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Books that bind good book and great friends. A simple formula reall y, and maybe that 's why it 's so popular in our region. The North Central Regional Library serves more than 200 book clubs in Chelan, A Do uglas. Grant, Okanogan and Ferry counties , providing multiple copies of books and guidance tier all varieties of book lovers.

In this issue, writer Rachel DiLorenzo spotlights three area dubs - Eating Club with a Reading Disorder, the Mary Kazda Book Club and the GREAT' (Girls Reading , Encouraging, Achieving

Together) Book Club.

The Mary Kazda group from Quincy has the distinction of being the longest -running book club

served by the regional library, having started in the early 1970s.

On the other end of the spectrum is the GREAT Book Club, a newbie group of mostly 12- and L3-year-old girls who quickly formed a strong bond over a common love for books.

In this era of instant information and electronic entertainment , it 's nice to know the print medium still has a leg ion of loyal fans. And if there are any Wenatchee-area clubs out there looking to add

a male member to its rolls, drop me an email. Seriously. I'd love to join a club and chat books with

some new friends. My own reading interests lean toward fiction and biographies, but I'm open to just about anything . OK , enough about me.

Also featured in this issue is Ohmc Gardens, a landmark with its own group of loyal fans. Between mid-April and mid-October, the hillside oasis draws locals and tourists to explore the park's stone paths. Mid-summer is my favorite time to visit because it 's usuall y about 10 degrees cooler up on the

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Here 's a thought: Take a book the next time you visit Ohme Gardens and find a shad y spot to pass the afternoon or evening.

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Ephrata 's exotic , eyepopping mural by worldrenowned street artist Fin DAC could be North Central Washington's most unexpected artwork .

Splashed across the south wall of the office of Columbia Basin Chiropractic Care, the mural "Yuijou " (Japanese for "friendshi p") depicts Irishman Fin I)AC's trademark Asian beauty with technicolor eye mask and fantasy insects. It 's a motif he calls "urban aesthetics," signature imagery used for his "Hidden Beauty " series in places around the world - Arizona , California , New

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Kong, Croatia and many points in between. But wh y Ephrata? Chiropractor Brent Bedford (he owns the building ) met the artist on a trip to Peru , and they became fast friends.

Location : 51 Ald er St . NW Ephrata.

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Art that 's cutting -edge? Look no further than Bridgeport. where chainsaw artist Jacob Lucas has transformed the riverside town 's southern entry with more than two dozen exqu isitel y-deta il ed carvings. Mama bears and cubs , a stream of salmon, an owl catching a hare, stoic mountain men all brought to life by the Bonney Lake artist whose medium is tree trunks and whose art tool bites , bucks and brrrrr 's. Since 2009, Lucas has carved the docked trunks of sycamores that line Foster Creek Avenue after the 70-year-old trees were deemed pest-ridden and diseased. Lucas said he's never sure what each scul pture will look like. "I try to read the wood before I cut into it, " he said. Location: In Bridgeport along Foster Creek Avenue from 17th Street to Hi g hway 17.

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Some love the toes, some the instep. But nearl y everyone agrees that sculptor Kevin Pettelle 's 14 big bronze foot -"Ped" - has sole. Measuring 7 feet from tootsies to tibia , the extended extremity stretches horizontally to emphasize the flow of the nearby Columbia River and the north-south path of the A pp le Cap ital Loop Trail. Toe and heel whorls "create a visual dialogue." said the sculptor, with nei ghboring artworks - a labyrinth and sp iraling metal sphere.

And the giant foot offers "all the grace, elegance and expression of our most noble body." Dedicated in 2013, Ped has become a favorite work among the 90 scul ptures of Wenatchee's Art on the Avenues and an irresistible target of passers-by who want to - kootchy koo!

- give it a tickle. Location: 155 N. Worthen St.. Wenatchee (near the Wenatchee Riverfront Railway mini-train).

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Sure, several pieces by famed glass sculptor 1 - tDale Chihul y dot North Central Washington (a vase here, a flower there), but none boasts the complexity and visual impact of "Chihuly Icicles" at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort in Leavenworth. This li ghted outdoor gem - standing 12 feet hi gh . 9 feet wide - has risen for 20 years atop a strcamside boulder a few steps from the resort 's restaurant . Ori ginally titled "Icicle Creek Chandelier," the masterwork of 1.000 crystal icicles relies on direct light for maximum effect, catching daytime sun or evening spotli ghts to radiate against a backdrop of peaks and forest . Viewers at the unveiling called it "something just short of a religious experience." wrote a newspaper reporter. It still packs a punch. Location: 7375 Icicle Road. Leavenworth.

COYOTE 5 READS Rich Beycr 's aluminum-cast sculpture "Coyote Reading a Cand y Wrapper," which sits (literally) outside the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cul-

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tural Center 's annex , communicates on several levels. It's funny- Coyote in a business suit and sandals. It 's provocative: His necktie is a hangman 's noose. I t s existential: Every-

man searches for meaning. OK, it 's just a statue, but folks sure love taking selfics with it . Beyer claimed the idea for "Candy Wrapper " originated with a Native American poem about the adventures of an urban coyote, so he included a copy of the poem inside the artwork. Coyote mythology - wil y trickster, clever helper - was a running theme for Beyer, who crafted several coyote works. Location: 127 S. Mission St., Wenatchee. • f n ' ' J u m p 2017

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win the episode contest and a $10,000 prize check. Earlier this year, the duo returned to the studio to compete in a champions episode . They finished second, but Johnston walked away holding her head hig h . calling the Dr .

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and decorate cakes for about 150 brides . We caug ht up with Johnston for an interview before her busy wedding season gets underway.

offer to clients , and chang ing up recipes - all of that led me to that p hone call say ing "Hey, wanna come be on

So how exactl y did you go from being a cake decorator for friends to TV's Cake Wars champion in the span of ei ght years?

How has being a Cake Wars winner impacted your business?

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all y cringed , especiall y when I heard my voice. I would always ask peop le around me, "is that how I sound?"

Let's talk cake. Is there such a thing anymore as a typical wedding cake?

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Johnston pours ingredients into her KitchenAid mixer at her Crescent Street shop.

I did the math.The 510,000 in prize money for winning Cake Wars would buy 222 Easy Bake Ultimate Ovens. I'm guessing that's not how you spent the money, thoug h.

That made me laugh, actuall y ! No, I invested it in a snazzy new delivery van with my business logo on the sides and of cour sr the huge graphic CAKE WAR W I N N E R on the hack door!

No . and I' m thankful for that! I love that brides are breaking out of the mold of a white, white and more white stacked wedding cake by adding color. and design. No more are the endless hours of buttercream-p iped wedding cakes , but now it's endless hours of fondant , flowers, molding, shaping. A trend that I love is the naked cakes or rustic design cake, but the over-the-top glitz and glamour cakes are amazing.

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By far our Ricotta Almond Raspberry ! It 's an amazing cake with ricotta cheese and ground almonds, served with a raspberry and candied almond filling. It 's amazing !

The proof of Johnston 's talent is in the details.

Tell us about your wedding cake.

When I got married ( many years ago) my husband's Aunt Sharon (who actuall y got me started in cake decorating way back when) made our wedding cake. It was grand and spectacular for the time: we had those plastic stairs, plastic columns and a fountain with colored water all sitting on a mirror with fresh flowers all around it. Oh man , they don't even make some of those items any more.

When was the last time someone made a cake for you?

Hmmm , I can 't even remember

when. It would be back in the '90s probably. I think I need to have a talk with the people around me now; I just celebrated my 50th birt hday and didn't get a cake!

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cry. I use it every day.

For decorating, it would be this small Dresden modeling tool; it was cheap, but Iuse it daily.

Recently, I bought a fancy mod eling tool set but I still p ick up my original one I bought years and years ago.

Your busy summer season is coming up.

What is your work schedule like during summer and throughout the year?

During the summer. I work almost every day. I try to take Mondays of,but it never seems to happen . In the thick of my season. I can easily work 70-80 hour work weeks, but I try not to do that anymore. I'm getting too old for that kind of nonsense.

But being self-employed. I am married to my p hone, which has me constantl y answering emails , texts and p hone calls at all times of the day, so even when I' m off . I' m not. During the winter. I like to take it easy. My husband and I love to travel, so we go off somewhere each winter to recoup and energize our spirits for the next season to start.

I still enjoy cake decorating. so I never want to overload myself to hate the job, I love going to work , and producing the work , so limiting my workload each summer hel ps keep that balance.

I'll never be a person to stop working: standing still drives me crazy, so being busy is key to my happ iness.

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and my wife said, "What is that thing?"

"I said, 'Honey, that 's a truck . ""She said, 'That does not look like a truck; " Patino recalls.

He browsed magazines , frequented swap meets and asked questions of car builders in his community. Within a

for it a 350 engine and 350 turbo

couple of years he'd turned the pickup into something salable.

transmission salvaged from a Chevrolet van.

He lowered the frame of the Bel Air, and added an airbag suspension

to the look he was after - and rebuilt

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He used 51,800 of what he earned to buy a two-door hard-top 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air , which was as close to the '55 he 'd wanted as he could find or afford.

Next he found the front end of a 1954 Bel Air - bring ing it even closer

and the seats from a Lincoln . Patino also customized the door panels, upholstered the trunk and put in power steering and air conditioning.

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Previousl y he'd been working at a heavy equipment rental store.

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n a steep embankment filled with cactus, yucca and 0grasses. Debbie Morrow found her passion.

"It 's the first thing Ithink of when I get up: 'What am I going to do on my hillside today she said.

When Debbie and her husand Tony built their sing le-story home on Akamai Way east of East Wenatchee in 2005, it came with a great view of the Columbia River and Jump Off Rid ge on the Chelan

County side. The view. however, meant that the lot included a steep bank below their deck.

They eschewed the often-planted junipers as soil stabilizers and went for a desert look.

"Peop le stop and look at it and take pictures all the time," Debbie said. "I think it blends well together."

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Morrow had never gardened before turning the hillside behind her East Wenatchee home into a desert garden.

The Morrows started their hillside garden by planting cactus and agave, later adding other plants.

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There is something to discover at every turn, as the plant varieties change depending on the environment. Many

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on the hilltop , from dry patches where thyme thrives to shady hide-aways inhabited by Maiden Hair Fern (Adiantum) and Hosta. Ruth Ohme spared no effort in tucking the little fern starts into the rock crevices, and today they sway in the ever-prevailing breeze with roots firml y in place.

Creeping Thyme (Thymus) can be found everywhere at Ohme Gardens. w here it is a dominant ground cover and fills the spaces between stepping stones. No need to worry about stomping on the tiny stems: they tolerate it quite well.

Another deli ghtful ground-creeper at the gardens is Vinca. also known as Periwinkle or Myrtle. Its deep emerald leaves match the tall evergreens way above its reach. As the name suggests, the flowers are a periwinkle blue.

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The Ohmes planted many flowers and bushes to enliven the environment.

There are wild roses ( Rosa) scattered along the hillsides, occupying sunny spots.1heir bright, p ink flowers turn into rosehi ps in the fall, and can be dried to make tea. Another beneficial bush the hiker can find is Hypericum, or St. John's Wort , which has medicinal uses. Among the edible plants are ground-covering Kinnickinnic (Arctostaphy los), with its brig ht red, tart berries in the fall. Tea-lovers may be interested to see Bee Balm (Monardia) with its pink flowers that are used to produce bergamot tea. Have you had your Earl

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Strolling up and down the hillsides, visitors come across one of the most prevailing bushes, Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster Horizontalis Perpusillus), with its stiff, extensive branches and bright. red berries. In its demanding environment, Cotoneaster seems as unyielding as the Ohmes faith in their project.

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the first cultivated area of the gardens.

The Ohmes planted 25 poplar trees over two acres to get their dream off to a start and added evergreens which they collected from the surrounding foothills , Today, some of the initial trees are so sturd y a grown man's arms won 't reach around their trunks.

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I)ue to the mixed forest, many birds enjoy the shelter and food the gardens provide. You can observe mountain chickadees (poecile gambeli) busil y pecking at the p inecones and completely ignoring visitors. In the fall, mountain ash provides red berries for the birds as they fatten up for winter.

Flickers (colaptes) , great horned owls (bubo virginianus)

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an evening visitor , galliope hummers (selasphorus calliope) might be a special treat to see.

The gardens aren't exclusively for winged creatures. Those of the four-legged variety also live at Ohme Gardens, or at least pass through its open borders. Big horn sheep (ovis Canadensis), which live on the surrounding hills, come by on occasion, as do mule deer (odocoileus hemionus). Squirrels (callospermop hilus lateralis) and chi pmunks (tamias) have found hiding places in the gardens along with rabbits (sylvila-

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Hundreds of stone steps dot the entire length of Ohme Gardens.

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It 's well worth it to stop to peer into the ponds, as they contain more than just water. The Sylvan Pool, originally the Ohme famil y 's swimming pool, is now home to numerous salamanders (caudata). They found their way in there naturall y and thrive in the shad y coolness. 'rhere are also Koi fish (cyprinus carpio) in the pools , which are easy to spot due to their bri ght orange color. With closer inspection, one can see water striders (gerridac) darting along the surface.

There is no shortage of bees (anthop hila). butterflies (lepidopt era) and other tiny creatures at Ohme Gardens.

They flourish in the environment and help to maintain it by pollinating and balancing the habitat in many other ways.

Despite its long history. Ohme Gardens is far from being a finished story It is a growing and changing ecosystem. Plants die, others appear voluntaril y, and the conditions change.

A tree may fall and leave a formerly shady spot exposed to sunlight, thus changing the conditions for everything else that

grows around it. Or, what started out as a sunny meadow can over time become a shady woodland as trees gain height and

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It is well worth it to visit the gardens throughout the year, as the changing seasons each offer their own delights.

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"We are first and foremost a group of friends, so our gatherings are reall y a nice chance to see each other quite often," Maureen explains. "We rotate

around to various members' houses for our meetings. The host will make

a main dinner dish , and everyone else will bring things to share: sides, desserts, appetizers. drinks, etc. We usually chat and catch up, then dish up food and sit down to cat. Then once everyone is settled, we talk about the book."

The North Central Regional Library (NCRL) provides hooks for Eating Club with a Reading Disorder , along with more than 200 other book clubs in Chelan, Doug las, Grant, Okanogan and Ferry counties. While there is some truth to the stereotype that book clubs are comprised mainl y of middle-aged women who read the latest popular novels, many clubs

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It seems like once we get going. we don 't lack for things to discuss ... . This discussion can dominate the majority of the evening, or sometimes we trail off after 30-45 minutes and veer off into other topics."

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"Maybe once a year, [member] Katie Dolan takes down a long list of suggestions. and then works with the library to get multip le cop ies of whatever she can . We usually have a nice long list , so finding things to read hasn't been an issue."

Besides supplying clubs with books, the NCRL also provides book recommendations and discussion questions , also arranging 'A Reader 's Nig ht Out ' social event for book club members and author visits . For outreach specialist Anne Brangwin (herself a member of the Beta Theta Theta Kappa club), the best part of partici pating is "the social interaction.

When you read a good book," she reflects. "you have people to discuss it with. Oftentimes, you read something good, and no one else has read it."

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"I don 't know if it was because I was Italian or what , but I wanted to make my own wine," Monaco said.

He became bonded to sell his wine in 2011. The rest is history told in gold - Gold and Double Gold medals from the Seattle Wine Awards and Foothills Magazine 's own Wenatchee Wine & Food Festival are disp layed behind his tasting room bar.

He makes just three wines: Ruthie 's Reserve (a Bordeaux blend named for

his mother). Corner Store Cabernet Sauvignonand Villa Monaco Merlot.

All superb. He doesn ' t p lan to expand the 250 cases he now makes in the cramped backroom of the store. He said his wines sell well through the store and wine club, so why make more work f or himself when his dream has been achieved.

Monaco comes by his talent for making and merchandising good wines naturall y, but also through training and hard work. He recalls as a youngster herding ducks for his grandfather who ran a duck farm on Long Island, N.Y. The farm supp lied nearl y all New York City 's restaurants and Chinese markets with ducks. Business ownershi p ran in the family, and also the Italian culture of serving wine with dinner. Grandfathers on both sides of the family made their own wine, which was served with supper every evening, even to the kids.

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The bakery became a popular lunch and brunch spot and Leavenworth's first coffee house featuring local and traveling musicians. A satellite bakery store in Wenatchee was also a success. But the long hours were grueling. They converted the bakery to a wine and gift shop in 1998. The prized Leavenworth location allowed him to expand as they refined their new business p lan.

"I don 't know how I had time to do it. It consumes you."he said about the long hours of baking European-style breads and pastries. The ovens were sold to make room for fermentation tanks and French oak barrels.

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The fourth course was the Kaffir Lime-Sesame Seed Heirloom Sushi Rice Cake. King Salmon with a Ponzu Reduction, Berbere Butternut Squash Crisps and Toasted Nori. T his was the most delicate salmon preparation I have ever eaten. When I asked for recipe details, Colin was happy to explain the multiday marinating process. A smarter person would have pulled out a pen and taken notes.

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When talking with Colin and Am-

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We want to share this love through the food and drink we serve," added Colin. "The goal is to shorten the footprint and create food with less of an environmental impact. We are an ingredient-driven restaurant . We p lace importance on sourcing highquality, organic produce. The food and drink is meant to be elegant and

creative. We want the food to be balanced for t h e body so that it makes you feel good too."

Looking to the future, the couple have been making plans to open a kid-friendly , outdoor seating area for "happy hour " dining . The garden will be open to the general public and will feature walk-up service for seasonal beverages - think kombucha and beer on tap and elixirs and wine by the glass - along with a lighter appetizer menu . The couple will also continue to host their popular mid-week locals ni ghts once a month which feature a scaled back threecourse version of dinner with a more economical price tag . 11

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Bits of wire from old gardening projects, spent bullet casings and bottle caps. Lots and lots of bottle caps.

"I want to bring beauty into the world . I don 't like throwing things away because then you 're saying 'You're done. you're useless.' And I don 't want that , I want things to have another life," Walter said. "I've been afforded the chance to live so many lifetimes in this one life, so whether it 's bullet casings or pieces of fabric or bottle caps, I want to make them

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It wasn't until five years ago that Walter, a lifelong creative began turning to the materials around her home for artistic inspiration.

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"When I hand them one of my recycled flowers and they 've never seen it before. I can see the sparks in their eyes We all need money for rent and dog food and that kind of stuff . but the reason I make them is that I really enjoy sharing them. I really enjoy making people's day," Walter said. "It

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She said it wasn't until she found the ri ght sty le - when she had her first stout - that she enjoyed beer.

But once she did, it was the whole experience that drew her to brewery culture - going to the pub, talking with people, and of course, picking the ri ght brew.

"Each beer has a personality. " she said. "1 developed from liking stout into enjoying other beers when 1 was landscaping . In Arizona at 3 o 'clock in the afternoon when it ' s 100 degrees. you 're not going to drink a stout on the tail gate . I started trying other beers, and I found that there 's reall y a brew for every time and place, whether it 's Coors on the tail gate, a rasp berry framboise on a date or my old friend , stout."

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beadwork at a young age.

"I started when I was 6, sewing beads onto leather, believe it or not.

My mom gave me a needle and I was watching her do it and I wanted to do that , and she allowed me to,"she said. "That was very empowering to start that young."

Later, she 'd get into pastels and music. Before she ended up at SRPB, Walter lived her "many lifetimes."

"Having an unconventional upraising gave me a lot of self-confidence to be able to go p laces and do things in my life that a lot of people would never do.,. I grew up country - farmers, ranchers - my mom was an ironworker. I got into punk rock and then into hip-hop, and I used to D] hi p-hop and old reggae - like underground stuff - and from hiphop... I got into jazz and blues," she said. "I followed the Grateful Dead for two years. That was a totall y dif-

ferent world and a different lifestyle.

I had dreadlocks down to my butt, lived on a school bus. I got into bartending and began working at music venues and punk rock taco shacks."

Walter said that the diversity of the art she creates - flowers , wallet chains, earrings , and more - reflects the versatility and styles of beer. Art, like beer, has many personalities.

Interested in Jennif er Walter 's art?

Contact her at

Hear more about BUZZ NCW on The Quake 102. 1 every Thursday and Friday afternoon! theguakei02i.com

jenstar23@hotmail.comor find her on Instagram-at

orabbitsfootdesigns. Or catch her at the pub at 25 N Wenatchee Ave. In

Wenatchee.

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