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'49er Days vignette

At last weekend's '49er Days parade staging area, one of many wagon teams waits to join the fun.
Photo by Laurelle Walsh
 

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Memorial services

A “final farewell” to Red McComb will be held Saturday (May 18) at the Mazama Community Center at 1pm. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

A memorial gathering for Cathy Campbell will be held Sunday (May 19) at the KOA Campground on Highway 20 in Winthrop at 1p.m. Cathy’s favorite “comfort food” – bologna sandwiches on Wonder Bread and Coors Light – will be served, along with fried chicken.

A memoria

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Community briefs

Learn about weeds
The Methow Conservancy’s Weed & Native Plant Education Booth will be at the Methow Valley Farmers Market in Twisp from 9 a.m. -noon the next several Saturdays: May 18, May 25, June 1 and June 8. The booth showcases live common weeds as well as many desireable native plants.

Experience the Methow
The Methow Conservancy will sponsor an “After-Work” Wildflower Walk on May 23 at 4 p.m. Mary Kiesau, the Conservancy

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Obituary: Margaret Louise Owens

Margaret Louise Owens was born Jan. 27, 1919, in Tacoma. She passed away at the age of 94 on May 6, 2013, with family members at her side.

She moved to Winthrop in 1987 to be near her twin sons. She quickly created a life full of friends. She enjoyed the S & B club at the Winthrop Barn and TOPS at the United Methodist Church. She loved the Tenderfoot and all her friends there as well. She enjoyed traveling, needlework, cooking and spending time with family and friends.

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Mazama

By Bob Spiwak
Last Saturday, bright and sunny, produced what may well be a record crowd in downtown Mazama. Even on the southern outskirts of downtown, cars were parked almost to the bridge over the river. As early as 8 a.m. the parking lot behind the Community Hall was mostly full and the Mazama Store parking area was over capacity, and more than the usual number of vehicles were parked along the Mazama-Lost River Freeway in front of the store.

The store’s patio l

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Obituary: Lori Anne Neuneker

Lori Anne Neuneker, 58, of Methow, passed away on May 5, 2013, after her battle with two kinds of cancer. She was born on Aug. 19, 1954, in Hillsboro, Ore., to Helen Carmen Wright of Pateros.

Lori lived up the Methow Valley for over 30 years where she raised four children. She is survived by her children, Michelle, John Jr., Annie and Matt Neuneker.

Lori has nine grandchildren: Antonio, Austin, Asher, Edison, Laini, Jayden, Isaiah, Amika and Isabella.

Lori will be gre

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Winthrop honors volunteer contributions

By Ashley Lodato
According to anecdotal evidence, the ’49ers Day parade in Winthrop was the best-attended ever. At least, that’s how it seemed to those participating in the parade.

I had planned to drop my kids off at the Methow Cycle & Sport staging area and then become a spectator as they rode through the parade on their bikes. But when it became apparent to entry organizer Julie Muyllaert that most of the 30 or so kids’ parents planned to do this

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Twisp

By Sally Gracie
Jeff Koma’s recent talk about researching the reproduction and nesting habits of white-headed woodpeckers made me wish I’d been an ornithologist. Their nests are holes drilled most frequently in decayed Ponderosa snags. Jeff showed how he uses a neat gizmo called a “tree top peeper,” a telescopic pole with a camera on the end to photograph the nestlings. Jeff conducted his studies in managed forests, some in Okanogan County.

I feel

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