The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

In the summer months, there tends to be less 'hard' news and sports, which leaves room for columns and features, which I think are a lot more fun. In May, The Times received a head's up from 1964 Prescott High School grad, Phil Stevens, that former Waitsburg general store owner, Edward L. Powell, was the subject of a "Then and Now" feature in the Spokesman Review.

I marked the email to take a look at later. When I finally got around to researching the story last week I was fascinated, not just by Powell, but by connections in his story to both The Times, and me, personally.

The May 22 Spo...