The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON – At the beginning of the year, Ace Automotive began its journey offering domestic and foreign car repair at 527 Cameron Street in Dayton. Andres Lara, 34, bought Jay Ball's garage after working there for seven years.

Jay's Garage offered serice for close to ten years at the Rock Hill Industrial Park. The Port of Columbia County signed a three-year lease with the new owner in December last year.

"Jay and I had been talking for a while about his retiring and selling the place to me," said Lara. "But it came a little sooner than I expected," he laughed.

Taking over a successful business h...