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DAYTON–The Board of Columbia County Commissioners (BOCC), meeting for the first time in 2021, presented a plaque of recognition to Paul Carter for 15 years of service as the Columbia County Regional Extension Agronomist/Soil Scientist through WSU Extension. Carter is retiring. The first 2021 meeting on January 4 included new Commissioner Marty Hall with Ryan Rundell assuming the Chairman position as well as Chuck Amerein. The Commissioners also heard from Public Health Administrator Martha L...
DAYTON–Interested in hearing the latest on Columbia County’s activities regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccinations? The public is invited to join a Zoom virtual Town Hall meeting next Tuesday, January 12, according to Martha Lanman, administrator of the County Public Health Department. The meeting will start at noon and is expected to last about an hour. Topics to be discussed will be updates on the Safe Start Phases, vaccination phases and the process to sign up for vaccination, Lanman said. Everyone is invited to join in the vir...
CENTRAL FERRY–Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness has invested $4.5 million to better serve its Pacific Northwest customers with three new million-gallon tanks, adding efficiency to area distribution facility and reducing the carbon foot print. The Agri-chemical company increased the storage capacity from 500,000 gallons to more than 3.5 million gallons at its Central Ferry location to better serve area customers. "This is a significant investment for Wilbur-Ellis and re-confirms our commitment to our g...
The year 2020 started as most any other year then, for both Columbia County and the nation, went off the rails. If February, conditions were right for a flood event which devastated county roads, some properties and did millions of dollars of damage to the county and region. Then came snippets of information about a potentially deadly virus from China, and by March, schools and most businesses were shut down. It was a tumultuous year and one which won’t be soon forgotten. Here we recount the events, week by week, from 2020. JANUARY 2). Represen...
“The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness.” – William Shakespeare...
I can easily count up my college roommates. Eight. Two at community college, six while attending E.W.U., where I majored in journalism. Three I consider having attended school from K-16. I’ve also been fortunate, blessed, honored that we all have kept in (relatively) close contact through the years. The other day I was thinking of my first roommate’s parents, and called to see how they were getting along. We visited a half hour and got caught up on one another. Conference called with two of the four-year school roomies today. One’s local...
A. F. Branco...
Embarrassing moments. Nobody likes to talk about them. Oh, they’ll talk about slipping on the ice on their first date or getting bucked off a gentle horse. Other folks empathize and usually they laugh. But it makes people uneasy when it’s really embarrassing. They might titter nervously but if it’s really awful it makes us uncomfortable. It could happen to me! Like the time I leaned into a car window and asked a new acquaintance to dance and she didn’t have any legs. It was shattering to a hi...
Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic early in 2020, Washington state leaders have said their strategy is to contain the spread of the coronavirus until a vaccine was available, at which point social and economic restrictions would be lifted. Now that the vaccine is available, the failure of state leadership to deliver vaccines to people is the latest example of how that strategy has failed, leaving the public to pay the price of government ineffectiveness. In mid-December, Governor Inslee...
Editor’s Note: This is an ending portion of a letter that appeared in the December 31, 2020 Dayton Chronicle, but was not included in the original submission, and completes the writer’s letter in full. CB To the editor, …”I did ask Mr. Amerein why he spoke with Ms. Literal about the incidents but did not reach out to the parents of my group? I also told everyone at meeting that it was disturbing for me to see certain individuals giggling, rolling their eyes, downplaying what happened when only one adult was present when all four inciden...
OLYMPIA–This morning Perry Dozier was sworn into office as the next 16th District State Senator by Superior Court Judge M. Scott Wolfram at the Walla Walla County Courthouse. The 16th District is comprised of Walla Walla and Columbia County and portions of Benton and Franklin County. Senator Dozier has lived and worked in the 16th district his entire life operating an irrigated and dryland farm operations in both Franklin and Walla Walla counties. His education is rooted within this district a...
DAYTON–The local Chamber of Commerce has contracted to purchase the former Alder Dental building at 202 E. Main St., pending necessary inspections. Closing is scheduled for March 2, with the Chamber making the move from its current location later this spring....
BREAKFAST Wed, Jan 6: Breakfast Burrito, Fruit, Milk Thur, Jan 7: Scrambled Eggs, Bagel, Fruit, Milk Fri, Jan 8: Yogurt Parfait, Fruit, Milk Mon, Jan 11: Muffin, Sausage Patty, Fruit, Milk Tue, Jan 12: Waffles, Cheddar Omelet, Fruit, Milk Wed, Jan 13: Pancakes, Sausage Link, Fruit, Milk Thur, Jan 14: Cheddar Omelet, Toast, Fruit, Milk Fri, Jan 15: Cinnamon Roll, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit, Milk LUNCH Wed, Jan 6: Cheese Burger, Fries, Veggie, Fruit, Milk Thur, Jan 7: Chicken Strip Sandwich, Veggie, Fruit, Cookie, Milk Fri, Jan 8: Pizza Ripper,...
OLYMPIA–Governor Jay Inslee announced as of January 11, his “Healthy Washington–Roadmap to Recovery” COVID-19 plan rallies every region in the state back to Phase 1. Washington has avoided overwhelming the health system by following safety measures. According to Inslee, physical distancing, masking, social and economic restrictions have been integral parts of his rigorous plan to manage hospital capacities and pave the way for economic recovery. In this new reopening plan, eight regions have been established based on available health service...
Cletys Eloise Bowen May 12, 1933–January 1, 2021 Cletys Eloise Bowen of Dayton, entered into rest Friday, January 1, 2021, with her family by her side. Cletys resided at Booker Rest Home over the last couple months due to recent medical difficulties. Cletys was 87 years old and is survived by her husband, Herbert Dale Bowen, whom she had been married to for 69 wonderful years. Cletys was born in Dayton, Wash., to Orie Fletcher and Lela Winnett Fletcher on May 12, 1933. She graduated v...
Danice Lilly Brodhead Brown March 30, 1936–January 1, 2021 Danice, 84, passed away New Year's Day, 2021 of natural causes and is now celebrating with our Lord in heaven. She was born March 30, 1936 in Dayton Wash., to Morvan and Phyllis Hatfield Brodhead. She joined an older sibling Clive (Sonny) and later a younger brother Merald (Rusty). Her mom and Morvan divorced and she married Jay Rayburn and they gave her another brother Phil. Her dad also remarried Dorothy and she finally had a sister S...
Donald D. Bales June 22, 1930–November 27, 2020 "Donnie Dean" was born to Art and Freda Bales in Dayton, Wash. The Bales family home at 1400 South 4th Street was the setting for many memories as his parents lived there for 62 years. Don attended school in Dayton where he participated in numerous sports and activities. He especially loved football and "Number 55" was a well-respected offensive and defensive guard on the Dayton High School squad. Don graduated from Dayton High School in 1948. Shor...
Ten Years Ago January 5, 2011 Experienced barbers Ray and Angie Romero are ready to open newly furnished Ray’s Barbershop. Doctor Andrew Paul MD is a board-certified Family Practice physician and will begin working at Columbia Family Clinic January 10. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 3, 1996 National recognition is gained when five Dayton law enforcement officers shaved their heads in support of Sheriff Jim LaTour, who was diagnosed with cancer and has had to go through chemotherapy. Paul A. Spera, Commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign W...
