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12 ric’s tree house

Holy cosmic jumper cables! A 30-year project of using found objects to create an artwork in a tree

16 voyageurs on the columbia

But this time, the mighty canoes are carrying kids rather than explorers and fur traders

18 the stillness of soot

No birds, no crickets: A hike through the eerie quiet of a fire landscape

20 history personified

History teacher revisits the life of his grandfather, and finds quiet courage

24 container house

Leavenworth home being built from repurposed cargo boxes

33 new artists space in an old place

Old Wells & Wade warehouse filling up with working artists Columns & Departments 15 Pet Tales: Dog day at the trail 32 Bonnie Orr: The joys of winter squash 28 June Darling: Do you live in the past, present or future?

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By Marc Dilley The encore before winter sleep, October is nature’s Month of Color.

There is always something new to see outside, but October is special. For outdoor photographers it all comes together: the annual botanic color explosion before winter, beautiful sunrises/sets, the gentle rhythm of slow moving water trickling through rivers and streams.

Perhaps my favorite month with the camera, it is certainly the time with the greatest variability of subjects of techniques.

Sunsets, golden larch, autumn broadleaf trees and shrubs, stone detail, water detail and this image.

This is a reflection of an orange vine maple in the Icicle River up in the canyon. The bright blue is of course the intense blue sky that one sees that time of the year.

To achieve this brilliant look, there must be as much in-camera contrast between the water

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and plant color as possible. The water must be in complete shade and the plant must be in complete sun and preferably filtered by a polarizer.

The most dependable time of day to find these conditions is early morning/late evening.

There are a couple of other things: these cool swirls tend to be small and best seen at an angle of about 30 degrees. And mostly in deeper water.

You will want to have a telephoto lens on a rock solid tripod to get close.

Oh... much of these mountain streams have thick, riparian shrubs along the banks, so you will be standing in the water to get past them. I use old approach shoes because the sticky rubber is dependable on the slick stones.

The question of shutter speed: it is very difficult to judge on the LCD camera back if you captured the motion the way you wanted. Besides, your creative ideas might change once you get back to your computer.

Always bracket the shutter speed like crazy. Bracket to where the water looks like cut crystal then to where it looks

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like fine silk.

For this image I used a shutter speed of 1/15 second, stopped way down to f/32 to insure the entire scene would be in focus, and an ISO of 800. I had to do some heavy noise removal because of the high ISO. If your camera has the capability, shoot in Camera Raw. Raw files have a ton more information than a jpg and are more “exposure mistake proof.”

You expose a raw for the highlights unlike a jpg, which you expose for the middle tones.

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History on a personal level I asked my grandfather when

he was alive to tell the story about his family — where they came from, when they emigrated to the U.S., if we still had any known relatives in Ireland.

The only stories he knew came from when he was a youngster, such as the time his dad and twin brother owned a tavern in the wilds of Canada, where a bar fight left a man dead on the floor and the family on a quick night flight over the U.S. border.

I asked my grandmother to tell stories about her family, but she only told about terribly cold North Dakota, where she and her sisters and brothers lived with their mom and dad in a sod house on the prairie.

She hated North Dakota and was quite glad to accompany her father to northwest Oregon where he tried a spa treatment for a crippling disease I think that was severe arthritis.

At the spa, she met my grandfather, something of a wild seed, who was there visiting a relative.

And so their family began.

When her first-born son was a senior in high school, she begged him not to drop out of his senior year to join the Army near the end of WWII. Instead, he followed all of his fellow classmates into the military, leaving just one girl to graduate in 1945 from Napavine High School.

By the time he finished basic training (he won a marksman medal as he was a keen shot from growing up on a farm with a single-shot .22 rifle) he was posted to Berlin, Germany as part of the occupation force.

My mother grew up in Berlin, daughter to a businessman. The family had a vacation home in

what later became Russian-occupied East Germany. As one might imagine, Berlin in the aftermath of war was not a pleasant place for a young German woman.

However, there were all of these soldiers… my mother’s good friend married a British soldier and my mother married my father and followed him home to the farm.

Life went on and their family began, and then unwound as they went their separate ways.

I was thinking about my family history after I read Brandon Harle’s story in this issue about his grandfather. Brandon — a history teacher at Wenatchee High School — likes to share his family’s story to give life to what can be a dry subject.

When I studied high school history, it seemed such an orderly flow… one chapter neatly leading to the next, one event carefully foreshadowing what was to come.

Yet, real personal family history can be messy, haphazard and subject to crisscrossing currents with hidden rocks.

After reading June Darling’s column this month about time perspective, I realized that maybe my grandparents were forward thinkers — they didn’t care much about their parents’ histories. They knew quite well that what was behind them — and even their childhood presents — couldn’t possibly be the best of times.

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Crazy ’mericans do the West Coast Trail On a trip like this, you don’t want to take a political activist or a high maintenance person, but a teen wearing crocs? He’s ok

By Kim Anderson

It all began in a conversa-

Tobin looks out at the Pacific Ocean after camp is set up.

tion with a coworker as he was describing a long coastal hike on Vancouver Island.

I’d never heard of the West Coast Trail, but within five minutes of hearing his stories it made my bucket list. It wasn’t so much his description, but the change of his voice, the widening of the eyes and the animation of his expression that drew me in like a child to the candy aisle.

Some adventures are OK by yourself or with a new friend, but this one had only one option: taking my best friend.

When it comes to suffering, too many details, sleeping together, and the daily change of plans, you don’t want to risk spending this time with a political activist, or an OCD, or high-maintenance individual.

I mention these types because, quite frankly, they rarely leave their baggage at home and you end up becoming their unwilling emotional cargo porter.

The West Coast Trail is a 50 mile trail that travels on sand beaches, limestone flats, over multiple rivers and streams, upand-down cliffs, through kneedeep mud bogs, across 70 plus

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bridges, 40 plus ladder sections, cable car crossings, and ferry crossings.

It’s located on the Pacific side of Vancouver Island in the south west corner. There’s one dirt road to either end with no trails or roads off the trail for the whole 50 miles.

It was started roughly 150 years ago so that the stranded sailors from the numerous shipwrecks along that part of the island could have a path back to civilization. The remoteness, cliffs and density of the forest made it impossible for lost sailors to survive. About 60 years ago the Canadian government turned it into a national park.

When I called my best friend Mark Henson from East Wenatchee, he was totally in. He asked about bringing his oldest son Tobin, who is 15, along with us.

“Why of course!” was my answer. I love Mark and his passion for raising his kids. Not only would it be a great shared experience, but Tobin would get to see how we play in the wilderness, also we could pass along the childlike joy of our surrounding creation.

When it came time to register for a permit to do the trail, I was only able to secure a permit for the lower half of the trail. Well, some trail is better than no trail and would still give us 25-30 miles of hiking.

On our first day leaving Wenatchee in July, we drove to Canada and caught the Tsawwassen ferry, then drove three hours across the bottom of Vancouver Island to the southern end of the West Coast Trail.

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ily packed our gear. I noticed Mark and Tobin having a serious conversation. Tobin had forgotten his shoes. He was now going to do 25-plus miles of the West Coast Trail in his Croc sandals.

Guess he’ll learn next time to check and recheck his own gear.

I went into the ranger station to look around and randomly asked what the possibilities were for us to do the whole trail? I figured there might be some noshows or last-minute cancellations. The Ranger made a phone call and responded with, “Yes.” We were doing the whole trail.

Mark and I told Tobin who said, “I only have crocs?” His dad responded with, “It’s only 20 to 25 more miles.”

The ride to the trailhead was almost four hours on the rockiest, bumpiest roads, at speeds I’ve only seen on Fast and Furious movies. I laid on my seat hoping to survive what felt like space shuttle lift off while Mark sat in the front seat holding a vomit bag just under his chin.

We finally arrived and disembarked. Around 2 p.m. we all gathered with other hikers for the hour-long orientation. They told us about bears, cliff walls, cougars, unique toilets, tidal chart reading, surge channels, mud bogs, which ladders are missing rungs, and many other potential ways to harm, maim or injure ourselves.

Once Ranger Susie was done, we got our tickets stamped and hit the beach. It was 3 p.m. and we had 12 miles to hike to reach the first camping spot. In our excitement we forgot to stick around and ask questions! We defaulted to our typical work mode, “Let’s just get to our next spot and figure out the details along the way.“ We had already heard this was the most uninteresting section of the trail, so we just put it in high gear and arrived at the beach camp around 8 p.m.

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packed.

This day’s hike meandered through the rain forests, along many cliffs that drop hundreds of feet into the Pacific, and across long sandy beaches. We only crossed paths with a few other hikers until we reached Tsusiat Falls.

This was one of the highlights of the trip: a perfectly shaped waterfall bursting from the forest that ended in a perfect infinity pool flowing into the ocean.

At the bottom, on the beach there was a freshwater pool kept separate from the salt water by a sizable dune.

We were hot and tired, so we stripped to our skivvies and jumped in. We sat on a sandstone ledge under the falls letting the water pound the dirt and grime of the day off of our skin and souls. As the other, more timid hikers saw our joy and lack of inhibition, they joined us in the waters.

We staggered back across the sand to our packs and lay down in the sand and sun.

Once revived, we packed up for another few miles to our next beach camping spot.

Each night, Mark dealt with our water filtration system while Tobin and I prepped a spot to set up our tent and fire pit. My dinner usually consisted of some type of meat, cheese and nuts while Mark and Tobin feasted on some rehydrated potatoes, rice or noodles.

Let me digress here to say that the majority of people take five to seven days on the trail, usually putting in 6 to 10 miles daily allowing for more time in the evenings as they would be setting up camp around 3 p.m.

Because of our time constraints only planning for half the hike, we ended up doing the whole trail in 3 1/2 days.

We spent lots of playtime at unique spots and didn’t feel like we missed anything. We just hiked each afternoon and evening instead of sitting at the campsite like everyone else.

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A view looking north up the coastline with just one of the unique sandstone formations. This section is only passable during low tides.

Mark and Tobin check out the tidal creatures and formations.

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A newer section of trail covers a mile section of rain forest bog.

Another highlight at the end of day two was that Mark found a very nice fisherman’s machete while searching in the back of a cave. He presented the finding to Tobin. Being a 15-year-old male, he looked as if he had just won the lottery. We found an old washed up wetsuit and made a sheath for it. He looked like Jeremiah Johnson with his mini sword strapped to his backpack.

The next day while we were walking through the woods, Tobin was lagging behind and Mark and I were together upfront acting a bit like middle schoolers…. laughing and making jokes. This is the positive way to keep your mind off your aching muscles and blisters.

Because we rarely saw people during this section of the hike, I was shocked to see a mature women suddenly in front of me.

She looked at Mark and me and said in a sarcastic tone, “Well, I can sure tell that I won’t have to worry about any bears on the trail for the next 500 yards!“ Mark and I looked at each other and giggled realizing that she had probably heard us from quite a distance.

This is where we got our first name, “Team No-Bears.” Remember my earlier comment about not hiking with certain people? I guess this is why she was alone.

Hiking from north to south, the terrain gets more difficult with increased mud bogs, ladders up-and-down cliffs and tidal beach heads to skirt. Yet the beauty and our awe only increased as we met with epic views around each new rock outcropping or obstacle.

On the afternoon of the third day, we were late to the low tidal exchange that would have allowed us to skirt a rock outcropping.

Assessing our situation, we realized that we would have to either walk back many miles or wait a few hours for the tide to finish raising and falling. Of course we chose option three.

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I took off my boots and pack and free climbed around the rock. A slip here might not have ended in death, but it sure would have done a little damage with the waves pounding on the rocks below.

Once above Mark and Tobin, we used a rope to pull up our three packs, which was no easy task. We carried the rope so we could hang our food at campsites that didn’t have a bear locker.

Mark and Tobin then climbed and skirted the rock face.

The group of people waiting out the tide on the other side said that we were, well, “Crazy ’mericans.” The joys of receiving our second team name.

The day drug on a bit as the heat and lack of water started to take its toll on us. However, we knew somewhere ahead of us was a small restaurant in two beach tents, run by a small Indian tribe that served hamburgers. Of course, it was many miles farther than we thought.

On arrival, there were four Europeans drinking beer on the logs at the beach. The front tent was nearly empty with no signs or waiters, just a small Indian girl playing in the sand with various shapes of driftwood.

Finally, an Indian walked by and pointed to an opening at the back of the first tent, which was really just a tarp covering a small space about 20 by 20.

It was a little creepy, like a horror flick as you are saying: “Don’t go in there!”

Hunger and desperation pushed us forward till we entered. As our eyes adjusted to the lower light, we were in a makeshift kitchen. The blondehaired rather large Indian asked, “What will it be?”

Looking around, there were multiple dogs on the dirt floor, dishes heaped up in the sink, coolers on the floor, and a table of baggies stuffed with various types of candies. We had two choices: a burger with or without cheese. In the coolers were cans of beer and pop. I

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quickly assessed that it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to ask to see their food handlers permit.

Besides, after traveling to various countries over the years, we defaulted to our old safety standby, “When in doubt, wash it down with lots of alcohol to kill any unwanted critters.”

We ended up sitting in the kitchen and chatting it up with the proprietor for an hour. To our surprise, she was an amazing woman who only served the best products that could be boated in: Fresh bakery buns, Angus beef patties and gourmet cheese.

It was delightful and ended up being one of the highlights of the trip.

A 16-ounce can of beer and a burger ended up being about 30 bucks, but it was worth every Loony.

Day four was riddled with huge mud bogs, broken walkways and climbs up steep sections using ropes to go up steep tree-rooted hillsides.

Mark and I both fell through broken sections or into nasty bogs of mud. Neither of us, fortunately, was injured. Tragedy this far from civilization would take days to coordinate and execute.

Mark and I were also nursing blisters while Tobin and his Crocs had no blisters, but he did say that the bottoms of his feet were sore.

At lunch, we had to wade a shallow river. On the other side were numerous hikers resting and assessing their timing and afternoon plans. While I sat on the beach airing out my blisters and overlooking the ocean, Mark and Tobin walked over the river and had various rock skipping contests.

After an hour, all the other hikers had continued their journeys. We then started off, but couldn’t tell from the map if we were supposed to go up the river a bit or along the beach... So we took what seemed to be the most natural path up the river.

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loud voice, “Oh sorry! “ I looked in his direction and saw two ladies stark naked in the river.

Oooops! Wrong way, but we did get to add another sighting to our “natural-things-we sawin-the-woods” list.

Our camping spot ended up being a small cove surrounded by giant cliffs. It was so pristine as the water was an opulent green with a small river running to the ocean. We couldn’t resist ourselves, so we stripped down again to our skivvies and ran into the ocean. Then to the river.

Then back to the ocean. Then back to the river. Refreshed and clean nature’s way.

However no other hikers joined us in our exuberance this time. We just looked at each other, grinned and said in unison, “Team ’mericans.”

Our last day on the trail, we timed the tides so we wouldn’t have to hike through the woods, but could hike on the beach around Owen’s Point.

Everyone we met on the trail said that this option was spectacular if you could do it. Of course, “Team ’merica” was all in.

Words or pictures can’t describe the surge channels, tidal pools and rock formations that the ocean had created in the limestone coast.

The intensity of the sights and sounds and vibrations of the ocean drumming the rocks lifted my soul to another time: back to the summer days as a child when I lost myself playing in the beach sand for the first time.

Some parts of creation are not meant for description, but only to be experienced.

Kim Anderson teaches local high school students Computer Technology and Video Game Programming at the Wenatchee Tech Center. He tries to help his students discover the amazing land we live and play in instead of being strapped to cell phones and social media. His mantra is: “I live what you watch!”

Tobin leap frogs over an old, juicy section of the bogs.

Kim waits for the transport boat to cross the Nitinat Narrows.

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Clear eye on nature

By Mike Gardner

It’s been one heck of a sum-

mer here so far — from drag racing photography to wildlife, from landscape to Aurora Borealis.

Life just keeps getting better. After quitting drinking this year, it seems that everyone is noticing my photography is also getting clearer. Looking at life without the “beer goggles” is quite different after drinking for over 20 years.

I finally met a beautiful and wonderful lady. Dana Schafer has really changed my life and the life of my 10-year-old daughter as well. Somehow all is coming full circle now.

Ok, back to photography…

This year has been spectacular. This past spring, we have seen so much wildlife: Bears, fawns and raccoons.

Although the mama raccoon was too fast for me to get a picture, it was adorable to see her carrying her baby by the scruff of the neck.

The eagle was here in Leavenworth at the Birdfest event held at Barn Beach Reserve this past spring.

The bears have a bit of a story behind them. We woke one morning to find the trash can had been invaded and trash strewn all over. One bag was carried to the back of the house next to the hot tub. Dana cleaned it before I woke up. No, seriously. I did not fake being asleep.

Later that day, I was editing some pictures and I heard a

thump noise outside. Sure enough, one of the cubs came back for seconds in the next door neighbor’s trash cans.

I tried to make noise to shoo it away but it had no fear at all.

The very next day my daughter and I were taking the dog for a walk. We get out to Icicle Road and notice at least a dozen people at the base of a tree with cell phones looking up.

There was the mama bear and two cubs up there. I could hear mama huffing and puffing. Obviously stressed, so I mentioned to the people with phones that they might want to back off as it was not a smart place to be. They didn’t listen.

I had my 150-600mm lens on my camera so I went to the other side of the road and got pictures of them in the tree. Looks like I was in the tree with them but I assure you, I gave them plenty of space.

Finally a Chelan County Sheriff’s deputy dispersed the crowd and the mama calmed down.

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taken at The Leavenworth Golf Course. My friend, Travis, works there and gives me notice when they come around. The does know it is safe there and are very tolerant to photographers, as I found out.

Once again, on goes the 150-

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600mm lens and I get some decent captures. Then one day I get a notice that one of the fawns is on the course. I took my daughter with me and got a capture of the baby.

Recently we had a treat. The Aurora Borealis was “supposed”

to be strong enough to see with the naked eye. Sadly it fizzled out.

But I did have my Canon 5D Mark IV with me. I cranked up the ISO to 8000, set my lens at f/2.8 and shutter at an eight second shutter and got the beautiful lights with the Milky Way above it.

One thing I have noticed is that with my action photography, I get my adrenaline all fired up and love it. But then there are the quiet and serene moments that balance it out. To just appreciate the beauty that is all around us, one just has to open their eyes.

The good life for me just keeps getting better and better. Sobriety has helped quite a bit. But the loved ones and photography keeps everything in perspective.

May you all be as happy as I have become.

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Ric’s tree house cosmic jumper cables: 30 year project of reusing found objects

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Story and photos

by Donna Cassidy

ree houses are for kids, right?

Not so.

Chelsea Evans recently wrote to The Good Life saying, “My dad — Ric Evans — is an artist and over the past 30 years, has built a three-story tree house that is a work of art in itself, along with being a showcase for his ceramics and found/recycled art pieces. Each year he builds more pieces and adds to the wonderment, while my mom beautifies with flowers, plants and arrangements of her own.”

And indeed, the tree house is a prodigious wonder in the backyard of the Evans’ Cashmere home. So, we had some questions for Ric. WHAT GOT YOU STARTED? The enormity of the Catalpa tree in our back yard drew me in for the possibilities of a structure when we first moved to 910 Pioneer Ave. in the early 1980s.

I recall reminiscing about the six-story tree house that my older brother and friends built in the 1950s at 93 Riverfront Drive. I was too young to participate as a builder, so they put a platform just off the ground for me to perch on and watch the activity.

In the early 1990s, I managed the Cashmere Liquor Store. I became an abstinent alcoholic

Ric Evans and his Bum’s Castle tree house: “The joy of being right here, right now, is all a person can ask for. There will never be a time that is not now. Being creative slows down the cerebral monkey chatter in my brain.”

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Art from Ric’s middle school students help decorate around a swinging wooden barn door salvaged from a neighbor who was ripping down an old barn.

early on in the booze distribution business and after five years of therapy I felt healthy enough to enroll in the Education Certification process at Central Washington University. I also added post-graduate art classes to keep me interested in the academic experience.

I would speculate that this time in my life could be labeled the “Maniac Midlife Stage.”

To balance out working at the liquor store and commuting to Ellensburg, I decided to start the tree house for therapy.

WHAT’S THE JOY IN DOING THIS? Since creativity ponders and

problem-solves the mysteries of the unknown, I benefit from a jolt of what I call the cosmic jumper cables. Another way to describe the creative process is through the eyes of my zen dog, Betty: She knows not where she’s going for the ocean will decide — It’s not the Destination...

It’s the glory of THE RIDE. The joy of being right here, right now, is all a person can ask for. There will never be a time that is not now. Being creative slows down the cerebral monkey chatter in my brain. Glimpses of “no thoughts” come to mind, soto-speak. This is the joy of the October 2017 | The Good Life

Ric sits gingerly in a rotting rocking chair inside the tree house that was captured from a yard sale and left outside in the elements too long. He broke through the wicker as the photo was taken. The lamp is a shrine to a deeply dark slice of hardened stale chocolate cake that was entombed in a wooden box and passed back and forth between the neighboring Ovenell family and the Evanses. The wooden box morphed into a lamp with a story.

creative process for me.

WHERE DID YOU GET ALL THE REPURPOSED STUFF? My eyes constantly scan the landscape for recycled materials.

My family was a bit disgusted when I strapped a sea gull carcass under our van’s bumper on a vacation to the Oregon coast.

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It was not unusual to have the dashboard piled deep with interesting organic stuff that I spotted along the highway, on a hike, or abandoned in an alley of a small town or city.

In the Vale of Cashmere, I concentrated on finding potential building materials.

Wood, rusty metal and unusual gadgets gleaned from the remains of the burned-down Schmitten Lumber Mill, large wooden beams from the remodeled Cashmere Valley Bank or

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If I seem to be over-interested in junk, it is because I am.

And I have a lot of it, too, half a garage full of bits and broken pieces, I use these things for repairing other things... But it can be seen that I do have a genuine and almost miserly interest in worthless objects. My excuse is that in this era of planned obsolescence, and when a thing breaks I can usually find something in my collection to repair it — a toilet, or a motor, or a lawn mower. But I guess the truth is that I like junk.

- John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley, 1962

The little gnome-like creatures that stick out of a pottery piece made by Ric were crafted by artist friend Terry Valdez. “Terry would roll out a cylinder of clay with tapered ends. The only tool he used was a pencil and he would press this into the cylinder and magically create a variety of wizards. I thought I would honor them in my sculpture garden,” said Ric.

Ric’s tree house

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gaudy painted window frames from the abandoned Depression housing owned by the legendary proprietor of The Club Tavern in Cashmere, Stillman Miller.

I walked the banks of the Wenatchee River after each of the 100 Year Floods that occurred in the 1990s and drug home rusty treasures washed down from the upper valley.

Of course, old abandoned barns were always a mark for obtaining potential stuff.

TELL A STORY ABOUT THIS PROJECT. When my daughter Chelsea and her friend Anna were in middle school, they decided to

honor their parents and two other couples with a sevencourse dinner on the first floor of the tree house. They did the whole affair themselves and came up the ladder with each course. The dinner lasted hours and it has been one of the highlights of our life.

Another time, my son Chase and his friend Aaron decided to install electricity for the tree house while I was gone on a hike into the Cascades.

They found an overstuffed couch, a TV and a set-up to play computer games.

That experience lasted through the summer until they entered Cashmere High School as freshman. That stuff was up there before I installed the roof and added two more stories. The weather was rather rough on the entertainment center.

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Jan and Ric spotted the homemade cabinet at a yard sale decades ago. All the flowers are potted and arranged by Jan each spring.

IS THE PROJECT DONE OR ARE YOU STILL ADDING TO IT? I doubt this project will ever be done. I have located and installed an unusual array of industrial lights that transform the backyard into a splendid place to have dinner with friends and extend the evening past dark.

My outside ceramics studio and workspace is set up under the tree. The interior of “Bum’s Castle” (a sign hangs on the front) could use an intense facelift, but since I’m not hanging out in it much anymore, it could take years. My other art takes precedence these days.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? I’m going on my fifth year of retirement from teaching art at Eastmont Junior High. I substituted in the Cashmere and Eastmont schools since I retired, but

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that is showing signs of atrophy.

My wife, Jan, closed her yarn shop and retired last year and I think she is near the end of projects she wanted to accomplish around the house, so my low key life style may need to be energized.

I’ve been working in clay the last month in my basement studio and will probably audit another ceramic class from Ruth Allan at Wenatchee Valley College this fall quarter.

I’m reading books by Tom Robbins and that seems to fulfill my fascination for the non-ordinary and unusual side of rightbrain thinking.

Zen dog Betty continues to teach me the important things in life and family has always been in the forefront of our lives.

I can be sighted in Cashmere riding my bike and usually adorned with some strange hat and bright clothes.

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Hugh Owen in the bow and Larry Tobiska in the stern demonstrate to students how the power of many propels a voyager canoe up the Columbia River.

Voyageurs on the Columbia River Club teaches kids how the early fur traders and explorers paddled the waterways

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t’s spring or it’s fall, and once again, the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center is sending school kids to the Confluence State Park for a field day under the “Youth on the Columbia” program.

For most kids, the highlight of the day is a ride on the Columbia in a canoe, courtesy of the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club. About 2,000 kids get a canoe ride each year.

Penny and Larry Tobiska and others from a cadre of 26 volunteers from the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club are on hand to brief kids on safety, to bundle

them in life vests, to show them how to grip and use a paddle, and to launch them in boats.

For absolutely every voyage, volunteer Bob Derry, who is in his 90s, escorts the excursion in his pontoon boat as a safety back-up.

On this day, Penny, who is a retired educator, and Larry, who is a retired lawyer, have been warned that a boy in the mohawk might be inattentive and problematic.

However, as soon as Larry starts the briefing, the boy snaps to attention. He absorbs every detail of the briefing, and paddles like a natural. A different little monster thinks it’s fun

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to splash Larry with his paddle.

Each canoe, about 25 feet or 26 feet long, holds two adult guides and eight students. As they float down the river, the guides point out a few unnatural occurrences — a supposed “alligator alley,” and the Golf Ball Tree. So many golf balls wash down the river that kayakers retrieve them and post them in trees on the bank.

The canoes are Voyageur canoes, fiberglass vessels modeled after birch-bark canoes first designed by the Ojibwa people, developed by the Algonquin peoples, then adopted by French fur traders in the 1700s.

Their Canoes du Nord, or Canoes of the North, were 18 feet to 22 feet long, and paddled by anywhere from two to six voyageurs carrying goods to trade for fur pelts: Tobacco, rifles, lead for bullets, gunpowder, iron goods, and flour, plus 90 gallons of wine for the voyageurs and their 40 pound personal packs.

The total weight of an outbound canoe was about 1.5 tons.

The voyageurs lifted and carried the loaded canoes, portaging where waterways were

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Tobacco, rifles, lead for bullets, gunpowder, iron goods and flour, plus 90 gallons of wine for the voyageurs and their 40 pound personal packs. The total weight of an outbound canoe was about 1.5 tons. impassible.

In 2011, the David Thompson Brigade floated down the Columbia River in Voyageur canoes.

The Brigade was a organized by group of land surveyors from Canada and the United States, celebrating the 1811 voyage of the great map-maker, David Thompson. Thompson navigated and mapped the Columbia River all the way from British Columbia to its outlet into the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Oregon.

Larry spurs them on with a cadence similar to those he heard during his U.S. Army marching days: “One, two, three, four/ We would like to paddle some more…”

No doubt, Thompson’s voyage was inspired in part by the Voyage of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark eight years earlier, since at the time, both the USA and Great Britain were vying for ownership of the Pacific Northwest.

When the David Thompson Brigade came down the Columbia, it stopped at historically correct sites such as Entiat and Rock Island, but also made a convenient stop at Walla Walla Park in Wenatchee for a picnic organized by the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club.

Voyageurs fired a musket that sounded like a cannon, then came ashore to celebrate with several hundred greeters, and to eat some barbecue.

When the Brigade’s voyage was over, the Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club bought two of the Voyageurs’ canoes, the Koo Koo Sint and the Paddle Song.

The Koo Koo Sint, named for the Indian name for Thompson, “Stargazer,” has since been

retired, but then the Club purchased Aguila, Spanish for eagle.

It is decorated with logos of some of the organizations that have helped fund the venture: The Community Foundation helped pay for the purchase of the canoe — Confluence Health pays $5 per child, which the Club pays to the School District to pay for the buses that bring kids to the river and Weinstein & Schwab provides accounting services to the club for free.

When the kids paddle downstream in canoes, then reverse direction and paddle against the current back to Confluence Park, Larry spurs them on with a cadence similar to those he heard during his U.S. Army marching days: “One, two, three, four/ We would like to paddle some more…”

Penny and Larry towed the Paddle Song and the Koo Koo Sint to a five-year reunion of the Brigade at Thompson Falls, Montana, in 2016.

There, re-enactors explained the voyageurs’ garb, their fullcut smocks with leather belts.

The garments allowed free movement of the voyageurs’ powerful shoulders — overdeveloped from paddling, lifting and carrying — and belts to

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restrain hernias from lifting 90 pound bundles.

Penny has kept a scrapbook of the notes the Row and Paddle Club has received from children who have ridden in their canoes.

All of the notes are treasured, but one intrigues them. It says “Thank you old man for canoeing.”

The child has a point. As with many local service organizations, the Club’s canoeing activities are staffed by volunteers mostly in their 60s and 70s.

Young blood is needed to carry on the volunteer activities.

Penny calls the program “No child left inside.”

The Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club is a 100 percent volunteer-operated.

It teaches beginners how to paddle and row, and offers storage and rental of kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, outriggers, racing sculls, and more. Its website is www.WenatcheePaddle.org. To learn about joining, or to volunteer, please contact either Penny or Larry Tobiska at ptobiska@ nwi.net or ltobiska@nwi.net.

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The stillness of soot

Tana surveys a camp site surrounded by dead scorched trees, where Fireweed is the only greenery.

no birds, no crickets: A hike through eerie quiet of a Fire landscape Story and Photos By Sarah Shaffer

It was so very quiet other than the chatter of three women backpacking together — no his August I spent a weekend backpack- birds calling, no crickets chirping, it made me wonder what happened to all of those ing through the Larch Lakes Pomas Pass creatures? Did they burn up in the fire? Did area at the end of Entiat River Road.

Two friends joined me along with my dog, they have to hike hundreds of miles to find food and a grassy spot to lay down?

Tana. Little did we realize (even though we But then farther on our journey we found should have known) we would be backpackmany a mountain lion scat fresh on the trail ing mainly through the remnants of the Mills Canyon Fire that burned through here and even new bear foot prints. Somewhere out there a few big game animals existed in three years ago in 2014. this very empty wilderness.

Wildlife was scarce — we saw two deer Our first night the wind was blowing, and no people during the trip until the last you could hear the dead snags creaking in couple of miles on our hike out. Two nights the wind. Within the first two hours of our we spent in the wilderness. hike a sizable limb broke and came crashing The pictures captured are of the beauty, down from 50-60 feet above. devastation and eeriness of the leftovers It was uneasy as we were hiking at dusk from the fire. at that point, and had no idea if we would During our days hiking we could see for find a spot to camp that wasn’t under those miles as there was little to none in the way widow makers. of vegetation.

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Larch Lake in reflection: It felt so good to see lush green trees and to see beautiful water with amazing reflections.

An hour later we did end up camping in the snags after we got to our Entiat River crossing .2 miles from Myrtle Lake, and the bridge was burned down. All that remained were the steel framing pieces, which were too far apart for my trusty companion, Tana, to be able to jump across. So, we made camp knowing that for the night, the dead snag forest would have to do.

I slept in my tent uneasy that night, listening to the wind in the tree corpses hoping one of them wouldn’t decide to break and fall directly on my one-person tent. I kept thinking, wouldn’t this be terrible if my daughter lost her mom to a dead tree?

Well, luckily fate or mother nature or whomever spared me and my friends that night as we all woke up to another glorious day in unfamiliar territory.

The beauty within the devastation the next day was breathtaking.

Fields of Fire Weed taller than my head grew, and areas that had been untouched by the fire, though few and far between, existed. Small glorious wildflowers some like mini snap dragons of all different colors still lived among wild grasses next to the river.

Once we got into the sub-alpine there existed areas untouched by the fire. It felt so good to be sitting on dirt again, to see lush green trees and to see beautiful water with amazing reflections.

Life was good.

Although you may not consider hiking through a burned up forest as ideal, seeing the outdoors through a different lens showed me the beauty and powerful destruction fire has in the wilderness.

Yet some of the creatures within it still exist.

You can find more stories like this one at www. wenatcheeoutdoors.org, where Sarah works as the Executive Director for this non-profit organization.

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Harle Family: c.1915 in front of the Maierhof. Anton Harle is seated in the front right of photo.

Maierhof with family c.1910

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y graduation from Wenatchee High School was less than three months away.

I was on my way home from the prom when I walked through the door a little after midnight. My mom was waiting for me to let me know that my grandfather had passed away that night.

Like most teenagers, I was myopic to the world as a whole and focused mainly on what came next for me. I didn’t have much of a concept of the life my grandfather had led.

It’s only now, years later, and now that I am a history teacher at Wenatchee High School, that I’ve come to realize each of our paths from the past helps us

High school history teacher revisits the life of grandfather: ‘I am fond of courage... Real courage — where people make simple decisions that change the lives of others. My grandfather exemplified courageous traits without ever bringing attention to it.’ understand who we are today.

Discovering how much your life has been influenced by those you have never met is both emotional and humbling.

I am fond of courage, of bravery. Not the false kind that Hollywood too often tries to sell to you. Real courage — where people make simple decisions that change the lives of others.

My grandfather exemplified courageous traits without ever bringing attention to it.

His story starts in pre-World War I Germany and will end in Wenatchee. Let me share some of it with you.

In the southwest of Germany, bordered to the south

by Switzerland and the west by France, lies the state of BadenWürttemberg. Less famous than the state of Bavaria to the east, Baden-Württemberg is scenic; evergreen forests mixed with

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grassy farmlands and quaint hilltop villages nearly all featuring beautiful churches.

My grandfather’s story starts about 85 miles to the south of the capital, Stuttgart. The small town of Biberach which was born on the Riss river is located almost five miles to the east of the village of Stafflangen. Less than two miles to the west of Stafflangen is farmland that has been in my family since the 1860s.

As a gift to Josef Mayer and Gertrud Britsch on their wedding day, her father provided to them 100 acres of timberland.

They logged the timber and built a home with an attached barn that they settled into on July 22, 1863.

Josef and Gertrud were my great-great grandparents and this home became the “Maierhof.” Incredibly, the Maierhof

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and its farmland, 154 years later, is still owned by my family.

In June, I was able to fulfil a lifelong dream of taking my wife and children to visit the Maierhof and my relatives.

There, I walked quietly around the farm house, thinking about how far my grandfather came and how much he had provided for so many.

I grew up occasionally hearing about my grandfather’s time as a boy in Germany. Other than his heavy, guttural accent, there were only a few scattered items around his home that would reminded me he came from a far off place.

As a child however, my curiosity always focused on a wall near my grandfather’s bedroom that had several black and white photographs hanging from it. They were the type of photos you would see in a museum. Men in

Anton Harle in the South Pacific during World War II with 5th Army Air Corps.

Anton and Josepha Harle on the official adoption day of Mary, Mark and Mike outside the Chelan County Courthouse.

dark suits with large mustaches.

Women in high-necked colorless dresses decorated with lace and long sleeves.

My great-grandparents, Josef Härle and Karolina (née Mayer) were married on Nov. 25, 1900.

My grandfather, Anton, was born in 1906, the fifth of nine children.

The Maierhof was a busy site.

The family raised milk cows, pigs, geese, bees and focused on wheat, corn and grains for crops and feed.

How the Härle’s came to America is rooted in my greatgrandmother Karolina Mayer’s siblings.

From 1883 to 1887, her six brothers, Mathäus, Martin, Paulus, Josef, August and Chris all emigrated to America and settled near Leadville, Colorado.

There, they joined many other immigrants that did the dangerous work of cutting wood for the local coke kilns.

The brothers eventually scattered to Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon and Washington where they would take up residence in small locales like Winlock, Pe Ell, The Dalles, and Prescott.

My great-great uncle Martin

eventually married Lena Müller in Chehalis who suffered from lung ailments. The damp climate of western Washington exacerbated her symptoms and they were advised a move to a drier climate.

After the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law. This incredible piece of legislation set aside 160 acres plots of land for individuals. They had to pay a small fee (about $20), live on it for five years and make some improvements to the land.

It’s estimated that over 270 million acres (about 10 percent of total U.S. land mass) was given to homesteaders.

Martin Mayer applied for a homestead in Waterville and received the rights to their land on July 30, 1901. In his book, The Republic for Which It Stands, historian Richard White provides statistics that for every 10 families that received a homestead, six failed at their attempts.

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eventually aided by the Grand Coulee Dam and it’s reclamation project to bring water to the Columbia Basin.

That homestead was later given to Martin’s brother Paul and his wife Josephine whose descendants still own and operate that same land today.

The end of The Great War brought implorable economic realities to the new Weimar Republic. Germans suffered the blunt end of the treaty of Versailles with catastrophic war reparation payments that led to increased taxes and hyperinflation of their currency.

Those economic realities spread throughout Germany and trickled down even to my family’s small farm in BadenWürttemberg.

With their older brother Sepp taking control of the farm, my great-uncles, Franz (Frank) and Karl (Carl) made the choice to emigrate to their uncle Paul’s homestead outside of Ephrata.

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My grandfather, 17 at the time, stood alongside the remainder of his family outside the Maierhof as his brothers departed down the dirt road toward Stafflangen and then on to Biberach where they caught the train north... where they caught the train north, eventually boarding the German merchant ship S.S. York in Bremen.

Their uncle Paul had sent them the equivalent of $200 American dollars to make the trip, as German Marks were worthless with staggering inflation.

They passed through Ellis Island before boarding the cross country train to Ephrata, where

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Maierhof in June 2017 for family visit.

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the young travelers arrived on Christmas day 1923.

Frank and Carl spent the next two years working off their debts, tackling dry-land farming that required as many as 100 horses to tend to daily.

After paying off their debts, Frank and Carl took work farther west along the Columbia River working for A.Z. Wells in the apple orchards near Azwell.

Needing two more workers to replace my great-uncles, Paul Mayer wrote to his sister Karolina Härle at the Maierhof asking if there were more workers that could replace Frank and Carl.

My grandfather, Anton, 19 at the time, answered the request.

He and his good friend made the same journey as his brothers.

Down that same dirt road, east to the train and north to German port city of Bremen where they would experience an Atlantic crossing in steerage class aboard the ship S.S. Berlin.

I never had the opportunity to

ask my grandfather about that journey and I wonder often what kind of courage it took to leave all he had ever known behind to pursue a chance at a better life.

After spending time at the Maierhof last summer, I don’t know if I would have had the strength to leave as he and his brothers did.

In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau’s data showed there were more than 45 million Americans who could trace their lineage from Germany.

It is the single largest represented immigrant group in the history of the United States.

Almost more than double that of English descendents, more than 13 million more than Irish Americans and more than 28 million more descendants than Italian Americans. My grandfather, like his brothers, was one of them.

He entered the United States through Ellis Island on Feb. 5, 1927 and took the same route to Ephrata as they had.

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In 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau’s data showed there were more than 45 million Americans who could trace their lineage from Germany.

Ephrata on Feb. 20, 1927 and went about the same difficult work his brothers had endured.

Fortunately for my grandfather, his brothers helped pay off his travel debt early and he spent only a year in Sagebrush Flats.

My father recalls my grandfather saying to him that he never wanted to see another horse again. He moved to Azwell with his brothers where he told my dad he was happy to see green vegetation again.

My grandfather worked in Azwell until 1942. After the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor, my grandfather was one of the millions of Americans who

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marched to their local recruiting station to volunteer. At 36 years old, he wasn’t required to serve but he chose to.

He and his brothers had all become American citizens and my grandfather felt he owed a service for the success he had achieved here in the States.

As one might imagine, being German and 17 years older than most GI’s at this time didn’t make it particularly easy for him to be a soldier. He was moved around a bit before being assigned to the 5th Army Air Corps as a cook. Papua New Guinea and the Philippines were his destination in the South Pacific where he served his country with distinction.

While training in San Antonio, Texas, he met my grandmother, Josepha. After the war, they married and returned to Wenatchee where the Harle Brothers — Carl, Frank and Anton — created their own construction company.

Carl soon left the company

I often try to find ways to share my family history with my students so they can better understand that history is a living subject.

Owen, Karissa, Brandon and Olivia Harle visit the Härle Bier brewery in Leutkirch im Allgäu.

but Frank and my grandfather continued to build throughout the Wenatchee Valley. The 1950s brought Alcoa to the valley and Harle Bros. Construction was there to provide new homes for many of the new workers.

Their company grew in reputation and expanded from building homes to businesses, banks, and churches; the Sav-Mart building, the original bowling alley (where my uncle currently owns the Harle Center), the original lodge at Mission Ridge, the original chapel at the CYO Camp that is now The Sleeping Lady, the Holy Apostles Catholic Church in East Wenatchee to name but a few.

Struggling to have children of their own, Anton and Josepha made the decision to adopt three siblings in 1954-55. Mary, Mike, and my father Mark, were adopted from an orphanage in Seattle and brought to Wenatchee.

I share the photo of their adoption day with my students.

The amount of joy and love in that photo is clear as my grandmother “bear hugs” her three children (you can see my dad’s

cringing face as she squeezes him hard) on the steps in the courthouse that fateful day.

They later adopted two more girls, Martha and Monica. All five of them attended St. Joseph’s Elementary and my aunt Monica was part of the first class to graduate at the current Wenatchee High School.

I teach Advanced Placement U.S. History at Wenatchee High School. I often try to find ways to share my family history with my students so they can better understand that history is a living subject.

We all have the right to have our own stories be told. Immigration, western migration, the Great Depression, service during WWII, the 1950s post-war economic recovery aren’t just another chapter in our text. My grandfather lived it and I am here because of it.

I wanted to honor what he had done for me by taking my own family back to the Maierhof so they could better understand how a single, brave decision can change lives for generations.

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today’s world, is so incredibly important. To be able to sit and talk with people, to experience their culture and customs is an enduring gift.

To sample traditional Schwäbisch delicacies like maultaschen (think German ravioli), käsespätzle (cheese dumplings) and hand-made schnitzel (panfried tenderized pork cutlets) while enjoying a local German beer from the Härle brewery in Leutkirch where my family and I later visited. We were welcomed with love everywhere we went.

My cousin arranged time to show us all the local villages and sites, making sure to take the time to show us any family connections. Our last day we were able to travel to the Maierhof and visit with family and tour the farm.

The emotion of the day for me was deep and fulfilling: Glancing at the farmhouse that generations have lived in and came to the U.S. from. A house that was built before the end of the American Civil War. The large tree that was planted in front of the house in 1868 that my great-great grandparents had pictures taken in front of. My own children were now having their pictures taken with.

I was reminded that each of our paths from the past helps us understand who we are today.

My grandfather gave me that gift and I am thankful that I now have the opportunity to share it with my own children.

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And as with all deceptively simple plans, the devil is in the details. And the details in this case were all heavy metal.

Rob Sorenson admitted that building this two-story, six-container house “was very difficult. But… I like difficult!”

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He and Brandon Littrell of One Way Construction in Leavenworth were proud to show the progress on the home that they’ve been working on for over a year. The hardest part is done, and they envision by Christmastime Greg and Rania, the home’s owners, will be relaxing in soft couches, cuddling their first newborn child and reveling in cozy comfort.

This distinctive second home is custommade for family vacations: a sensibly-spaced three-bedroom, three-bath home with a long open living area plus a utility room and two big south-facing decks. Huge barn-door-style shutters made from the cut-out metal siding

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Brandon Littrell is a co-owner of One Way Construction, working with his dad Sam Littrell and Rob Sorenson. With this project, he’s ready to build more container homes, which he sees as ecologically and financially sensible.

By the summer of 2016 the owners had eagerly embraced the concept of a container cabin; Greg is in the maritime industry, so he was familiar with the ubiquitous 8’x20’ shipping containers... will slide over more delicate French doors when the owners are away.

And the exterior finish? No board and batten or cedar shingles to disguise this honest bunch of boxes: the shipping containers, with their distinctive hinges, corrugation, bolts and rods will all be industrial dark green, with some accent trim.

Just paint.

Just a few years ago, the young owners, living in Seattle but with north central Washington roots, were ready for their own ski retreat near Stevens Pass.

They were thinking remodeled shed, cabin, tiny house — something small and conventional.

They liked the looks of a neighbor’s place, they contacted the architect, he liked a certain builder... and they were pleased that Syndicate Smith (architect Todd Smith of Leavenworth) and One-way Construction together had this relatively new budgetconscious idea they wanted to

The living room fireplace is for ambience – two other heat sources, thick insulation and passive solar, gain assure winter comfort. The 16’x40’ concrete floor is ready for polishing; interior surfaces will be sheathed in drywall.

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By the summer of 2016 the owners had eagerly embraced the concept of a container cabin; Greg is in the maritime industry, so he was familiar with the ubiquitous 8’x20’ shipping containers, at least theoretically. Then they expanded the idea, and the little house on its timbered 2.5acre lot near Lake Wenatchee grew into a more luxurious sixbox structure.

Game on! Designs were approved and permits acquired.

The foundation, deeper and bigger than first envisioned,

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needed to accept a metal rather than wood foundation, so plates were imbedded in the concrete to allow the steel base(s) of the building to be custom-welded to them. This house isn’t going anywhere. Rob and Brandon presume it will only shift if the Cascades shift.

In September of 2016, the eight 8’x20’ containers — two are for outbuildings — purchased from Northwest Container Services, were one-by-one trucked over Stevens Pass to a staging area at a nearby highway rest stop.

From there they were moved

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to various spots on the site for preparation (with the neighbor’s approval and undoubted curiosity) and were eventually hefted into position with a boom-crane.

Picture six bricks piled into a two-brick high long rectangle.

Only bigger, much bigger.

The most grueling part of the process involved metal on metal.

State building codes required a state-certified welder for this job, which was deemed industrial rather than residential.

Accordingly, One Way’s welder received advanced training

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This front view shows both the living area patio and second-story deck. The crew was careful with every excised sheet of container siding — much of it was repurposed for roofing and big sliding barn-door shutters.

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and certification in time to do most of the exacting work of connecting the six metal boxes (The other two are for storage

adjacent to the garage.) Creating flashing — U-shaped tube steel faux beams to cover the interior seams — forming the patio roof and cutting and placing wood

windows and doors into metal openings was relatively easier.

Rob explained as he showed the seams between units, “These containers are all held together with two-inch-long welds at four-inch intervals.” (For non-

builders, that’s a lot of labor and expensive welding compound.)

He said the whole crew was very fire-conscious. “All summer long, we had a guy with a water hose just standing on the roof — and his only job was to watch for

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Joining these containers, the sleek shed roof parking area is a strong example of Syndicate Smith architectural design. Littrell said this configuration also indicates how a smaller one-story home might be constructed.

sparks.”

Walking around inside the almost-finished house, it’s easy to appreciate the symmetry and simplicity imposed by 8’x20’ components. There’s no wasted space; upstairs bedrooms are small and serviceable, decks are roomy and protected from the elements.

The long sweep of polished cement flooring in the downstairs living area unites the three spaces for cooking, dining and comfy seating, and the wall of

south windows visually adds dimension to its 16’ x20’ footprint.

The “high bay” containers offer 9.5-foot ceilings — a real boon to the builders.

Brandon said of the owners, “They’ve been great partners over this project. Rania especially had good design ideas and they were both willing to embrace the realities of a container house.”

They visit frequently and have become intimately familiar with the unique building process.

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The pace of building slowed to accommodate some changes the owners made over the year.

A third heating source was added — now there’s hydronic (hot water in pipes) floor heating up and down, a propane stove, and a ducted forced-air system.

That and three to five-inches of R-38 insulation — the standard is R-21 — in roof and sides insures winter comfort and walkaway ease.

The original plan for wood flooring in the second story turned into “gypcrete” poured over the floor piping, then completely covered with artisan tilework, and the first-floor concrete patio was extended out from the house for more outdoor living space. Bedroom reading lamps, once sconces, became pendants, with different wiring.

Brandon thinks that the growing repurposing ethic and advances in trade technology will mean more people using shipping containers for residences.

He’s sure that his company

will keep experimenting with applications like this one, whether high-end or moneysaving.

“When you think that the eight boxes, shipped to the site, only cost about $20,000, you can see that a smaller house, especially a single story with standard finishes, could be very cost-effective. This house — exactly what the owners wanted — pencils out to about the same as a stick built house of the same quality, maybe a little more.”

Give this boxy metal house some months for the tree-toned paint to blend it into the lot, and for the inevitable softening of fabric, furnishings and fixtures.

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Stuck in time: Past, present or future You’re about to find out why

some people are more successful than others, why some are happier, why some are addicted to gambling, drugs and alcohol and why some couples have more friction.

When you hear the answer, it probably won’t make sense, but here goes. Time orientation.

That’s right.

How you think about time is a total game-changer. Before you read further, realize that this is

not an article about being more efficient with your time. No, this topic is bigger.

According to researchers, most people are dominated by a time preference. Their focus — where their fantasies and thoughts reside — is more in the past, present, or future. This time orientation largely determines many outcomes in their lives.

Past time orientation. Some remember the good ole days.

They had dinners together as a family. The country was united.

Mother made the best apple pie.

These folks put up memorials and get flowers for their family gravesites. They have family rituals that have been observed with pleasure for years.

For some past oriented people, however, life was tough. Dad was mean. Mom was a drunk.

Life sucked. And yes, these prisoners of the negative past are often depressed and bitter.

A past oriented person can have both negative and positive remembrances. Clearly, more positive is better.

Still there can be problems if a person spends a huge amount of time thinking about the past.

They may hang on to grudges.

Their view of themselves may be limited to who they were in the past. And if you’re hanging out

in the past, it’s hard to experience the present or plan for tomorrow.

Present time orientation.

Some folks spend most of their time in the present. They suck the marrow out of life. They smell the roses. Carpe diem is their mantra. Spontaneity, friends, and fun are what it’s all about for them. Sounds pretty good.

There are downsides, however, to being extremely present focused.

These folks may be overdrawn at the bank. Their refrigerator may be bare because they were too busy playing tennis with friends to go to the gro-

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cery store. Perhaps they overeat, drink, take drugs, or gamble too much.

It’s all about what feels good now with little thought about tomorrow. Their inability to delay gratification can lead to reckless and unethical or illegal behavior. These folks largely show up in places of incarceration. They are much more likely to be in poverty.

Future time orientation.

These folks think ahead a LOT. They plan, make goals, to-do lists, schedules, and set up retirement funds.

Hard work is the rule. These strongly future oriented folks are all about delaying gratification now to live a good life in the future. The futures are the most successful.

The downside for these “futures” is that some of them spend long hours working. They may miss their children’s school play or sports events. They may be unable to just sit still and enjoy the moment. They may lose some of their money in divorces.

They may have few friendships.

If you’d like to know how these orientations can cause conflict in a couple, here are two quotes from the early days of our marriage: (Me): “Be in bed by eight, get up by five and exercise — you gotta be kidding me!” (present time orientation) (Him): “Go out to dinner with friends in 30 minutes? Waste our time dancing, bah!” (future time orientation) After many years and a few

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battle scars, my husband, John, and I eventually learned more about the upsides and downsides to various ways of thinking about and being with time. We found how to be more balanced and flexible with our own time orientation.

Here are a few ideas if you want to modify your dominant time perspective to be happier, more successful, and side-step some marital problems: If you want to add more positive orientation toward the past, create a family tree, reconnect with old friends. Celebrate holidays. Go to reunions.

If you want to be more present-oriented, spend time with pets and kids. Go DANCING. If you want to be more futureoriented practice delaying gratification. The next time you want something like a cookie, practice waiting. Make a small goal, write the steps you need to take to achieve the goal.

You can find many more tips and stories in The Time Paradox by Zimbardo and Boyd. For many other fascinating stories and facts of how time impacts not only individuals, but organizations, and especially countries, read Robert Levine’s book The Geography of Time.

How might you move up to The Good Life by balancing your time orientation?

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Dr. John Gill’s change of heart Dr. John Gill underwent a

successful heart transplant on April 20 at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles, California.

John has been a friend and colleague ever since he joined the then Wenatchee Valley Clinic in 1978 as a general internist.

He is what many call a “doctor’s doctor.”

Many of his colleagues at the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center chose him to be their primary physician because of his diagnostic skills, his empathy and the care he gave to his patients. I know his patients all loved him, for good reason. He listened and he cared.

While skiing in February 2012, he felt that his legs were wobbly, and he had trouble walking and had shortness of breath.

He went to his cardiologist and found that his electrocardiogram was abnormal. His heart rate fell to 30 beats per minute at times.

This led to further tests, including a cardiac angiogram (normal) and a cardiac MRI (normal). He was sent to the University of Washington where a pacemaker was installed in March 2012.

In November 2013, an implant-

John and Dianna Gill: “A personal miracle.”

ed defibrillator was installed.

His cardiologists there suspected he might have sarcoidosis of

the heart, a rare disease. About 95 percent of the time sarcoidosis involves the lungs. John had

no sign of that or of it in any other organs.

In January 2014 he had a PET scan (positron emission tomography) that made the diagnosis of sarcoidosis of the heart.

Sarcoidosis is characterized by the buildup of immune system cells forming small clusters of cells called granulomas, a type of inflammation.

John continued working even though he had increasing fatigue as well as shortness of breath. When walking from his car in the clinic parking lot to the clinic building, he had to stop several times due to shortness of breath. He retired on April 1, 2015.

On Sept. 14, 2016 his defibrillator went off twice shocking his heart rhythm to normal. John said having the defibrillator implanted saved his life twice.

He flew to Seattle and underwent a heart transplant evaluation at the UW. The heart transplant team discussed the fact that since John is a big man he will need a “big” heart.

By Christmas 2016 the UW team didn’t think it was likely they would get the heart that John needed. They suggested he

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Dianna and their friends ... were waiting in his sixth floor hospital room when they saw a helicopter landing below at 10:30 p.m.

Dianna thought, “that’s John’s heart.” go to Cedar-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles to register for their heart transplant program, as finding a donor heart there seemed more likely than in Seattle.

Cedars-Sinai is one of the most active heart transplant centers in the world and definitely in the United States. Since they started their program in 1988, they did over 1,000 transplants through 2015. (John says that number now exceeds 1,200).

At Cedars-Sinai he spent one month in the hospital undergoing further testing including psychological evaluation. He was accepted onto their transplant list.

There is a rating system for heart transplant candidates: 2, 1-B and 1-A. If rated a 2 it would be unlikely for that patient to get a transplant. 1-B is possible but a 1-A rating was needed to be a likely recipient. John was rated 1-A. When he was still in the hospital, John and his wife, Dianna, got a call that they had a possible heart for John. Dianna and their friends Carla Gorham and Dr. Jay Gorham, his Wenatchee cardiologist, were waiting in his sixth floor hospital room when

they saw a helicopter landing below at 10:30 p.m. Dianna thought, “that’s John’s heart.”

Thirty minutes later John was wheeled into the operating room. Dianna was told if he came back to his hospital room that meant he didn’t have the transplant. At 2 a.m. the cardiac surgeon came out and told her that John had a new heart and everything went well. (As I write this even now I have tears of joy for both of them).

John left the hospital 10 days later. He had to stay in the Los Angels area for three months getting checked three times a week and undergoing further testing.

I asked him about the heart donor. All he knows is that the heart came from a 49-year-old female. After one year John can write a letter to the donor’s family to thank them for their generous gift of life to him and hoping they will agree to meet him in person.

John says he now feels great.

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After surgery he lost 35 pounds of weight in 12 days, which was primarily the fluid backing up from his chronic heart failure.

He now walks one hour twice a day with Dianna. He told me he never had any pain from the surgery and never took any pain medication. “I feel great and have more energy than I have had in years.”

He said this whole experience has deepened his faith in

God and in prayer. He told me, “Not many people experience a personal miracle. I have, and I thank God for it. “ Recently John was offered a new part time job with Confluence Health. He will now be one of four physicians on their Hospice team. I can’t think of a better physician or better person to be counseling and giving support to hospice patients.

There is probably no greater gift anyone could give to another than the gift of life.

In the event of a tragic incident where someone has permanent brain death but the other organs can still be successfully transplanted into another, there is no better way to honor the deceased loved one than to donate their organs to save the life of someone else, even if it is a complete stranger.

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The wide variety of winter squash can provide a base for delicious fall recipes.

Flavorful winter squash zing up fall cooking A

utumn’s cooler evenings encourage cooks to start baking again.

Winter squash is easy to grow and will keep in a cool location all winter long, and I often have to pace myself not to use them all up in October and November.

When you harvest the ones from your garden be sure to leave on at least a one-inch stem. If you cut off the entire stem, it creates an entry point for molds and rot.

The winter squash is an American historical food, even more so than pumpkin.

And the varieties are so numerous that everyone seems to have a favorite of these thick, heavy textured, bright orange or red-fleshed relatives of cucumbers, zucchini, gourds, cantaloupes and pumpkin.

Since winter squash is much more flavorful than its cousin pumpkin, pumpkin recipes can be zinged up by substituting winter squash.

Some people swear by Hubbard, or Butternut or Kerri or Australian Blue or Acorn, etc.

The best part is that you can embellish the squash with South American, or Indian flavors whether you grate, steam, sauté, bake or stuff it.

Baking several at one time and then chunking or pureeing the cooked flesh and freezing it will put you hours ahead when preparing a dish that calls for winter squash.

Cut the squashes in half and clean out the fibrous seed cavity. Some people love the seeds baked on a cookie sheet floated in salty water.

Bake the squash open side up until a knife easily penetrates the flesh — about an hour. It is easier to peel the tough skin after the squash is cooked than it is to peel it while the vegetable is raw. (Just a point — squash is actually a fruit!)

One pound of raw winter squash equals about 4 cubed cups or 2 cups of puree. Puree the squash in a food processor, but do not let it get so smooth that it liquefies.

The puree is much more versatile than merely a base for soup or pie — even marmalade. The smooth squash can be frozen or canned.

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in early fall, and will provide the interesting flavors for this dish. If you use dried herbs, reduce the amount called for by one half.

4 servings 1 1/2 hours Bake at 350 3 cups baked, cubed winter squash 1 cup cooked barley- drained 1 cup cooked white beans -drained 2 cloves garlic minced 1 large onion, chopped 1 tablespoon sesame oil 2 tablespoons fresh minced savory 2 tablespoons chopped basil 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary Salt/white pepper 2 cups stock 1 cup grated cheddar or feta cheese In a large oven-proof pan, sauté the garlic and onion in the oil.

Stir in the squash, barley, beans, the herbs, salt and pepper.

Pour in the stock.

Top with the cheddar cheese.

Bake uncovered at 350 for 1 hour.

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4 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup milk 1 cup pureed winter squash 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 1 teaspoon each nutmeg, cayenne, salt 4 egg yolks 4 egg whites 1/4 cup Swiss cheese grated Make a roux by melting the butter and stirring in the flour. Cook over low heat until the roux is a light brown.

Stir in the milk and cook gently until the milk is thickened.

Stir in the squash and the seasonings. Cool slightly.

Beat the egg yolks until light yellow.

Beat the egg whites until stiff.

Stir the egg yolks into the squash mixture. Gently fold the beaten whites into the mixture.

Pour the soufflé into a parchment paper-lined soufflé pan, or an ovenproof dish that holds about a quart.

Sprinkle with the Swiss cheese.

Bake 35 minutes until the soufflé is lightly brown and firm.

Serve immediately. Winter squash goes especially well with baked pork chops.

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New arts space in an old place

By Susan Lagsdin This new community of artists is still a bit of a riddle.

What’s hidden in plain sight?

What’s ancient in tradition with a cutting-edge spin?

In the back of a building with almost a century of history, Warehouse 3 Design Centre is less than a year old. It’s smack dab in the middle of downtown but a little tricky to find. It’s an “arts incubator,” even though the artists are hatched and growing.

It’s a former dark, dank storage site that’s wide open and welcoming.

It’s often whisper-silent at its busiest, noisy when it’s not.

And, congruent with city zoning, if you’re looking at art in Warehouse 3, you can admire but can’t be a buyer. (Not yet, not there.)

The operator/manager of this almost-underground 7,000 square foot basement is André Gerspach. He’s a long-time resident (EHS ’95) now a confirmed Wenatchee-ite after trying out Seattle and its rainy weather a few times.

He’s always been attracted to the performing arts but only recently found satisfying time to develop Copper Hat Design,

Warren Bissonnette (in the foreground) and Terry Johnson share one large open studio and work here on clay sculptures. The space is just the right size for light banter or intense concentration.

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Last winter, André and his artist friend Terry Johnson were seeking a new studio area for their large and sometimes messy projects and chanced upon the former Wells and Wade building. The owner of the block-long structure, a Bellevue investor, seemed intrigued by a cooperative arts venture, and André took the leap.

“I’d never done anything like this before,” André said. Filling the basement with renters wasn’t a real-estate venture for him but an experiment in collaboration.

“It’s not really a commune; we’re kind of a mish-mash, ‘stray-dog’ artists. We take care of each other — sure, there are rules and people sign contracts, but there’s also a lot of trust.”

Renovation started last February with hard labor: 16-hour days of dump runs, scraping, scrubbing, repainting, installing equipment (kilns, shelving, production machinery), and building both half walls and secure spaces. Utilities existed

and amenities were rough but serviceable. And the monthly rent, meted out by pillar’swidths (as in, “They share a six-pillar space”) was eminently affordable.

One by one, tenants came forward. They heard, they saw, they moved in their gear, and now working artists — you can count 11 if they hold still — feel at home here, and they sell their artwork online or in local shops and galleries. The cavernous place, never intended to be prettied up, is now well-lighted, with rudimentary HVAC and working plumbing. What’s not to love?

André said. “At first it was just a few painters and potters, and then some musicians wanted a space… so I figured — why not?

Let’s open it up. Two big rooms next door in the north end of the warehouse block are also coming available for occupancy, and André is eyeing them as interest grows.

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A friend’s dog, Gemma Blue, joins André Gerspach on the loading dock of Warehouse 3. The building’s good bones and ample open space make it perfect for working artists, and André is pleased with the interest it has generated.

soon see a bright red enameled sliding door (circa 1890 from a local bank, said André) that leads into the major workspaces.

In the wide-open studio he gladly shares, Terry Johnson, whose lifelong arts career has transitioned from sign making to painting to pottery, moves

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easily between mediums. Surrounded by works in progress and various tools of the trade, he remains a mentor and an easy companion.

Warren Bissonnette, a barber/ haircutter for 40 years and a potter for 50, has his own kiln and worktables near Terry.

“Sometimes I’ll be painting when they’re practicing — it’s pretty good music; I’ll stop work and listen.”

Currently he creates tall, gracious and gargoyle-like animal vases, intricately tool-etched (a technique called “sgraffito”) and baked with specialized glazes and tints.

Around behind their wall, Adam Leonardini, a leatherworker at American Shoe Shop, has installed his own gear and workbenches to concentrate on his craft. Blake Bangs does commercial-scale screenprinting in another big room.

Painter Nik Penny, who as a teen worked in his teacher’s studio, transitioned to his mom’s garage and moved his art downtown. Although a painter’s dream is a wall of north windows, he likes Warehouse 3 because, he said, “It’s big, it’s cheap, and my stuff feels really secure. I trust the people here.”

He can also drop in easily between shifts at his two jobs.

The resident musicians are multi-instrumentalist Sheldon Douglas as well as a group (Tyler Burlingame, Connor McKay, Travis Wintler and Lynn Lyons) named Human Element that plays what Nik and André pinned down as “not quite alt rock.” They use a carpeted semiopen space with chairs, a couch and room to stash their equipment. “Sometimes I’ll be painting when they’re practicing — it’s pretty good music; I’ll stop work and listen,” said Nik. André said, “Right now a few more artists are interested in relocating here.” There’s room for more easels and benches tucked into corners, and open space can be cordoned off. A local theatre company is eyeing space for set construction and storage.

Warehouse 3 offers a few comforts of home. There’s a full-

time studio cat, Pompeii, who’s doubtless pleased with the hunting; and the “front porch,” the loading dock, is adorned with plants, including Warren’s kumquat tree. Tenants have keys and can come and go as they juggle their home and work schedules.

There have already been positive ripple effects from this serendipitous find — the big old space that was too large for one artist to hoard, but just right to share. André said neighboring business are pleased with the venture, which has provided a major clean-up and benign foot traffic in this back-alley site. It’s not gentrification in the exclusionary sense, more like highest and best use of the building.

Artists meet and talk to one another informally, and Nik said of the present company, “I can almost always have a meaningful conversation about art here, regardless of the medium.”

André hopes more projectbased collaboration, beyond conversation, can happen. (The open-wall concept helps; a hallway-with-cubicles concept vanished early in the remodel.)

Ideally, that collegial spirit between artists will expand into arts events with the public, perhaps readings, performances, installations and art shows, mentorships, classes, First Friday Art Walk tie-ins and more.

André has high hopes: “Picture a barbecue back here in the alley some day, with a band playing up on the dock and art all around…”

So, a couple of artists wander into a dark basement...

True to form, they create something out of nothing, using resources at hand and problemsolving at every turn, employing their skills and their passion in equal measure.

With the sweat equity and creativity of André and his cohorts, Warehouse 3 Design Centre — happily harboring its first members and welcoming more — hopes to be a vibrant partner in Wenatchee’s burgeoning arts community.

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fun stuff what to do around here for the next month NCW BLUES JAM, every second and fourth Monday. Riverside Pub. Sign up starts at 6:30 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m.

Wenatchee Paddle Club, every Tuesday, 9 a.m. open paddle, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 a.m. masters crew rowing, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. novice kayak paddle group, Saturdays, 7 a.m. masters crew rowing. Info: wenatcheepaddle.org.

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

Maps available for a marked 3 mile trail route. Run or walk. Participate 10 or more times and earn a run club tech tee. Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort. Info: sleepinglady.com.

The Walking Club, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Every Tuesday. Take the first step towards improving your health.

Hosted by Pybus Market, Columbia Valley Community Health and Worx Gym. Meet at Pybus Public Market.

Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org.

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

Leavenworth Community Farmers Market, every Thursday, 4 – 8 p.m. Local eggs, meats, cheeses and breads, produce, fruit, prepared foods, local crafts and more. Lions Club Park. Cost: free.

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.

Tread Lightly Fridays, noon. This concept is simple – as a business or employee, do something environmentally mindful each Friday. This could mean riding a bike to work, utilizing a self-container for takeouts, selling locally sourced foods, composting waste, or something else entirely. It can be as simple or

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complex as you like. This project, as part of the Our Valley What’s Next community visioning and development initiative, aims to help reduce the community’s carbon footprint while having fun at the same time.

Participating businesses and individuals will receive attention on the Tread Lightly Friday Facebook page.

There also will be classes held to educate businesses on how they can “tread lightly” and save money at the same time. Contact Tandi Canterbury with The Hunter’s Wife Health Bar at 509 264-7466 or tmcanterbury@gmail.com.

Game Night, every 4th Friday.

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

Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket. org.

Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market every Saturday 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. and every Thursday, 3 – 7 p.m. thru October. Stop by and explore the unique mix of vendors offering seasonal fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, one-of-a-kind artisan goods and tasty cuisine. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Pack Walks every Saturday, 9 a.m.

Loop trail behind Pybus market. All dogs must be on a leash and bring doggie waste bags. Cost: free. Info: wenatcheefido.org.

Hot Rodzz Espresso Saturday Night Cruise-Ins, every Saturday night, 4:30 p.m. Hot rods and motorcycles cruise on in. Check out the cars and motorcycles, $1 tacos.

Pybus Public Market parking lot.

Cooking Demo with Ruth Leslie, every last Saturday of the month. Ruth will cook with ingredients from the market. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Jam at the Crow, 7 – 10 p.m.

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

Wellington Town Site Tour, 10/1, 10 a.m. Meet at the Upper Valley Museum to share a ride up Stevens Pass. Narrated tour of the site of the 1910 tragic railroad disaster. Cost: $20 must RSVP. Info: uppervalleymuseum.org.

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AlphenFolk, 10/1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Music and folklore of the Alps with authentic instruments, singing and yodeling.

At the gazebo downtown Leavenworth.

Wenatchee Community Concert Association: Neave Trio, 10/1, 2 p.m. The Neave Trio has enjoyed tremendous international success in concert series and at festivals worldwide and has distinguished themselves as ambassadors of music to a wider audience through their innovative concert presentations. Wenatchee High School auditorium. Info: wenatcheeconcerts.org.

Icicle Creek Family Film Festival: Kedi, 10/1, 2 p.m. Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely.

This is a documentary of seven cats that will charm their way into your heart. At 1:30 p.m. meet some furry friends from the Wenatchee Valley Human Society and learn about the new Community Cats Program.

Numerica Performing Arts Center.

Cost: $10, $5 youth. Info: numericapac.org.

Wine and cheese pairing, 10/1, 5 p.m. Join the Pybus Cheese Shop, D’Olivo and Jones of Washington for an evening of Autumn delights.

Enjoy a flight of wines paired perfectly with your favorite fall flavors of cheeses, oil and vinegars, and other tasty treats. Pybus Public Market. Cost: $20. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Icicle Creek Family Film Festival: El Jeremias, 10/1, 5 p.m.

This 2015 Mexican comedy film is about a bright child, who after learning he’s a genius, struggles to succeed despite his family’s poverty and ignorance. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $10, $5 youth. Info: numericapac.org.

Environmental Film: Lost Homeland, 10/3, 7 p.m. A fun program on the history of the Methow tribe, the Columbia Reservation and the beautiful valley and river system that sustained indigenous hunter/gatherer populations for centuries presented by historian E. Richard Hart and biologist/musician Ken Bevis. Hart will use slides of newly discovered images featured in his book Lost Homeland,

while Bevis will perform original songs inspired by the beauty of the Methow Valley. Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Cost: $5 donation. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Coffee with a cop, 10/4, 1 -2 p.m. Café Columbia. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Early Morning Birding & ID Skills Building, 10/4, 7:30 a.m.

Come along with naturalist and Land Trust Conservation fellow Susan Ballinger on this low-key morning birding outing. Walla Walla Point Park. Info: susan@ cdlandtrust.org.

Evil Dead The Musical, 10/4, 7:30 p.m. This hilarious live stage show takes all the elements of the cult classic films, The Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness and combines them for one of the craziest theatrical experiences of all time.

Numerica Performing Arts Center.

Cost: $21-$35. Info: numericapac. org.

Flamenco Workshop, 10/5, 6 p.m. Join Encarnacion, Eric, and Jesus for a two hour Flamenco workshop for all abilities! Canyon Wren Recital Hall. Info: icicle.org.

Bonnie Birch Trio, 10/6, 13, 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Accordion music live at the gazebo downtown Leavenworth. Cost: free.

Wings and Wheels, 10/6-8. Car show, vendors, entertainment, carnival at Eastmont Community Park, helicopter rides and air show at Pangborn Airport. Info: 886-6108.

Fall Family Day Hikes – Our Wild Foothills, 10/6, 3:30 p.m.

Join the Land Trust at Saddle Rock Trailhead for weekly kid-focused hikes. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Oktoberfest, 10/6, 13, 6 p.m. – 2 a.m. 10/7, 14, noon – 2 a.m. Live music, German food, arts and crafts, activities for the whole family, and beer. Downtown Leavenworth. Info: leavenworthoktoberest. com.

First Friday events include: *Two Rivers Art Gallery, 10/6, 5 – 8 p.m. Featuring Lynn Wright Brown. The gallery will present a whole new show by over 50 local and regional artists. Music by Connie Celustka on hammered dulcimer. Wines by Ryan Patrick Winery.

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

Info: 2riversgallery.com. *Tumbleweed Bead Co., 10/6,

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5-7 p.m. Refreshments served. 105 Palouse St. Cost: free. Info: tumbleweedbeadco.com. *Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 10/6, 5.

– 8 p.m. Light refreshments. Info: Wenatchee.org. *Robert Graves Gallery, WVCollege, 10/6, 5 - 7 p.m. Tom McClelland will show his sculptures and illustrations through Oct 19.

Refreshments and artist talk at 6 p.m. Cost: free.

Seth Garrido, 10/6, 7 p.m. Live performance on the railcar. Pybus Public Market. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Eric and Encarnacion’s Flamenco de Raiz, 10/6, 7 p.m. An intimate evening of passion and soul with special guest Jesus Montoya. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $22 or $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Lake Chelan Crush, 10/7-8, all day. Come taste, stomp and dance.

Watch the grapes tumble through the press and taste the raw juice it produces. Info: lakechelan.com.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s, 10/7, 8 a.m. Pybus Public Market. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Saddle Rock hike with Sen. Brad Hawkins, 10/7, 9 a.m. Walk with our state senator up Saddle Rock. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Knight Fright Ride and Run, 10/7, 10 a.m. Wear costumes, prizes awarded for a 5 k run/walk or bike ride. Proceeds to benefit students in need. Walla Walla Point Park. Info: wvc.edu/alumni.

The Met: Live in HD – Norma, 10/7, 9:55 a.m. This new production of Bellini’s masterpiece stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans Snowy Owl Theater. Info: icicle.org.

Apple Label Swap Meet, 10/7, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Cost: free. Info: wenatcheevalleymuseum.org.

Whiskey River, 10/7, 3 – 6 p.m.

Live performance at Benson Vineyards Estate Winery, Manson. Info: bensonvineyards.com.

Death and the Maiden, 10/7, 6:30 p.m. pre concert talk, 7 p.m. concert. Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra live performance.

Numercia Performing Arts Center.

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Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon from river to table, 10/11, 7 p.m. Langdon Cook goes in search of the salmon in Upstream, his timely and in-depth look at how these beloved fish have nourished humankind through the ages and why their destiny is so closely tied to our own. Wenatchee River Institute, Leavenworth.

Mowgli, 10/11, 7:30 p.m. Eugene Ballet Company presents this mind blowing live performance of dancers and puppeteers as Mowgli befriends and grows up with Baloo the Bear. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Info: numericapac.org.

Citizen Science: eBird Monitoring, 10/12, 11/9. 8 a.m. – noon.

Would you like to spend a weekday morning hiking, viewing wildlife, wildflowers and snow-capped mountains while being part of a small team collecting bird species data? Mountain Home Preserve.

10/19, 8 a.m. – noon Horse Lake Reserve. Contact Susan Ballinger @ susan@cdlandtrust.org.

Monthly movie on the big screen: The Never Ending Story, 10/12, 7:30 p.m. Numercia Performing Arts Center. Cost: $3.

Info: numericapac.org.

Twelve Angry Men, 10/12-14, 1921, 26-28, 7:30 p.m. 10/22, 2 p.m.

Music Theatre of Wenatchee’s live performance. Riverside Playhouse.

Info: mtown.org.

Trails in Motion Film Festival, 10/13, 7 p.m. Nine films. Each film offers an exciting and inspirational view into the world of trail and ultra-running, all the while showcasing some of the planet’s most breathtaking trail running destinations in the process. A fundraiser for Wenatchee Valley Tread, a regional trails organization. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $15 or $17 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Paul Hessburg and Neal Hedges enjoy glassy paddling conditions on Red Rock Lake near trip’s beginning. The lake is one of several that the Coppermine River flows in and out of.

24 days of paddling to reach the Arctic Ocean Environmental Film and Lecture series: Coppermine River Trip, 10/17/2017, 7 pm, Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, $5 donation. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

In late July of 2016, four men from Wenatchee pushed off from the shore of Point Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territory and launched down the Coppermine River. After 24 days of paddling, the four reached their destination, the Arctic Ocean and the Inuit village of Kugluktuk.

Andy Dappen, Neal Hedges, Paul Hessburg and Robbie Scott give a presentation about their 350-mile canoe trip in the Canadian Arctic. The cowboy poetry of Paul Hessburg forms the verbal skeleton of the presentation while photos of these lonely lands flesh out the words.

Neal Hedges tries on a moose antler for size and finds the added 15 pounds cumbersome.

Pybus Photography Competition and Show, 10/14, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. 10/15, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

The Lucky Break Boys, 10/13, 7 p.m. Live performance on the railcar. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Oktoberfest Trail Runs, 10/14, 10-mile, 5-mile and kids race.

Wenatchee National Forest lands.

Start and finish at Leavenworth Ski Hill facility. Info: runwenatchee. com/event/oktoberfesttrailruns.

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Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Info: wenatcheevalleymsuem.org/our-events or 888-6240.

Point Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territory and launched down the Coppermine River. After 24 days of paddling, the four reached their destination, the Arctic Ocean and the Inuit village of Kugluktuk.

Andy Dappen, Neal Hedges, Paul Hessburg and Robbie Scott give a presentation about their 350-mile canoe trip in the Canadian Arctic, complete with photos and poetry.

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. Cost: $5 donation.

Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Citizen Science: eBird Monitoring, 10/19, 11/16, 6 a.m. Would you like to spend a weekday morning hiking, viewing wildlife, wildflowers and snow-capped mountains while being part of a small team collecting bird species data? Horse Lake Reserve. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Historical Walking Tour: Railroad/Mill Walk, 10/14, 10 a.m. Two hour walk. Upper Valley Historical Museum Leavenworth.

Info: 548-0728.

Beyond the orange doors, 10/19, noon - 1 p.m. Take a short 50 minute lunch break and see what goes on behind the YWCA’s iconic orange double doors. Light lunch and refreshments provided and learn what YWCA is all about.

RSVP: info@ywcancw.org or 6623531 ext. 118.

Larry Murante, 10/14, 3 – 6 p.m.

Live performance at Benson Vineyards Estate Winery, Manson. Info: bensonvineyards.com.

Norman Baker, 10/20, 7 p.m. Live performance on the railcar. Pybus Public Market. Cost: free. Info: pybuspublicmarket.org.

Volta Piano Trio, 10/14, 7 p.m.

Formerly known as the Icicle Creek Piano Trio, the Volta Piano Trio has established itself as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier chamber ensembles. Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth. Cost: $22 or $24 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Autumn Community Cider Squeeze, 10/21, noon – 3 p.m.

Lawn games, sample hot cider and enjoy a smore. Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth. Cost: free. Info: wenatcheeriverintitutue.org.

Fall Harvest Roundup, 10/15, 1 – 4 p.m. Rocky Reach Dam. Environmental Film and Lecture series: Coppermine River Trip, 10/17, 7 p.m. In late July of 2016, four men from Wenatchee pushed off from the shore of

Chelan Chase, 10/21. 5k run. Riverwalk Park in Chelan. Info: chelanchase.com Makerfaire, 10/21, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Part science fair, part county fair and part something entirely new. Family-friendly showcase of inventions, crafters, educators, tinkerers, food artisans, hobbyists,

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Wenatchee Convention Center.

Info: Wenatchee.makerfaire.com.

The Met: Live in HD – Die Zauberflote, 10/21, 9:55 a.m. Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length, German version of Mozart’s magical fable, seen in Julie Taymor’s spectacular production, which captures both the opera’s earthy comedy and its noble mysticism. Snowy Owl Theater. Info: icicle.org.

TGR: Rogue Elements, 10/21, 5:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. An adventure film filled with fury and glory and witness the unimaginable whims of Mother Nature. Presents by REI. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $14 or $16 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

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JEFF SCROGGINS & COLORADO, 10/21, 7:30 p.m. Cashmere Community Concerts. “High energy, high mountain, bluegrass explosion,” with powerful vocals, tight harmonies and musicianship. CCC at Cashmere Riverside Center.

Cost: $3 at the door and pass the hat $8-$11. Info: cashmereconcerts. com Write on the River Retreat, 10/22 -25. Join a fellowship of writers for four days of uninterrupted writing with as much solitude of camaraderie as you like, in a private lodge surrounded by quiet, riverfront beauty and supported by companions who are also working on their writing. JR’s Riverfront Retreat, Leavenworth. Info: writeontheriver.org.

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or power, 10/26, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Cameras follow Al Gore behind the scenes — in moments both private and public, funny and poignant — as he pursues the inspirational idea that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.

Featuring a live streamed interview with Al at 3:45 p.m. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $12 or $14 at the door. Info: icicle.org.

Horticulture series: Cultivating resilient communities, 10/26, 8:30 a.m. – noon. This program will cover strategies for landscape scale urban tree management. Confluence Technology Center. Cost: free. Info: dnrtreelink. wordpress.com/2017.

Earth’s Dinosaur Zoo live, 10/27, 7:30 p.m. Meet and interact with an eye-popping collection of amazingly life-like dinosaurs and other creatures presented in a theatrical performance that will thrill and entertain kids. Numerica Performing Arts Center. Cost: $9$35. Info: numericapac.org.

Make a difference day, 10/28.

Submit project ideas, list your planned activities or learn how you can participate. Info: Laurel Helton, 663-6662 or Margie Kerr, 6705684, or www.wenatcheemkdd. com.

Make a Difference day: Restoration Planting, 10/28, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Help plant 2,000 sagebrush seedlings as part of an on going fire recovery effort at Horse Lake Reserve. Info: cdlandtrust.org.

Make A Difference day, 10/28, 9 a.m. – noon. Be a part of a national event and help spruce up the Barn at the Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth. Meet in the parking lot. Info: wenatcheeriverinstitute.org.

Interfaith Amigos Workshop, 10/28, 3 p.m. A 90-minute workshop with Interfaith Amigos Imam Jamal Rahman, Pastor Dave Brown and Rabbi Ted Falcon. With their willingness to openly address the usual taboos of interfaith dialogue — the awkward parts of each tradition — the Interfaith Amigos create a more authentic conversation, between themselves and with their audiences. Canyon Wren Recital Hall, Leavenworth. Cost: $15. Info: icicle.org.

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Dreamer, determined Philip Miller — irrigator and rancher Editor’s note: This story is the first of a series of Bio sketches on prominent early settlers in the valley.

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he man crossing the Wenatchee Flat on the big mule in the spring of 1872 was Philip Miller.

He was 37, a native of Bavaria who had immigrated to Pennsylvania where his three brothers and families lived. He stayed there long enough to learn carpentry but he had big dreams.

He would go west and find land, about 1,000 acres he thought.

Philip Miller was possessed of great strength, determination and an appetite for hard

After the war he moved on to take up prospecting in Montana’s Confederate Gulch.

When he left there in 1870 he had $5,000 in his pocket work. He would need them all to change his dreams to reality.

His first stop on his westerly migration was Missouri.

The Civil War was starting as he arrived and he enlisted in the Union Army. He fought in

Five minutes of Fame, 10/28, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Sun Mountain Lodge in Winthrop will give half off your room for the weekend, plus complimentary dessert Saturday night and continental breakfast Sunday morning. Sign up by Oct. 20: info@writeontheriver.org; reserve a room by Oct. 15: sunmountainlodge.com.

Interfaith Amigos, 10/28, 7 p.m.

Interfaith dialogue for challenging times. Snowy Owl Theater. Cost: $18 or $20 at the door. Info: icicle. org.

YWCA presents Hallow-Queens Drag Show, 10/28, 8 p.m. A fun Halloween themed drag evening.

Numerica Performing Arts Center.

Cost: $25. Info: numericapac.org.

Trick or Treat on the Ave, 10/31, 3 – 5 p.m. Bring your super heroes and ghosts and goblins downtown Wenatchee for treats.

Free Halloween Photos, 10/31, 4:30 p.m. Bring your super hero’s and goblins to Mike West Leavenworth Realty for free photos.

Wenatchee Riverfront Railway Halloween Run, 10/31, 5-8 p.m.

Ride the mini train. 155 N. Worthen, east end of the railroad pedestrian bridge. Cost $2.

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several major battles including the battle of Shilo.

After the war he moved on to take up prospecting in Montana’s Confederate Gulch. When he left there in 1870 he had $5,000 in his pocket from his gold panning labors. That would fund his dreams.

Miller moved on to the Kittitas Valley where he homesteaded 160 acres but after only a year or so he knew he still wasn’t in the right place. In the spring of 1872 he set out to follow the Columbia River north in search of gold.

What Philip Miller found was more than gold — it was his

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dream.

He came upon the Wenatchee Flat, a great, farmable swath of land free for the taking. There were Indians, not a lot and most of their villages were up the Wenatchee River Valley.

A trading post owned by Jack Ingram and John McBride, as well as their homestead claims, were down near the mouth of the Wenatchee River. There was only one other homestead claim on all the rest of the flat.

A young couple, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, were living in a tent below the Squaw Saddle rocks.

They had bought the land from John McBride in the summer of 1871. It had been a difficult winter and when Philip Miller rode up on his mule the Perkins were ready to “trudge, pack and be gone.”

Miller paid only a few hundred dollars for the Perkins’ squatter’s

“...thinking it was cider, I had no sooner swallowed the glassful he had handed me when I began to feel my hair raising and was experiencing several other strange sensations.” rights. But along with the rights to the land he got a bonus, an unfinished ditch designed to bring irrigation water from Squilchuck Creek to his new fields.

Miller began the arduous jobs of clearing land, working on the ditch with the help of Indian labor and building a one room, log cabin with a fireplace of rocks picked from his own fields. The cabin was floored with scavenged pine boards from abandoned sluice boxes. The boards were worn smooth by gravel and water except for the rock hard knots that stuck up from the new floor.

When Miller had cleared three acres and finished the ditch he planted 2.5 acres in peaches along with five apple and two plum trees.

The original ditch provided water for 100 acres but that would not be enough to irrigate all his dreams. He began acquiring adjacent acreage. He may have purchased additional squatter’s rights from John McBride before McBride left the valley or he might have made additional homestead claims himself.

His final land acquisition was a 640-acre desert claim that could be proved up by bringing irrigation water to the land.

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Pennsylvania to come to this new paradise. He extolled on the beauty and productivity of his new home.

His letters never stopped and in 1880 the first of his nephews, George J. arrived. Eventually eight nephews, followed later by seven nieces and his brother, John, joined him.

Nephew Jake, a carpenter, brought his tools when he came in 1887. He found George J., his brother Joe and his uncle John all living in Philip’s cabin. Like all the other nephews before and after him, Jake went to work on Uncle Philip’s ranch and slept on the cabin floor, knots and all.

Jake recalled that when he arrived Philip had eight acres of peach trees, eight acres of apples, some plum and pear trees, five acres of grapes, a small field of Timothy hay and a growing herd of cattle.

Since the market for fresh fruit was small to none, Philip Miller obtained a government license to distill brandy and make wine.

Jake, the carpenter, went to work immediately constructing a wine cellar 80 feet deep into a hillside. The cellar was 30 feet wide and 13 feet high. In later years the cellar became a cool meeting place for community gatherings on hot summer days.

The next project the nephews took on was enlarging the irrigation ditch to water more land.

Philip eventually obtained from Kittitas County Superior Court the first rights to 320 miner’s inches of water from Squilchuck Creek. Five nephews, brother John and Philip hand shoveled and built headgates.

The expanded ditch, finished by 1890, irrigated 460 acres including 40 acres of grapes and orchards along with 200 acres of alfalfa. By the late 1890s the ranch was producing 5,000 to 6,000 boxes of fruit and 1,000 tons of hay annually.

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of what the dry soil could do with irrigation water. Newcomers to the valley were all taken up to the ranch to see that proof.

Philip was a liberal host. After a tour of the ranch, visitors were invited to the wine cellar. John Gellatly with his family arrived in Wenatchee on their way to settle in Waterville. John was taken on the tour and consequently never made it to Waterville. He recounted his visit to the wine cellar in his book, A History of Wenatchee.

“When our group entered, he (Miller) poured out a glass for each guest and as I had not been put wise to the pungent nature of his product, and thinking it was cider, I had no sooner swallowed the glassful he had handed me when I began to feel my hair raising and was experiencing several other strange sensations.

“I asked Mr. Miller what the glass contained… he replied that it was seven-year-old Peach Brandy. Having come from a community where any kind of intoxicating beverage was taboo, I found myself in an embarrassing predicament for a newcomer to the valley. Fortunately, however, the glass was not oversize and in due time the spell wore off.”

Philip Miller was considered Wenatchee’s outstanding citizen and ambassador for the valley and its potential.

In 1892 when the Great Northern arrived Philip Miller was chosen, along with Sam Miller, to drive the silver spike.

By 1908 Miller had sold all of his land and holdings and retired to Seattle.

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

Trials of technology }}} Continued from page 42 hosted on your smart phone for your smart watch. It has been requested by our admins for you to check to see if, in your watch’s portal, if step records are hosted by your watch or not.

“If this is the case, the way to resolve the issue is to decide whom you wish to be the step count host for your watch. If you do not want us to be the step count host you can put in a work order to have the step count records removed and leave it up to your watch to be the step count host. Once complete you’ll need to re-initialize the TCP-IP stack on your watch and probably your smart phone to be safe.”

Was this some type of helpdesk incantation? Of course it was. So, my only real course of action was to ignore the whole step count host thing and just write down my step counts as soon as they were counted on something we used to call… paper. In my almost 59 years on this earth, I’ve never seen paper crash.

The other thing I must relate is what happened to my cousin Fred. Cousin Fred prides himself on keeping up on technology even more than I do. I should also mention that he is single and often travels for work.

A while back he had bought an Amazon Echo, which he used a lot. He also just bought a new “smart refrigerator.”

It was delivered later than he expected so per the website, he quickly programmed it with the items he normally stocks and off he went on another business trip for two weeks.

It seems that the smart refrigerator and his Echo had quite a conversation while he was gone…

Every half hour the refrigerator announced that, “We need a gallon of milk.”

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Now, I do make my living using computers, but even I have to wonder, when we have to start re-booting our rear-view mirrors, we’re being lied to by our smart phones and smart watches, and run the risk of hundreds of gallons of milk rotting on our lawns, perhaps, just perhaps, we might have taken our infatuation with technology just a little too far?

Addendum: In case you have any doubt left about what I said above, let me relate what happened last night.

I picked up the mail on the way home. In the mail was a package from Amazon. Funny, I thought everything I had ordered had arrived, but on the label it had my name and address.

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The trials and tribulations of technology (Build 2017A), Version 6.25, Beta Version

By G. Wayne Hawks

One day recently I got into

my 2016 automobile and drove from Wenatchee to Yakima.

When I left the sun had gone down, but it wasn’t dark yet. After it got dark I noticed my selfdimming mirror was not, well, dimming itself. I was curious why it wasn’t working and had wondered for a while and then I had a flash of insight.

Maybe when I started the car, the mirror set an ambient light level and from that point, the light hitting the light sensor in the mirror would have to be brighter than that brightness level for the mirror to self-dim?

I looked more closely at the mirror and there, as I suspected, was a power button. I waited until a car was not close behind me, turned it off, waited a moment, and turned it back on.

Sure enough, the next car behind me caused the mirror to self-dim.

Then, I began to notice some other things…

I’ve been re-reading the book 1984. In that book, the central character Winston knows that when he goes into the woods, there’s a good chance there might be a microphone planted nearby, paid for by his govern-

ment. Now in 2017 however, we carry around the microphones (in our smart phones), which we pay for!

Being a computer whiz, I bought a smart watch. It counts steps and sends the counts to my smart phone.

I was really able to rack up some steps on my watch and my smart phone in mid-June when a great longtime friend, Dan Gaab, and I went backpacking along Ingall’s Creek, near Peshastin. We hiked mostly uphill four miles on a Friday night, set up camp, and then the next day hiked a lot.

When we got back to the parking lot, my smart watch showed 22,663 steps for the day, which I

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My lying smart phone had now spread its lies to my watch. So, i called up the manufacturer... proudly showed to Dan. When I got home, and was finally able to move enough to get out of Dan’s pickup, I went inside and proudly turned on my new smart phone. Looking at the watch’s app on the smart phone screen, it showed I had only walked 17,976 steps. Umm, what?

I believe that when my smart watch told my smart phone the 22,663 steps it said, “No way. I’ve got this guy’s step count history and there’s no way that lazy guy went THAT far!”

But the worst part is that the following Monday my smart watch started to believe my smart phone! In its history it switched from the 22,663 down to 17,976 steps!

Well, that was too much.

My lying smart phone had now spread its lies to my watch.

So, I called up the manufacturer of my smart phone. But, every time I finally got through the automated answering system, and finally got to talk to a real

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I would just start to tell them what’s wrong and my phone would play Wayne and Linda that new ring have lived in tone I bought and around the that sounded Wenatchee area for the last 17 years. a lot like my He works for ConMom going fluence Health as a “tsk-tsk” and financial analyst. then it would hang up…

So, I finally called them from work. I used the regular telephone, which we now call a “land-line”. (Boss, it was a tollfree number and I called on my break. Honest.)

I was finally able to fully explain my problem to them.

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