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Eternals is a saga about a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations. This is another in the Marvel series of action-adventure movies. Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, and Salma Hayek lead the cast. Rotten Tomatoes gives this movie a 48% “fresh” or favorable from the critics, with an 80% favorable from the audiences. Some have said that this is a different kind of Marvel movie, but that it still has lots of what one would expect from the Marvel series. Others have said this is one of the worst in the...
DAYTON—Several downtown Dayton businesses will celebrate Ladies Night Out Monday, December 6, from 5-8 p.m. There will be light refreshments, and a big variety of unique, hand-crafted gifts by Pacific Northwest artists, including shaped beeswax candles, birdhouses, pottery and pet collar Chakras. In addition to a grand prize drawing conducted by the Dayton Chamber, Wenaha Gallery is offering an in-gallery drawing for three gift certificates, for $50, $30, and $15. Dayton business Paige’s Floral and Gifts is spearheading the Ladies Night Out...
Clifford the Big Red Dog When middle-schooler Emily Elizabeth (Darby Camp) meets a magical animal rescuer (John Cleese) who gifts her a little, red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant ten-foot hound in her small New York City apartment. While her single mom (Sienna Guillory) is away for business, Emily and her fun, but impulsive, Uncle Casey (Jack Whitehall) set out on an adventure that will keep you on the edge-of-your-seat as our heroes take a bite out of the Big Apple. Based on the beloved Scholastic book character,...
Dune is a mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey. It tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive. This is another m...
DAYTON—Who wants to cook and then deal with dirty dishes and clean up duties the day after Thanksgiving? At Dumas Station, they don’t blame you if you raised your hand. Join the crew at Dumas Station for brunch with The Q Wood Fired Grill on Friday, November 26 starting at 10:00 am. There will be great food, delicious wine, good friends, and, of course, wine! Dumas Station and The Q are looking forward to getting together with you for a Post-Thanksgiving Brunch, just like they used to have. The Q Wood-Fired Grill has a delicious menu pla...
The CCRLD Board of Trustees will be holding a Special Meeting on Monday, November 22, 2021, starting at 7:00 pm to approve a minor correction to the 2022 Library Budget....
DAYTON—A truffle hunter (Nicolas Cage) who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. This very unusual film stars an almost unrecognizable Nicolas Cage. Rotten Tomatoes rates this movie as 97% favorable, and the audience gives it an 84%. Critics have described this movie as beguiling, confounding, ruminative and even a beautiful odyssey. However, audience reviews are very mixed, with some saying the movie is boring and slow, and others saying it was f...
DAYTON—Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. This is both a martial arts and superhero origin movie with lots of action. Critics note that this movie expands the Marvel cinematic universe because it is different than other Marvel movies. This movie has very good reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, 98% favorable from the audience, and a 92% from the critics. The movie is rated PG-...
City of Dayton Council Member #1 485 - Laura U. Aukerman 316 - Boe Stevenson 1 - Write-in Council Member #3 392 - Cindi John 424 - Teeny McMunn 3 - Write-in Council Member #5 514 - Marchand Hovrud 224 - Vicki Zoller (Write-in) City Council Member #7 391 - Fred Crowe 430 - Tyler Dieu 2 - Write-in Columbia County Port – Commissioner #1 546 - Shawn Brown 787 - Seth Bryan 1 - Write-in Commissioner #3 698 - Jack Miller 682 - Johnny Watts Dayton School District No. 2 School Director District #1 566 - David D Bailey 651 - Karinda Wallace 5 - W...
Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. This is both a martial arts and superhero origin movie with lots of action. Critics note that this movie expands the Marvel cinematic universe because it is different than other Marvel movies. This movie has very good reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, 98% favorable from the audience, and a 92% from the critics. The movie is rated PG-13 for s...
DAYTON—The Addams Family 2 is a sequel to the animated 2019 The Addams Family movie. In this new movie, the Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. A review from CNN describes this movie’s focus as an adventure that involves Addams daughter Wednesday (voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz), who is experiencing that coming-of-age phase when she dislikes her family. Her father, Gomez (Oscar Isaac) convinces wife Morticia (Charlize Theron) it’s time for a...
DAYTON—Columbia Pulp LLC has resumed operation of its first-of-its-kind mill near Dayton, Wash. Idled between April, 2020 and June, 2021 due to the pandemic, the company used that time to implement numerous process improvements and has resumed production. Columbia Pulp is now steadily increasing wet lap production and improving quality for delivery to customers. In addition to a sustainability story, the company has created over one hundred family-wage jobs while providing a revenue boost for local farmers and businesses. Columbia Gold fiber...
DAYTON—Wenaha Gallery is celebrating Halloween two days early on Friday, October 29. The gallery invites trick or treaters, costumed or not, to stop into the gallery anytime between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to pick up a special treat bag – no tricks involved. Framer Savonnah has created bags of chocolate and sweet treats that she is ready to hand out as soon as you walk through the door....
DAYTON—Bluewood announces Peter Korfiatis as the ski area’s new general manager, effective immediately. With a lifelong love of skiing and nearly a decade of experience in mountain managerial roles at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Korfiatis has returned to Washington State, where he was born and raised. “We are pleased and excited for Bluewood to welcome Pete to our family,” says Mike Stephenson, managing partner of the Bluewood ownership group. “He brings a huge wealth of knowledge and experience in the snow sports industry.” Korfiatis filled the...
DAYTON—The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce that they will be trick or treating all of the little ghouls and goblins in the neighborhood this Halloween! The CCSO is currently accepting candy donations at the front counter of the Sheriff’s Office now through the close of business day on Wednesday, October 27th. The Sheriff’s Office is unable to accept cash donations. Columbia County Fire District #3 will also be helping serve up hotdogs again this year, and Sheriff’s Office volunteers Liz Quigg and Vickie Zoller have a lo...
DAYTON-A Special Meeting of the City Council was held both in person and on Zoom at 6 PM, October 7. The single agenda item, Resolution No. 1480, would authorize the mayor to execute a Public Works contract with Don Jackson Excavation for the 1st Street Bridge riprap repair. Anderson Perry & Associates opened the bidding on September 30 receiving two bids. Don Jackson Excavation submitted the lowest bid for $52,300. FEMA will fund 75 % of the repair cost. Riprap is loose stone used to form a...
No Time to Die is the swan song for Daniel Craig as James Bond, and this movie has lots of action and adventure. Many critics are saying this is Craig’s best, and also most sensitive, Bond. The movie begins with Bond having left active service and enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with d...
Heather Hiebert was sworn in as a Dayton City Councilmember on September 29 by Mayor Zac Weatherford. Hiebert was selected to fill the seat that was left open after Delphine Bailey resigned in August. Hiebert has lived in Dayton since 1978 and has operated a business for many years. She has served on the Planning Commission, and volunteers at the Dayton Senior Center....
Cry Macho (based on the book by N. Richard Nash) is directed and stars Clint Eastwood. Eastwood plays a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder, who in 1978, takes a job to bring an ex-boss’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their back way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man. Some critics think Clint Eastwood is not the right lead f...
The 2021 global Manhattan Short Film Festival is coming to the Liberty Theater on Sept 24-26 and the 28th. This is the 24th year of this international annual film festival. The Liberty Theater in Dayton is one of 400 locations across the planet, showing this film festival for 11 days in late September. Dayton is the only location in eastern Washington to show this film festival more than one day (once in Spokane), and there are no showings in eastern Oregon. The selected ten finalist films vary...
Respect is an Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson. It follows Aretha’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom. RESPECT is a remarkable true story of the music icon’s journey to find her voice. Rotten Tomatoes critics rate this film as 68% favorable, with the audience at 95%. It has a PG-13 rating for mature thematic content, strong language including racial epithets, violence, suggestive material, and smoking. The runtime is 144 minutes. This movie shows September 17-19 and 21...
Free Guy is an adventure-comedy. Ryan Reynolds plays a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game and decides to become the hero of his own story... one he rewrites himself. Now in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it is too late. Rotten Tomatoes critics consider this movie “frivolous fun” and rate this 82% “fresh” or favorable, while the audience reviews rate it 95% favorable. This movie shows September 10, 11, 12, and 14 on Fri. &...
DAYTON—Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in our area, the Columbia County Rural Library District (CCRLD) will be switching to curbside-only service effective Thursday, September 2, 2021. The library and the Delany building will be closed to the public, but staff will still be available during normal business hours. Patrons wishing to check out materials are encouraged to place holds online or call the library directly. Holds placed by noon will be available for pick up the next business day. Please call to make an appointment to pick up you...
DAYTON—The use of facemasks for everyone five years of age and above at large events is reasonable and necessary in Columbia County to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Effective September 10, 2021 through September 12, 2021, all participants and spectators over five years of age must wear a face mask at all times while present at the Columbia County Fair. People exempt from this directive are people with a medical condition, mental health condition, developmental or cognitive condition, or a disability that prevents wearing a face c...
DAYTON—After closing the school’s doors to in-person learning on September 1, Dayton middle and high school’s remote learning has been extended through September 9. The district hopes to return to in-person learning on September 13. Elementary students will remain in in-person instruction. The announcement, made on the district’s website www.daytonsd.org, was made following a continued rise in COVID-19 cases in Columbia County. As of September 7, there were 33 active cases in the county. Public Health Administrator Martha Lanman told county...
