The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Next Door to The Times's office in Waitsburg is a lovely coffee shop called the Coppei Café. We have a door directly into it - we don't even have to go outside.

Last Thursday I ordered a tall latte and sat down in a comfortable chair in the café, along with all of the members of the Washington State Legislature who represent our 16th district. They were there to talk about the recent legislative session.

The three of them - Senator Mike Hewitt, Representative Maureen Walsh and Representative Terry Nealey, along with media coordinator John Sattgast - were on a tour of media outlets in the distr...