The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Ten Years Ago

August 31, 2006

It seems that the citizens of Waitsburg and Columbia County are a pretty generous and caring bunch. Several fire officials have remarked that people have been uncommonly helpful to firefighters and other support personnel during this siege. With over 1,200 workers having poured into the area, supplies have often been a bit short. One supply clerk remarked, “Here, people bend over backward to help you out. At other fires I’ve been on, you couldn’t even get anyone to look at you much less help you out.”

A recent family fishing trip by the Val Woodworth family result...