The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Yes, that’s right. Don’t let the near-triple-digit temperatures fool you; summer vacation is over.

Kids in Dayton and Prescott are back in school already, and Waitsburg’s kids will hit the books next week.

Every year at about this time, newspapers everywhere write optimistically about the excitement of the upcoming new school year. They also give a stern warning to all of us drivers: “Watch out for kids!”

Let me add my voice that. Our kids are a grade older, but they’re still kids. And they’re now gathering in one place once again.

(And kids, for goodness sake, watch out for...