NEWS
High school fall play starts Thursday
The Ellensburg High School Fall Play production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” open at 7 p.m., Thursday at the Morgan Performing Arts Center. Other performances at 7 p.m., Friday, 2 and 7 p.m., Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, 7 p.m., Nov. 22, and 2 and 7 p.m., Nov. 23. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students.
Fireman safety class tonight
A firearm injury prevention and safety program with Dr. Gregory Engle will be held at 5 p.m., tonight at Walter Strom Middle School. A dinner will be provided at 5 p.m. with the presentation at 5:30 p.m. The presentation has sensitive topics and is recommended only for parents and mature high school students. Childcare will be provided at the event.
Cold Weather Shelter volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed for the Cold Weather Shelter, which will operate overnight from Nov. 15 to March 15 at the Western Village on the Kittitas County Fairgrounds. HopeSource is operating the shelter. Volunteer registration information is available on the HopeSource Facebook page.
Faculty art exhibit starts this week
The 2024 CWU Department of Art + Design Faculty exhibit opens on Thursday at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery. There will be a faculty artist talk at 4 p.m. in Randall Hall Room 117. A reception follows from 5 to 7 p.m. in the gallery. The biennial exhibit features recent artwork by 17 full and part-time faculty, emeritus faculty, and graduate teaching-assistants. The exhibition will remain on view through Dec.14.
Brahms on tap Thursday
Kairos and Stephen Beus perform the Brahms Piano Quintet at 7:30 p.m., Thursday on the McIntyre Music Building Concert Hall. Beus is a professor of piano at Brigham Young University, has soloed across the United States and performed in over a dozen countries. The concert is free and open to the public.
Open Door Health Clinic is on Thursday
The free Open Door Health Clinic is from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday at Community Health of Central Washington on Mountain View Avenue. The clinic offers care ranging from regular check ups, minor cuts and lacerations, sprains and strains, skin rashes and infections, management of known chronic condition, medication refill, exam and sports physicals.
Volunteers needed to help restore shrub-steppe
Volunteers are needed over the next two weekends to help restore fire-damaged shrub-steppe off of Vantage Highway. The effort is organized by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The work is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday and Nov. 23. Volunteers will gather at Pumphouse Road off Vantage Highway Milepost 22.
SPORTS
Ellensburg volleyball starts state tournament Friday
The Ellensburg High School volleyball team plays Mark Morris at 10:45 a.m., Friday, at the Yakima Sundome in the first round of the State 2A tournament. Play continues through Friday afternoon and Saturday. The Bulldogs enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed.
Local soccer teams qualify for state tourney
The Ellensburg High School soccer team plays Sehome at 6 p.m., Wednesday, at Civic Stadium in Bellingham in the first round of the State 2A tournament. This is a loser-out game. EHS is the No. 11 seed in the tournament.
The Cle Elum-Roslyn High School soccer team hosts La Conner at 5 p.m., Wednesday, in the first-round of the State 2B tournament. This is a loser-out game. The Warriors are the No. 3 seed in the tournament.
LUNCH
The FISH Open Table Lunch is beef burrito, roasted corn and peppers and pears. The lunch is open to all seniors age 60-plus from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Ellensburg, and noon to 1 p.m., in Cle Elum. Meal sites are the Ellensburg Open Table and the Cle Elum Seventh-day Adventist Church. The community lunch for anyone needing a hot meal is from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Ellensburg location.
WEATHER
The forecasted high today in Ellensburg is 50 degrees. Sunset is at 4:29 p.m., and the expected nighttime low is 41 degrees. Winds will be 5 to 10 mph. There is an 80% chance of rain overnight.
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