Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
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The point of this week's editorial, inspired by the story of Tim Fuller, is simple: The time to live your life is now. The time to abandon your hopes for a better past is now. The time to focus on what's important in life and live the rest of it to its fullest is now. Fuller, the longtime park ranger at Camp Wooten, faces an uncertain future from a rare form of cancer that doctors have been unable to send into permanent remission (see this week's Heart Beat column). His friends and family are hoping to raise enough money through a community...
WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg City Council members are torn between putting thousands of dollars into the city's seldom-used BMX track or removing it. The track was put in by the Lion's Club in 2001 for the children to ride and jump their bikes in a safe place. Dan Katsel, the city's director of public works, said at the council meeting last Wednesday the track has visible large rocks and puncture vine and said the track receives "zero use." Councilman Orville Branson, said the track was expensive for the club to put in and it is an asset to the...
WAITSBURG- Th e Waitsburg High School 2011 Homecoming festivities began with classes decorating their designated spots of the hallways in their own fashion to show off their Cardinal pride. Although the seniors' lights and streamers were a festive addition to the cage, the juniors took top prize with their football field surrounded by red lights, and their hanging volleyball net with cutouts of the class. Monday's dress up was a color-coded theme to show what your status was for the dance....
DAYTON - A propane gas leak at Dayton High School Thursday evening forced the cancellation of a home volleyball game and closed down parts of Second and Third Streets. Rick Turner, the fire chief of Columbia County Fire District 3 in Dayton, said his crews were called to the high school about 5 p.m. The call was for a strong odor of propane in the high school gym, he said. When his crews arrived, high school personnel had evacuated the gym. The fire department found remnants of a gas cloud and the strong smell that was reported. The doors to...
