Gift creates endowment for scholarships An anonymous donor has donated $1 million to the Methow Valley School District’s scholarship foundation, to create an endowment to support graduates interested in skilled trades that do not typically require a four-year degree. Superintendent Tom Venable announced the seven-figure gift during the class of 2019 graduation ceremony on Friday […]
Methow Valley Schools receive grants for mentorship, music programs
Three $5,000 grants from the Community Foundation of North Central Washington will support a mentorship coordinator at the Independent Learning Center (ILC), and pay for musical instruments at Liberty Bell High School and Methow Valley Elementary School. During her three years as mentorship coordinator, Kelleigh McMillan said she has been connecting students at the ILC […]
AmeriCorps volunteers back in the valley for six weeks
Team is renovating TwispWorks’ West Shed AmeriCorps volunteers are back in the Methow Valley this spring and summer, helping TwispWorks with campus improvements and finishing work on homes near Pateros that were rebuilt after the Carlton Complex Fire. The 10 volunteers, from across the United States, arrived in Twisp on May 20. That first week, […]
Pool supporters, pursuing park district, face old demons
Eminent domain issue may again be a hurdle for voters People who attended the first public meeting about a long-term funding option for Twisp’s swimming pool found themselves on familiar turf. The meeting, held Thursday (May 30) at the Winthrop Rink, was actually the third roundtable on the Ernst O. Wagner Memorial Pool’s financial future. […]
Canyon Street work delayed; Twisp awarded $1.3M for sidewalk
Road work scheduled to begin last month on Canyon Street in Twisp has been delayed because the contractor hired for the job, Hurst Construction of Wenatchee, is busy making emergency repairs on Highway 20 east of Loup Loup Pass, where a mudslide undercut the roadway. The Canyon Street project “hopefully will begin by June 10,” […]
TwispWorks, turning 10, looks ahead to the next decade
Seeks public input on economy-related programs, efforts TwispWorks rates its first decade a success, but don’t look for a “mission accomplished” banner at their 10th-anniversary celebration. The organization wants to chart its course for the next 10 years, and it has been seeking direction from arts organizations, civic groups and the general public in listening […]
Always on the move
Hugh Glassburn loved rodeo, airplanes and family Hugh Glassburn was a fearless and fiercely competitive pilot who was famous in the world of airplane racing in the 1960s for his winning streak. “And perhaps for just staying alive,” recalled his daughter, Terry Glassburn, in remembrance of her father she wrote for the organizers of the […]
Supporters of Twisp pool may try rec district
Aged, heavily used facility ‘well past its useful life’ Town officials and pool supporters agree: The Wagner Memorial Pool in Twisp is near the end of its useful life, if not already past the end. Supporters of the pool are spearheading an effort to revisit a long-term funding solution like one that was tried — and that […]
Winthrop, Twisp mayors present wish-lists to state Transportation Commission officials
Towns’ needs are different but center around Hwy 20 The mayors of Winthrop and Twisp took a rare opportunity to pitch their towns’ transportation needs to a state-level audience, including Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar, at a meeting last week. Millar and the state’s Transportation Commission convened at TwispWorks on May 14 and heard presentations […]
Celebrating 80 and beyond
Photos by Ralph Schwartz
