Articles from the November 21, 2013 edition
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The Innocence of My Youth
Fifty years ago Friday I was in the third grade. (Yes I know, it's hard to believe that someone so youthful and vibrant as myself has been around that long, but it's true.) It was also a Friday. I...
Unfunded Mandates
Dear Editor, The front page of the November 14 edition of The Times included an ar- ticle concerning the needs of Waitsburg School District. Other districts likely have similar stories. Information NOT given in the article was how many of the needs...
Alberta the Brain
They call me Alberta the Brain. My name isn't Alberta, but I've got a heckuva brain, and it's telling me that if you put a name on the glass door of your office and that office is at the wrong end of...
Yes, Bigotry IS a Big Deal
Television reporters are a rare sight in the Touchet Valley. We don't have local TV stations, and the ones closest to us aren't all that interested in us most of the time. And unfortunately, when they do show up, they're often digging into something...
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Local Educators Consider New Approaches
DAYTON - Imagine a teacher taking his students on a field trip and leaving one or two behind. Inconceivable, some might say. Yet this is just how former President George W. Bush described the...
Racist Incidents Get Media Attention
DAYTON - One of the lead stories on Tri-Cities TV station KEPR's eve- ning news broadcast on November 13 was about two potentially racist incidents that occurred in Dayton reently. The Walla Walla...
Waitsburg School Numbers Drop
WAITSBURG - At the Waitsburg School Board's October meeting, Super- intendent Carol Clarke re- ported the district had 13.1 students over the 270 enroll- ment the district budgeted for 2013/14. At...
Food Drive a Success
WAITSBURG - Last week's Commu- nity Food Drive - sponsored by the local Leo and Lions clubs - brought in a total of 1,267 pounds of food, which filled the shelves of the Waitsburg Resource Center....
