BRIEFS

DISTRICT NEEDS DRIVERS

WAITSBURG - The Waitsburg School District is looking for substitute drivers.

It has at least two positions open for candidates who are interested in driving school bus for as many as 20 hours per week depending on the district's needs at any given time. Applicants need to have a Class B commercial driver's license, be 21 years or older, have a good record and be willing to take some additional driving courses and tests.

The pay rate is $15.84 per hours. Please call Colter Mohney at 509-520-7487.

ALUMNI TO HEAT UP BB COURT

DAYTON - Dayton High School has invited its alumni back to their alma mater for two basketball games on Dec. 27.

Although Scott Hudson, girls basketball coach, isn't sure if this is the first time Dayton's organized alumni basketball games, he says the plan is to present this event each basketball season around the holidays.

"Many graduate athletes are home from college as well as the many graduates that still live or have family here and are visiting for the holidays," he said. "We have talked about hosting this event for a couple years, and it was decided to kick it off this year as we had an opening for a game in our schedule."

WIAA rules require that Dayton count this as one of its allowed 20 regular season games and that the school have the games officiated by the Blue Mountain Officials Association. But there will be no charge for admission to the games.

"The teams and the district would like to gift the community with a great evening of entertainment as a thank you and to show appreciation for all the great support shown our school and teams," Hudson said.

Game times for the event are 6 p.m. for the ladies and 7:30 p.m. for the men. If any alumni are interested in kicking the dust off and lacing up their old basketball shoes or putting on their old cheerleader outfit and cheering on the teams, we would like to hear from you.

Please contact head girls' coach Scott Hudson at 382- 3120, girls' assistant coach Nikki Fullerton at 382-2172, or head boys' coach Roy Ramirez at 509-843-0100.

PARTY AT LOCAL BANK

WAITSBURG - The local branch of AmericanWest Bank will have a Customer Appreciation Day Thursday in Waitsburg from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

SPECIAL DVD AVAILABLE

WAITSBURG - Local director Karen Stanton and Waitsburg's Weller Public Library would like to thank supporters for attending the screening of Stanton's film, "A Not So Still Life, the Ginny Ruffner Story," in August. The film remains unreleased and is only screening at festivals and private venues.

However, a special pre-release edition DVD of the film is available exclusively to those who attended the screening here in Waitsburg. The screening raised over $600 toward new computers for the library.

ShadowCatcher Entertainment offered at that time to also contribute a portion of DVD purchases to the Waitsburg library's computer fund.

Please email or call to order a DVD: Sahale Jensen, Production Coordinator, therooke@gmail.com, 206-450-5601.

ALL THE LATEST AT WILLOW

WALLA WALLA - This is the last call for those who haven't yet seen "Interwoven," the latest exhibit at Willow, a boutique and art gallery on Rose Street in Walla Walla. Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday are the last days to view the show before it ends Dec. 27.

Willow will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 25. Staff are also taking a winter break beginning Thursday, Dec. 30, and will reopen at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, for an opening night artist's reception for the upcoming exhibit, "Eccentric Orbits: Recent Paintings by Ian Boyden."