Check your child’s car seat
The Methow Valley Child Passenger Safety Team (made up of representatives from Aero Methow Rescue Service and Okanogan County Fire District 6) will conduct its sixth annual Expired Car Seat Roundup on Wednesday (Sept. 17) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hank’s Harvest Foods in Twisp. Bring your old or expired children’s car seats to be recycled. Technicians will also be available to check your child’s car seat installation and answer questions. For more information, call 997-4013.
Learn first aid
A first aid/CPR/AED training class will be offered on Sept. 22 and 24 at Aero Methow Rescue Service in Twisp, from 6 – 9 p.m. each day. Cost is $45 and attendance is required at both sessions. Register by Sept. 18. For more information, call 997-4013.
Get ready for cider squeeze
The Methow Conservancy’s annual Cider Squeeze and Social will be on Sept. 27 from 2 – 4 p.m. at the Sabold residence off Twisp-Winthrop Eastside Road. The event is free and open to the community.
The Sabolds are about a mile south of Winthrop, just past Wild Hearts Nursery.
The Rivertown Ramblers will provide live music. Please bring your own jugs for taking home cider. For more information, call 996-2870.
Community potluck at TwispWorks
TwispWorks and the Methow Valley Interpretive Center will host the fourth annual Community Harvest Potluck on Sept. 28 beginning at 5 p.m. The free event will include lawn games and live music. Bring a chair and blanket, plus a main dish, side dish, dessert or beverage to share. For more information, call 997-3300.
Food drive at football game
Want to get into this Friday’s (Sept. 12) Liberty Bell High School football team’s first home game of the season for no cash?
Bring some food.
A food drive is being conducted at Friday’s game against visiting La Salle, and $6 worth of non-perishable food will get you into the contest.
Gates open at 6 p.m.; kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Fire recovery workshop
The Okanogan Conservation District is holding a fire recovery workshop on Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. – noon at Twisp Valley Grange. The free workshop will provide information to landowners and residents to help them assess the impacts of the fire on plants and soil, make them aware of post-fire risks to life and property, and provide resources to make educated decisions about how to address the fire impacts. An optional field trip to a burned area will take place from noon – 1 p.m. Pre-register by email at kirstenc@okanogancd.org, or call (509) 422-0855 ext. 5.
Watch out for phone scam
Winthrop Town Marshal Rikki Schwab alerted residents last week that there are several tax scams being perpetrated by unsolicited phone calls.
“Local residents have contacted my office in reference to being contacted by the IRS. When I called the IRS and looked on their website, there are several scams in which foreigners are requesting money, stating they are with the IRS,” Schwab said. “When I called the scam number given, they had caller ID and knew my address. This helps them seem more believable. Individuals are giving them their bank information to pay the IRS for debts that they do not owe. To date over 1,100 people have paid out over $5 million.”
Schwab urged residents to refuse to give out banking or credit card information over the phone if there is any question about the caller’s legitimacy.
