PIONEER PORTRAITS

Ten Years Ago February 13, 2003 After hearing three hours of impassioned, sometimes harsh public testimony, the Waitsburg City Council voted 4-1 to proceed with the hotly contested SR 12-Coppei Avenue improvement project. Nearly 80 concerned individuals at- tended the marathon 4 ½ hour meeting Feb. 5 where more than a dozen people - about half in favor, half opposed - voiced opinions, feelings and facts that ran the gamut from orderly information about the Coppei improvement project to heartfelt memories of the 1996 flood.

Twenty-Five Years Ago February 11, 1988 Welcome a new State Patrol offi...