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Ralph Schwartz

Liberty Bell’s Bodie Paul bound for Mat Classic

February 19, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

Liberty Bell’s Bodie Paul bound for Mat Classic

Injury halts Shelby White’s run to state Liberty Bell High School wrestler Bodie Paul dominated all three of his matches Saturday (Feb. 15) in Oroville to take the regional title and earn a berth to the Mat Classic this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 21-22) in Tacoma. Paul has a bye in the first round of […]

Filed Under: SPORTS

Cascade Bible Church drops Twisp cannabis store appeal

February 12, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

Cascade Bible Church drops Twisp cannabis store appeal

Church plans action when license renewal sought Cascade Bible Church on Jan. 28 withdrew its appeal of an Okanogan County judge’s decision to allow a marijuana retailer to open across the street from the Twisp church. The church had filed a notice of appeal back in September with the Washington state Court of Appeals in […]

Filed Under: NEWS

Liberty Bell wrestlers one step closer to state

February 12, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

Liberty Bell wrestlers one step closer to state

All five Liberty Bell High School wrestlers advanced to regionals after placing in the top four at districts on Saturday (Feb. 8). Noah Holston, Bodie Paul and Cody White on the boys’ team will wrestle Saturday (Feb. 15) in Oroville for berths to the state Mat Classic in Tacoma the following weekend. All three boys […]

Filed Under: SPORTS

LBHS girls excel at wrestling tourney cut short by power outage

January 29, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

The Liberty Bell girls’ wrestling team was lights-out — pun intended — Saturday (Jan. 25) at the Coyote Classic at Kittitas High School, although no final places were awarded at the tournament. The event was cut short after a power outage that lasted more than two hours, according to boys’ wrestling coach Jonathan McMillan. The boys’ team participated at […]

Filed Under: SPORTS

Rooster’s owners have moved on after zoning code dispute with Town of Twisp

January 15, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

Officials in Twisp Town Hall won’t be hearing anything more about Peter the rooster. Peter’s former neighbors along Hughes Lane won’t be hearing the bird’s occasional crowing, either. Irina Vodonos and her husband, Sergey Kushnarev, moved outside town limits after Police Chief Paul Budrow told them in September they had to remove Peter. Twisp’s zoning […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Twisp Town Council

Wrestlers fare well at Banks Lake

January 8, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

Liberty Bell High School wrestlers on both the boys’ and girls’ teams finished well on Saturday (Jan. 4) at the Banks Lake Brawl, held at Almira-Coulee-Hartline High School. Noah Holston was the only boy to make the trip to Coulee City. He won three out of his four matches to take third place in his […]

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: LBHS wrestling

Three Liberty Bell wrestlers reach semifinals in holiday-week tourneys

January 1, 2020 by Ralph Schwartz

The lady wrestlers from Liberty Bell High School pinned their way to high finishes Friday (Dec. 27) at the Hanford Winter Cup in Richland. On the boys’ side, two wrestlers traveled to Royal City Saturday (Dec. 28) for the Royal Christmas Tournament, and both finished in fourth place in their weight classes. In Richland, senior […]

Filed Under: SPORTS

Valley mule deer may be making a recovery

December 25, 2019 by Ralph Schwartz

Survey shows some recovery from drought, fire A survey of the Methow Valley mule deer population after the 2019 hunting season suggests the herd is rebounding from recent droughts and wildfires. A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) survey conducted by helicopter during the first week of December found 69 fawns for every 100 […]

Filed Under: NEWS, SPORTS

Girls medal at Newport wrestling tourney

December 25, 2019 by Ralph Schwartz

Liberty Bell’s Shelby White and Mariah Paz both finished near the top of the heap at a wrestling tournament Saturday (Dec. 21) at Newport High School. Paz, a freshman wrestling at 105 pounds, pinned her first two opponents, from Newport and Tonasket, to earn the right to wrestle for the first-place medal, coach Jason Newman […]

Filed Under: SPORTS

District 6 sets tax rate for fire station levy request next year

December 18, 2019 by Ralph Schwartz

Voters invited to January open houses Commissioners for Okanogan County Fire District 6 decided at their Dec. 9 meeting that they will ask voters to approve a property tax of 17.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in 2020, collected annually, to pay for construction of a new fire station in Winthrop. At that rate, […]

Filed Under: NEWS

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