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DAYTON–Both days of the 2024 Dayton Days Rodeo were kicked off with a ceremony honoring the contributions of the late Tim P. Donohue, president of Dayton Days, Inc. since its reinvigoration a few years ago, which included efforts to reintroduce pari-mutuel horse racing to Dayton, while, in the meantime, putting on a Memorial Day rodeo as a community event to promote Dayton and Columbia County. Donohue passed away in January, 2024. Loyal Baker, who succeeded Donohue as president of the non-profit...
A bit of breeziness welcomed friends, family and visitors from out of town to Dayton for the 2024 Dayton Days Parade, courtesy of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. Sheriff Joe Helm guided the Frank E. Bauers Post 42-American Legion Honor Guard down Main Street, leading the first responders from Fire District No. 3 and the rest of the variety of parade entries, horse-back courts, organizations, local businesses and more. Two days of rip roarin' rodeo were enjoyed by throngs. -Chronicle...
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.” – Henry David Thoreau...
DAYTON–The District School Board heard reports on both a school counselor framework, and on policy governance; and approved a teacher retirement at the meeting on May 22. The counseling staff have been working on the school counselor framework project throughout the year, and passed on a 30-page document detailing a framework plan of role description, mission, and goals of counselors. The counselor team believes this plan was tailor made to the needs of the Dayton School District and follows t...
DAYTON–the Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees approved the small works roster and a revision to the Public Code of Conduct to disallow the open carry of weapons according to a new law; were given the Director's and Financial Reports for April from Ellen Brigham; reviewed part of Chapter 6 of the Collection Development Policy which covers receiving gifts, as well as the Purchasing Policy; and discussed making Narcan available at the library; concrete work bids for the front...
DAYTON–As the school year ends, students are racing to get their schedules for next year, finish up projects, and prepare for graduation. The Senior class has some significant dates and events. June 4, the Seniors' last day of school; June 5, the Senior trip departs at 8:15 a.m. and returns at 10 p.m.; June 6, graduation practice will be held at 11 a.m. in the Dayton High School (DHS) Gym, and Scholarship Night will be held at 6 p.m in the Columbia County Fairgrounds Pavilion; June 7, graduation...
WALLA WALLA–The Walla Walla Community College Foundation is pleased to announce the Rasty E. and Nona F. Ketcherside Scholarship recipients for 2024-2025. The generosity of lifetime Waitsburg farmers Rasty and Nona Ketcherside provides 14 students the opportunity to pursue their educational dreams at Walla Walla Community College this fall. Recipients include Alyssa Anglin, Quinn Benavides, Lexus Brooks, Grace Coulston, Mary-Jo Day, Megan Forney, Madison Gallardo, Tatiana James, Phineas Kerr, R...
Kingdom of Planet of the Apes breathes new life into this global, epic franchise. It is set several generations in the future, many years after Caesar's reign, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he has known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and...
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 6 to 10 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Friday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Sunday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low...
Jesus asked "when the Son of Man returns, will He find faith?" Lk. 18:8. He desires our belief and trust. It surprised me to learn that gold is used in cancer treatment. Experts claim that very small gold particles are excellent in carrying cancer-killing protein. They also distribute the protein without damaging surrounding healthy tissue. Gold is an effective conductor. Understanding this procedure is beyond me but the Bible speaks of our faith in the Lord as being "much more precious than...
DAYTON–Grace Trump and Joshua Reser were chosen as recipients of the 2024 P.E.O. Citizenship Award. Trump is the daughter of Jeremy and Jamie Trump of Dayton and the salutatorian of the Class of 2024. She will attend the University of Idaho and major in Elementary Education so she can return to Dayton, teach and give back to the community. Trump was active in volleyball and basketball, lettering and earning scholar-athlete honors. Activities include leadership roles in the A.S.B. and National H...
DAYTON–Local veterans and American Legion Post members Tim Hollingsworth, Garrett Bickelhaupt and John Hutchens were honored with Quilts of Valor presentations in a ceremony at the annual Memorial Day Breakfast at the Frank E. Bauers Post 42 here Monday, May 27. Post Commander Tim Hollingsworth enlisted in July, 2001, between his junior and senior years in high school. In active duty, his initial position was as an armored crewman on the M1A1 Abrams tank. He progressed through the ranks to p...
An Online public meeting which seeks input from the public as part of a rural clean energy study will be holding a session on June 5. The public is invited to register for the Zoom meeting Wednesday, June 5, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The state is seeking input from residents of rural Washington communities with an interest in how development of large or community-scale solar, wind and other types of clean energy projects may affect the community. The public is invited to join a virtual statewide...
Ten Years Ago May 28, 2014 Kaitlyn Andrews qualifies in four Track and Field events. Kaitlyn set the tone for the Dayton track squads at District as she won the javelin, long jump, triple jump and ran second in the 100m. dash. Kaitlyn will head to Cheney for the State Championships after qualifying in four events. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 26, 1999 Harvey Hoover, member of Dayton Days for the past 30 years, has been selected as the Parade Marshal for the 1999 show and will lead the Dayton Days P...
YAKIMA–The Dayton Bulldog Relay Team finished a bit back in the pack but well enough to make the podium for a seventh-place medal at the State 1B Championships here last week. The Dayton squad of Hikaru Iwamoto, Tristan Rennaker, Solomon Brenner and Luke Winkler burned through the 4X100 m. Relay preliminaries with a respectable 46.09 time for fifth in the prelims. The foursome then finished their meet appearance with a seventh-place finish in the finals with a time of 47.17. "They worked well t...
Dayton hosted the final Middle School Track Meet for the season on May 20th, with 4 teams taking part. Below are the results for the Dayton Bulldogs: Girls' 100m: Rilee Steinhoff 1st, Ellie Sabin 3rd PR (14.3), Emma Wyant, 15th PR (16.4), Cambrie Clemens & Rylee Griffin tied for 20th Girls' 200m: Ellie Sabin 1st PR (31.2), McKenna McCowen 3rd PR (32.2), Emma Wyant 9th PR (35.2), Rylee Griffin 11th, Cambrie Clemens 13th Girls' 400m: Rosemary Yutzy 1st Girls' 100m Hurdles: Rylee Griffin 4th PR...
DAYTON–The High School Spring Sports Awards Night will be Thursday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. Student-athletes involved in spring athletics of track and field, baseball, softball and golf will be honored for their accomplishments....
Coaching the 3A Mead High School Panthers to a state championship is an individual with local ties: James Lehr, formerly of Waitsburg and now head coach of the Panther track and field team. Lehr, seated third from left, is the son of Pat and Jody Lehr of Waitsburg and brother to local businesswoman Melissa McCowen. A 2010 graduate of Waitsburg High School, Lehr is now in his second year as head coach of the boys' team at Mead where six of his athletes captured firsts. While a high school...
Moses Lake High School Maverick pitcher Cooper Hancock, son of Margaret Eaton Hancock of Moses Lake, and grandson of Kaye Eaton of Dayton, has been named Big Nine Pitcher of the Year, First Team Pitcher and First Team Designated Hitter. Hancock is a junior at M.L.H.S. -Submitted photo...
