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The Children's Home Society in Walla Walla is upgrading online services as well as creating new avenues for families needing assistance amid a pandemic.
Karlene Ponti
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Karlene Ponti began as Special Publications Writer in 1999, work includes Lifestyles, The Weekly and Business Monthly. After Wa-Hi, Ponti attended Whitman and is a UW graduate. Later she was ordained a Christian minister at CDM Spiritual Teaching Center.
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There have been floods, fires and pandemics in the past and lessons learned can help deal with current difficulties — even if only to reassure people that great hardships can be overcome.
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Jan. 1, 1970: Prisoners at the penitentiary ended a 10-day strike, and refusal to shave, with a promise to start shaving again. Also the Boise Cascade mill in Wallula is scheduled to reopen. It was shut down due to a lack of orders.
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The dark days of winter call for brightly colored lights. Walla Walla care centers are answering the call with their holiday decorations.
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COLUMN: With area libraries facing limitations during the pandemic, local groups are helping with support services — as they do year-round.
COLUMN: Living in the mostly rural Stateline area of Milton-Freewater, Debbie Miller has seen many wandering, apparently homeless cats. “We have a lot of feral cats,” Miller said. “Someone out here has cats that are not being taken care of.”
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Blue Mountain Therapeutic Riding, which offers horse riding classes for people with disabilities, has mounted challenges over the years and succeeded with a cavalry of volunteers.
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Concern about the spread of the COVID-19 virus this year has put a crimp in the Salvation Army's Red Kettle volunteer recruiting and fundraising efforts.
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COLUMN: The Junior Club of Walla Walla helps out in the community, with a current focus on providing Care Crates for parents of newborns.
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Fifty years ago, in 1970: On Dec. 28, the 1% retail sales tax returned more than $272,000 to the county through October.