Ten Years Ago

July 27, 2006

The “Unity Wall,” a project of the Touchet Valley Leadership Program (TVLP), will be sited in Preston Park the Waitsburg City Council approved at its meeting July 19. The wall, an iron framework set into a base of custom pavers embossed with names and-or messages by donors, will be comprised of about 300 four inch square ceramic tiles, each painted by a member of one of the three Touchet Valley communities: Waitsburg, Dayton and Prescott.

It was called Headquarters Tavern in 1982 when Bob Doré purchased the business from Louise Isley. Doré had been a Waitsburg resid...