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POMEROY–As of press time Tuesday night, August 25, the larger or more active fires in the Meacham Complex are the Horse Fire, the Hager Ridge Fire, the 896 Fire, and the Rattlesnake Fire. The Rattlesnake Fire is burning on the Pomeroy Ranger District, approximately twenty miles south of Pomeroy and thirteen miles southeast of Dayton. The Rattlesnake Fire is currently estimated at approximately 400 acres and is burning southward into the Tucannon Wilderness, in a fifteen-year-old fire scar in e...
DAYTON–The School District will offer both in-person classes and distance learning for the 2020-21 school year. Two community Zoom meetings were held for families and staff to lend insight as to how re-opening at the start of the year will be executed on August 25. The Zoom meetings were hosted by Superintendent Guy Strot with Public Health Administrator, Martha Lanman contributing. The first meeting was attended by over 55 community members where Strot encouraged discussion about the last f...
The Dayton Eagles Auxiliary No. 2618 presented the funds raised at this year's Jimmy Durante Day event to Columbia County Extension Agent Paul Carter and 4-H Coordinator Donna Hanger recently. The annual fundraiser garnered $3,670, which will go to the Columbia County 4-H Endowment through the Blue Mountain Community Foundation. When used, the money will specifically contribute to 4-H membership fees and excess funds will go to the 4-H Camp Scholarship Fund. From left, Vicki Overholt, Vonnie...
“No war is over until the enemy says it’s over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.” – James Mattis... Full story
Here is an impassioned speech given by Rep. John J. Deberry Jr., a Democrat from Memphis, Tenn., speaking on August 12, 2020, in the 2nd Extraordinary Session of the Tennessee House of Representatives. I rise because I continue to hear references to what I saw in growing up in this country, and growing up in the state of Tennessee, as I walked with my father, and worked with my father here in the state of Tennessee, in Memphis, Tennessee, and across this state, and across this country, in the middle of what has been referred to, on several...
A. F. Branco...
When the crew came toward the cookhouse Hazel shut and locked the door. “Don’t you even think about it! Looks like y’all been in a war.” And though Hazel didn’t know it, she was not far off the track They’d been workin’ pasture cattle and them critters could fight back! All that grass that they’d been eatin’ lubricated their insides Plus those cows were full as dog ticks and a little loose besides So when squeezed in some tight corner they could aim their guns at will And bombard that crew...
DAYTON–The Port of Columbia will present information about the broadband project proposed for the City of Dayton and specific outlying areas in a zoom meeting Monday, August 31 at 6–7:30 p.m. After the presentation, attendees will be able to ask questions and participate in a short survey regarding their current service. The Port contracted with a Walla Walla–based company PocketiNet, to conduct a broadband feasibility study that was completed in February of this year. Port Director Jenny Dickinson state due to the COVID-19 shutdown, the meeti...
The Bible is relevant for the day we are living in. Please consider these words: “For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control, will transform our lowly bodies so that t...
To the editor, I am writing in support of Mike Mitchell for Superior Court Judge, Position 1. It is imperative for our community to elect a judge with depth and breadth of quality legal experience. Mike has been on both sides of almost every fence the court straddles. He understands each side’s arguments and positions having made them as an attorney during the last 42 years. This includes criminal law (both prosecutorial and defense), civil litigation, family law, estate planning and probate, business formation, juvenile law and d...
By Melissa Czapka DAYTON–Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is a condition that develops when the arteries that supply blood to the internal organs, arms and legs, become entirely or partially blocked as a result of atherosclerosis. PAD affects between eight and 12 million people in the U.S., contributes to wound healing difficulties, and is associated with amputation. Though the symptoms may be severe, an astonishing 40 percent of people with PAD do not experience any symptoms. Columbia County H...
Breakfast TUESDAY, AUG 25 Cold Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk WEDNESDAY, AUG 26 Cold Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk THURSDAY, AUG 27 Cold Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk FRIDAY, AUG 28 Muffin, Fruit, Juice, Milk MONDAY, AUG 31 Cold Cereal, Fruit, Juice, Milk Lunch TUESDAY, AUG 25 Sunbutter Sandwich, Chips, Veggie, Fruit, Milk WEDNESDAY, AUG 26 Sunbutter Sandwich, Chips, Veggie, Fruit, Milk THURSDAY, AUG 27 Sunbutter Sandwich, Chips, Veggie, Fruit, Milk FRIDAY, AUG 28 Chicken Sandwich, Teddy Grahams, Veggie, Fruit, Milk MONDAY, AUG 31 Pizza Ripper, Veggie,...
DAYTON–The 2020 Census deadline is just around the corner on September 30, 2020 and the power to shape Columbia County and southeastern Washington for the next ten years lays in the public’s hands. The census provides information about public services like healthcare, law enforcement, employment and training, agriculture, food programs in school and SNAP, childcare, special education, transportation, roads, emergency assistance, and community development. Most emergency funds, such as the COVID pandemic, were allocated based the 2010 cen...
Albert J. Bense Jr Albert James Bense Jr, age 54 years, died August 23, 2020 at the Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. He was a resident of Dayton. Arrangements are in the care of Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home, 111 S. 2nd, Dayton....
Charles T. Cramer Charles Thomas Cramer, age 84 years, died August 22, 2020 at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. He was a resident of Dayton. Arrangements are in the care of Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home, 111 S. 2nd, Dayton....
Kathy L. Daniels Kathy Lee Daniels, age 58 years, died August 23, 2020 at the Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle. She was a resident of Dayton. Arrangements are in the care of Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home, 111 S. 2nd, Dayton....
We received a reply from Marilyn Groom regarding the “Frontier Too Mystery Picture” but we neglected to determine which Marilyn Groom was calling! It’s the Marilyn Groom of Payne Hollow who called the newspaper to mention having her sister’s photo in the same chair, not the Huntsville Marilyn Groom....
DAYTON–The Port of Columbia Commissioners shifted a Broadband Informational Meeting set for 6 p.m., Monday, August 31, to a Special Meeting, the Port of Columbia announced recently. Port Commissioners were set to hear information about the Port's plans to construct "fiber-to-the-home" in Dayton. Information from officials from Lincoln and Garfield counties, in addition to a Feasibility Study Presentation and information about use of broadband in agriculture, were on the agenda. Following the informational presentations, the Port Commission o...
Ten Years Ago September 1, 2010 Tuesday afternoon, August 24, a combine caught fire causing a field fire on Patit Road and crews from Columbia County Fire District #3 and Waitsburg worked to contain and extinguish the fire. Thursday winds with gusts up to 40 miles an hour are suspected to have rekindled the fire. The fire quickly grew out of control as the winds picked up burning across the hills over Hubbard Road, Gammon Road, Bruce Road, McGee Road and on to the Tucannon, head into rough terrain into Garfield County. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
