Foothills Magazine Mar-Apr 2015

WENATCHEE ◆ LEAVENWORTH ◆ CHELAN ◆ AND ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON

OOTHILLS March-April 2015

PHOTO

CONTEST WINNERS Region’s beauty, creativity in pictures

Inside It’s happy hour

Week’s worth of drinks, food, fun

Aerial silks

Beauty and grace in the air

EDITOR’S LETTER

Finding the right mix A

bout once a month, I get asked “How do you come up with the stories for Foothills?”

That question represents the biggest challenge of putting out each issue — what is the right mix of stories that will interest readers from the cover to the back page?

Obviously there has to be variety in that mix, both in terms of topic and images.

Each issue includes a home story and a wine story. With a young wine industry in our region, every winery has a unique backstory. We’re not talking about third- and fourth-generation wine families. Instead, we write about people who have turned to wine as a second or even third career.

In terms of home stories, every home has a unique personality. The same can be said about its owners.

Beyond the staple stories, I rely heavily on the ideas of a diverse and talented group of freelance writers and photographers. About every two months, I sit down for a one-on-one conversation (or a string of email messages) with the writers to talk stories. Nearly all of their ideas are great. Not all of them are right for Foothills, though. Together, we identify the stories that will fill the next issue, as well as some that we will work on for later in the year.

I’m a big believer in diversity — the more types of stories and people in Foothills, the better. That’s where you come in. Email me the story ideas and topics you want to see in this magazine. I will always listen.

The story mix in this issue includes a photo spread featuring the top snapshots from our recent photo contest, a Mary Resk story on her picks for the area’s best happy hours, a Kaylin Bettinger piece on the growing popularity of aerial silks as an exercise form and a story I wrote about The Sidecar Lounge, the craft cocktail bar that owners Pete and Sarah Lolos opened recently in downtown Wenatchee.

I hope you enjoy thumbing through the pages as much as I enjoyed my role of piecing it all together.

Marco Martinez, editor foothills@wenatcheworld.com

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Aerial silks take strength, grace

Picture perfect

This year’s winning photographs

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Wine with a history

Class in a glass

Slow down at the Sidecar Lounge

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Get up & go

EDITION

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Big flap in Othello Join us, please, as we squawk with joy.

Every year, Northwest bird, rock and history fans flock to Othello’s Sandhill Crane Festival, generally regarded as one of the state’s must-see natural spectacles.

In fact, there’s nothing like a thousand cranes lifting from a cornfield, each trumpeting that it’s airborne, to transform a mess of frenzied, know-it-all birders into slack-jawed gawkers. (Finally, a legitimate use of the word “awesome.”)

Even better, the three-day festival is loaded with free and low-cost lectures and tours that explain bird behavior, migration patterns, shrub-steppe fauna and flora, the Glacial Lake Missoula floods and nearby Channeled Scablands. March 27-29. Find schedule and registration info at othellosandhillcranefestival.org.

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That dam tour

The immensity of Grand Coulee Dam is at its most impressive when you try to spit off the top. Ptooey! There plummets your contribution — going, going, gone — to Northwest hydropower.

Since 9/11, of course, access to the tippy-top spillway has been severely curtailed. But don’t fret … tours of the dam, including a shuttle ride from its watery base to upper blacktop, start April 1. You’ll want to be aboard for the free, 45- to 55-minute guided tour that includes a look at the pump-generator plant (below the water line) and ends 550 feet up on the structure’s 30-foot-wide crest.

Tours start at the Arrival Center (not the Visitors Center) and run at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. For more info, call (509) 633-9265 or visit grandcouleedam.com.

FAST FIVE

BY MIKE IRWIN

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Be at Beebe

If you like your hiking civilized (benches, bathrooms, burgers nearby), there are no better trails than the loops at the 200-acre Beebe Springs Natural Area on the Columbia River east of Chelan. The asphalt and crushed-rock paths meander at river level through rolling meadows that surround redeveloped salmon habitat fed by gushing, grasslined creeks. Artwork and info signs supplement the wildlife (birds, fish, reptiles, marmots).

Higher up, trails zig-zag to the top of rocky cliffs to provide great views of the river, Beebe Bridge and the Chelan Fish Hatchery down below.

Nearest burger? Four miles west at the Apple Cup Cafe. For more info, visit http://ow.ly/I2d9u.

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Sun watch

What time is it? Clearly, it’s time to head for Soap Lake to view what local residents insist is the world’s largest human-shaped sundial. Labeled “Calling the Healing Waters,” the bronze statue of a Native American couple stands 15-feet-high and sits at the center of a 45-foot-diameter dial plate. The warrior’s outstretched arm (flanked with metal feathers) stretches 20 feet to serve as the sundial’s gnomon, the device’s shadow-casting pointer. The thing actually works, too, as long as your appointment times stay a little bit fuzzy. Best of all, the statue marks the south end of the mineral lake as a site where local tribes gathered for centuries to take a frothy dip. For more info, visit soaplakeforlocals.com. (Photo by Ralph Allen).

Fishing for salmon facts

It’s good to know the life-cycle of that grilled salmon dinner you love so much. If you imagine it all beginning at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery (we think they keep lemon-herb butter sauce warming on the stove), then you’ll jump to take their free, self-guided hatchery tour. It’s the perfect way to learn about spring Chinook salmon, birth to barbecue, and view thousands of the little guys in raceways and ponds. Signs and placards along the tour route offer helpful explanations, but visitors are also encouraged to lob questions at hatchery employees. The visitor center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekends.

Park outside the main gate to stroll the hatchery and nature trail. For info, visit fws.gov/leavenworth/index.cfm.

INSIDE HOME

Father, grandfather and carpenter Scott Isaacson holds his grandsons Kaleb, 6, and Ryan, 4 1/2, on the stairway he designed and then built for his daughter, Jill Thayer. With them are Jill’s husband, Glenn, and the Thayers’ other son, Spencer, 18 months.

STORY BY DEE RIGGS PHOTOS BY DON SEABROOK

Built for a

family W

hen Jill Thayer hired a builder for her 3,800square foot home in Sunnyslope, she had no worries about quality.

The builder was her father, Scott Isaacson. He’s been building houses in the Wenatchee area since 1986.

“At our previous house, things were done at a bare minimum, like there would be one light in a room — but not this house,” she said. “A lot of love and good, quality building went into it. Dad did everything to a really high standard.”

Among the highlights are slate in the foyer, rock-fronted pillars in the outside entry and a very special window off the second-floor landing that offers a picture-perfect view of the city and the Columbia River.

“My worker and I, we took a lot of time positioning that window so it would be just right,” Scott said.

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Above: Glenn and Jill Thayer’s home is seen in the upper left of this photograph, overlooking the Columbia River and East Wenatchee. Her father, Scott Isaacson, built the home a year ago near West Rolling Hills Drive and Knowles Road. Below: The front pillars were meticulously designed by Jill Thayer.

Jill and her husband, Glenn, moved into the house in October 2013. They wanted it to be a familyoriented house for their three sons, ages 18 months, 4 1/2 and 6.

To that end, Jill put her husband to work, painting large stripes on the kids’ bedroom walls.

“That was Glenn’s labor of love for his wife,” Isaacson said.

Jill was also adamant that she wanted an open arrangement on the main floor, so that guests would feel connected to each other, no matter which room they were in. That led to a minor argument between father and daughter about the lack of wall space in the kitchen.

Scott said he didn’t like the idea until after he’d left the opening and the kitchen and dining room were finished.

“Then, I could see what she was trying to do,” he said, “and it works.”

Scott said he was worried about the lack of room for kitchen cabinets, but they worked through

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“She had everything picked out and didn’t really waver from that. When changes had to be made, she made quick decisions.”

SCOTT ISAACSON Jill Thayer’s father and builder

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Above: Scott Isaacson plays with his grandsons Kaleb and Ryan in a playroom in the house he built for his daughter, Jill Thayer. Jill’s husband, Glenn, did all of the paint work inside and outside. Left: Personalized touches were added to the bedroom, shared by Ryan Thayer and his brother, Kaleb.

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that problem.

“And I still have cabinets I’m not using yet,” Jill added.

Key elements of the house are views.

From the kitchen and family room, the Cascades loom large. From the living room, the family takes in the city and the Columbia River.

Before deciding on a house plan, Jill, Glenn and Scott gave lots of thought to the wind. It blows hard and often from the west, so they built only a small patio on that side of the house but put a larger one on the south side. The house juts out on either side of that space, offering good wind protection.

The five-bedroom house sits on a half acre, which gives the kids lots of room to play.

Other than the argument over the opening between the kitchen and dining room, Jill and Scott say they worked together well.

“It was great,” Scott said. “She’s a lot more organized than me. She had everything picked out and didn’t really waver from that. When changes had to be made, she made quick decisions.”

“My biggest thing was not bugging him too much,” Jill said.

Not only did father and daughter work on the house, but Glenn pitched in as well, painting the outside of the house and those time-consuming stripes in the kids’ rooms.

“He’s a really good learner, and he’s a hard worker,” Scott said.

A favorite room for Glenn is the garage. Its 1,300-square feet includes room for a work space. “It has fluorescent lights, and it’s super bright in there and has a heater,” he said.

Scott is quick to note that he did not build the house for free but his daughter did get a good deal.

“I figured pay for eight-hour days, but I worked long hours and weekends,” he said. He also didn’t mark up any product.

Scott also has two other grown children, but he’s not too concerned that they’ll be asking for him to build a house, too.

Neither of them lives in the area so “we’ll have to see,” Scott said. “It would be fun to do, but only if Jill is involved — she’s the organized one.” F

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NCW NIGHT LIFE

STORY BY M.K. RESK PHOTOS BY GINA MORTON

The

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Shakti’s is martini central, with the Lemon Drop version, front, and the Scarlet Pometini version two popular options.

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ith spring within

easy reach, it’s time to move beyond winter’s gloomy mood. If you need

Tastebuds Fondue is served with garlic bread, apple slices, grapes, rosemary potatoes, Italian breadsticks. And you’ll find it special-priced during happy hour.

a festive pickme-up (or seven), here’s a weekly guide to some of North Central Washington’s best happy hours.

Monday On Monday, head to Lulu’s Kitchen in East Wenatchee. From 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. today (and every day but Sunday), Chef Kitos and his crew offer half-priced appetizers and specials on beer and wine, including a cocktail of the day. Employee Val Bills recommends their biggest sellers: potstickers, crabcakes and coconut shrimp. They also offer seasonal fresh fruit martinis, like apple and pear. Also noteworthy but not technically a happy hour, their Sunday morning Make Your Own Bloody Mary Bar is worth a try.

You won’t find a more inviting locale than Tastebuds for drinks and eats. It’s a casual but classy environment for your next happy hour excursion.

All of the Ay Caramba, Tres Amigos appetizers are $1 off during happy hour, including the giant La Pachanga Platter shown here by waitress Yasmin Amezcua.

Tuesday On Tuesday, sample the zesty flavors of Ay Caramba, Tres Amigos on North Wenatchee Avenue. During the week from 4 to 6 p.m., all appetizers are $1 off, house margaritas are $4.50, and draught beers are $2.75. Their

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tasty appetizers are perfect for sharing.

Enjoy the La Pachanga Platter (nachos, quesadillas, chicken taquitos and all the fixings), Mexican Pizza, or Camarones al Jugo (shelled prawns sautĂŠed with lime, crushed peppers and seasonings along with avocado and tomatoes).

Happy hour is something to crow about at Ay Caramba, Tres Amigos in Wenatchee.

Star light, star bright. The decorations at Ay Caramba, Tres Amigos add to the festive atmosphere.

It’s hard to say no to a margarita, especially during happy hour when they cost only $4.50 at Ay Caramba, Tres Amigos.

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Miguel Ramos cooks up Tastebuds’ tasty eats, including the popular Tastebuds Fondue and the recently added Bistecca Bites (held by Ramos) and Salmon Fish Tacos.

Wednesday

Thursday

On Wednesday, stop in at nearby Tastebuds. Their popular happy hour takes place weekdays from 2 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from opening to 6 p.m. They offer $3 draught beers, $5 wine pours, $5 off selected appetizers, $2 off well drinks and $3 off pizzas.

Wenatchee’s Linda Holmes-Cook enjoys the fondue, smoked salmon and brie appetizers. She also likes their live music on Wednesdays. She describes the atmosphere as “kind of like Cheers.

It’s a nice spot and their servers seem to recognize their regulars and know what they like to drink.”

On Thursday, it’s “locals night” at Local Myth Pizza in Chelan.”

Jennifer Polley of Chelan recommends it highly. “Happy hour at Local Myth is very casual. There is usually live music and you get $1 off drinks. In addition to their regular menu, they are now offering some yummy flatbread appetizers,” she says. If pizza and flatbread are not your thing, try the antipasto plate. It won’t disappoint.

Also, their list of mostly local wines is long and impressive.

In the mood for a top-notch Bloody Mary? Stop by Tastebuds.

Friday On Friday, don’t miss happy hour at South. Food and drink specials vary seasonally at South’s Leavenworth and Wenatchee locations. The fun takes place 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Leavenworth and 4 to 5 p.m. in Wenatchee. If you’re in Leavenworth, check back later in the evening because that location has been known to extend its happy hour into the wee hours. Their tiny tacos, lime-garlic green beans, and salsa bar make South one of the yummiest places around. Wash the spiciness down with a South Daisy house margarita or homemade fruit soda.

Saturday On Saturday, go to the awesome 4 to 6 p.m. happy hour at Shakti’s. You’ll find 50 percent off appetizers. There are also wine, beer and cocktail discounts, and more. Check their website — shaktisfinedining.com — for other weekly rotating happy hour specials.

Alicia McRae of Wenatchee says, “Shakti’s serves the best vodka martini in town! They’re made just the way I like them, with little shards of ice in a frosted glass. No olives for me!” She recommends pairing the killer martinis with Warm Gruyere Artichoke Gratin and an extra basket of ciabatta bread.

Sunday Shakti’s garden area is Wenatchee’s best-kept secret. During good weather, it is arguably the area’s best dining spot.

On Sunday, Garlini’s is the happiest place in town. While they offer specials weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m., Sunday’s specials extend all day, making it a very happy day, indeed! Specials include $1 off draught beers, well drinks and house wines, and half-off selected appetizers and margherita pizzas. Check their website — garlinisrestaurant.com — to find other happy hour specials each week, such as Ladies’ Night and Man Date Night.

You’ll find the delicious Pacific Coast Crab Croquettes on Shakti’s appetizer menu, with a special happy hour price.

Where to get happy Lulu’s Kitchen 888-9690, 595 Grant Road, Suite 6, East Wenatchee Ay Caramba, Tres Amigos 888-2180, 1516 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee Tastebuds 888-2783, 212 Fifth Street Suite A, Wenatchee Local Myth Pizza 682-2914, 122 S. Emerson St., Chelan South 888-4328, 913 Front St., Leavenworth Shakti’s 662-3321, 218 N. Mission St., Wenatchee Garlini’s 884-1707, 212 Fifth Street #13, Wenatchee

The big-screen TV in Shakti’s comfortable bar is visible from Mission Street as cars go zipping by.

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Keri Carlton enjoys the aerial part of the silks exercise form.

She’s seen here practicing in her barn outside Leavenworth.

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Aerial silks From circus art to workout option

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eri Carlton hangs upside down, a few feet from the ground, wound up in purple fabric. She twists gracefully, fluidly moving in and out of back bends, splits and twists.

The fabric, which hangs from a rafter dozens of feet above her head, is wrapped around her ankle one moment, then her waist, then her thigh as she moves through the yogalike poses.

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Although she looks fit for the circus, Carlton is in her barn several miles up the Chumstick Highway outside of Leavenworth, snow on the ground and llamas curiously peering in from outside. The practice she and friend Nadege Margaria are performing on this cold January afternoon is called aerial silks, a circus art that is gaining popularity outside the big top.

The mixture of strength, grace

and flexibility needed to flourish in this setting is generating interest throughout Washington as a creative workout option.

“For me, it’s another form of dance.

It’s another art form,” said Margaria, who is also a dancer and yoga teacher.

“It’s very feminine, very sensual. I love that.”

Long before silks hung in Carlton’s barn, Carlton and Margaria learned

Keri Carlton performs aerial silks in her barn outside of Leavenworth. She estimates the barn may be 100 years old. “This barn needs a circus,” she said “It needs silks. It’s a perfect space.”

Left: Aerial silks requires a mix of grace, strength and flexibility.

“For me, it’s another form of dance. It’s another art form. It’s very feminine, very sensual. I love that.”

NADEGE MARGARIA Yoga teacher

basic silks skills from Julie Istvan, a Leavenworth local widely credited for bringing aerial silks into the spotlight in Leavenworth.

Istvan began learning aerial silks at Seattle’s Emerald City Trapeze in 2011 and was instantly hooked. She practiced hours per day and began performing in 2012. Now she performs at circuses, upscale bars and private parties around Washington. Over the holidays, she performed four or five nights per week.

Istvan says anyone can get into the basics of aerial silks, but recommends taking a class to learn balance in the air, as well as how to perform safely.

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Yoga teacher Nadege Margaria practices aerial silks in Keri Carlton’s barn. Left: In silks, the aerialist performs yoga-like poses with the fabric wrapped around the ankle, waist, thigh and hand at various points in the routine.

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Building strength is an important aspect for people learning silks. Below: Aerial silks is gaining popularity as an exercise, with classes now available at Beyoutiful Hot Yoga in East Wenatchee and Fabulous Feet Dance Studio in Wenatchee.

now offer aerial silks classes. Christine Anderson teaches an aerial arts and aerial yoga class at Beyoutiful Hot Yoga in East Wenatchee every Saturday.

Anderson, who has a background as an aerialist in the Wenatchee Youth Circus, started teaching at Beyoutiful in May 2014. Since then, she said her classes have become more popular and she has a handful of regulars who come every Saturday.

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they’ve done. Anderson said her classes are great cardio and work everything from hands to abs and all major muscle groups.

“It’s a huge workout as far as your upper body strength,” she said. “And you’re concentrating so much on what you’re doing, that you don’t realize how hard you’re working.”

Anderson welcomes all age levels to classes. She has many mothers and daughters come to classes together, and husbands and wives. Her youngest student is 12 and she said she thinks kids are great aerial students because they lack the fear adults have.

Fabulous Feet Dance Studio in

Wenatchee also added aerial classes to its offerings last summer. Although the classes are new, owner Melissa Port said they already have two aerial class options. The aerial silks class is focused mainly toward children over age 8 who have taken other dance and tumbling classes. Additionally, Fabulous Feet offers a “weightless” class. Participants use a different type of silks, which are hung from the ceiling like a swing, to do exercises in the air. The weightless class is geared toward adults.

“The first time you do a class, you find out there are muscles you never knew you had,” Port said. “It’s new, but it’s spreading like wildfire.” F

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FOOTHILLS PHOTO CONTEST

Here are the winners ...

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rofessional and hobby photographers from throughout the region entered their favorite photos from 2014 in the third-annual Foothills Photo Contest. In all, we received about 150 entries in two categories — people and landscape.

The only contest rules were that the photo had to be shot in North Central Washington — Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties — during the 2014 calendar year, and the image couldn’t be dramatically manipulated electronically.

On the following pages, you’ll find the top three winners and four honorable mention images in both categories. The top three finishers in both categories share $350 in prize money.

We thank the photographers who shared their talent with Foothills readers. To view all entries, visit ncwfoothills.com.

photo by Greg Mares

Judging Wenatchee World photo editor Don Seabrook and photographer Mike Bonnicksen reviewed entries on Jan. 7. They did not know the names of the photographers as they viewed images.

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I took this photo of a train exiting a tunnel just outside Quincy in late October. I spent an extensive amount of time test shooting to get a composition and exposure I was happy with, not knowing for sure if I would be lucky enough to actually capture a train passing. After waiting for a while on top of the train tunnel, I was jubilant to hear a faint rumble in the distance, giving me the opportunity to capture one of my favorite photographs to date. The luminescence emitted from the moon provides a dismal, azure tone making the landscape look slightly otherworldly. That, combined with the train speeding by, is why I like this photo.

FIRST PLACE, LANDSCAPE

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: Something more. That’s what Mike and I really like about this. Every winner and many of this year’s entries offer more than the usual perspectives we have all seen in landscape and people photography.

This first-place photograph brings the aspect of a human involvement in North Central Washington’s scenery. The passing train cuts through a stark landscape illuminated by a night sky. The blur of motion leads the eye into the frame that is balanced by the moon. Well done.

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SECOND PLACE, LANDSCAPE

photo by Madison Hoofnagle This photo was taken on Badger Mountain on a late summer night. I was able to catch my friends admiring the Milky Way and the city lights.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The scene itself is worthy of a photograph but to also capture the silhouette of a group standing in interest at the sight adds an extra element.

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photo by Ken Trimpe I liked the way the mountains glowed in the background with the sun breaking through the “doom and gloom” clouds. In order to emphasize the dramatic clouds, I framed it vertically, positioning the mountains along the bottom of the frame.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: Many times people aren’t bold when they make photographs.

They are afraid to emphasize what part of a scene interests them and the viewer is left to try to decide what point the photographer was trying to make. Not so here as the clouds overwhelm the frame, leading the eye to the illuminated mountains in the background.

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FIRST PLACE, PEOPLE

photo by Mary Anne Webley I took this photo in a corn maze at the pumpkin patch in Malaga, while assisting my daughter-in-law with her preschool. I was following one of the students through and just loved the light and color captured by the corn stalks.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The judges placed this photograph at the top because of the strong emotion it gives off. Photographing people sometimes is best done in capturing body language and not faces. We get the strong sense of this girl’s apprehension as she walks down the row of corn. The image is wonderfully framed and the color of the dress draws your attention to the subject.

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SECOND PLACE, PEOPLE photo by DJ Dorey Taken on Easter Sunday 2014 at my parents’ house on Lower Sunnyslope Road. I pointed the camera into the haze of the Wenatchee River valley sunset. I love this photo because I think it really captures the bond cousins share and the true joy they get from just hanging around together, even if it’s just posing for their uncle/dad. Shot with Canon 6D 135mm @ F 2.0.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: In the early days of consumer photography, I remember the advice to make sure the sun is at your back when you take a picture. With today’s lenses and cameras, we throw that one away. What we do instead is use the sun to side- or back-light our subjects to bring out texture and depth. This photographer had a wonderful lens selection as well as background and composition to add to the subject interest.

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THIRD PLACE, PEOPLE

photo by Evan Thune My kids, my house. Their facial expressions are priceless. Nikon D60.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: Here is an example where faces are all that’s needed to make a photograph interesting.

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HONORABLE MENTION, LANDSCAPE

photo by Stephen Hufman On a flight from Seattle, nothing to see until a rift in the clouds over Mount Stuart opens a panorama of snow-covered peaks.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The photographer was ready as clouds parted for a spectacular view that most won’t see. We liked the framing of the mountain that the clouds offer.

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HONORABLE MENTION, PEOPLE

photo by Wes Peterson This photo was taken at a wedding service. I am always looking for shots of anyone, not just the bride or groom.

The sun was coming though one of the overhead windows, and highlighted the young boy sitting about 10 rows in front of me. It was during a prayer, so his head was down. The right light and lack of movement don’t always happen at the right time, so hopefully my camera shutter wasn’t noticed.

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JUDGES’ COMMENTS: We like how the photographer was looking beyond the ordinary and saw the shaft of light illuminating the subject. The exposure was expertly handled.

HONORABLE MENTION, LANDSCAPE

photo by Caitlin Walters I took this photo along the Twisp River in early November.

My husband was repairing washouts on some of the highways up there that had occurred after the CarltonComplex fires. He was working sun up to sun down six days a week, so I went up to spend the weekend with him in Twisp. This wooden rocking chair rested along the river behind The Twisp River Suites. The area along the river was beautiful in its fall splendor. But the chair seemed so solitary. Dusted by autumn leaves, it sat alone with only the sound of the river for company.

It seemed to be resting, waiting for springtime when the land would renew itself and the remnants of the fires would be consumed by new growth.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The judges like the simplicity of this image and how it evokes the feeling of changing seasons. A chair, used since spring but with the falling leaves, will be empty through the winter.

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HONORABLE MENTION, PEOPLE

photo by Jessica Bovard This is a photograph of my daughter, Tori Bovard, proudly holding a rainbow trout she caught at the Rock Island pond on April 5, 2014. It was a beautiful day to be out fishing.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: We generally aren’t fond of photographs of people staring into the camera but the photographer used good lighting and the correct lens perspective and background to elevate this image to an honorable mention.

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HONORABLE MENTION, PEOPLE

photo by Madison Hoofnagle I took this on a rainy autumn day near Mission Ridge. I like this photo because of the melancholic facade that comes through the raindrops and dark vignetting.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: We like the different perspective this image brings from a higher point of view than normal. The photograph emphasizes the drops of rain and texture of the umbrella over the person holding it.

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HONORABLE MENTION, PEOPLE

photo by Katherine March Lauralee Northcutt sings by the fire at Miner Camp in the Pasayten Wilderness. At the end of a day of riding, Lauralee, a nationally awarded western singer and the trail boss on our pack trips, entertains us and cooks for us. She enjoys it as much as we do, and the trip revolves around her.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This image makes us yearn to be outdoors and part of the photographer’s experience.

We can see the joy in the singer’s face. We like how the photographer used the fire in the foreground to help tell the story.

HONORABLE MENTION, LANDSCAPE photo by Marc Dilley This is a special, rarely visited place in the high mountains above the Icicle River. I scouted this spot the evening before for this morning image. I awoke well before the sun peeked over the ridge, set up my tripod precisely where I thought would be best, and awaited the sunrise.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The judges especially like how the lighting illuminates the blades of grass in the foreground and the stillness of the small pond that reflects the mountains beyond.

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photo by Morgan Leech Fall camping at Bird Lake under a Harvest Moon.

Bird Lake is located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness area and is best accessible from Stehekin. After a strenuous cross-country hike up to this location with a few friends, we set up camp and waited for the Harvest Moon to rise.

This photo was taken after the moon had risen and was illuminating Devore Peak. Using a boulder for a tripod, I set a 25-30 second exposure to capture this night image.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This spectacular photograph would be less so without the streak of a star, plane or other illuminated object. The photographer was fortunate that it happened in a compositionally wonderful spot in the frame.

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THE VINE

Fine wine with Every bottle made by Horan Estates Winery is a tribute to family

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oran Estates Winery may be an infant in both years and size compared to the Horan family’s orchard legacy, but winery owners Beth and Dennis Dobbs are counting on history and their own passion for making and marketing fine wine to bring them bottoms-up success.

Mike Horan — Beth’s greatgrandfather — is said to be responsible for dubbing Wenatchee as “The Apple Capital of the World.”

More than a century has passed since Horan was named Apple King at the 1908 National Apple Show. Apples, along with cherries and pears, still drive the local economy.

The Dobbses and many others would like to see wine added to the list of products that make Wenatchee and North Central Washington famous around the world. With a growing number of award-winning and tourist-drawing wineries between Leavenworth and Lake Chelan and some of the state’s best and most productive vineyards nearby, it’s not such a far-fetched idea.

“I’m going to give you a tour of our wines and our family,” Beth Dobbs tells a group of 10 vacationers on a family reunion who recently stopped in for samples at the Horan Estates tasting room, 207 Mission Ave. in Cashmere.

Three members of the group had to make do with fruit leather since they were well below the age required to sip wine.

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The Horan Estates Winery recently redesigned its labels to include Horan family history.

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Horan Estates Winery released its first vintage in 2003. Beth and Dennis Dobbs became sole owners in 2012.

Members of the Gibbs family from North Dakota enjoy their December visit to the Horan Estates tasting room in Cashmere.

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The tasting room wasn’t even open on the day Beth was showing a journalist and a photographer around the premises. But when the family knocked on the door, she was glad to open seven bottles of wine for the impromptu tasting, along with a dose of history.

Mike Horan was a larger-thanlife character and Wenatchee Valley pioneer who moved here from Cle Elum in 1888. He raised cattle, grew apples and started one of the valley’s first private fruit-packing operations.

Mike’s sons, John and Walter, took over the operation after their father’s death.

Walt also became a U.S. congressman.

Eventually, John’s daughter, Jacquelyn, and her husband, Robert McDougall, took over. They started the fruit-packing company McDougall & Sons, Inc. Robert also served as a state congressman and senator.

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Above: Horan Estates Winery co-owner Beth Dobbs scrubs barrels after a successful racking session in December. Racking is moving the wine from one barrel to another to get rid of settlement. Below: A new retail bottle size? Nope. Just carboys filled with replacement wine to top off barrels with newly clarified wine.

Ross and Kelly Riedinger, started Horan Estates Winery. They released their first vintage in 2003. Doug’s cousin, Beth, began marketing wine for the winery about six years ago — literally out of the trunk of her car. She and Dennis became sole owners, with Doug as their winemaking consultant, in 2012.

The Dobbs recently redesigned their wine labels to make some of that family history more memorable. The label on Horan Estates Cabernet Sauvignon features a picture of the house Mike Horan built in 1899 near the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia rivers.

The winery’s HVH red blend salutes Helen Vandivort Horan, Beth and Doug’s grandmother. The Cabernet was a Gold Medal winner at the 2014 NCW Wine Awards, the HVH a Silver Medal winner.

CWM Syrah, the winery’s signature wine, is a toast to Corey Wayne

Saving energy is no joke Find tips, tricks and rebates at ConservationMakesCents.org The Horan family traces its local roots to 1888 when Mike Horan moved to the area from Cle Elum. The family’s wine roots date back to 2000, when Doug McDougall — great-grandson of Mike Horan — planted grapes near his Columbia Basin orchards.

McDougall, Doug and Diana’s son who was tragically killed in a snowmobile accident in 2003. Their Viognier pictures Beth’s mother, Meg Horan, as a young girl. Mike Horan Merlot features an illustration of the 1910 Buick he purchased new after winning $2,000 and the title of Apple King in the first National Apple Show.

Duet, a white blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, is labeled with Mike and Helen Horan’s wedding picture.

Like the Merlot, the Bottoms Up Chardonnay is new for this year.

“This is from our family to your table.

It really is our passion,” Beth tells the group as she pours sips of wine from each bottle. The group leaves happy and more knowledgeable about the mixed case of wine they purchased to enjoy during their reunion.

Beth said she enjoys both sides of the wine-tasting bar and tries to treat her guests as she likes to be treated when she samples wines.

“I enjoy when people take the time to educate me and treat me right,” she said.

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Below: Horan Estates co-owner Dennis Dobbs, holding bottle, talks wine at a family gathering during the holidays.

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Horan Estates wine is made and aged in barrels right next to the tasting room.

Appropriately, the entire complex, which includes tasting rooms for other wineries, is a historic Cashmere fruitpacking warehouse.

Dennis Dobbs whirred through the open warehouse on a forklift, moving racks of barrels from a cooler to a work room where he and an assistant pump the wine into clean barrels to reduce sediment — a process called racking. There’s always work to do, even in a small, 1,500-case-a-year winery.

Dennis is a certified sommelier — someone who is trained in serving and recommending fine wines — but he had no previous winemaking experience

Horan Estates Winery produces about 1,500 cases annually. before starting to help Doug a few years ago. He’s worked closely with Doug, along with other local winemakers — Craig Mitrakul of Crayelle Cellars and Karma Winery, and Freddy Arredondo of Cave B Estate Winery — to learn the craft quickly.

“We’re so fortunate here. There’s so much wine knowledge and people willing to share. And the grapes are amazing. There’s only a few places in the world that are phyloxera-free, where you can grow grapes on their own rootstock,” he said, referring to the state’s exceptional pest and disease-free grape-growing conditions and ideal climate. “Being in Washington state is pretty unique. The wine world is watching us.” F

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UPON FURTHER REVIEW

A TASTE OF NCW WINES WITH BARB ROBERTSON

Rio Vista Wines 2013 Chardonnay, $20 C.R. Sandidge Wines 2012 Whistle Punk A Whistle Punk is a lumberjack, which always brings up images of burly men in flannel for me. That’s a good description for this wine. The blend is made up of 51 percent Syrah, 22 percent Petite Sirah, 17 percent Merlot and 10 percent Malbec.

The color is dark and deep, which gives you an idea of the whopping flavors awaiting you. Chewy currant and berries greet you at the first hello. Think of what a lumberjack might sound like … deep and warm. A Samoa cookie — the coconut, chocolate and caramel ones the Girl Scouts sell — are sprinkled all over those currants and berries. Everything is nicely balanced out with acidity and some intense tannins that should mellow with aerating or time in the bottle.

There’s no mistaking this wine as one of those Urban Seattleites, with the beards, flannels and tight, stylish pants trying to look like a Whistle Punk.

Chardonnay is a versatile grape with multiple personalities.

Choosing what clone to use, where it’s grown, how it’s cropped, and when it’s harvested are the foundational steps. Then it’s the winemaker’s turn. Does she/he let it go through malolactic fermentation? Stainless steel or barrels? New oak or neutral? Does it have extended contact with its lees or not? The decisions are many and Rio Vista did a great job deciding with this wine. It is sunny like an early summer morning. A whiff of floral and ripe orchard fruits draws you in; next is a slight buttery nuance mid-palate before finishing with a pleasing acidity.

If I drank wine at breakfast, I’d pair this up with a shrimp and cheese omelet with fresh heirloom tomatoes and a side of homemade bread toast with apricot jam. If any of you try this, let me know how it turns out!

Barb Robertson City: Wenatchee Credentials: Earned advanced certification through London-based Wine and Spirit Education Trust; currently working toward higher-level diploma through WSET.

Snowdrift Cider Co. Dry Cider, $15 Probably around 10 years ago, Peter Ringsrud started talking to friends about making cider commercially. He took great pains to build just the right facility and to create just the right logo. At the time, I thought “what a great idea.” I loved the fact that he was going to use one of our local crops in a different way.

It ended up going far beyond a great idea. Cider has been the fastest-growing alcoholic beverage in the nation for the last three years. Peter and his family make about a half dozen excellent ciders with varying degrees of sweetness.

This one is true to its name and has a sparkling crispness. It reminded me of the different ciders I tasted in pubs around England while visiting my daughter.

Bright, delicate fruit with rounded softness finishes dry and takes its time to disappear. A traditional English fish pie pairs nicely with the cider.

Earned degree in marketing from Central Washington University. Owned The Wine Bin retail shop in Wenatchee for five years. Has worked in the Northwest wine industry more than 10 years, including distribution, sales, production and marketing. Judged the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 North Central Washington Wine Awards.

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Horan Estates Winery 2011 Syrah, $22 When I tasted the Horan Syrah, my mind went to a home I used to live in that was surrounded by the woods. We used to bring all kinds of instruments out around the fire pit when we entertained. The stars were bright in the country sky, the sounds happy and the smells were both fresh and smoky from the burning wood. This wine has a pleasant, rustic and a slightly smoky quality to it. It was a bit stiff when I first opened it, but after letting the air do its magic for a half hour, it opened right up … just like the strangers around the fire. There is plenty of Boysenberry jam flavor on the palate along with roasted meat and s’more nuances. Dennis and Beth Dobbs have come a long way since meeting them 12 years ago as new wine lovers. They were eager to learn then, and it’s paid off.

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Sarah Lolos pours a Sidecar cocktail in a glass goblet with a sugared half-rim.

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A different place from another time

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owntown Wenatchee’s newest bar is a throwback.

Owners Pete and Sarah Lolos opened The Sidecar Lounge in a small space in the Wenatchee Hotel Building at the southeast corner of Wenatchee and Orondo avenues.

They have converted the former longtime Sandberg Jewelers space into a cocktail lounge that evokes a mid-20th century feel.

It’s an intimate space that suggests “Sit down and stay awhile,” with seating for about 35 people.

The couple, both 27, are working owners, each with their own station behind the bar where they handcraft cocktails that take a bit longer to produce than the typical bar. The drink menu offers classic selections — Martini, Tom Collins, Sidecar, Mint Julep, Old Fashioned and Manhattan to name a few — and a seasonal variety that this winter included Flannel Shirt, Violette Fizze, Hotel Georgia and Cranberry Sparkler.

“We could have shaped the menu to get drinks out faster, but that’s not why we opened this business,” Sarah said. “We think of ourselves as a conversation bar, a place people can go to relax and slow down a bit.”

The Sidecar Lounge opens at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

There is no set closing time, Pete said.

Pete and Sarah both come from an accounting background. He worked as financial director at the Town Toyota Center before taking a part-time accounting job with the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation. She recently left her job in orchard accounting at Dovex so she can devote herself to the business.

Getting the doors open was a year-

Owners Pete and Sarah Lolos are the bartenders at The Sidecar Lounge. long effort, they said, that involved doing most of the work themselves, as well as many research trips to Seattle to visit craft cocktail bars.

“We don’t have an angel investor, but we do have an angel landlord in Rory Turner,” Sarah said. “He and his family own the building, and they have been very supportive at every step along the way.”

In February, the couple planned to expand beyond drinks to include a small-plate menu of snacky foods.

“We’re definitely not going into the restaurant business,” Pete said. “We want to be a place people can go to for a drink before dinner, a show at the PAC (Performing Arts Center) or a movie downtown.”

Win a $25 gift card We’re giving away a pair of $25 gift cards to The Sidecar Lounge.

To enter, send an email to foothills@wenatcheeworld. com. Include “Sidecar Lounge Giveaway” in the subject line. Include your name and phone number in the email. We’ll pick two winners at random.

Entry deadline is 3 p.m. March 19. Employees of The Wenatchee World and their immediate family are not eligible.

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SHOPPING THE GILDED LILY HOME Even after more than 15 years, we still get excited for our trips to market, and seeing the new merchandise arrive in the shop!

We can’t wait for you to see what’s coming home with us in our bag.

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PARTING SHOT

PHOTO BY JANET BAUER

Judges Don Seabrook and Mike Bonnicksen do a great job picking winners in the Foothills Photo Contest. The field of entries improves every year, which means we have quite a few really good photos that don’t make it into print.

It’s become tradition for me to pick my favorite image from among the non-winning photos and use it here on this page. Janet Bauer’s bald eagle photo speaks to me because of the bird’s “don’t mess with me” expression. Here’s what Janet wrote about her photo: “Photo taken on a beautiful spring morning at Little Twin Lake near Winthrop. I used a 400mm Canon lens to capture this bald eagle perched high on a pine tree along the shore of the lake. I like the photo because bald eagles are magnificent birds!”

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