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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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To The Editor, If someone ask, "Who comes to mind when you hear the word Capitalist?" it's a good bet that Wall Street's Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, would spring to mind for many. Scott Pelley of CBS News recently interviewed Mr. Blankfein. According to CBS, Blankfein's central message to Congress was " Make a deal." They quote him as saying, "Their job is to make the country function, not to -- it's not a winning game, it's a get-along game." Blankfein predictably notes in the first part of the interview that Social Security,...
WAITSBURG - Kathy Carpenter and her team at the Cardinal's Nest in Waitsburg make sure kids have a place to go after school where they can get homework help and do fun projects. Carpenter, the director, said the Cardinal's Nest afterschool program was funded by a No Child Left Behind 21st Century Community Centers grant through the federal government. Educational Service District 123 helped facilitate the grant money and the funding allowed the Cardinal's Nest, located at Waitsburg Elementary, t...
The W-P Cardinals may not have shown up during Saturday's semifinals at Lampson Stadium until the third quarter when they finally scored against the Broncos. But we're deeply proud that they showed up consistently during the rest of the season and got the combine to this point for the third year in a row. Thanks to head coach Jeff Bartlow and his assistants, thanks to the support of the schools and to Jubilee Leadership Academy, thanks to the parents and the team's ardent fans, it was another great season, coming close to repeating last year's...
In a photo accompany- ing a story titled "Waitsburg Veterans Thanked, Remem- bered" in the Nov. 15 edition of the Times, two Army vet- erans were misidentified. The veterans are David Donnelly and Delbert Mock....
I am writing this letter to make my sugges- tions to the city council or anyone else who may have dealings with Christmas music that was at one time regu- larly played downtown during the holidays. I have lived in Waits- burg for 14 years and I loved to be able to go downtown over the holi- day season and hear the Christmas music. For some reason the last few years we have not had it. Was there complaints? I am not sure what the deal is, but I miss it and I am not alone. I miss the Santa music and the religious Christmas music that so many of...
DAYTON - Working isn't always fun, but local volunteer Melissa McCow- en is doing what she can to help a local Zumba group lose weight, get in shape and stay healthy. The Zumba class, which is sponsored by the Columbia County Health System, was created last year to pro- vide another method for local residents to get healthier. The class is free to attend and is hosted every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 7 at the Dayton Elementary School gym. McCowen attended the Zumba class last year when it...
I t's barely a month until the Winter Solstice when the shortest day of the year is upon us in the northern hemisphere. From late afternoon to morning, we're wrapped in the darkness of night. Often, the days too are darker than usual, given to grim tempestuous weather that drives us inside. So why do we welcome this time of year as the Season of Light? For Christians, it's about the birth of Jesus bringing light into the world. For Jews, it's about Hannukah - the Festival of Lights. For African Americans, it's Kwanzaa, the tradition of gift...
In a story titled "Budget Proposal Includes Tax Hike" in the Nov. 1 edition of the Times, the city planner's salary was incor- rectly stated. The city has bud- geted $55,400 for the entire planning department and $39,400 for the planner's salary. Also, only the union city employees could receive the 1.3 percent increase of cost of living allowance....
Waitsburg High School SENIORS 4.0 Seth Deal 3.25 and above Samantha Moss Alex Hays Alex Leathers Logan Dozier Katy Hofer Alexander Dill Benjamin Shafer Rhiannon Chapman Jessica Foxe Jennifer Nichols Samantha Henze Madeleine Witt Elizabeth Xaudaro Donovan Leroue Dakota Baker Dalton Estes Cheyenne Frohreich Tucker Alleman Brandon Gusse Michael Smith Riley Stevens JUNIORS 4.0 Heidi Miller Nicholas Pearson 3.25 and above Haley Dorman Nathan Bartlow Thibault Martinelle Chao Lei Dai Meara M. Baker Kimberly Hamann Kendra Roberts Kyle Dozier Rebekah...
To The Editor, Running for a political position has been one of the most challenging and exhausting activities I've ever engaged in. But it has also been one of the most reward- ing and learned experiences too. Every parade, every festival, and every door I knocked on became an opportunity for me to build a relationship and engage in conver- sation about what people in Walla Walla County care about-afford- able housing, counseling services for youth, and public safety to name just a few. These issues and more are what drive people like me to...
WAITSBURG - Some time before Coppei Coffee Co. opened on Main Street in August of 2011, Allison Bond and her husband Bruce Donohue had their eyes on a downtown building to start a café just like it. They had the same thought I did when they took one look at the Burg: This place needed a coffee shop. Now they'll have it, or rather, Bond will have it. Coppei Coffee Co., Llc., has leased its premises and equipment to Bond's Llc, Bitey Parrot. The papers were signed recently and she officially took...
This column reaches our readers a few days after we celebrated this year's Veterans Day, but this message's delay by a few days may be a good thing. As they say about other holidays and their unique attributes, such as the peace we promote at Christmas or a sense of nationhood we mark on the Fourth of July, every day should be Veterans Day. Not that setting aside a day to be off more than once a year would be all that practical. But the spirit of Veterans Day may certainly live on throughout the year and does for many in our valley's...
I am very disturbed to read, yet again, that the city council voted down the flood control dis- trict "because the council mem- bers believed the citizens would not support a new tax." The volunteers of the flood control district put in their time and energy to line up grants that would have paid for the levee work. All they needed was to be ratified by the council as an entity, so that they were legally able to receive those grants, and then to submit a plan. There was never any intention of a tax, and the volunteers had made it well known,...
The Waitsburg City Council will be reviewing the budget for the city of Waitsburg on Thurs- day, Nov. 15, 2012, at 7 p.m. at the Waitsburg Lions Club Me- morial Building at the Waits- burg Fairgrounds. Anyone interested in the budget plan for the city is invited to attend the meeting to provide any com- ments or suggestions regarding the budget for next year. Some highlights of next year's budget include: Funding for general fund departments including the Weller library, city fire department, pool, park, city and I.O.O.F cemeteries,...
WAITSBURG - It has been estimated that as much as 80 percent of childhood learning is done with the eyes, according to the Opto- metric Physicians of Wash- ington. When a child's vision is not functioning properly, education and participation in sports can suffer. This is why Dr. Angela Ferguson, an optometrics physician, brings a small staff with her once a year to Waits- burg Elementary School to provide free vision checks for students. "If you can't see well, you can't learn as well,"...
We bring you this editorial after the elections, but we wrote it before the results were in, on purpose. We wanted to make some points about this year's elections and elections in general - that aren't tied to the outcome, except for this: If your candidate(s) didn't win, well, such is the nature of democracy. There were more people who voted for the other can- didate and, despite the fact that there are isolated irregularities in every election, we can feel blessed we don't live in a country with such problems as widespread voter fraud,...
In a story titled "Council Raises Tax To Benefit Pool" in the Oct. 25 edition, the calculations for how much tax would have to be paid on a $100,000 property were incorrect. One-quarter of 1 percent would be $250 on a 100,000 home. With the recent increase of the real estate excise tax to one-half of one percent, sellers will now pay $500 on a $100,000 property within city limits during closing costs....
The city needs your help. The Public Works Director has informed me that we would greatly benefit from an upgrade to our current press used for processing of waste at the wastewater treatment plant. The city currently has a gravity-fed press and would like to up- grade to a belt press in order to improve the ease of use and function of the city's wastewater treatment plant. This type of press would also save us money on the power and materials we buy to process the waste, as it is much more efficient than our current press. As you can guess,...
I am writing for your vote for Tom Bensel for Place 2 County Commissioner. I first met Tom at the Community Bible Church. My memory goes back to Vernon Marll, a former 20 year county commissioner. I once answered a phone call from Congressman Tom Foley since I lived at Vernon's during the summer between college semesters. Vernon spoke with the similar honesty, friendliness, open- ness as I have noticed with Mr. Bensel. Vernon was also a lifelong Republican and a member of the United Brethren Church. I live in Texas since the army stationed me...
I have never really con- sidered myself Democrat or Republican. Instead, I vote for the person because belief systems don't always fit nicely into one party or another. I have voted for just as many Democrats as Republicans. When it comes to local races, I pay even more attention to the person because I believe they have a greater impact on Walla Walla, the place I've called home most of my life. This November, I urge you to vote for Chris Blackman because she's a candidate who has a reputation for working hard, listening to others about what...
