Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Wednesday, April 8 2026

Good Morning Quincy, WA – Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Your daily local update for Quincy, George, Winchester, Crescent Bar & Sunland Estates.

Today’s highlights:

• 🌤 Weather: Sunny with a high near 67°, clear tonight with a low around 41°

• ⚾ Sports: Jacks baseball falls to Othello; soccer wins Battle of the Basin; strong showing in track & field

• 🃏 Around Town: Senior Center bridge at 12:30 PM, Chat & Stitch at 1 PM, and $6 sushi rolls at Aikens

• 💃 Community: Line dancing lessons tonight in George (6–7:30 PM, $10)

• 🎁 Local Fun: WaFd Bank giveaway—win lunch at Murphy’s Corner (enter by April 13)

• 🏛 Public Meeting: Port of Quincy commissioners meeting tonight at 4 PM (open to public)

• 🧩 Rec Activity: Spring Mega Q Hunt continues with digital challenges all month

• 🍕 Business Update: Monkey Around Pizza temporarily closed due to water damage

• 🚓 Safety Alert: High visibility law enforcement patrols scheduled April 10–12 & April 17–19

• 🚧 City Update: Jackrabbit St NE temporarily reopening before final construction closure

• 💦 Summer Jobs: Lifeguard & swim instructor applications open for the Aquatics Center (age 15+)

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Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Wednesday, April 8 2026

Speaker: [00:00:00] Good morning, Quincy. Today is Wednesday, April 8th, 2026, and welcome to another Hump Day edition of Good Morning Quincy WA Newscast. This is your local daily 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 activity, school, 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 help you stay connected to what's happening in our community.

Grab your coffee, get ready for your today, and let's start with today's forecast. Currently 42 here at the studio, colder out towards George or down by the river and with clear skies. It's [00:01:00] actually definitely feeling colder this morning than it actually is. Today's supposed to be sunny with a high near 67.

Gentle wins today and tonight we're gonna be mostly clear with a low around 41. Y'all ready for this

in your Jack Sports Recap. Our Jacks baseball team took a loss at home last night against Othello. Track and field. Our lady Jacks barely lost by two while our jacks won 81 46 in soccer last night. We had the Battle of the Basin and our Jacks varsity team won three to two while our JV team won five zero Go Jack Jazz.

If you are looking for a reason to celebrate, although we have a pretty good [00:02:00] start for that with our win, the Battle of the Bass last night, today is National Pygmy Hippo Day. Yes, they're adorable. If you don't know what a pygmy hippie hippo is, be sure to google that 'cause it's just a cuter, smaller version of a hippo, which is good because real hippos are kind of horrifying.

It is also National Empanada Day and it's National Zoo Lovers Day. Now, I was contemplating on how we can put this together, and it did occur to me that Woodland Park Zoo over in Seattle is open currently. So if you can find the right stand, maybe you can enjoy the zoo while viewing pygmy hippos if they have them.

I'm not positive on that, and if you find the right stand, get an empanada to enjoy while you're there. Maybe I'm stretching on that, but honestly, it sounds like a great day to me. So, you know, [00:03:00] maybe we'll head to Zoo today. Who knows? Today Around Town, the Senior Center has bridge at 12:30 PM for Crafters.

There's a chat and Stitch at 1:00 PM and the lunch menu is posted on the notes section of the Welcome to Quincy wall.com website. Tonight you can gather a group of friends and have great time learning something new. The City of George hosts line dancing Lessons for Beginners offered on Wednesday evenings from six to 7:30 PM at the George Community Hall for $10 per lesson.

It's a great opportunity to go learn a new skill, meet some new people, and have some fun. It's $6 sushi roses at rolls at Aikens today, which hey, that's always a good day. I love $6 sushi rolls Monkey around pizza is temporary clothes for a couple days due to some water damage. So you might need to shift your lunch and dinner plans for a couple days.

We'll keep you posted and hopefully David Cheryl can get that wrapped up and it doesn't cost them much and they can get back on their feet pretty [00:04:00] quick. Because we're missing our monkeying around pizza. Our friends over at Waled Bank are hosting a fun giveaway. Stop by Waled Quincy Branch and drop off your business card in the box for a chance to win lunch at Murphy's Corner, another one of our amazing chamber members here in the Quincy area.

The winner will be announced on April 13th. Good luck, Quincy. The Port of Quincy commissioner meeting is tonight at 4:00 PM and it's open to the public. Over at the Port of Quincy and meeting area, Quincy Rec department is inviting you to join their spring Mega Q Hunt, sponsored by ABT Construction.

There are two digital hunts per week during the month of April, and it ends on April 30th. For more details, you can follow their Facebook page or follow them on the Remind app, get info sent straight to your phone. I saw yesterday's clue on Facebook, so the question is. Are you feeling pretty clever for this geocaching style hunt?[00:05:00] 

Because there are possibilities of winning pretty big on this one. It is Wednesday and hey, we need our bad joke to get through the week. So why shouldn't you play poker in the jungle? There's too many cheetahs.

Upcoming events. The George Community Hall is excited to announce that Carter Junction, a band playing folk Americana and Irish. Traditional music will be performing there on Saturday, April 18th. Doors open at 5:30 PM with a concert starting at six. A mission is $5 per person with a quiz. Kids 12 and under.

Attending for free. There will be refreshments served at the halftime. Uh, bring some friends and get ready for some good music and a good time. Are you ready for Quincy's first ever battle at the net four versus four code volleyball tournament? [00:06:00] It's happening this Saturday. The fun starts at 9:00 AM at the Quincy Middle Middle School.

I just heard an update from our rec department on this. They got 10 teams lined up. Russ is really positive. They're looking forward to a really great day. Come cheer on the teams. I don't know if you've ever watched small team volleyball, but it gets pretty wild, pretty quick. It's gonna be a good time.

Come join the fund at Murphy's Corner on Sunday, April 12th at 12:30 PM They're excited to partner with a seed covered nursery for a special event called Plant and Sip. It's a hands-on planting class and coffee experience. Create something beautiful. Enjoy a relaxing afternoon. Spend time with friends at Murphy's Corner.

Limited spots are available, so reserve yours today by calling or texting 5 0 9 7 9 7 0 7 9 2. It's also Girl Scout cookie season and only for a couple more weeks will you be able to find your favorite cookies in [00:07:00] the world. I know sometimes it seems like we're going from Girl Scout season to Girl Scout season and other times it can't get here fast enough.

We all love our Girl Scout cookies. Cookies will be available on the April 10th, Friday, April 10th, and Friday April 17th from four to seven at Aikens and Quincy. Get out there and support local Alfredo, Quincy Girl Scout troop. Grab your favorite snack. You know you love them, whether you like your thin mints, or you're like me and you're a tag alongs person.

We all have our weakness. They'll be there on this Friday and next Friday. Get your fix what you can. I know for a fact these troops are the very last troops to have cookies still available in the state every year. So this is it. This is your one chance this Friday and next Friday, and then it is over the gayman roar and Port Trail, run and walk and wine tasting event is coming [00:08:00] up quickly.

The event is Saturday, April 25th. The last day to register is Friday, April 17th. It's coming up. Quick. Grab your friends, go out. Be silly. Have some fun. This is a really friendly 5K, so if you're still working on that New Year's resolution to get healthier this year, or just trying to get out and move a little more because you sit too much at work, the caveman Roaring Poor is a great event to just go and have some fun.

The trail will challenge you a little, but not too much. This is very beginner friendly. Go take some friends, encourage each other, have some fun. It really doesn't feel like a workout at all, especially with everybody drinking wine afterwards. I in church events, faith Community Church has youth group tonight at 6:30 PM Tonight is open to all sixth through 12th graders.

Junior high and high [00:09:00] schoolers gathered to spend time with friends, eat together and hear the word and play some awesome games. I know my kids were really bummed over spring break 'cause they didn't have youth group because they love going to youth group. They're back on. My kids are super excited to see all their friends and hang out.

It's gonna be a good time. St. Paul Lutheran Church offers an afterschool program every Wednesday on school days from after school until 5:30 PM. You can find the registration form for that on Facebook or visit their office. And their youth group is always welcoming young people from sixth to 12th grade, starting dinner at 5:30 PM followed by Youth Activities Bible till 7:45 PM for the younger grades.

The first Baptist of church hosts wanis for grades kindergarten through six. It's Bible Club similar to the Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts. With the goal of obtaining a more in-depth knowledge of the Bible. You are gonna have to double check whether that program is running right now or not. [00:10:00] It runs in shorter segments than some of these other youth groups

in community announcements. The Grant County Fire District three is seeking dedicated people who wanna make a difference in their community. With your commitment, you can be one of the select few who answer the call when someone's having an emergency. In addition to assisting your neighbors, you'll be helping to keep families safe and you'll be developing job skills that can be valuable in your workforce.

They're accepting applications for volunteer fire departments, sorry, volunteer firefighters. Resident firefighters and support services. Applicants must meet certain criteria. I also talked to Chief Durphy last night, and I know they put out. Three orders for lateral transfers for firefighters looking to come to our area.

And if you are out of the region and looking to relocate to good home, the Grant County Fire District three is a great place to be. We have a remarkable, [00:11:00] remarkable fire department in our area, so if you know anybody looking for a lateral transfer from a different area, now is the opportunity. They have three openings currently.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office has announced that area law enforcement agencies will be conducting high visibility enforcement on Friday through Saturday, April 10th through 12th, and Friday through Sunday, sorry, Friday through Sunday, April 10th through 12th and Friday through Sunday, April 17th and 19th.

Please drive safely. Be aware there will be a lot more stops going on as they conduct this. High visibility enforcement sea season. Before we jump into upcoming Jacks events and sports, we're gonna cover City Avenue news and announcements, and we'll jump into Quincy Jack sports and events. The city of Quincy would like to inform the community that Jack Rabbit Street Northeast will [00:12:00] be open temporarily with the construction work.

Uh. They are, it's been closed between eighth and ninth. That will be open temporarily. They are waiting for some pieces. Uh, I was at the city council meeting last night and they are waiting for some pieces for the work they have to finish. So there is a temporary opening for a few days while they're waiting on that to get here.

Then they'll close it again for another few days to finish the work, but it should be open. At some point this morning between eighth and ninth on Jackrabbit Way, the Quincy Recreation Department is now accepting applications for lifeguards and swimming structures for the new aquatics center. Training is available and applicant must be at least 15 years old to apply.

It's a fun, great summer, VA summer vacation, a summer job, [00:13:00] guys. I loved lifeguarding when I was in high school. It is a great opportunity. We have a brand new, incredible facility that is on schedule to be open this summer, and we need people who are willing to stand in the line and help keep us safe and watch over all the people who are having a good time.

This summer, you learn leadership and you learn to be someone people can count on. Apply today and be part of something exciting from day one with questions. Email amanda@quincywashington.us. Call 5 0 9 7 8 7 3 5 2 3 extension five. This is a reminder. Please check the Quincy Animal Shelter pages and help some of our furry friends that have been found loose around town.

Get back home to the people who love them, and thanks to everybody who's been doing so already, just really appreciate that. I know I see it on Facebook. I monitor these pages. Thank you to the people who are actively checking that and helping people get their. [00:14:00] Four-legged friends home, my kids would be forlorn without our dog in school news.

The Quincy School District is accepting nominations for their wall of fame until May 31st. Nominate someone in the following categories. Alumni arts community, staff coach, teacher, administrator, athlete team candidates may consider be considered for the induction into the wall of fame. Five years after their date of graduation and five years after they separated from the category in which they were nominated, which includes posthumous, nom, humorous nominees.

Any administrator or student, parent or community member may submit a nomination. Submit your nomination by visiting qsd dot w net.edu. The spring athletics and activities guide has been released. The guide contains team schedules, senior athlete photos, upcoming band in choir concerts, and [00:15:00] more. You can read it online at the QSD website, or you can pick up a copy at the district office and grab one at any QHS athletic game this spring season.

Celebrate our students and stay connected to all the exciting events happening this spring. You're invited to the District Arts Night. Join us Wednesday, April 15th from five to 7:30 PM at the Quincy High School. The commons areas of performing art spaces for an evening celebrating student creativity.

Student artwork will be on display live performances throughout the evening. Info tables are on our district arts program. Recognition of our Friends of the Arts recipient. Come support our talented students experience Arts in action. They hope you see you there. And that is next week. Y'all ready for this?

This week in Jack Sports and Events today, our Quincy Jacks varsity golf team tees off against East Valley High School at our [00:16:00] home course at Clock Ridge Golf Course at 9:00 AM this morning. Tomorrow. Our Jacks JV soccer team plays against Top High School here at Jack Rabbit Soccer Field at 4:00 PM with varsity playing at 6:00 PM Our Lady Jacks and Jack's JV and varsity team tennis players will play against Proser High School here at Jack Rabbit Tennis Courts as well.

Tomorrow go Jack.

So let's wrap out today's show with. A quote from one of the most endearing individuals of my time. Princess Die. Carry out a random act of kindness with no expectation of reward. Save the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. That's your local update for today. Thank you for starting out your morning with Good Morning Quincy Wall newscast local news for the 9 8 8 4 8 community.

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