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Spiwak

The Methow’s memories about Bob Spiwak

January 29, 2020 by Methow Valley News

Editor’s note: Longtime Methow Valley News columnist and contributor Bob Spiwak died recently. We asked people to submit their personal remembrances; a few are included here. For many more, see the newspaper’s Facebook page. I have many not unpleasant memories of Bob stopping in at the paper to talk about cameras, camera lenses, old days […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Spiwak

Spiwak’s stats: re-analysis and updated results

June 5, 2019 by Methow Valley News

By Gerald Smith Editor’s note: For many years until he retired, former Methow Valley News columnist Bob Spiwak diligently documented traffic on Highway 20 (near West Boesel) on the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends, and extrapolated conclusions from the data. Mazama resident Gerald Smith voluntarily resumed the traffic count over the recent Memorial Day […]

Filed Under: VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

When the Power Goes Out

February 16, 2018 by Methow Valley News

By Bob Spiwak Down the lane and through the woods there is a tiny little house where people go when all the plumbing doesn’t work. It takes a bit of planning and a lot of understanding, especially at night when shadows lurk. It was miserable timing that the pump had lost its priming on a […]

Filed Under: Off the Wall, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

A Methow Valley snow story littered with lessons

January 11, 2018 by Methow Valley News

By Bob Spiwak My wife is a lot smarter than I. Anyone who knows us will tell you, as will my children and theirs. I won’t deny it, although I use dotage as an alibi. This was further illustrated recently during a snowstorm that left a foot of snow here in West Boesel (east of […]

Filed Under: Off the Wall, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

Follow the trail of SLIME

December 28, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Over the years people unfamiliar with the doings outside the Mazama Store have inquired what is discussed at “SLIME” among the male denizens of the deck overlooking the patio. Not to say that women are unwelcome…

Filed Under: Off the Wall, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

Christmas wreaths weave their way into pleasant memories

December 14, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Christmas wreaths weave their way into pleasant memories

By Bob Spiwak Christmas is probably my favorite time of the year.  Over the years past — and there are many of them — there is a clear memory that arises, arcing back to the town of Rumson, New Jersey, and my family’s flower shop and nursery.  As Christmas drew nearer, flowers were all but […]

Filed Under: Off the Wall Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

Hundreds headed out early in Labor Day exodus from the valley

September 11, 2017 by Methow Valley News

By Bob Spiwak The semi-annual West Boesel Car Count was held at the usual time of 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. on Labor Day. The times chosen reflect, by our judgment, a non-peak time when the hordes leave the valley for the calm and courtesies of the other side of the mountains. Vehicles headed eastbound have […]

Filed Under: Off the Wall, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

The hidden persuaders are now telling you a story

January 18, 2017 by Methow Valley News

By Bob Spiwak It is Sunday morning and I finally have turned off the television. This is the morning of programs catering to older people on the major networks that goes on for hours, mostly political programs. In this time frame, most of the commercials deal with products of a medical nature and we shall […]

Filed Under: Off the Wall, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

Mazama: November 2, 2016

November 3, 2016 by Methow Valley News

By Bob Spiwak Editor’s note: former Mazama columnist Bob Spiwak is filling in for Mandi Donohue, who is on vacation. My name is Bob and I endorse the following stuff. It is a foggy fall day, as has been the case for some time now as winter creeps ever closer. There has been snow on Washington […]

Filed Under: Mazama, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Spiwak

Monitoring the Labor Day migration on Highway 20

September 8, 2016 by Methow Valley News

By Bob Spiwak Time for the semi-annual count of vehicles coming into and leaving the upper valley on a busy holiday weekend. We hired Ms. Gloria to make a special count of motorcycles, east- and westbound, because of rising concern about their safety on state roads, notably Highway 20, the North Cascades Highway. Here, 7 […]

Filed Under: Off the Wall, VALLEY LIFE Tagged With: Off the Wall, Spiwak

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