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LETTER FROM the

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t’s a different kind of Kittitas Valley Living this year, that’s for sure.

The time of selfquarantine and stayat-home orders are upon us in the spring of 2020, and without a clear idea of how long it’s going to stay that way, life still rolls along.

Everyone is adjusting in their own way, and while many businesses have had to close their doors temporarily, those that can stay open are getting creative with how to get their products to their dedicated customers.

Several restaurants in town are putting together mix-at-home cocktail kits, each with their own proprietary twists.

Education has made one of the largest shifts, with both Central Washington

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University and local school districts moving classes entirely online.

The same goes for extracurricular classes like those at Gallery One. Rodney Harwood chatted with them about what they’re doing to keep busy and creative at the same time.

While we’re all stuck at home, at least the weather is cooperating, and that means gardens are starting to blossom and bloom.

Queen of Spades Garden Club member Sue Ledbetter put a list of notable local gardens you can visit in a stay-in-your-car fashion.

We hope you’re making the best of this time in isolation.

Happy reading.

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Cocktails to go

Restaurants helping customers mix things up at home

By Matt Carstens staff writer

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ome of the valley’s most popular cocktail spots have had to close their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that isn’t stopping them from delivering some of their signature drinks to their most faithful patrons.

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The Pearl Bar and Grill’s Bloody Mary it, featuring bacon, pickled green beans and blue cheese-stuffed olives.

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hen Pearl Street Bar and Grill owner Blake Collins got an email from the liquor control board saying he was allowed to sell factorysealed bottles of alcohol, his first inclination was go the small, single-serving route. But after realizing anyone can buy those, he would rather deliver something to his customers that only he can 8

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access.

“You can’t get full liters in grocery stores, but I can,” Collins said. “It becomes a whole different spin on things.”

Collin’s is offering several of the Pearl’s signature cocktails to go, including the Gin Southside and an Old Fashioned.

“People love it,” Collins said.

“It’s fun because it becomes a date

night at home. You can take turns making drinks, but with your own little flair on things.”

Collins said he’s excited about sharing the hobby that got him into this business in the first place — making cocktails.

Other offerings include a Margarita box, a Bloody Mary kit and a Mule kit that comes with a sleeve of ginger beers.

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The Pearl Bar and Grill’s Mule kit, featuring a sleeve of ginger beers and copper mugs.

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Cornerstone Pie’s Bloody Mary box.

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ornerstone Pie front of house manager Kora Korey said they launched their cocktail boxes on Easter weekend, with the inspiration coming from simply missing their favorite meal — brunch.

Customers can choose from their Bloody Mary box or Mimosa box, both of which come with a recipe card written by the bartenders.

“I’m one of those who loves a really good brunch and we just can’t do that right now,” Korey said. “We tied that into however we could make people’s weekend better, that’s what we’re going to do.”

Each box is $20.

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Cornerstone Pie’s Mimosa box.

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Gard Vintner’s tasting room is closed, but no-contact pick up and delivery are options for wine lovers.

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f wine is more your speed, Gard Vintners has plenty in that department.

Although the tasting room on Pearl Street is closed to the public, it has transformed into a warehouse, with boxes lined up out the door for no-contact pick up and ready to be shipped, not just locally, but all over the country.

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The family-owned winery grows all its fruit in Royal City, and is catering to not only its wine club members with special discounts, but to the general public as well.

“We have a new promotion every weak featuring differing combinations of our wine,” employee Karen Bach said.

The current special at the time of

writing was one of Gard Vintner’s most popular red blends.

“Wine club members are attacking it right now,” she said with a laugh.

For more information, wine lovers can find all the deals on Gard Vintner’s social media pages or can call the tasting room from 2-4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Orders line up at the door waiting to be picked up from Gard Vintner’s tasting room.

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Art at a distance

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Gallery One keeping creative with virtual meet ups

By Rodney Harwood staff writer

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eave it to Gallery One and the local art community to get creative during the stay at home directive as part of the pandemic social distance. Yep, a little C.A.R.E (creativity, adaptability, resiliency, and empathy) goes a long way.

Gallery One had such a virtual turnout it will continue its online presentation called Artist Night In every Monday 6 to 8 p.m. It’s basically at Zoom meeting that connects artists of all levels with local artist and entrepreneur Robin Mayberry for a little fun and learning.

“We’ve been working really hard to make sure we are still achieving our mission, which is to provide access to the arts for everyone,” said Monica Miller, Gallery One Visual Arts Center executive director.

“We’ve been perfecting our programs, or events and transferring our classes to a virtual experience.

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“We did Artist Night In last Monday where the artists connect with us by logging into Zoom and the (art community) can make art together. We had artists working in their own studios, but they’re working on it together. We decided to do this through May 18. It’s for the whole household. It’s a great way to connect with each other and continue supporting artists.”

Join Monday’s virtual Artists Night In by visiting https://zoom. us/j/219276176.

For the children who have had just enough social distancing for one time, Miller suggests Art After School for families, which is so important the Gallery One maintain during times of isolation, she said.

“Right now, everything is

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experimental with a lot of people throwing around ideas,” Miller said.

“But I like the creativity involved.

We have had a couple of art classes now for kids and adults.

“All of our classes are for the household. One sign-up is for everyone in the house. We just started a ceramics class with Crista Ann Ames, which is one that I am taking, too. Crista walks us through a project step-by-step. The cool thing about virtual classes is that everyone gets an equal space on the screen and is able to show off what you’re making.”

Gallery One also is offering weekly e-newsletter from CSA Coordinator and Teacher Amy Davison with projects and resources for you and your family to enjoy

every Friday at 1 p.m., for free. Sign up is available through the Gallery One website.

The virtual experience keeps everybody safe, supports the artistin-residence around the Kittitas Valley, and gives people something to do together while the world is hunkered down, riding out the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The virtual classes actually provide an intimate experience for students, despite being separated in different locations,” Miller said.

“We’re doing things in a different format, but we’re still reaching out and keeping the arts moving forward.”

Visit http://www.gallery-one. org/ for a listing of all classes and exhibits.

LEFT: Oil painting flowers with Jacqueline Trujillo. ABOVE: Glass fusing shapes of Silver Leaf with Tony Davey. BELOW: Glass fusing Stringer and Frit Stacks with Tony Davey.

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Go for a drive Queen of Spades club presents a stay-in-your-car garden tour

By Sue Ledbetter Queen of Spades Garden Club

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he Queens of Spades Garden Club has called on garden owners who were either featured in Garden of the Month or Tour of Gardens in previous years to once again be featured in this “Novel� Tour of Gardens.

Most residents of Ellensburg and Kittitas County are in need of a safe reason to get out of the house to go for a drive. They can do this and enjoy the beauty, creativity, 18

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dedication, handywork and wise use of resources that have created these wonderful gardens all while remaining in their cars.

Simply get in the car, drive to the addresses and view the gardens curbside.

The garden owners have spent years cultivating unique ways of developing gardens that reflect their special interests and personal histories, building structures

to make significant statements, placing meaningful objects collected and used as garden art in eye-catching places in their gardens. All of these ambitious efforts amidst the beauty of colorful flowers, plants, bushes and trees create exceedingly interesting and beautiful gardens that can be viewed from your car.

Beverly German

122 Umptanum Road, Ellensburg

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everly German’s garden sits on a small footprint.

The lot may be small, however, her love and devotion to her garden is huge.

A collection of stones that she has gathered from her visits to various places throughout her life augments her garden with color, texture and hard surface elements that define the color spots.

She starts all of her flowers from seeds each year. She has maintained

some plants over 40 years. There is a mixture of vegetables and flowers that live side by side.

View her backyard from over the fence where all the color pops.

To view her garden — drive east on Mountain View Avenue, turn south on Bull Road, turn right on Umptanum Road and watch for her garden sign on her backyard fence. Umptanum Road is on the south side of the Rosewood Community.

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John and Danilla Belford 102 Sprague St., Ellensburg

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ive years ago the Belfords were awarded July Garden of the Month due to all of the very unusual and colorful features in their garden. Perhaps the most amazing part is the imagination they brought to the overall design, planning and implementation.

Thoughtful hardscaping using gravel, stones, plank paths and some structural components make it exceptional. There is a fanciful gazebo and a Boston hipped

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roof covers the hot tub. A huge ships anchor salvaged

by John from the Aleutian Islands, is stationed under a cluster of birch trees.

A prop from a boat is displayed in a bed of rocks. There is the “Witch’s Hat,” reclaimed steam vent covering from the Barge Hall renovation, sheltering a large pot of red hot salvia. Planting in containers saves water and reduces weeds. Color abounds with many varieties of flowers.

Van De Venter 810 Bar 14 Road, Ellensburg

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o get to James and Susan Van De Venter’s house, drive to Wilson Creek Road, turn north and then turn east on Bar 14 Road. Bar 14 has a dead end, so watch for the street number.

The large garden with various fruit trees is located behind the windbreak that is alongside the road. It is one of those rare gardens that produces so much in the way of fruits, vegetables and other edibles that it feeds three generations.

The results of James

and Susan’s hard labor and devotion to gardening has become a location for events.

The well-equipped large patio provides protection from the wind. It is a favorite spot for all types of entertainment. The ducks and their antics in the pond across from the patio provide fun entertainment.

Van De Venter’s garden has also been featured for Queens of Spades Garden Club, Garden of the Month and Tour of Gardens in past years.

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Lee and Doreen Day

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1813 Sanders Road, Ellensburg

urn left on Brick Road, drive north uphill and downhill, curves into Sanders Road.

Lee and Doreen Day’s garden surrounds their home and an old barn that was built in 1884. An eye-catching white rail fence defines the perimeter of the property and also provides safe protection from the irrigation canal that has high exposure as it flows though their acres of grass, trees, shrubs and all types of flowering plants.

A large pond is another water feature in the front yard.

Behind the house is a good sundeck where container gardening takes place. It is a wildlife treat to view the deer that like to graze on acres of well maintained lawn at the back of the property.

The Days also feature old

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implements and materials as garden art.

Doreen’s dedication to gardening is extended to the beautiful multi-season flower bed that she and others maintain on a volunteer basis that runs the width of the front of the Lutheran Church on Ruby Street in Ellensburg.

The Day’s garden was featured several years ago when the Queens of Spades Garden Club initiated Garden of the Month. Kittitas County offers very interesting and beautiful gardens even with the relatively short growing season we have in our zone.

The Days offer an example of what can be accomplished and maintained over many years meeting the challenges of variable high and low temperatures and the high winds that occur here.

Michael and Kay Stearn

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1506 Bonnie Lane, Ellensburg

rom University Way turn north on Brick Road, turn east on Bonnie Lane.

The Stearns’ garden is located on a large corner lot with the house and front yard surrounded by very tall forest like evergreen trees.

The side garden is on Bonnie Lane and grows colorful dahlias that bloom in the fall of the year. Many varieties are represented from huge “dinner plate” dahlias all the way down to little pompoms.

Orange, purple, yellow, white, maroon – all the colors of fall blended into an eye-catching display. Dahlias take work in our climate

zone. They must be dug up and replanted each year to avoid freezing. This stand of flowers represents only a small part of the care and effort Michael and Kay Stern bring to their creation.

Michael and Kay’s garden has it all. Four season beauty, food and whimsical touches.

Kay and Michael have put in years of effort to create this totally captivating and productive space. The garden was featured October 2014 Queens of Spades Garden of the Month and on the Tour of Gardens of 2014. Their neighbors have named it the “Beautiful Garden.”

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3941 Riverbottom Road, Ellensburg

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he Schnase property is occupied by three generations. The gardens are located in different areas of the property. Around the original farm house the garden is quite dense and mature creating a park like setting. The second one frames the “old barn” which was renovated into a picturesque home

by Rich and Shirley.

The garden next to the barn takes wing with a

mix of perennials, bulbs, wild flowers and prolific raspberry bushes that grow along the fence.

For their garden art the Schnases incorporate farm and other types of old implements that were a part of the working barn in its day.

The grandchildren, Audrey and Aiden have the ultimate tree house built by their dad, Brian.

It’s timeless for children, tweens, teens and adults serving as an elevated

getaway to read, relax or play. The tree is huge and its twisted trunk serves as a ladder and path to go up into the tree house.

Mom, Fatima has raised veggie beds close to the farm house as well as an organic food garden in the back of the property. There are fruit and nut trees open to friends for harvesting.

Extended family members appreciate the orchard crop grown each year that feeds their horses.

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