Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Monday, March 16 2026

Your daily local update for Quincy, George, Winchester, Crescent Bar, Sunland Estates, and the entire 98848 community.

Today’s highlights:

• 🌥 Weather: Mostly cloudy with a high near 58°. Slight chance of rain between 8 AM and 2 PM. Lighter winds than the weekend.

• 🥎 Jack Sports: Tough weekend for Quincy soccer and baseball, but huge congratulations to the Quincy 5th Grade AAU Girls Basketball Team for taking 3rd place at the State Tournament in Spokane.

• 🐼 Today’s Fun Holidays: National Panda Day and National Act Happy Day — a good reminder to spread a little positivity on a Monday.

• ☕ Senior Center Today: Coffee Hour (10 AM), Line Dancing (1 PM), and Bridge (2:15 PM).

• 📚 Citizenship Class: Weekly U.S. Citizenship Study Group at the Quincy Public Library helping residents prepare for the naturalization test.

• ⛑ Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Course: Begins tonight through the Quincy Parks & Rec Department (limited spots available).

• 🎶 School Event Tonight: QHS/QMS Festival Choir Concert at the Quincy High School PAC at 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

• 🏛 City Council Tomorrow: Quincy City Council meets Tuesday at 6 PM at City Hall. Residents are encouraged to attend and stay involved.

• 🎣 Coming Soon: The 17th Annual Trout Fishing Derby returns March 27–28, hosted by Quincy Hardware & Lumber and the Quincy Chamber.

• 🎤 Weekend Event: Live music with Corral Creek at the George Community Hall this Saturday.

• 🏃 Register Today: Last day to guarantee a shirt for the Caveman Roar & Pour 5K Fun Run & Wine Event on April 25 at Cave B Estate Winery.

• 🚑 Community Training: Free Narcan training at the Quincy Public Library on March 23 from the Grant County Health District.

Upcoming Jack Sports

• ⛳ Monday: Quincy Jacks Golf vs Grandview – 1 PM at Sunnyside Golf Course

• 🥎 Tuesday: Lady Jacks Softball vs Cascade (home) – 4 PM

• ⚽ Tuesday: Jacks Soccer vs Eastmont – 7 PM in East Wenatchee

• ⚾ Tuesday: Varsity Baseball vs Warden (home) – 4:30 PM

Quote of the Day – Jim Rohn

“Happiness is not a chance, it’s a choice.”

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Transcript

Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Monday, March 16 2026

Speaker: [00:00:00] Good morning, Quincy. Today is Monday, March 16th, 2026. This is your daily local update for Quincy George Winchester, Crescent Bar, Sunland states, and all of the 9 8 8 4 8. If it matters to our community, we're talking about it. In the next few minutes, we'll cover today's weather. What's happening around town school, sports and activities, schools, city council, police, fire, church community, and local business news.

Whether you're heading to work, getting the kids out the door, or just easing into your day, we're here to just help you stay connected to what's happening in our community. Grab your coffee, get ready for your day, and let's start with today's weather forecast. Starting a little warmer this morning.

Currently 39 here at the studio. A slight chance of rain between 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Mostly cloudy today with a high near 58, little bit warmer than [00:01:00] this weekend light and variable winds becoming southwest of five to eight miles per hour in the afternoon. Those wind gusts that we had all weekend are slowing down a little bit for now.

Knock on wood. Chance of precipitation is 20% today. Gonna be a nice day. Tonight's mostly cloudy with low around 40 Southwest wind around six miles per hour. Y'all ready for this

in your Jack Sports recap? Our Quincy lady Jack softball game was canceled on Saturday. Our Quincy Jack soccer teams and baseball teams suffered some tough losses this weekend. It's the beginning of the season. You'll get 'em next time. Jax huge congratulations to our Quincy fifth grade A a u girls basketball team.

Over 350 total teams fourth through eighth grade. Were all at the A A U State [00:02:00] Basketball Tournament in Spokane this week, last weekend. And Quincy's fifth grade a a u girls basketball team took third in state in their division. Team members are Janessa Flores, Mila Nuno, Grace Keller, Maisie Diaz, Eva Buckley, Sophie Reyes, Addison Beer Locker, Emma Flores, Brooke Brown, Mila Serrano.

Go Jack

today. If you need a reason to celebrate today is National Pan Today. And who doesn't love a cute pan video and it's also National Act Happy Day, which is a great time to watch Pana videos because let's face it, pandas are just so darn cute and make everybody happy celebrating act Happy Day. Offers a wonderful opportunity to spread joy and positivity.

I know it's Monday, so, hey, here's your bump to have a better Monday. Go out today. Let's make the world a brighter [00:03:00] place around us. Give out our extra smiles, give out some grace to those around you, and enjoy your Monday today around Quincy. The Quincy Senior Center has several events as always, and on Monday, today they're hosting Coffee Hour at 10:00 AM.

Line dancing at 1:00 PM. They also host Bridge on Mondays at two 15. If you'd like to know the menu for each day, we have it posted on our website at Welcome to quincy wall.com. In the note section. If you're interested in becoming a citizen of the United States, the Quincy Public Library is excited to announce they're hosting United States Citizenship Study Group.

This weekly class citizenship class will help you prepare for the newest version of the naturalization test. Get up to date information, review eligibility requirements, and study US history and civics, which can be a little bit confusing, so it's always good to have some help with or anybody. All materials and resources are provided in the classes in English only.

The class meets starting at 4:30 [00:04:00] PM on March 9th. For complete schedule, visit our local library and if you didn't make this round, you can still reach out to them and see if spots are still available. I haven't confirmed that that is closed off yet, so reach out to the library, talk to those wonderful people over there and see if there's still room in that class.

If that's something you're interested in. The Quincy Rec Department would like to announce the Red Cross Woman Nose First Aid class starting today from six to 9:00 PM to 16 hour class. That will help you assess and provide initial treatment for ill or injured people in remote environments where definitive care is not readily available.

This is a two year Red Cross certification, but it has a prerequisite of having your CPR and first aid card already. Cost is a hundred dollars per person, which covers books and material and there are only 10 spots available. I dunno what the current status of that is, but it starts today. So to register, email recreation at Quincy Washington [00:05:00] US are call 5 0 9 7 8 7 3 5 2 3 extension five.

And talk to Russ and those wonderful people over at the rec department and see if there's still space for the class. It's Monday. So I've got a particularly great bad joke for you this morning because we could all use a little levity on Monday. What do you call a cow with a Twitch beef jerky

in upcoming events? Tomorrow, March 17th at the Quincy Valley Medical Center Rural Imaging Services offering complete cardiovascular screening. This affordable comprehensive screening can help prevent heart attacks and strokes. If you have questions, call 5 0 9 9 8 9 3 8 4 4. If you're looking for something fun to do with a group of friends, the Quincy Valley Historical [00:06:00] Society is happy to share another great escape room with us.

The title is Escape Room 77 17 76. We'll see if I can get that right and it's located at the Quincy Valley Historical Society and Museum at four 15 F Street Southwest. Reserve your time now. Maximum group size is five people, ages eight and older, and costs $35 per group. Details on registration can be found on the Quincy Valley Historical Society Facebook page.

If you're looking for a fun family activity on Saturday, March 21st. The George Community Hall would like to welcome you to a concert by the band Corral Creek. I said that wrong the first time. I'm so sorry. But Corral Creek will be performing at the George Community Hall. A mission is $5 for adults, kids 12 and younger at 10.

Free doors open at 4:30 PM and the concert starts at 5:00 PM. Refreshments will be served during the intermission and there will be a hat passed around [00:07:00] to think, bam. So come on down to the George Community Hall and enjoy some great music this coming weekend. The Grant County Health District is coming to the Quincy Public Library on Monday, March 23rd.

That's next week from two 30 to 3:30 PM to offer free max long training in our community. This one hour session will be presented both English and Spanish, making it possible for everybody who wants to learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. This is an empowering opportunity to learn a skill that can save lives, bring a friend, spread the word, and help strengthen our community.

Let's show up for each other and build a safer, more informed Quincy. Together. Quincy Valley Tourism is happy to announce the 17th annual Trout Fishing Derby on March 27th and 28th. With prices given for youth and adult divisions, registrations available online. This annual event is put on by Quincy Hardware and Lumber and the Quincy Chamber of Commerce.

It's time to [00:08:00] break out those fishing poles. Go have some fun and get involved. This annual event is coming the 27th and the 28th. Don't miss the opportunity. It's gonna be a lot of fun. The Quincy Rec Department is excited to announce the first ever battle at the net adult four versus four coed volleyball tournament.

Put your team of five together, register and get ready for a fun day of games. There's only 12 team positions available in the deadline to register. Is March 28th with the tournament happening Saturday the 11th? This is a save of the date announcement for the Caman roar and poor 5K prole fun run and wine tasting event on April 25th at the KB State Winery.

This annual event's a lot of fun. You do not have to be a se serious runner, a serious 5K person, a serious trail run person. In fact, this event is a whole lot more fun if you aren't real serious. Come dressed up as a caveman or not. Like I said, not a serious event, but it is a whole lot of fun to [00:09:00] deal with a group of friends register before March 16th.

That's today to guarantee an event shirt. I know my wife still loves to wear hers from her times going to the fun run, so get registered today, locking your shirt, grab a group of friends and go have a roaring good time. Here's your friendly reminder. Wear green tomorrow to celebrate St. Patty's Day. Ah, yes.

St. Patty's Day is here. It's upon us and it's tomorrow. So wear your green. Don't get pinched. I know. Don't know if they're allowed to pinch you at your work, but I've certainly been pinched in the past. So break out the green tomorrow. Celebrate St. Patty's Day safely and have some fun. Before we jump into upcoming Quincy Jacks life, we're gonna cover city admin news announcements, and then we'll jump into upcoming Quincy Jack sports and events in City News tomorrow, there's a Quincy City Council meeting.

Meetings are open to the public [00:10:00] and are held on the first and third Tuesdays every month at 6:00 PM at the City Hall Council Chambers located at 1 0 4 B Street, Southwest in Quincy. Come get involved, meet the people like our mayor, our fire chief, our police chief. Everybody else who makes up our city council, who make decisions here in our town, be involved in the decisions going on in our city and be informed.

It's a great opportunity. It's usually only about an hour, but it is an incredible chance for you to plug in and take some charge. What's happening in our town?[00:11:00] 

In school news, join us tonight at 7:00 PM at the Quincy High School Pack. For the Q-H-S-Q-M-S Festival Choir concert, this is a chance to hear and celebrate all of our student musicians, including our state bound regional winners as they prepare for upcoming large group festival. This event is free to the public and will be live streamed on the QSD YouTube page.

Tonight is also Developmental Preschool Family Night at Ancient Lakes Elementary at 4:30 PM and it's still fundraising season. The Quincy Band is still having their UN fundraiser 2026, where you're invited to make any sizable donation to support our great band department. Come listen to 'em tonight, you'll find out why it's worth supporting[00:12:00] 

this week in upcoming Jack Sports and Events today, our Quincy Jacks golf team plays against Grandview High School. At 1:00 PM at the Sunnyside Golf Course tomorrow, our Quincy Lady Jacks softball team will play at home at 4:00 PM against Loveworth Cascade High School. Quincy Jack's soccer team is playing in East Wenatchee at 7:00 PM against Eastmont High School and the Quincy Jacks varsity baseball team plays at home at four 30 against Warden High School.

And those are your upcoming Jack Sports for tonight and tomorrow. Go Jacks.

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