Dalles Library Plans Family STEAM Night

Across five pieces, readers are invited into intimate civic moments—from a poet-turned-campaign volunteer’s vow to support Mark Herndon, to a columnist urging faithful engagement with the March on Washington’s original documents—while a library hosts a family STEAM night and a bluegrass scene earns major nominations, all illustrating active community life. The package also covers a startling Mount Vernon crime-controversy involving a deputy police commissioner and a broader backlash over public shaming practices and cultural issues.