Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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In the upcoming special legislative session in Olym- pia in May, lawmakers will be seeking agreement on a two-year state operating budget. Frequently, as bud- get debates heat up, you'll hear proponents of bigger government use their favorite phrase, "close tax loopholes," as if there is an oversight in state law that allows some to escape paying taxes. But don't be fooled. These "tax loopholes" are actually tax incentives, or officially known as "tax preferences," that were intentionally enacted by the Legislature to provide specific tax...
I live on West Seventh Street. In all likelihood, the above sentence means noth- ing to you unless: You are planning to 'toilet paper' my house, or You know about the West Seventh street reconstruction project. Yes, the street near my home is being improved upon. Actively. As you read this very column. The City plans to resur- face the road, creating two lanes of traffic with parking space on either side and a five-foot-wide sidewalk on the north side of the street, which just so happens to be (TP-ers take note) the side where my house is...
I want to thank those read- ers who responded to my column two weeks ago about Jubilee's growing athletic participation in the Waitsburg Prescott combine. In it, I hinted that Jubilee's contribution to the combine has become so significant, the group may as well be called Waitsburg Prescott Jubilee. But the readers suggested otherwise. Keep the name exactly the way it is right now, they said. "Jubilee is to be commended for doing well at meeting the needs of its students which were not met...
When the Port of Columbia first conceived the idea of an artisan food processing center in Dayton, a lot of questions were raised as to how it would be paid for. Port manager Jennie Dickinson assured anyone who asked that a wide variety of funding sources were on her radar and she was confident the Port could get what it needed. She's been right every step of the way. In 2009, the port received a $1 million grant and loan package from the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB), which it used to purchase the 28 acre...
WAITSBURG - Edward Hopper could have painted it. The little Victorian on Preston Avenue, most re- cently owned by the late gar- lic grower Travis Weedman, sits back from the highway shaded by evergreens. Its porch and porch roof are sagging. But its structure, dating back to 1895 and placed on a new foundation after the 1996 flood, is good, ac- cording to its new owners. Those kinds of "bones" make it a good candidate for restoration, and that's how it became the first project of Touchet Valley...
DAYTON - The Dayton City Council will soon be short two members, and city officials are encourag- ing interested residents to apply for those seats. Council member Jim Cooper resigned in April because of a move to Walla Walla. Council member Arthur Hall will leave the council at the end of May, because of a move to Tri- Cities. Prospective council members must have lived in the city at least a year prior to taking office. Any- one interested in serving on Dayton City Council should contact City...
