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🌱 Quincy's Veterans Day show takes a time-traveling musical turn

Quincy, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Quincy's Veterans Day show takes a time-traveling musical turn
  • Quincy's power project: Bring your questions to the town hall
  • Soldier gets 70 years for deadly Gorge campground shooting

Also on today's calendar: Sip & Stroll Art Exhibition Continues and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 55 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Thursday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 54, low: 39.
  • Friday: Cloudy, with a high of 58 and low of 41 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. ‘Excellent adventure' (columbiabasinherald.com) — Veterans get free admission to tonight's time-traveling USO tribute at Quincy Middle School's performing arts center, starting at 7 p.m. Veterans Operation Creation's show brings impersonations of entertainers across the decades, with tickets otherwise $10, or $5 for students and seniors. Organizers warn of possible strobe lights and combat noises.
   

2. Port of Quincy energy project update at Nov. 19 open house (columbiabasinherald.com) — Quincy residents can question port officials about a proposed power-generation project at a Nov. 19 town hall, as available electricity limits new connections in Grant County. The meeting starts at 5 p.m. at the Quincy Business and Events Center, 115 F St. SW. Officials say the project's location remains undecided.
   

3. US Army soldier pleads guilty to 2023 Gorge campground shooting that left 2 dead, 3 others injured (krem.com) — The soldier responsible for the 2023 Gorge campground shooting near Quincy has been sentenced to 70 years in military confinement. James Kelly pleaded guilty at his court-martial to charges stemming from the attack, which killed Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz and injured three others.
   

4. Grant County Jail Roster for Nov. 9, 2026 (columbiabasinherald.com) — Quincy and Mattawa police booked Carlos Alberto Magdeleno Cano, 38, on Nov. 7 on allegations of interfering with reporting domestic violence and fourth-degree domestic violence assault, according to the Grant County jail roster. The countywide list covers bookings from Nov. 5–9 and notes that all subjects are presumed innocent.
   

5. Data center developers brace for new reality as election backlash sinks in (geekwire.com) — Sabey brought skeptical Indianapolis residents to its Quincy data center to hear from locals, one example of developers' growing outreach efforts. After voters nationwide backed tighter restrictions, Washington lawmakers are preparing another regulatory push in January, with electric costs, water use and transparency among the issues under discussion.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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