BRIEFS

COMMUNITY YARD SALE

WAITSBURG - Nine households in Waitsburg have signed up to be listed on the city map for this year's Community Yard Sale on Saturday, June 4.

Each year, numerous families participate in a citywide garage sale event that draws shoppers from far and wide. The map is printed on page 6 and also available at the Waitsburg Grocery Store, Hardware & Mercantile and the Times.

NO POOL FEES HIKE

DAYTON - The Dayton City Council recently voted not to raise pool admission rates for swimmers despite concerns from the Dayton Board of Parks Commissioners that ticket prices have not been raised in six years.

Single entry would have gone up to $2 from $1.50 and a season's pass to $62 from $50. The Dayton pool has undergone a major overhaul to upgrade its heating system and repair its apron in time for this year's swim season.

WW ART WALK FRIDAY

WALLA WALLA - Rachel Austin's Map Paintings and Archival Prints will be on display at Willow beginning at Art Walk in Walla Walla on Friday, June 3.

Austin's map paintings are created using found maps and layers of transparent paint and ink on wood panels. She is inspired by crisp moments of beauty and tries to capture them in series.

Each one is uniquely named by the Portland artist after a location on the map and mounted on handmade wood frames.

CIRCUS TICKETS ON SALE

DAYTON - Tickets for the Carson & Barnes Circus go on sale Wednesday, June 1, at locations in Dayton and Waitsburg.

The circus is setting up on the grounds of the future Blue Mountain Station in Dayton for two shows on June 30: 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The tickets are sold at the Dayton Chamber of Commerce and the Waitsburg Grocery Store. For more information, call the Chamber at 509-382-4825.

WHITMAN'S NEW CHEF

WALLA WALLA - The Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center recently welcomed Brent Herring to the staff as the new banquet manager.

Herring will work closely with Director of Events Edie Paden. Born and raised in the Tri-Cities area, Herring has worked in the hotel industry for the last 20 years.

His well-rounded experience in hospitality includes everything from regional general manager for small hotels to director of sales and director of catering as well as food and beverage manager.

He worked with Cedars Inn and Suites in Kennewick and Yakima, the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in Richland, and Red Lion Hotel in Pasco.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT

DAYTON - On Tuesday, Aug. 2, Columbia County will once again join cities nationwide for "America's Night Out Against Crime."

Between 5 - 8 p.m. in the Dayton City Park, county residents are invited to join event co-sponsored locally by Columbia County Friends of 9-1-1 and the Columbia County's Sheriff's Office.

For more information, call Tim Quigg at the Columbia County Public Safety Communications Center at 509-382- 0911.

SALT & LIGHT ON TOUR

WAITSBURG - Thirty-two kids and five chaperones of the Salt & Light Youth Choir will leave June 18 to go on tour in the Seattle area.

Under the theme "Got Hope?" the group of singing teenagers from Waitsburg, Dayton, Pomeroy, Walla Walla and Dixie, will return June 22 for a Home Concert at the First Christian Church in Waitsburg.

Directed by Mike and Melissa Ferrians, the choir will perform more than 20 songs divided in two programs with some original songs composed by Mike Ferrians and some covers arranged by him for the group.