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  • WEEKLY CALENDAR

    Feb 6, 2014

    8 Liberty Theater CasinoNight Seneca CommunityBuilding 6 p.m. to midnight An evening of wine, win­ning and song. Free admis­sion. 10 Story Time (every Mon­day) Weller Public Library,Waitsburg 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Waitsburg CelebrationDays Planning Meeting Waitsburg Resource Cen­ter (106 Preston Ave.) 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Anyone interested inplanning, organizing orhelping with May's Celebra­tion Days event is encour­aged to attend. Dayton City Council City Hall (111 S. 1stStreet) 7 p.m. 11 Preschool Story Time(every Tuesday) Dayton Memorial Li­br...

  • POLICE NOTES

    Feb 6, 2014

    Waitsburg Jan. 29 DUI vehicle vs. mailbox/tree injury accident on the21,000 block of East Highway 12. State Police took chargeof incident. Jan. 30 Bicycle found on the 100 block of Main Street. Jan. 31 Report of a suspicious vehicle with occupants scaringchildren on the 400 block of Kinnear. Feb. 1 Suspect arrested on Walla Walla District Court warrantson 7th and Main. Feb. 3 Hit and run accident on the 200 block of Bruce Street. Avehicle took out a residential fence an left the scene. Dayton Jan. 27 Citizen contact regarding fraud. Area check...

  • PIONEER PORTRAITS

    Pioneer Portraits|Feb 6, 2014

    Ten Years Ago February 12, 2004 The Waitsburg School district will be looking for a new superintendent following the announcement Wednesday by Robbie Johnson that he will retire in June after 30 years in education. Mindy Nordheim, 18, of Waitsburg, placed in the top 13 of the national compe­tition for the Make It Yourself With Wool contest held in Sacramento, California Janu­ary 22-24, 2004. Representing Washington in the senior age bracket made up of 17 to 24-year-olds, Mindy tailored a navy wool suit which included an asymmetrical white w...

  • Gun Rights Discussion Starts in Olympia

    Rebecca Gourley, Wnpa Olympia News|Feb 6, 2014

    OLYMPIA - A voter decision in November seems to be the only direction that the gun debate in Washing­ton is heading. Lawmakers this week held hearings on two gun- related initiatives that drew hundreds of people with strong views, both for and against - including former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who three years ago was injured in a gun attack. Both the Senate and House majorities are divided on the issue, so there's little chance the Legislature will actually vote on either...

  • “Love Letters” to Me

    Feb 6, 2014

    My 'thing' with the mail began in the fifth grade, when I entered an essay contest. Our teachers informed us that if we won, we would be sent a letter of notification. So every day after she came home from work, I forced my mother to take me to the post office and check the mail. I didn't win that contest. But shortly afterwards, I entered another one, and the ritual began once more. To this day, when Mom comes home from work and we've briefed each other on the day's events, I'll ask her if she...

  • Ken Graham: From the Editor

    Feb 6, 2014

    My road to becoming a mature adult be­gan with Bill Caudill (a.k.a.,"The Inspector"). Cau­dill was the "closer" for the Seattle Mariners for a couple of years in the mid-eighties. (A closer is a pitcher who comes into the game in the ninth inning when his team has a slim lead.) Whenever Caudill came into the game, the theme from "The Pink Panther" would play in the stadium (a.k.a., "The Kingdome"). I loved the Mariners and Bill Caudill. I was in college in Seattle when the Sea- hawks joined t...

  • Political Cartoon

    Feb 6, 2014

  • Cougar Shot Near Waitsburg

    Dena Wood, The Times|Feb 6, 2014

    WAITSBURG - Waits­burg farmers can rest a little easier following the removal of a livestock-attacking cou­gar prowling Waitsburg's backyard. The mountain lion was shot and killed Thurs­day night on a permit issued by the state Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, after it attacked and killed a 250-pound goat. Roland Erikson, who lives just west of Waitsburg on Knotgrass Road. con­tacted Washington State Department of Wildlife of­ficials and local Houndsman Trey Cole Thursday after­noon, after disco...

  • Planning for Celebration Days is Underway

    Dena Wood, The Times|Feb 6, 2014

    WAITSBURG - A second open planning meeting for Waitsburg Celebration Days will take place February 10 at 5 p.m. at the Waitsburg Business Center. Organizers are hoping for a better turn­out than the first meeting. Organizers will use the meeting to gauge commu­nity support for the May event and are hoping that club and group representa­tives as well as interested individuals will show up to provide input. "If we're going to have an entire weekend event, we re­ally need some help pulling it off...

  • New Docs Join CCHS

    Ken Graham, The Times|Feb 6, 2014

    DAYTON - The Colum­bia County Health System has recently added two new physicians at its Columbia Family Clinic in Dayton. According to interim CEO Jon Smiley, the local health­care provider is now fully staffed with doctors for the foreseeable future. Kim Abernathy, DO, comes to Dayton from Pueb­lo, Colo., where she prac­ticed for more than a decade. She is a 1999 graduate of Nova Southeastern Univer­sity School of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Lauder­dale, Fla. Prior to starting her medi...