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Ten Years Ago-August 7, 2008

Nearly 30 volunteers gathered at Ye Town Hall to talk plans to “Paint the Town” and more volunteers will be needed, say project directors Leroy Cunningham and Jim German. The project entails giving every building in the business core of Waitsburg a fresh paint, Cunningham said. The informal organization has already procured a donation of paint from Columbia Paint in Walla Walla, he told the group.

Lydia Roberts, a member of the Waitsburg International Order of the Rainbow for Girs, journeyed to Chicago in July to attend Supreme Assembly. Roberts, 19, is the...