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  • Washington State Parks announces final free days of 2020

    The Times|Nov 5, 2020

    OLYMPIA—Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will offer its two final free days of 2020 in November. On these free days, day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass for vehicle access. The last two free days of 2020 are Wednesday, Nov. 11, and Friday, Nov. 27. Since free days were first established in 2011 by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, designated Nov. 11, Veterans Day as one of its free days to honor those who served in the armed forces. In 2017, the agency set aside the Friday after Thanksgiving as a...

  • PIONEER PORTRAITS

    The Times|Nov 5, 2020

    Ten Years Ago November 4, 2010 With 60 percent of the vote counted Tuesday evening, Walla Walla County Sheriff’s candidate John Turner was well on his way to victory over Bill White. Army Private Ryan W. Timms, a 2010 Waitsburg High School grad, has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia. Hosted by music director Brad Green of Waitsburg, regional Mass Band drew student musicians and directors from 12 schools, including two flute soloists from Dayton and Waitsburg. [Photo caption] Brian Graham paints on the b...

  • Teeny McMunn: My Recipe Box

    Teeny McMunn, The Times|Nov 5, 2020

    These were sent to me by Bill Rodgers. The same guy who gifts us with great photography and shares his abundance of unique irises. Bill had brought over a salad for us who stay late on Tuesdays to get the paper out. When I tasted the Roquefort dressing, I knew right away this was not a bottled dressing. It was the difference between homemade bread and store bought bread, the difference between greenhouse tomatoes and vine picked tomatoes. I asked him to share. These amounts are for 4 -6 servings, approximately. Roquefort Dressing 2 tsp Saco...

  • Inside the Columbia County Emergency Management Department

    Michele Smith, The Times|Nov 5, 2020

    DAYTON-Columbia County Emergency Management Director Ashley Strickland usually devotes ninety percent of his working time to the E911 Dispatch Center and the remaining ten percent to emergency management. That went out the window during the first six months of the year. He found himself spending only ten percent of his time with the Dispatch center, and the other ninety percent in emergency management, all because of the February flood and the COVID-19 pandemic. "The county has a responsibility...