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Anecdotal reports of local small-grains growers getting underway with Harvest 2023 have been coming in, and last Monday, the Chronicle lens captured Thorn Inc.'s crews diving into a field on Davis Hollow Road. Operations have begun in the northern tiers of Columbia County this week, the Dayton Chronicle has learned. Reports on quality and yields are not yet available. -Chronicle photo by Charlotte Baker...
DAYTON–This is Bulldog Territory and graduates of Pietrzycki High School will converge on town for Alumni Weekend's float making, parade, annual meeting and class get-togethers Friday and Saturday. Individual class banquets are set at various locations around Dayton. The Alumni Association reports classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993 and 2013 are planning float-making and Saturday evening gatherings. It should be a toasty weekend: Friday and Saturday temperatures...
DAYTON-Foodstock 2023 will be held at Blue Mountain Station in Dayton on Saturday, July 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Foodstock 2023 includes love bead stringing, face painting, making tie-dye shirts, splashing down a water slide, and browsing the wares of area artists and crafters. Live music will feature two regional groups: Calico Bones and The Wasteland Kings. In addition to food specials at the Co-op Market at Blue Mountain Station, food vendors will be on-site, offering a variety of...
DAYTON–Getting from Point A to Point B–if you're riding on Columbia County Public Transportation–will be free for the next four years. David Ocampo, General Manager of CCPT, announced the new benefit for the community last week. The move, approved by the CCPT Board of Commissioners at its June 29 meeting, gives local residents the ability to ride fare free from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027–the next four years. The organization has been fare free since June 1 as part of its summer fare-fr...
DAYTON–Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) presented Columbia County Health System (CCHS) the with its annual Rural Quality Everyday Extraordinary Award on June 28. This award recognizes hospital projects that display excellence across five dimensions: significance, data-driven approach, culture of safety, results, and scalability. CCHS demonstrated an innovative approach to improving patient care through its Palliative Care program. Its Palliative Care team sought to improve the q...
“When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.” – Dylan Thomas... Full story
As I was breezing through Facebook recently, I read a message by one of my friends (unnamed for privacy reasons) questioning the pool district. I wanted to bring this to people who do not have internet, Facebook, or do not use Facebook, because it is an important consideration. (My opinion follows). The message reads like this (unedited): So I ask for imput on the information about the pool that Columbia County will be voting on and how it differs from what a different committee had been trying to do to get a pool opened again in Dayton. These...
DAYTON–Two Dayton High School Alumni from the early Fifties will marshal the 2023 Dayton High School Alumni Parade, 10 a.m. this Saturday. Janice Hall Davis, Class of 1952, and Betty Eaton Keller, Class of '53, share the honors this year in recognition of their longevity and contributions to the association. It has been 71 years since Davis's class graduated, and Keller's class has been out of high school 70 years. There are about three members of Davis's Class of 1952 living locally and in 2...
To the editor, I read an article in this newspaper on July 6 regarding an update about the library. That article stated that the petitions regarding defunding the library were a response to the lack of action to remove "sexually explicit books from the section for minors." It then went on to state that "At last count, the library contains 167 books that contain graphic sex involving minors, books written for minors about gender and sex education, or books about sexuality for early readers." I...
A particular orchard along the Snake River (Penawawa), offers sweet peaches. Still productive, generations have availed themselves to the delicious fruit, coming back year after year. For many it started when they were young children climbing up into the lower branches of the tree, propping themselves in place as they devoured the delicious peaches, letting the juice drip down from their mouths onto their dresses and white T-shirts. The peach stain became a reminder of how sweet the peaches...
DAYTON-Many came out for some old-fashioned fun at the Third Annual Fourth of July Patriots Picnic in the Park sponsored by the Columbia County Conservatives (CCC). The family event offered free food, games, and a silent auction. Undersheriff Robbie Patterson led the invocation and sermon. The CCC Chairman Chuck Amerein read the Declaration of Independence and introduced local candidates for various positions, including the Governor candidate, M. Semi Bird. Hotdogs, watermelon, baked goods, and...
Ten Years Ago July 10, 2013 Parade Marshals graduated in the early to mid-1940s, giving honor to the Classes of 1944 and 1945, the Dayton Alumni Association selected two long-time Alumni supporters to be co-Parade Marshals for the 2013 Dayton Alumni Association. Robert Johnson and Elsie Robins shared the honor for the upcoming July 13 parade. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 8, 1998 The St. Mary Nursing School Alumnae Association donated the first $2,500 toward the establishment of a monument on the...
COLUMBIA/GARFIELD Counties–The Umatilla National Forest Service moved to Public Use Restrictions Phase A as of July 11, 2023. Due to the increased fire danger and dry weather conditions, Phase A of the Public Use Restrictions (PURS) for smoking, off-road travel, and chainsaw has gone into effect in the Umatilla National Forest at July 11. Phase A is the first level of restrictions, implemented when fire danger is moderate to high. Phase A include: • Smoking is allowed only in enclosed vehicles,...
Asteroid City is a poetic meditation on the meaning of life. It tells the story of a fictional American desert town circa 1955 and its Junior Stargazer convention, which brings together students and parents from across the country for scholarly competition, rest/recreation, comedy, drama, romance, and more. It has a cast of very well-known stars including Tom Hanks, Scarlet Johansson, Bryan Cranston, Matt Dillon, Steve Carrell, and many others. This movie has received some mixed ratings. The...
Fire Danger Rating Increases to High BAKER CITY–Effective 12:01 a.m. on July 14, 2023, the fire danger rating level across the all Wallowa-Whitman National Forest fire danger rating areas (FDRA's) will be increased to "High". Affected FDRA's include: Juniper-Sagebrush, Canyon Grasslands, Western Forested, Southern Blues, Central Blues, and Northern Blues. To view a map of the affected areas, go to the Blue Mountain Interagency Dispatch Center, and can be located at http://bmidc.org/fdra-map.shtm...
