Fair Manager’s Contract Not Renewed, Four Board Members Resign In Recent Months
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Waitsburg Council Denies Its Support Of Flood Control District
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Five Local Actresses Will Delight Audiences With Comedy About Nuns
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Grant That Funded Program For 5 Years Is Up, District Has No Other Money For It
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Touchet Valley News
LEO’S PENNY DRIVE SUCCESS WAITSBURG – Waitsburg High School’s Leo’s Club recently ran a penny drive and brought in $156.99. Pennies were collected in December and it was a class competition. The freshmen won the overall competition.
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WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council heard public comment on a transportation benefit district last Wednesday night and members said they would rather increase sales tax than add $10 to annual car tab fees . No action was taken on the taxing district Wednesday after more than one hour of public comment.
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Ten Years Ago January 31, 2002 The community celebrates on the completion of the Waitsburg High School Gym – Vo-Ag Shop Renovation project.
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Opinion
We arrived early on the bus from Bainbridge Island. The Crystal Mountain parking was already starting to fill up. Through the wind and driving snow, hundreds of skiers were arriving at the base of the giant mountain to enjoy several feet of new snow that had fallen at the tail end of last week’s winter storm.
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The citizens of Dayton need to pass the school levies to keep our youth receiving the best education possible. Dayton students have been excelling in the Washington State standardized tests for many years. As an example, Dayton’s 10th grade science students were ranked no. 2 in the state two years ago and continue to be 20 percent above the state average.
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Sports
WAITSBURG -- The WP Lady Cardinals remain in third place in the Blue Mountain League with a 52-27 victory over the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights last Tuesday night. WP’s Ronnie Hulce got things rolling with a quick bucket for the Cardinals, but the Knights quickly answered with a steal that they converted into a fast break layup.
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PRESCOTT -- WP Tigers soccer coach Mark Grimm has been named 2011 Coach of the Year by the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association, a statewide sports organization that also named five Tigers to its All-State team. The WSSCA’s 2011 Fall Soccer Teams include Girls 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, and Boys/ Girls 2B and 1B players.
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WAITSBURG -- The WP Cardinals shook off a slow offensive second quarter to hold off the Walla Walla Valley Academy Knights last Tuesday for a 57-49 victory.
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Obituaries
Former Waitsburg resident Sara (Leid) Heggen, 28, passed away January 12, 2012, at her home in Bremerton, Wash. Sara was born July 3, 1983, in Walla Walla, Wash, to Greg and Joan Leid. She attended school in Waitsburg, graduating from Waitsburg High School in 2001.
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Business News
DAYTON -- As close as Curtis and Sandy Seiss can tell, Woody’s tavern started as Burdett’s pool hall in about 1898. And that could make the iconic bar on Dayton’s Main Street one of the oldest watering holes in the state.
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