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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Chris Blackman is by all comparisons the right choice for Walla Walla County Commissioner District 2. Throughout her 20 plus years of public service to our community she has always put the right issues in front. These are the issues that directly impact our families and the issues I know Chris Blackman will fight for. She is an independent thinker who is not afraid to question the status quo, especially when it is an injustice to others. Smart thinking is crucial if Walla Walla County wants to remain fiscally sound, while prioritizing w...
I am writing to commend the actions of a Starbuck resident, Mr. Jack Fletcher. I was tooling along yesterday on Highway 261 on my way to see Palouse Falls when the rod to my gray water holding tank (came) loose, falling to the road surface. I was calling my insurance company for roadside assistance when Mr. Fletcher came out of his house to give me a helping hand. He worked for public works in Walla Walla for years and had the necessary jocks and skill to reattach and secure my rod so I could continue on my merry way. What a good Sa...
Please join me in supporting and voting for Mike Talbott for Columbia County Commissioner. Having served on numerous boards and local committees over the years, including numerous terms on Dayton's School Board, gives Mike a good and broad perspective of the needs and issues facing Columbia County. In these times of limited revenue he will bring new ideas for maximizing our assets and resources. Mike is a good listener and will take all the concerns of all into his decision-making. He is able, capable and willing to address and deal with th...
I am writing in support of Mike Talbott's bid to be elected for Position 2 of the Colum- bia County Commissioners. As manager of the Columbia County Grain Growers, I have worked with Mike on the Board of Directors of the Grain Growers since 2006, where he recently completed his last term as president of the association. While Mike was on the board, the Grain Growers completed two major capital projects which required extensive con- sideration by the board. Mike was involved in prioritizing selected capital improvements based on merit and...
Attention those that haven't registered--go to your elections office by Oct. 29. So often we don't think our vote matters but it does especially in local and state politics when the popular vote determines the winner. I'm hoping that in Walla Walla County the popular vote is for Chris Blackman as county commissioner. I've known Chris for over 20 years. After we met at work, it didn't take long for me to know that Chris has a spirit and a drive that moves her in a direction that helps others. That's why I wasn't surprised when she told me she...
I hate to admit this, but I voted for the first time in Au- gust. That would be okay if I were 18 or even in my early 20s. But I am 30. I never thought that my vote re- ally mattered. That changed when I graduated with a master's degree in mental health and started counseling children. I realized that many local and state decisions are made by our elected officials. These decisions impact the quality of our life and have a direct influence on the services to children and fami- lies. I am proud to say that I voted for Richard Wernette and...
Personal Statement By Rep. Terry Nealey Leadership has three dimensions needed to prove effectiveness. A leader must first have a vision and a plan. He needs to have a desire to reach objectives helpful to a broad community rather than to success of just one individual. These objectives must be reasonable and reachable. They can't be too grandiose to be attained, nor too shallow to make them unworthy. Finally, a leader must be able to pass on his vision to others, in- spire them to...
Sometimes, it's a shot in the dark trying to address young people in our editorial columns. The way they get their news and opinions isn't always through traditional media, and that's if they even follow the news at all. We hope that at least in the case of The Times, we've helped address that with a focus on the sports they play and the animal showmanship they display at the fairs and their other academic and life accomplishments. Plus we're on the web and we're on Facebook, so we know we have a fair chance at reaching some young people with...
A photo that ran in the Oct. 4 edition of the Times with the story "Dayton Spikes Cardinals in Four" the Dayton player was misiden- tified. She is Madison Mings....
The summers of my junior high and high school years, my father would take me to work and pay me to file bills of lading and, tentatively, I would practice my newly learned typing skills on judiciously selected correspondence. The highlight of these workdays with my father, were lunches with the Chamber of Commerce and committee meetings, where I witnessed local business owners and managers of businesses networking. I learned to ap- preciate the salesmanship and stewardship involved in many businesses When I started my own business, I used much...
You've heard the term "job creator" bandied about a lot. Rich Cowan, who is running for the 5th Congressional District seat, is a real job creator. After working in TV for some years, in 1990 he mortgaged his house, attracted other investors and started the company North x Northwest Productions which has produced over 40 feature films and now has five divisions. Since founding the company he has brought millions of dollars and hundreds of good jobs to the region. Have the millionaires and billionaires been taking advan- tage of the healthy tax...
Our founding fathers en- visioned a Congress where citizens, steeped in local val- ues and rooted in real life ex- perience, served with focus and commitment. Today, too many of the people we send to Washington are career politicians more interested in playing politics than actually fixing what is wrong. The result is an economy mired in a sluggish recovery, families suffering to make ends meet and cuts to education, Medicare and veterans' benefits while Wall Street rewards its own failure with our money. I am running for Congress because I...
Editor's Note: After The Times ran a story in our Sept. 20 edition titled "Parents Air Frustration Over Class Size" about the fourth grade class in Dayton, Reporter Morgan Smith wanted to sit in on this fourth grade class to see for herself the pros and cons of such a large class. On Sept. 18, The Times informally emailed Super- intendent Doug Johnson to see if Smith could sit in on the fourth grade class for one day. That request was denied by Johnson. How- ever, he said parents were more than welcome to sit in on the class. On Sept. 26, The...
Ritzville, Port Townsend, Omak, Twisp, Camano Island, Liberty Lake, Waitsburg. The newspaper publishers who came to the round table session at the 125th Washington Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Yakima the weekend before last were from all over the state and from both sides of the mountains. The round table was the last meeting at the convention that Sat- urday morning. It gave publishers from small weekly newspapers like The Times a chance to compare notes on businesses and our challenges. Towards the end of our meeting, the...
Dear Editor, While visiting Waitsburg recently, I read with interest your front page story in the Sept. 20 issue, "Meals Leav- ing Kids Hungry", as well as the related editorial. The Healthy, Hunger- Free Kids Act of 2010 in- cludes guidelines for the federal School Breakfast and School Lunch Programs, and are being implemented this school year. Many of these guidelines have been recom- mended in past years, but not required until now. The changes are to make school meals more closely fit the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans...
Connecting with Cathy: Facing the "Fiscal Cliff" By Rep. Cathy Mc- Morris Rodgers Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made another appearance on Capitol Hill to warn Congress about what will happen if we fail to take action to stimulate our sluggish economy. The impend- ing "fiscal cliff" - a term he famously coined just months ago - is perilous, and it is looming. In fact, Bernanke warned us that failure to address it by the end of the year would have such grave economic effects...
You can't keep a good man down. And in this case, it's a couple. Tom and Anita Baker, the grand force behind The Times for 27 years from 1964 to 1991, showed up briefly at the annual convention of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association in Yakima last Thursday. Their presence at the opening reception delighted the attendees, and for good reason. During their many years at The Times and beyond, they were as grand a force in the WNPA as they were in the Waitsburg community. And even now, well into their retirement, they remain involved...
A photo in the Sept. 20 Times edition that accom- panied the Cardinals Tackle Tigerscots story misidenti- fied a WP player. The cap- tion should have read "Dal- ton LaRue and Alex Dill break up a Tigerscot pass last Thursday in Athena, Ore." Also in the Sept. 20 issue, some of the listings of the fair winners the Times received from the Columbia County Fair Board are incor- rect. Colulmbia County Fair 4-H Beef Showing: Kaleigh White was fitting and show- ing champ. in 4-H....
I enjoyed your article on the band uniforms from 1950. I was a member of the band at that time as was my husband Richard Pettichord. The uniforms were made to fit each member with their names sewn into the pockets. Our daughter Cindy also wore the uniforms in junior high in 1969-1971. She was issued my best friend's uni- form. How is that for coin- cidence? With Mr. Russ as our teacher, we took firsts or Superior ratings at all music festivals and parades. Kay Pettichord Spokane...
It's a shame that in this day and age, women still have to fight for equality. However, equality in the workplace is still an issue and especially when it comes to equal pay for equal work. We trust our members of congress to represent the people in their districts and stand up for our rights. Unfortunately, Cathy McMorris Rodgers does not represent us, especially when it comes to equal pay. Cathy McMorris Rodgers voted against the Lilly Led- better Act. Why would she do this? She did this because the Republican leadership was opposed to it...
If elected, Rich Cowan's outlook would be the oppo- site of Romney's writing off 47 percent of the population, most of whom are seniors and the working poor with children. Cathy McMorris- Rodgers voting record fol- lows along nicely with Mitt Romney's outlook. Elect someone who cares about all the citizens, not just the wealthy, banks and billion- aires and vote for Rich Cow- an in November. By the way, he resigned as CEO of a very successful film production company he created, which has brought millions of dollars and many jobs to the re-...
