🌱 How a 52% water allotment could reshape Sunnyside-area farms
Sunnyside, Washington Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Sunnyside! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 52% water allotment could reshape Sunnyside-area farms
- How a Sunnyside hotel’s quiet conversion could reshape farmworker housing
- Meet the Sunnyside senior tearing up Valley soccer scoreboards
Also on today's calendar: The Book and Barrel Book Club and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: Where did the two roofs meet? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 79 and low of 49 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 81, low: 47.
- Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Yakima basin irrigation outlook steady as water rationing nears (capitalpress.com) — Farmers served by Sunnyside-based Roza Irrigation District are bracing for a fourth straight water-short season, with junior water-right holders across the Yakima basin projected to receive just 52% of normal supplies. Roza plans a canal shutdown of up to 15 days once rationing starts, hoping that conservation will keep water deliveries going into late September or early October. 
• New farmworker housing emerges in Sunnyside amid labor and immigration shifts (yakimaherald.com) — Sunnyside’s FairBridge Inn & Suites is quietly being converted into dorm-style housing for H-2A farmworkers, following new federal rules that let employers deduct housing costs from paychecks. Local advocates and labor groups are split, with some growers citing worker shortages and security, while others worry about fewer jobs and lower wages for Sunnyside-area farmworkers already struggling to find work.
• Prep Spotlights: Sunnyside Johnny Licona and Highland's Elsa Emmans (yakimaherald.com) — Sunnyside soccer standout Johnny Licona just scored four goals in a 7-1 win over West Valley, leading the Grizzlies to their third straight victory and fourth in five games. The senior now has 10 goals, tops among the Valley’s four CBBN teams, while Highland hurdler Elsa Emmans continues to post some of the region’s best times.
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★ Featured events ★
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Grief Support Group at Sunnyside Assisted Living →
Sunnyside Assisted Living, 907 Ida Belle St, Sunnyside
4:00 pm
Tuesday May 19
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Other local events
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The Book and Barrel Book Club →
McKinley Springs Winery, 357 Port Ave, Prosser
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LEGADO 7, LOS AUSTEROS DE DURANGO & MAS →
La Nueva Centinela, 3510 Gap Rd, Outlook
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Grief Support Group in Sunnyside →
Sunnyside Senior Citizen Center, 1400 Federal Way, Sunnyside
10:00 am
Friday May 29
Sunday May 31
Tuesday June 2
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Birds of Prey Vineyard Walk →
Dineen Vineyards, 2980 Gilbert Rd, Zillah
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Eisenhower JV Baseball @ Sunnyside →
Sunnyside High School, 1801 E Edison Ave, Sunnyside
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Over the Barrel →
Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center, 2140A Wine Country Rd, Prosser
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Spring Carma Club Release Party-Prosser →
Mercer Wine Estates, 3100 Lee Rd, Prosser
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Spring 2026 Semester Critique and Evaluation Period (CEP)
Yakima Valley College - Grandview Campus 2025-2026 Academic Calendar -
Spring 2026 Semester Final Grade Entry Begins
Yakima Valley College - Grandview Campus 2025-2026 Academic Calendar
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Campus Clean Up
Yakima Valley College - Grandview Campus 2025-2026 University Wide Events
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Spring 2026 Semester Ends-Final Day of Spring Semester
Yakima Valley College - Grandview Campus 2025-2026 Academic Calendar
Saturday May 9
Sunday May 10
Monday May 11
Wednesday May 13
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- In early April, invasive golden mussels were intercepted by watercraft inspectors in Oregon (pictured, photo by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife).
First detected in the U.S. in 2024 in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the mussels have since spread south, but this interception confirms… (Nextdoor )
- Ross Stores posted a job opening for Area Supervisor in Sunnyside. Apply here.
- Astria Health posted a job opening for Medical Office Assistant - Clinic - Req# 2117932120 in Sunnyside. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sunnyside here.
🗞 Nearby News
Prosser
- Man who shot Prosser officer 7 years ago sentenced for ‘brazen acts of violence' (tri-cityherald.com)
- Tigers fall in first round of districts (thenewstribune.com)
- Los jefes in Washington's fruit industry (goodfruit.com)
Union Gap
- Water forecast in the Yakima Basin remains at 52%; new state 'water future' effort in the works (yakimaherald.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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