The Cle Elum Skatepark Revitalization project is complete. Photo courtesy of the city of Cle Elum
NEWS
City Council meets tonight
The Ellensburg City Council meets at 7 p.m., tonight in the City Council Chambers. The agenda includes a discussion of the city’s contract with Kittitas County to house inmates at the Kittitas County Corrections Center.
Good Life discussion on Tuesday
The Good Life Community Discussion is at 7 p.m., Tuesday at Hal Holmes Community Center. The forum explores the life and work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian who warned against nationalist idolatry. The series is a collaboration between CWU EthicsLab, Ellensburg Library, and Hal Holmes Community Center.
CWU Concert band performs Tuesday
The CWU Concert Band performs at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the McIntyre Music Building. The concert is free and open to the public.
Ellensburg Night Market on Wednesday
The Ellensburg Night Market will be held each Wednesday in December leading up to Christmas. The market will be held at Gard Vintners and Ridge Encore from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. There will be vendors, food trucks, live music, putt-putt golf and children’s crafts. The Ellensburg Downtown Association sponsors the event.
Girls Night Out is Wednesday
The Holiday Girls' Night Out is from 5 to 9 p.m., Wednesday in downtown Ellensburg. Check in at Hotel Windrow to pick up a custom tote bag, while supplies last, play bingo as you shop and enter to win prize baskets.
Central concerts feature visiting composer
Central Washington University hosts two concerts by visiting composer Catherine Likhuta this week. The first concert will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in McIntyre Hall, with Likhuta’s chamber works being presented by CWU faculty and students. The concert will conclude with The Valley Whispers, a work inspired by a landscape very similar to Ellensburg, performed by a larger chamber ensemble and directed by CWU Professor Nikolas Caoile. Likhuta’s residency concludes with a concert at 4 p.m., Sunday, in the McIntyre Music Building.
Alley closed during the week
The alley between Third and Fourth avenues and Kittitas and Water street will be closed from Wednesday through the end of the day Friday for monitoring well drilling.
Cle Elum Skate Park completed
The Cle Elum Skatepark Revitalization Project is completed and the full skate park is open to people of all ages and abilities. There will be an official opening in the spring.
SPORTS
High school hoops season gets underway
The high school basketball season gets underway this week. The Ellensburg boys team hosts Wapato at 7 p.m., Tuesday, while the Bulldog girls travel to play Lewis & Clark at 5:30 p.m. Kittitas welcomes Columbia on Tuesday with the girls' game at 5:30 p.m. and the boys at 7 p.m.
Central volleyball opens tourney play
The CWU volleyball team plays Point Loma at 11 a.m., Thursday in Pomona, California in the first round of the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament. A victory advances the Wildcats to play the winner of the Cal Poly Pomona-Simon Fraser match on Friday.
WEATHER
The forecasted high today in Ellensburg is 38 degrees. Sunset is at 4:14 p.m., and the expected nighttime low is 25 degrees. Winds will be light and variable.
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