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Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels senior dining sites serve hot meals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday (Tuesday through Friday in Connell). Meals are free for seniors age 60 and older.

Seniors must make reservations 24 business hours in advance by calling 509-735-1911.

Friday, Aug. 4: Chicken salad sandwich, pea and cheese salad.

Monday, Aug. 7: Barbecue chicken, roasted carrots, potato salad, cornbread.

Tuesday, Aug. 8: Beef stroganoff, garlic noodles, green beans.

Wednesday, Aug. 9: Chef salad, ranch dressing, wheat roll, pineapple.

Thursday, Aug. 10: Chicken enchiladas, Spanish rice, black beans, Mexican coleslaw.

Friday, Aug. 11: Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, broccoli.

Monday, Aug. 14: Turkey tetrazzini, green peas, tossed salad.

Tuesday, Aug. 15: Cranberry chicken, confetti rice, garden vegetables.

Wednesday, Aug. 16: Sloppy joes, mixed vegetables, coleslaw.

Thursday, Aug. 17: Roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, Italian vegetables, wheat roll, ice cream.

Friday, Aug. 18: Tuna pasta salad, broccoli salad, crackers.

Monday, Aug. 21: Spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, breadstick.

Tuesday, Aug. 22: Baked cod with dill sauce, herbed potatoes, squash medley.

Wednesday, Aug. 23: Chicken chop salad, salad greens, carrot sticks.

Thursday, Aug. 24: Three bean chili, chuckwagon corn, cornbread.

Friday, Aug. 25: Roast turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli Normandy, wheat roll.

Monday, Aug. 28: Sweet and sour chicken, fluffy rice, Asian vegetables, cookie.

Tuesday, Aug. 29: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables.

Wednesday, Aug. 30: Tuna noodle casserole, Lyonnaise carrots.

Thursday, Aug. 31: Hamburger, baked beans, apple cabbage slaw, lettuce, tomato, onion.

Dining site locations:

• Kennewick Community Center, 500 S. Auburn St.

• Pasco First Avenue Center, 505 N. First Ave.

• Pasco Ray Pfleuger Center, 253 W. Margaret St.

• Richland Community Center, 500 Amon Park Road North.

• Benton City Desert Rose Facility, 510 14th St.

• Prosser Senior Center, 1231 Dudley Ave.

• Connell Community Center, 211 E. Elm St.

• Meals on Wheels Cafe, 1834 Fowler St., Richland. No reservations required at this site.

Horseshoe pitching world championship coming to Tri-Cities

The Tri-Cities will play host to the World Horseshoe Pitching Championships in 2024 and 2027.

The announcement was made during the 2023 tournament in Lansing, Michigan, where Visit Tri-Cities’ Kevin Lewis, president and chief executive officer, and Natalie Clifton, sports sales manager, finalized the agreement with National Horseshoe Pitching Association officials.

“Horseshoe pitchers are some of the most friendly people you will ever meet, and we are excited to be selected to host the sport’s most celebrated event in the Tri-Cities,” Lewis said.

The Toyota Center & Arena at 7000 W. Grandridge Blvd. in Kennewick will serve as the primary venue for the two-week competition, which runs July 29 to Aug. 10, 2024. The facility offers 44,000 square feet of playable floor space.

The world championship brings in 1,000 participants competing for the world title, which will have a nearly $1 million impact on the Tri-City economy, Visit Tri-Cities said in a news release.

Emerging treatments could reduce Alzheimer’s effects

A new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease approved by the Food and Drug Administration in July is just the start of promising new medicines emerging to slow the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, according to Dr. Michael Rosenbloom, a University of Washington Medicine behavioral neurologist.

Two other drugs also were found to have a favorable influence in the Clarity AD study, which served as a basis for the FDA’s approval of lecanemab, which is marketed as Leqembi.

Lecanemab slowed participants’ cognitive and functional decline by 27% over the course of 18 months during Clarity AD trials, Rosenbloom said in a news release, adding that the drug’s longer-term effectiveness is not well understood.

Donanemab, a drug that has similar mechanisms of action to lecanemab, also was found to slow cognitive and functional decline in the Trailblazer-ALZ 2 study published this spring.

“When you see multiple drugs of the same class meeting the primary outcome measures, this shows that this is not a fluke. We have a real disease-modifying agent that is beneficial for patients,” said Rosenbloom, the director of clinical trials at UW Medicine’s Memory & Brain Wellness Center. “When I became a behavioral neurologist over 13 years ago, the idea of having a disease-modifying drug sounded like science fiction.”

The AHEAD study will further measure and monitor the influence of lecanemab. Researchers are enrolling participants ages 55 to 80 who are at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

UW Medicine is one of nearly 75 locations enrolling for the study across the United States and Canada.

Rosenbloom said lecanemab could become available to UW Medicine patients over the next several months.

Registration underway for mediation training

The Dispute Resolution Center is offering 40-hour mediation training for those interested in volunteering with the center, professionals seeking to resolve conflicts in their workplace or anyone who would like to improve their ability to manage conflict.

These training sessions will provide the necessary skills to more effectively address disputes and communicate with others. The sessions are Oct. 13, 14, 15, 28 and 29 at The Dispute Resolution Center, 5219 W. Clearwater Ave., Suite 11, in Kennewick.

To register or for more information, go to drctc.org, or call 509783-3325 with questions.

Longtime appliance store owner dies at age 77

A longtime Tri-Citian who owned an appliance store and served as a Rotarian and Mason died July 4 at age 77.

Harry Garrison moved with his family to the Tri-Cities in 1976 to work at Hanford for Westinghouse during the development of the Fast Flux Test Facility, according to information in his obituary.

In 1983, in his spare time, he and his wife, Patricia, started a small appliance business, operating from their garage, fixing and cleaning up old appliances. They then sold them to fuel the college fund for their daughter, Pam.

They eventually opened Northwest Appliance, which expanded into two stores, in Kennewick and Hermiston. Today, they’re called Garrison’s Home Appliance.

Harry continued the tradition of his father and served as a 50-year Mason (1971-23) and past master and secretary from 1988-2010 at the Richland Masonic Lodge #283.

He also was a member of the Columbia Center Rotary, serving as chairman of the International Service Committee and helping to shepherd projects in foreign countries that benefited children and families without resources, including providing potable water, school supplies for needy children, building schools in remote areas for indigenous people and more.

He and his wife also were board members of the Richland Yacht Club for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia, daughter Pamela Frick, and her husband, Glenn, and grandsons, Justin and Chance Frick.

Services were July 21 at Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, 1401 S. Union St., Kennewick.