• A wrap up on the Walla Walla Fair which saw it’s paid attendance drop slightly this year. Estimated attendance for the 5-day fair is 86,000
• A fight involving about 50 inmates broke out at the WA State Penitentiary on Friday night
• An armed robbery occurred at Apex Food and Deli market on Saturday afternoon
• Read a feature on a Whitman student from Walla Walla’s, Jazmin Lopez who has been elected the undergraduate representative for a national academic organization on Chicana Studies
• Read Monday’s story about on the provisions for affordable housing and low-income rental units included in the city’s proposed Comprehensive Plan

• Senator Patty Murray sent some of her staff to a VA Medical Center discussion yesterday at the National Guard Armory to convey her support of the facility
• St. Mary Medical Center will become Providence St. Mary Medical Center
• Vicki Hillhouse writes about her experience on some of the fair rides
• David Carlisle, accused of possessing child pornography on a computer, is also suspected of possessing steroids allegedly sent to his address from Thailand
• In Sunday’s Panorama section read about local artists The Garden Guys and see some of the lawn art they produce using leaves and concrete
• Read Karlene Ponti’s story about the increase in Type 2 diabetes which affects millions of people, many who are 55 and older

• Last night Tracy Lawrence and Chris Cagle hit the stage at the Walla Walla Fairgrounds
• The Walla Walla City Council heard from supporters for a Sustainability Committee and voted to create the ad hoc committee and task force
• People met at the Touchet Community Park for a genealogy workshop thanks to a grant received by the Walla Walla Rural Library District
• Claire Johnston and Jim German opened the AMO art gallery in Waitsburg in an effort to create an art mecca
• Fort Walla Walla Museum presents Living History peformances
• Check out the Columbia County Fair preview in today’s Marquee

• The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days kicks off today
• Rodeo competition started yesterday
• College Place School District still discussing options for elementary and middle school kids
• Day on a Dime - Free music at Sapolil Cellars
• Don Davis and Nora the Schnauzer venture on the Meadow Creek Trail

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The Daily Byte - August 27, 2008