The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - Blue Mountain Counseling's newest Prevention Coordinator Laura Tolman is get- ting paid to work with kids and families, and for Tolman, nothing could be better.

Tolman, who lives with her husband of 27 years in Waits- burg, has always worked with children. Her background lies primarily in volunteer work.

"I'm new in a way (as a pre- vention coordinator)," Tolman said. "(But) I've always found myself working with kids."

Tolman took on the position in early October to replace Peggy Gutierrez, who is working on the Drug Free Communities grant from the Office of National Drug Control P...