The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - The Blue Mountain Heritage Society is hosting their 7th Annual Ground Hog (sausage) Dinner on Saturday, February 1 at the Youth Building at the Columbia County Fairgrounds. Brats and McQuary's sausage will be accompanied by vegetables, salad, homemade rolls and pie choices. The dinner follows the longtime tradition of neighbor­hood gatherings held at Columbia County rural schools for over 125 years.

After dinner, Roslyn Edwards, "School­marm from Smith Hollow" will regale attend­ees with tales from country schools around the county. The stories have been gathered from meoirs col...