Liberty Bell students Zane Herrera, left, and Michael Marchese Hafsos prepared a Caesar salad and homemade tortilla chips and dip for a Top Chef competition at Sun Mountain Lodge last week. Sun Mountain acting executive chef Pete McKenny and teachers from Omak and Cashmere judged the three teams — Liberty Bell, Cascade (Leavenworth) and Omak — on how they […]
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Community briefs: Sept. 30, 2015
Neighborhood leader training for disaster preparedness MethowReady, a project of the Methow Valley Long Term Recovery Organization, is offering two more sessions of neighborhood leader preparedness training for dealing with natural disasters, on Oct. 14 and Oct. 27. The free training sessions will be from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Aero Methow Rescue Service in Twisp. Pizza […]
Live music at Sun Mountain
Sun Mountain Lodge will host a series of indoor and outdoor musical performances in August, all of them free and open to the public: Thursday (Aug. 6), Terry Hunt, classical guitar, 6 – 8 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 11), Nicole Unser, 6 – 8 p.m. Aug. 13, Tara Weaver, classical violinist, 6 – 8 p.m. Aug. 18, Hank Cramer and Rob Thran, […]
Sun Mountain summer exhibit ‘enticing, precise and subtle’
The Gallery at Sun Mountain Lodge invites art lovers to come and view its summer exhibit, which features the recent work of painters Donna Keyser and Margaret Kingston, and photographers Teri Pieper and Ken Smith. The show is co-curated by Keyser and Laura Karcher. An artists’ reception will take place in the Pasayten Room Foyer at the lodge on Sunday (Aug. 2) from …
Arts briefs
Campbell exhibit at The Merc The Merc Playhouse in Twisp will host an exhibit of oil paintings by Caryl Campbell beginning Friday (July 24) and continuing through Oct. 30. The exhibit, titled “The Wilderness Journal,” is presented by Confluence Gallery. Campbell is a long-time Methow Valley resident and an amateur naturalist. Her work can be […]
Business brief: Oct. 29, 2014
Sun Mountain one of the best in the Northwest Sun Mountain Lodge has been named one of the best hotels in the Pacific Northwest in readers’ choice awards for 2014 given by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. The readers’ choice survey was started in 1988. Candidates must receive a required minimum number of responses to be […]
News briefs: September 10, 2014
This week: County to consider variance requests for Mazama property, Bike trail work party at Sun Mountain on Sept. 14, Buckhorn Mine funds environmental projects in Okanogan County and West Nile virus found in Okanogan County horse
Community briefs: August 27, 2014
This week: Marbeled murrelet topic of talk on Sept. 2 and No Duck Race this year
Help wanted
By Ann McCreary
During any busy summer weekend in Winthrop, visitors swarm Sheri’s Sweet Shoppe like yellow jackets at a picnic. Chances are they’ll be served the ice cream cones and candy that are Sheri’s specialty by an employee from Europe. “Usually a quarter to a third of …
Arts briefs: June 18, 2014
This week: Artists reception at Sun Mountain on June 22, Pottery on Wednesday nights with Matt Armbrust, or see Ian McFeron in two free shows
