Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Local taxpayers long ago agreed to provide support for Dayton's hospital and other local healthcare ser- vices through the formation of the Columbia County Hospital District, which includes the Waitsburg area, as well as all of Columbia County. A portion of the taxes paid by each property owner in the district goes to support local healthcare. However, for the management and directors of what is commonly known as the Columbia County Health system, the ultimate goal has been to maintain a break-even operat- ing margin. That means that the...
WAITSBURG - Kate Hockersmith, the instiga- tor and, some might say "mother," of Waitsburg's bluegrass scene, remembers the first local jam night. It was some time in December at the old Carmen's Deli on Main Street. She put the youthful Troublemakers, fresh from their musical exchange in Ja- pan, in the same room with several veteran bluegrass musicians from Walla Walla and created a Touchet Valley tradition marking its fifth an- niversary this winter. Together with bluegrass lessons...
PRESCOTT - After serving as its "accidental" superintendent for three years, Dr. Bill Jordan announced last week he will be leaving the Prescott School District at the end of the school year. "Our district is strong, good things are happening," Jordan said in a telephone interview. "It's a good time for someone to come in and take over this district." Jordan, who has been universally praised for turn- ing around a school dis- trict struggling with enrollment, morale and academic achievement,...
DAYTON - Columbia County Health System CEO Dale Polla said he is optimistic, if a bit wary, about the or- ganization's financial future. On the plus side, one of his most important goals - a positive operating margin - was reached in two out of the last three months of 2012. As for his wariness, he said, "I'm nervous about what the legislature's going to do." He referred to the potential for cuts in Medicaid and other funding CCHS receives from the state, which faces a $1 billion budget...
