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DAYTON–Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it is said. The former Weinhard Hotel, now renovated and being readied for business as Hotel Hardware by Padraic Slattery, was made modern in the mid-1990s by Dan and Ginny Butler. The Butlers decorated the walls with exquisitely framed reproductions of historic photographs from Dayton's and Columbia County's past. The frames were taken down and stored in the hotel in subsequent years, and Slattery and his crew discovered them in the process of m...
DAYTON–Rev. Deborah Tyler will be installed as settled pastor for Dayton First Congregational United Church of Christ Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 4 p.m. "I am thrilled to be serving Dayton with the dedicated people of Dayton First Congregational Church UCC," Rev. Tyler said via an email. She came to Dayton July 1, 2023, and has served as Designated Pastor for a year. Tyler is the daughter of an Army Chaplain and earned her Bachelor's degree in Spiritual Formation from Antioch University, S...
DAYTON–The Columbia County Rural Library Board met September 16 approved policies; heard the director's report; and listened to citizen concerns. The financial report was approved as were revisions to the Bulletin Board Policy and the Service of Process Policy which addresses the request for patron information from law enforcement. Trustee Kevin Rust questioned Library Director Ellen Brigham about the specific lawsuits against Kellogg County, Wyo., that she had cited last month when he p...
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Alphonse Karr... Full story
POMEROY–There are currently six wolf packs in southeastern Washington, according to pack numbers from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 2023 Annual Report. The Touchet pack counts nine members, Columbia (3 members), Tucannon (5 members), Grouse Flats (10 members), Couse (formerly 139 Group) (5 members), and Butte Creek (6 members). Captures are continuing as the opportunity arises to try to get working collars in each of the packs. Due to the dynamic nature of packs in newly c...
In this case, give them $2.2 billion in fuel taxes, and they’ll take your roads too. Attorney General and now Candidate for Governor Bob Ferguson, Senator Andy Billig and other proponents of the state’s disastrous cap-and-trade scheme have crossed the line, threatening Washington families by holding vital road construction projects hostage. They’ve made it clear: if we don’t keep their crony system in place, “every road project, including the North Spokane Corridor, will be in jeopardy....
The Olde Yakima Letterpress Museum honored Charlotte and Loyal Baker, publishers of the Dayton Chronicle, for contributions made to the museum in Union Gap, Wash., with honorary Journeyman Leather Aprons, in recognition of "outstanding leadership in the graphic arts and newspaper industries." The couple donated several stands of hand-set type and other letterpress printing items to the museum, historical artifacts left over from the Dayton Chronicle's decades as Dayton's and Columbia County's...
My heart was made lighter when I visited a nursing home resident diagnosed with a terminal disease. As we were visiting, she shared how much she enjoyed watching the squirrels climb on the pole just outside her window. Her appreciative and joyful attitude was an encouragement to me. Right at that moment a squirrel came along and grabbed hold of the pole with all four feet, rapidly climbing to the top. I'd never carefully observed a squirrel climbing before, and I was struck at how firmly all...
DAYTON–A 1998 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Deanna R. Chorley, 56, 115 Front Street, Starbuck, was involved in a one-vehicle rollover accident at about 5:30 p.m. September 18, on the Lower Whetstone Road at the McKay elevator. When deputies arrived at the scene, the vehicle was on its left side in the entrance to the McKay Elevator, with Chorley pinned in the driver’s position, according to the Columbia County incident report. Fire District No. 3 fire and ambulance personnel responded, extricated Chorley and transported her to Dayton General Hos...
The 27th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival begins at the Liberty Theater on September 27. The Liberty Theater is the only theater hosting this film festival in eastern Washington, and no other theaters are hosting this event within several hundred miles in northern Idaho or eastern Oregon. The top ten finalist short films come from the United Kingdom, France, Croatia, Australia, Ukraine, Ireland, Italy, and the USA will be shown at each screening of this annual film festival taking place...
8 YOUTH BUILDING RESULTS 4-H RECORD BOOKS 4-H JUNIOR STANDARD RECORD BOOKS CHAMPION: Charlene Cole RESERVE CHAMPIOIN: Ava VanAusdle Blue: Charlene Cole, Ava VanAusdle, Jamison Jones, Oaklee Adams, Ashlynn Papineau, Parker Wertz, Hadley Clarys, Harley Mead, Chase Mead, Zoe Anderson Red: Mason Papineau, Thomas Adams, Landun Wertz White: Bridger Abel, Jaylynn Gleason, Rylan Struckmeier, Aryah Howood, Elsie Pearson, Molly Jonas, Annabelle Fletcher, Myles Frasco, Landon Pounds, Rhonda Yutzy,...
To the editor, In contrast to many partisan issues in the November election, the levy to fund our new Columbia County Parks & Recreation District is a non-partisan item that deserves our votes. We voters enthusiastically approved establishing the district in 2023, but the district is unfunded until a levy is approved in the upcoming November election. Using levy funds, the district would pursue private and governmental grant funds for pool construction. Those who grant construction funds expect...
Ten Years Ago September 24, 2014 It was Just 325 feet of sidewalk. Construction of the A.D.A. approved section of pavement, stretching from the hospital campus to the Touchet River dike involved a number of local governmental agencies, individuals and charitable organizations, and was in the beginning initiated by Jennie Dickinson, who watched her mother, then a resident of Booker Rest Home, gaze longing at the kids playing soccer in the nearby athlete fields. Twenty-Five Years Ago September...
Elsie M. Robins March 25, 1927–August 27, 2024 Longtime resident Elsie M. Robins passed away August 27 at St. Mary Hospital in Walla Walla after a brief illness. Elsie was born in Dayton March 25, 1927, to George and Alice Crall. She joined a brother Gene at their home on 2nd Street where she grew up riding horses, milking cows, raising chickens, swimming in the river and started her love of reading. After graduation from Dayton High School in 1945, Elsie attended business school in Lewiston, I...
DAYTON–A wave of illness swept through the Dayton Bulldogs' ranks last week, taking a bite out of the 12-man roster enough that last week's contest at Soap Lake was canceled, but team members have recovered and it looks like this week's game against Waitsburg is on, according to Head Coach Lucas Collier. Collier attributed the situation to the usual flurry of sickness that occurs when school resumes each year, and, with a small roster like the Dawgs have this season, the few absences make a b...
DAYTON–The startup of the 2024 volleyball season has started to get steep for the Lady Bulldogs. Dayton hosted the Pomeroy Pirates here September 19 and competed well but lost in three sets, 25-11, 25-16 and 25-14. On the road to Garfield-Palouse the Lady Dawgs fell to Gar-Pal in three sets, 12-25, 14-25, 15-25. "The effort was there," observed Head Coach Des Jones, "but we had too many unforced errors. We were on defense for much of the game and couldn't put together enough offensive attacks t...
