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DAYTON–Jim Mayers and Tom Burke dipped the wheels of they road bikes in the Pacific Ocean at Astoria August 16, and then began a six-week cycling odyssey along the Lewis and Clark Trail. The two medical professionals from Anchorage, Alaska, stopped in Dayton to wait out a rain shower last week. Mayers, 70, is a semi-retired registered nurse in his forty-fourth year of his career, and Burke, a doctor, retired from a 40-year career about a month ago. Burke said adjusting to his new retirement r...
DAYTON–Helpful and interesting things are happening at the library. From the newsletter, Director of Library Services Ellen Brigham presents an opportunity to help you and your child maneuver college application time. "With another college application season around the corner, we are looking forward to this must watch talk with Irena Smith, PHD, on Thursday, August 15 at 11 a.m. Pacific Time, via digital live-stream in partnership with the Columbia County Rural Library District or later using t...
Ten Years Ago August 27, 2014 Columbia County Fair Hostesses Haley Puckett, Stephenie Nerf, Samantha Sweetwood and Carrisa Price work as a team promoting the 2014 Columbia County "Blue Jeans and Country Dreams." A $3,000 contribution from Pacific Power was recently made to the Port of Columbia's Blue Mountain Station to assist with marketing efforts for the new facility. Pacific Power has donated over $35,000 to the project since work began in 2007. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 25, 1999 Tommy...
My Penguin Friend is inspired by an epic true story. This enchanting adventure is about a little lost penguin who, after being rescued from an oil spill, transforms the life and soul of a heartbroken fisherman. The penguin and the fisherman become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them. The Rotten Tomatoes website rated this movie as 86% and 97% favorable by critics and audiences, respectively. That website critics' consensus is "Pairing the ever-reliable Jean...
Freidrick Alznauer August 31, 1948–July 12, 2024 Freidrick (Fred) Alznauer, 74, passed away July 12, 2024 at his home in Dayton surrounded by his family. Fred was born in Austria on August 31, 1948. His family migrated to the United States in 1955. They lived in Orofino, Idaho, moving to College Place years later. Fred attended Garrison High and WaHi next. He moved to Dayton in his Junior year summer, finishing high school, graduating with the class of 1967. He enrolled in flight classes in M...
WALLA WALLA–Columbia REA chose two local organizations to receive our More Powerful Together Community Grant (MPT) for the 2024 award year, Walla Walla Fire District No. 8, and Columbia-Walla Walla County Fire District No. 2. The funds for Walla Walla County Fire District No. 8, for the purchase of a new HVAC system and electrical upgrades to a new facility, and Columbia-Walla Walla County Fire District No. 2, for the purchase of three Thermal Imaging Cameras and a Rescue Training Manikin. Columbia REA has a long history of supporting the c...
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Freidrick Alznauer August 31, 1948–July 12, 2024 Freidrick (Fred) Alznauer, 74, passed away July 12, 2024, at his home in Dayton surrounded by his family. Fred was born in Austria on August 31, 1948. His family migrated to the United States in 1955. They lived in Orofino, Idaho, moving to College Place years later. Fred attended Garrison Junior High and Wa-Hi next. He moved to Dayton in his junior year summer, finishing high school, graduating with the Class of 1967. He enrolled in flight c...
Elizabeth Ann Buerk July 15, 1938–August 4, 2024 Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann Buerk, 86, of Dayton, Wash., passed away August 4, 2024, at the Rivers Walk Assisted Living in Dayton, Wash. Elizabeth was born July 15, 1938, in Seattle, Wash., to Don and Muriel (Burdick) Rennewanz. The family moved to Los Angeles, Calif., when Betsy was older and she graduated from high school there. Betsy met and married Bob Boone while in California and they returned to Seattle after their daughter Kathy was born. T...
William Carter May 4, 1949–August 12, 2024 William "Bill" Carter, 75, of Dayton, passed away on August 12, 2024, at his mountain home. Bill was born in Walla Walla on May 4, 1949. He was raised in Walla Walla and Grandview and graduated from Grandview High School in 1967. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served two tours in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1972 and was awarded a National Defense Medal, a Good Conduct Medal, and Vietnam Service and Campaign Medals w...
A friend shared that when he was a child his family lived in a large tent on the Columbia Basin prairie, 20 miles north of Pasco. As the dry prairie was being developed into irrigated farm land, he remembers struggling through the extremes of winters' cold and summer's heat in a mere tent, vulnerable to wear and tear and fiercely strong winds. He now lives in a large newer home with a strong foundation, solid walls, and a strong roof only a few miles from the original homestead. The Bible likens...
Twisters, a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes. Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to...
Ten Years Ago August 20, 2014 New Fire station in the works for Fire District 3, located on the Patit Road. Remodeling of the former Green Giant and Columbia REA shop is to begin in mid-September and be operational by the end of the year, according to District 3 Chief Rick Turner. Plans are to adapt the former farm shop into spaces for training, offices and living quarters for up to six live-in firefighters. 'Labor of Love' results in refurbished 109-year-old Maloney Mountain barn. The...
DAYTON–The once bustling Touchet Valley Café at Dayton General Hospital, a beloved spot for staff, visitors, and local high school students, has remained closed to the public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The café, known for its nutritious meals, vibrant salad bar, homemade soups, and daily specials, was a cherished fixture in the community. In a recent letter to the editor, a community member reminisced about enjoying meals at the café, particularly the clam chowder on Fridays. They...
Subscriber Carl Teller, formerly of Starbuck, dropped by the office with this photo of an interesting implement set up on this crawler tractor, brand and date of photo unknown. It appears that, instead of a bull dozer blade, that a stout iron I-beam has been put in the dozer blade's place, with several cultivators mounted in front, and all that rides on wheels while being pushed forward by the tractor. That's a hunk of railroad rail helping brace the front piece, so we're guessing this setup...
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Saturday Night: A chance of showers....
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.” – Eugene Ionesco...
Fifteen-year-old Michael wanted to be a professional basketball player but he was cut from his high school basketball team. They said he had a "lack of skill." Though the rejection stung, he kept at it and became much more than a capable basketball player. He ended up playing in 14 NBA All-Star games. He also won six NBA titles. He is known to us as Michael Jordan. There are times when we have been rejected because we don't meet some specific requirement or live up to others' expectations. We...
Getting the entire family together can take a little effort. There is no shortage of activities that pull family members apart most days of the week, from work obligations to sports practices to school events. The United Kingdom-based media provider Independent reported in 2023 on a study of 2,000 parents with children at home. The study found families are only spending six hours a week together, which is less than an hour each day. Furthermore, they only eat meals as a household four days out of seven. -Eking out more time for family may be...
Ten Years Ago August 13, 2014 Local student Lexus Ward, daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Ward, has been accepted to the University of Jamestown, Jamestown, N.D. Ward is graduate of Dayton High School and is planning to major in chemistry and Lexus has been awarded the University's Knight Scholarship and Legacy Award. With the implementation of additional wind-powered generation capacity, the Bonneville Power Administration is constructing a 38-mile, 500-kilovot line to connect substations at Cent...
“If you count all your assets you will always show a profit.” – Wilson Mizner...
The motorcyclist knocked on my door and explained that he had grown up in my neighborhood and wanted to visit old friends and neighbors. He asked about several families, wondering if I knew where they may be living now. I told him I didn't know and he said with sadness, "I guess what they say is true. Sometimes you can't go home anymore." It was apparent he deeply missed the "home" he'd experienced with friends who he had lost touch with. In Psalm 23 the Lord is identified as "My Shepherd" and "...
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 91....
Wallace Dean McCauley December 28, 1946–July 30, 2024 Wallace Dean McCauley, passed away July 30, 2024 at his home in Dayton. He was 77. Wally was born December 28, 1946, the only child of Wallace E. "Swede" and Bernice Literal McCauley in Dayton. He grew up in Dayton and graduated from Dayton High School in 1965. Wally attended the Kinman Business School in Spokane for a couple of years following graduation. He met Marie Britts summer of 1968 in Dayton and they married on March 24, 1969 in D...
Nancy C. Hoffman July 15, 1944-July 9, 2024 Lifelong Dayton resident Nancy Hoffman, 79, passed away July 9, 2024 at Walla Walla St. Mary's hospital. Nancy was born in Dayton on July 15, 1944, to Joe and Betty Iles. She graduated from Dayton High School in 1962 and attended Kinman Business College in Spokane. She married her high school sweetheart Ron Hoffman in 1963, and in 1964, they welcomed their daughter Cindy, followed by another daughter Barbie in 1967. Nancy worked at the New Moon, R.E.A...
