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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Deborah Diane Williams passed away at 63 on Thursday, April 10, 2014 in Walla Walla, Wash. She is survived by her mother, brother, sister, four children and 15 grandchildren. Debbie lived in the Waitsburg and Dayton areas from approximately 1993 to 2008 and loved the area. She will be laid to rest near her family in Logan, IA....
WAITSBURG - Representatives from the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore. visited elementary schools in Waitsburg and Walla Walla, Monday morning. Because many children do not have an opportunity to visit the coast, the Aquarium's outreach time hits the road during the school year to bring interactive marine science education to students across the Pacific Northwest. The "Aquari-van" visited Waitsburg students, presenting programs to grades K-2 and 3-5. The topic for Southeastern Washington...
Last Friday Chicago wheat May futures closed at $6.59 per bushel. By the close of Tuesday's trading session, the price of wheat had moved up 42 cents, a move that does not completely reverse the downtrend, but decisively takes back all but about 6 cents of the downward move that started back on March 20. There are few traders willing to stand in front of such a powerful locomotive, which is one of the reasons that moves like this one are so violent. The sellers just hide. Russian President Alexander Putin has apparently decided that the...
to serve as a temporary PIO in Darrington, Wash., last week. Columbia County Commissioners gave their blessings as Ver Valen left her local post to work in the small town that was ravaged by the effects of the recent landslide on State Route 530 near Oso, Wash. Ver Valen currently works as operations manager for Columbia County Emergency Management and Public Safety Communications and as PIO for emergency management and the sheriff's office. She is a former editor of The Times. In 2012 the...
DAYTON - The Dayton Chamber of Commerce has named Andrew Holt as its new Executive Director. Holt started on April 7th. He replaces Brad McMasters, who resigned in January. Holt previously served as tourism services manager for Tourism Walla Walla from 2010 to 2012. There, he oversaw social media, the visitor's center, and worked on several projects, including the performing arts comm ittee and the regional signage project. Last year he worked as sports information director for Whitman College....
WAITSBURG - Waitsburg Celebration Days Weekend - May 17-18 -- is still in the planning stages, but one young lady has been hard at work, actively representing Waitsburg and Celebration Days for months. Queen Candidate Megan Morrison was selected to the Celebration Days Royalty Court in November and will be crowned Queen in a May 6 coronation ceremony. Morrison tried out for court in November and began her royalty duties in December by appearing in the Dayton and Waitsburg Christmas Parades and...
