Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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I t seems like we're just recovering from a rough election season, and it must be too soon for another. But, in fact, a long slate of local non-partisan positions is coming open this year in Columbia and Walla Walla Counties. They include city and school board positions, along with several commission seats. The list below includes the open positions in our area, along with the names of the incumbents. The filing period for all of these positions is May 13 - 17. For any position receiving more than two filers, a primary runoff will be held...
DAYTON - The Columbia County Commis- sioners have scheduled a special meeting Thurs- day evening to interview and allow the public to meet the two candidates being considered to replace to replace retiring sheriff Walt Hessler. Rocky Miller and Jeffrey Jenkins will take questions from the commissioners and the public at 7 p.m. in the main courtroom on the second floor of the Columbia County Courthouse. Miller has been a trooper with the Washing- ton State Patrol for more than 25 years. He has lived in Columbia County and Served in South- east W...
DAYTON - The Dayton School Board has begun the search for a new elementary school principal. Current Principal Katie Leid, who has served for nine years, has an- nounced her retirement. Dayton School Superintendent Doug Johnson says the school board has authorized him to begin the search for Leid's replacement, and also for two elementary school teachers. Long- time first- grade teacher Julie Howard has also announced her retirement at the end of the school year. The school is also looking to... Full story
DAYTON - When Charles Lindbergh was helping design the airplane in which he would make the first-ever trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, he knew it would need a lot of fuel. Af- ter all, he would be in the air for nearly 34 straight hours. To make sure made it from London to Paris with fuel to spare (which he did), Lindbergh had a giant fuel tank mounted directly behind the engine - and directly in front of the cockpit. This meant the plane would have no windshield. Forward visibility would be... Full story
