The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

President Jimmy Carter stated April 17, 1980;

“{4-H} represents unchanging American values in a changing world – values like learning from doing… caring for a community, leadership, integrity. Those things don’t change. And they’re kept alive by young people who are not burdened down with doubt, but have a fresh hope for the future.”

I am disappointed in the funding Washington State University has in place to run the 4-H program.

A proposed $25-a-year fee for each child is unbelievable in my community of 250 youth, 35 of whom are in 4-H, with many on the free or reduced price lunc...