Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Two weeks ago, the Times ran its weekly Pioneer Portraits column as it has for many years. For the second time since the newspaper changed hands in late 2009, it prompted a letter to the editor, which we have published on this page. The letter from Kate Reeve objects to rehashing local residents' past offenses, particularly for those who have since bettered their lives and become contributors to the community. She also asks for the same exception for those who have since passed away. Before we get into our response to the letter, it's worth...
WAITSBURG - Jana Moser embraced her grandson once more. The four-year-old Daniel came up to nuzzle and kiss her again. It seems like he can't get enough of her affection and she can't get enough of his. It wasn't just because Moser and her husband, John, live in Ellensburg and it had been a while since they have visited their son, the Rev. Bret Moser, his wife Bethany, and their five children in Waitsburg. Rather, it's almost as though grandmother and grandson never had the experience of close...
In popular motivational business culture, the saying goes that there's a word in Chinese that has a double meaning, representing the concepts of "danger" and "opportunity" all in one. The word is "weiji." A closer analysis reveals that "weiji" is a compound word of which the first part, "wei," can indeed mean "danger," while the second one, "ji," can mean any number of things depending on what it is paired with. The possibilities range from "airplane" to "chance." Some language scholars suggest that its pairing with "wei" turns the meaning of...
