Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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When will the Port of Walla Walla understand that they are a public agency and accountable to the public? Recently the port director hired a 30-hours a week project manager for more than $60,000 a year plus full benefits. This was done without any public notice of the job opportunity and did not give qualified individuals an opportunity to apply. Circumventing fair hiring practices in this manner is outrageous and should be questioned. Why does the Port of Walla Walla and Director Kuntz believe they can behave so differently from other public...
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law earlier this month a resolution that would give financially distressed biomass processing facilities and pulp and paper mills a break from compliance rules dealing with the expensive process of clean-energy conversion. Prime sponsor Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, was prime sponsor of Senate bill 5575, which calls for a change in the 2006 voter-approved Energy Independence Act (Initiative 937) to further define what biomass-elements may constitu...
A few weeks ago, I received a big envelope with a calendar in it. It was called "Wisconsin Horsepower." The postmark was also from the Cheese State. I did a double take. Whom did I know in Wisconsin? I opened the calendar and two letters fell out, both from someone named Jim Bragg. I searched my gray matter. Jim Bragg. Jim Bragg. Nothing. I read the title of his letter, "Coast To Coast," and I suddenly realized who had sent me the packet. Jim Bragg was the 70-something man who stopped in Waitsburg on his walk across America! The near...
DAYTON - - Dave Finney is the new courthouse maintenance supervisor for Columbia County. But he was the previous one too. Actually, Dave Phinney maintained the courthouse for more than 30 years and retired about two years ago. The position had been filled in the interim by a couple of different people. But, at the beginning of 2012, the county opened the position fulltime and a new Dave Finney applied and was selected. Finney began his new job at the courthouse earlier this month and he is...
WAITSBURG - Those who use more water this summer may be paying more out of pocket. The Wai t sburg Ci t y Council last Wednesday night heard a proposal that would tack on an extra 20 cents to the current overage rate for those who use more than the base amount of water provided to residents. And this proposal may actually be approved. The council had already considered two proposals to increase water and sewer rates. But the council members could not support either and both died for lack of...
WAITSBURG - Perry Dozier didn't want to be a farmer, nor a county commissioner. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics, Dozier, a Touchet Valley resident all of his life, wanted to be a pilot. In 1986, he worked for a bit of time as a commercial airplane pilot. But, there was an influx of pilots at that time and some new rules in the industry. After pursuing that dream for about three years, Dozier gave up on that career and continued his family's tradition of farming. Dozier's c...
