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DAYTON– There have been no new cases of the Coronavirus-19 since September 2, according to County Public Health Administrator Martha Lanman in a report to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) at the September 21 meeting. Lanman remarked that the lack of cases is good news especially considering that school opened late last month. She attributed the success of the prevention of the spread of the virus to the cooperation of residents in and around the Dayton community. Lanman meets r...
Dayton Eagles Auxiliary presented funds from the 2020 Jimmy Durante Fun Day to Touchet Valley Little League President Brendan Moore recently. Auxiliary President Linda Zavala presented the check for $3,670 to benefit the local baseball organization, the amount being half of the proceeds from the event. The other half was presented earlier to the Columbia County 4-H Endowment Fund. -Submitted photo...
DAYTON–The Columbia County Health System (CCHS) Board of Commissioners approved moving forward with a $350,000 medical air, vacuum and oxygen upgrade project. Previously, the board discussed a project concerning medical air, medical vacuum and upgraded oxygen. It was found to allow for the improvements and upgrades, a new generator would be needed and some work to the electrical system. This advancement to medical air, medical vacuum and oxygen would provide more preparedness for possible C...
DAYTON–Stationed by the owl for the Dayton FFA is new Chapter Advisor Jennifer Crane. Crane comes to Dayton from East Wenatchee where she taught basic introductory ag classes for about five and a half years, to 8th and 9th graders. She was born and raised in the Yakima Valley's heavily agricultural Sunnyside, on her family's hobby farm with ties to the dairy industry. After graduating from Sunnyside High School in 2010, she attended Washington State University, earning a degree in Ag E...
Scores of local faithful turned out Saturday for the Community Prayer Walk, which was held at the same time as the Washington Prayer March 2020 with Franklin Graham in Washington, D.C. The prayerful gathered at the Columbia County Courthouse at 9 a.m., the same hour that the Washington, D.C., march was convening on the National Mall. Prayer at the courthouse, an emblem of elected leaders, military and law enforcement, moved to the library, then to the school, Dayton General Hospital and then to...
“Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.” – John Wooden...
I watched the first debate last Tuesday evening out of a sort of morbid curiosity to see whether Joe Biden would collapse like a house of cards and be escorted off the stage by men in white coats. Pundits have been making hay of the fact that Biden often trips over his words, seems to have trouble finishing a thought and hasn’t been campaigning very vigorously. Thankfully, Biden seemed fairly coherent and he was tuned up with talking points to address the questions by moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News. He did have a few instances where he m...
To the editor, I am writing to endorse Mike Talbott for Columbia County Commissioner, Position #2. I have known Mike for over 40 years. Mike and I have daughters the same age, we both farmed, and have been involved in many similar community activities. Mike is a leader and has demonstrated his leadership skills in many ways. He has been a County Commissioner for eight years and served on the Dayton School Board for 17 years. He also served as President on the Columbia County Grain Growers Board and was a member of that board for many years. He...
You were just a dog. But a good dog. Right from the start. Your loyalty was never in question. And what you didn’t know, you didn’t know because I never took the time to teach you. When you were young I was harder on you. I expected you to understand the basics... and you learned them. A “bad dog” was like a whip on your back. But when uncontrollable instinct got you in trouble, I didn’t hold it against you. I doc tored you up, changed your bed and remembered that reason gets left behind in...
By Jodi Martin How does food influence your inflammation, your aches, and pains? Your body is a remarkable biological machine, designed to make an assortment of pro-and anti-inflammatory substances. The food we eat provides nutrients-proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and vitamin-like nutrients and minerals-that provide the nutritional building blocks for these substances. If you eat the typical North American diet, loaded with convenience and fast foods, you likely consume too many...
DAYTON– Judy Rigby is the proud owner of the recently raffled Blue Mountain Eagles Auxiliary No. 2618 wicker patio set, after her name was pulled from the bucket September 12, 2020. The grouping included a brown wicker style settee, two chairs, coffee table with glass top and wooden side planters. The group made $1,024 at this event which will go into the Aerie roofing project fund. -Submitted photo...
DAYTON-This past week, the Associated Student Body (ASB) met to vote in their class officers. These officers will be in charge of leading class meetings, making decisions regarding the class responsibilities, fundraising, and being the representation of their class in a monthly ASB meeting. For the 2020-21 school year, the class officers for the Freshman class are: President Josh Reser, Vice President Madi Richardson, Secretary Janae Helm, Treasurer Cayle Davis, ASB Girls Representative Wyntr...
By Bethan Wood WAITSBURG–The P.E.O. STAR $2,500 Scholarship, for the 2020-21 academic year, was presented to Amy Elizabeth Farley, a senior at Waitsburg High School. Due to the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic the award was not presented at the Waitsburg High School graduation ceremony. Amy Farley is the daughter of Randy and Sandra Farley and was recommended for this scholarship by Chapter BE of Waitsburg, Wash. Farley has been accepted and will attend The College of Idaho where she has plans to study Health Sciences beginning this f...
Wanda Elizabeth Carney July 6, 1930–September 7, 2020 Wanda Elizabeth Carney passed peacefully in the early afternoon of September 7, 2020 in Seattle, Wash. Wanda was born in Toronto, Canada to Susan and William MacKay on July 6, 1930, and was the little sister to her four older brothers. She graduated from Winchester Street School in 1947, and became a nursery school teacher in Toronto. A brief leave was taken in 1953 to cross the ocean and tour Europe with a friend. In 1955 she ventured w...
Ten Years Ago September 29, 2010 Seven members from Intermountain Region Search and Rescue and their canine companions began their two-day search for missing Starbuck resident, Bob Bulota. The search did not turn up the remains of Bulota who has been missing since March of 2010. Twenty-Five Years Ago October 4, 1995 The City Cruising Patrol, four deputies, Dale Preas, Don Davis, Mike Stutzke, Doug Hurlburt, are now in service to provide police protection in the City of Dayton. All four are officially Sheriff’s deputies but they will be p...
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