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DAYTON—A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. This movie brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure. Rotten Tomatoes critics rate Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves at 91% favorable, while and audience gives it a 93% favorable. The Audience summary on that website notes that this movie “entertainingly blends acti...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Sheriff’s Department reported that on May 10, 2023, dispatch centers in Easter Washington, including Columbia County, received similar calls from an individual threatening violence towards area schools. The Dayton Schools went into lockdown after the Columbia County Dispatch Center received the threat. Deputies from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and troopers from the Washington State Patrol secured a perimeter around school grounds and placed officers inside the building. Law enforcement worked with schoo...
DAYTON—“AIR” reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time. Rotten tomatoes critics rate this movie at 92% fa...
DAYTON—Steve Henderson and his wife, Carolyn, were visited by PBS affiliate KSPS for a segment of the “Everyday Northwest.” The episode aired May 8, 2023, and is available on the PBS website at tinyurl.com/pbshend. The interviews took place at the Hendersons’ large studio in Dayton. The space, filled with Henderson’s work, easel, and tools, offered a third voice in the segment....
DAYTON-The Dayton Lions Club completed painting the Little League bleachers located near the Dayton Dog Park. The Lions used locally purchased supplies for the project. The finished, painted bleachers show the community's support for Dayton's little leaguers....
DAYTON — “The Super Mario Brothers Movie” is a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. The storyline for this movie from the IMDb website is that “a Brooklyn Plumber named Mario, travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a Princess named Peach and an Anthropomorphic Mushroom named Toad to find Mario’s Brother, Luigi, and to save the world from a ruthless fire breathing Koopa named Bowser.” The Rotten Tomatoes website critics gave this movie a 59% favorable, but their audiences gave it a 96%. The movie is rated PG for action...
DAYTON — “The Super Mario Brothers Movie” is a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. The storyline for this movie from the IMDb website is that “a Brooklyn Plumber named Mario, travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a Princess named Peach and an Anthropomorphic Mushroom named Toad to find Mario’s Brother, Luigi, and to save the world from a ruthless fire breathing Koopa named Bowser.” The Rotten Tomatoes website critics gave this movie a 59% favorable, but their audiences gave it a 96%. The movie is rated PG for action...
DAYTON-Blue Mountain Station's nursery and garden center is now open and offers seasonal, vegetable, herb, and bedding plants. Come and chat with the knowledgeable Gordon Farley. Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm, 509-731-3746...
DAYTON—“Songs of the Cinema!” is a live production that features a multi-talented cast of local performers showcasing their talents through song, dance, comedy, and drama. Each musical number highlights a song that was featured in a major motion picture, from across multiple decades and genres. This production is directed by Samantha Steinhoff and Jae Goodridge, and the show dates and times are: Friday, April 21, 7 pm, Saturday, April 22, 7 pm, and Sunday, April 23, 3 pm matinee. Tickets can be purchased at the Liberty Theater website, or at...
DAYTON—“Champions” is centered around a stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach (Woody Harrelson) who is sentenced to community service and forced to coach a Special Olympics team, based on the 2018 Goya Award winning Spanish film “Campeones.” Rotten Tomatoes critics gave this movie a 58% favorable rating, but 94% of the audience liked it. The audience summary for the movie was “Heartfelt and easy to root for, “Champions” is a slam dunk comedy with a great message.” It has been described as hilarious and heat warming. It is ra...
COLUMBIA COUNTY-The Columbia County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney and the Columbia County Sheriff's Department issued a joint press release to announce the closure of the county jail facility. For the first time in nearly 136 years, the Columbia County Jail no longer accepts inmates. Due to recent lawsuits in other small, rural counties and longtime concerns with safety and security in the jail and courthouse, Sheriff Joe Helm, in consultation with Prosecuting Attorney C. Dale Slack, has...
DAYTON—A Special Spring Break movie - “Surf’s Up” will show at the Liberty Theater at 2 pm for the second time this week on Friday April 7, with $2 admission. This story follows a teenage rock hopper penguin named Cody Maverick from his hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica, where all the other penguins think he’s nothing but a surfing fool, to the “Big Z Memorial Surf Off” on Pen Gu Island. Young Cody is determined to win the most important competition in the world of penguin surfing in honor of “Big Z,” a deceased surfing legend whom he has idol...
DAYTON- What's better than a Sunday breakfast out at the golf course? Breakfast every day out at the golf course. It is spring, and Chicken Bill's Café and BBQ is open again from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily at the Touchet Valley Golf Course in Dayton. Teresa and Bill Ayotte offer homestyle breakfasts, lunches, and BBQ for dine-in or take-out. And don't forget they have excellent baked goods, including cinnamon rolls, individual pies, and carrot cake. The café offers specials for Easter week with h...
DAYTON—“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” continues the story of teenage Billy Batson (Zachary Levi) who, upon reciting the magic word “SHAZAM!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam. This movie is an action/adventure, comedy, fantasy that the Rotten Tomatoes critics rated as 51% favorable, but the audience gave it an 87%. It is rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, and language. The IMDb parent’s guide notes this movie has moderate levels of profanity, violence and gore, and frightening and intense scenes. The...
WINDSOR, COLO.- The prize for winning the National Wheat Yield Contest is a trip to the Commodity Classic. Award-winning Limagrain Cereal Seeds (LCS) farmers had a fan club waiting for them when they arrived at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. "The National Wheat Yield Contest is a fantastic opportunity for growers to showcase their blockbuster yields, and the Commodity Classic gives winners a chance to connect with each other and to the farming community as a whole,"...
DAYTON—The Port of Columbia is working to update its Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements as required by Washington State law. Also known as a comprehensive or comp plan, it outlines for the public the assets the port manages and states in advance the port’s goals and strategies for stewardship of those assets in support of the economic vitality of Columbia County. The port manages vital economic and community assets, including the Rock Hill Industrial Park, Blue Mountain Station, the Columbia Walla Walla Railroad, and Lyons Ferry Mar...
DAYTON—Superhero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible. Rotten Tomatoes critics generally did not care for this...
DAYTON—Superhero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible. Rotten Tomatoes critics generally did not care for this mov...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Commissioners are accepting applications for the Dayton Rural Library Board of Trustees. The deadline to submit applicatons is March 24, 2023. There is only one position open for considreration. Trustee positions serve staggered terms to maintain continuity on the board. The Commissioners will interview candidates at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 27 at the County Commissioner’s office on Main Street, Dayton, Wash....
DAYTON—”80 FOR BRADY” is inspired by the true story of four elderly best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play. Roger Ebert says “It’s a Cinderella story with four fairy godmothers, but instead of ugly step-sisters forcing them to do housework, these women are confronting the indignities of aging and the limits of mortality. When a local radio station promises four Super Bowl tickets to anyone who comes up with the best story, Trish (Jane Fonda), Lou (Lily Tom...
DAYTON—This story follows Maurice (voiced by Hugh Laurie), a goofy streetwise cat, who has the perfect money-making scam. He finds a dumb-looking kid who plays a pipe and has his very own horde of rats, who are strangely literate. Maurice’s approach provides the group’s livelihood from town to town, but one town is short of food and Maurice and his rats are enlisted to help discover the reason behind the city’s food shortage. This movie is based on the 2001 novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents. Rotten Tomatoes rates this movie 7...
DAYTON—“The Whale” is the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity (600 lbs) who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. It stars Brendan Fraser and it is based on the acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter. Critics on the Rotten Tomatoes website rate this movie with 66% favorable, and audiences with 91%. That website has an audience summary as “With a heartbreaking story brought powerfully to life by Brendan Fraser’s starring performance, The Whale’s as hard to watch as...
DAYTON—Some call it Mardis Gras, some Fat Tuesday, but at First United Methodist Church, it’s all about pancakes. The church will host a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Tuesday, February 21, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. All are welcome to enjoy pancakes with toppings, sausage, and some surprises. Wednesday, February 22, is the beginning of Lent, and the First United Methodist Church invites the public to a simple meal for Ash Wednesday. The meal of soup, bread, and cookies will be offered from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the church in Dayton. Ash Wed...
DAYTON—The Dayton City Council unanimously passed Resolution 1507, which authorizes the mayor to enter into a purchase agreement with Douglas Krueger and Marjory L Krueger for land to be used for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. The proposed purchase agreement for the property was included in the Feb. 14 regular meeting packet available online with the agenda. The document had the purchase price to be based on $21,000 per acre for a purchase of not more than 65 acres and no less than 40 acres. The resulting maximum purchase price would be $...
DAYTON— “The Fabelmans” has been described as an American coming-of-age movie loosely based on Steven Spielberg’s childhood and first years as a filmmaker. It is told through the fictional Sammy Fabelman, a young aspiring filmmaker who explores how the power of films can help him see the truth about his dysfunctional family and those around him. Spielberg co-wrote the script alongside Tony Kushner and Spielberg directed it. The movie stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Gabriel LaBelle, and others. According to online...
