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Two straight-backed and glittering Nutcrackers now stand guard before the Columbia County Courthouse. Ten feet tall, the Christmas icons were purchased with B&O funds through the Dayton Downtown Development Task Force, and will undoubtedly add sparkle and shine to the upcoming community celebrations. Donors to the Dayton Development Task Force's Business and Occupation Tax Incentive Program include Puget Sound Energy, Banner Bank, Elk Drug, Inc., McGregor Company, Columbia REA, Pioneer Title,...
DAYTON–Visitors and passers-by traveling Highway 12 will now be able to learn about the Green Giant Company's decades of impact on the Touchet Valley, and get the story behind the 300-foot tall Green Giant on the hill. Over two dozen people attended a soggy dedication ceremony last Friday, November 15, at a recently completed highway pullout a short distance west of the Dayton City Limits. Following remarks by former State Representative Terry Nealey, three Green Giant Company retirees, Randy M...
DAYTON–Members of the Dayton Days, Inc. organization and those in the community interested in the organization's future should attend a General Membership Meeting, set for 6:30 p.m., Monday, November 25, at the Columbia County Fairgrounds Youth Building. Dayton Days Inc. reconstituted about a year ago after several years in dormancy. The group started making an effort to explore the potential to bring back horse racing, or, in the absence of that possibility, sponsor an event to give Dayton D...
DAYTON–Both the City and County have opted in to adopt legislation at a future date for sale/use tax allocation for affordable and supportive housing in response to Washington State Substitute Bill 1406. Dena Martin, Associate Planner for Columbia County, reported that the opt in choice is to allocate a portion of sales and use tax already collected to be used locally for affordable or supportive housing. She stressed it will not increase current sales/use taxes because this will come from sales/use tax already collected. The County would r...
DAYTON–One of the hallmarks of southeastern Washington up until about ten years ago was the novelty of its horse-racing circuit. Dayton, Waitsburg and Walla Walla stood apart from communities around the nation which generally boast an annual parade and rodeo or some-such community showcase. Each town has its own exciting, worthwhile and significantly meaningful celebration, yes, but there’s nothing like horses flying down the home stretch, cheered on by wild-eyed bettors. Just as teens in the 1950s and 1960s prowled around town in their hot...
We all have great memories of ‘the best party’. I had a party. It lasted 48 hours. I lost my socks, my dignity, two days of my life, six ping-pong balls and four pounds. I broke my G-string, achieved a new “personal best” and learned to dog paddle in a bathtub full of beer. The occasion for this all-out, climb the walls, cowboy shindig was in celebration of my new book. The party honored the world’s best cowboy cartoonists who contributed cartoons for the book. We gathered under one roof some of...
To the editor, People dying across our nation is becoming the new norm we see As Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers tells us everyone having guns is what “ normal” should be This is not about the 2nd Amendment; our founding fathers would never agree That any kind of person with any kind of firearm will make our country free! The deaths are heartbreaking; it angers us that our representative just doesn’t care She values her firearms industry payments; of that we are aware! So, what to do? Believe people deserved their death because the shoote...
DAYTON-High School athletes are getting excited as the long-awaited winter sports season has come around. Although the fall athletic season will be missed and seems to have gone by quicker than ever, the sportsters are ready to make that transtition. Starting up for another great basketball season, the team members have been taking full advantage of their gym availability to prepare for the physical demands that are coming soon. The cheerleaders are already getting excited to prepare for game...
DAYTON–The 2019 Lighted Christmas Parade is being planned and entries are still being taken by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce, according to Chamber Manager Molly Weatherill-Tate. There’s still time to contact the Chamber at 382-4825 or complete an entry form at the Chamber website, for the November 29 parade. Entries will be accepted through the end of this week. Local businesses and civic organizations are favorite lighted parade entries during Dayton’s Christmas Kickoff the day after Thanksgiving....
DAYTON–The Dayton-Waitsburg Combine Fall Sports Awards Night will be at 7 p.m., Monday, December 9, in the Dayton Elementary School Multipurpose Room. A dessert banquet is planned prior to presentations of awards. The Booster Club will provide beverages....
DAYTON–A Thanksgiving staple here for the past 33 years is the Kiwanis Turkey Bingo, set for this Saturday, November 23, at the Dayton Elementary Multipurpose Room. The games begin at 3 p.m. and go until 8:30 p.m. The Kiwanis Club will be accepting food donations at the door for the Dayton Food Bank, with the assistance of the Girl Scout Brownies Troop. The Food Bank needs protein foods such as peanut butter, canned tuna, canned or dry beans, and low-sodium soups, rolled oats, canned fruit and vegetables, etc. Donors of food will receive a ...
Breakfast Wed, Nov 20: Late Start- Cereal, Cheese Stick, Fruit, Juice, Milk Thur, Nov 21: Breakfast Burrito, Nacho Cheese Sauce, Salsa, Fruit, Milk Fri, Nov 22: Scrambled Eggs, Maple Bar, Fruit, Milk Mon, Nov 25: Scrambled Eggs, Bagel, Cream Cheese or Jelly, Fruit, Milk Tue, Nov 26: Breakfast Stick, Fruit, Juice, Milk Wed, Nov 27: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Thur, Nov 28: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Fri, Nov 29: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Lunch Wed, Nov 20: Teriyaki Dippers, Rice Vegetable Bar, Fruit, Milk Thur, Nov 21: Tuna, Egg Salad or Sunbutter...
Twenty-two-year City of Dayton employee Dave Elkins was honored with a reception last week upon the occasion of his retirement. Elkins beat out 119 other applicants in 1997 for a job on the city garbage detail, and wrapped up his career as one of the City's valued Public Works employees. "It was good working hear," Elkins said. "I had the best job in the City." Public Works Director Jim Costello said "He will be missed badly." From left: David Sweetwood, A.J. Walker, Don Moton, Eddie...
March 6, 1932-November 9, 2019 Evelyn May Himmelberger passed away surrounded by her family from complications of congestive heart failure at Providence Hospital in Walla Walla Wash., on November 9, 2019. Evelyn was born to Martin and Mable (Geils) Voyles in Baker City Oregon on March 6, 1932, and where she graduated from high school. She married her love Jack in 1951 and began raising their family in Baker City. They moved to Dayton in 1960. She and her husband Jack of 60 years had many...
DAYTON–A 64-year-old Walla Walla man died Saturday in a single-vehicle accident on Little Goose Dam Road at Riviera Road in Columbia County. According to the Washington State Patrol, Pedro Ayala Barroso was fatally injured when the 1974 Chevrolet pickup in which he was riding failed to negotiate a curve about 8.2 miles east of SR 261, and struck a rock wall. Ayala Barroso was pronounced dead at the scene. The State Patrol is investigating the position of Ayala Barroso and another individual involved in the accident, 38-year-old Pedro Raymond A...
WALLA WALLA–The area's Special Olympics Bowling Team is headed to state. One of the bowling champions is April Goebel, daughter of Lori Goebel, of Dayton. She qualified at a tournament held recently at Walla Walla's Bowlaway Lanes, and will compete in the Special Olympics State Bowling Tournament at Fairtime Bowling November 23 in Kennewick. Goebel and four other teammates hailing from Waitsburg and Walla Walla all qualified by winning gold medals at the recent competition. They are Michael B...
DAYTON–A Post Falls, Id., truck driver was injured when the 2020 Freightliner semi truck and trailer he was driving veered off Main Street, struck a parked car, went through the intersection at 4th Street, and struck several cars before coming to an abrupt stop against a concrete retaining wall by Goff's Used Cars Monday, November 18,. Mark J. Diefenderfer, 55, was transported to Dayton General Hospital with injuries after allegedly falling asleep, according to the Washington State Patrol. D...
Ten Years Ago November 18, 2009 Several local 4-H members received awards and recognition for their hard work and dedication to their 4-H clubs Sunday evening during Columbia County 4-H Achievement night. Receiving top honors for work in their 4-H projects were members Lexus Ward, Intermediate, Bryeana Myrick, Junior and Patrick Nettleton, senior. The Citizen of the Year winner, Brian Black, this year has long been an active participant in the community and has endlessly supported various groups, causes, and activities and was instrumental in...
Thursday: Patchy freezing fog before 10am. Sunny, with a high near 44. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the morning. Thursday Night: Areas of freezing fog after 10pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Calm wind. Friday: Areas of freezing fog before 10am. Sunny, with a high near 47. Friday Night: Areas of freezing fog after 10pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Saturday: Areas of freezing fog before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Sunday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a...
DAYTON–A number of action items were tabled until further information can be obtained, the City Council determined at its November 13 meeting. A special meeting was set for November 20 to review and receive public comment on the Final 2020 Preliminary Budget, to consider a contract with a consultant about Main Street trees, and to consider adoption of revisions to Title 11-Zoning and a resolution regarding Property Tax Revenue. At the November 13 meeting, the Council tabled adoption of Resolution 1397, which would authorize Property Tax R...
DAYTON–School boards from this community and Waitsburg, and the Dayton-Waitsburg Athletic Combine Committee, are asking residents of both to respond to an eight-question, online survey concerning the future of the D-W Athletic Combine. Parents, coaches, teachers, alumni and community members are invited to participate in the survey, which is organized to tally responses from survey-takers from each town. A third party will log survey respondents to ensure the survey results are honest and t...
