Summer visitors to Stonehenge Memorial, which overlooks the Columbia River near Goldendale, may have noticed some unexpected color among the site’s usual gray and brown landscape: Red poppies.

Maryhill Museum of Art hosts the Festival of Fiber Arts on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the culminating event of the community-based art project, Exquisite Gorge Project II: Fiber Arts.

The White Salmon Valley Community Library’s gallery is open for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a show highlighting the life and art of local artist Diane Gadway, who passed away in 2018.

The 87th annual Glenwood Ketchum Kalf Rodeo was a great one. It was a bit windy, but we’ll take that over rain any day.

Scenes from the Saturday, May 29 Lyle Pioneer Days 2022.

Our Glenwood school typically has classes with small numbers of students, and, every so often, we only have one senior graduating. Such is the case this year, as James Griffin, son of Kara and Dan, finishes his senior year here at Glenwood High School.

Klickitat County Solid Waste Department hosts “Backyard Composting Training” online May 24 from 5:30-6:30 p.m., with Pete DuBois. Learn how to have a successful backyard composting system — and bring your questions or issues. To register, visit klickitatcounty.org/374/Solid-Waste; scroll to …

On Saturday, May 21, Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center marks its 27th anniversary and membership meeting from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum, located in Stevenson. Admission is free.

Glenwood had a full and busy week, starting with the middle school track meet at Eldred Field on Tuesday, April 21. I don’t have the results for our Eagles middle school athletes, but I think they all did really well, despite the rain and wind. Our kids are tough. The high school Eagles host…

The White Salmon Arts Council hosts artist, designer and educator Julie Beeler for its spring Art Chat on Thursday, April 28 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Bingen Grange, 323 E. Steuben St., Bingen.

I really enjoy keeping in touch with former Glenwood students. Last week, my Tuesday was made brighter by a phone call from 2020 graduate and sweet friend Brooklyn Emerson. It was great to hear her voice and catch up on all the happenings in her very full life. Brooklyn, daughter of Cheyenne…

Starting in May, Klickitat County Senior Services is resuming congregate lunches. In Lyle, Senior Lunch will be held Tuesdays beginning May 3 at the Lyle Lions Community Center. The meals will be served every Tuesday; doors open at 8 a.m., with lunch served at noon. There is a suggested dona…

The eighth annual Skamania County Reads kicked off April 1 with copies of this year’s title, “The Music of Bees,” available at the Stevenson Community Library, 120 N.W. Vancouver Ave. Once you’ve read the book, you’re asked to bring it back to the library so others can read it, too.

BINGEN — A call for volunteers, partners and sponsors is being made to support the Community Cleanup of Bingen-White Salmon, which celebrates its 26th anniversary this year and will be held Friday and Saturday, April 22-23, in Bingen.

There’s so much good news to share this week, I don’t know quite where to start. The 2022 Klickitat County Cattleman’s Banquet, held on Saturday, March 26, was a big night for several members of our community. Association President Travis Miller put in countless hours with his committees to …

Local artist Marilyn Bolles kicks off the 2022 temporary gallery display at Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum, 990 S.W. Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson, throughout the months of April and May.

On Saturday, March 5, a huge gathering of family and friends celebrated the life of Ray Lemley. Ray’s children and grandchildren prepared a beautiful service in the Glenwood School gym. Some of Ray Jr.’s very moving music accompanied a slide show of the rich, full, good life Ray lived. The s…

I received a call asking me to notify Lyle residents that an unknown person entered a resident’s fenced yard and placed dead fish where the landowner’s dogs were let out each day. The caller was adamant that this could be a hazard to the dog’s health and wanted others to be aware and check t…

The Klickitat County high school and junior high school rodeo athletes and their parents would like to extend their gratitude and thankfulness to all who supported their taco dinner/dessert auction/silent auction fundraiser on Feb. 19. Parents from Glenwood collected many auction donations f…

Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour on March 13 — be ready for church!

I’ve received an answer to last week’s search in identifying the object uncovered on the corner of Washington and 10th Street here in Lyle. Frankie Roth, living on that property for many years, called to let me know that the structure was used by propane dealers about in the late 1960s and ‘…

Our Glenwood school is such a vital part of our small community, so it was heart-warming to see the great support for the levy vote last week. Thank you, Glenwood voters, for recognizing the need to support our school so the children can have programs that would not be possible without all of you.

Another Glenwood kid is having a very successful college year. Liam McLaughlin, son of Jay and Bridget, was named to the Academic Distinction list for Whitman College in Walla Walla for the fall semester. To earn a place on this list, students must have completed and passed a minimum of 12 c…

Lyle Community Council meets on the second Tuesdays at the Lyle Activity Center at 6:30 p.m. They are working hard to find safe ways for pedestrians to cross Highway 14 to get to what they are now calling “Klickitat Spit.” Never heard it called that before, but hey, it’s gotta be called some…

Things have calmed down considerably since our big snowstorm and power outage. In fact, things are almost too quiet. I’m sure there are some folks having lots of fun on their snow machines, and high school basketball is charging through the season. Or, I should say “was” charging through. He…