BRIEFS

COMMUNITY YARD SALE

WAITSBURG - Waitsburg's community yard sale will be held on Saturday, June 2. This 15th annual event is sponsored by the Commercial Club. There are no time limits - start early or on your own time. Sales will take place all over town. Call the Times at 337-6631 to add your yard sale to the map that will appear in the May 31 issue.

SPRING CLEANUP BEGINS

DAYTON - The Dayton spring alley cleanup will begin June 14 on the north end of town. Materials put out for pick up must be compostable and may include garden wastes, vines, shrub and tree trimmings. Trimmings must be no larger than 2.5 inches across at the largest end. Grass clippings, bags of leaves and sod with dirt, rocks, bricks or garbage will not be picked up.

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS

WAITSBURG -- Andrea Wysock, SSG, National Guard Washington State, will be the guest speaker at the Memorial Day Program in Waitsburg at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 28.

Preparation for the weekend starts at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 26, at the Odd Fellows Cemetery and continues to the city cemetery, when the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, and volunteers will place flags and crosses on all 371 veterans' graves in both cemeteries.

On Memorial Day, the American Legion will put the flags out on Main Street at 7 a.m. and will be working with the auxiliary for this annual event.

Participation starts early with the Cub Scouts competition to create the cover of the program. This year Seamus House, 10, won that honor. Dedication of seven new names added to the wall of veterans who have died this past year and are buried in one of the two cemeteries in Waitsburg. Those veterans are: World War II, Harold Drake, Richard K. Harper, Darrell O. Mock, James E. Woods; Vietnam: James Weeks, Neil Rhodelle Witt and Ronald S. Wolfe.

Veterans' families are always welcome to donate their loved ones' casket flags for flying at the wall. Please contact B. A. Keve, ikbakeve@charter.net or call 337-6546 to get your name on the program for this presentation.

All those attending are invited to the annual Potato Bar held at the Elementary Multi-Purpose Room where they can have the opportunity to visit with SSG Andrea Wysock.

RED CROSS HERO AWARDED

WALLA WALLA -- The American Red Cross is pleased to announce a Hometown Hero Jerromy Kerby. Kerby was presented with the Red Cross Hometown Hero Good Samaritan Award at the Blue Mountain chapter office at 175 South Park Street on May 23 at 12:30 p.m.

While on a construction job at a client's home, Kerby witnessed the family's horse escape from its pasture. Before it could be returned, the horse galloped across a covered swimming pool, where it fell through and became entangled at the deep end. Because of Jerromy's quick action and creative thinking, the horse was kept alive until he and the crew could rescue it. The Red Cross applauds this Hometown Hero, who is our Good Samaritan of the year.

CLICK IT OR TICKET

WALLA WALLA -- Between May 21 and June 3, motorists in Walla Walla County can expect to see law enforcement patrolling city and county roadways in search of unbuckled drivers and passengers as part of the Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign. In June 2002, the primary seat belt law went into effect. And since then, it is estimated that nearly 1,010 lives have been saved due to increases in seat belt use. After the adoption of the Click it or Ticket project, with the primary seat belt law enforcement, the number of traffic deaths dropped from 658 in 2002 to 455 in 2011.

HUMAN SERVICES BOARD OPENING

WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla County is seeking applicants for four openings on the combined Human Services Advisory Board. It is responsible for assisting the Department of Human Services in determining needs and setting priorities for services, and assists DHS in evaluating and monitoring the Mental Health, Chemical Dependency, Developmental Disabilities and Poverty plans and service delivery. At least one-quarter of the advisory board must be made up of those persons who have recovered from a chemical or alcohol dependency, so special emphasis will be made to identify and seat such. Board members must be residents of Walla Walla County, be willing to attend monthly afternoon board meetings, and have no personal financial interest in County funded programs or other potential conflict of interest (i.e. employee of County contracted provider). Application forms may be obtained from the County website (www.co.walla-walla. wa.us, or the Walla Walla County Commissioners' Office. Completed applications must be returned to the county commissioners' office by Thursday, May 31, 2012.