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DAYTON–Three separate fires-all of unknown origin-and all burning along SR 12 a few miles east of here were brought under control and extinguished before damage became excessively extensive Friday, August 7. The fires all started in the ditch at the end of the roadway, said District 3 Chief Jeromy Phinney. The cause is under investigation, he said. They were reported just before 6 p.m. The first fire encountered by crews had barely begun burning in the cropland next to SR 12, Phinney said of con...
DAYTON–Dayton School District administration plans to start the 2020-21 school year on Tuesday, August 25 and has developed a restart plan to accommodate COVID-19-prevention practices, first-year Superintendent/Elementary Principal Guy Strot announced recently. The plan introduced on August 6 and reviewed at a Community Meeting August 10 is a work-in-progress and subject to modification, Strot says. A second Community Meeting via Zoom Monday, August 17, 3 p.m. to explain the plans, address q...
DAYTON–The community of Dayton is welcomed and invited to join Thursday's virtual meeting of the Dayton Kiwanis Club to hear new Dayton Schools Superintendent Guy Strot explain the plans to start school. Anyone with access via a computer, tablet or cell phone is invited to join the Kiwanis Club Zoom meeting at noon, Thursday, August 13. After launching Zoom, the meeting identification is 253 439 9797 and there is no pass code required, or type this link into the browser to access the meeting: h...
“Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein...
After several attacks on livestock, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) killed a wolf in the Wedge Pack, located in NE Washington along the Canadian border. This is part of the state's wolf management approach, which authorizes lethal removal of wolves only after non-lethal techniques to deter wolf attacks have failed. In this instance, the Wedge Pack was involved in 11 incidents that killed three livestock since early May. The location of the wolf attacks is not surprising. Most...
A. F. Branco...
I played in a celebrity golf tournament in Oklahoma City a while back. Now, I’ve been to a few celebrity team ropings, a couple celebrity stock dog trials, a million brandings and one celebrity rock pickin’ - but this was my first celebrity golf tournament. Generous people paid a lot of money to play golf with well-known folks. The money was donated to help the blind. I got in the golf cart with a feller named Phil. He asked me what my handicap was. I couldn’t think of anything real bad excep...
Young Washingtonians are pissed off. Though we've made incredible gains as a society, far too many people are being denied access to jobs, healthcare, even affordable housing. We need to tear down what's broken in our politics. We need to destroy the barriers standing in the way of a better world. What if the answer to so many of our challenges actually lies in the very thing so many consider a major source of our problems? What if free markets did more than fill our Amazon carts? What if...
By Johnathan Hladik One of the great benefits of living in a rural community is our ability to enjoy food grown locally. Families appreciate easy access to high quality nutrition. Many farms and ranches depend on these local sales. Like so much of our daily life, this system was disrupted by COVID-19. When work is interrupted at industrial processing facilities, commodity producers flood local meat lockers with their product. With already limited reservation space being taken up by large growers, those who depend on direct-to-consumer sales...
The evolution of healthcare delivery moves woefully slow most of the time. Still, when we take a moment to realize how far we have come as an industry, it truly is incredible. There was a time when birthing occurred in a sterile field with heavily gowned doctors and nurses surrounding the expectant mother under bright procedure lights. Somewhere down the hall was an anxious, pacing father waiting for news. Now, the way babies are birthed is vastly different. Comfortable rooms transform when...
DAYTON–An emergency $1,000,000 loan application was recently submitted to the Washington County Road Administration Board (CRAB) by Columbia County Engineer Chuck Eaton. The loan is to cover repairs from the February flood, Eaton informed the Columbia County Commissioners (BOCC) at a recent meeting. It is general practice for CRAB to award up to half of the requested amount at a time. Eaton said that CRAB contacted him indicating that he could ask their board for the remaining $500,000 that is a...
PULLMAN–A Touchet Valley native has been named dean of Washington State University's College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Mark Leid, PhD, a WSU Pharmacy alum, assumed the role on July 1, 2020, succeeding interim dean Linda Garrelts MacLean. Leid had been an Oregon State University (OSU) College of Pharmacy professor and the associate dean for research. Leid was born and raised in Waitsburg, and is the brother of Wes Leid of Dayton, and uncle to Sara Reser of Dayton. He is a 1978 grad...
DAYTON–Columbia Pulp announced that Brian St. Clair has been named the Director of Finance for Columbia Pulp this week, effective immediately. In this new role St. Clair will lead the accounting team. The principle responsibility St. Clair's position is always to act in a fiduciary capacity to safeguard company assets and treat such assets in the company's best interest. St. Clair brings to his leadership role at Columbia Pulp extensive experience and a background in company startups, mergers a...
Ten Years Ago August 11, 2010 The Dayton Swim Team, coached by Rosy Nechedom, had another great season of swimming. About 70 kids between 6 and 18 years old participated in various meets throughout the summer. Twenty-four were brand new to the team and a few were pretty new to swimming. Forty-two swimmers earned the right to represent the team in the final county meet in Colfax. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 9, 1995 Dale E. McElroy, son of Richard and Clelsia McElroy, was promoted to Staff Sergeant in the Marine Corps. Dale plans to pursue his...
Antonia M. Koschmeder June 13, 1926 – July 28, 2020 On July 28, 2020, our beloved mother, grandmother and great and greatgreat grandmother went to be with her beloved husband Donny Koschmeder, whom she missed very much. Happy to be together again, they are now dancing up a storm, which they both enjoyed. Antonia M. Koschmeder (known as Toni) was born June 13, 1926, in Crystal City, Tex. A feisty 94 year old, she had a good life in Dayton. She moved to Dayton with her three daughters in 1960, Mar...
In the August 6 Dayton Chronicle, the story about Primary Election results indicated that incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee (D), would be facing Republican Joshua Freed. At a point after that information was obtained and incorporated into the story, additional voting results were posted and Republican candidate Loren Culp was boosted into second place behind Inslee. The August 6 newspaper was incorrect in naming Republican candidate Joshua Freed as Inslee’s opponent due to this circumstance. As of Wednesday, August 5, Inslee’s vote total was 719...
This 5 x 7 negative was found inside the wall of the former Frontier Too Tavern, now under renovation by owners Kim Lyonnais and Blaine Bickelhaupt. This as yet unidentified young lady appears to be doing her best to make a good photograph, posing on a cloth-covered bench and in a unique wicker chair. The identity of this you lass and the time frame of the photo are unknown. Anyone with information is requested to please contact the newspaper....
