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A feast of the best days of 2017

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6 ‘my best day’ stories

We asked our readers to share their favorite days from 2017 — and what days they were!

12 favorite photos from 2017

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18 A century of horsemanship

Horses have been a living, breathing part of Mary Stewart’s life for a long, long time

20 home fit

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Vacation family home gets the designer touch

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Cary Ordway offers ideas for winter fun, along with must-visit wine tasting rooms around NCW Art sketches n Updates on naturalist Heather Wallis Murphy, the theatrical Maussers (John and his daughter Tiffany) and recently-published author Matthew Sullivan, page 30 Columns & Departments 29 Pet Tales: Matthew and Max, inseparable 25 Bonnie Orr: Winter meal with squash & apple bake 26 June Darling: How to make “I hope” happen 28 The traveling doctor: How safe are supplements?

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Craig Lasater took this photo of snowshoeing on the West Arrowhead traverse, a route off Highway 2 about 30 miles west of Leavenworth.

Burning up calories while walking on whipped cream

By Joe Anderson

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he snow in the mountains in late November started me dreaming about snowshoe trekking.

I got so excited I went in the garage, dusted off my snowshoes, poles and hiking boots as I anticipated another huge snow year and sunny days so clear and bright that the bright light hurts my eyes as it reflects off the snow.

Mission Ridge’s Ski and Board Area brags about over 300 days of sunshine a year; I want to enjoy many of those days in the mountains on my snowshoes.

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The joy of the sun and the quietness of my snowshoes is like walking in whip cream. In fact, there is an area off the Pipeline that I have named Whipped Cream Land.

In snowshoeing, I seek the challenge of a climb and knowing that I am going to expend a huge amount of energy before I reach the turnaround point.

I climb on as my breath comes in gasps, which I can see in the frosty air.

I try to keep up with my friends, my legs burning, breathing increases; I think of the poetic line of Emily Dickenson, “Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.”

Success after struggle is sweet indeed.

Last year was wonderful. It was so easy to call a few friends, arrange a car pool, drive a few miles, park and slip on the snowshoes and go trekking.

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I am already searching out places to get a quick workout.

Last winter, I discovered Horse Lake Road. It is close enough to snowshoe during a lunch break. Remember, one hour of snowshoeing burns somewhere between 650 to 850 calories.

See you outdoors on the trails.

On the cover Joe Anderson sits with his wife, Cyndi, at Mesa Arch.

“The person who took this picture was a professional photographer on a photo shoot,” said Joe. “When we asked him, there was no one else around and there were many cameras hanging from his neck. We were laughing because he used my cell phone.

“Looking through the arch you see a complete different view.”

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No worries — The ‘Bests’ are in Each year as we approach

the deadline for the “My Best Day” story contest, I start to worry.

I worry if we are going to receive any entries, and then I worry if the stories will be fresh with enough delightful anecdotes to put our readers right “there” into the best day with the writers.

And then I worry if the quality and diversity of the stories will match past years’ efforts, and I worry if the stories will hop aboard the crazy train (i.e., “My best day was when I voted for XXX,” or “My best day was when I discovered the healing power of spearmint, and you, too, can have a best day by sending $19.95 to…”)

I shouldn’t have worried.

This year’s crop of stories again surprised me with the high quality of experience and the great story telling.

It never ceases to amaze me the directions people’s lives can go, and where and how they find new adventures and new experiences to enrich their days.

Plus, this year, we have a story that starts in a very dark spot no parent would ever want to be in… and then, well not to give away the story’s ending, but this is a contest titled “My Best Day.” One more thing: While we publish these stories for the joy of the readers, the writers love to do them. As one writer — Susan Eby — put it: “Thanks for the opportunity you’ve provided... It was fun to recall such a special time!”

So now the onus is on you, mighty readers. Go out and have special days in 2018, and then write about them for our “My

Best Day in 2018” contest, to be announced in November 2018.

Until I get your story, you know I’ll be worrying.

Visit with your hometown power player, Chelan PUD, at the Wenatchee Wild game on Feb. 2.

We are starting something new this year, and that is reprinting a few of our favorite photos from the past year… with new captions that add insight to how the photo was taken or what the photo meant to the photographer.

I have always thought the photography in The Good Life was a secret sauce in the success of the magazine, and this is my way of drawing attention to pictures I thought were especially eye catching.

Check them out, starting on page 12.

Read the captions, too. That’s part of the fun.

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2018 — can you believe it?

This is the year, right? We’re going places, we’re doing things.

To energize your “can do” engine, columnist June Darling writes about hope on page 26 in this issue.

And not just hoping, but how you can build a foundation for turning hope into reality. Because for hope to breathe, a person needs to see a “way” for the hope to be realized, and then have the will to follow the way.

Be hopeful in 2018, because, as June writes: “... where you find hope, you’ll see happiness, success and the good life close by.”

Maybe you can’t do everything but you will not do anything if you don’t get started. Enjoy The Good Life.

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‘A breathtaking medieval world of long, long ago spread out before us’ F

By Susan Eby

The hilltop city of Civita di Bagnoregio in Tuscany, Italy.

or someone who enjoys people as much as I do, it seemed strange to feel such deep, deep contentment as I wandered — alone — through the narrow stone streets of the tiny, ancient Italian hilltop city of Civita di Bagnoregio this past May. The sheer happiness of that morning was rare and wonderful… and for good reason.

My husband Dan and I had discovered the treasure of Civita on a trip to Italy four years earlier, and at the time, I’d vowed to return some day.

Back then, Dan and I were almost giddy, mesmerized by the magic of this medieval place that’s accessible only by a long, narrow pedestrian bridge ascending steeply upward, eventually leading right into the magnificent Etruscan city gate at the very top of the rug-

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Maurizio, wearing the white chef’s shirt and pictured with Susan and Dan Eby’s family, is the owner of Alma Civita, a small restaurant tucked into ancient Etruscan cellars– perfect for wine storage.

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ged, steep hill.

Like all hilltop cities, this one was built high up for fortification. Over time, erosion has cut away at the edges until the town almost fell into oblivion, had tourism not begun the work of reviving it.

Literally carved out of rock before 700 B.C., there is just nothing in America — apart from fiction— that can compare to such a place rising up out of the vast Tuscan valley like an ancient majestic crown set high atop this rugged hill.

We just couldn’t leave it. At that time, Dan sought out a room so we could stay — totally unprepared — for the night.

Slowing life right down to an easy crawl, we created an incredible memory as we tucked in and out of the few tiny shops and bars, and wandered through narrow cobbled streets separating stone buildings that have stood for thousands of years.

Like a silly school girl, I giggled when a full rainbow appeared and an old Italian man passing me traced it with his arm, telling me the Italian name for it, “Arcobaleno!”

Our gourmet meal that night lasted for hours in a small restaurant that the owner, Maurizio, kept open for us after the handful of tourists had left the town.

I left part of my heart in Civita di Bagnoregio.

A photo I’d taken of the city became a large canvas that hangs over our bed, and for the next four years, I dreamed of going back.

More than that, I dreamed of taking our grown kids there with us some day.

And as we all know very well, sometimes even the most magical dreams really do come true…

Totally by surprise, circumstances fell beautifully into place for us to return to Italy once again this past May, but this time with our three grown children and their spouses.

Traveling from our various homes, we all converged in Rome for several unforgettable days there together. After enjoying the Roman Forum, the Coliseum, the Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Italian cuisine, outdoor cafes, and more gelato than we should reasonably have eaten, we took a train to Civitavecchia, rented two cars and headed off for a week together in Tuscany.

There, we wandered the streets and shops of Siena, Orvieto, the hot springs of Saturnia, and various other beaches, towns and hilltop cities.

But the highlight by far — the very best day of this whole last year — was when we returned to Civita di Bagnoregio, this time

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Dan Eby is finding the fascination of Civita by wandering the narrow cobbled streets and walkways that wind through the little city.

with our kids. Family. The most important people in our lives.

Enthusiastically, together we climbed that long, steep bridge, entering the darkness of the rugged ancient city gate at the top.

Emerging once again into the bright sunlight, the breathtaking medieval world of

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long, long ago spread out before us, and just as I’d hoped, each of our kids was likewise touched with the magic of the place.

Each couple wandered off, mesmerized, in different directions.

My husband headed off to explore the tun-

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I was throwing leaves nels under the city, and I found myself alone for my boys to play.”

— slowly wandering — savoring the incred“Would you like us ible, indescribable pleasure of “coming back” to come today?” to a place I loved so well.

“Yes, the sooner There was no need for me to be with the better. Maybe it anybody. Just knowing that my kids were all will still be on the here too, each of them likewise enthralled top. Can you get here with the beauty of this place, gave me the before dark?” most amazing sense of happiness that I “On our way” I said. could ever have imagined.

He gave me his adAfter some time of exploring the little dress. city, we all converged at the same restaurant My husband, Ben that Dan and I had been to four years ago, and I loaded up our this time warmly greeted by Maurizio who metal detectors remembered us. (Four-hour dinners in an into the back of our almost-empty restaurant can cover a consid- old black SUV and erable amount of friendship-building!) headed out.

As we sat around the table laden with The house was delicious, artfully presented food, plentiful hard to locate. Finally wine, relaxed conversation and the sheer joy we saw the people of being together, one of our sons comment- flagging us down in ed, “Heaven will be like this.” their yard. We were Heaven. Yes, I believe it will be just… like… surprised to discover this… it was people that we knew. They had three A longtime Leavenworth resident and business co- little boys. Two were owner with her husband Dan, Susan Eby thrives on writing, traveling and spending considerable time sleeping soundly in the house, but the with her growing collection of grandchildren. oldest was excited to see what was going to happen.

We greeted each other and then he pointed to where he thought it might be. Putting on our headsets, we headed to different parts of Ben and Ruth Nickles: Finding a treasure of the heart. the large yard. Metal detectors cause feedback in the headsets if edges. There was a rough area where the

By Ruth Nickles they are too close together making an awful ground was uneven and rocky. Sweep after sweep brought loud signals on the metal y best day in 2017 began like any other squawk.

The house had been there since the 1930s. detectors. day.

We dug up old car parts, mysterious pieces It was crisp and cool. Bright yellow leaves It was delightfully exciting to contemplate what might be hidden in the ground. of metal and odd shapes. They all have a were tumbling down onto the green grass.

Metal detectors come in all price ranges. secret story to tell. It was like an Easter egg The morning had passed uneventfully. But hunt in autumn. What fun to guess with in the afternoon, the phone rang. Not recog- Some are a few hundred dollars and some each “hit” what the object might be. nizing the number, I hesitated to answer the are over $10,000. The better ones indicate what the metal is.

After a while we got a hit that indicated phone.

The ring that was lost was very sentimen- a bottle cap. Kneeling down, we carefully “I lost my wedding ring today,” the caller tal, but it was not gold or silver. That meant brushed away the mounds of fallen leaves. said.

Shining in the late afternoon light was a “That’s a bummer,” I said sympathetically. a signal would be less definitive — a mixed one like “bottle cap” or, “We would have wedding ring.

“I wondered if you could help me find it?” to check or dig every garbage hit” that was “Is this it?”

“Sure!” I responded. “Where did you lose signaled. (That’s the terminology detectors A bright-eyed little boy came running, it?” speak to indicate something is not a precious anxious to be the first to touch it. His little That is where it got confusing. “I don’t fingers clutched and held it up in the light. know. I’m really not sure when I lost it. But I metal.)

The yard had old trees and bushes at the “That’s it!” There were smiles all around. think I may have lost it out in the yard while

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“I was afraid I’d never see it again. It’s not valuable but very sentimental,” said the husband as the couple were smiling.

And who can put a price on love?

It’s such a lovely day when we can bring a treasure from its dark grave back into the sunlight.

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Ben and Ruth Nickles are retired Stemilt Apple Growers in East Wenatchee. Ben bought his orchard from his father, Kenneth Nickles, who cleared the sagebrush to plant some of the first orchards in the Nile Tracts. Ruth works in reception at Colonial Vista Retirement.

‘I was heart broken to see my son in this condition, so helpless’

Jackson, four weeks old, at home: Happy and healthy.

they took him away from me and transported him by ambulance from the UW Medical Center in Seattle — where he was born — to Seattle Children’s Hospital. It was 12 hours later that I was well enough to be discharged from the hospital to go MY B see my newborn son.

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By Jennifer Kent Y IN 20 17 the intensive care unit for WI N an available surgery time. y best day in N ER He was hooked up to so many the year 2017 was IV’s, medications and differalso the scariest ent monitoring equipment. I day. was heart broken to see my son On Oct. 9, my six-day-old son in this condition, so helpless. My husband underwent open-heart surgery. and I continued to talk to him, and we ocMy husband and I were aware early on in casionally got to hold him. my pregnancy that my son would require Finally, the day came. Jackson was schedthis surgery in order to survive. The months uled to be wheeled off to the operating room leading up to his birth were very stressful at 11 a.m. I spent the majority of the mornand tiresome trying to analyze every posing holding and rocking my son and praying sible outcome and how it would affect all of that it would not be my last morning with our lives. him.

Would he need constant in-home care?

The doctors and nurses came in, unlocked Would he be on medications the rest of his his bed and told my husband and I that we life? Would he survive the surgery? could follow until the doors of the operating On Oct. 3, my son, Jackson, was born. room. The walk was agonizing; trying hard Now, most would say this should be the not to cry and squeezing my husband’s hand happiest day of the year, and I would agree the whole way. And that was it. He had been under most circumstances. It was very taken away from me again. fulfilling to work so hard for nine months The next hours were spent awkwardly sitgrowing this life inside of me and to spend ting with my husband, neither of us knoweight long hours in labor to finally meet my ing what to say. We were both very hopeful baby boy.

My heart melted as soon as the doctors put the surgery would turn out fine, but also terrified if something were to go wrong. him on my chest. I was in love.

The worry that comes with waiting and not But that was it. Once the cord was cut,

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The first picture as a family of four: Jackson is four days old and awaiting surgery, big sister, Olivia (2.5 years old), dad, Beau, and mom, Jennifer.

knowing is the most painful, tiresome and scariest situation I had ever been through.

By 7 that night, the surgeon sat down with us and said the surgery went exactly as planned, with no complications, and he expects Jackson to make a full recovery.

Happiness. Joy. Relief. These emotions spilled over me, and I began to cry and cry and cry. My son was okay, and he will continue to be okay. The doctors fixed him!

That is what made Oct. 9 the happiest day of 2017 for me.

Jennifer Kent is a wife, mother and works full time as a civil engineer in the Wenatchee Valley.

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2017

By Julie Scott

ctober 2017 welcomed a milestone birthday for me, so my family and I decided to take a weekend trip together to celebrate.

Our destination was Trout Lake, near Mount Adams.

Leaving on the last Friday morning of October, the weather couldn’t have been better. Sunny skies surrounded us on the long road down, and evidence of cooler weather had started to turn the leaves from summer colors into autumn’s finer garb. Even the wild fields near Goldendale were brushed with sunlight making all things a soft shade of gold.

Arriving at the hotel, we checked in and unpacked, then headed out to enjoy the gorgeous scenery. Since sunlight was on borrowed time, we made haste to cover as much ground as possible before dusk.

The sun was patient in its setting that day, as we captured multiple photos of ourselves and revisited familiar sites and scenic routes before heading back to our room. We devoured our sack dinner and turned in for the night.

At morning’s first light, we were the first ones in the breakfast room and first ones to eat the first batch of huckleberry waffles; we could have sat there all morning, but we had plans.

After breakfast, we drove down the highway to our next rental, a tiny rustic cabin, and rolled up the gravel driveway to find a quaint little place, cozy and warm. It had all we needed and was just what we hoped for.

We unpacked and headed out once again.

The morning drive around the Gifford Pinchot National Forest found us climbing atop ancient lava tubes, breathing in deep woodsy scents, listening to roaring waterfalls, and enjoying the familiar haunts of past visits.

Lunch time brought us back to the cabin, where my daughter and myself refreshed ourselves while my husband, Byron, went back out on his own adventure with the camera.

After dinner and my husband’s welcome return, time escaped us as we planned our

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A rustic cabin in the woods: Just the place for a milestone birthday. Photo by Byron Scott

trek home. We’d leave early enough to enjoy the Sunday morning service at our friend’s church in Goldendale, then homeward bound.

We yawned as we said good night and tucked ourselves in.

Sleep evaded me, so I stayed awake most of the night, just enjoying the sounds of silence, but reveling in the wonder of being in this place.

The rugged walls held old secrets; scarred lumber hinted of stories from days gone by that I could only guess.

The silence of the darkness afforded me ample opportunity to think about my own stories: 15 years of marriage, 11 years of parenthood, and 50 years of life that somehow seem to have vanished like the morning mist. These thoughts tried to overwhelm me, leaving me utterly speechless, except for the only phrase “Thank you, Lord.”

The next morning came too quickly, but precious reminders were present even before the sun came up; ancient morning stars still twinkled as the pink dawn gave way to frosty sunlight, promising another beautiful, but golden day.

This was my birthday.

Julie Scott is a wife, mother and preschool teacher at Sage Hills Kids Learning Center.

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By Leilani Bangs

ecisions are often difficult; changes are often difficult.

I decided, as a 74-year-old person living alone in my house with my cat, that it was time to make a change: I moved into an independent living apartment at a senior living facility here in Wenatchee.

Weighing the pros and cons of such a move had been an off and on “hobby” of mine for the past five years.

The pros began to outweigh the cons as I experienced some of the symptoms of just plain becoming old: balance issues, thoughtprocess issues, dietary issues, vision and hearing issues, health issues, safety and security issues.

So I bit the bullet in July of 2017 and began my new adventure.

Now I have more serenity than I realized I could have. My neighbors are cordial and friendly. I love hearing their stories and sharing mine.

I appreciate the amenities that I didn’t

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MY BEST DAY It has been an IN incredibly rewarding experience for me.

have living in my home alone. Still I am independent but my new home also can assist me if and when the time comes that I need personal care.

I and my cat Marmalade are... HOME.

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Dr. Leilani (Loni Schroder) Bangs, WHS 1960 graduate, returned to Wenatchee 30 years ago and is a retired educator, having served Wenatchee Valley College, Chelan County Regional Jail, and Central Washington University.

A picture of Leilani and Marmalade is in Favorite Photos of 2017, page 12.

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By Judy Weaver

t the beginning of January 2017, I read an article in a magazine with ideas of how to start the New Year in a positive manner.

The premise of the article was encouraging the reader to write a letter once a week to Judy Weaver: Fridays are for thanks. someone who has/had a positive impact on

your life.

As a result of reading that article, I sat down and made a list of 52 people who have had an impact on my life — in no particular order.

Every Friday, starting the first week of January 2017, I have written a personal note to someone that I admire, respect and appreciate. It got to the point that I could hardly wait for Friday so that I could write to that special person in my life.

It has been an incredibly rewarding experience for me.

The added unexpected bonus is that I have had return phone calls, letters, texts and emails from all of those notes that I sent. I have heard from friends and family that I have not heard from in years.

Friday has been the best! I may repeat the process in 2018.

Judy is a retired elementary school principal. Her current passion is teaching memoir writing classes to adults in the area.

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Editor’s picks:

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FAVORITE PHOTOS from

2017

I thought these photos from our 2017 issues were so warm and happy that I wanted to share them again. I contacted the photographers for updated and expanded captions for a little perspective, and here you go: tasty treats twice over.

— editor Mike Cassidy Mike Sager, January: We were here on our first vacation checking Portugal out as a place to call “home” after Ecuador. Portugal has turned out to be a GREAT place to play music. Since I’ve gotten here I have performed at a number of local establishments and they LOVE classic rock and roll. So at 66 I am Rockin’ in Portugal. I just tell the folks I am in my Route 66 years and driving down Memory Lane.

Leilani Bangs, May: Since Marm (full name: Marmalade) and I relocated to Prestige/Colonial Vista, we mingle in close proximity to wonderful folk by the dozens who are like a family/peer group. Marm continues to be my guardian cat and cuddler: I am so, so blessed! He loves to sit in my recliner with me and have me read The Good Life magazine to him.

Marshall R. Mahler, May: The clasped feet has really made this an enduring photo. When the mother bear first laid back to nurse the cubs her feet were apart. That look of course does not make the most attractive portrait. What happened next was truly amazing. The cub on the left started to slide and the mother clasped her feet together to help keep the cub in a position to keep nursing. Truly, “A Mother’s Touch.”

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Kim Anderson, October: This photo was taken with my iPhone 6 after Tobin and I had finished prepping camp and eating for the evening.

Tobin’s dad, Mark, was off filtering water and I was enjoying the sound of the gentle waves. As I gaze at this shot, I’m reminded how remote we were staring out from the edge of the Pacific: so vast and endless even touching the deep places of a teenager.

Marlene Farrell, September: I love how happy we are in this photo.

We’d just arrived at breathtaking Horseshoe Lake. I hadn’t even taken my pack off yet. But the happiness was about more than our arrival.

We were having a truly fun time together. I hope Quentin and I always feel so close.

Andy Dappen, October: It ain’t heavy it’s my antler. Four of us paddling the Coppermine River in the Northwest Territories of Canada found this antler while looking for a potential campsite.

Neal Hedges wondered what it would feel like to walk around with such a monstrosity on your head, so he tried it on for weight. This half of a moose’s full regalia weighed about 25-plus pounds. A world record half-rack would be another 15 pounds heavier.

Hannah Kiser, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, July: I was a vegetarian from 2009-2016 so McDonalds and I were enemies. Never underestimate your ability to change! McDonalds is like heaven for hikers with air conditioning, bathrooms with sinks and soap, and plenty of electrical outlets to charge your phone.

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Erin Nash, April: While living and working in Grand Teton national park for the summer, my roommate and I managed to get 2 days off in a row during the busy season (a miracle). We decided to go BIG and hike the 38 mile loop on the Teton Crest trail. I can’t believe we were able to jump for this photo. But we were just that STOKED to experience the beauty of this space.

Oly Mingo, March: This was a selfie of my daughter and I on a beautiful winter day last January at the Entiat City Park. I would say that the best part of raising a family in central Washington is how easy and accessible it can be to get your kids into the outdoors. I choose to live in Entiat for our rich quality of life and close proximity to nature, and it’s a blessing to be able to share a love for the outdoors with my daughter.

Dakota Shae, August: I’ve an 8x12 print of this photo hanging on my bathroom mirror. At first I just hung it there because I had nowhere else to put it, but now, this inspirational photo is exactly where it needs to be. Every time I glance at it, I’m transported back into that musty Cuban cave in the middle of nowhere, fueling my drive for adventure, unknown places, and things outside my comfort zone. It’s a reminder to never become stagnant; it reminds me there is much, much more out there to be explored and discovered.

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Walking up to the Turret Arch: Many of the most famous and visited arches in the park have steps and wheelchair access.

‘The best of Moab’ in 3 days A road trip with special places to WOW with colors, contours and only a little physical exertion

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ll great road trips have to start some place different than where they end.

My wife, and I planned a three week trip in March 2017 with three stages: the first part was to visit my snowbird brother in Yuma, then visit my wife’s cousin in Phoenix, and then on to adventuring in Moab.

When I thought of visiting Moab for the third time I got excited because there was so much to see and visit. I was going to be with my wife and I knew I had to take her to special places

that would WOW her with colors, contours and with very little physical exertion. I needed the biggest bang for the buck.

I connected with a friend who is a Moab adventurer by the name of Tom McCrea. He leads small friendship tours into the “Never Never” land that looks desolate, empty, waterless and dead but in truth it is very much alive and offers breathe-taking beauty.

He gave me the run down of different places and sights and eventually came up with the “Seeing the Best of Moab itinerary in three days.”

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According to our plan our first stop upon leaving Phoenix was stopping at Page, AZ where we spent the night. We visited Grays Canyon Dam and the visitor center. The dam forms the huge and beautifully clear Lake Powell.

It was the start of tourist season so all restaurants were busy by 5:30 p.m. and seating was limited. We decided to attempt to be seated by 4:30 p.m. on the rest of the trip, which would allow us seating and an early dinner. By eating early there is always room for dessert later in the evening. My motto: “There is www.ncwgoodlife.com

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always room for ice cream!”

The next day’s drive took us through Monument Valley, where the earth meets the sky. The panoramic views of Chattanooga wagon train type mountains with mesas, spires and buttes. The mountains were layered stripes with shades of red, white, brown, purple and black.

I wanted to close my eyes and picture the cowboys riding horses next to the wagons and on the plains. Many side trips to take beckoned us but we were

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By arriving at Moab in the late afternoon, we could get familiar with the town, get checked in, shop a little and find one of our two designated restaurants.

On this first night we ate at the Moab Brewery on Main Street. It was recommended to us because of its history, clientele, specialized drinks and unique tasting cuisine.

Again we arrived early and for good reason, by 5:30 p.m. it was crowded and there was a long waiting line. I was glad we were seated early and that allowed time for viewing.

We got to the motel where I unloaded my mountain bike and got ready for an early morning ride. Moab is an end destination for mountain bikers; I did not want to pass up any biking opportunity.

It’s also home to many eclectic groups who hike, drive back country rigs, quads and jeeps.

Staying with Tom’s plan we decided to first visit the Arches National Park around 9 am. The park is just 11 miles outside of Moab. Since we had a Seniors National Parks Pass there was no park entrance fee.

The first stop was at the visitor’s center where I knew we would receive a daily weather report, maps and personal instruction from one of the rangers as to which of the three places to visit first: the Windows section, the Devil’s Garden or the Delicate Arches.

He recommended going to the Devil’s Garden first and doing the hikes early since it was going to be hot in the afternoon.

He also said the lighting would be best for pictures early. We watched the public video and headed to the Devil’s Garden at the far end of the park.

As we slowly drove along

The Devil’s Garden area from one of the viewpoints looking north towards snow in the distance. “I do not have a specific name for this spot,” said Joe Anderson. “There were so many places from which to take beautiful scenic pictures.”

the windy road we enjoyed the cacophony of visual sights. It was hard to concentrate on the road because there was so much to see — my wife Cyndi kept speaking to me about keeping my eyes on the road, which I think she watched more than I. Arriving at a huge but crowded parking area, we found a spot and headed to the trailhead, excited to be on our first hike.

The trail was very easy for the first mile and ended at Landscape Arch. I went on to the Double O Arch, which was a more difficult trail. At this point I was glad my wife did not follow; it was getting hot and the trail was a little narrow and had a little exposure.

There were several other trails leading to other arches but those required more time and energy.

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I was wearing running shoes and touched a barrel cactus with the side of my left foot. Ouch! I now had thorns in the side of my foot and little toe. arches. The colors were vivid with blooming cacti adding to the color spectrum.

I wanted to stay longer but knew I needed to connect with Cyndi. Since it was taking longer than I thought I took a short cut.

I was wearing running shoes and touched a barrel cactus with the side of my left foot. Ouch! I now had thorns in the side of my foot and little toe.

Lesson learned, “Stay on the marked trail.”

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I returned to the car where I met up with my wife who was waiting for me outside the car, in the heat and with no water.

By her look I knew I was in trouble; I had the keys. Oops!

Another lesson!

We next headed to the Delicate Arches. We did a short onehour hike to the Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint.

The air was so clear that the arches looked closer than they were. There were amazing majestic views towers, birds, plateaus and colors around each bend and over each hill.

The last viewing area was the Windows Section.

Again, finding a parking spot was a bit of a challenge but once that was accomplished we headed for the trailhead and bathrooms.

We chose to hike to the North Window Arch, which was closer because we were getting tired, thirsty, hungry and we had limited time. We sat under the arch,

I was astounded as I tried to grasp the appalling abyss of purple and gold and red, a chasm too terrible and beautiful to understand all at once. drank water and had our picture taken.

I laid on my back and looked up at the arch hoping it would not suddenly collapse. (By the way they do collapse.) Since then, I have since seen pictures in magazines and movies of people sitting in the same place under the same arch. It is nice to say: “I have been there!”

When we got back to the car my wife surprised me by wanting to hike to the Cove of Caves. It was a short hike with a little bouldering involved. I had forgotten that Cyndi enjoyed simple bouldering.

While she sat and rested I went for a short climb up into one of the arches. One of the nice things is that there are hikes for each person’s ability. We had done three hikes and were ready to head back to Moab, eat, slip into the hot tub, go to bed early and get ready for the next day.

The chosen place to eat dinner

was at the highly recommended Moab Diner, a red and white striped diner on the main street.

We arrived early, found a seat in the already getting crowded diner. The food was great and the service was wonderful. It was so nice to sit and reminisce about the grandeur of the Arches National Park.

After my early morning bike ride, we loaded the bike and got the car ready for the trip through the last two parks before leaving Moab.

Our first stop was at Dead Horse Point State Park, and the cost of entrance was only $10.

The visitor’s center was informative and gave us insight into what we were going to see.

The name came from the horses that died there within sight of the Colorado River 2,000 feet below. We were not really going to hike much because we were tired from hiking the previous day.

We did want to hike along the canyon rims looking down into the canyons of the Colorado River. I was astounded as I tried to grasp the appalling abyss of purple and gold and red, a chasm too terrible and beautiful to understand all at once. The effect of that moment must have been tremendous, for I have never recovered from it.

We could also see a labyrinth of mountain bike, jeep, and animal trails zig zagging on the valley floor.

One of the interesting facts is the elevation of 5,375 feet and

aridness made us very thirsty. It seemed we were always drinking water realized the area only receives 10 inches of precipitation a year.

Since we were not acclimatize to the elevation it did not take us long to get winded and ready to get in the car. How did the pioneers survive?

Upon leaving we headed to where Canyonlands National Park and Islands in the Sky is located.

The area is so large and so diverse that it is carved naturally into three distinctive districts: Islands in the Sky, the Maze and the Needles. There are acres of colorful canyons, mesas, buttes, arches and spires in this high desert.

On the 31-mile drive to the end of the road we were fortunate enough to see lots of newly born calves and vividly colored desert flowers. In fact, much of the desert was moving to full bloom and alive with brilliant colors.

Along the way we stopped at the Green River Overlook, Buck Canyon Overlook and at the end, the Grandview Point Overlook.

At each place we were able to walk around the rims and with the use of binoculars we saw more detail.

When we finished walking, taking pictures and looking around we headed back to the highway. We had to leave the majority of the Canyonlands for our next Moab visit.

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Broker’s Joker, Mary Stewart’s aged gelding, makes an easy jump for her at the Spokane Sport Horse Farm last May.

Horse and rider: 2 make a century ‘horses give me purpose, total enjoyment — Plus horse life is very, very social’

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ontemporary culture gives a polite nod to senior citizens; store discounts are nice but not laudatory, ditto the “sir” and “ma’am,” but in the world of equine eventing, it’s very good to get older.

All it takes to gain cheers, prizes, publicity, the awe of your peers and a measure of local fame is to be 100 years old. That is, in conjunction with your horse.

This year Mary Stewart, 72, and her 28-year-old horse Broker’s Joker rode the United States Eventing Association course to great applause in a coveted Century Club ride in Spokane in May and reprised her celebratory appearance at her hometown’s Appleatchee Riders arena in June.

Mary has competed for years

in this demanding sport that includes dressage (the ballet of arena performance), rigorous cross-country obstacle jumping, and the more formal stadium jumping.

That’s as hard as it sounds, translating to full time precision, stamina and strength from both horse and rider.

Notably, in 2010 Joker broke a bone in his foot the same week Mary broke her femur (not related, maybe in sympathy?). Rehabilitation goes faster for humans typically, so for six years Joker was sidelined from performance and did a stint as her husband’s trail horse, while Mary was soon up and at ’em working with her two mares.

When she considered the Century Ride, however, she decided to rehabilitate Joker, and with a year of supplements and very focused conditioning, she got him in shape to gallop and jump

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Very few older competitors in the country attain that Century designation, which requires riders to be actively in the game when the exact years coincide. in the 2017 Spokane milestone and then complete the dressage course in Wenatchee.

Very few older competitors in the country attain that Century designation, which requires riders to be actively in the game when the exact years coincide.

A nice counterpoint is that her Appleatchee riding companion

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MaryJo Herkenrath did accomplish the same feat in her 80s on Mary’s horse Unique Conversion just the year before.

Since 1998, when she first tried eventing at a course in Onalaska, Washington, Mary has been a constant competitor. In those years, she often traveled with local riders Tammy Wheeler and Hardin Howell to competitions around the region, mostly to one-day horse trials, not the more grueling and complex three-day category.

She’s been a horse-lover since her Kent, Washington childhood (the pony rides at the fair, the horse books, the bicycle-steed racing the wind…). Her first rescue horse as a teenager was Penny, a scrawny Saddlebred mare, who lead to Spice, a “bigheaded, ugly” give-away gelding she rode, showed and loved for decades, and then she moved on up to a series of well-bred and

Walking around the Appleatchee grounds with Mary is a renewed lesson in community — it’s not defined by civic or demographic lines on a map; it exists wherever people of like minds gather together. competitive dressage horses.

From her early married years and beyond Mary has always been deeply involved in the buying, selling, breeding, riding and training of horses.

What’s her motivation? “Oh, my gosh — it’s everything… horses give me purpose, total enjoyment. Plus horse life is very, very social — there are so many friendships…”

Plus, she said, “Riding at any age gives you balance, endurance, strength,” adding that she takes a regular dance/exercise class to stay limber.

Mary also offers two pieces of advice for anyone working around horses. “Don’t get bucked off. And don’t get stepped on.” (Thanks, Mary.)

Mary’s been around horses and horse people for 60 years and knows that numerous and generous friends have influenced her, and she especially credits clinics with Montana trainer Pat Wyss.

“If I had a young horse right now and I’d take him right over to Pat, no question.”

All this horse life happened, of course, while she was earning a living — as a teacher, as a gymnastics coach, with the Humane Society, in the jail as a county deputy.

And she’s been at Appleatchee

Mary takes a break from her barn chores to feed an apple to her youngest of three horses, Eclipse, an easy-going Paint mare with a bright future.

for most of that time. The active club, a fixture in the area’s horse life since the 1940s, now includes about 20 to 30 dressage-focused riders, some young and in training, some veterans who’ve competed for years.

Mary was instrumental in the construction of their well-used open dressage/jumping arena on the south side of the property and knows most of the riders who use it.

She’ll still keep tabs on all things dressage. However, she’s decided, after the accolades of last spring, that it’s time to hang up her spurs — but just her dress spurs for shows; she’ll keep riding her three good horses Joker, Unique, and the young Eclipse, for her own pleasure.

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the barn by 9 a.m. to feed and clean stalls, maybe ride a little, and then again around 6 p.m. for dinner hay and grain, traveling from her home in East Wenatchee where she lives with her husband Stan. (That’s a story in itself: they dated and rode horses together a lifetime ago in high school, lost track of each other for 45 years, re-met, suddenly re-loved and married in 2008.)

Walking around the Appleatchee grounds with Mary is a renewed lesson in community — it’s not defined by civic or demographic lines on a map; it exists wherever people of like minds gather together.

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always full. One of today’s vintage boarders started riding there as a toddler; some newer arrivals have patiently moved up the long waiting list to claim a horse stall. And Mary says, “Well, I don’t know all of them – but I certainly wave or say hello to everybody.”

The 20-plus years she’s been riding and boarding there have made it a home.

In a 20-minute stroll around the grounds she picked up a few pieces of blown litter, commiserated with an old friend on a recurring illness, noticed how a stack of wood chips has been stacked but not spread and commented on the to-blanketor-not-to-blanket issue (a winter dilemma for horse keepers), delivered a package to someone’s tack room, checked on the progress of the volunteer-built visitor’s stalls, greeted several horses she knows, queried a returning rider about mud on the trails and bantered a bit with other drop-ins at the Appleatchee office.

Susan Ward, the club’s office manager, who by job description sees all and knows all, said of Mary, “Oh, she’s like a little pit bull! This has got to be the most determined person I know.”

Her voice softened, and she added. “…and she is one of the most dedicated horse people I’ve ever met.”

Her friend Lynda Mikelson said, “I have to tell you, Mary is the best mentor you could ever imagine, especially for the young people — she’s always helping other riders. And she’s taken me on some rides… I have ridden trails I never would have dreamed of trying if it hadn’t been for her.”

A couple of prizes and a commemorative plaque are certainly a nice reward for being a Century Rider, but at her age and stage Mary Stewart has accomplished so much more as a member of this vibrant Wenatchee horse community. She’s known, she’s respected and she’s still in the saddle.

Form and function meet in this easy-care vacation house, designed as a retreat for family, friends and friends of family, with as many toys and interests as they care to bring with them.

‘The entire house pieces together like

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Pence have created several bold and opulent custom homes for Eastside residents (Bellevue, Bothell, Mercer Island et al).

A few years ago, they put their combined attention to the Bennett family’s own home-awayfrom-home in north central Washington.

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As successful collaborators, home design consultant Lauren Bennett and architect Dan

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house that the Bennetts envisioned came together perfectly with Pence’s plan, Lauren’s discerning decorator eye and the good choice of local builders H&H Construction to oversee the whole process and enlist a crew of top-quality craftsmen.

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Owner and interior designer Lauren Bennett’s vision included walls of creamy white – trim and molding included – punctuated with warm wood tones, and only the bare minimum of window treatments.

Minimum artwork with maximum impact works well in this big open living space. What looks like an abstract painting near center is boxframed tree branches, a 3-D tribute to country living.

sign half of the H&H, gave The Good Life a tour of the house.)

The location is another prime factor in the success of this project.

After vacationing in Entiat with friends, Lauren and her husband Gregg fell in love with the cliffs and rocky golden hillsides of our area, and following their friends’ lead, they also bought property across the river, a one-acre building site acre on the Columbia just north of Orondo.

That river’s edge development

Tina Hofstetter (here settling into the landscaping) and her husband Travis of H&H Construction enjoyed working with the Bennetts for the year it took to build the house. Photo by Donna Cassidy

Lauren Bennett, who has designed Bellevue area homes for years, brought her best sensibilities to this special family vacation home for her husband Gregg and their grown children.

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The passthrough window to a counter attests to a love of outdoor dining. This is one of two patios; the other offers casual seating just outside the ground floor master bedroom suite.

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guests to relax and play.

Expecting and delighting in their many visitors, Lauren wanted the open floor plan to accommodate fullness and flow. She said, “The house was designed with family in mind…

we have always gathered and cooked together, and we entertain large crowds all summer long.”

Accordingly, the spacious kitchen, the indoor epicenter of any vacation festivities, features

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Guest are always welcome at the Bennett house, whether at the rough-hewn, 12-person dining table or around this center-of-the-action kitchen island with its commanding view of food preparation.

and a long hall abutting the kitchen keeps food storage, utilities and laundry close at hand.

The most distinctive feature of the house from the first step into the foyer is its central wall of windows facing the water and distant hills.

But the Columbia River is more than a backdrop. Ground floor glass doors allow easy access to an outdoor cooking and dining patio and to the sloping lawn, beach and dock, while two master bedroom suites, upstairs (with a deck) and down stairs (with a patio) both allow private access to the outdoors. A bedroom hallway door opens to the second deck.

Simply put, there are two stacks (deck on top of patio) symmetrically positioned on the “private” ends of the house, which themselves are distinguished with wooden shed-style siding.

The four bedrooms are cozily carpeted, but main floors are industrial gray poured concrete, sawcut, grouted and shined to look like tile. In the summer the floors are always cool underfoot, while strategically-placed woven

The most distinctive feature of the house from the first step into the foyer is its central wall of windows facing the water and distant hills. rugs add a soft touch and absorb sound.

A free-floating staircase of steel and laminated beam steps lead up to the second floor with its U-shaped access to an office and three guest rooms. This makes the home’s total square footage of 3,590 square feet a little misleading, Tina said, because, as any home with a catwalk or balcony-style second floor, the resulting cavity above the main living area is also included.

She explained, “That area has to be engineered and built like any other part of the house — it

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In the case of this high-ceilinged living room, the clearcoated cedar ceiling is both an architectural and artistic choice: warm wood keeps a visual lid on the soaring open space.

Tina also noted a good solution to the problem of HVAC distribution in a home with poured concrete floors and no attic area: ducting from the heat pump is installed in framed soffits with vents, under the catwalk exterior. Tina’s take on the project? “The entire house pieces together like a form of artwork.”

The owner, Lauren, has made a long career of choosing excellent components for other people’s homes, including 18 years as owner of Inviting Interiors. That made her confident of her choices in this one.

Her artistic vision shows in the use of tile, plumbing fixtures, appliances, millwork, flooring, and stone — the “hard” features of any home. The softer features like carpeting, fabrics, furnishings and window coverings came later in the process and demonstrate her attention to the tactile, sensuous human element — she knows what feels good, looks good, wears well and gives pleasure.

What’s left when the permanent features are installed, and the impermanent ones hanging, draped or placed? Artwork. And here’s where whimsy and good taste coincide beautifully.

There’s a minimalist look to the houseful of tall, creamy white walls, with sparkling exceptions like the younger Bennett children’s bright-colored framed figures, a few large tufts of dried neighborhood tumbleweed in vases or propped on a ledge, two dark, wall-size bird paintings gracefully dominating

Tile and wood complement each other in this owner-master bathroom with its own patio door. It also easily accesses a convenient walkthrough closet that opens again onto the bedroom.

A comfortable and private retreat for visiting friends and family, this is one of two spacious upstairs guest bedrooms; a third upstairs room features three single bunk beds for kids.

one upstairs space.

Native tree limbs are arranged in a shadow box, looking like a linear abstract, their texture and tones bringing in the outdoors.

A subtle but surprising visual treat is a series of metal sculptures, all similar: under the stairwell separate hand-sized mountain climbers on diminutive chains climb ever farther, scaling a living room wall from tabletop height to the very top.

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the portfolios of architect, builder and designer (and it does), but for the Bennetts it’s a great deal more than a beautiful project.

As the grown children grow even more up and away and the house settles comfortably into its desert landscape, they hope to keep filling it with the people they love to have around them, and maybe someday the dream getaway will become the everyday house.

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Travis Knoop is a local real estate photographer working in Central Washington. More of his work can be found at www.TravisKnoopPhotography.com.

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Winter dining with squash & apple bake I

t seems that with the long dark nights, we spend more evenings cozy inside.

It is time for family activities, watch sports on TV or a movie or relax after a day of skiing or birdwatching. Does anyone play board games anymore? Curled up by the fire is my favorite place to read a book or share poetry out loud.

With all these activities, a special dinner is just the way to start the evening.

In January, you can recall summer by taking your garden produce from the freezer.

I baked winter squash and cut it in cubes before I froze it.

Some of the squash, I baked and pureed so I can use it for sauces or as a base for soup.

If you use raw winter squash in this dish, pre-bake the cubes for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Squash and Apple Bake Serves 6; 45 minutes 350 degree oven 2 Granny Smith apples 2 cups winter squash cut into 1 inch cubes OR 1 1/2 cup pureed winter squash 1/2 cup Swiss cheese cut into cubes 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg Butter a one-quart baking dish.

Core and grate the apples.

Mix the apples, squash and nutmeg and place into the baking dish.

Sprinkle on the cheese.

Cover and bake 30 minutes.

Serve with either of the egg dishes below.

It is easy to assemble a dinner that you can do in stages spread out over a day or so. Boil the eggs ahead of time.

British menus often feature a

shelled — at room temperature 6 slices very thin ham 2 teaspoons mashed capers 2 teaspoon melted butter 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard

The Scotch egg (brown coating) and Northwest eggs both make a dramatic menu option for January.

dish named Scotch Eggs. They are fried, crispy and absolutely delicious. These can be made in advance and then reheated in the oven.

Scotch Eggs 6 jumbo eggs boiled and shelled 1 raw egg 2 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons water 2 cups bulk sausage, hot, Italian or country style 1 cups fresh bread crumbs 2 teaspoons dried parsley 1 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 cup fine dried bread crumbs 2 tablespoons oil Mix the raw egg and water.

Mix sausage with the fresh bread crumbs, parsley, pepper and mustard.

Roll each egg in the flour, then pat 1/2 cup of the mixture around each egg.

Dip the coated egg into the raw egg mixture.

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Roll it into the dried bread crumbs.

Fry in bacon grease or olive oil until brown and slightly crispy on all sides.

Remove from the pan and place on paper towel to drain.

Serve hot with the winter squash and apple dish.

I prefer a less dense dish, and named this Northwest Eggs.

You can use your favorite rollout biscuit recipe or pick up the box of Bisquick.

This is my grandmother’s biscuit recipe. To make fluffy biscuits barely mix the dough and roll out the dough only once.

Cut it cleanly with a biscuit cutter or sharp knife.

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Biscuits 2 cups flour 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons butter 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese 2/3 cup milk or water 1 tablespoon milk

Mix all the ingredients except for the liquid. Stir until it looks crumbly.

Pour in the liquid. Stir for 30 seconds.

Put the dough on a floured surface and knead for 30 seconds. Roll out with a floured rolling pin until the dough is 1/4 inch thick.

Cut into six 7- inch diameter circles.

Mix the capers and mustard into the butter.

Spread the butter mixture on the surface of the 6 pieces of dough but leave the edges un-buttered.

Cut the ham to fit the circle and lay it on the dough.

Place the egg on the center of the dough and draw it up to make an envelope. Crimp the edges together.

Place each, seam-side down, on a baking pan. Brush with milk.

Bake until lightly browned — about 20 minutes.

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How to boost hope and live better Human hope is the greatest power in life….

– Eugene O’Neill

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f you were an evil genius and wanted humanity to suffer and die a long and painful demise, the thing you’d do is deflate hope.

Conversely if you wanted to help humanity thrive and be prosperous, you’d do whatever you could to pump up hope.

Think I’m overstating the case for hope? According to researchers like C.R. Snyder and Shane Lopez, hope correlates more than intelligence with success, health and happiness. You simply can’t keep hopeful people down.

We’ve all heard the popular maxim, “where’s there’s a will,

there’s a way.” There’s truth to that. Willpower is part of the formula for hope, but there’s more.

January, when we start the year afresh, is the perfect month to hear the whole story about how hope (goals and success) works.

Snyder tells the story of Carol who was a 45-year old woman.

Carol’s husband left her; she was despondent without any life direction. Carol claimed she had no skills or talent. In her words, she was at the “bottom of a big hole.”

Snyder asked her what she could use as a ladder to climb out of that hole. She paused and considered several options. Then she announced, “I’m going to go to college!”

As Carol and Snyder continued to talk, Carol nailed down what she was going to do with the college degree in terms of a job.

Carol’s enthusiasm brightened and her despair lifted.

Once Carol identified her “waypower,” (college), she sparked hope.

Snyder offers the following formula for hope: Hope = willpower + waypower for goals.

Lopez says the same thing a bit differently. (Be prepared for a bit of jargon. Don’t let it bother you, it will all come together.)

Lopez says that hope is a potent way of thinking about the future with a three-part process.

One part of the process involves setting goals that matter to us — goals that fill our minds with pictures of the future.

Another part of the hope process involves what psychologists call “agency.” Agency is about having determination, motivation and perseverance for our goals.

Agents believe they can make things happen.

The third part of the process, Lopez calls “pathways.”

Hopeful people seek out and identify multiple pathways.

Then they pick the most appropriate one for their situation.

People high in hope know they will experience obstacles, but they can figure out ways around them.

When we want to pump up our hope we look at each of these three elements — goals,

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Hope is solid; hope builds foundations under castles in the air. agency and pathways. Or goals, willpower and waypower.

It becomes clear then, that hope is different from wishful thinking, positivity, or optimism. Hope is not just about big dreams and visions. Hope is solid; hope builds foundations under castles in the air.

Here are some questions I ask myself when I’m wanting to check my hope foundations.

Goals: n Is the goal I am setting something I really want? Why? n Does my goal stretch my performance (not too easy, but not totally unbelievable)? n Is my goal specific and concrete; can I “see it”? Can I recognize progress?

Willpower (agency): n Can I think of my goal as a challenge that stimulates me to grow in ways I want to grow? n Can I recall times in the past when I’ve accomplished a difficult goal and bring it back to mind?

Waypower (pathways): n Can I break this big goal into steps or subgoals? n Can I see different strategies for accomplishing my goal?

Some of us are better at envisioning the future — setting good goals, having more willpower and determination, or more creativity and waypower.

But goals, willpower and waypower don’t exist in a vacuum.

They can reinforce each other.

Remember Carol’s college story.

Once she identified her waypower, everything else became easier.

Understanding that these three elements interact is important because many of us may feel that we don’t have a lot of willpower.

For example, years ago I thought getting a Ph.D. seemed like a cool idea.

When I ran into difficulty four years down the road, my determination fizzled. I panicked. If only I had my husband’s willpower I thought.

Then I realized as I came up with better plans about how I could finish my Ph.D. — as I strengthened my waypower (I ended up asking a friend for accountability help after I had broken the goal down into smaller steps), I automatically pumped up my willpower, my hope and my success.

Many of us may think we’re too old for all this. But the most successful agers continue to be hopeful.

They become purveyors of hope. They help their children, grandchildren and others by asking them about their plans for tomorrow, their goals. They help them strategize. They share in their excitement. They help them think through possible problems and how they might get around them.

Where there’s a will AND a way AND a well-crafted goal, that’s where you’ll find hope.

And where you find hope, you’ll see happiness, success and the good life close by. That’s closer to the whole story.

This year, I’m going to start goal-setting not on Jan. 1st, but rather on the 15th to emphasize the power of hope.

I’ll pull up Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech on Youtube.com. I’ll sing along as I imagine the masses of people who have kept hope alive for thousands of years... “deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome some day...”

How might you pump up your hope, achieve your goals, and move up to The Good Life in the new year?

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2018 How safe are dietary supplements?

As a gastroenterologist,

several recent articles presented at the National Liver Disease meetings this past year caught my eye.

These presentations were discussing the risks of acute liver injury posed to consumers by the expanding spectrum of drugs, herbal products and dietary supplements.

Dietary supplements are big business in our country with over $22 billion in sales. In 1994 in The Health and Education Act, Congress defined dietary supplements as products that are intended to supplement the diet, contain one or more ingredients, are taken by mouth and are labeled as dietary supplements.

That is quite a broad definition that really didn’t say much of anything.

What consumers do not realize is that supplement manufacturers routinely and legally sell their products without having to demonstrate that they are safe or effective.

Supplements are not regulated with the same diligence as prescription drugs, nor are they tested for safety, although it is against the law for companies to claim that any supplement

China is a major supplier ... and has been caught exporting contaminated products. can prevent, treat or cure any disease.

Without requirement for FDA oversight and approval, herbal and dietary supplements can be mislabeled or contain unlabeled ingredients, such as chemical, bacterial contaminants and other compounds known to be toxic to the liver.

The authors of one study using samples over a 12-year period determined the frequency of mislabeling in over 340 supplements. Only 44 percent of the supplements had labels that accurately reflected the contaminants detected. This was particularly true for products promoted for bodybuilding, weight loss, energy boosting and general “health and well being.”

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were products readily available in stores or online.

In 2007, the FDA issued a ruling to insure supplements are produced in a quality manner, do not contain contaminants or impurities, and are accurately labeled.

But, the FDA rules covering manufacturer quality don’t apply to companies that supply the herbs, vitamins and raw ingredients. China is a major supplier of raw supplement ingredients and has been caught exporting contaminated products. The FDA has yet to inspect a single factory in China that supplies these products.

The FDA has banned only one ingredient — ephedrine alkaloid — a weight loss product, and that took over a decade after thousands of adverse effects including deaths.

So what can you as a consumer do to protect yourself? As for myself, I would recommend avoiding these supplements altogether other than FDA regulated vitamins.

Beware of supplements promoted for bodybuilding, weight loss or sexual enhancement.

Consult your physician or pharmacist who can steer you away from problems if they know what supplements you are

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Don’t assume that more is better. It is possible to take in too many vitamins or minerals if you exceed the recommended daily dosages.

Be skeptical of claims made for supplements on television, the internet and advertisements.

Be cautious of the “All Natural” label, claiming they don’t contain any “synthetic chemicals.”

I would suggest that all consumers be careful about any products and supplements they put into their bodies. If the advertisement sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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Mike says Mugs is a rescued dog from a residence in Cashmere and doesn’t know Mugs’ age.

He did say Mugs is part Beagle, German Shepherd and something else.

“Mugs doesn’t like people who do drugs. He can smell alcohol and other drugs on people. We didn’t train him, he just came that way.

He is very protective of me and my mom and dad,” said Mike.

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By Susan Lagsdin

ach new year we like to look into past issues for few local artists who’ve been introduced to you, just to see what’s been going on.

This year we hit a treasure trove. A LOT has been happening in their lives.

Take a look at this update on creative naturalist Heather Wallis Murphy, the very theatrical Maussers (John and his daughter Tiffany) and recently-published author Matthew Sullivan.

The Sleeping Lady Wildflowers — 23 inches high and 33 inches wide — was painted in the field between March and August 2015 while Heather Murphy followed the wildflower bloom from the valley floor to the high country. Copyright Heather A. Wallis Murphy 2015

…and always there are the birds It’s been four years since

we interviewed artist Heather Murphy Wallis at her home in Leavenworth.

The initial The Good Life article tried to capture her passion for the natural world and her inimitable skill in sharing it on the page.

Back then we wrote: It started very simply in 1997 with cardstock copies from her desk printer of a double page of flowers. She sent that remembrance to a friend with a very good eye for art, as well as ties to the Sleeping Lady gift shop, and success there led to Heather’s regular and far-reaching card business.

Years of the small spiral-bound notebooks, her life’s journals jam-

The Esquimalt Lagoon journal painting was done along the water outside of Victoria, BC. Copyright Heather A. Wallis Murphy 2017

packed with sketches and notes, are displayed in her home studio high above East Leavenworth Road.

She’s gathered together early “coffee break” sketches from her work years, and scenes from hundreds of hikes and walks catching the essence of high mountain

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lakes, blossoms, and brambles, Scottish scenes (from three visits over 15 years) that honor her parents’ ancestry and myriad views large and small: a Cascade horizon at sunset, a vast river valley, a pine twig, a seedpod, three iris…

What’s new? Plenty.

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Heather painting the wildflowers.

Photo by Heidi Paul

First, let’s look at the numbers: Since 2013 Heather has created 17 Wildtales Journals (140 pages each of paintings, sketches, field notes and writings.)

Her company, Walleye Cards, published 1,000 each of four different designs of Birder’s/

Botanist’s Pocket-sized Journals, a total of 4,000 journals. (Then she personally filled 18 of them with birding data and field sketches of birds or plants).

Heather has also kept volunteering for non-profits. She monitors birds in the Fish Lake, Lake Wenatchee, Meadow Creek and White River areas and with her husband leads birding trips.

In 2013 she accepted a group award in Washington D.C. from Environment for the Americas on behalf of a grass-roots consortium of conservation organizations, and she works every month with Last Tuesday’s Artists through Icicle Creek Center for the Arts.

And, always in the interest of observing and recording the lives and habitats of birds, in the last four years she’s traveled in this country: (Stehekin, Mount Rainier, the San Juans, Idaho, Lake Erie, Hawaii. And she has gone afar, to Mexico, Costa Rica, Ireland, Austria. (This year her personal eight-week challenge after a broken wrist was learning to write and draw with her left hand, which, of course she did very well.)

What’s next?

She is considering publishing a left-handed birder’s journal, will lead a birding trip in Ireland, and is working hard on improving her writing in preparation for a full-length book.

Heather Murphy Wallis is unlikely to run out of steam, or creative choices, as long as there are birds and paper.

High School (where he staged Children of Eden and 15 other plays) and eventually asked his daughter to co-direct two plays with him…

John Mausser and his daughter, smiling here at Tiffany’s wedding last summer, are heading in new directions personally but hope to direct and act in many more shows together.

New directions, and a new stage of life In 2015, The Good Life

interviewed John and Tiffany Mausser, the dynamic duo of community theater, a long-time father and daughter directing team.

We wrote: “It’s great to have two directors,” John said, “One of us can be working with a small scene in the

foyer while the other is blocking a crowd scene on stage.” “Or,” added Tiffany, “I can choreograph while he’s doing scene work.”

Or, any way you look at it (even if you hear it in stereo) two minds and bodies working with a large cast are better than one. Or, teamwork saves time.

You’ve probably seen Tiffany and John on stage — acting, singing, and dancing in Leavenworth Music Theater, Mission Creek Theater and Riverside Theater…

The dynamic duo started early — when Tiffany was still high school in 2001, John, a math teacher who’d done some acting, took over directing drama at Cascade

It’s been three years since that story. Time has passed, lives have changed, and they still enjoy any opportunity to work together.

Tiffany became president of Music Theatre of Wenatchee in 2016 and John, also on the board, oversees the care and use of technical equipment and manages storage in general at Riverside Playhouse.

John directed Boeing Boeing and Rumors, and Tiffany acted in both of those, and they performed together for the first time in several years in the Apple Blossom musical Mary Poppins.

Summers have been equally busy, between taking roles in Hot August Nights productions at the PAC and working on different Leavenworth Summer Theater plays —Tiffany directing and John acting.

A first for the team will be codirecting the 2018 Apple Blossom Musical, Guys and Dolls at the Numerica PAC. Tiffany said they are thrilled because that’s always been a favorite show with “comedy, romance, dancing, catchy tunes, and classic Broadway style.”

Not enough responsibility?

Here’s more: John will design and build the set (no small feat

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Updates: Being an ‘author’ vs. being a ‘writer’ and fast-paced now. Sometimes my agent has to remind me ‘Matthew, it’s still your book.’”

The end result — the title on the shelf, possible film options, professional promotion and tours — he figures will take a full year from the date the manuscript is totally finished.

Not discouraged, he’s in for the long haul. Matthew’s a disciplined writer, he knows the marketplace, and at 45 he may just be hitting his stride.

}}} Continued from previous page on the PAC stage), and Tiffany will choreograph the dance numbers.

Life for the Mausser clan isn’t all rehearsals and showtime. (Or is it?) John’s wife, Jan, will join him in retirement in January, and they hope to enjoy more time to travel and work on their home in Plain — in between plays.

This past September Tiffany was married to Wenatchee native David Belmont, who she met last year during the production Children of Eden. And, as ever, the father and daughter team looks forward every season to another opening of another show…

Bright ideas get even brighter Matthew Sullivan was deep

in throes of revising his aboutto-be-published novel when — in 2015 — The Good Life caught up with him in between the first yes and the actual printing, a long and winding

Matthew Sullivan: Sharing his experience at a Write On The River event.

road.

We wrote: … Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore had been sent around, set aside, rewritten, re-rewritten and finally picked up by Scribner eight years later. It is aimed at publication in 2016.

The big prize, the gold ring, his first published full-length novel to hit the shelves, is just within reach.

Now starts the hard work … He rewrites, re-envisions, reconfigures.

He said, “I’m whittling it, streamlining it; it’s more compact

Well, Matthew did indeed hit his stride.

The hardback book was published in June 2017 with good reviews, it’s on bookstore shelves, it’s been translated for the European market and — a coup for any contemporary writer — it comes out in paperback this month.

This past year, Matthew also learned first-hand the difference between “writer” and “author.”

“As a writer,” he said, “I tend to hole up and prowl around in solitude, but as an author I’ve had to be much more public… working with translators and writing blurbs.”

The solitude and struggle at

the computer was lightened by traveling last summer to bookstores for promotional readings, which he and his family of four turned into vacation trips here and in England and Ireland.

The most meaningful part of all this has been the appreciation from not just friends and family, but also “old classmates, students and fellow staff members at Big Ben Community College, people in the grocery store and the post office.”

He said, “I’ve had a lot of strangers around the country (and a few around the world) email me with notes of encouragement.”

Matthew continues to share his love of writing at Write On the River events and with his BBCC students.

And he’s at it again — now he’s hard at work on another mystery about the murder of a young woman in a rural town in Central Washington.

Of course, he’s characteristically serious and intent upon its quality, but when asked about the plot of his newest novel he quipped, “No Country for Old Men meets Little House on the Prairie?”

fun stuff what to do around here for the next month Homegrown County Jam, every first and third Monday, 7 – 10 p.m.

Riverside Pub. NCW BLUES JAM, every second and fourth Monday. 7 – 10 p.m. Riverside Pub. Wenatchee Paddle Club, every Tuesday, 9 a.m. open paddle, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 a.m. masters crew rowing, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. novice kayak paddle group, Saturdays, 7 a.m. masters crew rowing. Info: wenatcheepaddle.org.

Upper Valley Running Club Run, every Tuesday night through the fall, 4:30 – 6 p.m. check in time.

Maps available for a marked 3 mile

trail route. Run or walk. Participate 10 or more times and earn a run club tech tee. Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort. Info: sleepinglady.com.

Weekly Club Runs, every Thursday check in between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. at Pybus Public Market south entrance. Either a 5k or 10k walk or run on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail. Complete 10 weekly runs and receive a free shirt. Cost: free (other than a smile).

2 Left Feet, every Thursday, 7 – 9 p.m. 2 Left Feet is a loose organization of local dance enthusiasts who would like to see more dancing in the Wenatchee Valley. Beginner lesson at the top of the hour followed

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by carefree social dancing. No partner necessary to join in the fun.

Dance style will be 1940s swing with a bit of salsa, blues, waltz or tango thrown in. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Game Night, every 4th Friday.

Board games, card games or any games you bring. Open to families and all ages. Hosted by Pacific Crest Church. Pybus Public Market.

Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org.

Wenatchee Farmers Market comes indoors, every Saturday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pybus Public Market.

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Jam at the Crow, 7 – 10 p.m.

Every first Sunday. The Club Crow in Cashmere, 108 1/2 Cottage Ave. Cost: free.

Winter Life Snowshoe Tours, 1/5, 12, 19, 26, 10 a.m. and 1/6, 13, 20, 27, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tours begin at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. Cost: free.

First Friday Events Include: *Two Rivers Art Gallery, 1/5, 5 – 8 p.m. Featuring Brothers in Art: Victor and Michael Detering exhibit in oils, mixed media and sculpture. Wines by Stemilt Creek Winery. Music by jazz duo Patric Thompson and Glenn Isaacson.

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Complimentary refreshments. 102 N Columbia, Wenatchee. Cost: free.

Info: 2riversgallery.com. *Tumbleweed Bead Co., 1/5, 5-7 p.m. Refreshments served. 105 Palouse St. Cost: free. Info: tumbleweedbeadco.com. *Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 1/5, 5.

– 8 p.m. Light refreshments. Info: Wenatchee.org. *Robert Graves Gallery, 1/5, 5 – 7 p.m. Annual membership exhibit, opening reception. Info: robertgravesgallery.org.

Bridal Premiere, 1/6, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fashion show by Katrina’s.

Door prizes. Cost: free. Town Toyota Center.

Skirennen Nordic race, 1/6, 8 a.m. – noon. A fun race day for all ages and abilities. Leavenworth Golf Course Ski Trails. Registration required. Info: skileavenworth.com.

Seattle Mariners, 1/9, 4 - 5:15 p.m. Seattle Mariners players and team officials come to Pybus Public Market for a question and answer session and to sign autographs for the public. Prizes will be given away from the Mariners Team Store. The Mariner Moose and members of the Mariners broadcast team will also join the Mariners players to take pictures and provide entertainment for kids.

Pybus Public Market. Cost: free.

Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Photography 101 Workshop series, 1/9, 6 – 8 p.m. DSLR Basics. 1/16, 6 – 8 p.m. Composition.

1/23, 6 – 8 p.m. Telling a story. This 3-part classroom style series will get you out of automatic mode and comfortable using your manual settings. Open to beginners, amateurs, enthusiasts and semi-pro photographers. Camera requirement: DSLR or mirrorless camera body. Milepost 111 Banquet Room, Cashmere. Cost: $39. Register: voortexjourneys.com/dslr-101-jan/ photography-101-jan.

Walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago, 1/9, 7 p.m. Bonnie Fortner and Debbie Gurnard tell the story of a five-week walking trek from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Walking a total of 37 days and 500 miles on the Camino de Santiago (or “The Way of Saint James”), they

Learn about local birds while building your bird identifying skills with naturalist Susan Ballinger, Jan. 10, Walla Walla Point Park. (This a portion of a drawing of a Western Tanager pair by Leavenworth artist Heather Murphy Wallis.

See an update on Heather, page 30.)

Snow and ice sculptures will be featured at two local events this month: The Lake Chelan Winterfest Jan. 1314 and 20-21, and at the Bavarian Ice Fest, Jan. 13-14 in Leavenworth. crossed the Pyrenees, as well as two other mountain ranges. Free.

Register at pybuspublicmarket. org/contact-us/sign-up/pybusuniversity.

Early Morning Birding & ID Skills building, 1/10, 2/14, 7:30 – 10 a.m. Join Susan Ballinger on this low-key morning birding outing. Walla Walla Point Park. Info: susan@cdlandtrust.org.

Kent Woodruff, One Stick at a Time, 1/10, 7 – 9 p.m. Kent will share this film about climate adaptation work that he led with beavers and the attempts of others in Washington to find some solution to the impacts that continue to become more intense. Barn Beach Reserve. Cost: by donation.

Lake Chelan Winterfest, 1/13, 14 and 20, 21, all day. Two weekends filled with incredible ice sculptures, live music, wine tasting, ale tasting, activities for kids of all ages, a polar bear splash, massive beach bonfire, spectacular fireworks show and much more. Cost: free. Info: January 2018 | The Good Life

Bavarian Bruisefest is a weekend of roller derby by teams from around the state, Jan. 12-14, at the Leavenworth Festhalle. lakechelan.com.

Wenatchee Community Concert Association, Andy Hackbarth, 1/12, 7 p.m. Awardwinning classical/Spanish/finger style guitarist pays tribute to the “Father of the Classical Guitar,” Andres Segovia, through instrumental

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}}} Continued from previous page The Mountaintop, 1/12, 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $21 - $35. A play written by playwright Katori Hall who fantasized what may have transpired in the overnight hours between the legendary civil rights leader, Martin Luther Jr. and a seemly inconsequential hotel maid. Is rifled with humor and political jabs, while giving us a glimpse at the human side of King. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $21 - $35. Info: numericapac.org.

Bavarian Bruisefest, 1/12-14. 12 women’s roller derby teams from around the state compete. Leavenworth Festhalle. Info: applecityrollerderby.com Bavarian Ice Fest, 1/13, 14. Snow sculptures, Ice Fest games and activities, snowmobile sled pull, live ice carving, Stevens Pass Grom playground and fireworks. The village is still dressed in over half a million twinkling lights. Come celebrate winter in downtown Leavenworth. Cost: free. Info: leavenworth.com.

Multicultural Festival, 1/13, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Visitors will experience over 25 local multicultural groups from our community through booth displays of art, food, crafts, clothes, pictures, etc. Tables will be set up throughout the museum depicting various cultural heritages. In the Children Activities Center, children will experience hands-on cultural traditions through arts and crafts projects.

Each child will receive a passport,

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with their picture, and travel to each country (booth) they will receive a sticker in their passport.

Throughout the day the stage will come alive with multicultural dance, music and song. Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center.

Info: wvmcc.org Winter Piano Festival Faculty Concert, 1/13, 7 p.m. Canyon Wren Recital Hall. Cost: $22 or $24 at the door.

Cold Winter Nights comedy series, 1/13, 2/3, 3/16, 8 p.m. Chad Daniels starts this series of standup comedy. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $20. Info: numericapac.org.

Snowshoe Demo, 1/14, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Looking for a winter activity that doesn’t require a big investment in equipment, instruction and practice? If you can walk, you can snowshoe. Check out snowshoes at Leavenworth Ski Hill. A bonfire will provide a warm welcome at the base.

Environmental film and lecture series: Switch, 1/16, 7 p.m.

Discover the future of energy. Every energy resource — fossil, nuclear and renewable — is undergoing profound changes. And overall, the planet is shifting from coal and oil to the energies of tomorrow. This sweeping transition is the subject of Switch. Rather than advocate for how it should happen, Switch travels the world to discover how it most likely will happen. Switch is also about changing the energy conversation. Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Cost: $5 suggested donation.

Death by Design, 1/18-27, 7:30 p.m. and 1/20, 27, 2 p.m. Music Theatre of Wenatchee presents a play by Rob Urbanati. When a playwright and his actress wife flee London to Cookham after a disastrous opening night guests arrive unexpectedly – a conservative politician, a fiery socialist, a nearsighted ingénue, a zany modern dancer – each with a long-held secret. One guest is murdered, its up to the feisty Irish maid to solve the crime. Riverside Playhouse. Cost: $15. Tickets: Numerica PAC box office.

Leavenworth Empty Bowls Festival, 1/19, noon - 8 p.m. 1/20, 21, 22, 23, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Participants buy undecorated bowls made by local artists and paint them with a design of their choice. The bowls are fired and returned to their owners at a community dinner in March. Sleep Lady. Cost: $12. Info:

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A Night at the Museum, 1/20, 6 – 9 p.m. Showcasing the best of our region: wonderfully talented chefs, tasty gourmet foods, awardwinning wines, great beers, ciders and distilled spirits and fun music.

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Cost: $55. Info: wvmcc.org.

Wenatchee Valley Empty Bowls, 1/21, 1 – 4 p.m. Paint and personalize a ceramic bowl and attend the intentionally simple dinner featuring soups and bread donated by local restaurants. Dinner will be held 3/10 at Wenatchee High School where there will be silent auction items and engaging conversation about food insecurity and hunger relief. Inspirations Ceramic Art Café. Cost of bowl: $10 or $35 for a family of up to five. Info: cdcac/org/empty-bowls-2108.html.

Washington’s Native Conifers Identification Workshop, 1/22, 24, 6 – 8 p.m. Susan Ballinger has designed this hands-on workshop to introduce form, seeds, cones, needle and bark patterns and natural history for each tree. Register: wvcd.edu/academics/continuingeducation.

Marc Cohn and The Blind Boys of Alabama, 1/25, 7:30 p.m. Live performance. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $29-$39. Info:

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Timbrr! Winter Music Festival, 1/26, 27. Outdoor music festival.

Two days and nights of music and wintertime fun. Leavenworth Festhalle.

Tosca – The Met: Live in HD, 1/27, 9:55 a.m. Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for extraordinary singing. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $22 or $24 at the door. Info: icicle. org.

Guided Snow Shoe Hikes for Families, 1/27, 2/3, 10 a.m. Learn the basics of snowshoeing while exploring the trails of Saddle Rock. Hike leader will share fun and interesting information about winter animals and plants along the way. Hot cocoa at the end of the hike. Snow shoes are provided by the City of Wenatchee. Bring water and snacks, dress warmly and wear sturdy, waterproof shoes.

Saddle Rock Trail. Cost: free. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Dinner and Full Moon ski, 1/31, 5 - 8 p.m. Join O’Grady’s and Leavenworth Winter Sports Club for dinner and a full moon ski at Icicle River Trail. Fire will be blazing, warm up with a hot toddy, bowl of soup or stew and have a dessert!

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If you want completely hassle-free winter sports, try heading up to Mountain Springs Lodge near Plain, where you can ride along in a “Track Trek” snowcat that takes you to some of the most remote mountain vistas in Washington state, and then takes you back home again without you even breaking a sweat.

f you move to North Central Washington, it doesn’t take long to figure out that there is no need to hibernate for the winter.

Wenatchee and the surrounding areas offer an abundance of recreational activities, including some that don’t even require you to bundle up.

Begin with the fact that you live near one of Washington’s premiere ski resorts, Mission Ridge.

With 2,000 acres, 36 runs and short lift lines, skiers and board-

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Taste Treats Must-visit tasting rooms around NCW Stemilt Creek Winery

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temilt Creek Winery is truly a local tradition worth remembering. 100% of our red wines are barrel aged, estate wines. We routinely garner many awards with consistent high praise. Our vineyards are situated at 1,600 feet elevation within the Wenatchee foothills, ensuring the intensity of developing flavors–focused fruit underlying a predominantly earthy

But let’s suppose you’re looking for something with absolutely no exposure to frigid temperatures -- something that will leave

a smile on your face long after an afternoon out enjoying this particular activity with friends.

Then make your way to one of the many NCW wineries that welcome guests during the winter season.

As long as the weather is decent enough for driving, wine tasting is the perfect way to spend a winter’s day. The views are spectacular and you can bring along your designated driver, or take a local limousine tour. Either way, wine tasting will warm you right up.

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complexity. The best part is the rewarding experience you’ll encounter once you taste our wines. Then you’ll know why we say – Legacy Tradition Heritage. Our tasting rooms are located in downtown Wenatchee at 110 N Wenatchee Ave. and downtown Leavenworth at 617 Front St. Suite 4A. www. stemiltcreek.com

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hen we first started our journey to Rocky Pond, we were given wonderful advice:“Don’t save your best wine for formal occasions;

celebrate your best wine with family and friends”. The moderating influences of Lake Chelan, and the distinctively coarse, sandy sediment from its glacier origins sets Chelan apart from the other Washington AVAs, and gives our grapes their distinctive personality.

At our tasting rooms in Woodinville and downtown Lake Chelan, you can taste that difference in the glass. Chat with our knowledgeable staff and learn about what makes Chelan wines so special - and return to join us as friends!

Come see us at:Downtown Lake Chelan: 212 E Woodin Ave, Chelan WA (509) 888-6335 or Woodinville (in the Warehouse District) 19501 144th Ave NE, B-600, Woodinville WA (206) 356-2762.

For hours & events visit: www. rockypondwinery.com.

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hen Kathy and Al Mathews started looking around the Wenatchee area in 2000, they had no idea they would end up at 1700’ at the base of towering columnar basalt cliffs. After measuring the sun exposure and heat indices, they purchased the land and planted the first 1,000 grapes. They planted their nine favorite varieties and, as luck would have it, they all thrived.

Because of that, the Malaga Springs wine list features a wide variety of choices. Come visit the gorgeous grounds of Malaga Springs and enjoy our wine and spectacular views.

3450 Cathedral Rock Road, Malaga WA. www.malagaspringswinery. com. 509-679-0152. l -- everything customers need to plan their trip to your facility for wine-tasting. Altogether your listing will give you 100 words to describe

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Pioneers’ hard work still helping Valley Editor’s note: This story continues a series of bio sketches on prominent early settlers in the valley.

Zadok A. Lanham’s odyssey

from Virginia to the Wenatchee Valley took six years.

Born in 1849, he was 27 in 1876 when he caught the “Go west, young man” fever and followed Horace Greeley to the Greeley Colony in Colorado. He stayed there less than a year before moving on to Leadville, Colo., to take up prospecting and mining with some success.

In 1882, with his prospecting profits in hand, Lanham headed west again. He traveled through New Mexico and Arizona to California. In Los Angeles he caught a steamer for San Francisco then another ship to Seattle.

Somewhere near the Green River he met Jacob Powell. Both men were fascinated by the tales local Indians told them about the agricultural wonder of the Wenatchee Valley across the Cascade Mountains.

They bought saddle horses and gear and rode over Stampede Pass to Ellensburg.

From there they crossed the Wenatchee Mountains over the Nanum trail and dropped into the Wenatchee Valley.

It became one of the first successful commercial orchards in the valley. Along with the orchard Lanham raised dairy cattle for the milk and cream market in the valley.

After investigating surrounding areas both men claimed homesteads on the Wenatchee Flat. Powell’s land eventually became the Powell Addition to Wenatchee. Lanham selected four 40s between Okanogan Avenue and Methow Street.

Both men then recrossed the Wenatchee Mountains, filed claims on their squatters-rights homesteads, bought supplies and crossed the mountains again, probably by way of Colockum Pass.

Lanham went to work developing and improving his homestead. He built a cabin and fenced 80 acres with timber from the Squilchuck Canyon. He worked on the Settlers Ditch to

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bring water to his land but soon realized that others with senior rights to Squilchuck Creek and low summer flows made what he got inadequate.

Lanham had brought apple trees from The Dalles, Ore., and planted an orchard on part of the 40 acres fronting on Okanogan Street. To insure an ample supply of water for the trees, Lanham bought a quarter section of land with good water rights on Wheeler Hill and diverted the water through a new ditch to his orchard.

It became one of the first successful commercial orchards in the valley. Along with the orchard Lanham raised dairy cattle for the milk and cream market in the valley.

In 1890 Lanham married Clara Peterson. Clara, also born in Virginia, moved with her family to Missouri when she was small.

Her father was a noted educator and Clara followed in his path.

In the early 1880s she traveled to Ellensburg to visit the family of her uncle. Once there she was persuaded to stay and teach school.

In 1886 she was elected to the office of Kittitas County Superintendent of Schools. That job took her occasionally to the Wenatchee Valley to oversee the growing number of small schools around the area. At that time Kittitas County reached to the south shore of the Wenatchee River.

On one of those trips she met Zadok Lanham who shared her passion for education. The Lanhams had no children but over the years they conceived a plan to help students of Chelan County pursue a higher education.

Clara Lanham was an accomplished writer. Her work appeared in the Wenatchee

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Advance, the valley’s first newspaper. In 1906 she wrote a touching memorial piece on the death of the early trader and store owner, Sam Miller.

In 1893, the year after the railroad arrived, the Wenatchee Development Company was expanding its holdings. They had platted and developed all of downtown Wenatchee and were moving out from there.

The Lanhams sold them 40 acres that included their home and moved to their 40-acre orchard tract where they built a fine new residence. With their acreage demising they gave up dairying to concentrate of their orchard business.

That same year, 1893, telephone service first reached Wenatchee. The Pacific States Telephone Company (later General Telephone), based in Seattle, strung a single iron wire between Wenatchee and Waterville.

The first Wenatchee switchboard was in Francis Scheble’s hardware store at the corner of Orondo and Mission Streets. In early 1900 the line was extended from Waterville to Spokane giving Wenatchee phone access to Portland and San Francisco.

A year later the line reached Leavenworth and Cle Elum and on to Seattle.

The Pacific States Company provided satisfactory service to the Wenatchee city core but as early as 1900 outlying orchardists were complaining. That group included Zadok Lanham.

The company was demanding high monthly service charges and an exorbitant charge to hook up the orchard homes.

Lanham began researching and designing a plan to create a

When asked ... why he settled in a valley of dust, sagebrush and rocks Lanham replied, “The country just suited me.” locally owned telephone company to compete with Pacific States. He presented his plan on July 1, 1903 to a meeting of the Chelan County Horticultural Association. The membership,

mostly orchardists, unanimously approved the plan and appointed a three-man committee, including Lanham, to make it happen.

By Jan. 1, 1904 constructional materials were assembled to begin installing the first poles, lines and phones for the Farmers Telephone and Telegraph Company.

The Pacific States Company reacted with an aggressive sales campaign to sign up new customers. The competition continued until 1907 when the two companies split the business.

Farmers Telephone kept the local business and Pacific States

got long distance. They even shared a headquarters building.

Z.A. Lanham’s plan and persistence had succeeded.

Clara Lanham died in June of 1921 with the knowledge that when her husband joined her their estate, valued at $123,000 in 1931 when Zadok died, would be used to help students from their “beloved County of Chelan” attend college.

The Lanham foundation trust has awarded grants every year since 1931. Between 2006 and 2017 the foundation gave out $2,153,000 to Chelan County students to further their college educations.

When asked in his later years why he settled in a valley of dust, sagebrush and rocks Lanham replied, “The country just suited me.”

That fits with L.M. Hull’s description of Zadok A. Lanham as, “A pioneer distinguished for quiet action rather than much talk.”

Historian, actor and teacher Rod Molzahn can be reached at shake. speak@verizon.net. 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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The Powder Puff Race I

By Annette Byrd

n the mid 1970s, I dated a man who, as a hobby, participated in stock car racing.

His car was bright orange with a white 32 printed on the side.

What make and model it was didn’t stick in my memory.

Stan was tall, six-foot three, with red hair and a red beard to match, as well as a large, meticulously groomed mustache.

Normally laid back, he was attractive and fun to be with.

Most weekends found Stan racing at the track up in the hills above East Wenatchee. It was a fairly nice track, a paved oval with grandstands, and pit areas.

Periodically they held NASCAR races at the track but it was usually stock cars with a demolition derby thrown in once in a while for variety. On race nights you could hear the roar of the cars clear down to the Columbia River, several miles away.

I’d never been to a stock car event before meeting Stan but found them exciting. It didn’t hurt that I had someone to cheer for.

It wasn’t long before I discovered I wasn’t the only girl cheering for car 32. Upon occa-

sion Stan would introduce me to a female friend whom I would greet cheerily only to receive an icy glare in return. It finally occurred to me that these women were former girlfriends who still considered Stan their territory.

Nevertheless, I was the female in favor at the time and continued to attend the races most weekends with him.

At one night-time race it was announced there would be an impromptu Powder Puff Race.

I’d never heard of such a contest before but Stan explained that it was an event in which wives and girlfriends of the car owners drove all the stock cars. It was the only time they were even allowed in the pit areas, much less in the cars. The usual drivers would be on the sidelines acting as the pit crews.

Then Stan told me that he wanted me to drive Number 32 in the Powder Puff competition!

Wow! How exciting was that?!

Stan and his crew got me strapped into the bright orange car and adjusted the helmet on my head as he explained this and that, giving me a crash course in how to navigate the curves and battle it out with the other dueling babes.

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begin my racing career and stepped on the throttle. No roar.

Not a sound. I tried a couple more times. Nothing. Not even a cough. Number 32 wouldn’t start.

A couple of hollers from some of the crew summoned the track tow truck. It hooked onto the front of the car and took off.

Around the speedway we flew, the bright track lights illuminating our unannounced show for the spectators in the stands.

I figured I was supposed to start the car by popping the clutch, something I had seen my father do but had never tried myself. Nonetheless I made a valiant, though awkward, attempt. The car still didn’t respond.

As the rest of the wives and sweethearts impatiently revved their engines eager to enter into combat against their counterparts and win acclaim for their lovers, the tow truck driver apparently decided that he wanted to be in the race too. Except he was racing against no-one but himself. And I was his conspicuous captive tag-along. He speeded up some more and took me around the elliptical again — and then again.

Each time we passed the pit

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area I caught a glimpse of a tall grim-faced, red-bearded man in white racing duds and each time Annette Byrd went we passed to Chelan High he looked School, lived in grimmer and Stehekin, worked for KYSN radio in grimmer. the early years, Eventually, and was the East track officials Wenatchee librarmanaged to ian for six years flag down the until she married and moved to tow truck and Elgin, OR. got him to pull into the pit so they could start the real race. By then I’d flown around the oval at least four times.

By the time I finally landed in the pit I was laughing. Stan was not. He was not at all amused or happy with me. I had embarrassed him and his beloved car.

He ordered me out of Number 32 and made it clear that it would be a cold day in you know where before I would ever occupy that hallowed seat again.

Still, I figured that night I ran my own Powder Puff Race and had my 15 minutes of racing fame on the East Wenatchee Speedway.

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