Articles from the January 6, 2022 edition
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Hall assumes BOCC chairmanship
DAYTON-The Columbia County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) accepted Commissioner Marty Hall as the new 2022 chairperson; hired accounting firm; accepted Jeremy Weiland as Interim Director of Public...
Kim Boggs, judge, Krissy Chapman, clerk, sworn in
DAYTON–Two court officials were officially sworn in as officers of the court in Columbia County, Wednesday, December 29. Newly appointed District Court Judge Kimberly Boggs and Superior Court Clerk K...
Happy winners in Chronicle's Shopping Spree
DAYTON–Theron Bennett of Dayton was all smiles when he collected his winnings from the 43rd 2021 Dayton Chronicle Shopping Spree, a local holiday-time promotion put on by Dayton's community n...
Quote of the Week
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” – Benjamin Franklin...
Commentary
DAYTON–The newspaper you are reading is the first edition of the Dayton Chronicle’s 145th year. The newspaper was founded on April 20, 1878, by T.M. May and H. H. Gale as the Columbia Chronicle, and it has been in continuous publication since. Ori...
So long...
Dear Folks, This is Cindy Lou, Baxter’s wife, writing to you. I am very, very behind in sending this out to you but I wasn’t sure what to say. Not a good excuse, Baxter would say as he got after me....
2021 – Year In Review Pushing through the Pandemic
DAYTON–In the first week of 2022, the Dayton Chronicle again takes a look back at the stories which appeared in your community newspaper over the past 51 weeks Due to space limitations, this “2021 In Review” is continued from last week and will...
Pastor's Corner
In Jesus’ day, shepherds were often regarded as a rough bunch—perhaps they were the “rednecks” of their time. A shepherd’s occupation did not allow them to observe many of the Jewish laws and feasts, so they were looked down upon by some “pious” J...
Obituary
Byron Gene Kaczmarski December 31, 1945–December 19, 2021 Byron Gene Kaczmarski, 75, of Dayton, Wash., passed away at Brookdale Assisted Living in College Place, Wash on December 19, 2021. Byron w...
Obituary
Richard Patrick November 5, 1935–January 3, 2022 Richard Patrick, lifelong Dayton farmer, passed away at his home on Monday, January 3, 2022. He was 86 years old. Richard was born November 5, 1935, i...
At The Theater
Spiderman No Way Home. For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of...
Correction
DAYTON–In the article “Beleny and Smith new appointees to Library Board” in the December 30, 2021 edition, it was misstated that Kevin Rust was a long-time car dealership owner. He was an assistant service manager from 1979–1992 at an auto dealers...
Christmas Break games no gift for Lady Wolfpack
DAYTON–The Lady Wolfpack are still in search of their first win, losing a pair of Christmas break games against Wahluke and Kiona-Benton. Wahluke stayed just ahead of the Wolfpack for a 45-30 non-conference win, and Ki-Be scored big in the third q...
DW Wolfpack notches two holiday-break wins
DAYTON–Dylan Bledsoe and Monte Pettichord combined for about half of the team’s scoring in a convincing win over Mabton, one of two Christmas Break wins for the Dayton-Waitsburg Wolfpack and the first two wins for the program this season. The pai...
