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Collective Visions" at Willow

March 4 through May 2, 2011, local artists Elizabeth Harris and Hans Matschukat will present their work "Collective Visions" at Willow, 2 E Rose Street, Walla Walla. The Opening Night Artists' Reception is Friday, March 4, from 5-8 p.m. Art talks begin at 6 p.m. There will also be an Artists' Reception on Friday, April 1, from 5-8 p.m. Demonstrations will begin at 6 p.m. For more information, visit willow-wallawalla.com.

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Relay for Life

Waitsburg Relay for Life team will be selling Waffle Cones from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Waitsburg High School during the Mat Rat wrestling tournament. Funds raised go to American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of the Blue Mountains. The local Relay for Life Kick-Off will be April 26 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Seneca Meeting Hall in Dayton. The fourth annual overnight RFL of the Blue Mountains event is scheduled for Sept. 17-18, 2011, at the Dayton Sports Field complex.

Casino Night

Casino Night will take place from 6 p.m. to midnight on March 5 in the Seneca Activities Building, Dayton. The evening will be complete with gaming, food, beverages and live entertainment. Visitors can try their luck at Blackjack, PaiGow Poker, Craps, Roulette, 4-5-6, Chuck-a-Luck, Wheel of Fortune and more. You must be 21 years of age to attend. All proceeds go to support the Touchet Valley Arts Council and the Liberty Theater. For more information, contact Joe Huether at (509) 386-7295. nnual Make- A- Wish Charity Ride & Snowmobile Bucket Ride

The Blue Mountain Sno- Mo Club is sponsoring its annual Make-A-Wish fundraiser and bucket run Sunday, March 6, starting at Touchet Corrals Sno-Park (below Bluewood) and ending at the Godman Shelter (you must have a snowmobile to participate). Sign-ups will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the sno-park. By donation only: burgers, hot dogs, and chili will be served at noon at the Godman Shelter, and prizes will be drawn at 1 p.m. For more information, contact LaRhonda McCauley at larhondamccauley@gmail.com or 509-522-6804.

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Dayton Community Garden

Anyone interested in learning more about the Community Garden Association is welcome to attend a meeting March 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Delany Room of the Dayton Memorial Library. Plots will be available beginning April 1.

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Annual Make-A-Wish Charity Ride & Snowmobile Bucket Ride

The Blue Mountain Sno- Mo Club is sponsoring its annual Make-A-Wish fundraiser and bucket run Sunday, March 6, starting at Touchet Corrals Sno-Park (below Bluewood) and ending at the Godman Shelter (you

must have a snowmobile to participate). Sign-ups will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the sno-park. By donation only: burgers, hot dogs, and chili

will be served at noon at the Godman Shelter, and prizes will be drawn at 1 p.m. For more information, contact LaRhonda McCauley at larhondamccauley@ gmail.com or 509-522-6804.

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Dayton Community Garden

Anyone interested in learning more about the

Community Garden Association is welcome to attend a meeting March 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Delany Room of the Dayton Memorial Library.

Plots will be available beginning April 1.

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The Blue Mountain Brix & Brew

The Dayton Chamber of Commerce announces its 2011 fundraising event, The Blue Mountain Brix & Brew Benefit Auction, Friday, March 11, at Dayton's Seneca Activity Center, 5:30 pm. Visitors will enjoy a Beer & Wine Social and Silent Auction, catered by Country Cupboard. The live auction begins at 7 p.m. Admittance is $25, tickets available from Chamber board members or at the Chamber office by calling 509-382-4825.

The auction is the Chamber's largest annual fundraiser, bringing needed revenue to the Chamber for events, advertising and promotions, plus operations throughout the year. The big auction item this year is a one week stay at a 1870s Farmhouse in Provence, France. Pacific Power is the Private Reserve Sponsor. For more details, call the Dayton Chamber of Commerce.

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Waitsburg Relay for Life team will sponsor St. Patrick's Day Bingo at Ye Towne Hall on Main Street in Waitsburg. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Bingo is from 5-7 p.m. Hearty soup and beverages will be available at reasonable prices. All proceeds go to Relay for Life. Contact Pam Conover at 509-337-8876 or Karen Huwe at 509-386-6960 for more information.

The Waitsburg Resource Center will have its Grand Opening - Open House on March 12 from 1-3 p.m. at 106 Preston Ave., behind AmericanWest Bank. The Waitsburg Resource Center aims to minister to the physical, relational and spiritual needs of the resident of the Waitsburg/ Prescott area. Attend the open house to learn more or contact Pam Conover at (509) 337-8876 for more information.

Harvest for Hunger

To help publicize a nationwide food drive, conducted by the Walla Walla Farmers' Co- Op parent company, CHS, the Farmers' Co-Op will hold a Parking Lot Extravaganzas on Saturday, March 12, from 10 a.m-2 p.m. For a food donation, they will be selling gas at a 20 percent discount to Co-op Card users and giving away hot dogs, Coke, popcorn and balloons. They will have activities for kids, such as face painting and the Bouncy Castle. And they invite any of their Partners in Local Business to participate by setting up a booth to promoting business.

CHS Country Operations will match local donations. For every dollar or pound of food donated, the Farmers' Co-Op will receive $1 to distribute to local food banks. The top donating business unit will receive double the local match, and second place will receive 1.5 times their local contribution for their communities.

Kathy Potter wants to hear from Co-Op partners with storefronts who would agree to put a food collection barrel at their location. Volunteers will be picking up the donations each night, so they won't accumulate at businesses. Those interested in helping out would also place a sign or poster at their location. Contact Potter at (509) 520-5408.

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Some Day My Prince Will Come

Christian Women's Connection will hold its monthly luncheon Wednesday, March 16, in the Youth Building at the Columbia County Fairgrounds from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The cost for this catered lunch, by Country Cupboard, is $9.

Attendees are invited to: "Come and enter the palace gates and be royally entertained" by Heather Sterns, a Dayton Memorial Library worker, who will present her Irish folk music. Stearns will be singing as well as playing her musical instrument. April McNeil, writer, martial arts instructor and speaker, will be the special feature and will share some "self defense" strategies.

Reservations are needed. Call Judy Jackson by noon Tuesday, March 8, at (509) 399-2005. Please honor your reservation, "gift" it to a friend, or call Jackson by noon Monday, March 14, to cancel. Babysitting is available. Let Jackson know it is needed at time of reservation.

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Reviewing Broadway

The Liberty Theater in Dayton will present its annual Spring Variety Show Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. A cast of over 60 people, ages 5 to 75, including the Berney Elementary School Choir, will present song and dance numbers from 18 Broadway classics, 1904 to the present. Tickets are on sale now at the Liberty Theater 509- 382-1380 or online at www. libertytheater.org.

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Spring Ham Bingo Night From 4-8 p.m. in the Dayton

Elementary School Multipurpose Room, the Blue Mountain Heritage Society, VFW Post 5549 and the Dayton Legion Post 42 will present their annual Spring Ham Bingo Night. The doors open at 3 p.m. Half-a-Hog Flimsie Blackouts, ham and prizes for every Hard Card Winner. Bring up to three cans of food for the Dayton Food Bank and receive three flimsies. Hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks and desserts are available for purchase (no outside food or drinks allowed). Child care available in the High School Gym. All proceeds go to support the Veterans Memorial and the Blue Mountain Heritage Society's Smith Hollow Schoolhouse project.

Bluegrass Is For the Birds

A benefit concert for the Walla Walla Aviary will take place at 2 p.m. in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door and at Mandrakes Antiques, next door to Hot Poop in Walla Walla. Local bands The Blue Mountain Troublemakers, The Rezonators and The Ryegrass String Band will play.

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Bluegrass Is For the Birds A benefi t concert for the Walla Walla Aviary will take place at 2 p.m. in the Waitsburg High School Auditorium.

Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door and at Mandrakes Antiques, next door to Hot Poop in Walla Walla. Local bands The Blue Mountain Troublemakers, The Rezonators and

The Ryegrass String Band will play.