August 2016
Volume 4 • Issue 8
Convoy of Hope to provide food, services to those in need By Senior Times staff
Attend the Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo
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History, charm bring visitors to Dayton
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New name, image for The Chaplaincy
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Don’t miss it Sept. 15 All Senior Picnic TRAC facility, Pasco Buttons on sale at area senior centers.
More than 7,000 people in need throughout the region can receive free groceries, health services, haircuts, family portraits, veteran and job services as well as a hot meal at this year’s Convoy of Hope event in Kennewick. The Aug. 13 event opens to the pubic at 10 a.m. and goes until supplies run out at the east end of Columbia Park at the band shell area. All who attend will receive a free lunch. This year organizers expect to provide $1 million worth of goods and services, thanks to the generosity of local businesses, churches, government agencies and nonprofits. No identification or proof of need is required and everyone is welcome, organizers said. Medical and dental screenings will be available, as well as counseling and information about housing assistance. Guests also can receive prayer and support from Tri-City area churches. A dozen large tents will provide shade for visitors and free shuttles are available. Shuttles service begins at 9 a.m. from these Ben Franklin Transit centers: Kennewick’s Dayton Transfer Center; Pasco’s 22nd Avenue Transit Center; and Richland’s Knight Street Transit Center. “This is a true community effort based wholly on volunteers and donations. It does not involve any local public funds,” organizers said in a release. “The purpose of this day of hope is to share with others what they need so they can know that this community cares about them.” The event also will feature a supervised Kids Zone with jump houses and organized activities. About 2,500 backpacks were given away last year to school children and more than 8,000 meals were served. uHOPE, Page 8
Hear the swinging sounds of the Glenn Miller Orchestra on Aug. 20 in John Dam Plaza in Richland.
Swingin’ sounds of Glen Miller Orchestra coming to Richland By Senior Times staff The popular big band sounds of the Glen Miller Orchestra come to Richland on Aug. 20 at the HAPO Community Stage in John Dam Plaza. Miller’s recordings of In The Mood, Chattanooga Choo Choo, A String of Pearls, Moonlight Serenade and Tuxedo Junction were all major hit records. Miller played to sell out crowds, and his music dominated the airwaves in the early 1940s. The Miller Estate formed the present Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1956 following strong popular demand aroused as a result of the successful motion picture, The Glenn Miller Story, starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The band has been touring consistently since, playing an average of 300 live dates a year around the globe to millions of fans.
The man behind the band disappeared on Dec. 15, 1944, over the English Channel on a flight from London to Paris at the height of his popularity. He was a captain in the Army Air Corps who worked to modernize the Army band to improve the morale of the men. He organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band and gave 800 performances. Of these, 500 were broadcasts heard by millions. Gates for the Richland concert open at 6 p.m. and the show runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Unassigned seating will be provided and will be first come, first serve. Tickets are $17.50 each with additional fees applied, or $25 at the door. Tickets are available online at Eventbrite.com. For more information, call Sherry Gartside at 509-942-7462.
By Jeff Morrow for Senior Times If you’re not looking for it, you don’t see it. But Bryan Ketcham, director of Catholic Charities Housing Services (CCHS) out of the Diocese of Yakima, sees the homelessness and crowded living conditions people endure up and down the Yakima Valley. And that’s why he’s excited about the newest CCHS project: a 60-unit housing development for senior citizens in Prosser. The Prosser Senior Housing project will be an affordable, multi-family rental housing development for low-income
seniors age 55 and older. To qualify, those seniors must earn 50 percent or less of the area median income. There will be 26 one-bedroom units and 34 two-bedroom units at the new complex. All units are set to be American Disabilities Act compliant, or ADA convertible, allowing seniors as they age to stay in their units. The project is located just off of Wine Country Road near the Les Schwab Tire Store. uHOUSING, Page 6
Catholic Charities to break ground on Prosser senior housing project
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