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Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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Dear Editor, When the local Sears store closed, I applied to open a HOMETOWN Store in Walla Walla as a family-owned business. Sears' definition of a HOMETOWN Store is one that is owned and operated locally. My application went through and was accepted. I had many phone conferences and a couple of interviews with Sears Development/ District Managers. My sons and I had done our homework that Sears wanted done as far as foot and vehicle traf- fic patterns, permits needed, storefronts available, and all the necessary preliminary research we were as...
Cade Branson is the third prize winner of the American Legion Auxiliary Essay Con- test, complete with a $25. prize. His essay follows: How to Show Patriotism There are thousands of ways to show patriotism even from just saying the pledge of al- legiance. Showing patriotism is something every American should do. There are three major ways to show patriotism that I find very important, pride, justice, and liberty. Pride is waking up and be- ing proud to be free and live in America. Honoring our country is the leading way to show pride, the act...
Soccer Program Wouldn't Exist Without Volunteers Youth Soccer Program Gets Ready To Begin Its Season, Program Runs Annually On All-Volunteer Coaching, Organizing And Support WAITSBURG - For the Blue Mountain Youth Soc- cer Association in Waits- burg, about 50 to 60 chil- dren get to learn how to play soccer because of the hard work of many local volunteers. Heather Baker, who co- ordinates the association's practices, games, has been donating her time to lead the organization for the past six...
I t's a great pleasure to announce the promotion of our Manag- ing Editor Jillian Beaudry to the position of editor. The change is effective immediately. As editor, Jillian will take foremost responsibility for the content of the newspaper, the development of our news coverage, long-range content planning and so on. As a publisher with a long career in journalism, I will assist Jillian in this position but more as "an actor in a supporting role." Jillian will be the "actress in a leading role" to use a Hollywood metaphor, while I continue to...
WAITSBURG - State testing scores released last Wednesday from school year 2011-12 show some improvement in Touchet Valley schools in math, reading writing and science and some areas that need more work. According to a press release from State Super- intendent Randy Dorn, scores on statewide testing continue to show improve- ment. The scores released were for the Measurements of Student Progress, High School Proficiency exams and high school End-Of- Course Exams. Third through tenth graders were...
WALLA WAL- LA - Waitsburg held its own in the animal exhibitions last Thursday at the Walla Walla County Fair. Even through the sea of posters, animals and kids and parents bustling about the animal barns at the fairgrounds, the Waits- burg students were easy to spot. Ten-year-old Amy Far- ley from Waitsburg was busy brushing down her large, black steer in the barn preparing for judging Thursday morning. Farley said she'd had the Angus steer for eight months. This was her third time showing...
