The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WAITSBURG - Inspired by the metal work Dayton artist Yancey Yost did on the letters for the Times build­ing, Coppei Coffee owner Allison Bond had him make a sign for her shop next door. The shapely cup in arrested rust was to be mounted above the door at a 90-de­gree angle to Main Street, much like the sign above the jimgermanbar a few doors up the street.

By the time it was done, she had already invested about $1,000 in the sign's creation and was ready to put it up, so she went into City Hall and showed a picture of it to City Administrator Randy Hinchliffe.

Hinchliffe liked the sign, but to...