathy Abel. The Columbia County Fair Board announced the new Fair Court members, Samantha Sweetwood, Haley Puckett, Carissa Price and Stephanie Nerf. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 30, 1998 Bonnie Johnson of Walla Walla won a giant bag of goodies in Santa's bag which she won in the Dayton Chronicle's annual Shopping Spree. The McGregor Company facility has...
Ten Years Ago December 25, 2013 Permitting has begun for a straw pulping mill along the Snake River near Lyons Ferry Bridge by Columbia Pulp, LLC, with production anticipated to begin in 2015. The company has acquired a 450-acre site south of Highway 261 near Lyons Ferry elevator, where the sound of motorcycle engines once echoed off the bluffs known as Eagles Roost. A Columbia County Transfer Station employee discovered the body of 17-year-old Cody J. Snider of Dayton lying on the ground just...
Ten Years Ago December 18, 2013 Port of Columbia completes Artisan Food Center, with tenants beginning to move equipment and products in, depending up the completion of their unit. It was reported some tasks, the plumbing and outdoor painting was delayed due to inclement weather. Water Rights meeting draws a big crowd of 35 people to hear Chris Hyland, Executive Director of Walla Walla Watershed Management Partnership, explain the history and lease agreement which could impact junior water right holders in Columbia County. During a public...
Ten Years Ago December 4, 2013 Concert to provide canned goods for the Food Bank. Zella Powers, hoping to win a CD or other give away item, entered the contest for prizes by successfully calling into Ed Dailey's radio segment on KORD 102.7 FM. Dailey, who is a musician himself, hosts the Legends of Country on Sunday mornings, and provides a monthly benefit concert as one of his prizes. Zella's name was drawn for the benefit concert, which she donated to help raise food for the Columbia County Fo...
Ten Years Ago November 27, 2013 The Annual Kiwanis Turkey Bingo drew a huge crowd to win the many prizes and turkeys that were awarded for a Bingo. "An Old Fashioned Christmas" Kick-Off is scheduled for November 29 and 30 in Dayton "The Town that Still Believes." Visitors and attendees can always expect great fireworks, hay rides, Santa on Main Street, a lighted Christmas parade, wine tasting, a Christmas market, multiple venues for shopping and entertainment and much, much more. Dr. David W.W....
