The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

My wife and I moved to Dayton in the fall of 2010 from Bothell, Washington. We selected Dayton as our home because of Dayton's atmosphere and small town charm. Dayton is unique because it possesses many amenities found in larger cities - the Courthouse, a grocery store, banks, City Park, public pool, K-12 school system, public library, fair grounds, nursing home, and hospital.

When approached with the current proposed hospital bond levy, I questioned why the hospital district needed $5.5 million in capital improvements to restore the expiring Medicare Depreciation, which is used to finance...