DAYTON-Breakfast and lunch for kids who were on previously on free or reduced school meal program will be offered at The General Store until the district finalizes the emergency meal program sometime next week.

General Store owners Jay Takhar and Karen Lockard intend to fill the temporary gap of breakfast and lunch for school age children who received free and reduced meals before the emergency closure. It is anticipated that the school will have the school meal program running in the next week as soon as March 23.

For more information and to request meals, please contact Karen Lockard at 509-844-7510 or 509-382-1042. Please call between 7-9 a.m. Parents can then pick up breakfast or sack lunches at the store at 7:30-11 a.m. No meals available on Saturday or Sunday.

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