Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s, and visitors are welcome.

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s, and visitors are welcome.

The Dalles Cascade Singers and The-Almost-All-Irish-Almost-All-Brass-Band present the annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser at St. Peter’s Landmark.

Kiwanis Programs for March, 2025

Co-owners Chuck and Debra Gomez have restored the art deco theater into a performing arts venue.  A band appearing on the evening of Feb. 22 necessitated the earlier starting time for the history program.

This gravestone above lies behind the Columbia Gorge Community College sign on the Scenic Drive curve at the college's entrance in The Dalles.  It lies outside the upper boundary of Pioneer Cemetery.

But why?

“The China Crew at the Seufert Brothers Cannery” is topic of the Saturday, Feb. 8 Regional History Forum at the Original Wasco County Courthouse. The photo shows the bunkhouse for Chinese workers, brought to The Dalles by labor contractors for the seasonal salmon runs.

Kiwanis Programs February 2025

Lookout towers will be featured in the first Regional History Forum program at the Original Wasco County Courthouse Saturday, Feb. 1. Forum begins at 1:30 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom of the 1859 courthouse, 410 West 2nd Place, The Dalles.

Forums detail original regional lookout towers for wildland fires, Chinese teams that spurred Seufert Cannery success, an ill-fated trip to Walla Walla that led to the death of a local jewish merchant and a deep dive into the Granada Theatre.

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s and visitors are welcome.

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s and visitors are welcome.

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s and visitors are welcome.

The Dalles Kiwanis Club hosts its annual Steak Feed Thursday after Labor Day, this year Sept. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Sorosis Park.

Kiwanis Programs August 2024

Kiwanis Programs for July 2024

Kiwanis meetings are held every Thursday at noon at Spooky’s and visitors are welcome

The Story Behind ‘Chicken Charlie’s’ Island” is the topic of the first program of the Original Wasco County Courthouse 2024 history forum.  The program begins at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 at the 1859 Courthouse, 410 West 2nd Place in The Dalles.  

Functionality and maintenance become greater challenges as years go by, and the life expectancy of this venerable structure turned out to be a mixed blessing.  It’s a lovely, substantial, well-built building, adequate for its time. But times change.