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Contents

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a family hikes into the wilds of vancouver island

Features

7 married to a confirmed golfer

A newly-wedded Jane Nagler loved to dance — she learned her husband swung to a different beat

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into the woods

Walking and biking past the Woods House Conservatory of Music inspired the imagination of Hazen Bevington — now the question is what exactly to do

10 buck creek blister

28 miles, 4,500 feet of gain, 52-pound pack and great memories

15 a locally grown lifestyle

Born and raised in New York, Chris Petry roots in for a healthy farm life in the Cascade foothills

19 central washington experience

Finding the ‘back stories’ of fun places and interesting people here in the middle of the state

26 moving on up

Enough of owning a fixer-upper... the Weltys built a view home perfect for a downsizing couple with better things to do

ART SKETCHES

n Muralists Rusty and Amanda Gibbs, page 36 n Theater director Mike Caemmerer, page 43 Columns & Departments 30 Pet Tales: Harvey, the smiling appaloosa 32 Bonnie Orr: Festive tomatoes 33 June Darling: Don’t stress over stress 34 The traveling doctor: What’s a virus anyway?

36-43 Arts & Entertainment & Dan McConnell cartoon 41 The night sky: 2 eclipses to watch 44 History: Lawman was a tough Dude 46 Alex Saliby: So many wineries to visit October 2014 | The Good Life

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OPENING SHOT

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Year 8, Number 10 October 2014 The Good Life is published by NCW Good Life, LLC, dba The Good Life 10 First Street, Suite 108 Wenatchee, WA 98801 PHONE: (509) 888-6527 EMAIL: editor@ncwgoodlife.com

sales@ncwgoodlife.com ONLINE: www.ncwgoodlife.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/pages/ The-Good-Life Editor/Publisher, Mike Cassidy Contributors, Bob Burrows, Jane Nagler, Hazen Bevington, Marlene and Kevin Farrell, Brad Lane, Bonnie Orr, Alex Saliby, Jim Brown, June Darling, Dan McConnell, Susan Lagsdin, Peter Lind and Rod Molzahn Advertising manager, Terry Smith Advertising sales, Lianne Taylor and Donna Cassidy Bookkeeping and circulation, Donna Cassidy Proofing, Dianne Cornell Ad design, Rick Conant TO SUBSCRIBE: For $25, ($30 out of state address) you can have 12 issues of The Good Life mailed to you or a friend. Send payment to: The Good Life 10 First Street, Suite 108 Wenatchee, WA 98801 For circulation questions, email: donna@ncwgoodlife.com BUY A COPY of The Good Life at Hastings, Safeway stores, Walgreens, Caffé Mela, Mike’s Meats at Pybus, Rhubarb Market, Martin’s Market Place (Cashmere) and A Book for All Seasons (Leavenworth) ADVERTISING: For information about advertising in The Good Life, contact advertising at (509) 8886527, or sales@ncwgoodlife.com WRITE FOR THE GOOD LIFE: We welcome articles about people from Chelan and Douglas counties.

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autumn in tumwater canyon Bob Burrows of Leaven-

worth sent us this photo he calls Still Water.

“The picture was taken up Tumwater Canyon just upstream from the dam near the Alps store,” said Bob. “I always take pictures in the fall and I hardly can pass a yellow leaf with sun shining through it without the urge to take a picture.

“I’d been out taking pictures the previous day in the middle of the afternoon. I went back the next day just before noon to

get this picture. Canyon pictures have to be taken around the middle of the day to get the sun’s rays into the canyon.”

Bob said he has been taking pictures a long time but when digital photography came along the enjoyment factor increased exponentially.

“To think you can replace a darkroom with a computer and a good monitor really put fun into photography,” he said, adding, “I’m strictly amateurish but I get high on it.”

Over the past few years, Bob has entered photos into the Cascadia Conservation District’s Wenatchee River Watershed photo contest.

His photo, Majestic Valley, was one of the winners in the Land-

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scape category and appears in the 2014 calendar for October.

The Cascadia Conservation District is sponsoring the photo contest again this year, open to anyone age 13 and up who shares an appreciation for the watershed.

Photo entries are being accepted for six categories including plants, wildlife, agriculture, recreation, landscapes and water through Oct. 1.

Two winners from each category will be included in a 2015 Wenatchee River watershed stewardship calendar.

For contest rules, a map of the watershed and online submission form visit www.picturethewenatchee.com.

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Kevin Farrell took this photo of his wife, Marlene, daughter, Alice, and son, Quentin beach walking at Laura Creek on the wild north side of Vancouver Island (although this day was pretty and calm). See Marlene’s story about camping with kids in the wilds on page 12.

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editor’s notes

MIKE CASSIDY

Opening up to a new experience L

et’s try something new.

With those words, many an adventure (and perhaps a few misadventures) has begun.

This month, we are trying something new here at The Good Life — with a goal of creating opportunities for adventures for you, our readers.

We are turning six pages of this issue over to veteran travel magazine and online publisher Cary Ordway, who is filling the space with interesting people and places of Central Washington.

Here’s what Cary has to say about his advertorial section, beginning on page 19: “After moving back to north central Washington from 14 years living in the San Diego area, I was reminded of how incredibly lucky we are to have so many travel and recreation options right here within a short driving distance.

“Having spent the past decade writing about travel both in California and the Pacific Northwest, I can tell you the concentration of activities and fun things to see and do here can compete with any place on the West Coast…

“Then I started thinking what a great fit travel and recreation would be with The Good Life magazine – I mean, travel and recreation IS the good life for a lot of people.

“I’d been reading the publication for years, always impressed at how fun it was to read about the unusual things people in north central Washington were doing with their lives.

“I thought why not take that fun approach to travel and recreation and tell stories that are sometimes just below the surface, or unusual – the “back story” of things like the creation of the

Lake Chelan wine industry, or the incredible story of a 53-year-old man who basically races motorcycles with kids and then happens to be available to advise you on buying your next bike or motorsports vehicle…

“I also felt there could be great synergy between this new travel and recreation section in The Good Life and my own travel website, www.northwesttraveladvisor.com.

“The stories can be repurposed to reach a wider geographic audience through the website – what a great combination!

“My connection to north central Washington goes way back to my school days in Waterville, where my dad owned the newspaper. Later he and I published a newspaper for East Wenatchee.

“But probably most people who have been around the Valley for awhile will remember the statewide radio series we did on KPQ radio called Exploring the Northwest, which was the radio equivalent of my publication back then, Adventure Northwest Magazine.

“For 10 years, Seattle radio personality Tony Miner and I were heard on KPQ talking about interesting places to visit all over the Pacific Northwest.

“In 2003, while living in Southern California, we launched www.californiaweekend.com, which we still operate along with the Pacific Northwest site.

The new Central Washington Experience is the perfect complement to our websites and I’m really pleased to be partnering with The Good Life to produce such a fun and interesting new feature.”

Turn a new page and experience The Good Life.

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fun stuff a full LISTING of what to do begins ON PAGE 37

October is fun-tober

First three weekends of October.

Apple Days — Live music, gold panning, archery, flint knapping, mock gun fights, pony rides, youth circus, bake and book sale, apple pie contest.

Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village. Cost: $5 adults, $2 kids 5 – 16, under 5 free. Info: cashmeremuseum.org. 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday and noon – 4 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 4-5.

Say you want some beer and

German music, or maybe some cowboy trail music sung by an all girl-band, or you’d like to admire shiny cars from the muscle car days — or maybe you’d like to hear someone smart from Yale talk about global warming — you’re in luck this month because all of this plus a whole lot more is happening just within a short drive.

Here is a sampling of the many diverse and interesting items in this month’s What to Do list: Scare Crazy in Cashmere — Scarecrows will be popping

up all around Cashmere during the month of October. A map of scarecrows will be available at Apple Annie Antique Mall, Martin’s Market Place, Weed’s Café and Cashmere Chamber of Commerce. Undercover judges will vote on four categories: Grand Champion, Best Ensemble, Most Creative and Best Business Theme. Also a People’s Choice category where the winner is selected by receiving the most selfies posted to: facebook.com/ Scarecrazycashmere. Scarecrows will be up during daylight hours

Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band

Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band performing during a horse trip — they will be at Pybus Public Market Friday, Oct. 17.

for viewing.

Wings and Wheels Festival — Car show, food vendors, crafts,

carnival, entertainment, kids activities and more. Eastmont Community Park and Pangborn Airport, East Wenatchee. Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 2-5.

Oktoberfest — Live music, German food, arts and crafts and activities for the whole family, oh and beer. Keg tapping ceremony 1 p.m. every Saturday.

Downtown Leavenworth. Info: leavenworthoktoberfest.com.

Wings and Wheels: Oct. 2-5.

— Female trio will sing cowboy songs to melt your heartstrings and take you on a cowboy trail.

Pybus Public Market. Cost: free.

Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. 6 – 8 p.m Friday, Oct. 17.

Anthony Leiserowitz — Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. is director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and a research scientist at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He is a widely recognized expert on American and international public opinion on global warming, including public perception of climate change risks, support and opposition for climate policies, and willingness to make individual behavioral change. Snowy Owl Theater.

Cost: $20 advance, $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org. 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18.

Rock ‘n Roll Over — This group delivers a KISS show, including KISS-style guitars, costumes and theatrics, along with the vocals, energy and tight choreography that everyone expects from a KISS tribute band fronted by top tier musicians. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $19-$35. Info: numericapac.org.

7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24.

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guest column // jane nagler

For the love of golf Are you acquainted with the

many golfers in the Wenatchee area? Well, I am. I’m married to one.

Fifty-six years ago, our second week of marriage, he jumped from the bed about one a.m. and sprinted to the living room of our first apartment where his golf clubs were stored in a handy location.

“What’s wrong?” I inquired.

And he replied, “It works! Ben Hogan’s theory works.”

I was so thrilled with this information, obviously gleaned from Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, which he had been reading in bed, that I headed back to sleep thinking, “So what?”

The “what” is that although I occupied the spot of first love in his heart, his second love was golf and there was no way around that.

He came to me as a scratch golfer. I came to him as a young bride who had never been on a course or held a club in my hand.

I loved to dance so we made a pact that he would learn to dance and I would learn to golf.

We made valiant efforts. He dances better than I play golf.

We take road trips from time to time. I listen to music or books on CD as we motor on.

He says, “There’s a golf course.” I think he has some weird second sense about golf courses. I would ride right by without a glance.

There was a time, as a mem-

Skip Nagler prepares to go out for an early morning round.

ber of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association, that he voluntarily walked every course in the eastern part of Washington state, pushing a little wheel that registered the number of feet of every hole. This was in the early days of establishing fair and accurate handicaps for all golfers.

(It is all delegated to lasers and computers today.)

When my husband was a freshman in high school he was five-foot, two-inches, short for most sports. So his father took him golfing; he was good at it; he loved it.

While he was growing to his final height of five-foot, 11-inches, he had his encounters with Byron Nelson. All you golfers know who he was.

One sunny day in Seattle in 1948 Byron Nelson played an exhibition match with Bobby Locke, world renowned player from South Africa, at Broadmoor Country Club. My husband and his buddy decided it was a good day to miss school.

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to watch the match.

A chance for hero worship and a lesson in golf as a gentleman would play it was well worth the consequences of skipping school. It might have been a secret to keep if his pants had not ripped on the trip under the fence.

My husband’s family moved to Eugene where he played more and better every year. When he was a senior in high school, Byron Nelson came to Eugene Country Club to play a match for charity with another pro golfer and a local pair.

Joy of joys, my future husband was the chosen caddy for the foursome, another worthwhile lesson and more hero worship.

In 1953 he beat the draft and joined the Army. After basic training he was assigned to special services at Camp Chaffey in Ft. Smith, AK. Part of his duties included maintenance at Chaffey’s ninehole golf course and sharing his golfing expertise with the officers and the guests they brought www.ncwgoodlife.com

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to play. On weekends he was picked up in the general’s car and escorted to Hardscrabble Country Club for a weekly game.

In May, Byron Nelson came to present a golf clinic. He showed the attendees how to hit their shots. My husband demonstrated Nelson’s instructions.

After the clinic, they played an exhibition match, which my husband proudly won by three strokes.

We were married after the Byron Nelson experiences, but his old hero was never forgotten in our household. We have a picture of his memorial statue taken right off our TV screen with our handy little Cannon camera. We glued ourselves to the television specials when Byron died in 2006.

Last year on our road trip to see the Masters, we passed through Arkansas. My husband said, “There’s a golf course over there.”

Sure enough. Hardscrabble it was.

Jane Nagler, wife, mother, grandmother, retired teacher, freelancer, often watches golf tournaments with her husband on a 42-inch colored television, but still heads for bed saying, “So what?”

The bucket list Have you recently crossed out an item on your bucket list — that list of goals you want to reach before you kick the bucket?

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guest column // HAZEN BEVINGTON

A Zen moment in the Woods H

ow different the world looks while walking or cycling rather than driving. It fills all the senses with sounds, smells and sights.

My name is Hazen Bevington.

I am a Leavenworth local and have almost exclusively been walking, cycling, taking the bus, riding my scooter, skateboarding, or floating down the river to get to Wenatchee from Leavenworth for some time now.

In fact, I had ridden my bike by the previous Woods House Conservatory of Music located on First and Buchanan streets in Wenatchee, admiring its personality and Craftsman style.

Never had I imagined I would one day own such a treasure.

It seemed to have a story with years of history, and much more

Hazen Bevington at the Woods House: Buying the local treasure was like winning a raffle, and now the work begins.

to be told. Now I hold the keys to the place.

How did these keys get in my hand? Well, I will tell you the story.

In researching properties for sale I came across this unique gray haired house accessorized with interesting outbuildings.

I spoke with members of the Wenatchee community and learned it had been a hub for our

valley’s music arena; memories still resonating in its walls from the many students who had passed through over the years.

Initially I walked in and around the main house discovering unique and odd closets and cubbyholes. Large wood trim framed the windows, everything done very precisely with great care. Yes, this was a fine classical instrument in need

of being played again.

The more I looked around the more potential I could see for this treasure and a passion was lit to create a drawing point.

How did the keys get in my hand? The escrow officer put them there with a grin on her face congratulating me when I was signing the closing documents and when the seller, The Community Foundation >> RANDOM QUOTE

Happiness is not a pursuit, but the by-product of pursuing activities that somehow result in happiness.

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of North Central Washington, was collecting their money.

There was actually a big bag filled with keys in the middle of the table where I was signing endless papers and I could hardly wait to dive into the clangy contents because I knew it meant I could skip right over there and open the door for the first time.

It was like a raffle where you scoop your hand in blindly and pray you pinch and draw out the winning word or Woods House: admiring its personality and number but in this case every ticket was Craftsman style. sure to please. It was the Christmas stocking filled The glass is accented by with my favorite chocolate. It natural exposed wood beams was the ultimate present. and wood wainscot. Skirting the Of course I had a building glass house is a studio previinspection to verify the strucously known as the Brass Shack. ture’s integrity and thoughtfully A simple and clean space, high concluded for future longevity ceilings, equipped with abunand investment purposes some dant storage. I’ve wondered why improvements were needed to it was called the Brass Shack; I wake up this beauty before the can only imagine this may have keys were in my hand. Exterior been where brass musicians paint, siding, new windows that practiced. can actually open, additional How this property with such bathrooms, finishing the third potential could remain on the floor to capture the scenic view market for so long with no buyof the river, possibly coverers is puzzling to me. ing the parking lot, and all the Perhaps it was too big of an details to make this place more endeavor for many, but for myinviting. self, I have a dream to revive this This venture will surely take colossal landmark for it to bea healthy dose of work, which come a pulse in this town where I have already begun. I’ve been musicians, dancers, profesimagining ornamental art pieces sionals, artists, yogis, massage and landscaping to complete the therapists, naturopathic practinew look. tioners, poets, master builders, Juxtaposed behind the main designers and decorators can house is one of the outbuildings come together. formally named the Wood Shed.

I feel fortunate to have been at It isn’t what you might think the right place at the right time, from the name, its more like, the and this is how I came to have glass house, due to its massive these keys in my hand. sky light windows and glass inI am pleased to be the new dustrial garage doors that leave caretaker for the Woods House the whole room drenched in Conservatory and invite you to natural light. walk by and see what’s going on.

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Buck Creek blister 28 miles, 4,500 feet of gain, 52 pound pack and a sore foot photos and story

By Brad Brisbine This was a repeat of a place I had been to in 1978. I’m happy to say that it was better than I remember.

Len Lamb, Justin Weedman and I left town after work Thursday prior to Labor Day, and headed 24 miles up the Chiwawa River valley to Trinity.

We hiked in three miles, set up camp by headlamp, and enjoyed a clear night of stargazing.

The next morning we completed the 11 miles to Buck Creek Pass.

There we made camp for the next three nights, filling days with day hikes between rain showers.

Walking out Monday, I knew my blister would heal in two weeks, but I would have memories for a lifetime.

Brad and his wife, Jill, live in Wenatchee, where he is project architect at MJ Neal Associates. He enjoys skiing and photographing the many exotic high lakes of the Cascades.

Walking up the trail, where the scenery seems like an old friend.

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TOP MIDDLE: Looking toward Glacier Peak, Washington’s last wilderness volcano. The other four have roads leading up their flank.

Mission Ridge skiers are familiar with the 10,541-foot hulk. Indians called it DaKobed, or “Great Parent.”

Professor W.D. Lyman described it this way: “It can be seen in all its snowy vastness, 10,000 feet high, and bearing upon its broad shoulders miles and miles of rivers of ice, the most beautiful and significant of all the poems of nature.”

ABOVE: Sunday’s day hike toward High Pass catapulted us to the high ridges.

The Sound of Music theme resonated in my mind.

LEFT: The headwaters of Buck Creek are surprisingly lush at the end of a hot summer. Being at the Cascade Crest, this area receives over 80 inches of precipitation annually.

ABOVE LEFT: Saturday’s day hike was to Pass No Pass, involving hiking back down trail a mile, and turning up a lonesome side canyon. The 8,674foot Fortress Mountain is beyond, whose meadows were used heavily by sheep herders in the past.

When I day hike, my pack drops from 52 pounds to a comfortable 12.

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Quentin Farrell, his mother, Marlene, and sister, Alice, disappear into the forest of northern Vancouver Island. Over 100 years ago Danish-Canadian pioneers attempted to settle this remote coastline. This easy-walking section of trail is a converted settler’s road.

Taking a family into the wilds of Vancouver Island STORY by Marlene Farrell Photos by Kevin Farrell

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e broke through the forest edge to the welcoming sight of the ocean. The expanse of white sand was crisscrossed with tracks.

The wolf and bear tracks went our way, down the beach toward Laura Creek. They disappeared in the heaps of seaweed drying in the high tide zone, not far from our next campsite.

The river otter tracks dissected our lines as they went back

and forth from woods to sea.

This was their world. We were the guests. The tide will have swept away our footprints when they pad along the sand again.

The eagles will careen and screech whether we are there to hear it or not. The osprey will plummet in what appears to be a bone-shattering dive into shallow surf for its dinner even when we aren’t there to have our breath taken away.

We were on day three of a 10day backpack trip in Cape Scott Provincial Park on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. We

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had backpacked every summer since our youngest, Alice, was two and a half. Alice, now 7, and Quentin, 9, were ready for higher mileage.

My husband, Kevin, and I were able to increase our number of days out by planning a T-shaped route and a food cache of three days worth of food that we would collect when we retraced our steps.

To get to Laura Creek the wooded trail had been mud, roots, and more mud. Occasionally there were boardwalks but mostly we hopped from a

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Cape Scott Provincial Park lies on the tip of Canada’s Vancouver Island.

log bobbing in the mud to an exposed tree root to a trampled fern. It was not walking; it was wobble and squelch.

Surprisingly, Quentin and Alice loved it. After skirting one bog pitted with six-inch deep boot prints from a more careless hiker, Alice said, “There are times when I get going and I feel like I can hike all day!”

Quentin hardly noticed the mud as he and Kevin spun tales

Alice, Marlene and Quentin explore tidal pools in Fisherman’s Bay.

about robot dogs with removable butts that would drop bombs over enemy territory.

A trip to the ocean is a return to child-like awe. And a trip to a rugged and remote coast, like Cape Scott, is to go further, to go deep into wonder at the teeming life in every tide pool and to scamper about, carefree.

We jumped waves, screaming with the exhilaration and the tingling on our skin. Contentedness wrapped us like a blanket as we sat by our beach fire, watching dolphins porpoising in the sunset surf.

“Can you make me another s’more, Mommy?” Alice asked.

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I admit I was worried at the trailhead.

We had driven for a day and a half and were thus committed to this venture, which included

starting with a car and rocket box load of food and gear — how would it ever fit on our backs?

Kevin reminded me, “We just have to make it through the first day.” Then we would cache some food and fuel in a bucket suspended from a concealed tree branch. Our packs would immediately feel lighter.

With gritted teeth, I survived.

Better Kevin and I, who carried packs that were half our weight, should be the work mules, than the kids, who carried daypacks.

Later we had their little fingers knead the tired knots in our backs.

The trail was beautiful. We traipsed along boardwalks that were dry and sturdy, and boulevards of green ferns, skunk cabbage, and endless salal plants.

Giant spruce, hemlock and cedar towered over us.

On the second day we arrived

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Hiking among the sea stacks at San Josef Bay.

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at Nissen Bight. I heard and smelled the ocean long before I saw it.

As I sat on a large driftwood log, the sea demanded my attention. The live and decaying debris left by high tide carried an intoxicating stench. The din of the waves punctuating the water’s quieter whoosh was pleasing from a distance. Sand fleas hopped on my toes as if they were fleshy rocks. Bald eagles flew overhead, and I heard their happy cries.

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As I woke up each morning my head wasn’t whirring with schedules and details. My challenges were floundering out of the tent without waking the family, popping in preferably sand-free contacts, and then scanning the area for wildlife while I brushed my teeth.

I indulged in time to myself with my journal. Then I was ready to make hot drinks for my tousled-haired kids and scruffy-chinned husband as they stirred.

When we were not hiking

Camping at Eric Lake, protected against unwanted buzzing “friends.”

Marshmallow gratification — by the end of the trip, Quentin had roasted and eaten about 50.

there were many opportunities for unadorned play. Alice gathered up her classroom of little buoys that had names like Windy and Bubble. Or she practiced cartwheels and handstands in the firm sand. She even gave me a few lessons and praised my lopsided cartwheels.

Once, Quentin scratched intently on a wide stretch of sand.

He told us, “I’ve made a chooseyour-own-adventure game.” We dashed about, each following different arrows to complete the game before the tide washed it away.

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Scott and the North Coast Trail to families?

Honestly, no.

The equation tipped in our favor because we had 9 out of 10 days of sunshine and Kevin and I are used to being half mule.

The untrammeled beauty of the beaches surpassed the Washington coast for us, and we had rare and wondrous wildlife encounters.

Every day there was a new one. Barred owlets woke us up at night with their eerie hisses above our tent. A pine marten, fleeing our approach, paused and looked me in the eye. A mama bear climbed a huge trunk to stare at us with a mixture of curiosity and wariness.

But this was a tough and dirty hike and we saw no other children out on a multi-night backpack trip.

The abundant wildlife also meant keeping Quentin and Alice close to us. We didn’t want them to be alone if a cougar or bear crossed their path.

I think I can speak for my family that the challenges did

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make the moments sweeter.

I remember one morning at Nels Bight when Alice woke early so we explored the tide pools together. As we leaned over them we could hear the crackle of the barnacles opening their plated doors. We watched the tiny tentacles of the crown of thorn sea star bend and probe.

Alice pressed the anemones to receive a satisfying squirt. Looking up, we followed the progress of fishing boats on the horizon.

The trip was overflowing with these marvelous shared experiences.

The kids collected special shells, Kevin captured the adventure with his camera, and I was happy to horde a pocketful of memories.

To see a gallery of photos of the Farrell family trip, search Facebook for “Kevin Farrell.”

Marlene Farrell, a Leavenworth resident, writes articles and blogs and is working on children’s fiction. In her free time she runs, bakes and goes on adventures with her family.

The locally grown lifestyle

Chris Petry stands beneath a cache of hanging garlic in the shed adjacent to the house he owns: “The most important thing I could be doing with my time and life right now is to be a farmer and grow my own food.”

A look at a local, organic farmer and the values found in the dirt Story and photos

by Brad Lane

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ou are what you eat, or so the old saying goes.

And if that is true, then Chris Petry of Oh Yeah! Farms in Leavenworth is fresh, local and organic.

And those words don’t only describe his way of life, but

also the crops he grows on the farmland he plows nestled comfortably amongst the Cascade Mountains.

Much like the rest of us, Chris respects the relationship between the food we eat and how we feel, and he has taken it to the next level by starting his own local farm and participating in a Community Supported Agriculture system (CSA) that October 2014 | The Good Life

allows him to deliver his produce for a profit directly to his customers each week.

Ask him how he got here, wrist-deep in the dirt pulling out potatoes by hand, Chris laughs about the journey so far.

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Born and raised in upstate New York, surrounded by farmlands but growing no vegetables himself, Chris moved away after high school and attended Penn State on a full-ride track scholarship. After graduating, and finding his athletic interests switching from running to mountain sports, Chris took the

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The locally grown lifestyle }}} Continued from previous page call of the Cascades and found a job as a mountain guide in Seattle.

Things were going well for a while, until the economy took a nosedive in 2008, and the mountain guiding position he was relying on to make rent suddenly came up dry. And it was from this temporary job replacement that Chris took advice from a friend to look into farming as a way to support himself.

“I sought out Craigslist and typed in ‘farming’ under jobs.

Only one thing came up.”

Fortunately for Chris, he was the right fit for the job. Standing at six-foot, three-inches and a one-time high school track champion, and in other words a perfect fit for the hard work required on the farm, Chris claims he got his first farming gig at

Chris stands before the farm he plants with one of the many used pieces of equipment he’s purchased over the years.

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Nature’s Last Stand in Carnation, outside of Seattle, because he showed up on time for his interview.

From there, Chris commuted back and forth between farmland and Seattle, splitting his time between mountain guiding and agriculture. He made it work, but found that the slower pace of farm life was drawing him away from the hurry of the big city.

“I felt I was getting out of touch with community,” Chris said about his time in Seattle.

“You could meet people at a bar, or in a place, but you didn’t meet at someone’s home and eat a cooked meal from their garden.

You move out to the country and that’s what happens.”

And after putting up with the disconnect long enough, Chris began looking for greener pastures on the east side of the Cascades. But with so much farming community to choose from, Chris had a lot of options in terms of locations to go. Ulti-

mately, it wasn’t just the fertile soil that drove his decision.

“I knew I wanted to move to Leavenworth, I wanted to be out here,” Chris said. “The skiing and climbing are great and I thought I might as well farm where I can do all of these things.”

With Leavenworth in mind for this mountain sport enthusiast, Chris was told to seek out Grant Gibbs of Gibbs’ organics, who is, as Chris described, the local organic guru. Grant Gibbs was a tough nut to crack however, but with enough persistence and determination, Chris found a small work-study position on the farm.

“I didn’t make enough money for two summers besides to eat and buy gas,” said Chris about his time spent with Gibb’s Organics. “But I slowly started acquiring farm equipment, and I figured I’d keep pushing things and look for bigger places.”

And Chris did just that, until 2012, when he plowed Oh Yeah!

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Chris and his girlfriend, Natalie Thompson, share a laugh at the farm between harvests.

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dug potatoes between his hands, Chris reminisced about an afternoon earlier in the season where 10 of his friends came to the farm and spent time together harvesting the latest crop. By the evening they were all on his back porch, feet up, with the sun breaking below the horizon and enjoying a feast comprised entirely of food they picked themselves.

“It doesn’t get any better than that,” Chris said about his time spent on the farm with close friends. “I believe in spending and sharing time with your neighbors, and food is a vessel for that.”

And while this farming lifestyle may not have been what Chris imagined himself doing while growing up, like the vegetables on his farm, all he needed was a little sun and direction to grow.

And as a final piece of advice, as he scrubbed his potatoes over a large washing station, Chris spoke to anyone who wants to watch their dreams grow into a reality.

“Nothing is better than having the tenacity and feeling the excitement in following something you want to do.”

For more information on how to obtain Oh Yeah! produce; check out OhYeah-Farms.com.

Brad Lane grew up in the great state of Iowa with an affinity for adventure, and now that he has been living out West for over a year working as a freelance writer, he can’t imagine life without mountains in sight.

Untouched

Famous lodge, pristine valley escape worst of historic fire

by CARY ORDWAY

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otel operators are trained to expect the unexpected, but one has to wonder if anyone ever anticipated the problem facing Sun Mountain Lodge in July 2014: Maintain a worldclass resort during one of the peak travel months of the year, but do it with one slight handicap: do it without any electrical power.

In more densely populated areas there normally would be backup power to rely on, but no such luck for Sun Mountain Lodge.

The massive wildfires affecting Central Washington’s Okanogan County had cut off power for everyone in the Methow Valley and even the area’s backup power supply was affected. A resort full of people – not to mention thousands of local residents – were about to experience a serious dent in their summer plans.

The culprit in this instance was the Carlton Complex fire, blackening about a quarter of a million acres from the town of Pateros northward and including many separate fires in the Winthrop area as well as one only five miles from Sun Mountain Resort.

Guests were evacuated and the resort was without power for a

week. New guests didn’t return until well into August, effectively taking nearly a month of bookings off the calendar during the busiest season of the year.

Now, several weeks later, the resort has returned to normal – in fact, you might say surprisingly normal. While the Carlton Complex Fire was the biggest in the state’s history, firefighters were successful in keeping it away from many places like Sun Mountain Lodge that appeared to be in serious jeopardy. Drive up to the lodge today and there is no evidence in the immediate vicinity that there ever was a fire. The views from the mountaintop setting of the resort remain intact, a 360-degree panorama that brings to mind Hitler’s Eagles Nest high in the Alps.

Driving north along the Methow River from Pateros, there are plenty of reminders of the fires with hillsides blackened for miles and miles. But once you take the turn-off to Sun Mountain, the fire

damage is far behind you and it is a relief once you get up on the mountain to look around and see that the Methow Valley is remarkably untouched and still one of the most beautiful landscapes in all of Washington.

That’s the message that Okanogan County really wants to get out: Yes, it was a huge fire, but no, it did not destroy the place that so many Washington residents like to come to enjoy.

Business seemed brisk during our brief stay at Sun Mountain Lodge in late August and we think the lodge ambiance is a big part of the attraction. Picture “northwest mountain lodge” in your mind, and you’ll see something pretty close to Sun Mountain Lodge. Lots of

Cary Ordway is a longtime travel writer/radio host who currently publishes NorthwestTravelAdvisor.com, and was heard on Wenatchee’s KPQ for many years.

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logs and stone were used in the construction, and the design incorporates huge windows to take full advantage of what we think is the lodge’s biggest asset: its view.

There are plenty of activities to keep guests busy including hiking, mountain bike riding, horseback riding and boat and canoe rentals on nearby Patterson Lake during warmer months and cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and old-fashioned sleigh rides during winter. For us, the most attractive amenity was the system of trails that come right to the resort’s edge – there is nothing quite like roughing it on an outdoor trail away from everything and everybody and then returning that evening not to a campsite, but to the amenities of a world-class resort.

That’s our kind of hiking trip.

For more information about Sun Mountain Lodge, phone 800-5720493 or visit sunmountainlodge.com ✦

Pampered Expanded day spa brings new amenities to Leavenworth

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o many visitors are coming to Leavenworth these days that the Bavarian Village is able to offer a growing list of amenities and services, including some you might not expect to find in what was once a sleepy little Central Washington village.

Head just a little ways down Icicle Road and you’ll find the latest in bigtime amenities – the newly expanded Aspen Leaf Day Spa. Located at the Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, the larger, more elaborate spa opened its doors in September with an eye toward becoming the go-to spa for not only Leavenworth visitors but residents from all over North Central Washington.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out why this makes sense for Sleeping Lady – the resort long has been known for its natural setting, its careful maintenance of the environment and a total backto-Nature experience that includes everything from the food you eat to the cottages you sleep in. We should note this is not a back-toNature experience as in camping, but rather a well-planned resort that combines a natural setting with the luxury resort amenities.

Harriett Bullitt, a Northwest icon of business and the arts, could see the potential here when she purchased 67 acres from the

The practitioners will offer you a blend of massage services including Swedish, deep tissue, sports, pregnancy, hot stone, side by side and their signature hot and cold Jade stone. Those wanting facials and other services will find that the spa offers skin balancing, antioxidant peels, microdermabrasion, waxing, sugaring and tinting. The spa also offers spa body treatments, including wraps and scrubs, foot rituals and energy balancing.

Catholic Church back in 1991 when the property was known as Camp Field and used for church retreats. Eighteen buildings from the retreat were worked into the new site plan, with new buildings designed to blend in with the existing architecture and environment. Everything was upgraded to current codes and Sleeping Lady opened in 1995.

The resort has always offered spa services but the newly expanded Aspen Leaf Day Spa represents a big leap forward. It’s a full-service day spa that offers a range of massage, facial and body treatments. It’s located right at the edge of the Sleeping Lady property and is part of what now has become a small village that includes the O’Grady’s Pantry

(being expanded into a full-service restaurant with a heated seating area outdoors beginning in the spring), a mercantile gift shop and an adjacent organic garden.

The setting is ideal for a spa, according to Sales and Marketing Director Lori Vandenbrink, a longtime spa customer herself.

“It’s a very serene setting,” she says. “It lends itself well to yoga and massage.”

The people taking care of you at the Aspen Leaf Day Spa are all highly qualified. The spa will employ seven experienced and nationally-certified massage practitioners, four estheticians and cosmetologists and a spa coordinator. Managing the spa is Karen Edwards, a Washington state licensed esthetician.

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And here’s a Significant Other Alert: a full-service day spa located in beautiful Leavenworth just has to rank very highly on that List Of Things To Wow My Significant Other, whatever the occasion. Even better, the Sleeping Lady is offering spa packages starting at $383 per night based on double occupancy, which include one night’s accommodation for two, a gourmet dinner and a hearty breakfast served in the Kingfisher Restaurant and Wine Bar, and a $100 spa credit for use at the Aspen Leaf.

For more information on the Sleeping Lady Resort and the Aspen Leaf Day Spa, please visit sleepinglady.com or phone 800574-2123. The day spa is open Monday through Saturday, 10-5 and Sunday, 10-4, with after-hours appointments available. ✦

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is just to make sure your feet are in position for your landing. “It’s so simple,” says co-owner Jaimi Krenz, “you hardly have to know anything.”

Guests from 7 to 70 find new zipline an exciting way to enjoy the forest

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he whoops and hollers are hard to mistake as you make your way to Washington’s newest zipline operation – the people up there in the trees are checking one more item off their bucket list as they fly through the forest canopy in an adventure that is part Superman, part Tarzan and 100 percent fun.

The age range of zipline customers was something of a surprise, Krenz said. The owners knew young people would come but customers are all across the spectrum. That all-ages appeal works well for parties, conferences, retreats and even weddings where it’s fun to encourage everyone to try a new experience together.

A typical experience at Leavenworth Ziplines takes two to three hours altogether, depending on the number of people in your group (which can be up to eight people). You make advance reservations to go in one of two groups each day during weekdays, and up to six different groups on weekends. Each group has two experienced and well-trained guides – one that sends, one that receives the riders.

Open just since August, Leavenworth Ziplines is the newest addition to Mountain Springs Lodge Resort, a popular getaway in Plain, about a 20-minute drive out of the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth. Since its startup in 1990, the lodge has grown to a total capacity of about 140 guests, counting cabins both on and off the 122-acre property.

The zipline took a year to build and get all the permits to operate and it came about due to the fickle winters in North Central Washington. One year we get a massive snow depth, the next there are two big dumps and it’s already spring. Snowmobilers are good customers of the Mountain Springs Lodge, but they don’t come when snow conditions aren’t good. It was time to find an additional source of revenue.

Owner Bill Newell did his research and found that ziplines were proving popular tourist attractions in many areas of the country. After visiting various ziplines, he could see that the pristine, forested hillsides just behind his lodgings were ideal for building what would become one of the Northwest’s highest ziplines – about 200 feet in the air at some points. It’s not the longest, but there are a total of eight lines, with the longest being 650 feet. If that doesn’t make your knuckles white enough, they threw in two suspension bridges just for good measure.

But before you write this off as an experience only for thrill-seekers, consider that everyone from kids to 70-year-old grandparents have been signing up to ride the new ziplines. With some simple instruction, a zipline is as easy as putting on a harness – your main responsibility

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The eight lines start out with lines that are not as high – in fact, there is a separate line that is close to the ground that you can try just to get the feel of how your harness attaches to the line and experience what it’s like to “zip” along the line. You do have to be within a certain weight range – between 70 and 270 pounds – and kids must be at least seven years old.

By the way, the scale mercifully is color-coded without numbers so no one is really going to see your weight.

The vast majority of customers are exhilarated but, just in case, there are several off-ramps along the way where you can exit before completing all eight ziplines. But that doesn’t happen often, and the whoops and hollers would seem to indicate people are pleased they took the plunge.

For more information, please visit leavenworthziplines.com or phone 800-8582276. prices are $75 for adults, $65 for children (ages 7 to 15). The lines will be open through October and then open again in May. ✦

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Undaunted Motocross racer Duane Marker hardly slows down at age 53

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e all wanted to own the toy store when we were growing up as kids, but Duane Marker wanted to own Wenatchee Honda. Duane knew even back then that the local Honda dealer had all the toys he would ever need.

Now in his fourth year as coowner of Doghouse MotorSports and Wenatchee Honda, Duane began riding motorcycles back when he was just seven years old, and riding in competition at the ripe old age of nine. Marker became a local celebrity as he took his riding skills to bigger and better venues all over the country, competing in the semiprofessional motocross circuit.

“I think I missed half of Junior High and High School because I was out of town racing,” he remembers, adding that all that school work was eventually made up.

The motocross racing continued well past the school years and on into early adulthood, and then into middle-age-hood and in fact is a big part of Marker’s life today at 53 years old. There was a 14year period where an ACL injury kept him sidelined but modern surgical advances finally came up with a way to repair the damage and get Duane back in the saddle.

Of course that’s not the only injury sustained by Marker during his

remarkable career in motorsports.

He’s been knocked out, shattered his femur, and even broke his back, although the latter injury was during a snocrossing event.

Oh yes, Duane Marker does that, too, along with racing watercraft, getting as far as the World Finals in 1992 and 1994. Not exactly a couch potato, that Duane.

Old age may be catching up with Marker just a little bit. While checking out another injury, doctors recently discovered some stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal column that is age-related. But after sitting out from motocross competition for some time, Marker now thinks he’ll be back on the course next summer.

Marker takes heart in watching people a lot older than he is competing in the “80-plus” class where a bunch of 80-somethings

still get out and see who can go the fastest on a motorcycle. Marker actually competes now in 40plus and 30-plus competitions, so he continues to challenge himself by going against riders who may be 20 years younger than he is.

The other big challenge in Marker’s life is operating Wenatchee Honda. His wife and co-owner, Kathy, is the fulltime manager at the store while Duane works in IT for Chelan County, helping at the store in his “off” hours. Kathy brings to the franchise some bigtime managerial experience with Microsoft and one can tell she enjoys the dynamic and fun atmosphere as well as all the other experienced motorsports people on hand to help make sure customers get what they need.

Duane may be out on the floor helping customers pick out a bike

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– although his first sales experience earned him the nickname of “lawnmower man” because he sold seven lawnmowers in his first few weeks at the store -- or he may even roll up his sleeves and get greasy building and repairing bikes. Kathy enjoys the people side of the business and is frequently found helping customers or laughing with them, so it’s clear the Markers not only have the toys they always wanted, but the ability to run a successful business selling those toys.

Doghouse Motorsports and Wenatchee Honda offer a wide variety of motorsports vehicles including ATV’s, side-by-sides, street bikes, dirt bikes, snowmobiles and snow-removing equipment. For more information, call 509-663-0075 or please visit doghouse-motorsports.com ✦

Uncorked Fall Crush, Barrel Tasting put focus on Chelan Wineries

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ith North Central Washington long known for its superb soil and climate for growing fruit, it was only a matter of time before someone figured out that grapes would grow well here, too. At Lake Chelan, that magic moment came in 1998 when Bob Christopher and Steve Kludt opened the first production vineyards in this already popular tourist area.

2009, the area has been designated an American Viticultural Area – meaning it’s a grape-growing region capable of producing darn good wine. The designation is not just given to anybody, you know – you have to prove you’ve got the goods. It actually took four years for the federal government to proclaim the Lake Chelan AVA (meaning, of course, anybody else could have done it in two weeks).

When those initial vineyards proved viable, other growers followed suit with more vineyards, which begat wineries that begat even more tourists, which begat even more tourist dollars.

To date, no big corporations have built wineries in the area and most of the wineries tend to be locally owned, modified mom-and-pop operations that vary quite a bit in size. There are the small wineries that aren’t much bigger than the tasting room, and then there are the elaborate winery estates that have tasting rooms and facilities rivaling the Big Boys (and Girls).

And the local chamber of commerce saw that it was good.

Fast forward to 2014 and there are 21 wineries that are now part of the Lake Chelan Wine Alliance, a trade organization created to market the lake region’s wineries to the rest of the state and indeed the world. An entire industry has risen up where there was none before, a delectable combination of wineries, tasting rooms, restaurants and events including frequent dinners, parties and concerts. Apples, cherries and pears were never this much fun.

Altogether there are now 250 acres of vineyards in the Lake Chelan Valley and, since

Many have added food – even fine dining – and several offer outdoor concerts. Benson Vineyards, for example, has built a spectacular stage overlooking the vineyards and lake.

During warmer months, Lake Chelan Winery packs them in every week at its extremely well attended outdoor barbecue with live rock music. Other wineries like Vin Du Lac may feature smaller musical presentations of jazz or folk or easy listening music.

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Fall is a busy time for the wineries of Lake Chelan because of two big events – the Fall Crush, and the Fall Barrel Tasting. Yes, both of these are quite good at attracting additional tourists, but they’re both real events and not just the tourist industry equivalent of a photo-op.

During Fall Crush, the weekends of October 4-5 and October 11-12, visitors will be able to see the grapes harvested and “crushed.” No, you don’t have to do like Lucy Ricardo and jump in and stomp the grapes with your feet; the wine producers will do that, or some facsimile. You just grab a glass of wine and watch while the experts tell you how they’re getting the juices, where the juices are going, and what they are doing with them.

Fall Barrel Tasting is Nov. 28-30, and that’s when you get to taste wine from the barrel – not just this year’s vintage, but other past years that are still in the process of fermenting.

Again, wine experts will be on hand to teach you just enough to impress the Wine Snobs in your circle of friends, or that first date who’s not quite sure yet whether you’ve graduated from Three-buck Chuck.

For more information, please phone 509-6792124 or visit lakechelanwinevalley.com ✦

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Log Cabin No need to build your own when you can rent one

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f you’re like us and have been captivated by the modern log

editor’s note:

We asked local residents to come up with something a lot of people may not know about travel and recreation in Central Washington.

Here are the ideas they would like to pass along to our readers.

homes you’ve seen in those glossy magazines, be comforted in the fact that you don’t actually have to build a log home to enjoy it on your next vacation. Just rent one for the week, or week-end

above the Columbia River near Wenatchee.

A maze of natural stone pathways traverse the hillside gardens, ushering visitors past breathtaking panoramic views, towering cedars and firs, lush foliage, mesmerizing

for that matter.

On a recent trip to Leavenworth, Washington, we did just that when we rented a place called “Log Haven” that certainly qualified for prominent display in any magazine on log homes. It wasn’t a sprawling house that almost looks out of place in the wild, but rather a classic two-bedroom log home that is really more of a log cabin.

Log Haven also is perfectly suited to a family getaway with sleeping accommodations for up to seven people. And, unlike some lodgings so impeccably designed and decorated, children are welcome. Dogs and cigarettes, however, need to be left behind.

This little piece of log heaven is situated about three miles outside of Leavenworth. Arriving at this log home you are immediately drawn to the spacious outdoor deck that looks out onto the picture-postcard mountains to the south and east. One could almost envision Julie Andrews and the children running through the meadows, with the helicopter swooping down for the opening panorama you see in Sound of Music. Okay, maybe it’s not that gorgeous, but you get the general idea.

Log Haven may look like a big cabin but it’s like a complete vacation home inside with a full kitchen, two bathrooms, large living room area — with wide-screen high-def TV — and even a laundry facility. The upstairs loft has two beds and is large enough that someone could roll out a sleeping bag on the floor and no one would need to step on anybody. Cathedral ceilings and top-to-bottom windows make this home feel bigger than it actually is.

For more information on renting a cabin or vacation home in the Leavenworth area, contact Destination Leavenworth at 866-904-7368 or visit them on the web at destinationleavenworth.com. ✦

“My suggestion is fun and affordable for the entire family – the Town Toyota Center complex is the only arena within Washington State that has two sheets of ice and is open 364 days a year for public skating. It’s open from 1 to 3 p.m., and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday night and costs just $5 per person plus $2 skate rental.”

Jennifer Bushong Town Toyota Center Director of Sales and Marketing

waterfalls, tranquil pools and secluded

“Moses Lake’s free Concert Series may be the longest running free outdoor music series in the state. There have been more than 200 free concerts since 1990 featuring a balance of regional and national talent – people like Glenn Yarbrough, B.J. Thomas, The Tokens, The Platters, Los Lobos, Collin Raye and so much more!”

Bill Burke Grant County Tourism Burke Marketing

picnic lunch, visit a museum, and get eye to

“The Pybus Market namesake comes from E.T. Pybus, who was born in Yorkshire, England and arrived in Wenatchee at age 37 to start start a business for which Pybus Market is now named. “E.T.” stands for Elias Thomas. If you look closely, many manhole and sewer covers in old Wenatchee bear the name “Pybus Steel Company.”

Steve Robinson pybus Market Executive Director “Your readers should discover the breathtaking beauty of Ohme Gardens, set high

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hide-a-ways creating a fun adventure in this garden wonderland.”

Mike Short Ohme Gardens Administrator “A fun place that I like to go with my family is the Rocky Reach Dam it is a place where you can stand in the shadow of a hydro turbine , hug 42 kinds of trees, enjoy a eye with a sockeye. Fun and educational!”

Sandy Appel Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce Visitor Services Coordinator “On the Apple Capital Loop Trail you can walk, run or bike at the heart of the Wenatchee Valley. The 11-mile Loop trail spans the east and west sides of the mighty Columbia River with accessibility to all mobility levels and easy access points on both sides of the river. Along the trail you may run in to an art sculpture or two.

It is fun and healthy and even a teenager would enjoy it.”

Cherri Austin Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce Assistant intern

Can you tell us something we didn’t know about Central Washington travel and recreation? please email Cary at getawaymediacorp@gmail.com. ✦

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The Joe and Janine Welty home from the back: Low swept and with plenty of windows to allow in the view.

Moving on up comfortable Home overlooking 17th green of Highlander golf course has a sweeping view Story by Mike Cassidy Photos by Travis Knoop

Turning into the driveway of

Joe and Janine Welty’s new eastside home — and being careful to avoid a cart carrying a couple

of golfers and their bags motoring by — the impression is one of a contemporary home with a low-sweeping visage.

But walk through the doubleglassed front doors and down an extra wide entry hallway and the house opens up to 15 to 20-foot

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ceilings and an expansive view of the hills on the south side of the Columbia River and beyond.

“We wanted to make everything wide and tall,” said Joe in showing a visitor around, “even though this is a smaller house.”

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son to their 1960’s-era California rambler on the Wenatchee Country Club where they raised a family over a period of almost 20 years.

“That house was a nice house but it also was a fixer upper,” said Janine. “We remodeled over

ABOVE: The extra wide entry way leads to the great room and is lined with pictures and art that are reminders of the Welty’s various travels.

LEFT: The “great” room, with two sitting areas, a dining table and the massive granite-covered island fronting the kitchen “is where we spend most of our time,” said Janine. “We did the floor plan and then took it to Ryan Kelso to fill in the innards,” said Joe of the house that features two bedroom suites (plus an office that could be a bedroom) and plenty of open spaces.

the years, but when we got back to point one — and with the kids raised and gone — we knew it was time to go.”

Joe lead the search for “a flat lot, with a fabulous view and a southern exposure” and that’s what they found when the High-

lander Golf Course redesigned the back nine holes to accommodate building lots.

The Welty’s home looks down on the 17th green — this is one of those challenging holes where golfers need to hit over a canyon onto a tiny patch of grass

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around the flag.

The route from the 17th tee to the 18th tee box passes the Welty’s front door. One of the bays of their three-car garage is home to a golf cart, making it easy for Joe to buzz up to the clubhouse for a round of golf with buddies.

Golf is more of a Joe thing — he has a 20 handicap — Janine is more into swimming.

For her, they built a 700-square-foot swim spa with its own room. A roll-up door opens onto the back yard, exposing hill and sky views.

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swimming in place first thing in the morning. “I get up in the morning, I swim, I feel so good,” she said.

“It’s our fountain of youth — and the grandkids love it,” she added. “Even the dogs love it.”

Yes, she admits, she allows their Standard Poodles, Gigi and Dolly, to dip in the pool.

The Welty home is 2,950 square feet, which includes the swim spa, with two bedroom suites, a den/office which could be a third bedroom and twoand-a-half baths.

Plus, it has only one step in the entire house — from the

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The master bath with its glass shower, two sinks and light-filled windows also includes what Janine calls a “senior bath” — a walk-in bathtub just to the left of this photo.

Moving on up }}} Continued from previous page garage to the living area. Nice after moving from a multi-level family home.

The great room is truly great

— Janine calls it a very peaceful “great” great room — with windows lining the south wall, the tall ceiling and on the north wall a kitchen behind a giant slab of granite-topped island.

The granite comes with a story. “Our biggest challenge was finding a slab this size,” said Joe. Originally, the kitchen island was to be covered with a

slab 15 feet long by 5 feet wide.

When that selection proved too limited, the Weltys chose to fill out the last four feet with butcher block.

At one end of the island is a built-in wine cooler. Handy because a son and his wife are fine winemakers in Walla Walla.

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bottle of wine,” kidded Joe. There’s a pantry just off the kitchen — but it’s not for food.

Instead rows of cupboards hold collections of dishes Janine has purchased when traveling abroad… dishes from Italy, France, South Africa, Portugal, England, Mexico, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany and China.

As for food, “We’re like the French,” said Joe with a smile, “we go to the market everyday.”

This house that the Weltys moved into around Memorial Day was built by Travis Hofstetter of H & H Construction while the owners were living in a cottage they owned at the time in Seattle.

They came over every three weeks or so, but mostly kept up with exchanging emails and sometimes attached photos from the builder.

“Travis is a really good builder,” said Joe. When a situation came up, “we would ask, ‘What would you do?’ He’s a good problem solver.”

Not that Joe and Janine

The master bedroom with its view also includes a gas fireplace. “For the first time in 18 years, I haven’t had to remind Joe to get firewood,” said Janine.

A 700-square-foot spa — with two motors at the far end of the pool for creating current, water at a constant 86 degrees and rollup door — allows Janine to swim for exercise for a year-round, near-outside experience. This was one of my musts,” she said, “I would have given up the three-car garage to have this.”

weren’t busy and involved themselves.

“When we were living in Seattle, it was easy to look around for ideas,” said Janine. “Every week we pretty much focused on one item — windows, hardware — we could go to open houses and lots of different stores.”

“I can’t tell you how many times we went lighting hunting. What looks good in October might not look good in the spring.”

Once they found what they liked, they tried to order from Wenatchee businesses.

They also used the creative

ideas of Lindsay Rini of Designer Floors. She is the one who suggested gray carpets and a neutral color for all of the walls (the wall color is universal khaki with restful white ceilings).

The result is a continuous flow from room to room.

“For us, our emphasis is on the view, on looking out,” said Joe, standing in the “great” great room, looking towards Mission Ridge where the chair lifts are visible among the folds of the hills.

Relish your days

Janine, Joe and Gigi: “We can watch the weather come in,” said Joe of their vantage point overlooking the Columbia and hills to the south and west. Photo by Mike Cassidy

Still, the one-level house with practical features for a downsized couple and their dogs is a place for easy, comfortable living, and — “with new construction we hope to have 10 years here with not having to fix

a thing,” said Janine.

Travis Knoop is a former Realtor turned real estate photographer based out of Wenatchee. For more details or examples of his work, visit www.TravisKnoopPhotography.com.

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PET tales

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abi reminds us that the world is a playground everyday.

She monitors my food intake closely so I am conscience not to eat too much… ummm, at least without sharing with her.

She teaches us valuable lessons — such as how gracious gratitude is.

— Sandy Gellatly

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arvey is my 26-year-old appaloosa. We have been pals for 22 years. He didn’t dress up for the photo, and his head is too big for a selfie, but as you can see he always has a smile for you.

— Katherine March

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his is Malia with her rescued frenchie, Trouble. We rescued him at eight weeks old. He is about 10 months old now.

French bulldogs are lovers for the most part and a little stubborn.

I believe teaching our children and dogs what’s right and wrong from the beginning will make kids and dogs a great combination.

— Joanne Renteria

My two Golden Retrievers, Trapper, age one and Radar,

age five, were enjoying a vacation day at the family’s cabin in Priest Lake, Idaho.

The cabin has been in the family since 1975 and every year the dogs get to vacation there and enjoy the family legacy.

My dogs LOVE the water. If possible they would swim from dusk to dawn.

— Pam Arena

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bonnie orr

Festive tomatoes a seasonal delight 1 teaspoon chopped savory or tarragon 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 cup sour cream – do not use fat free 1/2 cup milk or buttermilk 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 pound thinly sliced or coarsely grated Monterey Jack cheese (about two cups) 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese

The fruit we all relish, toma-

toes, has a fairly long season — July through October.

It is the most popular garden plant. Friends, who grow patio tomatoes, admit, with a shy little smile, that hardly any of the succulent juicy orbs make it into the house.

Some people celebrate the tomato.

Sue and Tim O’Dea have hosted a tomato festival in their lovely back garden. They invite friends, beautifully decorate the tables with tomato motifs, and then anticipate the treasures their guests will deliver.

I was astounded at the variety of tomatoes that were used (there are probably more than 50 kinds of tomatoes grown in this area) and the creative recipes.

Have you ever had tomato shortbread? Katie Stephanites made melt-in-your-mouth cookies. Other enthusiasts servedup salads, salsas, sorbet and a variety of cooked dishes.

I asked the guests to share a couple of the recipes. For starters, Tim O’Dea served a Gazpacho from The Great Tomato Cookbook by Gary Ibsen with Joan Nielsen. This zippy gazpacho made with fresh ingredients is a change of taste for it features Spanish/Middle Eastern seasonings.

Arabian Gazpacho 30 minutes assembly; serves 4-6 3 tablespoons olive oil 5 garlic cloves finely chopped 1 tablespoon sweet paprika 2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon cayenne 2 1/2 pounds tomatoes

Savory Cheese Pie is the name of this dish, but tomatoes are a tasty and colorful ingredient.

2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro 1 tablespoon chopped mint 2 teaspoons salt Black pepper 1. Gently sauté the garlic, paprika, cumin, coriander and cayenne in the olive oil. Let cool.

2. Peel and seed the tomatoes.

Puree the flesh.

3. Stir all the ingredients together.

If it is too thick to drink from a glass, add a bit of water.

4. Chill for an hour before serving.

Rose Butler made everyone’s favorite dish, a tomato cheddar pie recipe from Bon Appetit. I loved her pie, and it inspired me to look at a wide variety of recipes for tomato cheese pies.

After dinking with ingredients and stuffing my friends with my various efforts, I offer this recipe.

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easiest to deal with because they are easy to seed and have the most flesh.

Always peel tomatoes because the skins toughen when baked.

Sharp cheddar cheese gives a great taste; a mixture of blue cheese and Monterey Jack create a deeply satisfying flavor.

Savory Cheese Pie Assembly 30 minutes Bake 350 degrees 40 minutes Serves 6 This dinner dish may be served either hot or cold.

Use your favorite piecrust. If you don’t make piecrust, don’t buy a frozen one. Use a biscuit dough recipe and thinly line the pan with the dough.

5 large tomatoes OR

2 pounds paste tomatoes 2 green onions sliced 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped basil

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1. Pat the pie or biscuit dough into the baking dish.

2. Peel tomatoes. The skins will slip right off if you dip the tomatoes in rapidly boiling water for 20 seconds — but no longer!

3. Cut the tomatoes open and remove the seeds. Let the fruit drain in a strainer in the sink while you are mixing the other ingredients.

4. Slice the tomatoes in half-inch thick slices. Shake the flour over the slices.

5. Mix all the herbs and lemon juice.

6. Combine the milk and sour cream.

7. Mix the two cheeses together To assemble: place a layer of tomatoes on the dough. Spread some of the herb mixture and 1/4th of the cheese. Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used — you will have 3 layers.

Pour the sour cream mixture over the layers. Use the remaining cheese as the top layer.

Bake until the crust and cheese are light brown and the filling looks thickened.

If we eat enough fresh tomatoes during the season, perhaps the sweet memories will sustain us until next July.

Bonnie Orr — the dirt diva — cooks and gardens in East Wenatchee.

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june darling

Fretting over stress only makes it worse How stressful do you think

your life and work are?

Quite stressful?

Bad news.

According to researchers who followed over 30,000 adults in the U.S. for eight years, you increase your risk of dying by 43 percent.

But wait.

The increased risk only applies if you believe you are very stressed AND you believe stress is bad for you.

Stop. Did you get that? It is not our stress, but the way we feel about our stress that makes stress stressful.

We have known for some time that feeling stressed – feeling tension or pressure in response to a demand (physical or psychological) — is subjective.

What one person experiences as very stressful may not be stressful to another.

For example, a few days ago I was flying from Seattle to Wenatchee. The plane noticeably swooshed up and down several times in response to a bit of choppy air.

People responded quite differently to the roller-coasterish ride. Some children were laughing with glee. Some people slept peacefully through the whole event. The person next to me was wiping perspiration from her hands.

Stress is largely in the mind of the perceiver. That particular observation has been around since the Stoics of ancient Greece.

What we have not realized until lately is that all our talk about how bad stress is for us is making our stress more stressful.

Stress management gurus have unwittingly managed to convince many of us that the swooshes in our lives are pretty

terrifying. All that terror we are experiencing is leading to health, performance and relationship problems, according to people in the now billion dollar stress management industry.

Stress management initiatives, though well-intentioned, are actually making us more stressed.

Last year researchers from Harvard and Yale initiated a new approach to working with stress.

They showed participants three factual videos that emphasized the benefits of stress.

The results were impressive.

Those participants who were shown “stress can be enhancing” videos had far less stress related health symptoms. They also significantly increased their productivity and performance.

The researchers were telling the truth. Stress CAN be enhancing though we rarely hear that side of the story. Stress can provoke personal growth by stretching our skills. Stress can be motivating, energizing, and stimulating. Stress can increase our focus and even improve our health (think of vaccinations).

Generally speaking, people perform at their best and are more able to live life to its fullest when they are experiencing some stress. For example I doubt that I would have ever written a single article (much less the 84 I have written) if I did not have the stress of a deadline. Stress can be good.

When we view stress not as a debilitating evil to be avoided, but rather as a challenge — a potential opportunity to further develop our strengths and resources, we move to a more positive, useful, performance enhancing mindset.

The power of our mindset, the way we frame our beliefs, cannot be overrated.

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received helpful medication can positively and powerfully effect up to 90 percent of our physical illnesses many researchers claim.

People waiting for knee replacements have been given sham surgeries (no actual treatment) and felt relief from pain and increased mobility simply because they thought they had been operated on.

You can do hundreds of things to manage your stress (for example sleep, exercise, cut down on refined sugar, learn time management skills, laugh, sing, de-clutter, learn good communication skills, pray, smell lavender), but the best thing you can do is change your attitude toward your stress.

Start by noticing when you feel stressed. Think about it as a challenge, as an opportunity to grow. Consider the benefits of a challenge. Remember the times you or others have grown as a result of being challenged.

Appreciatively acknowledge the extra burst of energy you may be given to accomplish something you care about.

One happy, high achiever, let’s call him Tom, isn’t particularly out there looking for more stress or adrenaline rushes, but he does seek to achieve what

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he feels is his purpose and to live the good life. He juggles a lot of demands on his time.

When I asked him how he managed the stress, he said something like this, “I have learned a few tricks. One of them is to appreciate and enjoy it (stress).”

Stressed folks, like Tom, who view stress differently — not as something debilitating to be avoided, but as a challenge to be embraced; accomplish more, are happier, and here’s the clincher, actually have less risk of dying than those who say they have very little stress in their lives.

Stress can be very bad. Stress can also be very good. How we view it and use it makes a difference.

How might you move up to The Good Life by adopting a more positive mindset toward stress?

June Darling, Ph.D. can be contacted at drjunedarling1@gmail. com; website: www.summitgroupresources.com. Her books, including 7 Giant Steps To The Good Life, can be bought or read for free at Amazon. com.

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jim brown, m.d.

The strange & mysterious world of the virus

It seems that nearly every

year we are warned or frightened about the latest new viral threat to our health and even our lives.

One would have to be living on a deserted island with no contact with the outside world not to have become familiar with the Ebola virus, which as I write this, has killed over 1,900 people and infected an additional 3,500 in five West African nations.

Ebola has been around for many years, but with the increased number of cases recently in Liberia and adjacent African countries and the death of many health care workers, this dreadful virus has received huge media attention.

Unfortunately there is no drug cure for viral diseases.

Antibiotics have no effect against viral illness.

As we have often heard, this particular virus spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids including urine, blood, vomit and feces.

Even though AIDS kills 1 million people every year in Africa alone and malaria and diarrhea kill hundreds of thousands of African children each year, our media is focused on the latest deadly killer virus.

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If we were told that there was a viral disease that was killing 5 million people worldwide every year, there would be cause for mass panic.

Yet that is what smoking is doing every year, but it gets little publicity. I suspect that’s because it is a disease “of choice.”

No one has to smoke.

In the U.S.A. influenza is blamed for 24,000 deaths a year.

Americans worried about Ebola would be better served getting their flu shot annually.

At this time the deadly Ebola virus with over a 90 percent mortality rate does not pose a significant risk to the average citizen in our country.

Nevertheless infectious disease experts are concerned about the possibility of it becoming a worldwide problem.

That is how viral epidemics frequently behave.

It seems that every year we are bombarded by the latest viral illness scare from swine flu, SARS, bird flu and many other threats. This leads me to ask the question, “What are viruses anyway?”

Unlike bacteria, viruses cannot reproduce themselves.

They are the smallest known infectious agents that, until the invention of the electron micro-

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scope in 1931, were not actually seen but only speculated about.

Viruses are one hundredth the size of bacteria, and it would take up to 750,000 viruses lying side by side to measure half an inch.

The origin of viruses is not clear. It is thought by some that they have been around for millions of years — as long as living cells have evolved. Bacteria have many functions that ensure our very survival, but there is some controversy about the benefits of viruses.

Unlike most living things viruses do not divide but need to be reproduced in living host cells. Once a virus invades a living cell, it causes the host cell to make thousands of copies of that virus, eventually killing the host cell.

Protein is essential for our life, and our cells make protein from amino acids. Each protein has a specific role to play. Viruses force our cells to make new protein that our cells do not need but that the virus needs for its reproduction.

When the virus invades a cell it forces that cell to copy its DNA or RNA, making viral protein and thousands of more viruses. Most viral infections result in the death of the invaded cell.

How are viruses spread?

Some viruses of mammals, such as Ebola, are spread though exposure to bodily fluids. Viruses like the flu virus are spread though moisture or droplets of fluid spread through the air by sneezing or coughing.

Viruses such as Norovirus, famous for its cruise ship epidemics, are spread through feces

I can’t forget a 13-year-old girl who was brought into my 40-bed ward with internal bleeding. The language barrier made it hard to get much medical history. contaminating hands, food and water. (WASH YOUR HANDS!) HIV is spread though bodily fluids exchanged during sexual contact. The Dengue virus spreads through blood sucking insects.

There are 5,000 known species of viruses that have been discovered. Many viruses do not cause disease or pathology that we know of.

The most common viral illnesses are the common cold, the flu, chickenpox and cold sores.

Unfortunately there is no drug cure for viral diseases. Antibiotics have no effect against viral illness.

Some antiviral medicines have been developed that help in some cases. Fortunately for humans with a healthy immune system, our natural immunity and creation of our own antibodies can overcome many viral diseases, and we maintain a “memory” of those viruses so

we are protected against further invasion.

This is how vaccines have been developed and are helpful in preventing viral diseases, many of which would have been fatal without them. Smallpox has been nearly eradicated, as well as polio, measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.

Papillomavirus, which spreads through sexual activity, is a proven cause of cancer that can be prevented by its vaccine.

There are now vaccines against 13 different viral illnesses.

It is ironic that some people deny scientific recommendations and refuse to vaccinate their own children against viruses that we know can cause serious and even fatal illness.

Ebola is a cruel and devastating illness that rapidly kills within the first two weeks of infection. Its victims are feverish, weak with body aches, vomiting, diarrhea and internal bleeding.

Ebola has all our attention right now, but it can’t compare to Dengue fever that infects millions of people every year.

Dengue fever is known as “break bone fever” for the terrible pain it can inflict.

Most of its victims have flulike symptoms and recover in a matter of a week to 10 days.

However, roughly 5 percent, particularly children, develop a serious Dengue hemorrhagic fever with internal bleeding and a shock-like syndrome. Like the Ebola virus, the Dengue virus attacks blood cells and inhibits

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the platelets from clotting the blood.

I will never forget my first contact with a patient with this dread Dengue complication.

In 1980, Dr. Dale Peterson and I volunteered to go to the Khao I Dang refugee camp on the Thailand-Cambodian border.

We spent a challenging month there taking care of 100,400 of the one million refugees that streamed over the Thai border to the safety of many refugee camps.

Dale and I were both in charge of separate 40-bed hospitals that had dirt floors and bamboo walls covered with thatched roofs. We had only four laboratory tests and about five medications available to us.

I can’t forget a 13-year-old girl who was brought into my 40bed ward with internal bleeding.

The language barrier made it hard to get much medical history.

Nothing we did helped, so I called in a volunteer German

surgeon who was operating in a tent nearby. He decided to take her to surgery where unfortunately she died. Once they made the incision, it was apparent her problem was a clotting disorder and in retrospect that she had Dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Her death has haunted me to this day.

I know those health workers working with Ebola patients are going through the same helpless feeling, knowing there is so little they can do for their patients at this time.

Having seen the suffering of these Cambodian refugees, through no fault of their own, has changed my life in many ways.

Jim Brown, M.D., is a retired gastroenterologist who has practiced for 38 years in the Wenatchee area. He is a former CEO of the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.

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Larger than life, festive Bavarian music-makers on the Der Term Platz building were sketched in Rusty and Amanda Gibbs’ studio and met the town’s design standards prior to the muralists painting them onto the wall.

Public artists Muralists are putting their mark on buildings of Leavenworth

By Susan Lagsdin

What do you get when you

put two good graphic artists together in a Bavarian theme town?

If they’re unacquainted, you’ll probably get competition.

If they’re married, as Amanda and Rusty Gibbs of Gibbs Graphics are, you might get a response like this to a just-for-fun mural designing “prompt” (How would you draw this: a little boy sneaking grapes, on a rock, next to a

house?).

“Are you seeing him facing left or facing right?” “How big is the bunch of grapes?” “Mine’s smiling, is yours?” “I’m looking up at him on a ledge.” “Huh… for me he’s got one foot up on a rock about knee-high.” “Where’s your house? How close is it?”

Each of them immediately had a mental vision of a finished mural and, given time and materials, either could have delivered it.

The lederhosen and cap were a given; the house was half-timbered and shuttered. Smiling, the couple agreed that collaboratively comparing back and forth — though this time without a sketch pad in front of them — is what they do much of the day when they are co-producing one of their many commercial assignments.

Amanda reflected on their compatibility. “I think most of the pleasure I get when doing art is during the actual execution of the piece — I like getting dirty. Whereas Rusty likes the

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Rusty and Amanda Gibbs: He likes the brainstorming, she likes getting dirty on site.

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“Height and public art go hand in hand...

You learn not to drop your rag or your brush …” creative brainstorming, I am in love with putting colors/hues next to each other and tweaking the values so they make me happy.”

Signs, murals, posters, web pages — they do it all, but not always in tandem. If they had to choose a favorite aspect of their enterprise, she’s probably the muralist, fine line artist and colorist, he tends toward the web work and constructed multimaterial projects.

Working together, in just a decade they’ve created some of Leavenworth’s more often-seen public art.

Both raised in arts-aware households, they met at Northwest College of Art, and then spent some ski-bum time in Colorado. After their 2001 move back to Rusty’s home town of Leavenworth, they settled into an off-the-grid organic farm that they soon outfitted with a tiny shop and art studio.

For nine years they worked from home, their graphic arts enterprise abetted by a series of fortunate events: fellow artists with too much work showed them the ropes, asked for their help, and generously parceled out commissions.

The Gibbs’ work ethic was solid and they aimed to please their clients, and so, “We were literally bursting at the seams when we built the new shop,” Amanda said. And Rusty added, “We spent so many years looking for clients — it’s really great that now people come to us.”

Their year-old studio is light, airy, spacious and wellequipped, complete with talented employees. It’s tucked away on the east fringe of Leavenworth, but their business

is very definitely downtown, and therefore follows the Bavarian theme.

You’ve seen their work from The Hat Shop to Cascade Medical and dozens more signs, and murals from The Innsbruker to Festhalle to Starbucks and beyond.

“We’ve needed to work really closely with Leavenworth’s Design Review Board,” Rusty said.

“Sometimes they almost feel like business partners.” Certainly they’ve learned the strict criteria from dimensions to print style (from a menu of fonts) to color (no neons, few pastels) and beyond.

Another challenge is the sheer scale of some jobs. “Height and public art go hand in hand,” Rusty said, describing a series of harrowing scaffolded motel walls. “It took us five minutes to lower ourselves down and then five back up on the manlift. You learn not to drop your rag or your brush …”

Hard work every day, and they’re still having fun. Amanda said they play art games sometimes to keep sharp. “We’ll take turns standing behind the other at the drawing table and give instructions. ‘Draw this… now draw this’ just to see if we can describe and explain, and listen.”

Another tactic is to give themselves one prompt and set a timer for 10 minutes — enjoying the similarities, and the differences, in their completed sketches.

Just as their parents did at home, the Gibbs boys Toby and Milo, now 2 and 4, are learning to love art. Amanda said, “Oh, they always have lots of arts materials around the house — and we always go for walks and draw pictures of what we see.”

They’re not ready yet to wield paintbrushes and work from a scaffold, but it’s possible these young artists, a third Leavenworth generation, will grow to make their own artistic mark on the community the way Amanda and Rusty have.

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WHAT TO DO

We want to know of fun and interesting local events. Send info to: donna@ncwgoodlife.com

Slam poetry night, every Tuesday, 7 – 8:30 p.m. Clearwater Steakhouse and Saloon, 838 Valley Mall Pky. East Wenatchee.

Pybus Public Market, every Tuesday Deborah Strahm, personal chef cooks at the market. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Improv/Acting Workshop, 7 p.m.

Every Tuesday night with theater games for novice and experienced players. Fun, casual and free. Riverside Playhouse. Cost: free. Info: mtow.org.

Country Western open mic/ jam session, 3-6 p.m. Every second and fourth Sunday. Clearwater Saloon, 838 Valley Mall Pky. East Wenatchee.

Village Art in the Park, every weekend until 10/20. Downtown Leavenworth. Info: Leavenworth. org.

Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market, every Wednesday and Saturday through Oct. 25, 8 a.m.

– 1 p.m. Come sample the world’s best fruits and vegetables, some fabulous flower and crafts and coffee… all local vendors. Pybus Public Market.

Leavenworth Community Farmers Market, every Thursday night, 4- 8 p.m. Local produce and crafts. Lions Club Park. Info: leavenworthfarmersmarket.org.

Pybus Public Market, every Thursday night is locals night, 5 – 8 p.m. Live music, cooking demonstrations and local vendors.

Lake Chelan Winery Tour, every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 11/14/14, 2 p.m. Explore the vineyard, crush pad, and production facility with our knowledgeable staff.

Finish in our tasting room and sip on wine. Lake Chelan Winery. Cost: free. Info: lakechelanwinery.com.

NCW Blues Jam, every second and fourth Monday, 7:30 – 11 p.m. Clearwater Steakhouse, East Wenatchee.

Info: facebook.com/NCWBluesJam. Wool Work for Wine: A Celebration of Fiber Arts and Fine Wine, 9/28, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Snowgrass Winery. Fiber artists will have booths with wares for sale and artists in action will work with the fleece of one of the Snowgrass sheep. Wine will

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also be available for tasting ($10, including a souvenir glass) and purchase. The winery is located at 6701 Entiat River Road, 5.5 miles west of Highway 97A. Info: 509784-5101 or snowgrass@nwi.net or visit the winery’s website at www. snowgrasswines.com.

Just Plain Fun Run, 9/28, noon.

Three mile run and family walk.

Post race party and prize drawings.

Begins and ends at Plain Hardware.

Cost: $10 donation pp/$20 per family. All proceeds benefit the Beaver Valley School. Info: plainhardward.com.

Scare Crazy in Cashmere, 10/131. Scarecrows will be popping up all around Cashmere during the month of October. A map of scarecrows will be available at Apple Annie Antique Mall, Martin’s Market Place, Weed’s Café and Cashmere Chamber of Commerce.

Undercover judges will vote on four categories: Grand Champion, Best Ensemble, Most Creative and Best Business Theme. Also a People’s Choice category where the winner is selected by receiving the most selfies posted to: facebook.com/

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River of Baskets: Columbia River Tribal Basket Makers, 10/1, 2, 3, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Participating artists (in order of location on the river): Dianne O’Neil, Rodney and Colleen Cawston, Elaine Timentwa Emerson, Carol Allison (loaning works by grandmothers Suzette Showdy-Terbasket and Cecilia Nehumpshin-Allison), Randy Lewis (Storyteller), Bernadine Phillips, Vera Best, Vivian Harrison, Lindsey Howtopat, Wilson Wewa, Joseph Lavadour, Mary Dodds Schlick (loaning historical baskets), Pat Courtney Gold, and Ellen Fuller.

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center.

20,000 Days on Earth, 10/2, 7 p.m. Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. A 2014 Sundance Film Festival award winner. Snowy

Owl Theater. Cost: $10 advance or $13 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Judy Collins, 10/2, 7:30 p.m. Live performance. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $38 - $65. Info: numericapac.org.

Wings and Wheels Festival, 10/2-5. Car show, food vendors, crafts, carnival, entertainment, kids activities and more. Eastmont Community Park and Pangborn Airport, East Wenatchee.

Oktoberfest, 10/3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18.

Live music, German food, arts and crafts and activities for the whole family, oh and beer. Keg tapping ceremony 1 p.m. every Saturday.

Downtown Leavenworth. Info: leavenworthoktoberfest.com.

Ice: Dance, 10/3, 8 p.m. World class performers including Ryan Bradley, Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentro.

Town Toyota Center. Info: towntoyotacenter.com.

Wenatchee First Fridays ArtsWalk, 10/3, 5 - 8 p.m. Check out Wenatchee’s arts scene. Venues and exhibits change monthly.

Self-guided. WVC Campus and Historic District. Cost: art-walk free, after-events may have admission

fees. Monthly info: wenatcheefirstfridaysartswalk.tumblr.com.

Two Rivers Art Gallery, 10/3, 5 – 8 p.m. Featuring impressionistic painter Jerry Kinney. Wines

by Stemilt Creek Winery, music by harpist Suzanne Grassell and complimentary refreshments. 102 N Columbia, Wenatchee. Cost: free.

Info: 2riversgallery.com.

Merriment First Friday, 10/3, 5 - 8 p.m. Launching new line of ecofriendly soap and bath products as part of First Friday. With every bar purchase, Hand in Hand donates one bar of soap and one month of clean water to children in need. 23 S Wenatchee Ave. Cost: free. Info: facebook.com/merrimentpartygoods.

Tumbleweed Bead Co., 10/3, 5-8 p.m. Brenda McGowan, wire and jeweler extraordinaire and owner of Studio B in Cashmere will be showcasing her recent creations.

Refreshments served. 105 Palouse St. Cost: free. Info: tumbleweedbeadco.com.

Small Artworks Gallery, 10/3, 5 p.m. 13 local artists works will be on display at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Info: wvmcc.org.

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Pybus Public Market. Cost: free.

Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Leavenworth Marathon and half Marathon Race, 10/4, 7 a.m. for marathon, 9 a.m. for half marathon. Runners will park at Fish Hatchery. Race starts near Alpine Lakes Wilderness area, loop through Icicle Canyon, the Bavarian Village, through wooded riverfront trails. Info: teddriven. com/events/2014-leavenworthmarathon.

Plain Valley Farmers Market, 10/4, 11, 18, 25, 10 a.m. Local farmers sell fresh fruits and vegetables at the Plain Hardware patio. Cost: free. Info: plainhardware.com.

Tailgate Art Sale, 10/4, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Parking lot behind the Convention Center. Artists will be selling their paintings, prints or other works of art from their vehicles.

A fund raiser for Two Rivers Art Gallery.

Guano Rocks Regatta, 10/4, 9 a.m. – noon. Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club sponsors this event, held on the Columbia River at Lincoln Rock Park. Racers start their 5.3 mile course near the park’s boat launch area, then paddle or row north (upriver) to the left of Turtle Rock, around Guano Rocks, and return downriver to a finish line at

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Apple Days, 10/4, 5, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. noon – 4 p.m. on Sunday. Live music, gold panning, archery, flint knapping, mock gun fights, pony rides, youth circus, bake and book sale, apple pie contest. Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village. Cost: $5 adults, $2 kids 5 – 16, under 5 free. Info: cashmeremuseum.org.

Author and book Buzz, 10/4, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Browse books, win prizes, meet the authors behind the books. Authors include: Susie Drougas, John Fahey, Tim Leavitt, Jon Magnus, Cie Marchi, Stan Morse, Cynthia Neely, Paul Roberts, Robbie Scott, and Haley Whitehall. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Grape Stomping Lake Chelan Crush, 10/4, 5, 11 and 12, noon to 4 p.m. Be an observer or join in on the grape stomping fun to win prizes. Finish up with BBQ lunch in the vineyard, wine tasting and a stroll through 3,000 square foot gift shop. Lake Chelan Winery.

Cost: free. Info: lakechelanwinery. com.

US Figure Skating Regionals, 10/4-7, noon. Town Toyota Center.

Shellfish Festival, 10/4, 4 – 8 p.m. Three different kinds of oysters, mussels, clams, sausage, a chef and live music. Studio 4 will be doing a series of short plays, too. White Heron Cellars. Info: whiteheronwine.com.

Opera Kickoff, 10/4, 4 p.m. A musical sampler of the coming season.

Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth. Cost: $20. Info: icicle.org.

Alatheia Riding Center benefit dinner, 10/4, 6-10 p.m. A benefit dinner hosted by Alatheia Riding Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with special needs through equine therapy. Wenatchee Golf and Country Club. Cost: $75 per person. Info: 630-8710 or www. alatheiaridingcenter.com.

A Musical Evening with Nikolas Caoile and Artist Jeff Brooks, 10/4, 7 p.m. Symphony Music Director and Conductor Nikolas Caoile, piano, will present a program with clarinetist Jeff Brooks.

Following the program dessert will be served at a post-concert reception. Tickets available at PAC. Krista Detor, 10/4, 7 p.m. Singersongwriter and pianist from Indiana whose music has been featured on NPR and with Mike Harding on the BBC will perform. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost. $20. Info: icicle.org.

Foothills Hiking Challenge Guided Hike – Saddle Rock, 10/5, 2 p.m. Foothills ambassadors, Rebecca Frank and bi-lingual Jose Luis Marquez, will lead this guided hike of Saddle Rock. Info: 667-9708.

Fido’s Fun Day Raffles for Rover, 10/5, 3 – 5 p.m. Fun, games, trivia, prizes and a raffle of valuable baskets to raise funds for Wenatchee’s first public dog park. Raffle items include a Thomas Kinkade limited edition piece Stairway to Paradise, a spa package, local honey and an hour with a beekeeper, gym membership, food, dog toys, books, and more. Chateau Faire le Pont. Cost: $20 includes appetizers and games with prizes, raffle tickets extra $20 for 5 tickets. Info: wenatcheefido.org.

The Lady in No. 6 and Alive Inside, 10/9, 7 p.m. Double feature.

The Lady in No. 6 is about the world’s oldest pianist and holocaust survivor, 109-year-old Alice Herz Sommer plays her way to a long and happy life. Alive Inside is about a man who discovers the amazing restorative power of music on Alzheimer’s victims. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $10 advance or $13 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Phil Archibald for a hike along the Entiat River during salmon spawning and learn about their journey from the Pacific to the Entiat. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Walk and Write On The River, 10/11, 9:30 a.m. -1 p.m.,. An outdoor literary adventure perfect for an autumn morning. Preview by naturalist, poet and WVC English professor Derek Sheffield, a “walk and write” on the banks of the Columbia River, ending with your sack lunch and an hour of (optional) readouts and guided commentary. Fiction and nonfiction writers as well as poets will love this feet-on, hands-on, workshop. Douglas County Administration Building. Cost: $15 members/$50 non-members. Info: www.writeontheriver.org.

Macbeth (The Met: Live in HD), 10/11, 9:55 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $20 advance or $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Farmers Market Fall baking contest, 10/11, 10 a.m. Enter and bring your baked goods to the Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market by 10 a.m. for judging. Awards will be given in: pies (excluding apple), bread/muffins, cookies/bars, cakes, kids category (under age 13), and apple pie. Baked items must be accompanied by recipe. Entry forms at The Country Store. Info: Callie Klien 663-1927 or The Country Store, 888-8864.

Wenatchee Community Concert Association – Al Simmons, 10/9, 7:30 p.m. Wenatchee High School auditorium. Info: Arlene Jones 884-6835.

9 to 5, 10/9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 7:30 and 2 p.m. on 10/18, 19 and 26. A musical performance by Music Theatre of Wenatchee. Riverside Playhouse.

Cost: $17 adults, $15 students and seniors. Info: numericapac.org.

Greater Tuna, 10/10, 11, 16, 17, 7 p.m. A riotously side-splitting comedy by Williams, Sears and Howard. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $20 advance, $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Walk to end Alzheimer’s, 10/11, 8:45 a.m. Pybus Public Market.

Info: sdruffle@alz.org.

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Stuff the Piggy Bank, 10/11, noon - 3 p.m. Find ways to save money and time. Learn how to prepare for winter storms, sign up for email billing, enter for hourly prizes.

Rediscover your PUD. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free.

Wenatchee Valley College 75th Anniversary Community Celebration — 10/11, 1-4 p.m. A community celebration to kick-off the 75th anniversary of WVC. BBQ, a live performance by Wenatchee Swingin’ Big Band, fun activities for kids, and campus tours. Following the event will be a Student Senate reunion, and a reunion of graduates from the 1940s and 1950s.

Wenatchee Valley College. Info: www.wvc.edu/75. ski team Benefit Auction, 10/11, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Live auction, dinner, silent auction and more.

Benefits Mission Ridge Ski Team.

Wenatchee Convention Center.

Cost: $45. Info: Kari Johnson, kari@ mrst.us or 433-8217.

Beppe Gambetta and Dan Crary, 10/11, 7:30 p.m. Live performance.

Cashmere Riverside Center, 201 Riverside Dr. Cashmere. Cost: $3 at the door and pass the hat for the musicians. Info: cashmerecoffeehouse.com.

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Fall Roundup Wear your costume and round up some treats from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 26, at Rocky Reach Dam.

Foothills Hiking Challenge Guided Hike – Horse Lake, 10/12, 2 p.m. Foothills ambassadors, Rebecca Frank and bi-lingual Jose Luis Marquez, will lead this guided hike of Horse Lake Reserve.

Info: 667-9708.

Things sound better in French, 10/12, 4 pm. Classical music series.

Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth. Cost: $20 advance, $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Woman of the Year, 10/15, noon – 1:30 p.m. A special recognition honoring women who have distinguished themselves in their careers and community service. Wenatchee Convention Center. Info: info@ bpwen.org.

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Music at the Mountain, 10/16, 6 – 8 p.m. Cure for cabin fever: live music, crafts, beer and wine, gourmet pizza, salads and desserts.

Mountain Springs Lodge. Info: mtsprings.com.

Alzheimer’s Café, 10/14, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Mountain Meadows Senior Living Campus hosts a cafe the second Tuesday of every month. This is a casual setting for folks with Alzheimer’s, dementia, their loved ones and caregivers.

Desserts and beverages will be served free of charge. Entertainment and activities for those wishing to participate. Join us to meet new friends and share experiences.

Located at 320 Park Avenue, Leavenworth. Info: 548-4076.

Chelan-Douglas Trends Seminar, 10/16, noon – 1 p.m. Dr. Patrick Jones, Eastern Washington University Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis will share the data collected for our community. See the wealth of information about our area and how you can utilize the Chelan Douglas Trends as a resource in business. Confluence Technology Center. Cost: $12 includes lunch. Info: 662-2116.

Horse Crazy Cowgirl Band, 10/17, 6 – 8 p.m. Female trio will sing cowboy songs to melt your heartstrings and take you on a cowboy trail. Pybus Public Market.

Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org.

Movie in the Park, 10/16, 7 p.m.

Outdoor movie event will be showing Frozen. Games and giveaways.

Lincoln Park. Cost: free. Info:

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Cinderella, 10/16, 17, 7:30 p.m.

Eugene Ballet company’s 35 performance season begins with the ballet’s epic story of transformation, Cinderella. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $19 - $30. Info: numbericapac.org.

Lake Chelan Powerhouse Open House, 10/18, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

This tour will focus on the salmon recovery habitat, which was constructed to enhance summer and fall Chinook salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing habitat. Preregistration required. Cost: free.

Info: 663-7522.

Chelan Chase, 10/18, 10 a.m. 5k race, run, walk or push your stroller.

Old Bridge downtown Chelan. Info: chelanchase.com.

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Met: Live in HD), 10/18, 9:55 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $20 advance or $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Anthony Leiserowitz, 10/18, 6 p.m. Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D. is Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and a research scientist at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. He is a widely recognized expert on American and international public opinion on global warming, including public perception of climate change risks, support and opposition for climate policies, and willingness to make individual behavioral change.

Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $20 advance, $24 at the door. Info: icicle. org.

Compassionate Friends, 10/20, 7 – 8:30 p.m. A grief support group that helps assist families dealing with a death of a child. Grace Lutheran Church, 1408 Washington St. Cost: free. Info: tcfwenatcheevalley.org.

Almost Ablaze, 10/23, 7 p.m.

Watch this film as athletes push the edge to realize a heightened state. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $10 advance or $13 at the door.

Info: icicle.org.

Business and Technology Summit, 10/24, 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Confluence Technology Center.

Info: wenatchee.org.

Andre Feriante, 10/24, 7 p.m. Live performance. Contemporary blend of classical, flamenco and Brazilian style music. Snowy Owl Theater.

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Rock ‘n Roll Over, 10/24, 7:30 p.m. This group delivers a top flight KISS show, including KISS-style guitars, costumes and theatrics, along with the top notch vocals, energy and tight choreography that everyone has come to expect from a KISS tribute band fronted by top tier musicians. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $19-$35. Info: numericapac.org.

Make A Difference Day, 10/25.

The Birds, the Bees, and 88 keys, 10/25, 7 p.m. Artists William Chapman Nyaho and Lisa Bergman, duo pianists, composers Messiaen, Daquin, Stravinsky, Saint Saens, Oswald Russell, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov will perform. Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth. Cost: $20 advance or $24 at the door.

Info: icicle.org.

Art Lovers Sunday, 10/26, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Local artists will be practicing their craft. Participating artists include: Denny Driver, Gene Barkley, Jan Cook Mack, Lance Dooley, Anne Clausen, Diana Sanford, Neal Hedges, Nik Penny, Barbara Connor-Reed, Brad Brisbine, Jennifer Evenhus, Martha Flores, and Tanya Lawson …..to name a few. Pybus Public Market.

Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org.

Rocky Reach Fall Round-up, 10/26, 1 – 4 p.m. Visitors of all ages are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and come trick-or-treating at Rocky Reach Dam Visitors Center. Cost: free. Info: 663-7522.

Frankenstein, 10/30, Live rebroadcast from the National Theatre in London. This film is a scary stage adaptation. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $10 advance, $13 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Trick or Treat on the Avenue, 10/31, 3 – 5 p.m. Bring your trick or treaters downtown for fun and treats. Wenatchee Avenue. Cost: free. Info: wendowntown.org.

The Songful Cello, 10/31, 7 p.m.

Artists Sally Singer Tuttle, cello and Oksana Ezhokina, piano and composers Couperin, Faure, Ginastera, Brahms will perform. Canyon Wren Recital Hall. Cost: $20 advance or $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

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Peter Lind

Two eclipses in October to view Observers in North America

can witness a total lunar eclipse and a partial solar eclipse in October, a month that also shows Uranus at its best.

As the nights get longer in October, they give us plenty of time to enjoy the night sky. The evening sky still holds Mars and Saturn in the Southwest horizon. The predawn hours in October reveal again, Mercury and Jupiter.

You’ll be able to catch glimpses of Mercury for the first few evenings in October. It then slides past the sun into the morning sky, where we will visit it later this year.

A far more obvious target lies higher in the evening sky.

Saturn stands about two widths of your fist above the western horizon as evening falls in October. There is still time to catch a view of its rings through a telescope before it fades to the western horizon.

The planet will pass behind the sun from our perspective in mid-November. Its final grab of glory happens Oct. 25 when a thin crescent moon will hang just a few degrees above Saturn.

This is definitely an evening view not to miss.

For those with a telescope, Uranus reaches opposition on the night of Oct. 7. It stands opposite our sun, and is visible all night long. Look in the constellation Pisces the Fish, easily found on any star chart.

Jupiter pops above the eastern horizon around 3 a.m. on Oct. 1. It will be one of the easiest objects to find because of its brightness. The giant planet looks spectacular through a telescope, as it climbs higher into the sky. You can also watch its four main moons dance around October 2014 | The Good Life

On the eighth of the month a total lunar eclipse turns our satellite orange and red... the planet over the course of the night.

Mercury is still visible before dawn on the eastern horizon, and brightens significantly over the course of the month. Binoculars work best at viewing Mercury.

On the eighth of the month a total lunar eclipse turns our satellite orange and red for observers in North America. The show starts at 1:16 a.m. local time, and as the moon slides behind the earth it will start to turn orange then almost red as it is hidden from the sun.

The moon takes a bite from the sun during a partial solar eclipse visible across most of North America on Oct. 23. It will start in the afternoon and will continue until after the sun sets from our view.

October is the month that the third-grade students in Wenatchee learn a bit about astronomy.

They have a unit about constellations, what stars are, and what the night sky looks like on their birthday.

I thought this month would be a good time to give a little bit of information to grandparents of third-graders. I had a short chat with one of the third grade teachers and found out what they will be teaching.

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constellations visible from Wenatchee.

The Orion constellation and Cassiopeia are both the focus of third-grade learning.

Within the Orion constellation is the Orion nebula, which is one of the closest star forming nebulas to our Earth.

Nebulas are huge gas clouds where stars form, and the Orion nebula is one of the biggest.

With a large telescope you can look into the Orion nebula and see stars that are forming.

There is a small group of stars in the nebula called the Trapezium. This is four stars that form a small object within the nebula.

You must be in a dark spot with very clear skies to see the new stars that are being formed.

All the tiny points of light in the image are new stars in their infancy, just starting to burn.

Cassiopeia is another constellation that the students study.

There are two Messier objects within Cassiopeia, both being open star clusters. The cluster M52 is approximately 5,800 light years from Earth, the cluster M103 is approximately 8,200 light years from Earth. One light year equals 5,878,499,810,000 miles. Each cluster contains about 100 stars.

The constellation is named after Cassiopeia, the queen of Aethiopia. She was placed in the sky as a punishment for her boast that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than any other.

She spends half the year hanging to her throne upside-down.

Peter Lind is a local amateur astronomer. He can be reached at ppjl@ juno.com.

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On point: expanding creative theater at Snowy Owl “I can’t just sit in a place

and not fix things,” said Mike Caemmerer, theater artist and now director of programs for Icicle Creek Center for the Arts (ICCA) in Leavenworth.

“That’s how I use my stage background — a director has to be totally aware of all of the nuances and details and how they impact an audience. It’s a good fit.”

Mike, 49, has been totally immersed in the arts all his life, from a childhood surrounded by his parents’ weaving, stained glass and painting and through his teens after they founded the Grunewald Guild in 1980.

The town of Plain became a home base, but an early craving for adventure (and aversion to “the typical 9 to 5,” he admitted) lead him and his wife Adele to travel.

With $400 and two suitcases, after college the vagabonds headed to Taipei, Taiwan where his work at the American School eventually became a full-time teaching job. A stint stateside teaching in Seattle and then they were off again — this time to a life-changing teaching position at the American Embassy School in New Delhi.

That’s where Mike began a 15year sojourn juggling his director, teacher, theater manager and department head assignments with the myriad details of also bringing world artists of all kinds to augment the school’s arts program — all related tasks he credits with making his new ICCA duties, if not simple, then

Meshing serenity with creativity — Mike Caemmerer stepped out to the deck of his office for a photo when a deer appeared in the nearby bushes, like a stray character in a play.

eminently achievable.

All this paralleled Mike’s immersion in a type of theater that’s a world away from any Directing 101 course (read, block, rehearse, refine). He explains it with gusto, revels in its possibilities. “It’s called ‘devising’ in Europe — we call it ‘original works’ here — some variations are immersive theater or performance art, but it’s all about stepping away from the actual paper play script and collaboratively building a performance from scratch.”

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expat students from 54 nations create a stage work defining home.

Each student started with a personal movement and a song that represented home for them; then they explored what paths they would take to get back home, what conflicts they would encounter, creating dialogue. All the ideas, visual and vocal, were recorded and eventually became three cohesive storylines within one plot. The end result was a 90-minute staged performance written and performed by an ensemble.

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It was a good solid background for his new job this spring, one he’s taken despite the fact that he’d anticipated returning home to Plain and taking a year of down time “to recover from India,” he said.

His task this year is to expand ICCA’s annual arts offerings (most based at the Snowy Owl Theater) and shepherd them through completion.

He works out of the ICCA office, a tree-shaded building past Sleeping Lady resort, with a deck and a leafy view to keep him serene.

At interview time, Mike had just received in hand the first full color mock-up of the coming year’s program — a good moment to relax and breathe easy.

But his work now is as collaborative as ever, merging efforts with a re-formed and energized staff, he’ll be the point person for every event.

It’s an assignment that comes naturally to him, he says — planning with others, respecting their artistry, and getting the show in front of the audience, whether it’s music, workshop, opera, lecture, live theater or film, from Shakespeare to Arthur Miller, from Cuban jazz to Macbeth as opera.

And all year long he’ll be thinking ahead developing the upcoming 2015-2016 season, expanding and experimenting, finding out what works.

Whether stage directing or program directing, he’s had plenty of experience putting all the pieces together. Mike said of the first, “Success for me is when I watch a play I directed, and on opening night get lost in the story and love it as an audience member — when I can objectively say ‘That was a good piece of theater.’ ” At the end of this eventpacked four seasons of productions, if all goes well, he’ll lean back at his desk and be able to say “That was a good year.”

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rod molzahn

Lawman was a fast shootin’, tough Dude For days the marshal had

been looking for a group of armed men who had been harassing and threatening the townspeople of Leavenworth.

On a hunch one day he went searching through a group of empty buildings along the Great Northern tracks. He discovered the men sitting in one of the buildings and, with his revolver in hand, told them they were under arrest.

The marshal recalled the confrontation vividly.

“They had guns, of course.

One of them with a pistol got up and walked around behind me.

I never turned. I looked at them in front of me. I knew I’d be able to see in their eyes if he drawed and I knew I could kill him and a couple more of them too before they got me. They knowed it too. The one behind me walked back in a couple of minutes and dropped his gun. I said ‘one at a time,’ and the rest did the same.

Then we all walked back to the jail.”

“I knew I’d be able to see in their eyes if he drawed and I knew I could kill him and a couple more of them too before they got me.”

The marshal was Dude Brown.

He was 30 in 1918 when the Leavenworth council appointed him the town’s first lawman only a short time before the confrontation in the empty building.

He was born in 1887, the second child of Deak and Lucy Brown, the first white settlers in the Monitor area. They named him Noble Leon.

Noble Leon Brown became enamored of the cowboy life early. At age 12 he quit school for a job in Ephrata herding sheep.

He got the name Dude early on from his habit of wearing his hat

tipped back on his head.

His uncle, George Brown, teased him about it one day telling him, “Noble, you wear your hat like that, you look like a Dude.” The hat stayed put and so did the name.

By the age of 14 young Dude was breaking wild horses. Soon he was buying cattle and running herds from northern Okanogan County to Wenatchee.

It was in the Okanogan where he got involved in a few gunfights with rustlers. He came away from the gunfights convinced that he had to improve his shooting skills. The boy practiced for hours every day and soon became a “fast-draw” expert and dead shot.

In 1910, at the age of 23, he settled down in Leavenworth and opened a livery stable on Commercial Street. Two years later, now a successful businessman, Dude proposed marriage to LuLu Pearl McCoy. She said yes.

Dude Brown had two great loves in his life; LuLu and horses.

His wild-horse breaking expe-

rience served him well in the 1913 bucking horse competition in Leavenworth. A man from Montana rode into town leading a horse named Kickin’ Dick, a horse with a reputation. He had never been ridden and never would be people said, especially the man from Montana.

Dude took up the challenge and the Montana man took all bets on Dude that the town offered.

That day Dude Brown cemented his reputation as a fast shootin’, hard ridin’ and absolutely fearless cowboy, riding Kickin’ Dick until the horse tired out and stopped bucking.

Fires in Leavenworth in 1914 and 1915 destroyed the Brown’s livery stable and barn and Dude took to logging and prospecting until he was appointed town marshal in 1918, a job he held until 1927, though he took the year of 1923 off to prospect for gold in Alaska.

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Brown... had regular run-ins arresting moonshiners, breaking up stills and shutting down gambling dens.

In 1919 he was shot in the hand and his acting deputy was killed arresting an escaped convict from the Monroe Penitentiary.

Leavenworth was wild and wooly, rip-roaring and rowdy in the 1920s. The Great Northern was tunneling through the Cascades and the crews came to Leavenworth on the weekends to drink, gamble and carouse.

Professional gamblers, sporting, dance hall ladies and shysters flocked to the town to separate the railroad men and the miners from their money. It was a tough town but Marshal Dude Brown was tougher.

Liquor and gambling were both outlawed in all of Washington state through much of Brown’s tenure as marshal and he had regular run-ins arresting moon-shiners, breaking up stills and shutting down gambling dens.

In January of 1923 Marshal Brown’s shooting skills saved his life. An 18-year-old Cashmere man named Fred Kohrdt showed up in Leavenworth after a robbery spree from Cashmere to Chelan.

Dude attempted to arrest him in his hotel room but the young man went out the window with a loaded rifle. The marshal pursued him and engaged in a gun battle around the corner of a downtown building. When Brown ran out of ammunition

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and went for more Fred Kohrdt ran.

The marshal and two deputies caught up with him in the Chumstick Canyon. Brown spotted him as he took aim at the two deputies and fired a warning shot. Kohrdt turned, dropped to one knee and leveled his rifle at the marshal. Before he could pull the trigger Brown killed him with a single shot to the head.

Dude Brown gave up law enforcement four years later and leased 80 acres of land at the end of Icicle Road where he and LuLu built barns, a small store, a

house and several guest cabins.

There they set up an outfitting and packing business guiding government workers, miners and hunting and fishing parties into the Cascades. Dude handled the horses and the guiding while LuLu took care of the cooking, the cabins and the store.

That same year, 1927, Dude was elected a Chelan County Commissioner, a position he held for eight years until 1936 when he ran for state House of Representatives. He was elected and served three years as one of only six Republicans in a state legislature controlled by Demo-

crats.

In 1939 Dude Brown contracted tuberculosis, resigned his seat in the legislature and moved, with LuLu, to Arizona in search of a cure. He died there in 1942.

Noble Leon “Dude” Brown lived a remarkably actionpacked and varied 55 years.

Historian, actor and teacher Rod Molzahn can be reached at shake.speak@frontier.com. His third history CD, Legends & Legacies Vol. III - Stories of Wenatchee and North Central Washington, is now available at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center and at other locations throughout the area.

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ALEX SALIBY

Drink up, there are more wineries ahead This month I began writ-

ing about Wenatchee’s Chateau Faire le Pont winery, and went so far as to stop in to chat with owner Doug Brazil.

He was engaged at the time of my visit, busy bottling their 2011 Confluence blend.

We talked a bit, and I mentioned the fact that because Dr. Elerding sold his Klickitat County vineyards to a large Washington wine conglomerate, Chateau Faire le Pont would no longer have access to Dr. Elerding’s Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.

Doug’s Elerding Cabernet has been a favorite of ours since the 2003 vintage.

Doug acknowledged the absence of the fruit, but was quick to point out that he’s already secured some quality Red Mountain AVA fruit to replace it. I have every confidence in Doug’s judgment, and know his 2014 Red Mountain Cabernet will please us.

And that’s where, during the writing of this piece, I stopped thinking about Chateau Faire le Pont and began to view the direction of this article differently.

Here’s the bottom line of my thinking: I write a monthly column for this magazine. There

are, depending upon where I stop counting, approximately 60 wineries in our greater fourcounty area, and that number keeps growing.

If I subtract the 10 or 12 wineries already written about, but then factor in some small percentage for continued growth in the number, I shall never get to finish writing about all the wineries.

Even if nothing changes and no new wineries are added from this day forward, I’m still looking at covering only 12 a year.

Conclusion: that’s unacceptable. I need to put more content about more wines and wineries in each article and stop focusing on single wineries each time.

With apologies to Doug and his wife/business partner, Debé, I’m changing direction and writing about more than one winery per column.

Thinking about the Elerding grapes that I will no longer get to enjoy reminded me of wines I’ve been enjoying lately and of some I used to enjoy but haven’t had in some time.

As an avid fan of wines made from the Cabernet Franc grape, I recently had the pleasure of sampling Cabernet Franc wine from a winery new to me, Errant Cellars of Quincy.

Megan Coutere, owner and winemaker at Errant Cellars, did very well. If she keeps that up, I’ll become an ardent fan of the wines.

I haven’t been to the Rio Vista winery in just over two years now, and having recently tasted their Barbera and Viognier, I vow to amend my travel behavior and get up there more often.

Speaking of up there also reminds me I’ve never been to the Atam Winery in Manson to taste their wines; I know their Riesling and Barbera, but I’m not sure what else they may have in their cellar. And Robert Anderson just opened his Lupine Winery in Manson.

Fortunately, there’s another super-important reason to visit the wineries in Manson, Chelan and Lake Chelan South Shore: there’s a new Fielding Hills tasting facility just down the vineyard-side from Nefarious Cellars on the south shore. Two great wineries stand nearly side-byside, and they both make stellar Cabernet Franc wines.

The south shore, in fact, is becoming a destination of its own unless you can visit more tasting rooms in a day than we can. There’s Chelan Estate, Nefarious, Fielding Hills, Karma (an event center and restaurant besides having a Champagne cellar and other excellent wines) and, being built right now, Siren Song. Also considered part of South Shore are Tunnel Hill, Tsillan Cellars and Mellisoni.

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Also, right here in my own back yard of Leavenworth, Goose Ridge recently opened a tasting facility adjacent to the long-established Leavenworth stalwart, Icicle Ridge Winery.

Icicle Ridge, in fact, gets my Highest Honors award for their design/decoration in the newly opened tasting room. Apart from a solid wine selection list, they now have a designer’s showroom where one may sit, sip a glass of wine and peoplewatch the tourists on that part of Front Street.

A few days ago, we drove over Beaver Hill to Plain to visit with David Morris at Napeequa Cellars and get the facts concerning his decision to sell his winery and other property and change direction in his life.

His plan is to move to New Zealand and take up a different life style. We enjoyed his company and said our farewells while tasting some outstanding Malbec wines. He will be missed.

After that we headed in to Plain Cellars to say hello and catch up on the wines. Judging by the people there, it’s a popular place, which isn’t surprising.

Bob and Garrett are interesting to chat with, the wines are good and the place has a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere.

So focusing on an individual winery each month could become a lifetime project; it brings to mind Stephen Bishop’s song On and On. Alex Saliby is a wine lover who spends far too much time reading about the grapes, the process of making wine and the wines themselves.

He can be contacted at alex39@msn. com.

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