Ten Years Ago

September 8, 2011

This year’s Columbia County Fair will be held September 9-11 will bring new entertainment, more education, bull bash, and beer garden that will surely delight fairgoers.

I was behind the counter at the Coppei Coffee shop last week when he walked in. He donned a well-worn canvas hat, a big backpack, and two sticks that looked like ski poles. With all that gear on, the diminutive elderly man stepped right up to the cash register and made his inquiry.

[Photo caption] Between Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Deputy Gerrod Martin, who teaches traffic safety courses, and...