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DAYTON-Up until this week the Dayton School District was one of the few districts offering in-person learning in the state. This was largely due to the low number of COVID-19 cases in the county, as well as the controlled environment that is offered for the children and staff adhering strictly to the safety guidelines. Since the start of the school year, student enrollment has remained stable. Now, with numbers climbing, and some detected in the schools, Dayton School District is switching to...
DAYTON–The air was brisk and the lights were bright as this community made the best of its annual Christmas celebrations with a BELIEVE Christmas Cruise in, through and around Dayton last Friday, November 27. Some 15 vehicles, including Columbia County Transportation and Columbia County Fire District No. 3 rolling stock, were involved, according to Chamber Manager Molly Weatherill-Tate. "The nice thing about it," Weatherill-Tate observed, "is that it got to go around to various neighborhoods w...
DAYTON–The Columbia County Commissioners (BOCC), including Commissioner-elect Marty Hall, met with County Auditor Anne Higgins at the meeting on November 30, to prepare the 2021 budget for final approval on December 7. The 2020 budget ending fund balance was reduced to $290,000, far less than the 2019 carryover of $600,000, which will make the first few months of 2021 tight. With the Commissioners' decisions, including the Prosecutor's Assistant Attorney and the Sheriff's Department Equipment Re...
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done. The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson...
DAYTON–Two talented quilters, Debbie Bailey and Sylvia Demaris, crafted the quilts given to three local veterans recently. Bailey made the Quilts of Valor given to veterans John Eaton, Army, and Chet Powers, US Navy WWII. Demaris constructed the Quilt of Valor bestowed to Air Force veteran Duane Lowe. Both Bailey and Demaris ceremoniously presented each quilt to these honorees....
I was reading through the obituary of life-long Dayton citizen Nadine Warren and was thoroughly impressed with how involved she was during her life. She was a farm wife. She had a career. She went to Kinman Business University and was a secretary. But she was involved in so many clubs. It seems like, for our parents and the early part of my generation, our twenties and thirties, there were groups we could be involved in, somewhere to interact with other people building meaningful relationships and be a part of the community. This type of camara...
A. F. Branco...
Yeah, he wished he was a cowboy but just at times like this (Yup, he’s glad that he’s a cowboy but there’s times on days like this) When he spent the day ahorseback and had time to reminisce (When he spends all day a’horseback thinkin’, ‘Wonder what I’ve missed?’) Never thinkin’ about Monday, ’bout the real life he led (Never knowin’ if it’s Monday, if he’ll ever get ahead) Just the smell of sweaty horses and the peace inside his head (Just the smell of sweaty horses and a blanket for a bed)...
To reduce the spread of coronavirus in our state, the Inslee Administration set a goal of reaching 90 percent of people with a positive test within one day in order to begin gathering information about where the virus was contracted and who else may have been infected. Now, the state’s most recent report on “Metrics for Case Investigation and Contact Tracing” is out and instead of reaching 90 percent of people within one day, the state is reaching only 6 percent. Six. Worse, the Washi...
To the editor, I feel compelled to respond to the letter / article that has been in the paper about Lee Ann Literal. As you all may know, Lee Ann has been instrumental at our Columbia County Fairgrounds for more than 20 years. She has spent many hours at the fairgrounds and has even used her own equipment at the fairgrounds from maintaining the track to hauling the horse manure. The complaint that was published in our newspaper was outrageous and those who know Lee Ann are very much aware of that fact. There have been some people in the...
DAYTON–The 4th Street Market known as Steve's Grocery, has always been a special gathering place, a neighborhood market where you can grab a gallon of milk, a Hermiston watermelon, a Christmas tree, or an ice-cold beer straight from the cooler. It even housed its own little free library back in the '70s. The store's original owner, the late Gail Bennett, had a shelf in the back of the store right by that beer cooler with the watermelons where customers could exchange books. "That shelf turned i...
BREAKFAST Wednesday, Dec 2: Waffle Sticks, Sausage Link, Fruit, Milk Thursday, Dec 3: Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pastry, Fruit, Milk Friday, Dec 4: Cereal, Fruit, Milk Monday, Dec 7: Cheddar Omelet, Toast, Fruit, Milk Tuesday, Dec 8: Breakfast Burrito, Fruit, Milk Wednesday, Dec 9: French Toast, Fruit, Milk Thursday, Dec 10: Cheddar Omelet, Muffin, Fruit, Milk Friday, Dec 11: Cinnamon Roll, Scrambled Eggs, Fruit, Milk LUNCH Wednesday, Dec 2: Corn Dogs, Chips, Veggie, Fruit, Milk Thursday, Dec 3: Cheeseburger, Tots/Potato Patty, Veggie, Fruit, Milk...
DAYTON–Last week was Thanksgiving and for the students of Dayton High School, not only does this mean food and family, it also means a much-needed break from school. This year, Thanksgiving Break was planned for November 25-27, but an increase in Covid-19 cases in Columbia County, and two cases in the school, the decision was made to take the week off, and have the students learn from home before their break began. The School Board and County Health Department collaborate to evaluate and m...
Arnella Nadine Magill Warren November 1926–November 16, 2020 Arnella Nadine Magill Warren, "Nadine," passed away, at the age of 94, on November 16, 2020, at Booker Rest Home in Dayton, Wash. Nadine was a Dayton native, born in November 1926. Her parents, Benjamin Magill and Anna Hatfield Magill, were also born in Dayton, Wash. Nadine attended Star Country School and graduated from Dayton High School, class of 1944, during WWII. She had two brothers, Rolla and Glen, who were 17 and 10 years o...
Robert Earl Manis November 28, 1932-November 27, 2020 Robert Earl Manis passed away one day short of his 88th birthday at his home in Dayton, Wash. He was born on 28 Nov 1932, in Delta, UT, the fourth of five sons of James Thomas Manis and Marion Veronica Kavanagh. He grew up at the Big Wash in Millard County near Hinckley, UT. Bob married "the only woman for him," Geraldine Lea Hinkley on 21 Sep 1951 in Walla Walla, Wash. They were married for 56 wonderful years and raised seven children. At...
Dixie Lee "Neal" Verstoppen January 3, 1933 – November 15, 2020 Dixie Lee Neal, age 87, of John Day and former long-time resident of Dayton, Wash., passed away on November 15, 2020 with her loving family by her side. Dixie was born January 3, 1933 in Dayton, Wash., to Bonnie Randolph and was later adopted by her loving stepfather Robert Neal. She graduated from Dayton High and married Fred Verstoppen on August 15, 1951 in Dayton, Wash. Together they welcomed four children, Mike, David, D...
Ten Years Ago December 1, 2010 Dayton’s Christmas kick-off was enjoyed by a weather-shortened crowd. Most merchants were pleased with retail results. Twenty-Five Years Ago November 29, 1995 Pam Sunderland Catlin, daughter of Art and Jean Sunderland, is a registered horticultural therapist, was recently featured in the Business Profile of the Prescott, Ariz., newspaper, “The Daily Courier.” The article was an overview of Pam’s business, The Growing Difference, which is a therapy program for people with limitations and disabilities. Fifty Y...
