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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...
Ten Years Ago March 5, 2014 Cooperative Park Master Plan for City, County and Port defined. Increasing recreational opportunities to promote tourism and spur economic growth is listed as the main goal of the Cooperative Park Master Plan, as approved by Columbia County, the City of Dayton ad Port of Columbia. Stop-smoking poster contest winner is Fifth Grader Sadie Seney, who received a $100 cash reward, sponsored by Columbia County Wellness Project. Twenty-Five Years Ago March 3, 1999 Allyson...
Ten Years Ago February 26, 2014 Art Sunderland, Columbia County Extension Agent, and his wife Jean were recognized for his lifetime of achievement in the arena of Natural Resource Conservation and service to the citizens of Columbia County. Art and family came to Columbia County in the summer of 1954 because they wanted to settle in a community where agriculture was prominent, where they could engage with families and make a difference on the land and in the community. Sixty-nine years ago,...
Ten Years Ago February 19, 2014 The 2014 Columbia County Fair Hostesses have been selected to represent the county: Haley Jo Puckett, 16, daughter of B.J. Garcia and Amanda Dobbs; Stephanie Nerf, 16, daughter of Belinda Cook and a student at Waitsburg High School; Sam Sweetwood, 15, daughter of David and Leslie Sweetwood; and Carissa Price, 15, daughter of Derrick and Zandra Price. Twenty-Five Years Ago February 17, 1999 Gov. Gary Locke visited Port facilities here in Dayton and voiced his...
Ten Years Ago February 12, 2014 Dayton's fifth graders last ski day at Bluewood this season was Del Avery's last day of work. Del shared that he wanted to keep working long enough to drive our young skiers to the Mountain. TVAC Productions invites members of the community Ebonies and Ivories, a benefit concert and reception at the Liberty Theater. Columbia County has contracted with Emergency Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification solution. Twenty-Five Years Ago...
Ten Years Ago February 5, 2014 Local farmers Jack Wright, Curtis, Will Wright and Jason Lynch gained a new perspective of two elements, soil and water, two elements crucial to farming after the opportunity to harvest wheat, barley and canola seed in Australia. The Dayton High School Robotics Team is sending a distress signal through the community asking for help programming the C++ software in the 2014 FIRST Robotics competition. "We don't have any team members with this kind of experience,"...
Ten Years Ago January 29, 2014 Members of the Dayton School Board learned the emergency repair on a steam pipe that ruptured in December cost the District $62,500, with a discussion on how to cover the unplanned expense. Poet shares healing power of poetry with students. Jordan Chaney, a professional beat slam poet from the Tri-Cities area visited Dayton High School students to share how he turned the circumstances of his youth into a passion for poetry. Twenty-Five Years Ago January 27, 1999 Pa...
