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Ten Years Ago September 3, 2014 The 2014 Columbia County Fair Hostesses, Carissa Price, Haley Puckettt, Samantha Sweetwood and Stephenie Nerf, welcome all fair goers to the 124th annual extravaganza, one of Columbia County's biggest weekends of the year that has something for every member of the family regardless of age. The conditions were perfect for the 33 vintage speedsters in town for the "Cruise the Blues" Northwest Vintage Speedsters Endurance Run, based out of Dayton over the Labor Day W...
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...
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...
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...
Ten Years Ago August, 2014 Quilt Camp, opened for youth from grades 4 through 12, with first priority given to 4-H youth and led by Carla Thorson of Walla Walla, was a week-long quilting experience sponsored by Columbia County Extension through the 4-H Program. All quilts made during the camp, including matching pillow cases, will be on display in the Youth Building at the Columbia County Fair. Graycyn Farm had seven horses competing at the Arabian Horse Association Region 5 Champion Show, Sidney Andrews, 15-year-old daughter of Dan and Jill...
Ten Years Ago July 30, 2014 Remodeling Dayton General Hospital to improve efficiency and delivery of services is the purpose of a $5.5 million capital project bond being proposed by the Commission of the Columbia County Health District at their monthly meeting. If approved by voters, the resulting tax increase would be no greater than 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Fifty acres of standing wheat, owned by Ron and Marilyn Groom of Huntsville and farmed by Dan Bickelhaupt, caught on...
Ten Years Ago July 23, 2014 Andy Maheras, principal of Dayton High School since 2010, has accepted a position in the Goldendale School District and has submitted his resignation, said Doug Johnson, Superintendent of the Dayton School District. In celebration for Alumni weekend, the Oldest D.H.S. Graduate, Bill Floyd (Class of 1933) enjoyed a visit to Dayton and a gathering at the home of Kevin and Elizabeth Floyd. Additional family members celebrating were Mike Floyd (Class of 1963), niece...
Ten Years Ago July 16, 2014 Sharon I. Mathews of Dayton was recovered last Saturday from the Snake River, several miles downstream from their campsite on Geneva Bar, where she went missing during a family boating outing over the Fourth of July. Jackie Ross "Jack" Williams, the former publisher of the Dayton Chronicle, passed away on July 8, 2014. Jack relocated to Dayton in 1978 and began a weekly publication called the Touchet Valley News. In 1981, he and his wife Maureen May purchased the...
Ten Years Ago July 2, 2014 Newly commissioned Navy Ensign Sara Schlachter, Dayton High graduate, daughter of Alan and Terri Schlachter, was sworn into the U.S. Navy by former officer and State Representative Terry Nealey, in a ceremony on the Columbia County Courthouse lawn. Schlachter was honored by numerous local military veterans Joey Schlachter, Owen Agenbroad, former Army officer and State Representative Terry Nealey, Brian Black, Jim Gallaher, Chuck Amerein, Ron Fletcher, John Hutchens,...
Ten Years Ago June 25, 2014 Progress has been made on land acquisition, water rights, customer base and fund raising, was presented to some 50-pllus farmers and citizens attending a special presentation by Columbia Pulp, LLC, by John Begley, board member and manager. A discussion ensued about the price of a ton of straw, the price per ton used for the company model was $60, but indicated that the price could vary from $50 to $80 per ton. 100-Year Anniversary of World War I (1914-1918) was...
Ten Years Ago June 18, 2014 Women's water aerobics classes have started at the Dayton City Pool and are held weekdays at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. with the cost of $3.00 per session. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 16, 1999 Join the Dayton Swim Team is a great way for kids ages 5-18 to spend their summer vacation. Swim Team is challenging but it is also a great way to teach kids sportsmanship and the right way to win and the right way to lose. The Fifth anniversary of All Wheels Weekend, included an...
Ten Years Ago June 11, 2014 Staff members of Dayton School who are retiring at the conclusion of the school year are; Art teacher Debbie Baxter, 15 years; Denise Hoon, 35.4 years; Sharon Mendel 23.6 years; Suzi Hubbard, a paraprofessional, 20 years; Paul Ihle, 23.1 years; Steve McLean, Vo-Ag, 36.5 years; Del Avery, bus driver, 22 years and over a million miles. Together they have touched the lives of hundreds of local students for a combined total of 175.6 years. Twenty-Five Years Ago June 9, 19...
Ten Years Ago June 4, 2014 A Clash between Cayuse and army troops defined the Battle of 1858. Military journals reveal that there was a local clash in 1858 between the Cayuse Indians and Company F, of the Ninth Infantry at the confluence of the Patit Creek and the Touchet River, not far from where the bridge for Main Street/Highway 12 now crosses the river. The Cavalry was escorting government supplies from Fort Walla Walla to troops stationed north of the Snake River and was camp overnight on...
Ten Years Ago May 28, 2014 Kaitlyn Andrews qualifies in four Track and Field events. Kaitlyn set the tone for the Dayton track squads at District as she won the javelin, long jump, triple jump and ran second in the 100m. dash. Kaitlyn will head to Cheney for the State Championships after qualifying in four events. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 26, 1999 Harvey Hoover, member of Dayton Days for the past 30 years, has been selected as the Parade Marshal for the 1999 show and will lead the Dayton Days P...
Ten Years Ago May 21, 2014 Local resident Bob Allbee, a 1984 Dayton graduate who is employed by the U.S.F.S. Pomeroy Ranger District, took command of the Oso Disaster area, a land slide covering nearly a square mile and as deep as 80 feet. A main highway blocked, a large river diverted and flooding other terrain creating a 50-acre lake, missing people, and destroyed homes. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 19, 1999 P.E.O. member Mrs. Pat Donohue presented the Citizenship Awards to Carleen Goodrich,...
Ten Years Ago May 16, 2014 Will Hutchens, a 1995 graduate of Dayton High School, penned a book about Portland's coffee culture. In Caffeinated PDX, Hutchens outlines what he describes as the unique coffee culture of the Portland area coffee houses and what has been labeled as the third wave of the coffee industry. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 12, 1999 Four Dayton Elementary School EXPRO math teams attended the fourth annual competition Mathematics Olympiad held at Eastern Washington University....
Ten Years Ago May 7, 2014 Dayton High School seniors Courtney Mings and Guy Spalinger were named recipients of the 2014 P.E.O. Citizenship Award, presented by Chapter BJ of Dayton. The Dayton Chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America did well at the recent state conference. Ian Smay placed first in Computer Applications. Taylor Frame was elected State Parliamentarian and Keelin Hovrud is S.E. Region Vice President. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 5, 1999 The new moderate and middle income...
Ten Years Ago April 30, 2014 The Dayton High School FFA Chapter members Jennifer Warren, Bonnie Laib, Matthew Warren, Cal Martin, Cruz Ramirez, Anissa Holmberg, Levi Laib, Zane Patton and Lexie Ramirez assisted Walla Walla Pheasants Forever by planting pheasant habitat friendly plants–250 trees and shrubs–on Frame property along Highway 261. Twenty-Five Years Ago May 2, 1999 Students enrolled in the Dayton Early Childhood Education program have been learning about moving machines and community h...
Ten Years Ago April 23, 2014 Port Launches Artisan Food Center with Grand Opening. The development strategy at Blue Mountain Station, located on the edge of historic Dayton, houses several business. Rey's Roast coffee is the newest company to lease space at the Station, the Little Dipper Dairy with goat cheese products, Gypsy Girl Granola, the production area for wine and mead at the Experimental Fermentation Company Twenty-Five Years Ago April 21, 1999 A local woman was bitten by what may have...
Ten Years Ago April 16, 2014 Will Hutchens pens book about Portland's coffee Culture. Will Hutchens, a 1995 graduate of Dayton High School, outlines what he describes as the unique coffee culture of the Portland area coffee houses and what has been labeled as the third wave of the coffee industry. The 1984 Dayton Days Parade Marshal has been living in the foothills of the Blue Mountains for most of 83 years, and has been riding horses since he was five, loves to fish and hunt and "knows pretty...
Ten Years Ago April 9, 2014 Residents of Smith Hollow, Prater, and Messner roads have requested a speed reduction on the county roads north of Dayton. The roads are posted at 50 mph per state law, due to the numerous hills and curves, as well as children and barn access and the increase in the number of vehicles traveling faster than road conditions allow, the residents are requesting a speed reduction. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 7, 1999 The winners of the Annual Dayton Easter Egg Hunt were...
Ten Years Ago April 3, 2013 Bank of America trustee Kevin Paulson VSP, presented a summary of income money from the farm in the W. W. Day Trust for the crop year 2012. The farm has 1379.2 tillable acres. The trust had $136,000 for disbursement with the school and health districts each receiving check for $68,000. Edith Dull, a 2010 graduate of Dayton High School, recently sang with the Chamber Choir from College of Idaho at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Twenty-Five Years Ago April 1, 1999 The...
Ten Years Ago March 26, 2014 Mike Mathews, after serving 15 years on the Columbia County Planning Commission, is retiring. Mathews's involvement on the Planning commission took place during a period of change for the county and he feels his greatest contribution was providing oversight and input on the siting if the wind turbines in Columbia County. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 24, 1999 All three Dayton teams competing in the "Odyssey of the Mind" (OM) 1999 Mid-Columbia Regional Tournament won...
Ten Years Ago March 19, 2014 Living out the dream on the field, for two Dayton High School graduates, Miles Lytle (2009) and Dain Henderson (2011), are both part of the Washington State University Athletic Program as football student equipment managers. Two High School students, Marisa Klein and Angie Dedloff, were inducted into the National Honor Society. Membership is an honor bestowed upon eligible students that have a minimum grade point average of 3.60, demonstrate character becoming of a m...
Ten Years Ago March 12, 2014 Dayton was recognized by True West magazine as number three in a top ten ranking of True Western Towns for 2014. The distinction was given to cities that have made an important contribution to preserving their Old West Heritage. The current exhibit at Dayton Historic Depot is "Our Old Quilts: Patterns of Love & Memory". The exhibit consists of 20 quilts from the permanent collections of the Dayton Depot and the Boldman House Museum. A new National Park Service...
