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JANUARY 3 Columbia County elected officials were administered the oath of office by Superior Court Judge Scott D. Gallina on December 28. Newly sworn in Sheriff Joe Helm affixed his signature to a document to make it official, other county officials are Assessor Chis Mills, Auditor Anne Higgins Helm, Prosecuting Attorney C. Dale Slack, Treasurer Carla Rowe, Gallina, and Commissioner Charles Amerein. Also sworn in were District Court Judge G. Scott Marinella and Clerk Susan Marinella. A 25-year-oldWaitsburg woman was charged with second-degree m...
DAYTON–Columbia County Commissioner Ryan Rundell, Dist. No. 1, of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) for Columbia County, held a public listening session at the General Store last Saturday to hear concerns from community members. He stated he attends multiple meetings where he tends to see the same people and wanted to seek input from other citizens. The public gathering was kicked off by illustrating a comment he heard from an editor with the Spokesman–Review at the County Leaders Con...
Shopped some big-box stores in the Big City last weekend and was enjoying striking up conversations with fellow, wild-eyed men who were making a valiant attempt at not-last-minute Christmas shopping. One guy I encountered was deep in the giant discount store and still had nothing in the shopping cart. I marveled at how he got clear to the back of the store without being compelled to throw something in the cart. His answer, on this last weekend of shopping before Christmas, was that he and his wife had only a short list of things to pick up. Tha...
Christmas is the most joyful of seasons for Believers…when publicly we are closest to God…birth of Christ. It is also a time when we can open our hearts and remember the “second great commandment” as mentioned in Matthew 22:39, ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself.’ Sometimes that’s hard to do. Years ago I received a call from a close friend. He was excited because I was coming to his town to put on a cowboy poetry performance. I looked at my calendar and told him it was a mistake, I WAS NOT booked th...
By Charlie Oribio “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” –Dr. Suess This past week, the library prepared for the holidays and spread some Christmas magic. At our Wand making program on December 17, several families were able to craft and name their own magic wand. Each Wand had a hidden chamber ready to be filled with magic. We also successfully facilitated a Santa Mail Express program allowing community children to write letters to Santa and receive letters in return. As we look to the new year, we ha...
DAYTON-School is out for winter break as the holiday season sets in. Students bid farewell to school for winter break on Friday, with a day full of fun Christmas activities for every hour. For the entire half-day before being released for winter break, the Associated Student Body (ASB) officers had organized a Christmas spirit day to boost holiday spirit, and bring students together. The high schoolers started the day with team gingerbread house making, which was voted on and winners awarded at...
DAYTON–The Affordable Housing Commission (AHC) have two unpaid voluntary positions open, for local community members interested in conducting research regarding the concerns and issues surrounding affordable housing within the community. The AHC is responsible for completing research on policy and procedural changes and for making recommendations on said policy and procedure that may further enable new developments. Once a quorum is established, ACH members will meet the second Tuesday of each month in the City Hall at 5 p.m. To qualify for a...
Delores A. Truesdale July 11, 1936- December 12, 2019 Delores Ann Truesdale of Dayton passed away on December 12, 2019, at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland. She was 83 years old. Delores was born July 11, 1936, to Arthur and Leora Gochenour Stephens of Spray, Ore. She grew up on the Spray Ranch and attended both Grade School and High School in Spray. Being a farm girl, she was involved with 4-H and other community functions. In her senior year, she was the Rodeo Queen and rode a beautiful...
John R. Harris October 9, 1927 – December 13, 2019 Long-time Dayton resident, John Robert Harris, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday the 13th at the Parkview Memory Care unit of Wheatland Village in Walla Walla, where he had resided since 2015. After a ten-year battle with progressive Alzheimer's dementia, his spirit has finally been set free. We are so thankful for all the care and support John received at Parkview during his final years. John was born in Oklahoma in 1927. When the Dust Bowl...
Donald “Fred” Smith Donald Frederick Smith, 81 years, died at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lewiston, Idaho on December 19, 2019. He was a life -long resident of Dayton. Fred, known by his middle name, was born in Dayton to Donald Arthur and Dorothy Lenor Abraham Smith. He attended Dayton Schools graduating with the High School class of 1956. He married Virginia Want in a ceremony held in Waitsburg Wash., on November 22, 1957. Fred was employed by Columbia County Road Dept. for several years before becoming the Dayton School District Bus Super...
Marilyn Hadley DAYTON–Marilyn Louise Hadley, age 76 years, died Dec. 18, 2019, at the Booker Annex. She was born March 10, 1943 in Dayton. Arrangement are in the care of Hubbard-Rogg Funeral Home, Dayton....
Ten Years Ago December 23, 2009 November 8, 2009 was the first practice for the third year of ‘Building A dog” (B.A.D.) program. Thirty-three young boys and girls turned out and are working on their performance routine that is choreographed to music. Twenty-Five Years Ago December 21, 1994 Football players honored in League and State. Dayton football players dominated the All-Conference team announced last week. These honors came after the Associated Press All-State selection were made public. Jeremy Hubbard, Matt Talbott, Jeremy Trump, and...
DAYTON–Dayton-Waitsburg wasn’t able to hold off Kittitas/Thorp’s senior forward Kyra Rupp, who scored a game-high 28 in Kittitas’s 57-35 win over DW here last weekend. Last Friday’s game with Liberty Christian was canceled due to illness and will be rescheduled. DW is now 0-1 in league, 0-5 overall and heads Friday and Saturday to Milton-Freewater for the Mac-Hi Tournament. Play in the new year begins Saturday, January 4 with a home game against DeSales in Waitsburg. “The girls played hard tonight, but we had some breakdowns that allowed Kit...
CATHLAMET–Dayton-Waitsburg senior wrestler Carlos Norris finished second in his weight class at the Down River Challenge in Cathlamet, Wash., last weekend, finishing strong against wrestlers in the 15-team tournament. Pomeroy sophomore Braedyn White dominated the 170-lb. division, taking first in three matches. "We made a long journey to battle the west side and brought home some hardware," commented Head Coach Ben Slaybaugh. "It was a good day and these guys should be proud." Norris, a D...
