March 2017
Volume 5 • Issue 2
Chaplaincy Health Care to open thrift store in downtown Kennewick BY SENIOR TIMES
Sandstone Soups now served at Atomic Bowl
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Artistry in Wood show March 18-19
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Bus tour reservations underway for Sandhill Crane Festival Page 13
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A new thrift store will open in downtown Kennewick to benefit a nonprofit providing hospice, palliative and grief care. Chaplaincy Health Care will open Repeat Boutique on Friday, March 31. The store will feature gently-used clothing and accessories for men, women and children, household items, furniture, home décor and more. “Very often we have families who have items they’d like to donate after a loved one passes and for the longest time, we just couldn’t take them. A year or so ago we started having some serious conversations about opening a store; a location became available and things just started falling into place,” said Gary Castillo, executive director of Chaplaincy Health Care. Repeat Boutique will be located in the former Purple Parasol store at 22 W. Kennewick Ave. The formal wear store’s owners retired last fall after 35 years in business. They donated a modest selection of new wedding gowns and formal wear — evening gowns and prom dresses — to the new store. Repeat Boutique customers can peruse the gowns by appointment only. “The store owners knew we were going to lease the space. They were incredibly generous,” said Leslie Streeter, director of communications for Chaplaincy Health Care. Revenue from Repeat Boutique sales will be used to enhance and support hospice services, both in-home and at the hospice house in Kennewick. Customers who visit downtown Kennewick’s other thrift stores likely will add Repeat Boutique to their shopping circuit, Streeter said. uCHAPLAINCY, Page 10
Shannon Rhodes, center, squeezes mayonnaise onto a sandwich for a customer at the Senior Dining Café in Richland. New volunteers Beverly Beattie of Richland, left, and Nadine Highland recently learned how to prepare food in the new café at 1834 Fowler St.
New café opens to serve seniors with extended meal options, hours BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz
Red carnations decorated the tables in the bright dining area as two volunteers learned how to prepare food behind the counter of the new Senior Dining Café in Richland. Meals on Wheels, a program of Senior Life Resources Northwest, operates the cheery eatery at 1834 Fowler St. The café is the eighth dining center option for seniors and the only one to
offer menu choices, extended lunch hours and no-reservation requirements. It opened Jan. 30. Menu options include traditional senior meals — the same foods prepared for noontime crowds at seven different dining sites around Benton and Franklin counties — as well as a soup, salad and sandwich combination, or a chef salad meal. Also available are ala carte items, including soup, salads and sandwiches. uCAFÉ, Page 2
Volunteers breathe new life into Kennewick historical museum BY KRISTINA LORD editor@tcjournal.biz
A quarter-scale model of a Tyrannosaurus rex. A local radio station’s vinyl record collection. Homesteading farming tools. The school bell from the old Finley school south of town. Old yearbooks and framed Kennewick High class photos formerly on display at O’Henry’s Go Go restaurant. An extensive arrowhead collection. An elaborate wreath woven from the hair of multiple people.
They’re among the 10,000 items on display at the East Benton County Historical Museum, located just east of Keewaydin Park. The museum re-opened Saturday, March 4 after being closed for a month to redesign several of the exhibits in the 5,000-square-foot gallery. Built in 1982, the museum is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. “Our collection is immense. We have so many items that rather than overwhelm you, we wanted to edit the items on display,” said Stephanie Button, the museum’s administrative director. uMUSEUM, Page 8
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