By BOB SPIWAK Here it is Monday mid-morning and already it is getting hot. Temperatures in the 90s are predicted through Wednesday, followed by cool high 80s. Whether or not there is global warming, it sure as heck is Methow warming. We motored to Chelan to visit family yesterday, and there it was a bit […]
VALLEY LIFE
Twisp: July 17, 2013
“When I worked at Jack’s, we’d just light a few candles and get on with it,” Renda Grim told me on Monday night. That can’t be done anymore, we agreed. Glover Street was abandoned, and businesses and restaurants shut down because of the power outage caused by a fire near Malott. Renda and I were […]
Mazama: July 17, 2013
By BOB SPIWAK As promised, we are leading with a news report from Midge Cross about her adventures at Whistler, B.C., in the “Tough Mudder” event. This is a few weeks post-date, but interesting. Interesting to us, not only for the content, but amazement at what drives people to do stuff like this. As Midge […]
July 10, 2013
BY BOB SPIWAK The big news in this small hamlet this morning was the rain the preceding Sunday afternoon. At least half an inch came down according to our non-scientific outdoor ashtray. The first squall, more of a dump, came about 1:30 p.m. here. We called Patty Yates at the Winthrop Gallery to check, and […]
July 10, 2013
BY SALLY GRACIE An error corrected: To join the garden club project at Jamie’s place, Judy Caputo’s email address is clsycad@centurytel.net. Richard Earl Sanborn of Carlton died at home after a long illness on June 23, 2013. A memorial ceremony at the Masonic Lodge in Twisp, where Richard was a member, will be held this […]
July 10, 2013
BY ASHLEY LODATO The Methow is well known for its serious athletes and now a new breed of hard-core competitors is springing up: the tough mudders. Tough Mudder is an international company that puts on events consisting of 10-12 mile, military-style obstacle courses. Designed by British Special Forces units, the courses challenge contestants’ physical and […]
July 10, 2013
BY JOANNA BASTIAN Summertime swimming holes and fishing poles – that is what makes a lazy summer afternoon. Do you know where your local swimming hole is? You probably have several, as do I, so let’s swap swimming hole stories. I’ll tell you all the ones that I know of in the lower valley, and […]
July 10, 2013
The news is grim, but thankfully most of it is outside the relative safety of Carlton. Plane/train crashes and military coups and armed vigilantes remind us of the fragility of life, and how bizarre and curious and seemingly unlikely our individual survival is. How is it that I’m still alive? Or am I? Any day […]
July 3, 2013
When zucchinis are outlawed, only outlaws will have zucchinis Years ago a job market expert predicted that as more and more regulations are passed, a third of all professionals in the nation will be lawyers by 2020. I suppose the reason for this is that we continue to elect them as legislators – local, state and […]
July 3, 2013
Mazama BY BOB SPIWAK The predicted 100-degree-plus temperatures have so far failed to materialize. Still pretty warm – we recorded 91.6 late Sunday afternoon. Earlier that morning, about 9 a.m., I was helping Ms. Gloria and Patty Yates set up their booth at the Winthrop Market, when a young couple stopped to chat. They had […]
