Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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'T was three weeks until Christmas, and all through the house Not a creature was stirring - except for my mouse. The clock chimed eleven as swiftly I typed In the hope of reaching bed while it was still night. My brain had been dormant since Wendesday at noon, and it became Sunday, oh, far, far too soon. 'Tween family and bluegrass and chores and the play, My four-day vacation had slipped quite away. And I still had two hampers of laundry to wash and more homework than, oh, say, the Midwest has...
The Apple Cup is history. (Sorry Cougar fans.) The Civil War is in the books. (Ditto, Beavers.) The Seahawks crushed the Saints in a Monday Night Football game that brought an end to a long and highlight-ridden weekend. (For a good example, go to YouTube and check out the last play of Saturday's Alabama-Auburn game.) Your stomach is probably still full of turkey and gravy and your fridge is likely stuffed to the roof with more turkey and gravy. And your couch cushions are no doubt strewn with chips and pretzels, and possibly some bottle caps. B...
WAITSBURG - Volunteers from the Waitsburg Fire Department spent a good chunk of Thanksgiving weekend cutting down the com- munity Christmas Tree and setting it in its place of honor in front of the Plaza Theater on Main Street. They also decorated the Main Street light posts in preparation for Waitsburg's 28th annual Hometown Christmas event. A tradition, by its very defini- tion, is born of sameness. And while Hometown Christmas always maintains the familiar comfort of a well-loved tradition,...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School District is conducting an online survey to gain public input prior to a potential ballot measure for a replacement Maintenance and Operations levy next year. The survey is available on the Waitsburg Schools' web- site at www.waitsburgsd.org. Participants can also get a printed copy of the survey at the district office at 184 Academy St. The district is requesting that surveys be completed by December 11. Next year, the Waitsburg School District is planning to ask taxpayers in the district to approve a new levy...
DAYTON - The Dayton School District is inviting citizens in the district to attend one of three public "facility forums" to learn more about proposed major upgrades to school facilities and to provide feedback. The forums will be held in the high school audito- rium at 6 p.m. and last about 90 minutes. They will be held on the following dates: - Wednesday December 11 - Thursday December 19 - Wednesday January 15 The meeting agendas will include: - Review of the Study and Survey completed by BLRB Architect/Engineer- ing - Potential renovation...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office re- ported late Tuesday that deputies have arrested a juvenile male they believe is connected with the threatening note that delayed Dayton schools last week. The subject was arrested Monday and formal charges are still pending. No further information was available at press time, and the case is still under active investigation. Dayton schools opened two hours late on November 25, after a school custodian found a threatening note on the high school entrance early that morning. Deputies and fire...
