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DAYTON–"I liked it from the beginning," Bette Lou Crothers says of the insurance business. Crothers announced her plans to retire July 31, 2020, just shy of starting what would have been her fortieth year as a State Farm insurance agent in Dayton. "Several sets of circumstances and my age came together ... and it was time [to retire]," Crothers said this week. "And I'm at peace with that decision." The agency will continue, Crothers said. On a temporary basis, Agent Mike Stensrude of Walla W...
DAYTON–City gives state grant money over to Port of Columbia to disperse to local businesses in need due to COVID-19. The City of Dayton was awarded over $76,000 for the CARES Act. The Council has decided to give that money to the Port of Columbia which may disburse it to businesses that did not qualify for other grant funds. The money would be made available for businesses that did not already receive grant money, including start-up businesses, according to Jennie Dickinson, Executive D...
DAYTON–Ballots for the August 4 Washington State Primary Election will be mailed this week, according to the Columbia County Auditor, Anne Higgins. The vote will decide local races for Superior Court (Columbia, Garfield and Asotin) Judge Position 1 and 16th District State Senate as well as cull a long list of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and a number of other statewide positions. The top two vote getters will advance to the General Election following the August 4 Primary Election. Seeking the nonpartisan Snake River Circuit j...
DAYTON– The Port of Columbia is seeking to immediately fill a Board vacancy which has occurred as a result of Dan Aschenbrenner resigning his position as Port of Columbia Commissioner District 1. He is leaving as a result of moving out of the district with his wife, Sarah. Aschenbrenner was elected to his position last November. The replacement would fulfill the remainder of the term with the option to run for election in November 2021. Milligan, who was at his first board meeting this month h...
DAYTON–Within every system, business, or even home, there is somebody filling the role that can best be described as "the glue" holding things together. These individuals, Mike Paris, left, and Paul Ihle, right, are constantly catching things before they are dropped, they anticipate problems, they recognize when a detail has not been thought of, and they are always fast to pivot when situations evolve beyond what everybody initially thought. Around our health system, we call these people C...
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie...
By Erin Schoenberg Recently, rural Americans have missed out on many services usually offered in their communities. However, library employees have worked even harder to provide for their patrons. For example, in Wayne, Nebraska, library staff have stepped up to show their community how resilient small-town libraries can be. A week after closing to the public, the library initiated curbside book pickup. They are also offering virtual assistance to patrons through online resources like Ebooks and audiobooks, online databases, learning games,...
This is one of those stories that sound so unbelievable that you’ll know I didn’t make it up! Mike studied the bloodlines. He checked performance records. He knew his herd like the top two layers of his tool box! He was a good young cattleman. When he decided on the course of action to improve his herd’s genetics he called the breed association rep. They discussed his needs. Plans were made for the fieldman to attend a bull sale in Texas with the express instructions to buy exactly the right...
To the editor, In the course of her career with the U.S. Department of State under both Republican and Democratic administrations, Danielle Garbe Reser served the United States in a variety of roles. These roles included crisis management in response to both the Syrian war and the Bali terrorist attacks in 2002. As a diplomatic advisor to the U.S. Senate, Garbe Reser performed diligent work with the Armed Services Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Returning to her Eastern Washington roots in 2015,...
Over the last few years, we have learned a lot about where healthcare happens versus where we think it happens. Take this example: A patient is called and reminded about their doctors’ appointment coming up on Thursday. The patient hangs up the phone and realizes that the battery in their car has been acting up again, and they do not have any local family to help so they call to cancel their appointment. For patients with chronic illness, this is a terrible situation where health outcomes are being impacted by reliable transportation. When o...
Magical thinking has troubled Christians for two thousand years. It’s the idea that if one knows the right words and says them in the right way God, like Aladdin’s genie, will serve up answers to wishes. It shouldn’t be a surprise. We love magic. We love magicians and magic shows, we love Harry Potter, Bewitched, and Merlin. We love the idea that with just a little effort we too could make things happen for the good, always for the good. Scripture itself tempts people in that direction. For instance, Jesus told Peter that, if he had enoug...
PROSSER–As the race for the open 16th District state Senate seat heats up, voters are being inundated with messages on who to support to replace retiring Sen. Maureen Walsh from Walla Walla. Veteran legislator and GOP front-runner, Rep. Bill Jenkin, R-Prosser, is the latest target in a negative attack campaign by Olympia-based special interests. "I've heard from folks around the district that ads are popping up targeting me, and I think it's important for voters to know where they are coming f...
To be an effective Senator that can represent this district it takes knowledge of the history and the needs of those many businesses and residents who call this place home. I am the only candidate that has that deep history. I have grown up and lived here my entire life, graduating from Prescott High School and earning a degree in Economics from Whitman College. I am married to lifelong resident Darleen Smith and have two grown sons which graduated from Waitsburg High School and Washington State...
I am seeking another term on the Columbia County Board of Commissioners to be able to further contribute my fiscally conservative approach to budgeting and eight years of experience on the Columbia County Board of Commissioners. I first ran in 2012, when Dick Jones retired, and I was re-elected in 2016. I have been asked by quite a few people to run for another term. This is a challenging time for Columbia County. We were hit by a flood in February, and now the coronavirus is adding to the...
It is with a grateful heart that I humbly ask for your support in my run for Columbia County Commissioner both in the primary on August 4 and in the general this coming November. The first and most obvious question is why am I seeking this position? After being approached by several different individuals over the past few years and asked to consider running and after much consideration and prayer I concluded that it would be an honor to serve my community in this manner. Columbia County proved...
I am Vic Bottomly, a Clarkston attorney, running for Superior Court Judge of the Asotin/Columbia/Garfield Superior Court District. Most of my career I have been a solo practice attorney assisting individuals and small businesses. From skyscraper problems to crop damage; murder cases to truants; million-dollar engineering claims to a widow's claim for bad trailer skirting-I have learned much from the judges, attorneys, and ordinary folks I have met throughout our state. Mostly, I have learned...
My name is Brooke Burns and I am seeking the elected position of Superior Court Judge for Garfield, Asotin, and Columbia Counties. It is with pleasure I introduce myself. I was born and raised in Clarkston, Wash. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Washington State University in 2002, and with a Juris Doctorate from Creighton University School of Law in 2006 in Omaha, Nebraska. While I enjoyed the Midwest, this area is my home so I returned, began my general practice...
Scott and his wife, Susan, have been married for 42 years. They have two children, Tony and Lauren, and one grandchild, Leo. Scott is a lifetime Washington resident, residing in Dayton since 1984. He received his bachelor's degree at Central Washington State (now University) and his master's degree at National University, in San Diego Calif. In 1983, Scott earned his law degree from Gonzaga University and was admitted to the Washington State Bar. Scott is also admitted to practice in federal...
Larry B. Van Buren November 15, 1931-June 30, 2020 Larry Baker Van Buren, 88, of Kahlotus, Wash., was laid to rest on June 30, 2020. He was born November 15, 1931, in Pasco, Wash. Larry went to school in Kahlotus until he was in the tenth grade. His last two years were finished in Walla Walla, Wash. Larry went to Washington State College for one year and then came home to farm. He was then drafted in the Navy and was in active duty during the Korean War from 1952-1956. After leaving the Navy,...
Paul LeRoy Gibbons June 1, 1938–June 19, 2020 Paul LeRoy Gibbons, 82, passed at his home in Dayton Wash., on Friday, June 19, 2020. Paul was born in Greeley Colo., to Roy Gibbons and Audie (Bowen) Etherton, on June 1, 1938. He met his beautiful bride and wife of 63 years, Myrna June Wilson, in Greeley Colo., as she was a friend of his older sister Wanda. They married in June of 1957 and soon after made the road trip from Greeley Colo., to Dayton Wash. Paul worked at Safeway in Dayton, then w...
Ten Years Ago July 14, 2010 Dorothy McCauley and Bob Budig, both members of the 1943 class at DHS have been chosen as Parade Marshals of the 2010 alumni parade this coming weekend. Alumni Spotlight: Charlotte Hutchens, 99, taught school in Montana and here at Columbia School 2 miles west of Dayton during 1943-44, until it closed in the early ’60s. Twenty-Five Years Ago July, 12, 1995 300 Swimmers will attend the Depot Festival Swim Meet on Saturday, coming from Pomeroy, Potlatch, Connell, Milton-Freewater, St. John, Endicott, La Crosse and m...
DAYTON–There is little doubt to anyone that has used healthcare services in the time of COVID-19, that the system of care has changed. There are phone questions prior to visits, screening at the door, and personal protective equipment on everyone. With COVID-19 permeating every aspect of our daily lives, we sometimes overlook the fact that some elements of healthcare have not changed: When you come to the doctor because you are sick, they are going to fully diagnose you. We do not just screen f...
You wouldn't want to be standing right over there at that instant-or else you'd be one toasted marshmallow! During last week's thunderstorm, the Chronicle lens was out and about, and as luck would have it, captured this ground strike in the western part of the county. Thankfully the system was primarily sheet lightning, with some bolts going to ground like this, and no local fires were reported. -Chronicle photo...
DAYTON–Per longstanding family tradition, combine operations for the year's harvest will commence on July 17-Skip Mead's birthday-with a test cutting off of the Mead Ranch's crop ground in North Columbia County. As this edition goes to press, plans are for the full crew to start with the legendary bunkhouse breakfast on July 20 and Mead Ranch Wheat Harvest 2020 will be underway. Preparations have been in earnest in recent weeks, with machinery receiving attention, parts being run after and e...
