A celebration of life for former Methow Valley News columnist Sally Gracie will be held in Twisp on Nov. 24, from 2 – 4 p.m., at the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Sally Gracie Fund may be made through the Community Foundation of North Central Washington at www.CFNCW.org. All proceeds will […]
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Twisp: Jan. 22, 2014
By Sally Gracie At the end of Sunday’s Seahawks-49ers game, commentators and players alike credited the 12th Man — the fans — with the Seahawks’ amazing season. Twisp has no shortage of Seahawks fans. Roscoe Roseland and Hillary Ketcham have erected a huge lighted “Go Hawks” sign behind her mom’s house up on Bigelow Street. As you drive up […]
Twisp: Jan. 15, 2014
By Sally Gracie Why does the new year have to begin in January? If the new year began in the spring, say May 1, when the flowers do, we might find it easier to make resolutions and keep them. “Each day is a new beginning” is inscribed on the sunny pillow that I see first […]
June 18, 2014
Twisp By Sally Gracie The store is open for summer reading shoppers at the Twisp Library. Registration for “Fizz, Boom, Read” began last week, and librarian Terry Dixon is ready to give out prizes from the “store” as children’s reading hours add up. Children receive one ticket for every hour they read or are read […]
Twisp: July 24, 2013
By SALLY GRACIE Thanks to the Twisp Chamber of Commerce, the Visitor Information Center in the downstairs hallway at the Methow Valley Community Center will be brighter once new, “old” schoolhouse lights are installed, and a grant from the Methow Valley Fund (managed by the Community Fund of North Central Washington) will pay for the […]
June 26, 2013
BY SALLY GRACIE The gray clouds glowered to the west for most of the morning. Now, just past 2 p.m. this Monday, a nice shower – heavier than most in recent days – is subsiding. My grass (such as it is) is green, as are my flowers, which are very tall besides. It’s a pleasant, […]
June 19, 2013
BY SALLY GRACIE As I weeded the shelves at the Twisp Library last week, I came upon two unlikely companions under “J” in fiction. There, touching covers, were E. L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey and Henry James’ The Portrait of a Lady. Good grief, what would Henry think about his literary masterpiece rubbing up […]
June 12, 2013
Twisp BY SALLY GRACIE Who will tie these beautiful June days with a ribbon? Please put them in a box for us so we can pull them out when August comes. Liberty Bell High School’s Class of 2013 held its awards ceremony last Thursday and graduated on Friday (June 7) at the school. Uh oh, […]
June 5, 2013
BY SALLY GRACIE After 30 years in the classroom, by the time a teacher retires, she has been permanently imprinted with a school calendar. After the three-day Memorial Day holiday, the working teacher begins to look forward to summer break, to three months without lesson plans and students and committee meetings and administrators. Once retired, […]
May 29, 2013
BY SALLY GRACIE Did you have trouble with your Verizon phone over Memorial Day weekend? How many tourists does it take to make the cell phone towers overload? At the Pipestone Music Days concert on Saturday evening (May 25), young violinist Keeley Brooks played Vivaldi’s Concerto in A Minor. Keeley was the first-place winner of […]
