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DAYTON–An offer of $65,000 for the vacant lot behind the 100 block of East Main–proposed as the future site of a Dollar General store–was unanimously turned down by the Dayton City Council at its April 12 meeting. Council also considered how to fund Trail modification and West End beautification; and advised the swimming pool will be filled with dirt. The Council voted unanimously in favor of the motion to not authorize the land purchase agreement at this time. The motion included Counc...
DAYTON– Plans for the City of Dayton’s Wetlands Complex, part of the City’s wastewater treatment facility, are stalled after the City Council voted 4-3 against entering into a purchase agreement with landowners. The Council took the action at the 6 p.m. meeting April 12. A special meeting was held on April 6 where discussion was held in executive session for about an hour and a half and the vote on the purchase agreement was tabled pending the approval of a conditional use permit (CUP). At th...
DAYTON–The Board of County Commissioners met with heads of departments during their regular meeting on April 18 and also convened as the Board of Health where they learned of two resignations: Tracy Clark and Chelsey Eaton. The Board of Health convened and heard from the new administrator Katie Roughton who requested a pay increase for Delphine Bailey who has been with the department for 17 years. She was one of the Interim Administrators and is in charge of the WIC program, vital records and in...
DAYTON–The Port of Columbia voted 2-1 to pause funding for the Touchet Valley Trail until an advisory vote is conducted following a lengthy presentation by Commissioner Seth Bryan, and both for and against comment from the public at the hybrid meeting held at the Youth Building and virtually April 13. About 100 attended in person and over 50 by Zoom. The Port Commissioners discussed whether to pursue two grant opportunities for the Touchet Valley Trail (TVT) project–the Recreational and Con...
Swarms of youngsters from toddlers on up, converged on the Dayton City Park last Saturday morning for the Dayton Kiwanis Club/Homestreet Bank Easter Egg Hunt, which was free of pandemic restrictions for the first time in two years. Finders of the coveted golden eggs were, from left: Landon Swisher, 2 years old, Branson Martin, 9, Kylie Fletcher, 10, Harper Bly, 7, Walker Lewison 2, and Harley Jenkins, 3....
DAYTON–The Sheriff’s Sale on the real property of Columbia Pulp I, LLC, previously set for Friday, April 15, has been stayed as a result of the innovative wheat-straw-to-pulp enterprise being ordered into receivership in a King County court. The action was initiated by UMB Bank, N.A., trustee for the holders of the bonds that financed Columbia Pulp I, LLC (CPI). Attorneys for UMB Bank filed documents and made oral argument at a hearing in Seattle Tuesday, April 12, before Commissioner Henry H. Judson. The receivership was ordered and a rec...
“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde... Full story
DAYTON–Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers hosted a town hall event in Dayton at the high school auditorium on April 13, where she mostly listened to area residents' concerns, issues with government spending, election fraud, crop insurance, protecting the dams, education policies and infrastructure funding. She also highlighted the work she has been doing to establish the USA Act which would curb unauthorized spending. McMorris-Rodgers opened the meeting to say that with ebb of COVID, "Now we a... Full story
To the editor, After Dayton City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 12, I sent a letter to Mayor Weatherford and the council asking the following questions: Is there an alternative plan to bring our city into compliance for wastewater treatment? Will implementing a different solution take longer than continuing with the plan that was in place? How much money has the city spent in developing the plan that was just voted down? When considering the time and money that has been put into the research and planning of this project, what is the...
Believe it or not, we are approaching the first anniversary of receiving our HRSA grant for the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative in May 2022. Our first year was a planning and development year. We have worked hard to develop a program that will benefit our community. We started signing up patients for the Partners Improving Patient Health (PIPH) program on April 1. We are so excited about it. The PIPH program helps patients thrive who have diagnoses of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Cardiovasc...
BREAKFAST Wed, Apr 20: Breakfast Sandwich, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Thurs, Apr 21: Pancakes, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Fri, Apr 22: Cheddar Omelet, Biscuit, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Mon, Apr 25: Waffles, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Tue, Apr 26: Scrambled Eggs, Biscuit, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Wed. Apr 27: Breakfast Stick, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Thurs, Apr 28: Cheddar Omelet, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. Fri, Apr 29: Bagel, Cheese Stick, Fruit, Juice, and Milk. LUNCH Wed, Apr 20: Sub Sandwiches, Chips...
By Trista Villaro High School Correspondent DAYTON- The 2021-22 school year is slowly ending for our local high school and will wrap up with many events. This coming week will bring spirit week, filled with fun events and activities. In May, the junior class will a combined Prom with Waitsburg high school, and near the end of the year, the High School Outdoor Club has a whole-school hiking trip in the works. The high school will be having “Spring Spirit Week”, a celebration of the second semester and all spring sports April 25–2. The week...
Donnie Henderson August, 8, 1930-April 13, 2022 After being called by God to serve Him for nearly a century, Donnie Ruth Henderson, went to spend eternity with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Born August 8, 1930, in Pine Bluff, Ark., to Donald and Ida Nell Raymick, Donnie grew up in the country with siblings James and Sunny Ramick. Reaching a height of 5' 11" by the time she was in High School, basketball seemed to be a natural fit for her, earning All-State Honors her senior...
Janice Elaine (Robbins) Douglas February 5, 1937-March 3, 2022 Janice was born February 5, 1937, in Bottineau, N.D., and passed into glory on March 3, 2022. She was the sixth of eight children, born to George Leonard and Deloris Mae (Wilson) Robbins. At nine months of age, the family left North Dakota for her father's health, moving west to Quilcene, Wash., where she grew up. She met a handsome Navy sailor at a community dance and married Ronald George Douglas of Dayton, Wash., on February 12, 1...
Ten Years Ago April 18, 2012 Rookie “Ranching Robotics” placed first at the Spokane FRC Regional contest held in Cheney, advancing them to the national level FIRST Robotics Competition Championship for high school age students held at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louse, Mo. where 400 robots are expected to compete. Robot team member are James Costello, Alex Eaton, Lincoln Riley and Demetri Tziouvaras. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 16, 1997 Patit Creek Antiques and More located at 408 E. Main Street, opened this past week. New owner and ope...
DAYTON–An online survey to let regional transportation organizations know the answers to questions about the public’s need for transportation services will close at midnight on April 24. Information gleaned from public input will be used to improve public transportation services in the four-county region including Columbia, Garfield, Asotin and Whitman counties. The Palouse Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) invites all residents of the region, whether they avail themselves of public transportation services or not, to com...
Dayton-Waitsburg’s Middle Schools baseball season will start next Monday, April 25, at home vs. Bethlehem Lutheran. An administrative error resulted in the DeSales game being canceled....
