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DAYTON–A new feature–a Festival of Trees–will treem up with the traditional lighted parade, fireworks and shopping at the 2019 Dayton Christmas Kickoff, which starts the day after Thanksgiving here in the "Town That Still Believes." Folks flock to this annual community celebration Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30. According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for Christmas Kickoff Friday is mostly sunny but chilly with a high near 28° F. It's forecast to be partly cloudy Friday... Full story
PENDLETON–Dayton will be well-represented on the royal court of the Pendleton Round-Up with 2017 Dayton High School graduate Josilyn Fullerton being named the 2020 Round-Up Queen, and 2019 D.H.S. grad Kaleigh White selected as one of four members of the Round-Up court. In fact, Fullerton and White, when traveling in 2013 as Junior Miss Rodeo Washington and Little Miss Rodeo Washington, respectively, used to “kind of joke about one day being on the Pendleton Round-Up court together,” Fulle... Full story
DAYTON–Counting of the final approximately 200 ballots in the November 5, 2019 General Election shows that election-night results stand without significant change in counts. Columbia County Auditor Anne Higgins certified the election this week following a final count on November 20. One of the closer races was for Dayton City Council Position No. 6, held by Byron Kaczmarski and being challenged by Seth Bryan. Only 6.38 percentage points and 40 votes separated the candidates on Election Night. In the final count, voters widened the difference t... 
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DAYTON–A converted school bus traveling down Hartsock Grade east of here left the roadway and rolled once, prompting emergency personnel to respond to remove the passenger and driver. Transported to Dayton General Hospital was Troy A. Bird, 47, of Burbank, Wash., and the driver of the 2009 Chevrolet Express, John H. Alberts, 59, also of Burbank. The converted school bus left the steep roadway and rolled down hill approximately 50 feet at about 3:40 p.m. The driver and passenger, according to t... Full story
Nearly $10,000 in items and prizes–plus dozens of frozen turkeys to make the Thanksgiving holiday even better–were vied for by about 250 local and visiting folks at the Dayton Kiwanis Club's Turkey Bingo, put on last Saturday in conjunction with the Dayton Lions Club and the Frank E. Bauers American Legion Post No. 42. The annual favorite consisted of 30 games of BINGO, with turkeys and special prizes up for the taking by the lucky BINGO player. Needless to say, a good time was had by all... Full story
Unlike Washington, D.C., the scary apparitions of Halloween are nearly a month in the rear-view mirror and the Thanksgiving Holiday is here. We’re reminded of all that we have to be thankful for. We’re thankful that NBC stopped broadcasting the Impeachment Inquiry last week, returning to something more substantial, more interesting than watching sand through an hourglass, like Days of Our Lives. We’re thankful that Rep. Adam Schiff doesn’t represent us, although we are puzzled about Schiff’s chairmanship of the “Intelligence Committee.... Full story
For some reason this Thanksgiving, I’m thinking of sheep. The sheep industry is havin’ a fair year. One factor is lamb being included and advertised in specialty dog food. The sheepman’s equivalent market to fast food burgers. How to strengthen the market, you ask? Breed more dogs, you say? Or get humans in Canada and the U.S. to eat more sheep and wear more wool? So how do you get people to buy more lamb? You either change the people or change the product. We are living in a time of unima... Full story
DAYTON-Middle and high school students participated in a survey last week concerning the combined athletic programs with Waitsburg and here. This gave students an opportunity to weigh in on the future of the combined sports programs, rather to contract another two years or to go our separate ways. Some of the logistic concerns discussed were transportation, practice location, long-term effects of the combination and especially the Dayton/Waitsburg (DW) team mascot. The combined athletic program... Full story
Breakfast Wed, Nov 27: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Thur, Nov 28: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Fri, Nov 29: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Mon, Dec 2: Cheddar Omelet, Toast, Jelly, Fruit, Juice Milk Tue, Dec 3: Waffles, Sausage Patty, Fruit, Juice, Milk Wed, Dec 4: Late Start, Cereal, Cheese Stick, Fruit, Juice, Milk Thur, Dec 5: Breakfast Sandwich, Fruit, Juice, Milk Fri, Dec 6: Yogurt Parfait: Flavored Yogurt, Granola, Fruit, Juice, Milk Lunch Wed, Nov 27: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Thur, Nov 28: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Fri, Nov 29: NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Mon, Dec... Full story
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 true responses. The reason for the survey is that the W... Full story
Gerald “Jerry” George Schafer November 2, 1942 - November 9, 2019 Gerald “Jerry” George Schafer, age 77, a longtime resident of Spokane, Wash., passed away due to injuries received in a motor vehicle accident on November 9, 2019. Jerry was born in Spokane, Wash., to Leo Stuhr and Lillian Myrtle (Anderson) Schafer on November 2, 1942. He was raised on the family farm in Dayton, Wash. and attended all twelve years of school in there graduating high school with the class of 1961. He then moved that fall to California to attend college at Cal Pol... Full story
WALLA WALLA–Christine L. Judd, 43, Dayton, was injured and transported to Providence St. Mary Medical Center when she lost control of the 2006 Buick she was driving at 7:31 a.m. Saturday, November 23, westbound on SR 12 near the Walla Walla airport, and struck the guard rail due to speed being too fast for conditions. Seatbelt restraints were in use and drugs and/or alcohol were not involved. The vehicle was totaled. Judd was charged for no insurance, according to the Washington State Patrol. On Friday, November 22, at 6:29 a.m., a single c... Full story
JOHN DAY, PENDLETON, and BAKER CITY, Ore. – The Blues Intergovernmental Council (BIC) has been formed to help frame the process of developing a new methodology for forest planning for the Wallowa-Whitman, Malheur, and Umatilla National Forests. A series of meetings between County Commissioners and key Forest Service personnel have been held across the Blue Mountain region over the last year to help kickstart a framework for cross-jurisdiction work. With the formation of the BIC, we hope to further expand working relationships with other g... Full story
DAYTON–This year was the 100th year of 4-H in Columbia County, making the program's Achievement Night November 3 that much more special. "Can you imagine what it must have been like 100 years ago?" asked one of the presenters, Dakota Buman, during introductory remarks. "I'm sure there were cows and sheep and the like, but robotics, microwave cooking and computerized quilting machines? My, how some things have changed, and, my, how some things never change." 4-H is about "the people, the e... Full story
Ten Years Ago November 25, 2009 Pacific Power adds a green twinkle to Dayton’s holiday festivities. This year’s Christmas Kickoff will have a greener shimmer thanks to Pacific Power Blue Sky renewable energy Dayton heralds the holiday season the day after Thanksgiving with the fabulous Friday Night Winter Fireworks Display, sponsored by Pacific Power. The Dayton Historic Depot will hold its annual fund raiser “Christmas Market at the Depot” Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving during Dayton’s Christmas Kickoff. Twenty-Five Years Ago Novem... Full story
DAYTON–A 32-year-old Dayton man is in custody in Columbia County Jail, charged with two counts of rape of a child and one count of child molestation. An omnibus/trial setting hearing has been set for December 4 at 11 a.m. Jose Guadalupe Flores Hernandez was taken into custody on October 30 by Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputies in the 700 block of West Commercial Avenue. He pleaded not guilty to Rape of a Child, First Degree; Rape of a Child, Second Degree; and Child Molestation, Second Degree, in a hearing in Judge Pro Tem G. Scott Mar... Full story
