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Valley Life: Twisp

February 23, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

Recent Independent Learning Center graduate Shiloh Luvon didn’t know what to expect when he arrived in a remote Nepalese village a couple weeks ago. Teaching English in a chicken coop wasn’t part of the job description. But if the pandemic has taught the world anything, it how to adapt swiftly. So, when the government closed […]

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Valley Life: Twisp

February 16, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

Just over the ridge, up the river, and over the hill sits a little-known secret to the ski industry in the Pacific Northwest, Sitzmark Ski Area. I meet skiers across the state who have rarely heard of the Loup Loup Ski Bowl, so the fact that Sitzmark opened this year after a three-year hiatus and […]

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Valley Life: Twisp

February 9, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

Cloaked in mystery dating back to the Middle Ages, the Free Masons have persisted as an organization in local communities throughout world, providing a vast array of services and charitable deeds. The Masonic Lodge in Twisp sits prominently on the highway, stating its presence. Yet its local activities may be less well known than some […]

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Valley Life: Twisp

February 2, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

February is a perfect reason To observe the rhythms of the season Purple skies and sheets of white Make each twilight a natural delight. Come mid-month the skies will glow With the hopes of one more month of snow. Yes, February will give and take While Nature’s best begins to wake. The fog layer that […]

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Valley Life: Twisp

January 26, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

If you are waiting on delivery of a package and wondering what is going on, you are not alone. Chances are, your package is sitting in Omak at the FedEx warehouse waiting to be put on a truck someday in the unforeseeable future. According to the very friendly FedEx employee whom I spoke with when […]

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Valley Life — Twisp

January 19, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

The low-lying fog that has been smothering the valley floor this past week has called for a migration to higher elevations to lift spirits and find vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential but difficult to come by in the winter as most of our vitamin D comes from sunlight hitting our skin. Vitamin D is […]

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Valley Life — Twisp

January 12, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

Snowmegadon or snowpocalypse, whichever term used to describe last week’s unexpected and unprecedented dump belies the sentiments of most kids who reveled the official snow day closure and late starts. Contrary to the doomsday scenarios common from other notable natural forces like fires and floods, a big snowfall brings a certain amount joy. A form […]

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Valley Life — Twisp

January 5, 2022 by Sarah Schrock

The past year tested humanity and civility on so many levels, often clouding local stories with international and national headlines. The focus on national divisions, pandemic tracking and international insecurity made it difficult to find meaningful community-based topics for me to harness in this local column. That, combined with working from home in isolation from […]

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Valley Life: Twisp

December 29, 2021 by Sarah Schrock

Our family, like many this Christmas season, missed seeing family in 2020 and made up for it by making lots of plans near and far. We have a few Merry Birthdays to throw in the mix as well, which makes the holiday season flush with celebrations of all shapes and sizes. This year in particular, […]

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Valley Life: Twisp

December 22, 2021 by Sarah Schrock

Twispmas, 2021 ’Twas the days nearing Twispmas And all through the night The townsfolk were fretting A new Omicron fight Families reunited after many a year Are now swabbing noses amidst this new fear Dozens traveled west to avoid the deep freeze But hopes of the Kraken were dashed by the disease The sky was […]

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