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Contents

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lighting up opportunity in africa

Features

healing stories from cancer survivors

Exhibit wants to help those in pain

A financial advisor who keeps in touch

10 running with the kids

Runner Marlene Farrell shows kids how much fun running in the outdoors is — and they return the favor

12 biking the ancient lake

If the market’s trending down, your financial advisor’s attention toward you should trend up.

14 critters in the viewfinder

Experience the consistent, personal attention I can provide, no matter what’s going on in the markets.

Andy Dappen tries a complicated loop, and finds a varied route through fabulous scenery — but ends with a hard landing When sports action photographer Mike Gardner moved to Leavenworth, he discovered a different kind of animal to shoot

16 baseball in the d.r.

A financial advisor keeps in touch Financial Advisor Al who Adan, AAMS , CRPC Dan Rodgers, AAMS

AppleSox announcer Trevor Williams takes a semester abroad and experiences baseball in the Latin American culture

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18 A HOME A HOBBIT COULD LOVE 20 they built this city

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Year 10, Number 6 June 2016 The Good Life is published by NCW Good Life, LLC, dba The Good Life 10 First Street, Suite 108 Wenatchee, WA 98801 PHONE: (509) 888-6527 EMAIL: editor@ncwgoodlife.com sales@ncwgoodlife.com ONLINE: www.ncwgoodlife.com FACEBOOK: https://www. facebook.com/NCWGoodLife Editor/Publisher, Mike Cassidy Contributors, Amanda Fisher, Lisa Bradshaw, Earl Tilly, Marlene Farrell, Andy Dappen, Mike Gardner, Trevor Williams, Jillian Foster, Donna Cassidy, Bonnie Orr, Alex Saliby, Jim Brown, June Darling, Dan McConnell, Susan Lagsdin, Peter Lind and Rod Molzahn Advertising manager, Terry Smith Advertising sales, Lianne Taylor and Donna Cassidy Bookkeeping and circulation, Donna Cassidy Proofing, Dianne Cornell Ad design, Clint Hollingsworth TO SUBSCRIBE: For $25, ($30 out of state address) you can have 12 issues of The Good Life mailed to you or a friend. Send payment to: The Good Life 10 First Street, Suite 108 Wenatchee, WA 98801 For circulation questions, email: donna@ncwgoodlife.com BUY A COPY of The Good Life at Hastings, Safeway stores, Walgreens, Mike’s Meats at Pybus, Rhubarb Market, Martin’s Market Place (Cashmere) and A Book for All Seasons and Dan’s Food Market (both Leavenworth) ADVERTISING: For information about advertising in The Good Life, contact advertising at (509) 8886527, or sales@ncwgoodlife.com WRITE FOR THE GOOD LIFE: We welcome articles about people from Chelan and Douglas counties. Send your idea to Mike Cassidy at editor@ncwgoodlife.com

A jump day at Lake Wenatchee Park By Amanda Fisher

he photo of our new Park Ranger, Paul Tomas, was taken by his then girlfriend, Louise Regan, shortly after they moved here from Minnesota by driving cross country. The couple have settled into a nice cabin on the lake at Lake Wenatchee State Park. The best way to get acquainted with a new area is to leap right into it — which is what Paul is seen doing here. Frequent evening strolls with pets along the lakeshore, tranquil picnics in the trees and peaceful kayaking out on the lake are a common occurrence for our staff here during their time off work. My job at the park is to manage the campgrounds and reser-

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vations, facilitate various Junior Ranger and weekend programs in our outdoor amphitheater and ensure that all our visitors have the best experience possible while maintaining a responsible relationship with our natural resources. A few notable features of our park include primarily the lake, which is what attracted me to this park when I was younger — family trips through the Central Cascades always wound up stopping here to soak in the majestic view, a sight that stuck with me through my school days, to college where I chose my profession in the field of Outdoor Recreation, and finally now, where I am blessed to experience that same sight on a day to day basis. The lake is perfect for swimming in the summer, fishing during Sockeye season, windsurfing on blustery days, kayaking to Emerald Island and skipping rocks. Though often overlooked, the short trails we have in both

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the North and South park are fantastic places to explore our flora and fauna — we’ve seen everything from bears, beavers, moose, foxes to woodpeckers, frogs and bobcats. Summer season is a zoo, and for good reason, given all the features and amenities here at the lake. It’s a massive playground with endless recreational opportunities both here in the park, and access to the surrounding areas. Amanda Fisher is a Senior Park Aide and enjoys backpacking, kayaking, taking road trips and shooting nature photography on her time off.

On the cover Editor Mike Cassidy took this photo of Eden Moody and drummer Mike Johnstone as they performed at Memorial Park during Apple Blossom. Got a good story to tell? email: editor@ncwgoodlife.com

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MIKE CASSIDY

A drive to work on a very fine day A

few minutes before 9 and I’m driving to work down Ninth Street on a warm May morning. Some people might worry it’s too hot too early for this day in May, but I have the window down, the sun is warming my face, wind is blowing around the hair still on my head as I cruise along. Big issues of the day are far from my mind. There, on the sidewalk is a mom pushing a double carriage with what appears to be twins. When our kids were young, we bought $15 umbrella strollers, now parents are paying a couple of hundred dollars for ergonomically-correct carriages. I’m pleased the human race is going on and that parents are so caring for the next generation. Good going, mom. Around a curve is a Wenatchee police SUV, and as I pass I see inside a police officer I know… in fact we are related as his daughter married my son. I wave, but he is concentrating on his radar gun. No worries, I barely move the needle. My foot is only lightly touching the gas as I pass the Wenatchee Valley Clinic — opps, I mean Confluence Health. A couple of nurses are power walking with oversized coffee cups. Be healthy, nurses. I make a right onto North Chelan towards the downtown, turning lazily wide into the middle lane. A four-door pick-up is coming up Ninth, the driver appearing anxious for me to complete my turn so he can turn wide onto Chelan to access the clinic’s parking lot. I don’t worry when he nearly clips my rear end, as a few years ago, I was hustling my wife to the Clinic for cancer treatments.

I understand the fear and urgency going to the doctor can entail. A guy in a poncho on a bike — saddlebags bulging with his gear — is pedaling against traffic, on one of those bikes we all had as kids, big tires, single speed, basket in front. I edge over a bit to give him room. There but for a few decisions might be me. I often tell my wife that if not for her, I could be living in the gutter. She laughs, and I smile, but I know how true that is. There’s not much traffic this morning, and then I notice a license plate from Oregon. “I wonder what out-of-staters are doing here?” I ponder, then remember what my son now living in Boise told me, that people en masse are fleeing from California. I guess, but I don’t actually see many California license plates here, except on cars that look like they belong to agricultural workers. I guess we have not been discovered yet. At First Street, I swing hard to the left, heading downhill — and discover that, oh boy, the Wenatchee street department has fixed a teeth-chipping pothole on lower First. Thanks, street department. I cruise across Wenatchee Avenue, watching for skateboarders speeding down the pedestrian bridge and then pull into the city parking lot, where I turn off the engine and walk to the office. If you have to drive to work, I’m glad Wenatchee is a pretty mellow place to do it.

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Walk, talk, cruise and eat: What a month! J

une is just right for having fun around here. Check out these events picked from this month’s What to Do list: eBird skills development: Shrub-steppe upland and ravine habitats — Every spring over 40 neo-tropical bird species arrive to our foothill canyons to build nests, rear young and feast on insects and fruits. Join Susan Ballinger to observe and identify birds. Number Two Canyon Road at junction with Skyline Dr. Info: cdlandtrust. org. Wednesday, June 1, 6 – 7:30 a.m. Walk and Talk Series:

Wenatchee Valley’s Ice Age Floods story — Imagine water filling the Wenatchee valley to a height of almost 1,000 feet just below the rest of Saddle Rock. Learn about the catastrophic Ice Age Floods that swept the valley. Join Brent Cunderla at the Castlerock trailhead at 1958 Castlerock Ave. Info: cdlandtrust. org. Thursday, June 2, 6 – 7 p.m. Cruizin Chelan Classic Car Show — Fireworks Friday night.

Pacific Northwest BBQ pro classic competition. Saturday sample BBQ from over 15 professional competitors. $2 a taste. Pinewood Derby race. Info: cruizinchelan.com. Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4. Fundraiser: Chef Fest — The foodies dream come true. Ethan Stowell, owner/chef of How to

pull a goathead — and save tires, paws and feet By Bonnie Orr

eeds are not equally awful — some are worse. In NCW, our least favorite weed seems to be puncturevine, aka goathead (Tribulus terrestris). Its troublesome seeds puncture bicycle tires, dog’s feet and can even pierce through a walking shoe. What to be done? Saturday, June 4, is Go Get Goathead Day throughout Chelan and Douglas counties. Here is the drill. Gather all the puncturevine you can. Wear gloves. Pick up all the seeds on the ground. Particularly, pull out the immature plants — see the attached pictures. Then bring your stash to the 19th Street entrance to the trail on the Douglas County side from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., where your haul will be weighed and put in a pickup for transport to the dump. There will be prizes for the most goathead gathered. “The seeds can lie dormant in the soil for up to nine years, so it is important to gather the plants before they set seed,” said Dale Whaley, the DougCook a Wolf and eight other ground-breaking restaurants in the Seattle area is joined by some of the hottest chefs from the Pacific Northwest for a foodies night in heaven at the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. Tastings from each of the chefs, demonstrations, local wine pairings, and a chance to rub elbows with the food elite. The fundraiser is for Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. Info: icicle.org.

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ABOVE: Puncturevine, aka goathead, spreads on a trail. AT LEFT: Pretty enough in bloom, but a menace when the burrs form.

las County Weed Task Force chairman. Each woody burr has up to 8 seeds. “We hope hundreds of people pitch in to eliminate this weed scourge,” he added. Saturday, June 4, 6 – 9 p.m. Aviation Day — Pancake breakfast, aircraft displays, airplane and helicopter rides, free drawings, kids activities and more. Pangborn Airport. Info: pangbornairport.com. Saturday, June 11, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. WENATCHEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL — One of the longest

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As these burrs are carried and spread by truck and car tires, great places to look for the weeds are disturbed ground by the side of roads, especially under mailboxes and in alleys. Any trail area that has disturbed soil is also a breeding ground for this menace. Have fun. Be safe. Make our community even more fun for outdoor activities. Bonnie Orr — the dirt diva — gardens in East Wenatchee. Eastern Washington. Headliners are: IBMA Award Winners — Band of Ruhks, Clay Hess Band and Volume Five. Additional favorites are Ned Crisp and Bottomline, Prairie Flyer and Rusty Hinges. Cost: $25 $30. Camping available. Info: WenatcheeRiverBluegrass.com or call (509) 548-1230. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 17 19.

LEFT: Broadcast media student Hunter Brawley sets up the camera for an interview with Wellness Place founder Dr. Carl Kjobech, which is featured in the DON’T WAIT to Celebrate Survivorship Exhibit.

My TAKE

healing stories by cancer survivors

BELOW: Lisa Bradshaw on her last day of treatment on May 31, 1995, wearing a hat her mother sewed for her after Lisa lost her hair during chemotherapy.

By Lisa Bradshaw

n Christmas night in 1995, I felt a lump on my neck. It hadn’t been there the month before, the week before or even the day before — it had suddenly appeared. I figured I had swollen glands after feeling feverish and chilled for about a week, so I went to see my family doctor the next day. I thought he’d give me antibiotics, then I’d meet up with my mom later for the day after Christmas shopping while my dad and husband Wesley went golfing. My doctor ordered a chest xray in his office after feeling the lump, and when he viewed the result around the corner from where I sat waiting, he gasped in shock at what he saw not knowing I could hear him. I had cancer, and he could see it all over the x-ray.

Everything changed from that moment on. It started the process of numerous tests, six months of chemotherapy and a month of radiation. As I recovered, I struggled with side affects like all cancer patients do when enduring the treatment that kills the good cells along with the bad. I faced the risk of infertility, my husband Wesley and I adjusted to the challenge of being newly married and already confronting the “in sickness and in health” portion of our wedding vows, and my parents fought the fear of losing me to the horrible beast that had taken my grandfather just two years ago. Throughout treatment and during the years that followed, what I remember most about having cancer is wanting to hear

stories of survivors. I wanted to crawl onto the laps of people who would tell me their stories of healing. I wanted to see that their hair had grown back, their bodies had returned to normal and the fear had been tossed from the deepest part of their thoughts. I wanted to know that I would be okay, and I needed the help of other people who’d fought and won against cancer to prove that I could do the same. It’s been 20 years since I beat cancer, and I have been fortunate to be cancer-free since the day I finished treatment at 24-years-old. I had a healthy baby three years after cancer and through-

out my career I’ve made efforts to share my story in hopes of helping others facing cancer and needing to hear that people survive. I’ve learned along the way that we all have a story to tell and telling it sometimes helps other people better cope throughout their own journey. On the 20th anniversary, it’s

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an honor to produce an exhibit starting the end of June by Pybus Public Market that lends to the stories of survival in our community. Through interviews and photographs, the DON’T WAIT to Celebrate Survivorship Exhibit is comprised of thoughts and ideas about life after cancer. How has it changed us? What have we learned? What are the gifts that have come from battling such a frightening and life-threatening disease? Who are we now and what have we gained from the experience? These are the things the exhibit focuses on, along with

a few more in-depth interviews with survivors of various ages and diagnoses, including the interview I recently did with retired physician Dr. Carl Kjobech, founder of the Wellness Place, a non-profit organization offering various support to cancer patients in our community. “When the urologist came into the office and told me I had prostate cancer, I looked over my shoulder in this tiny room, where there was only he and I, to see if there was somebody else he was talking to,” Carl explained. “That’s what it was like.” While most cancer patients say the diagnosis felt shocking, what comes after the diagnosis often varies for people. Will there be treatment or surgery or both? What is the prognosis? Will a patient be compliant or resist the rigors of what it takes to have a chance at survival? Will there be anger? Or will there be calm? How will the person navigate a changed life with these things in mind? “I’m grateful for this project and partnership with The DON’T WAIT Project,” said Erin Cass, executive director of Wellness Place. “It provides a visual and creative opportunity for all people living with a history of cancer to connect with each other, celebrate milestones, tell their story and recognize those who have supported them along the way. “I have met many cancer survivors at Wellness Place who

tell me cancer doesn’t end when treatment ends. We need to talk more about life after cancer — the challenges, joys and fears,” said Erin. “This exhibit is the much needed platform which allows survivors to tell their story and offer hope and strength to other cancer patients.” So often we get busy dealing with everyday concerns, we forget to celebrate the little things in life, let alone the monumental occasions that deserve significant celebration. The DON’T WAIT to Celebrate Survivorship Exhibit is an offering of gratitude for survival and hope for those in the throws of cancer right now. The exhibit launches at Pybus Public Market on June 30 and remains on display through July 13. It later travels to Confluence Health’s Wenatchee Valley Hospital and Clinics and Central Washington Hospital and Clinics, the Wellness Place Gala on Sept. 10 and Wenatchee Wild’s Pink at the Rink event in partnership with Wellness Place at the Town Toyota Center in November. It’s being produced with the help of Eastmont High School broadcast media students. For more information, visit www.dontwaitproject.org. Lisa Bradshaw is the founder of The DON’T WAIT Project, a 501c3 nonprofit organization committed to raising community awareness about how positive life choices can impact the health and welfare of individuals, organizations and communities.

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Light it up Solar project goal is to brighten homes & future for african families By Earl Tilly

grew up thinking of Africa as the mysterious “Dark Continent,” so different than my rural America experience. Is the “Dark Continent” really dark? It is if its 7 p.m. and you live in a remote area and can’t afford the means to light your home. If you are a school child, the lack of lighting is a severe disadvantage because after 7 p.m. you cannot do your homework. Such is the case of millions of children in Africa. Most kids attend a primary school and do chores such as gathering fuel to cook the family meals or herd animals or hoe weeds among crops. Work is essential for survival. Less than a century ago, many of our parents lived on subsistence farms and as children they were some of the essential labor for their family’s existence. I know that my dad grew up that way in rural Minnesota. Education is a very important key to individuals gaining success in their lifetime. When I visited Kenya and Rwanda early this year, I participated in projects that installed very simple solar systems that contained a solar panel, a storage battery, a convertor and the wiring for three LED light bulbs. Dr. Claver Hategekimana of East Wenatchee was our solar expert and team leader for this portion of our mission trip. Hillary Kosen of East Wenatchee, but a native of

Marv Dunbar, left, of Wenatchee, teacher Grace Namunyak and Earl Tilly pose with a homeowner in Kenya who lives “off the grid” after completing an installation of solar-powered lights.

The setting sun means the end of study for kids without electricity in Africa.

Kenya, had contacts with Grace Namunyak, a teacher at Nkoilale School in the Masai Mara area. Grace identified the 11 families who “live off the grid” and had children who would benefit from lights so that they could study after dark. The actual installations were quite simple, but when the first light was turned on the reaction from both children and adults was filled with “awes.” Their faces showed excitement and happiness. The solar materials were paid for by a Rotary District 5060 grant and donations by the Lake Chelan, Leavenworth, Cashmere, and Wenatchee Rotary Clubs. In addition to this project, the June 2016 | The Good Life

grant paid for the materials to build two three-stall latrines (one for boys and one for girls), 150 desks, 50 tables, and 50 chairs for the Nkoilale School. I was joined on this adventure with my good friend Marv Dunbar of Wenatchee. We are both members of Grace Lutheran Church and had never been to Africa. We, Claver and Hillary next flew to Kigali, Rwanda. This is Claver’s home country. Many people remember the terrible “genocide blood-bath” that this country experienced only 20 years ago. It’s amazing how well the country has recovered and appears to be doing very well. Geographically I want to point www.ncwgoodlife.com

out the many, many hills that cover the entire countryside. They are all covered with a beautiful green tapestry. The bulk of the population lives remotely with very little electrical service. Once again I say at 7 p.m. it is dark. Poor people can’t afford kerosene for lamps. The children can’t do their homework. My Wenatchee North Rotary Club, Grace Lutheran Church, and three families purchased the solar lighting kits for nine installations in Rwanda. The reaction of the families was very similar to the neighbors in Kenya. Will these projects make a difference in children’s lives? Yes, if they can continue to learn and expand their minds. Earl Tilly was a Wenatchee farm and orchard equipment dealer until the political bug caught him in 1972. Public service included seven terms as a State Representative, seven years as the State Director of the Farmers Home Administration in Washington State and six years as mayor of Wenatchee. “I put the game away at the end of 1999 and have been thoroughly enjoying the Good Life in this wonderful sandbox called the Wenatchee Valley,” he says.

Letting the kids out Running up and down hills, through the woods and over boulders: it’s play for kids — and their coaches By Marlene Farrell

ids know a lot about parkour, where in a video game the hero must jump a perfect path of obstacles to avoid falling into a void. But today the kids themselves were the heroes. I was in the middle of a circle; on one side were two-foot tall boulders, set as a decorative perimeter in the park. On the other side were the Osborn Trail Blazers who were eying the boulders eagerly. I demonstrated running up to a big rock, jumping up and launching off in one fluid motion. I set them loose, each with their own boulder. They jumped with one foot, then both, then tried rebounding. We had already talked about safety, and I carried a first aid kit in my backpack, so I didn’t need to watch over my group too closely. I needed to leap over rocks too, learning how to do it faster and smoother. I didn’t want to be the sort of coach who expects them to do something I’m not willing to try myself. In fact, they taught me. One boy arced his legs high and to the side as he leap-frogged over one rock. Another kid spun 360 degrees while jumping down. They swung off tree branches as we hopped down a rock wall to assist a final leap to soft grass. The session had grown organically into something much more lively and experimental than I had planned. And that was just one of the Trail Blazers’

Parent volunteer Andy Barber runs with the Trail Blazers through a park in Leavenworth. Photo by Emerson Peek

practices. For the last four springs I had led a different running club, the Striders, at the track that is nestled below Peshastin Dryden Elementary. It was an opportunity for the six- to eight-year-olds to use this amazing resource for running laps, practicing sprinting, jumping hurdles, passing batons and playing 10 versions of tag in the central grassy oval. But I knew the Trail Blazers were going to be different. Replacing the lanes of a track with a | The Good Life

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squiggly network of trails in the downtown Leavenworth parks meant the format had to change. My partner Andrew Holm and I give these nine- to 11-year-olds more independence. In return we ask them to be good team members and always try. On the day we did an out and back long run, we sent them off in groups of buddies. They got to pick their own path, whether long or short. Perhaps one group could have detoured and “gotten lost,” but no one did because they didn’t want to miss the Otter Pops at the turn around.

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For another session we planned to work on hills, both uphill and downhill technique. I worried they’d balk, not wanting to exert more effort on a warm day. My concern was unfounded, because we found the perfect hill. This was not a road-grade hill. This was a steep loose sandy bank with gullies cut into it from winter sledders. We practiced running up it with our feet slightly sideways, sliding down a bit for every step up. They pumped their arms to get up faster and then jogged down a gravel path for another lap. We surprised them by letting them run down the gullies too. Andrew demonstrated a skipping motion, arms held out for balance, letting his momentum carry him to the flat where he ran out his extra speed. When it was their turn, some kids were pro already, flying downhill, trailing a cloud of dust. A few had never tried to go down something so steep, and they took a couple tentative

first steps and then released the brakes, going faster and faster. Their smiles grew wide with the exhilaration. This club is not about dare devilry. But we couldn’t possibly turn these kids into true “trail blazers” if we only let them run in straight lines. We keep the pace of the sessions moving and unpredictable. Before they get too comfortable and start picking up whacking sticks, I say, “Next stop, pond beach. Meet me there.” And I take off, kids on my heels, eager for what’s next. They aren’t skeptics; they are willing to try everything. And their energy rises when we throw down a challenge or add a dash of silly, like turning ourselves into a human knot by linking hands at random and then untangling ourselves. Our only agenda is to share our love of being outside — preferably in nature, preferably moving. Each practice has a few struc-

tured elements, like relays and hills, but we want the club to kind of feel like unstructured time to just be a kid. And by that I mean being in the moment, loving what they are doing right now in the uncluttered environment of nature’s playground. The kids are good at it already — just observe how seriously they play tag or how they shout, “Parkour” as, mid-run, they dart to the side of the trail to climb

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a few steps up a tree trunk with their feet. At the end of each practice Andrew and I feel charged with the power of play. For a little while I too am a trail blazing kid. Writer and runner Marlene Farrell loves to share her passion for the trails with kids, through her RunWenatchee blogs as well as for participants of her Icicle Running Retreats.

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Fred and Frank’s Ancient Lake loop a ride or run to test your physical and route skills Story and photos by Andy Dappen

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nic route and to the complex terThis story also appears on Wenatcheeoutdoors.org — the site covers such topics as hiking, biking, climbing, paddling, trail running and skiing in the region.

rain near Ancient Lake by Fred Rose and Frank Wycoff. Fred and Frank had spent a lot of time near Quincy poking around these protected lands managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and had strung together segments of jeep roads, hiking trails and game paths into a surprisingly varied and scenic

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Near the Gorge Amphitheater, Bob Bugert pushes his bike up a short section of road connecting the Babcock Bench (below) with the upper portion of the loop.

mountain bike loop. Unfortunately two-thirds of the way through my introduction to this loop, I hopped off a little rock shelf, lodged the front tire of my bike in a divot, and took a flight over the handlebars. My flight didn’t last long and

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my landing was on the upwardpointing handlebars. Fortunately the bars did not impale me; they simply cracked a few ribs. I lay there moaning for several minutes and would have stayed far longer had I had an audience, but Fred and Frank were out ahead enjoying themselves. In fact, they were not only quite annoyed having to wait for their anchor to catch up, they were most unsympathetic of my plight. It had been a fabulous ride to that point — I remember thinking how varied the terrain was, how surprising it was to find a chain of lakes hidden in the undulating pockets of the desert, and how beautiful it was to ride among rust-colored volcanic rocks with the blue sky overhead and green vegetation rimming the lakes we passed.

One of several of the surprising ponds hidden in the folds and divots of the desert floor.

All I remembered of the last third of the ride, however, was holding back screams as we bounced over rocky terrain that rattled ribs. My notes of the route fell apart and it took me many years to get back to this loop with healed ribs and a good GPS to properly document what I consider to be one of the most interesting and unusual mountain-bike rides in the region. The Ancient Lake area has quite a number of easy rides and hikes leading directly to Dusty Lake or to Ancient Lake itself. If, however, you want a ride that will challenge your stamina, test your riding skills, and appraise your route-finding prowess, ride Fred and Frank’s Loop. Details: Fred and Frank’s loop Activity. The route is particularly good as a mountain bike ride but trail runners and fast

hikers will enjoy it as well. Skill level. The ride is well suited to cross-country mountain bikes but requires advanced skill levels to handle all the challenges encountered. The majority of the ride is suitable for strong intermediate riders who are willing to walk short pitches that are steep, loose and rocky. Fitness level: Strong intermediate to advanced fitness is recommended. Distance: About 14.5 miles. Elevation gain: Less than 1,000 vertical feet of total climbing. Recommended season. The area is best enjoyed in spring, early summer and late fall. Most recreationalists avoid the area in July, August, and early September because the temperatures are hot and the soil is sandy. Access. Drive Highway 28 about 2.5 miles west of the Crescent Bar. Near milepost 25 and at the rest area on top of the Trinidad Grade, turn right on 10 NW. Immediately curve right and go around the back of the rest area. In 0.4 miles, turn left on V Street (not signed). After 0.9 miles, go right (west) on 9th NW. Now just stay on 9th: after 0.5 miles go downhill toward the Columbia River, at about 0.75 miles the road hooks left, at 1.1 June 2016 | The Good Life

One of the easy stretches of the loop — the trick is not to blast by the small trail branching off this large road.

miles the road turns into a good gravel road, and at 4.6 miles the good gravel road ends at a small parking lot with a Sani-can and a gate across the road. A Discover Pass is required to park here. The route starts beyond the gate.

Trip instructions: Detailed instructions (there’s no signage and lots of turns), GPS waypoints, and a good map can be found online at this link: http://www.justgetout.net/ Wenatchee/14834.

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CRITTERS in my viewfinder By Mike Gardner

I’ve been into photography since the age of 5, watching my grandfa-

ther in his darkroom. In my early teens I received a 35mm camera from my grandfather and started shooting motorsports at Ascot Raceway in Gardena, CA, but that was short lived as I discovered girls back then. I finally got back into photography after getting hit by a racing gokart in 2008 and it shattered my knee so I needed a hobby. My family and I moved to Leavenworth last November to help with my grandmother at the age of 95. Sadly she just passed away this last month. My main passion is shooting drag racing at Pacific Raceways in Kent. And now will also be shooting at Spokane County Raceway. Living here in Leavenworth has taught me to slow down and enjoy our surroundings. When I moved here, I was overcome by the sheer beauty of Leavenworth. The landscapes, the rivers and creeks. The animals really sparked a bug in my shooting. From mountain goats up in Icicle Creek to the osprey to wild turkeys on our back deck here at the house. They were here everyday during the winter and would roost in the trees between our house and the Wenatchee River. We have a Stellar Jay that came by daily for his peanuts that I feed him. We even established elementary communication. I would tap on the deck railing with my finger and he would peck on the railing. Then he gets his peanuts. I named him Brain. He only stops by occasionally now and I miss having him around. Recently I discovered the marmots that live on the other side of the river but they are pretty skittish so my long lens is needed to capture them. Now, I’m trying to get captures of the bears out at the fish hatchery. I will also get some great captures of the osprey and bald eagles fishing during the salmon run in the Fall. I’m a single Dad to my 9-year-old daughter, Tia, and she is now following our love for photography. She’s learning quickly. And she now is realizing the good life: Being with family, enjoying our surroundings and helping me pick up trash when we go for walks on the local trails. Well, that’s all for now. I have some chores to do then get out with my camera on this beautiful day. May you have a great day as well. Mike Gardner Photo by Tia Gardner

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in the Dominican Republic What a Semester Abroad Taught Me About Baseball in latin american culture By Trevor Williams

t felt like The Sandlot; baseball in a basic form. The batting practice screen was held up by cut tree stumps, the bases were made of square pieces of foam, and sometimes we had to weed the infield before we could play a game. I made my temporary home on that field for four months, and it was there that I uncovered so much more to love about the game of baseball. In January I left my home at Washington State University behind to participate in a Spanishlanguage immersion program in the Dominican Republic. While trading snowy winter days for more sun than I could handle, I had a chance to discover a lot about myself and the Latin American culture, while participating in practices with my host university’s (Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra) baseball team. Leading up to my first day of

Above, kids in Boca Chica play baseball at a local public field, and Trevor, at right, in his more familiar position of looking out of the AppleSox pressbox.

practice with my host university’s baseball team, I leaned on baseball to help get me acclimated with the local culture. For many people in the D.R., when I said I was from “Washington,” it begged the question of whether

or not I knew President Obama. Luckily, after name dropping the Mariners’ Robinson Canó or Nelson Cruz, everyone immediately knew where I really was from. I quickly figured out that one of my biggest lifelines to

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the people around me would be found in talking about baseball. One day, I passed a man on the street who was wearing a Boston Red Sox t-shirt jersey. On the back it read, “34 – Ortiz.” I smiled as I passed and said, “Big Papi!” The man stopped to give me a hug, before professing his love for his Dominican idol and his beloved Medias Rojas (Red Sox). Baseball also served as a phenomenal crutch when it came to language barriers. Lucky for me, baseball vocabulary doesn’t change drastically between English and Spanish, and while calling a taxi to come take me to dinner with friends was a stressful experience, talking about my favorite teams in the United States wasn’t. If I met someone wearing a baseball cap, or found a way to enter into a conversation about baseball, it was always the safest route, and usually led to a new friendship.

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... it was fascinating to see the young boys (many of whom come from extreme poverty) living in fantastic facilities, surrounded by nothing but baseball and English classes. I also quickly learned a lot of Spanish words that I clearly wasn’t going to be exposed to in the classroom. At my university, I took four full-time classes (all taught in Spanish), and while those classes helped me with academic Spanish, my time on the diamond taught me how to understand the jokes and trashtalking dished out between Dominican players on the field. In Latin America, the game carries a different style. There are people in the United States that are critical of what some call the “Latin flair,” but to me it was a beautiful part of the game. All of the guys on the field were having so much fun playing the game, that it opened a dialogue between them; a nine-inning conversation that would lead to laughs and line drives. I think I will miss hearing this chatter in the background of the field microphones while >> RANDOM QUOTE

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broadcasting the AppleSox this season. Ultimately, my baseball experience took me to the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, which is known as the hotbed of talent for Dominican major league players. With the highest percentage of foreign MLB players coming from the island, I decided to visit some training academies for young boys who sign contracts with big league clubs, hoping to get a shot to play in the United States. It was amazing to go down to the smaller cities of Boca Chica and Guerra, where I visited the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies and Houston Astros training academies. All of the MLB’s 30 teams have similar academies in the D.R., and it was fascinating to see the young boys (many of whom come from extreme poverty) living in fantastic facilities, surrounded by nothing but baseball and English classes.

The thing that stands out to me about all of my baseball experiences in the Dominican Republic is that they helped create a sense of home for me. That’s really what I believe baseball is all about. When we come to Paul Thomas Sr. Field here in Wenatchee, I think we all can agree that we feel a sense of the familiar, a sense of home. We share the games with our families, our friends, strangers, and the players. And that’s really the best thing about the game of baseball in my opinion — there’s a chance for the game to breathe — a chance to become enveloped in the magic and passion for all of the little moments. What’s even better is that it’s something that doesn’t change across borders. Trevor Williams is the director of Communications/Broadcasting with the Wenatchee AppleSox Baseball Club and will be behind the mic when the Sox take the field Friday, June 3, against the Yakima Valley Pippins.

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The Hobbit Hole, outside of Orondo, sits high above the Columbia River into a hill.

A home a hobbit could love But built with paying people guests in mind

Story and Photos By Jillian Foster GoLakeChelan.com “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

ess than a 30-minute drive from Chelan will bring you to a tiny home built into the side of a mountain where guests can escape to a world away. Kristie Wolfe of Boise has brought a slice of Middle Earth to the visitors of the region. In less than one year, Kristie has This story also appears on GoLakeChelan.com — The #1 website for news and information in the Lake Chelan Valley.

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turned a hill on the side of a mountain into possibly the most unique getaway the area has seen. “I bought the land last June or July and started building on Labor Day. I’ve been back for the last month getting all the final stuff finished,” Kristie said. “I had spent a week with my mom

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driving all over Washington and Oregon, and I was actually looking for something closer to the coast. I found a couple places that just weren’t right. They didn’t have the rolling hills. Someone mentioned Chelan and I drove up here on a weekend trip and this land was awesome, so I snagged it up.”

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Kristie got her start in construction as a child, from her mother. She said, “There were six kids, and my dad was a school teacher. To make ends meet, my mom remodeled all our houses to fit our family and then resold them later. As kids we always helped. I didn’t know it was any different for others until I went to a friend’s house, and they had hired a painter. I didn’t even know that was something you could hire someone to do.” Kristie’s mother, who turned 60 during the Hobbit House project, has helped her on all of her builds. Growing up with such an industrious influence has afforded Kristie skills and experiences that cannot be gained through traditional training. “I think it was great that I wasn’t afraid of tools. I used to take it for granted, but now I go to conferences and workshops and people ask how they can

a beekeeper, with more learn to build, and I realfeminine touches, and ize how awesome it is,” hopefully I will start that Kristie said of the impact in fall. Then I plan on her childhood experiencbuilding an above ground es have had on her career. kitchen that looks like an The Hobbit Hole is just English pub that will be one of three “tiny houses” communal, since there that Kristie has built. are no kitchens in the Prior to the Hobbit Hole, individual houses.” Kristie built a tropical Many have approached treehouse in Hawaii, set Kristie to build somewithin the rainforests thing custom for them or of the Big Island just to sell her designs so that minutes from Volcanoes they can build their own National Park. Hobbit Hole. Her first tiny house Kristie said, “I get a project was her own resilot of awesome projects dence in her hometown people want me to do or of Boise. “I was going to design for them, but all do it as an experiment. I my designs are really just have had mine for about Kristie Wolfe and her dog, Roxy, enjoy their slice of Middle Earth. sketched on napkins so six or seven years. NoI don’t have any official body knew what a tiny blueprints to sell.” house was back then. When building her It was sort of this weird home under the hill, Krisidea, and two weeks into tie didn’t just call on her it I loved it. Every day it’s mom for help. Several loa little different and I love cal companies stepped in. it,” Kristie said. “DeLeon Custom The tiny house moveHomes helped with framment, as it is referred to ing. Central Services did by people all over the all the dirt work. They world that have embraced had to dig out the hillthe lifestyle, refers to side. Triston Harlington dwellings under 400 Designs did the hinges square feet. The average for the door, because American home is around you can’t just use regular 2,700 square feet. Growhinges on a round door. I ing environmental and had a lot of great people financial concerns have help me out here,” she brought about the downsaid. sizing trend. Jerimie White of DeAccording to Zillow, Leon Custom Homes said the median home price The Hobbit Hole features a full bathroom for guests. The water pressure comes from a tank working with Kristie was in Chelan is around while gray water will eventually be used to irrigate the garden. fun. He said, “She is very $265,000. After 30 years water will eventually water the creative and good at what she of maintenance costs, taxes, fees recyclenation.com, 18 percent landscaping. Out here not being does. She put all the finishing and necessary improvements, of greenhouse gases come from able to be hooked up to the grid touches on it and made it what it the cost of owning that home residential houses. While a tiny deters many, but that was what is. It was great to be around her can accumulate to over $1 milhouse produces 2,000 pounds drew me,” she said. and get ideas.” lion. By contrast, the average of carbon dioxide per year, the Kristie said that one builds tiny house costs under $30,000 average house produces 28,000 “If most of us valued food and with no limits on creativity, the if built by the owner and if it is pounds per year. cheer and song above hoarded future possibilities are endless. off-grid as the Hobbit Hole is. For Kristie, sustainability gold, it would be a merrier world.” She has plans to grow the HobThe utilities and maintenance was of great importance when ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit bit Hole project into her own costs are also significantly rebuilding her Hobbit Hole. “It’s “Shire.” duced. a big deal for me. There is solar Guests looking to book Kristie’s “I want to build three,” Kristie Perhaps the most compelpower, the whole place is run Hobbit Hole can visit her Airbnb listling reason for going tiny is off one panel. The water is filled said. “I already have the themes ing. Those wishing to follow Kristie’s set out. This one is themed after progress on her projects can visit her the environmental benefit of via a water truck, and there is Facebook page. a woodworker. The next will be such a change. According to a septic system. Even the gray June 2016 | The Good Life

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Clyde Ballard

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ith politicians today just slightly more admired than jewel thieves, there resides in Wenatchee a man with a unique perspective on all things politic -- a man who counts national politcos like Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey among his close friends. A man who clearly believes the political system is corrupt. Former Washington Speaker of the House Clyde Ballard is quick to point out there are, in fact, good people serving their state and country for all the right reasons and that some of them actually get things accomplished.

How politics really works from a Wenatchee icon Newly elected officials get to Olympia or Washington D.C. and are immediately tested by special interests that use their political weight to try and get elected officials to go along with their agenda. “I’ll tell you one thing,” Ballard said. “If you are for sale, they will buy you.”

they want to feel important,”

Ballard says he was able to resist those pressures and had a reputation as a “straight arrow.” But that caused some nasty fights along the way.

Ballard says.

Ballard had a couple decades to

But too often, he says, politicians are in it for only one reason. “A huge number are in it because

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ometimes the lure of retirement and a good fishing hole are just not enough challenge for an executive in the fast-paced, frenetic world of electronic communications. The fish may be biting, but the executive may also be chomping at the bit to get back into the game. That’s kind of the way it was for Interwest Communications President Rich Magnussen, according to his son and Interwest VP, Aren. It was back in 1975 that Rich founded Interwest in Denver, Colorado, and built it into a major concern with more than 200 employees. An avid outdoorsman, Rich had visited the Wenatchee area and decided to sell his com-

pany and move his family here where he bought a 52-acre apple orchard. He worked his orchard but it wasn’t long before he was anxious to apply his IT know-how to starting another communications company, again called Interwest. The new company opened for business in Cashmere in 1988. Today Interwest is located in downtown Wenatchee and Aren is managing most of the day-today operations while Rich stays involved in the business. A 2001 graduate of Wenatchee High School and a 2005 graduate of Central Washington University in IT, Aren also had a lot of exposure to the business as he was

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growing up. He now is leading a 15-employee staff as they expand into new markets primarily in Eastern Washington. The company has had an office in the Tri-Cities for seven years and Interwest has recently opened a new office in Spokane.

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get inside Washington state government and really see how the sausage is made. Elected to the State House of Representatives in 1982, Ballard rose through the ranks to become Speaker of the House in addition to many other key positions. At the time he retired in 2002, he had served eight years as Minority Leader, four years as Speaker, and three years as Co-Speaker. That’s pretty heady stuff for a guy who was born into a migrant family from Arkansas, moved to

So what exactly does Interwest Communications do? Originally just offering phone service, the business has morphed over the years into an IT services company: NEC business telephone systems, network infrastructure that includes any kind of low-voltage cabling, data networking equipment and wireless access systems and commercial security. The company counts major employers like Confluence Health and Stemilt Growers, and Cashmere Valley Bank among its customers. Interwest Communications is located at 229 S. Wenatchee Avenue. For more information, please phone 800-759-3960 or visit www.interwestcommunications.com.

Ballard... Wenatchee and then, with the help of his wife Ruth, cobbled together a business run out of the living room of their East Wenatchee house. That business, Ballard Ambulance, became highly successful, but not without many years of scraping by. Started in 1967, it was 1981 before the family bought its first car because the only transportation they had was their ambulance. Both Clyde and Ruth would work night janitor jobs just to keep the ambulance business afloat. All the local cops and firefighters knew where Clyde Ballard lived because that’s where they’d go to take emergency services classes. The public safety professionals went to school in the Ballard living room and would have to step over the five kids that Clyde and Ruth were raising, two of which operate Ballard Ambulance today. That partnership between Clyde and Ruth continued when he was elected to public office. The Ballards bought a condo in Olympia and Ruth was with Clyde every step of the way. “We’ve always done things together,” Clyde explained. “When I was in the legislature, Ruth was respected and loved -- she was my secret weapon.” Meanwhile Ballard’s business enterprises continued to grow and eventually the legislative work became so time-consuming that

Clyde and Ruth decided in 1986 to sell the ambulance company to their sons. Shawn and Scott still operate the business today. Clyde and Ruth remain in the same house near the Country Club where they conducted training sessions all those years ago. They enjoy spending time with their seven grandchildren, working with their church and managing some rental properties they own. Though out of politics, Clyde retains a keen interest in the current political scene and he lavishes praise on certain local politicians who he thinks are really in politics for the right reasons. The mayors of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee fall into that category, he says, as does State Senator Linda Evans Parlette, who is leaving the state legislature. Looking back at his time in the legislature, Clyde says he and Ruth have wonderful memories of the many incredible people they got to meet during their time in Olympia. Clyde remains good friends with Mike Lowry -- who many may recall was at the opposite end of the political spectrum from Clyde -- and Joe King and Allen Thompson, and while they had their differences, Clyde and Gary Locke remain close. Those were great times in Olympia, he said. “Today I look back on it,” he said. “I know we did it, but it seems like a dream at times. Ruth and I got to do things that, to this day, boggle my mind.”

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Real estate royalty...

cent of every check they receive goes to Century 21 to maintain and improve their vast presence on the internet. About a quarter of that money goes directly to advertising -- getting customers to come to Century 21 for their real estate needs.

Like her parents, Betsy Loomis was born to sell real estate

“The exposure is going to be stronger for our clients,” Betsy explains.

So just how are real estate sales in Wenatchee these days? Betsy pulls out a one-page information sheet called the Real Estate Snapshot that not-so-coincidentally was first created by her father when he operated Davenport Realtors. The sheet is an easy-to-read synopsis of the market.

f there were such a thing as Wenatchee real estate royalty, Betsy Loomis has a family and professional history that would certainly rank her highly among those local brokers who would qualify. Born to longtime local realtors Jim and Betty Davenport, Betsy -- along with her brother Scott -- carries on the family tradition. A residential specialist and top producer for Century 21 Exclusively, Betsy is a single mother of three children who manages to balance her parenting with a busy life as a managing broker. That may be a lot for any normal person to handle, but spend just a few minutes with Betsy and you realize she does it with vast energy reserves and a boundless enthusiasm that is quite contagious. Feeling a little sleepy? Visit with Betsy and it’s like a jolt of caffeine. Betsy opens right up about a real estate career that started not long after she graduated from the University of Puget Sound back in the 1970s. Everybody who grew up in Wenatchee remembers the Davenport Realtors office and being raised around that made it almost pre-ordained that Betsy would at least try her hand at the real estate profession.

Betsy Loomis is a top producer at Century 21 Exclusively and comes from real estate family

Both of Betsy’s parents were deeply involved in real estate and worked in key roles with major local and statewide organizations. Jim, who passed away in 2014, was past president and chairman of the Wenatchee Board of Realtors, chairman of the Washington State Real Estate Commission and Chairman of the Washington Real Estate Educational Foundation. Betsy’s mother was the first female president of the Wenatchee Board of Realtors. So it’s only natural that Betsy has gone on to earn her stripes as one of Wenatchee’s top real estate sales professionals, consistently selling at high volumes. But that doesn’t mean that Betsy takes a cookie-cutter approach to selling individual residential properties. Quite the contrary -- she prides herself on knowing exactly how

to get each individual house ready to sell. “You have to do what other people are not willing to do,” Betsy says. The attention to detail both in staging a home and negotiating the sale really pays off for her clients, she says. Working at Century 21 Exclusively, Betsy has the time to devote to her listings, which was difficult during certain parts of her career. She spent 15 years as a broker-agent, managing a real estate staff, and is happy to be able now to focus more on her listings and clients. Betsy is sold on working for a franchise like Century 21 because their resources offer so much more exposure than an independent operation. She says 8 per-

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As of March 2016, anything priced below $250,000 was selling like the proverbial hotcakes. By way of comparison, homes priced between $200,000 and $250,000 were selling at a rate of 15 per month, while those between $250,000 to $300,000 were only selling at a rate of 6.7 per month. Betsy says she does well in real estate because she gets a lot of repeat business -- as previous customers move up they give Betsy a call to sell their house and/or help find them a new one. And that, she says, puts her in a good place at this point in her life. “I’m so happy that I live where I do,” she says, “and that I’m in the industry I am in.” To contact Betsy Loomis, please call (509) 662-2100 or email bl2100@aol.com. On the web, please visit www.century21exclusively.com.

Van Doren Sales introduces amazing technology to help Northwest ag businesses

ake a peek behind the curtain at Van Doren Sales, and you’ll be amazed to find an airplane-hangar-size manufacturing facility that looks like something you’d see in a James Bond film -- you know, the mega digs of the Bond villain where the scale is always huge, and the tech is always high. This is in Wenatchee? Yes, surprising as it may seem, Van Doren’s 75,000-square-foot Baker Flats facility is where a whole lot of creative people converge to design and build machines to sort and process the fruit that is so important to our local economy. They do offer products from other companies -- such as the efficient and well-designed equipment produced by New Zealand-based Compac -- but Van Doren employees provide the knowhow to adapt those solutions to the needs of Pacific Northwest orchardists. If you grew up in Wenatchee, you’ve probably seen Van Doren trucks around town your entire life. But the company readily admits many local people have no clue what the company is selling. That’s because Van Doren is not aiming its products toward the masses; they’re most concerned with making sure they provide excellent equipment and service to the 57 ag-related companies that comprise their entire customer base.

The company now has offices in Yakima, Idaho Falls and Summerland, B.C., but it all started with a little machine shop on North Wenatchee Avenue across from the former Skookum packing facility and that Indian sign we all remember as kids. It was 1946 when Louis Van Doren Sr. opened that shop and it was almost happenstance that -- because Skookum was nearby -- he began focusing on creating and repairing equipment for processing fruit. In 1960 the company moved to a larger facility at 2001 N. Wenatchee Avenue and, shortly thereafter, Van Doren’s grownup children began managing the company. Carl, Louis, Jr. and Lynn would be involved up until about the turn of the century. Lynn’s son, Bret Pittsinger, started working at Van Doren in 1992 and today is the third-generation president of the company. Bret remembers that the second facility was still not quite what was needed for a growing company. “We felt a bit shoe-horned down there in that spot -- it wasn’t set up for good process flow.” The result: a move in 1996 to the Baker Flats facility way back before Baker Flats was cool. Van Doren was one of just three businesses located there, but it has since been joined by many others who find it convenient and economical.

Bret Pittsinger is third-generation owner of Van Doren Sales of East Wenatchee

Today there are 100 employees at the Baker Flats facility, with another 31 located in other locations. Just down the hall from the modern offices for people such as sales, marketing, engineering and accounting is a door that opens up to a cavernous manufacturing facility where the company’s innovative equipment is designed, fabricated and serviced. Some parts of the facility take on a Star Wars feeling as you come across a giant robotic arm perfectly stacking fruit boxes, or state-of-the-art lasers cutting the tiniest patterns into sheet metal. Skilled workers employ exacting computers to make sure everything comes together perfectly.

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Tour the facility and it’s easy to see that Van Doren places a premium on new ideas and finding better ways to do things. Pittsinger says the company strives to be “flat” -- meaning, everyone talks with one another and are encouraged to come up with new ideas.

“We do have guys in Yakima right now putting in two large cherry lines,” he said, “but at least they can come home on weekends -- if they were installing those in Chile they would be gone for months at a time.”

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ABOVE LEFT: In an eye-catching assemblage that honors the past in a contemporary way, the Beltons have assembled these old window frames as a casual art piece. The two smaller ones were once in the home’s garage. ABOVE RIGHT: One exceptional counter-renovation that still makes the Beltons smile: a natural gas heating unit with fake logs took just a little labor to become – voila! An actual wood-burning fireplace. AT LEFT: More compact than new suburban kitchens, this one has good flow and enough counter space to get the job done. Cabinetry and floral wallpaper have remained unchanged, a retro-look lamp added.

thrives. Both hometown professionals who graduated from Eastmont together, the Beltons had noticed the house on Okanogan Avenue for years, said Chelsie, even thinking, “Wouldn’t it be great to live here?” It wasn’t until long into their search that the tall 1938 colonial appeared for sale. “Now, whenever we have friends over, we get comments like ‘I used to play in this yard,’ ‘My folks knew the owners’ or ‘I kissed a girl once in this very basement,’” Mark said. “Seems like a lot of people in town have some kind of connection to this house.” The Beltons, who signed pajust been shown. When they pers, got the keys and moved in made their offer last winter, they during one busy week this Febwrote the sellers a note saying ruary, are only the third owners just that. of the 2,800-square-foot house. Here’s an untypical situation The Ables built the house; the you don’t find in most real estate Howeiler family owned it since transactions: 1970. Mark said, “We heard that the For years it was backed by a owner and her daughter both treed formal garden, an extenwept — they were so relieved sive lawn and an orchard. Pared that someone would care for to just 1/3 acre now, with busier it as much as they had.” In the traffic and closer neighbors, it months since then, the love maintains its original dignity. has only grown, and the house That’s partly from good solid June 2016 | The Good Life

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Sweet old house }}} Continued from previous page felt perfectly OK swapping out some of them for a more traditional look and feel. They didn’t need to invest in much professional work; both their families are nearby and lent good advice and labor when it was needed. Downstairs wood floors had been revealed, but upstairs, rooms with serviceable carpet became rooms with even better original flooring. A natural gas heater in the hearth was overhauled (a bit of Easter Sunday spontaneity) and retrofitted into an actual wood-burning fireplace. Mark and Chelsie didn’t mind changing a few things, but when something worked, was attractive and evoked a homey feeling… well, they left it alone. One example is the original double hung windows, each fitted with a glass storm pane on the outside that also opens. With that kind of builder’s forethought, there’s no need to re-glaze the house. Another instance is the original tall, bright-white kitchen cupboards — definitely not teardowns. Or the old retractable canvas awning angled out over the stone patio on the east side; it’s not needed now for sun protection but is a pleasant homage to leisurely long-past summers. The completely wood-paneled family room in the basement still works for the kids’ play room. One of the most notable remainders from the past (and several layers deep in some places) is the wall treatment.

Mark and Chelsie sit in the center of their house, poised between archways leading to the dining and living rooms. For years, they’d glimpsed this long staircase through the glass front door.

From tiny pastel florals to shirt striping, almost every wall was decorated in some manner; in the dining room, the wallpaper looks like painted plaster, but it’s actually paper laid over cementboard, predating sheetrock. “We call this the wallpaper palace, and at first we thought we’d just tear it all down, but, you know… it’s kind of growing on us,” Chelsie said. Other items retained from the distant past range from utilitarian to charming. The backyard roofline boasts three powerful green-glass security lights, a wood/charcoal BBQ still anchors the backyard corner, and the all-

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around wood fence is original, set on a concrete foundation. Refurbished shelves from a long-gone pharmacy provide storage space in the basement. The shallow spice cabinet (retrofitted by owners #2) in the kitchen originally held a folddown ironing board. There are two pencil sharpeners handy — an old-tech surprise for the children, 6 and 4. Their daughter Cora’s closet features a big sunny window for dreaming; Kyler’s corner room has a huge tree flowering right outside both windows. And as they grow, their heights will be added to the dozens of faded

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lines on the kid-measuring place in the basement. Two other features common to many older homes have been accommodated in two different ways. The upstairs bathroom serves all four family members, and it received the most renovation attention. “New everything” offered more space and light; they’ll probably wait ’til the preteen years to squeeze in a second bathroom. Their former homes had multiple bathrooms with multiple sinks, so it’s been a healthy adjustment for adults and children alike. Punctuality, tidiness, sharing — not bad habits to practice daily. The second feature, anachronistic in recent decades of wide-open-space architecture, is one they have happily embraced, as-is. All the downstairs rooms — the kitchen, the dining room and the living room — are separate from one another. Yes. Meals are cooked in the kitchen, then carried onto the big dining room table, like in your grandparents’ old house. Conversations or reading — sans TV — take place in yet another room, a parlor with fireplace and French doors to the patio. All four Beltons have adapted well to their new home. They’ll continue to appreciate the old-fashioned feel and take their time on any big changes. “Y’know,” said Mark, pointing to a living room wall, “We could probably open this space behind the stairs into the kitchen… but that can wait.” Waiting suits them well. The couple patiently withheld their decision to buy until they first walked into this house. (Mark purposely didn’t tell his wife which listing the realtor was about to show them that dark December night; it was a good surprise.) They’ll live happily with the wallpaper and the single full bathroom until — and if — a notion becomes need. They’re even waiting to see what

The dining room nicely melds the old and new: a sleek parsons table with plexiglass chairs and a built-in corner cupboard; a funky Mark-made apple box chandelier and original paned windows.

This clever little side cupboard with its array of herbs and spices used to hold a fold-down ironing board, common in kitchen design 70 years ago. That item has been moved closer to the laundry.

sprouts every week in the wellestablished garden. Mark and Chelsie enjoy this house’s revelations every day: layers of past décor, cubbies and corners and building techniques, small graces and midcentury innovations.

But the house is not a reliquary; treasures inherited from their own grandparents are juxtaposed in perfect harmony with chic contemporary furnishings, and their thoroughly modern children scramble and play as freely in this antique house as any other. One symbol of the Belton’s regard for tying the past to the present is the wall art in the formal dining room. It consists of a line of four professionally framed and glassed copies of the home’s blueprints, and rolled up and stored near at hand are the actual pages the builder used 78

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Take a look at the bright rings of Saturn Saturn reaches opposition

and peak visibility in early June but don’t count out Mars or Jupiter as they are still blazing in the late evening sky. Let’s start our tour with Jupiter, which comes into view about a half an hour after sunset on June 1, and as darkness sets in the planet will stand about halfway to the Zenith. It sets around 2 a.m. on the first and about two hours earlier by the end of the month. The gas giant’s atmosphere shows plenty of detail, even through the smallest telescopes. The first thing you’ll notice is the two dark cloud bands running across the face of the planet. With a medium-sized telescope more detail on the face of the planet begins to be revealed. Equally impressive are the four Galilean moons, which orbit the planet in short periods, allowing an observer on earth to see changes in positions of the moons over the course of a night’s observing. Next on the list of planets to come up on the eastern horizon will be Mars. It moves slowly westward against the background stars of Libra the Scales, and stays within the constellation most of the month. In early June look for the star, Antares, whose name literally means “rival of Mars” in honor of the two objects’ similar colors. The two objects separate during the month as Mars marches westward against the stars. Next up is Saturn, which reaches opposition the night of June 2 among the background stars of southern Ophiuchus. The spectacular planet with its intricate ring system lies low in the southeast after sunset and peaks about 30 degrees above

Ramsey and I decided we were going to share the experience. We contacted the River Academy and found two teachers more than willing to schedule viewing time for all the students. We had four telescopes with solar filters, and set them up in the parking lot before school started. Students came out a classroom at a time to view Mercury. In all over 200 students, all the teachers, some School kids from the River Academy take a look at Mercury crossing the face of the sun. parents, and even grandparents came to look. We planet and hard to see before the southern horizon around 1 gave a quick background on the the sun comes up. Venus rea.m. local time. transit itself and instructions for mains out of sight all month. It Saturn appears biggest viewing through the eyepiece of passes on the sun’s far side from through a telescope this time of year because it is closest to earth our view, a configuration known the telescopes. Almost everyone had an excelas superior conjunction, on June during opposition. The rings, 6. It will reappear in the evening lent view of Mercury as it sat almost at maximum tilt of 26 in front of the sun, as attested sky in late July. degrees, reflect more sun back to by all the “oohs” and “aahs” Neptune is visible in the early to earth than the planet surface that were heard throughout the morning hours, with a large itself. morning. Their excitement was The most obvious ring feature telescope. Uranus barely climbs evident through the many and above the horizon before twiis the dark Cassini Division that varied types of questions they light starts to interfere. separates the outer A ring from asked. the brighter B ring. Through a The last class of seniors caught Many of you may remember large backyard telescope there Mercury just before it moved the Mercury transit of the sun are half a dozen moons visible past the edge of the sun. This on the ninth of last month. around Saturn. transit lasted for 7.5 hours and As of 2014, there are 62 known These are the types of events ended about 11:45 in the mornthat astronomers, both profesmoons around the planet, 52 of ing. sional and amateur, excitedly them with names. While this is a large number of moons, Jupiter anticipate and make plans to not Peter Lind is a local amateur astronmiss. omer. He can be reached at ppjl@ has 67 to its name. juno.com. My astronomy friend Hank Mercury, again, is a morning June 2016 | The Good Life

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Most importantly, you may find that your own high need for drama is driving you away from the good life. If you understand more of the characteristics and causes, you may see ways you can change or ask for help. Okay, let’s dive in to understanding who the HND person is and is not. Just say the word “drama” and people jump to the conclusion that we’re talking mostly about women. Many years ago a young male friend recounted several stories to me. His punch line was that many women, unlike men, are drama queens. Even now, as he looks around, that’s still what he sees and believes. Researchers say he’s wrong. He’s been culturally indoctrinated to miss the HND male. And so have many of us. When we see women acting like Mary, we call them emotional. But when we see people acting like Tom, we say he is just having a bad day. Both Mary and Tom are showing signs of HND, but we don’t get it. I saw this very situation a few days ago. A man and a woman had an encounter. She ended up crying. He slammed the door and left work. The onlookers determined that the woman had “lost it.” The man had a lot on his plate. Let’s get the record straight. Drama is just as common in men as in women. One of the biggest clues to the HND person is that they feel like a victim – life and people are always dumping on them, treating them wrong. As you listen to them, you hear about one injustice after another. Yes, they take things personally. Yes, they make mountains

Slow down... Practice holding my tongue and my hot emails. out of molehills. Yes, they try to manipulate others to see things the way they do. Yes, they may fuss and fume for fifteen minutes if a person doesn’t return their smile. But are these people normal – just a bit on the extreme side? Researchers say they are not mentally healthy, but they are not quite pathological either. Hmmm. Are you, like me, getting a little nervous if you could be a HND? To check myself out, I took the assessment. There were 12 statements like these to consider. n I say or do things just to see how others react. n Sometimes I play people against each other to get what I want. n It’s hard for me to hold my opinions back. n I feel like there are people in my life who are out to get me. As it turned out, I came out pretty low. Nevertheless, I can remember some incidents in my life. Just to be safe, I’ve decided to take four self-drama defeating steps. n Don’t spread juicy gossip. When I notice myself getting a thrill out of the crazy stuff that others are doing, take note. Disengage. Resist the temptation to pass the scoop on to others. n Assume others have good intentions. If someone does something that doesn’t quite suit me, do not immediately jump to the conclusion that they are out to get me. Experiment with what happens in my life when I start with the assumption that others have good intentions. n Pause. Notice how often I blurt things out without thinking. When I start to send that angry email, hold it for a minute. Reflect on my intention

– am I really just trying to stir things up and cause trouble for others? Slow down, think it through. Practice holding my tongue and my hot emails. n Get a life. Consider that I may cause trouble or seek out drama because I am bored and want a little action. Think about what healthy things I can do to get attention, stimulate my mind, or get an adrenaline rush. Those actions may go a long way in containing myself, but what about those folks that I seem stuck with – a family member or a colleague with a high need for drama? Here is my general plan and my new rules for engagement when dealing with HND people in my life. Don’t seek them out (if I’ve gotten myself a life, I won’t need them as boredom break). When I cannot a avoid them, take care to be respectful in my interactions with them so it’s harder for them to think I’m persecuting them. If the HND folks around me have a real issue, respond. Do what I can to help them see useful options for addressing their concern. Acknowledge when they are addressing their concerns in productive ways and refraining from drama (for example, when they hold their tongue in an emotional situation). June is a month with tons of potential for having good fun. There’s also lots of opportunity for real-life drama – political conventions, visits from relatives, and vacations . May we have many high adventures, take in the local arts, and just say no to the need for real-life drama and emotional havoc. How might you move up to The Good Life by lowering your need for real-life drama? June Darling, Ph.D. can be contacted at drjunedarling1@gmail. com; website: www.summitgroupresources.com. Her books, including 7 Giant Steps To The Good Life, can be bought or read for free at Amazon.com. June 2016 | The Good Life

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Confluence Health: 5 years later In the November 2011 edition

of The Good Life magazine, I wrote an article trying to explain the proposed “affiliation” of the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center (WVMC) and Central Washington Hospital (CWH). I predicted then that this would have a significant impact on our regional health care. At that time Dr. Peter Rutherford, the CEO/Chairman of the WVMC, met with all the locally retired WVMC physicians to explain the reasons and the process that was to be undertaken. In the previous couple of years, CWH had reached the conclusion that it could not remain an independent hospital. The WVMC physicians and other local independent physicians were concerned that leadership and direction setting by a non-local medical organization would have a high likelihood of changing the medical culture that is highly valued by both physicians and community.

Confluence Health is now the largest employer in north central Washington with 3,400 employees and 270 physicians... The affiliation was then structured so as not to be a merger or sale, which avoided financial and regulatory implications. Confluence Health was born and a new medical organization has resulted and is succeeding. In early April this year, Dr. Rutherford, now the CEO of Confluence Health, Dr. Stuart Freed, Chief Medical Officer for Confluence Health, and Dr. Mitch Garrison, now the Chairman of the Board of the Wenatchee Valley Medical Group, met with 22 of the retired WVMC physicians

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living in this area to give us an overview of what is happening at Confluence Health and to explain some of the challenges facing this organization in the current medical climate both locally and nationally. Confluence Health is the notfor-profit overriding organization. It has an organizational structure that is daunting. Confluence Health provides outpatient services in Grant County (with clinics in Moses Lake, Ephrata and Royal City), Chelan County, Douglas and Okanogan County to the Canadian border. In addition, it provides hospital services in Wenatchee. The Wenatchee Valley Medical Group is a separate, independent entity, with physician shareholders who have their own board of directors. This physician group is contracted to provide physician services to Confluence Health as well as owning certain real estate and other equipment assets in north central Washington that are leased to Confluence Health. All billing services for care provided are done by Confluence Health. There are some exciting and innovative initiatives happening at Confluence Health these days. Dr. Freed gave an example of collaboration with a large local employer that has been working effectively and that I found exciting. Confluence was approached by the leadership of Stemilt Fruit Company, who like many other employers, were concerned about the cost of providing care for their employees — in the case of Stemilt, 1,600 employees. Stemilt wanted to work with Confluence to try to address this problem. About 80 percent of their workers are Hispanic.

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These workers do not like to leave work and lose income in order to get their health care. The end result was a significant component of Stemilt’s healthcare expenses were for after-hour’s emergency visits and walk-in clinic visits (the most expensive form of primary care). What came out of the discussion was that Confluence has opened a family practice clinic in space provided by Stemilt at one of their main facilities in Olds Station. Confluence hired an on-site physician and nurse as well as pharmacy services. The employees and their family members can now be seen there without cost, and can get their prescriptions filled on site. This unique venture between a large health care provider and a large business has proven to be a win-win for both. What started as an “affiliation” in 2011 has now become one of the five largest health care providers in Washington. The others include Group Health (now owned by Kaiser), Virginia Mason, Providence Medical Centers and the University of Washington Hospital and Clinics. Confluence Health has a 12,000 square mile service area covering one-fifth of our state. The population of this area is roughly 240,000 and Confluence had 185,000 unique patients seeking care in 2015. This included 775,000 out-patient visits, 39,400 acute patient hospital days (2014), 7,200 transitional patient nursing home days (2014), 13,200 surgeries annually, and the delivery of 1,400 newborns (2014).

Half of the Confluence Health inpatients at Central Washington and the Wenatchee Valley hospitals and 60 percent of the outpatient care provided in Wenatchee by Confluence Health come from outside the greater Wenatchee area. Confluence Health facilities occupy 1,000,000 square feet of space and include more than 200 licensed hospital beds. Confluence Health is now the largest employer in north central Washington with 3,400 employees and 270 physicians representing 30 specialties. In addition, Confluence employs 122 physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Some 25 new physicians plus 22 physician assistants and nurse practitioners were added in 2015. Also, 29 more physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners have been hired and will start work in 2016. Recruiting physicians nationally is a very competitive process as physicians have a myriad of choices of where to go. From my personal experience, Confluence Health and the Wenatchee Valley Medical Group are attractive because they are physician-led organizations. In addition to that, we live in a beautiful environment, with excellent schools and recreational opportunities. Confluence Health is not without it’s challenges. Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage and the Affordable Care Act cover roughly 65 percent of its patients. Government payers are at the low end for medical reimbursement. In many cities and states, private physicians either limit the number of these patients with public reimbursement or they refuse to see them at all. Confluence and the Wenatchee Valley Medical Group will see all patients from north central Washington, regardless of their ability to pay. Confluence Health provided $10,660,000 of health care in

Moses Lake Hospital joins Confluence Health On May 19, Dr. Stewart Freed, Confluence Health Chief Medical Officer, informed, me that they had just signed the agreement with the Moses Lake Hospital to enable that hospital to come under the umbrella of Confluence Health. Grant County is now the fastest growing county in our state percentage wise. I think is is an it an excellent medical decision that will benrfit Grant County residents as well as increase the ability to recruit physician to that area as well. — Jim Brown 2015 under their Compassionate Care Program to needy patients with care needs but not covered by any insurance. I was always proud to work for this organization that put the delivery of health care to everyone over the bottom line. There are several initiatives that are impacting reimbursement in the future. Medicare and other payers are changing the incentives as to how medical care is paid for. In the future, reimbursement will be moving away from the volume of visits and number of procedures done. There will be medical care outcome targets that if met will determine whether current reimbursement rates increase or decrease as much as 9 percent. Physicians and groups who do not change to achieve these targets will not be viable in the long term. As a result physicians and medical groups like Confluence are developing outcome data to see how well they are providing patient care compared to standards that reflect excellent care. There are national targets set for diabetes care, hypertension control and acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) perforJune 2016 | The Good Life

mance. One example is to make sure that all their diabetic patients are receiving care that minimizes their risk of long-term complications from diabetes. These include an annual eye exam, assuring their blood sugar levels are kept at an acceptable level as measured by a test called hemoglobin A1C, and that they have annual foot exams looking for neuropathy (nerve damage) or reduced circulation. Other examples include that their hypertensive (high blood pressure) patients are getting appropriate care and medications to keep their blood pressure in the normal range. The Confluence administrative staff also has initiatives concerning appropriate and timely care in emergency rooms, appointment access to primary care and specialists, inpatient care quality, operating room safety and cardiovascular acute heart attack care. Physicians, as a result of their

years of study, examinations and training, are very goal and patient oriented. Having the results of their care with patients graded and compared with accepted standards of their peers is a strong motivational incentive. I am very excited to see what is happening in this medical organization where I spent my entire 38-year career after finishing my medical training including residency and fellowship followed by a stint in the U.S. Navy. I am grateful that we have such an outstanding health care delivery system available to all of us now as patients. I know of very few communities our size in this country that can boast of the quality of care available to us right here in north central Washington. Jim Brown, M.D., is a retired gastroenterologist who has practiced for 38 years in the Wenatchee area. He is a former CEO of the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center.

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Singing and strumming stories from the heart By Susan Lagsdin “This is me in all of my passion and all of my gladness. This is me and a few pleasures in life that are precious to me… This is me in all of my madness and all of my badness…”

den Moody doesn’t just wear her heart on her sleeve, she writes it, plays it, sings it, tells the whole story. Her lyrics are intensely personal and universal at the same time. “I only write when I can’t get an idea out of my head,” says the Wenatchee musician. “I don’t write to change the world or even ‘work through something.’ I write in retrospect, to gain perspective on my experience.” That personal point of view and a fine, clear voice she says people have called honest, healing and relatable have attracted an appreciative circle of listeners in the area who’ve been touched by her lyrics and her musicality. That ever-widening circle is what a performer dreams of, especially one who feels her singing and songwriting are destined to go way beyond hobby or avocation to become a professional livelihood. Eden works part time for the school district assisting with the Mariachi Huenachi program,

but calls music-making a full time job. She sings, plays, sells CDs and makes friends at venues like Mission Ridge, Pybus, Tastebuds, Icicle Creek Brewing Company, Upper Eastside Coffee Company, Campbell’s and Mountain Springs Lodge. She sometimes employs Mike Johnstone on the box drum (cajon) and African djembes, and an accompanying fiddler. Otherwise she relies on her own voice and lyrics and the sound of her beloved Ovation guitar. “I’m still not a trained musician,” she said frankly. “I’m really only good Eden Moody: A beloved guitar, cowboy boots, “Americana” voice and plenty of enough to accompany dreams that the best is still to come. myself.” But the sound is verifiably lovely. This is a second-wind musical her mom (who’d resettled here here working a string of jobs career for her. years before) and found that that weren’t lucrative enough for In Brazil, where she was after living in Sao Paulo, the independence. raised, Eden and her popuworld’s third largest city, she College was a lifeline — Eden lar trio played on national TV reveled in the pure silences of had no formal foundation for and toured major festivals and nature. her guitar playing and singing, cowboy gatherings. When she Even so, the first few years so she studied music theory at moved to the U.S. 10 years ago, were a struggle. Wenatchee Valley College (“it Wenatchee was intended only She’d moved money-less. She was like learning Chinese”) and as a brief stopping-off place — had cut ties with the church. by 2008 upgraded her skills she’d aimed at a larger city, but Her uprooted children (then 9 with an AA degree, the first ever this area suited her needs just and 11) had a rough transition in awarded from the music departfine. school, boyfriend and buddies ment. With two kids to raise on her were left behind in Brazil. Then And then her music life own, Eden was glad to live with she spent a few frustrating years started falling into place, but

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“My music needed a genre, so I guess it’s called ‘Americana’ — a blend of pop, country, South American sound, folk…” not without some career hiccups, false starts, dead ends and logjams — the metaphors for struggle abound. But Eden assertively promoted her music through social media, an active website and live performances of all kinds. Early on, she even played in the door of the decorated Happy Bus at the Classy Chassis parade. Her successful online crowdfunding campaign in 2013 was a big boost, yielding a demi-album of five songs with a strong country sound. The recent deaths of both her mother and brother set her back badly, but she’s persevered since then. She remained committed to the fans who first financed her and brave enough to take her next big steps all the way to Nashville’s Music Row, where her current music video and full album have just been released. (Find out more at edenmoody. com) For this album, Eden naturally wrote songs from her own life and moments that have touched

her, like awkward budding relationships in The Friend Zone and military wives in The Hero in Me. And she was pleased to find a producer who valued her distinctive voice above the almostliteral bells and whistles of studio bands. “My music needed a genre, so I guess it’s called ‘Americana’ — a blend of pop, country, South American sound, folk…” Eden’s decade-long sojourn in Wenatchee could serve as a primer on resolve and dedication. But now spring is blooming, the kids are grown, she’s buying a condo, she’s in a solid relationship, and her booking calendar’s filling up. What about the pain that supposedly drives art? Eden has plenty of reflective songs still to write, but they may have a different tone. She said, “I think if we get stuck on one accomplishment, one event in the past, then it’s all downhill from there. I like to think the best is yet to come.” These new lyrics tell that story well: “I don’t want to skip a second, I don’t want to miss a beat Of this time here and now with you… All I never knew I wanted, more than what my heart could ask for The heavens have designed and delivered here in you…” Got a good story to tell? email: editor@ncwgoodlife.com

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Village Art in the Park, through Oct. 18, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Outdoor art show sponsored by local non-profit organizations dedicated to provide scholarships for art education using a venue that supports amateur and professional artists. Downtown Leavenworth. NCW Blues Jam, every second and fourth Monday, 7 p.m. Riverside Pub at Columbia Valley Brewing, 538 Riverside Dr. Info: facebook. com/NCWBluesJam. Weekly Club Runs, every Thursday check in between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. at Saddle Rock Pub and Brewery. 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). Info: Joel Rhyner 387-0051. 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

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 fourth Friday, 7 – 9 p.m. Board games, card games or any games you would like to bring. Open to all and all ages. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Wenatchee Farmers Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Wednesdays, 3 – 7 p.m. Pybus Public Market. Pack Walks, every 4th Saturday at 9 a.m. Bring your friends and dogs on leashes and walk the riverfront trail. Meet on the loop trail behind Pybus Public Market. Info: wenatcheefido.org. Wildflower Walks in the Foothills, 6/8, noon to 1 p.m. Bring your camera and walk with conservation fellow Susan Ballinger. Saddle Rock Trailhead. RSVP Hillary 667-9708 or hillary@cdlandtrust. org.

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Master organist Dennis James of New York returns to the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center to present a fun-filled Father’s Day matinee. He’ll play period tunes on the 1919 Liberty Theater Pipe Organ, some solo and some with vaudeville singer Connie Corrick (a former Wenatchee resident).

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Great time of the year for these blues Blueberries will be ripening

by the end of the month. The wonder of this fruit is that you can grow varieties of blueberry plants that produce early, mid and late season fruit. (And then in the fall, it is time for blueberry’s cousin, the divine huckleberry.) Blueberry plants are a bit fussy. You must cut off all the blossoms the first year you put in your plants, so the plants grows strong, healthy roots. Impatient gardeners who want immediate gratification by eating a crop the first year find that their plants languish and never flourish. The plants need full sun, and, in NCW, must be mulched to keep the roots cool. Sometimes the fruit must be netted to keep the birds from picking the ripe fruit before you do. Children and some adults love to stick out blue tongues when savoring this fruit sun-warm straight from the garden. Blueberries are perfect to eat out-ofhand as an all-day-long snack. Many people toss them on cereal or in salads for a bright color and tangy taste. Cooked blueberries seem to fall into two categories: Pie and jam. The pie is particularly tasty when a pinch of cinnamon and a couple of teaspoons of lemon zest are mixed into the fruit. If you don’t want to use your whole crop for a few pints of toast spread, mix the berries for the jam with apple, peach, rhubarb or raspberries to extend the berries. Generally, huckleberries and blueberries are interchangeable in recipes. Huckleberries may call for more sugar.

Blueberry cream pudding: Delightful and rich.

Blueberry Cream Pudding This delightful, although rich, dessert has a new taste. It is even better served with ginger cookies. Cooked berries have a more intense flavor than raw berries. Mascarpone cheese is made with cream; it is sweet rather than salty as other cheeses and its texture is more firm than ricotta cheese. Serves 6; 20 minutes prep 1 pint blueberries 1 tablespoon corn starch 8 oz. Mascarpone cheese 1 tablespoon lemon zest 3/4 cup sugar — less if your berries are very sweet 2 tablespoons cream or half-andhalf 1. Wash the berries and coat them with the cornstarch. 2. Simmer the berries until they thicken but before all the berries have broken open. 3. Stir in the sugar and lemon zest. 4. Let cool. 5. Stir in the Mascarpone cheese so that it makes white swirls. If the cheese is too thick, thin with the cream or half-and-half.

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6. Pour into 6 dessert bowls and chill until firm.

Blueberry Chocolate Granita Need an indulgence on a fine, June evening? This is a fat-free, fairly low calorie dessert — and it is chocolate to boot. You can also prepare the granita in an ice cream maker. Serves 6-8 20 minutes assembly, 3 hours cooling 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3 squares (3 ounces) bittersweet chocolate 1 3/4 cup sugar 4 cups water 1 teaspoon cinnamon Blueberry sauce: 2 cups blueberries 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1/3 cup sugar Heat the water and stir in the cocoa powder and bittersweet chocolate and sugar. Heat until all the ingredients are dissolved. Let cool. Stir in the cinnamon. Pour into a flat pan and put into the freezer. 40 minutes later or so,

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when it is slushy, stir it so it does not freeze as a solid sheet. Then, an hour later repeat the stirring. Heat the blueberries and sugar until the sugar is dissolved. The berries should be mostly entire. Heat slowly until they thicken. Let cool. Just before serving, take the granita out of the freezer. Break it into chunks. Whirl it in the food processor until it is almost slushy. Put the granita into parfait glasses or wine glasses (not crystal). Top with the blueberry sauce.

Blueberry Spinach Salad Serves 4; 15 minutes preparation 4 cups spinach leaves coarsely chopped 1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts or pinenuts 1 cup blueberries 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 cup fresh apricot slices 2 tablespoons chives Dressing: 4 tablespoons avocado or olive oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice ½ teaspoon cardamom 1/4 cup apple juice Salt/ pepper Mix all the salad ingredients. Wisk together the dressing. Pour the dressing on the salad and mix gently. Serve immediately at room temperature. Bonnie Orr — the dirt diva — cooks and gardens in East Wenatchee.

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}}} Continued from page 35 eBird skills development: Shrub-steppe upland and ravine habitats, 6/1, 6 – 7:30 a.m. Every spring over 40 neo-tropical bird species arrive to our foothill canyons to build nests, rear young and feast on insects and fruits. Join Susan Ballinger to observe and identify birds. Number Two Canyon Road at junction with Skyline Dr. Info: cdlandtrust.org. Upper Valley Nature walk at ski hill, 6/2, 6 p.m. Join Connie McCauley to explore the Ski Hill area, looking at wildflowers, birds and wildlife. Walk will cover 2-3 miles for about 2 hours. Meet at the Ski Hill parking lot. Info: 6679708 or cdlandtrust.org. Walk and Talk Series: Wenatchee Valley’s Ice Age Floods Story, 6/2, 6 – 7 p.m. Imagine water filling the Wenatchee Valley to a height of almost 1,000 feet just below the crest of Saddle Rock. Learn about the catastrophic Ice Age Floods

that swept the valley. Join Brent Cunderla at the Castlerock trailhead at 1958 Castlerock Ave. Info: cdlandtrust.org. Cruizin Chelan Classic Car Show, 6/3-4. Fireworks Friday night. Pacific Northwest BBQ pro classic competition. Saturday sample BBQ from over 15 professional competitors. $2 a taste. Pinewood Derby race. Info: cruizinchelan.com. First Friday events: n Two Rivers Art Gallery, 6/3, 5 – 8 p.m. Featuring the works of landscape impressionist painter Jerrold Kinney. Music by guitarist Jac Tiechner and bassist Steve Sanders with Bradley Scott on drums. Introducing the wines of Chelan Estates Winery. Complimentary refreshments. 102 N Columbia, Wenatchee. Cost: free. Info: 2riversgallery.com. n Merriment Party Goods, 6/3, 5 – 8 p.m. Featuring artist Lindsay Breidenthal. Snacks and beverages. 23, S Wenatchee Ave. Cost: free. Info: facebook.com/merrimentpartygoods. n Tumbleweed Bead Co., 6/3, 5-7 p.m. Featuring Alison Talbot, a

Wenatchee native. Alison focuses on nontoxic children’s footwear.She sews each pair of vegetable-tanned leather moccasins using healthy materials. Come meet Alison. Refreshments served. 105 Palouse St. Cost: free. Info: tumbleweedbeadco.com. n Small Artworks Gallery, 6/3, 5 p.m. Regional High School Art Show artists’ works will be on display at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Cost: free. Info: wvmcc.org. Rocklyn Road Band, 6/3, 7 p.m. Live performance on the Pybus rail car. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. Apple Century Bike Ride, 6/4, 8 a.m. Start at Walla Walla Point Park, then follow along the scenic Wenatchee River as it winds through Monitor, Cashmere, Dryden and Peshastin until you reach Leavenworth. The 100-milers will continue on to the Lake Wenatchee Fire Station where they will turn around for the trip back to Walla Walla Point Park. Info: active.com/ Wenatchee-wa/cycling/races. Rally in the Valley Motorcycle Ride for the Animals, 6/4, 9 a.m. - all day. Approximately 150

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mile scenic loop from Wenatchee to Chelan Falls, up McNeil Canyon to Dry Falls, Soap Lake, Quincy and back to Hot Rodzz Espresso at Pybus Public Market. Proceeds to go to the Sheriff’s office K9 program and the kitty rescue life-saving non-profit for cats and dogs. Info: 679-5533. Chelan 7 Volunteer Firefighters Pancake Breakfast, 6/4, 8 – 11 a.m. Blueberry and buttermilk pancakes, ham, scrambled eggs, juice and coffee. Cruise the town on Sparky, Chelan 7’s mascot restored vintage fire truck. Chelan fire station, 232 E Wapato Ave. Cost: $5 suggested donation. Wenatchee Riverfront Railway Train, 6/4, 1 – 5 p.m. 6/18, 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Ride the mini train. 155 N Worthen, east end of the railroad pedestrian bridge. Cost: $1. Fundraiser: Chef Fest, 6/4, 6 – 9 p.m. The foodies dream come true. Ethan Stowell, owner/chef of How to Cook a Wolf and eight other ground-breaking restaurants in the Seattle area is joined by some of the hottest chefs from the Pacific Northwest for a foodies night in

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}}} Continued from page 36 heaven at the Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. Tastings from each of the chefs, demonstrations, local wine pairings, and a chance to rub elbows with the food elite. The fundraiser is for Icicle Creek Center for the Arts. Info: icicle.org. Invaders in our Foothills! Weed Workshop, 6/7, 15, 6 – 8 p.m. Noxious weeds are plants that have been brought in by humans that threaten agriculture, ecosystems and humans. Learn how to identify the 13 most noxious weeds. Chelan PUD auditorium. Cost: free. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Info: wenatcheeriverinstitute.org. Upper Valley Nature Walk: Ski Hill, 6/9, 2 p.m. Join Connie McCauley to explore the Ski Hill area in Leavenworth looking at wildflowers, birds and wildlife. Walk covers 2-3 miles. Info: cdlandtrust.org. NCW Sports Awards, 6/9, 5 p.m. Honoring the best and brightest student athletes in NCW. Anthony McCarty will emcee and UW and Tennessee Titan quarterback Jake Locker will be the special quest and keynote speaker. Town Toyota Center. Info: ncwsportsawards.com. Walk and Talk Series: Walking Yoga, 6/9, 6 – 7 p.m. Chip and Janet Roberson, yoga instructors will gather at the Jacobson trailhead and take a gentle walk, stopping along the way to learn and try out beginning yoga practices. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Bird ID skills building, 6/8, 22, 7/27, 7:30 -9:45 a.m. Join Susan Ballinger on this outing for birders of all levels. Hone your field ID skills. Walla Walla Park. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Gavin McLaughlin, 6/10, 7 p.m. Live performance on the rail car at Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Legacy Banquet and Auction, 6/8, 5:30 p.m. Benefiting Wenatchee River Institute. Cashmere Riverside Center. Cost: $50.

Theater: Peter and the Star Catcher, 6/10-11, 7 p.m. 6/12, noon. A co-production with Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater. A humor-

ous and fantastical backstory of Peter Pan and his arch-nemesis Captain Hook. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $22 advance or $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org. Lake Chelan Fly-in, 6/11, all day. See classic, experimental and general aviation aircraft. Hangar #30, Airport Way, Chelan. Cost: free. Aviation Day, 6/11, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Pancake breakfast, aircraft displays, airplane and helicopter rides, free drawings, kids activities and more. Pangborn Airport. Info: pangbornairport.com.

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Echo Valley Mountain Bike Run, 6/11. 30 mile and 60 mile mountain bike races. Lake Chelan. Info: evergreentrailruns.com. Geology Tour, 6/11, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Guided bus tour with the experts. Cost: $50-$55. Info: wvmcc.org. Bike n’Juice, 6/11, 9 a.m. – noon. Bike fest for kids 2 – 12. Parents can race too, only on their kid’s bicycles. Face painting, bike decorating and noise makers. BBQ lunch, cookies and juice. Ski Hill, Leavenworth. Info: bikenjuice.com. Historical Walking tour, 6/11, 10 a.m. Walk the railroad and mill. Find out how logs got to mill. Upper Valley Museum, Leavenworth. Info: 548-0728. Echo Valley Trail Runs, 6/12. 50k, marathon, half-marathon and 10k, along with a 1k kids run. Lake Chelan. Info: evergreentrailruns. com. Walk and Talk Series: Landscaping with native species, 6/16, 6 – 7 p.m. Join Susan Cusick at the Jacobson Trailhead for a walk surround by native plants. Learn tips and pointers about what plants work best in our area. Info: cdlandtrust.org. Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, 6/1618. Celebrate accordion music from ethnic to jazz. Features performances in Festhalle, Grange and

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Gazebo, competitions, workshops, jam session and free accordion lessons. Info: accordioncelebration. org. Lecrae and switchfoot concert, 6/16, 7 p.m. Town Toyota Center. Info: towntoyotacenter.com. Just Us Band, 6/17, 7 p.m. Live performance on the rail car at Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org. WENATCHEE RIVER BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL, 6/17 - 19. One of the longest running Bluegrass festivals in Eastern Washington. Headliners are: IBMA Award Winners — Band of Ruhks, Clay Hess Band and Volume Five. Additional favorites are Ned Crisp and Bottomline, Prairie Flyer and Rusty Hinges. Cost: $25 - $30. Camping available. Info: WenatcheeRiverBluegrass.com or call (509) 548-1230. Art in the Garden, 6/18, 10 a.m. – noon. Family fun for all ages; art education, activities and crafting related to the garden. Refreshments and gift and garden related items will be for sale through Master Gardener Foundation. Community Education Garden, 1100 N Western Ave. Steamboat Bill Silent film and pipe organ, 6/19, 1 p.m. Master organist Dennis James of New York will play period tunes on the 1919 Liberty Theater pipe organ, some solo and some with vaudeville singer Connie Corrick. Dennis will accompany the Buster Keaton silent comedy with sound effects. Popcorn served. Cost: $12 adults, $8 children. Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Info: wvmcc.org.

Safe and Effective Pesticides Use, 6/23, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Learn to read labels, safe use of pesticides and equipment calibration. North Central Regional Library conference room, 16 N. Columbia St. Afternoon session will be out in Walla Walla Park for a hands on learning. Info: gardening.wsu.edu/.

Don’t Wait Survivorship Exhibit, 6/30 - 7/13. Stories and photographs of cancer survivors on display. Pybus Public Market.

Roller Skating Disco Fever, 6/24, 7 p.m. Come roll on the main arena. Town Toyota Center. Cost: $6, skate rental $2. Info: towntoyotacenter.com.

The big Show fireworks, 7/4, 10:15 p.m. Manson Bay.

• Roller Skating, 6/25, 1 – 3 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. • Roller Skating, 6/26, 1- 3 p.m.

Chelan Rockin’ fireworks show, 7/2, 10 p.m. View fireworks from Don Morse Park and Lakeside park.

Summerfest Run, 7/7, 4 – 7 p.m. Start at Saddle Rock Brewery. Cost: free. Summerfest VELO bike club, 7/9, 11 a.m. Open to all bike riders. Start at Town Toyota Center.

• Roller Skating, 6/27, 4 – 6 p.m. • Roller Skating, 6/29, 4 – 6 p.m. Released from Quiet, 6/24, 7 p.m. Live performance on the rail car at Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

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Lake Chelan Century Challenge, 6/25, 7 a.m. There are three leaves (loops,). Loop 1 is 29.9 miles with an elevation gain of 2,359 feet. Loop 2 is 40.8 miles long with an elevation gain of 4,313 feet and Loop 3 is 34.6 miles with an elevation gain of 2,937 feet. Each loop combines challenging hills with captivating scenery. Info: cyclechelan.com. Chelan Cycle De Vine, 6/25, 9 a.m. Ride begins at Don Morse Park in downtown Chelan. Info: cyclechelan.com. Eastside Parkway Pile-up, 6/25, 5 – 9 p.m. Cruise-in car show, awards, music and vendors. Valley Mall Parkway. Info: 886-6108. Saddle Rockers, 6/25, 7 p.m. Live performance on the rail car at Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

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Disaster! When trains left the tracks Editor’s note: Rod Molzahn is taking a few months off. Here is an encore column from a past issue.

the area were canned goods, roller skates, bob sleds, a piano ailroad building was and chinaware. Every kid in a difficult and dangerous school showed up with new undertaking. lead pencils, tablets, hats, The laying of the Great shirts, toys… guards tried Northern tracks from the to run us off. But in spite of Midwest to Seattle saw their efforts, the wreck loot numerous accidents and the disappeared.” loss of many lives. Six months later, in The Wenatchee Valley 1902, near the same spot, had its share. One of the a westbound freight was worst happened at 8:30 stopped by a landslide that in the morning of Oct. had left a huge boulder on 24, 1892, 13 miles west of the track. Before the debris Wenatchee just beyond could be cleared, a second Cashmere. westbound train slammed This Great Northern Railway passenger train derailed in Tumwater Canyon on April Rails had been laid over into the rear of the station12, 1904. Little is remembered about this accident, except it was one of many bethe second bridge to cross ary train. Lee Ferryman, tween Wenatchee and Stevens Pass from the early 1890s to the 1920s. Photo from the the Wenatchee River on the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 007-50-3 a brakeman, was scalded route to Stevens Pass. The to death by the exploding work train and track layers were serious injuries. One of them boiler. just rolling off the bridge leavdied within days following the As terrible as these wrecks ing three cars loaded with rails amputation of a crushed leg. were, they could not match still standing in the center of the A county coroner’s jury was the toll of the 1910 Wellington span. Without warning there impaneled to investigate the disaster. was an ear-splitting cracking accident. They found the bridge Two Great Northern trains, sound and the bridge collapsed. had collapsed due to improper Local Passenger #25 and the Fast The three cars loaded with rails construction. Mail #27, left Spokane on Feb. plunged 50 feet to the river bed Switching malfunctions, poor 22 bound for Seattle. They were taking with them 14 men workcommunications and mistakes stopped for two days in Leavening on the cars. were also the cause of accidents. worth when the track through As the bridge fell, a coupling On Oct. 10, 1901, in the middle the Tumwater Canyon was tore loose on the work train of the night, five miles west blocked by snowdrifts. Snow had leaving its last two cars dangerof Wenatchee, an eastbound been falling heavily for weeks ously perched on what remained freight train with James Barr as in the Cascades reaching depths of the west end of the bridge. engineer smashed head on into of 10 to 20 feet. When rotary While the men on those cars a westbound freight. plows had cleared the tracks, scrambled to safety, the east Engineer Barr was seriously the trains continued on to the end of the bridge fell. Another injured as was his brakeman and east portal of the old 2.6-mile car loaded with rails at that end the engineer of the westbound tunnel through the Cascades. tipped, sending its load of steel train. Samuel Stallcup, a fire“It was as mixed up as anyThere they were stopped again down onto the men who had alman, and H. H. Hixson, a brake- thing could possibly be,” he said. by slides on the west end of the ready fallen. The now empty car man, were killed. “Coal from the tenders was scat- tunnel. was left dangling over the river. Jack Richardson, one of 13 chil- tered all over the cargo. In the The trains finally headed into Immediately men from the dren of Monitor pioneers George wreck was a carload of sugar, the tunnel on Friday morning work train began the recovery. and Ida Richardson, was 12. He a carload of liquor, a carload of and two hours later an avaSeven bodies were located that recalled playing hooky from merchandise, one of window lanche struck the east portal, day and an eighth the next day. school the next day to go see the panes and glass and a big shipdestroying the station and Six men had survived, all with wreck. ment of drug supplies. All over bunkhouse and killing railroad

Without warning there was an earsplitting cracking sound and the bridge collapsed. The three cars loaded with rails plunged 50 feet to the river bed taking with them 14 men working on the cars.

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workers John Olson and Henry Ellerker. The trains made it only 400 yards out of the west portal before they were stopped again at the tiny town of Wellington. The tracks ahead were blocked by several slides up to 50 feet deep. There were three tracks at the Wellington siding. Trains #25 and #27 waited on two of them and a Great Northern executive’s private car and engine, two boxcars and three locomotives stood on the third track. They waited for plows to clear the tracks from the west. After three days, on Monday night, with food and fuel grow-

ing short, eight men set out to walk to Skykomish. They endured a difficult trek through multiple avalanches and a nearly 2,000-foot slide down a steep snowfield to the town of Scenic. Up at Wellington the passengers and crews on the trains settled in for another night of waiting. At 2 a.m. on that night of March 1, in the midst of a furious wind, rain and lightening storm, a huge cornice of snow 1,000 feet above Wellington broke loose. With a dull roar, it swept down the nearly vertical mountain side bringing massive trees and boulders with it. When it struck the trains,

according to survivor Ira Clary, “It swept away everything in its path — seven locomotives, a rotary snowplow, water tank, part of a coal shed and the cars of all three trains.” They were pushed over a cliff rolling and tumbling 150 feet to the bottom, coming to rest with 15 feet of snow, trees and rocks covering the cars. Ed Ferguson, Chelan County Sheriff and one of the first to reach the scene, recalled, “The sight beggars description… some coaches were crushed like match boxes. In places iron rails were wrapped around tree stumps, just like so many strings.”

Ninety six people died in the cars. Twenty-two survived, most with serious injuries. It took two weeks to retrieve the bodies and reopen the tracks. Historian, actor and teacher Rod Molzahn can be reached at shake.speak@frontier.com. His third history CD, Legends & Legacies Vol. III - Stories of Wenatchee and North Central Washington, is now available at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center and at other locations throughout the area.

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of the other Syrah wines we’d earlier enjoyed. Now, that is not to suggest there aren’t local, delightful bottles of the Syrah begging to be uncorked. Fact of the matter is, I’m exceedingly happy with a great many Syrah wines created here in north central Washington. I’ll not relive the notes from past posts by shouting the praises of wines I’ve formerly mentioned in this category; rather, I’ll speak of some equally delightful, though not otherwise shouted about by me in 2015. Before I mention wines, I want to remind all of you that Syrah comes in many styles, there are pure, unblended bottles available in our local wineries, and there are grand and delicious

blends also available. I must, however add this very personal note about blending; I prefer the traditional, Old World blends with this grape, the Syrah blended with the grape varieties of the Rhone region, only Viognier in the Northern Rhone and only the red wines of the Southern Rhone. I’m not a huge fan of Syrah wine blended with the traditional Bordeaux or Burgundy grapes. I just don’t want Syrah in my Pinot Noir or in my Cabernet Sauvignon. Sorry about that, Washington winemakers. And, yes, I do understand why in some harvest years you need the Syrah qualities in your blends, I just don’t approve of that entry. We here in this home enjoy both, the pure and deep, and the

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