Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Tuesday, June 9 2026

Good Morning Quincy, WA – Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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

Today’s highlights:
 • 🌦 Weather: Morning showers followed by clearing skies, high near 68°, with wind gusts up to 40 mph this afternoon
 • 🥧 Fun Holidays: National Donald Duck Day and National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
 • 🌮 Community: Quincy Valley Shuttle Tours Taco Tuesday tasting tour visits three local taco spots tonight
 • 🥫 Food Bank Update: Quincy Community Food Bank open today; new warehouse expansion now being framed
 • 🏥 Health & Wellness: QVMC launches new community education series beginning June 18 with Back Pain Management
 • 🎤 Upcoming Events: Karaoke Night in Sunland Estates and Jeremy McComb’s Honky Tonk Circus coming July 4 to George
 • 🗳️ Civic Engagement: Grant County Commissioner District 3 Candidate Forum coming June 17 in Quincy
 • 🚒 Fire Season Alert: 50 brush and grass fires reported during the first week of the county burn ban
 • 💧 City Update: Quincy asks residents to follow voluntary summer watering schedule
 • 🚔 Public Safety: $1,000 reward offered for information leading to graffiti-related arrests
 • 🎓 School News: George Elementary Field Day, Quincy Middle School 8th Grade Promotion, Pioneer 5th Grade Promotion, and School Board meeting tonight
 • ⏰ Summer Countdown: Just one day of school remains before summer break

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Good Morning Quincy WA Daily Brief – Tuesday, June 9 2026

Speaker: [00:00:00] Good morning, Quincy. Today is Tuesday, June 9th, 2026, and this is the Good Morning Quincy Washington Newscast with your daily local update for Quincy, George, Winchester, Crescent Bar, Sunland Estates, and all of the surrounding area. If it matters in the 9848, you'll hear it here. 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 that day, we're here to help you stay connected to what's happening in our community. Grab your coffee, get ready for the day, and let's start with today's forecast Currently 52, a little cooler towards George. A little light rain this morning.

Today, a significant chance of light showers throughout the morning before 11:00 AM. [00:01:00] Nothing real heavy, just on and off. Cloudy throughout mid-morning, then gradually clearing up with a high near 68. Windy with a west wind, 10 to 15 miles per hour, increasing to 20 to 26 miles per hour in the afternoon, with wind gusts as high as up to 40 miles per hour.

Tonight, mostly clear with a low around 45, with some wind and big gusts possible in the evening. If you're looking for a reason to celebrate, today is National Donald Duck Day. I thought I'd do something really clever, like do a good Donald Duck impersonation, but honestly, it's 4:30 in the morning and I am not capable of Donald Duck impersonation.

So, you know, dig out those old Donald Duck cartoons. The one, you know, the ones we grew up with where Donald Duck couldn't say anything clearly and we all laughed. You know, good cartoons before today's cartoons. And if you're looking for something else, it's National Str- Strawberry Rhubarb Pie today. I've never had strawberry rhubarb pie, [00:02:00] but if you know where I could get a good slice of strawberry rhubarb pie, be sure and drop that in the comments and let us know.

Today around town, the Quincy Senior Center has an exercise class at 1:00 PM, and they play Mexican Train at 6:30 PM after dinner. As always, the menu will be over on the welcometoquincywa.com website in the notes section. Highlighting one of our community resources, the Quincy Community Food Bank is open today from 9:30 to 12:00 PM and again from 4:30 to 6:00 PM to help out the community.

The food bank's located at 210 First Avenue Southeast in Quincy, and can be reached at 509-787-4963, or at quincyfoodbank@gmail.com. The food bank also welcomes volunteers, so feel free to reach out and see how you can be of service. And hey, follow up on that story we ran a couple months ago about the food bank.

The new building is being framed in right now, so be sure and swing by, uh, probably when they're not [00:03:00] serving the community on one of the off days, and check out the new construction as they work on their new warehouse space so they can expand their operations. She's Strong Studio has Zumba classes on Tuesdays at 6:00 PM for its members.

Quincy Valley Shuttle Tours invites locals to join us today for Taco Tuesday tasting tour. There are 13 different taco places in Quincy, Washington. I got that wrong yesterday. And they're gonna take bites at three restaurants at a time and find what's the best taco in Quincy. Each second Tuesday of the month from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, they're gonna drive to three different location.

Seats on the shuttle cost $10 per person plus tax, and you buy your own tacos and drinks. Eat great tacos, drink some good drinks, eat, enjoy, and let's find out and explore what the best taco is in Quincy as we support local restaurants. Driven by locals to eat locally, to support locals. It's [00:04:00] gonna be a good time, so be sure and sign up over on their website or on their, or on their Facebook page It's Tuesday.

Let's put that smile on your face to start the day right. Here's your daily dad joke. What kind of fish knows how to do an appendectomy? A sturgeon.

In upcoming events, the Riverside Store and Restaurant in Sunland Estates is hosting karaoke night at 7:00 PM on Thursday night. And if you're looking for a great way to celebrate Independence Day in the 9848, this one should be on your radar. Jerry Mc- McCombs Honky Tonk Circus is coming to the George Community Hall on July 4th for a night of live country music, good friends, and small town fun.

Even better, the event's helping support our veterans and active duty members who receive free admission as a thank you for their service. Live country music, great community atmosphere, supporting [00:05:00] veterans and active duty military at the George Community Hall on July 4th. Tickets will be available at veteransoperationcreation.com.

Come join us in George. It's gonna be an amazing Fourth of July on top of the world's largest cherry pie and all the other incredible events going on all day long at George on July 4th. Quincy Valley Medical Center is excited to officially launch the QBMC Health and Wellness Series, a new community education program designed to bring practical, easy to understand health information directly to the people of our community and the surrounding communities.

These free sessions will cover real-life health topics that affect many of us every single day, from back pain to diabetes, heart health, women's health, injury prevention, and many more. First session will be on back pain management on June 18th from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM at the Van Dyke Conference Room at QBMC.

This topic will be presented by Amanda Violet, [00:06:00] DPT. Whether you're dealing with chronic back pain, looking to stay healthier, or simply want to learn more about your health, this series is for you. It's free to attend, it's open to the community, and questions are encouraged. At Quincy Valley Medical Center, we believe healthcare goes beyond appointments and hospital walls.

It starts with education, prevention, and community connection. Hope to see you guys there. Sunderland Estates is hosting a Benefit for Burned Children Recovery Foundation event at Sunderland Estates Park on Friday, June 19th. Music starts at 7:00 PM featuring '80s dance and rock hits with DJ Ramon Havens, a laser light show, house and EDM dance party.

On Saturday, June 20th, they'll be hosting a golf tournament, a silent auction from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and a live auction from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Music from Well on Kills, Northwest premier country rock band. So come out, enjoy some live music, auctions, golf, fun, and support a great [00:07:00] cause. Sunderland knows how to throw a party, so it's gonna be a great time for, with a great event to help amazing kids.

Support this great event and have a good time. In church events, here's your summer VBS schedule as it stands currently for the 2026 summer VBS schedule. Faith Community Church's VBS is June 22nd to June 25th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM. St. Paul Lutheran Church's VBS is July 6th to July 10th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

The First Baptist Church VBS is July 6th through July 10th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. And Quincy Free Methodist Church's VBS is July 13th to the 17th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM In public safety announcements and community highlights, mark your calendars. The 2026 Grant County Commissioners District Three [00:08:00] candidate forum is coming to Quincy on Wednesday, June 17th, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Port of Quincy Business & Event Center.

This is your opportunity to hear directly from the candidates, learn where they stand on issues, and ask questions that matter to our community. This event will feature both moderator-led questions and live audience questions. This forum is presented by Welcome to Quincy, WA News in partnership with Quincy Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Port of Quincy.

If you can't attend in person, we'll be live streaming the entire forum on the Good Morning Quincy, WA Newscast YouTube channel. That said, if you can make it in, we encourage you to do so. There is something valuable about being in the room, hearing the candidates firsthand, getting to meet them, participating in the conversation that helps shape our community.

Bring your questions, bring your neighbors, and be part of the conversation. In safety news, the Grant County Fire Marshal has posted it's been one week since the annual burn ban has gone into effect officially. In that [00:09:00] time, there have been 50 brush, grass, wildland fires in Grant County. 50. That's an average of six per day.

Recently, they had an individual who was grinding metal start one, he put it out, and he went back to grinding and started another one, which then rapidly spread. That earned a citation for reckless burning, which is a gross misdemeanor and punishable by up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine. This is not them messing around.

Our firefighters are already tired. Please just stop. It's really dry. Our firefighters are already exhausted, and they're up to eight citations on the burn ban counter already. Fire season's gonna be a rough one this year. Please think twice, be observant, be safe as you go through your day, and pay attention to what's going on.

Help our firefighters out. That's just a ridiculous amount of calls in a single day every day already. [00:10:00] Please be safe as we go into fire season Did you know that you can access welcomeToQuincyWA.com right on your phone? Download the free Substack app and sign in with your free subscription to welcomeToQuincyWA.com.

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Now let's move into city admin news, school announcements, and a handful of summer opportunities from camps to recreation programs that are beginning to take shape around the 9848. Tonight there's a Quincy Valley Regional Parks District meeting at 5:00 PM at the Quincy City Hall. The city of Quincy is also asking residents to voluntarily adhere to a watering schedule they posted as Washington heads into its fourth year, I think, its third or fourth year of drought.[00:11:00] 

It's been posted over on the city site, but essentially it's no watering between 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM. Even addresses can water their lawns on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, odds on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with no watering on Mondays. Watering schedule does not apply to newly planted landscapes or vegetable gardens.

The city is asking for people to follow this on a voluntary basis, uh, as we head into a year with water being a little tighter before anybody has to actually ratchet it down and make this an official, "Oh, we have to do this." They're asking for you just to do it anyway, so they don't have to pass any silly ordinances just to take care of things.

The city council voted to offer a cash reward to individuals providing critical and credible evidence leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for graffiti tagging that's plaguing our fair town. The reward is $1,000 and you contact the Quincy Police Department [00:12:00] to share information. In school news, today is field day at George Elementary.

Today is also eighth grade promotion at Quincy Middle School. At Pi- Pioneer Elementary, they're having fifth grade promotion ceremony at 1:30 PM, and tonight there's a school board meeting at Ancient Lakes Elementary from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Also, don't forget tomorrow is early release and the last day of school, which brings us to the official countdown

There's only one more day of school until summer break. Yep, we're there. We'll wrap up today with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. "The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." That's your local update for today. Thanks for starting your morning with Good Morning Quincy, Washington Newscast, local news for the 98848 [00:13:00] community.

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I gotta go try it out. And if you want one place to stay connected to what's happening around town, we've launched the new home for local news, events, and community stories over at welcometoquincywa.com. It's built specifically for the 98848. Good Morning Quincy is brought to you by Windermere Real Estate/Central Basin, and if you're interested in being a sponsor or a partner with the show, you can connect with us at welcometoquincywa.org or via info@thefallibleman.com.

This is the Good Morning Quincy, Washington Newscast. If it matters in the 98848, you'll hear it here. Be good to each other, and I'll see you tomorrow morning.