The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

On that warm June evening in 1973 when I graduated from high school, I can still remember experiencing feelings of anticipation and excitement for the future.

In my case I was mostly looking forward to the near future: I had a party to go to later that night, and I couldn’t wait. (And, just for the record, it wasn’t at my parents’ house.)

After high school, and the big party, I went on to college for several years, with a break or two mixed in. The thing that surprised me most about college was how much fun it was.

Yes, of course there was more partying, but it was more than that. F...