EDITOR'S NOTE
Thanks for a Great First Year!
COMMENT
Vote for Schools / Go to Planning Meetings / Eat Your Spinach!
Guest Comment: The Future of Columbia County is at Stake
NEWS
Library District Assumes Management of
Dayton Memorial Library in ‘08
Beginning with the new year, the Dayton Memorial Library will be open 41 hours per week
and CCRLD Director Janet Lyon will become "Head Librarian".
by Ken Graham
School Levy to be on Ballot in February
The $932,000 M&O Levy for 2009/2010 will replace the current levy passed by voters in 2006.
A $50,000 Technology Levy will also be on the ballot.
by Ken Graham
Hospital CEO Grimshaw Resigns
Bruce Grimshaw will become hospital administrator in Victorville, CA.
The CCHS Board hopes to hire a replacement by March.
by Ken Graham
Waitsburg Clinic Construction Underway
FEATURE STORY
The Dayton Depot:
First a Transportation Hub,
Then an Historic Inspiration
The project to restore the Dayton Depot began more than 30 years ago. It initiated an
extraordinary surge of historic preservation in Dayton that continues.
Story by Ken Graham
FOOD, DRINK AND ART
AMO ART and jimgermanbar:
Bringing New Vision and Flavor to Waitsburg
Claire Johnston and Jim German share their love of art, and fine food and drink, in an historic building
on Waitsburg's Main Street.
By Ken Graham
COLUMNS
Mayor Craig George: City of Dayton
Greetings from City Hall
Tanya Patton: Columbia County Rural Library District
A Place for "Rest and Relaxation"
Mira Kvame: Columbia County Health System
Diets or Healthy Lifestyles?
Shelly Franklin: Dayton Schools
Fifth-Graders Love to Ski
Madeline Cavazos: Dayton High School
Democracy Must be Learned by Each Generation
David Schreck: Columbia County Democrats
If You Don't Attend Caucuses, Don't Bitch!
ONE MORE THING . . .
My New Year's Resolutions
by Myles Aweigh