Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Ten Years Ago August 12, 2004 Local grain producers are approaching the 70% point in the 2004 harvest, estimates J.E. Mc- Caw, local manager of the Northwest Grain Growers' Waitsburg Branch. Depending on Mother Nature, there could be another week to ten days of cutting, he predicted. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 10, 1989 Don Thomas was at the helm of his favorite pastime - Old Fashion Harvesting. He started his team of 27 mules as the old style John Deere was pulled over the hills of the Thomas Ranch, three miles south of Waitsburg on the...
WALLA WALLA - Incumbent Sheriff John Turner received less than half of the votes cast in Tuesday's primary election, but easily outpolled his two challengers. Tom Cooper appears to have bested fellow deputy Barry Blackman, by less than five percentage points, and will move on to face Turner in the general election in November. All three candidates were running as Republicans. Preliminary results Tuesday show that Turner received 4,874 votes, which was 45.5% of the votes cast. Cooper received...
DAYTON - Republicans Merle Jackson and Dwight Richter will face off in November for the open District 3 position on Columbia County Board of Commissioners. In Tuesday's primary election, Richter, who wasn't on the ballot but filed as a write-in candidate last month, placed second in the balloting, beating Dain Nysoe, who filed as a Democrat. Jackson was the top vote-getter, receiving more than 50% of the votes cast. Only voters in District 3 cast ballots for commissioner in the primary...
WAITSBURG - In April, Waitsburg FFA members taught local students about the importance of soil (not dirt!) as part of a Helping Communities Grow competition sponsored by the Nutrients for Life Foundation. In May, Waitsburg won $5,000 at the State FFA Convention for placing first among 23 projects in the state. Last week, Waitsburg School District received a letter notifying them that the national Nutrients for Life Foundation office has chosen Waitsburg's project as the best all-around project...
