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Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
Artistic types go through “phases.” Picasso is the most famous example. He had his Classical Period, then his Blue Period, then his Red Period, and then several others whose names I have forgotten since my second-grade art class. I consider wri...
Gary Hofer: MARKET BULLETS
There is a partisan disagreement in the grain markets. Wheat called for a low and reversal to the upside on March 6. Some observers commented that it was too early in the spring debate season to make such a decisive point. Corn and soybeans,...
Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
Washington, What a State! Jeff Foxworthy is best known for his “Redneck” jokes, but he actually wrote several “Washington” jokes as well. One of them was: “If you sometimes switch the thermostat from ‘Heat’ to ‘AC’ and back again on the same day,...
By Fire Victims' Ire
By Cooper Inveen WNPA Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA—It’s been almost eight months since the largest wildfire in Washington’s history scorched the Methow Valley, and criticism over the official firefighting response by the state’s Department of Natural...
Co-Valid-Ick-Tori-An
I was recently informed that I am something called a “co-valedictorian.” This confuses me on multiple levels. Take the word itself. That’s seven syllables, my friends. SEVEN. It’s like one of those K...
How to Make a Bowling Ball with a Table Saw
My Dad gave me an old router awhile back – it’s a wood router, not an internet router. (I have a couple of those, too.) There’s a shop next to my house. I call it that, though it also serves as a home...
Should Levies for Basic Education be Dropped?
WNPA Olympia News Bureau Olympia—A political thriller earns its debut March 23 at Olympia’s marble palladium when the Legislature’s leading producers-directors—Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, and Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Medina—take the stage to introduce...
Counterproductive Cross-Stitch
Every now and then, this column will feature instructions for an activity I find interesting. Right now, I’m particularly interested in counted cross stitch, which is a simple, relaxing form of e...
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
Last week, the Washington State Senate approved a pretty significant gas tax increase for the state’s drivers. If the bill is approved by the state house and signed into law, the new gas taxes will be phased in over three years. You can read the d...
Senate Passes Transportation Bill, 11.7-Cent Gas Tax Hike
OLYMPIA - Just 18 days after its initial unveiling, Senate lawmakers have passed a $15 billion transportation package that includes an 11.7-cent increase to the state gas tax over the next three years. That package now moves to the...
180 More Hours of Sunlight
Happy Daylight Saving Time, everybody! Okay, fine, so maybe “Happy” should be in quotes. Or perhaps eliminated altogether. Daylight Saving Time, everybody! Yessiree, it’s that time of year when we ca...
Thanks for Celebration Days Response
Dear Editor, There are a bunch of people involved and working hard to bring our annual celebration to our wonderful little city. The event is called Waitsburg Celebration Days and it is being planned for the weekend of May 15th and 16th. So far the...
KEN Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
Here at The Times, we don't cover news from Walla Walla all that much, but an announcement Monday from that little village down the road got my attention. I'm old enough to remember Woodstock, and...
Legislature Grapples with Wolf Management Issues
By Cooper Inveen, Reporter WNPA Olympia News Bureau OLYMPIA - As Washington’s gray wolf population continues to grow, so do concerns of those living in the areas of the state most affected by their return. “There’s two sides to this issue, and it ki...
KB for Dummies
Now that the Waitsburg Knowledge Bowl team knows that it’s state-bound, we’ve started planning like crazy for our trip to Seattle. We have an official t-shirt design mocked up, we’re picking place...
Gary Hofer: MARKET BULLETS
If you own wheat in storage right now, you are probably holding it because you think it will be more valuable later or because you want to minimize your taxes. Some may just get a warm feeling all over to think of it sitting in that bin; a valid...
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
It’s hard to feel bad about the world during a week like this. That’s because spring training has begun. As you read this, position players (that’s what they call non-pitchers or catchers) are repor...
Senate Proposal Includes Gas Tax Hike
OLYMPIA—The Senate’s new transportation package is being hailed for its bipartisan support, while some critics find aspects of it troubling. The proposals were revealed on Feb. 12 after 22 months of negotiations and would mostly fund various hig...
Emma Philbrook: STUDENT LIFE
And now, presenting some valuable insight into the human psyche: The Nine Steps of the Grieving Process! Step One: Denial. “Wait. So let me hear that again. An elite prep school who edged us out by a...
GUEST COMMENT
I am honored to once again serve as the ranking Republican on the House Finance Committee. This is the committee that decides revenue and funding issues. We will be very involved with the budget...
Governor's Cap-and-Trade Proposal Receives House Committee Support
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposal for regulating greenhouse gas emissions has cleared its first of several hurdles in a 6-to-5 party-line vote Feb. 10 in the Democrat-controlled House Environment Committee. House Bill 1314, the Carbon P...
EMMA PHILBROOK: STUDENT LIFE
The quadrant of my brain responsible for generating column inspiration has decided to take a vacation over this three-day weekend, so I'm forced to resort to Emergency Writing Idea Plan 64B:...
Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER
The newspaper business has changed a lot since the first issue of the Waitsburg Times was published in (get this) 1878. For example, it was some time after that that they started putting in photograph...
