The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

The purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. ~Sydney J. Harris

S ydney J. Harris wasn't anybody particularly important

(he was a newspapermanhellip;in Chicago) but he was well-known for his pithy quotes. We like this one.

Over the next couple of weeks, nearly 1,000 students in the Touchet Valley will be back on campuses in Waitsburg, Dayton, Prescott, Starbuck and at Jubilee Academy. And for many local students recently graduated, they'll be back on campuses throughout the country. Hopefully many mirrors will be converted.

For most of us, summer goes on for another few weeks. B...